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 – […]
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Navman now in charge of the Magellan outdoor range in Australia
Navman Technology has taken over the sales, marketing and distribution of Magellan outdoor GPS products. Navman’s parent company, MiTAC International Corp, bought Magellan in December 2008, but only recently was the decision made to move Magellan’s Australian presence under the control of Navman Technology. Previous to this, Next Destination was Magellan’s Australian […]
Best of the Blogs 19 April 2011
GeoPlace has an interesting article outlining a recent study on the merits of a honeycomb pattern for town planning, including a reduction in the costs of installing infrastructure. Technabob has an interesting piece on a new idea for a GPS device that fits over the top of asthma inhalers, and logs the time […]
Best of the Blogs 12 April 2011
Best of Blogs 12 April 2011 It's not a blog, but the Courier Mail has a piece mentioning the use of GIS in finding ‘junk food’ clusters around schools. Google Maps Mania has a little piece talking about a covert GPS that looks like a tail light, but will alert you if […]
UNSW looking to rename spatial school
From teaching the first surveying degree program in New South Wales in 1957, the UNSW School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems (UNSW SSIS) has experienced great variations in its commencing undergraduate enrolments, from a peak in 1974 of 146 to around 10 a year since 2009. The first Global Positioning System (GPS) […]
ESNC 2011 Australian Challenge
The IGNSS Society announces that the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2011 Australian Challenge will run from April 1 to June 30 2011. The €20,000 grand prize in the 2010 European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) went to the Salzburg start-up Mobilizy for its revolutionary navigation system Wikitude Drive, which uses augmented reality to superimpose driving […]
Best of the Blogs 15th March 2011
GIS User tells us of an interactive Japan Trends Map from ESRI, that shows aggregated reports or reports categorized by property damage, hazards, evacuations, power outages, or help/services available. Google Maps Mania has a link to some interactive satellite imagery, contrasting areas before and after the quake. And, in other earthquake news, Mibazaar has put together […]
New Trimble TSC3 data controller
The new Trimble TSC3 data controller is the latest groundbreaking handheld field computing solution that streamlines the flow of daily surveying work and the number of peripheral devices which surveyors need in the field. It allows add images to surveys easily with the integrated camera and automatic geotagging with the internal GPS for easy […]
Handheld GNSS positioning in urban canyons and under tree canopy
Trimble has introduced the GeoExplorer 6000 series of high-accuracy Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) handheld computers. The series is claimed to deliver dramatic improvements in difficult GNSS environments such as urban canyons and under tree canopies, using Trimble Floodlight satellite shadow reduction technology. The Trimble GeoExplorer 6000 series handhelds are purpose-built for high-accuracy […]
Australia to access US spy satellites
USAF Research Laboratory image. A February 2008 agreement between Washington and Canberra provides for intensified co-operation and intelligence sharing in GEOINT, geospatial intelligence derived from imagery and other information obtained from surveillance satellites, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. The agreement, which the Herald says has been revealed in a secret US embassy cable obtained […]
