JOSE DIACONO Good cartography for online mapping is about what you show, how you show it and how fast. No matter how current and correct your GIS information, such distractions as slow display, spidery fonts, obscure icons or cluttered symbology will turn off an increasingly demanding public. They just need answers. Unfortunately, however, it is […]
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Mapping the Sydney Underground
JON FAIRALL Tough new penalties await contractors who interrupt electricity and gas supplies in Sydney. The legislation, which allows for five-year jail terms, has passed through the New South Wales Parliament and is now awaiting Royal Assent. It follows a series of power failures in Sydney’s central business district in March. The legislation is a […]
Victoria’s Notification and Editing System
JOSE DIACONO As a rule, 75 per cent of the cost of a spatial system is in the data. Inevitably, some of this data will change or be wrong, so there are huge benefits to be gained by putting the people who find the problems in touch with those who fix them. At the […]
NSW Introduces CORS Network
JONATHON POWERS The NSW Department of Lands is rolling out a $6 million electronic survey infrastructure. When completed, the entire state will be covered by a network of continuously operating reference stations that receive signals from navigation satellites. The project will increase the absolute accuracy of the survey control network. Currently, the survey […]
Surveying at Sea: Setting Professional Standards
SIMON IRONSIDE The Australasian Hydrographic Surveyors Certification Panel is seeking international endorsement for its certification process. If accepted, the process would become the national competency standard for hydrographic surveyors in New Zealand and Australia (subject to regulatory approval) and the certification would be recognised internationally. To this end, the AHSCP has applied to the […]
Best of the blogs 31/01/12
Vector One points us to a history of cadastral mapping in Queensland, as published by the Queensland Government. Well worth a look. http://www.vector1media.com/vectorone/?p=9148 The Telegraph in the UK is reporting that a special summit has been called by the British government to address the issues that outdated maps on consumer’s GPS units are causing. The […]
