Remote sensing has helped the government analyse the clearing of native vegetation in New South Wales, according to a report from the NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water. Information on all activities are gathered by aerial photographs and satellite imagery, and then checked against known legal projects such as routine agricultural management […]
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Queensland town to be modelled in community event
The Queensland town of Bell will be mapped using a number of different techniques as part of a new project by the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute’s Queensland Young Professionals Committee (SSSIQ YPs). The MapMyTown scheme aims to use as many available spatial and surveying technologies and methods as possible to build spatial resources and […]
NearMap appointed to government supplier panel
NearMap.com is the latest firm to be appointed to the Australian government’s geospatial supplier panel. The panel is intended to help federal, state and local government agencies who want quick access to geospatial data avoid a lengthy tender process. Although individual agencies who want to access data will still have to negotiate prices and […]
Aerodata capturing Australia with new cameras
Aerodata International Surveys will soon begin offering images from its VisionMap A3 digital aerial survey camera in Australia. The firm has recently acquired two VisionMap A3 digital cameras capable of capturing high-resolution imagery over very large areas from high altitude in a short time. The A3 camera module consists of two lenses, a motor unit, […]
Assessing Coastal Vulnerability to Climate Change
The results of a project to assess coastal vulnerability in Western Australia and prepare for possible sea level rise have been made available. The models include complete data files of water depths and broad seabed imagery from pseudo-reflectance and a high resolution coastal 3D model of the land and seabed between Two Rocks and […]
International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Congress
Eight exciting days of tutorials, workshops, presentations and technical tours. WHEN: 2012-08-25 to 2012-09-01WHERE: MelbourneSTATE: VICCOUNTRY: AUS The theme for the Congress is Imaging a Sustainable Future. Images, whether of the visible or non-visible spectrum, whether aerial or satellite, or whether of agriculture or cultural heritage, are a fundamental resource for sustaining the future of humankind. […]
Walking Easier in New Zealand
The New Zealand Walking Access Commission will produce a mapping system to make it easier for the public to find legal access routes across private land. The new software will use existing cadastral records combined with aerial photography and satellite imagery to create a 1:50,000 map of the country showing routes across private land. Commission […]
Google and e-GEOS
E-GEOS has become a Google enterprise imagery partner in Italy. The company is a subsidiary set up by the Telespazio Group and the Italian Space Agency. It will develop and distribute geospatial solutions based on Google Earth Enterprise (GEE) technology. E-GEOS is the exclusive distributor of the COSMO-SkyMed radar satellite constellation. Its clients will now […]
NZ Publishes Land Use Map
New land use data for New Zealand is now available to the public, following the completion of a major mapping exercise by the NZ environment ministry. The integrated Land Use Map provides a detailed overview of land use in New Zealand from 1990–2008. The map has been produced as part of the Land Use […]
