Position Partners has launched its new presentation trailer at this year’s Civenex exhibition in Sydney. The 12 m-long trailer, which is towed by a separate prime mover, allows Position Partners to transport, display and demonstrate a wide range of Topcon machine control, surveying and laser equipment, as well as other products and services […]
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Smartphone app tracks trolleys
Woolworths has launched a new smartphone app that uses GPS to locate missing trolleys. The app hopes to reduce the $50 million annual cost of trolley collection and replacement. The app works in conjunction with the Trolley Tracker hotline and website, and, as with the other reportage services, all reports go into […]
Camera helps calculate type and cost of road repairs
Mackay Regional Council is using a GPS-equipped camera to automatically diagnose the type of repairs needed for roads, as well as the associated costs. The camera cost about $10,000 and works just like a normal camera, in that you simply take a photo of the road that needs repair. Then the camera calculates […]
Best of the Blogs, 31 May 2011
Gizmag has a story on autonomous mapping robots designed to enter hazardous areas, such as burning buildings, and map them out before real people have to enter. ZDNet is calling into question the accuracy of the coverage maps that telcos provide, and talks of an initiative to crowd source actual coverage maps using […]
LiDAR: What’s it all about?
The NSW Maritime Panel is presenting an information session on LiDAR, hosted by Glenn Jones from Land and Property Information. WHEN: 2011-06-20 to 2011-06-20WHERE: Function Room, Ground Floor, 7 Thomas St, ChatswoodSTATE: NSWCOUNTRY: AUS There is an increasing demand for high-accuracy elevation data for a variety of purposes such as climate change abatement, water management, […]
Best of the Blogs 24/5/2011
Uh oh! It’s not the first time, and it probably won’t be the last, but the Gothamist has pointed us to the tale of a Jersey man trusting his GPS over his gut, and using it to navigate in foggy conditions. This obviously led to disaster, when his car (and family) ended up driving […]
Centimetre-accurate mobile phone location data to help emergency services
A new emergency tracker that could provide centimetre location accuracy for mobile phone calls to 000 is being tested by Queensland utility Ergon Energy. The tracker requires small, portable GPS base stations to be mounted on poles, but also requires mobile phones to have a new chip installed in them. Ergon Eneregy […]
Position Partners introduces new UAV
Position Partners has signed an agreement to become the Australian distributors of Gatewing products, including the recently launched Gatewing X100 unmanned aerial vehicle. Gatewing, headquartered in Belgium, recently launched its X100 UAV system to provide automated aerial photography and digital terrain mapping for a wide range of spatial and mapping applications, including mining, […]
Best of the Blogs 27 April 2011
I’ve previously talked about China cracking down on illegal mapping, but The Register has a story saying that the hotline set up for dobbing in of illegal mapping has not yet received a single phone call. The Map Room has pointed me to an interesting piece that the BBC posted, that says that Google […]
RapidMap and Partners to hold road show
RapidMap Group and its GIS/GPS products and services providers are presenting a series of full-day educational sessions in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. Aimed at local government, state government and private sector professionals, the sessions will cover government client case studies, discuss emerging technologies and trends in the industry, and highlight successful projects – […]
