The WA Spatial Excellence Awards will be announced and presented at the Gala Dinner on Friday 22 July 2011 WHEN: 2011-07-22 to 2011-07-22WHERE: Banquet Hall of the University ClubSTATE: WACOUNTRY: AUS The Dinner will feature announcement and presentation of the prestigious WA Spatial Excellence Awards (WASEA) for 2011. Industry awards recognise projects showing exceptional […]
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Spatial Excellence Awards in NSW
Nominations for the SPatial Excellence Awards close 15 August 2011. Winners announced 26 August 2011. WHEN: 2011-08-26 to 2011-08-26WHERE: STATE: NSWCOUNTRY: AUS Over the past seven years, the NSW Spatial Excellence Awards were part and parcel of the NSW Excellence in Surveying and Spatial Information Awards, which were jointly run by the Consulting Surveyors NSW […]
Upcoming seminar: Natural disasters – assessing the risk for property
The NSW Division of the Australian Property Institute (API NSW) and the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA) are co-hosting a seminar on natural disasters, and how we might better understand and respond to the risks to property and life. Access to high definition, accurate and current mapping data is crucial to a range […]
Calls intenisfy for spatial infrastructure
Insurance Australia Group has likened the lack of adequate flood mapping to a national infrastructure problem, with many home owners unable to secure flood cover because of the state of existing data, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald after announcing a well-flagged interim result that had dropped by […]
Sensis comments on Google development
Google Maps switched from using PSMA Australia (formerly Public Sector Mapping Authority) data to a Sensis database because it wanted more detailed data, according to Sensis. Previously, Google used cadastral data from PSMA Australia processed by MapData Sciences to support its Google Maps service in Australia. But recently the internet giant switched data suppliers, prompting […]
Google Maps switches to Sensis in Oz
Google Maps now uses a database from Sensis to underpin its operations in Australia, according to the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA). Previously, Google used cadastral data from the Public Sector Mapping Authority (PMSA) to support its maps. Whereas the PMSA data originated from land registry entities, the Sensis data will be maintained […]
NZ geospatial standards leader appointed
Richard Murcott has been appointed geospatial standards leader within the New Zealand Geospatial Office (NZGO). The newly-created role will see Murcott responsible for administering the standards stream of work within the Geospatial Office work programme and taking responsibility for facilitating the development and implementation of geospatial standards in New Zealand. Murcott will form links with […]
APSEA awards recognise excellence in spatial industry
The seventh annual Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards, held at the gala dinner during spatial@gov 2010 conference in Canberra, celebrated the pinnacle of success for the spatial industry. The awards are hosted jointly by the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute and the Spatial Industries Business Association. These awards continue to provide an opportunity for […]
Melbourne wins spatial honours
Melbourne’s spatially-enabled city management system won top honours in Victoria’s annual Spatial Excellence Awards. The system, known as Compass, combines and integrates location-based information with the latest mapping, aerial and ground-level imagery and geospatial information technology into a single system that can be accessed by council staff and registered users. It is used by […]
Spatial award winners revealed
Two women took the top awards at last month’s Spatial Information Day, with Adelaide University’s Alice Baker winning the SASEA Undergraduate/Graduate Project Award for her honours thesis "Spectral Sensing of Soils Using the HyLogger Core Scanner." Meanwhile Dr Dorothy Turner, also of Adelaide University, won the SASEA Postgraduate Research Award for her thesis, entitled […]
