Tasmania has a new strategy for rolling out and enhancing a state-wide geospatial ecosystem, intended to set the direction for investment and collaboration. The Tasmanian Spatial Information Council ...

AMETEK and FARO Technologies have announced that they have entered into an agreement under which AMETEK will acquire all outstanding shares of FARO Technologies common stock. AMETEK will pay US$44 per ...

With a 10-year strategy well underway, Victoria is on track to deliver a land administration and cadastral system for the 21st century. By Jonathan Nally What should Victoria’s cadastral system look ...

FrontierSI has announced the launch of what it is calling Australia’s first positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) Labs, being a network of facilities for testing and analysing the performance and ...

The European Copernicus Earth observation office has announced an “exceptional and temporary” extension of the availability of the data from the Sentinel-2A satellite mission for one year. In ...

A new research paper outlines the creation of a 30m-resolution digital elevation model of the Earth’s terrain that is more accurate than any other publicly available. The paper, entitled ‘FathomDEM: ...

Edith Cowan University’s (ECU) collaborative lightning strike study with NASA, the IGNIS Project, has just completed its first round of aerial data collection. The effort has used infrared cameras to ...

Veris has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of Spatial Vision, in a cash and scrip deal valued at up to $3 million. “We are thrilled to welcome the Spatial Vision team ...

Data visualisation and mapping have a vital role in preparing for and responding to hazards and natural disasters. By Christophe Lienert and Jie Shen Information and warnings are decisive elements in ...

BYDA says that establishing minimum data standards and developing a digital asset register for utility locations would lead to a $782 million annual saving through reduced utility strikes. It also ...

There has been a changing of the guard in the locating and inspection sector, with C.R. Kennedy becoming the master distributor for Vivax Metrotech instruments in Australia, New Zealand and the ...

Mapping land use formed the first base layer. Analysts used high-resolution aerial and satellite images to show where ground cover had been cleared for agricultural activities, such as cropping and ...