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A working group was established to assess the future trends in geospatial information management at the 1st meeting of the UN Committee on GGIM in Seoul, Korea. 29 written inputs have been received and a background paper is available...futuretrendsgeospatialinformationmanagement_12april
Discussion on the paper in the Geothought blog
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In 2011, CSIRO undertook a national study into Earth observation data dependencies and continuity issues for the Australian research and development sector. Continuity of Earth Observation Data for Australia: Research and Development Dependencies to 2020 (CEODA-R&D) is the report of the study.
Read the report here
Read the annex to the report here
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Trimble recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SketchUp, one of the most popular 3D modelling tools in the world, from Google. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2012, subject to customary closing conditions and expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act. While financial terms are not being disclosed, the transaction is not expected to be material to 2012 earnings per share.
Full story from Spatial Source
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A spatial information technology project developed by PSMA Australia has won a major award at the Geospatial World Forum Conference, currently underway in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The Geospatial World Policy Award for Exemplary Implementation of Geospatial Policies and Programs was awarded to PSMA Systems in recognition of the technology’s role in significantly improving and streamlining the mechanism for collection, assembly and delivery of fundamental geospatial information for Australia.
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Position Partners has launched AllDayRTK, a national network RTK solution across Australia providing flexible, subscription-based services for the surveying, GIS, civil construction, mining and precision farming industries. Additionally, Position Partners is offering all new users a free 30-day trial.
AllDayRTK is a Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) network.
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The School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems at UNSW in Sydney is looking for students to fill three PhD and three Research Masters scholarships across three research areas in the field of navigation and earth observation research (NEO).
The scholarships are valued at $27,000 per year (tax free), with funding coming from the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI).
Full story from Spatial Source
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A Bill has been introduced into the US Congress called the "Map it Once Use it Many times Act", as introduced by Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn.
Its purpose is to ensure the a comprehensive geospatial 'database' (and it defines what should be in the database) is available to improve service delivery, reduce costs and duplication and foster the growth of private geoispatial firms.
It identifies that geospatial information is necessary and has broad economic value and goes on to highlight some interesting areas it will assist with:
- Preventing future disruptions in home mortgage system
- Implementation and development of smart energy grid
- Deployment of national broadband service
It details a funding strategy that includes the use of government appropriations and also (unusually for the US) user fees for access to the database.
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In early 2010, Mr Drew Clarke, Secretary of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism invited Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB, Director General and Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey, Great Britain, to investigate Australia's current spatial capability in order to inform future spatial policy and capability developments.
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A two-year Spatial Information Foundations infrastructure project has been initiated by the Tasmanian Government, with funding of up to $3 million allocated to the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment (DPIPWE) over the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 financial years.
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The Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI) recently granted funds to three New Zealand research projects.
The first project is being developed by University of Canterbury’s HITLab and Christchurch-based ZNO Ltd. The project aims to develop a mobile phone application that will be used to visualise the future urban design of Christchurch.
The second project aims to develop driverless vehicles. With the availability of better weather predictions, earth movement modelling and real-time data, this concept can be converted into a reality.
Under the third project, also initiated by University of Canterbury, Prof Simon Kingham and his team from the Geohealth Lab will conduct research on the spatial relationships between stress-related health outcomes and the level of neighbourhood damage.
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Dr Stephan Winter has taken on the role of Chair of the Australasian Spatial Information Education and Research Association (ASIERA). He would like to introduce himself and renew your connections to ASIERA.
Please read the attached letter from Dr Winter.
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The CRCSI conference for 2012 is at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on the 9 and 10 May - see the CRCSI Conference page for updates and information.
You can also get updates through the mobile app so your smart phone or tablet will always have the latest information and alerts...
Read the registration and program brochure
Register at https://www.secureregistrations.com/CRCSI12/
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For the first time Singaporean authorities have given permission for a photogrammetric UAV mapping/modeling flight over an important area of the city. In the context of the SEC-FCL (Future Cities Laboratory) project a pilot study is conducted with the goal to generate a high quality 3D city model of the NUS campus from UAV images. 800 images were needed to cover the area. Data processing is in progress.
UAVs – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have recently become a strong focus of attention, since fairly inexpensive platforms, navigation and control devices and sensors for instantaneous digital data production have become available.
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The latest GeoRabble for Sydney is scheduled for March 29, and four exciting speakers have been announced.
The four speakers include:
- Jack Zhao from Small Multiples: Are casino operators targeting vulnerable community groups?
- Andrew Cook: 10 good reasons to share data
- Kathryn Howard from Bookcrossing: Books just wanna be free!
- Paul Wither: Set your data free from the typing pool
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Building on last year’s event, this year’s West Australian Surveying and Spatial Information Conference (WASSIC) will be even bigger and better, incorporating an expanded spatial stream and a larger exhibition.
The revamped WASSIC 2012 event will also be run for the first time in conjunction with the Western Australian Spatial Excellence Awards (WASEA) dinner.
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The National Land Surveying Commission Conference 2012 will be held at the Sebel, Albert Park, in Melbourne, from the 18th to the 21st April 2012.
This conference continues and expands upon the tradition of national Australian surveying conferences as previously organised by the Institution of Surveyors Australia.
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Gary Maguire has announced the release of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI) latest strategic plan: Strategy 2015.
“Over the past 14 months, board members have been working very hard to produce a strategy that has relevance to our members, stakeholders and staff while also articulating a pathway of sustainability and a vision of leadership,” said Gary.
The strategy is divided into six priority areas and 21 broad strategies with deliverable targets.
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Esri announced that president Jack Dangermond affirmed his commitment to making map content accessible to everyone with a monetary donation to the OpenStreetMap Foundation. The OpenStreetMap Foundation's initiative, OpenStreetMap (OSM), strives to create and provide free geographic data, particularly street maps, for use worldwide. The mission of this nonprofit organization parallels Esri's efforts to empower people to share a common picture of the world through map-based information over the web.
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Registrations are now open for the 4th Digital Earth Summit, “Digital Earth and Technology” being held in Wellington New Zealand from 2 to 4 September 2012.
Wellington City Council and Land Information New Zealand have partnered to bring the 4th Digital Earth Summit to Wellington. The Summit will bring the best speakers from overseas and from New Zealand to exchange knowledge and explore technology advancement in this exciting area.
The Summit will focus on digital earth science and technology, including advanced earth observation systems, augmented reality and visualisation, high-performance computation and simulation, and spatial data infrastructures.
Full information
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The CRCSI is a participant in a group known as ABCC that involves Australia, Brazil, Canada, and China. It's creation was driven by Prof. Guo Huadong, Director General of the Centre for Earth Observation and Digital Earth (CEODE) in Beijing. Some information is available at: http://wiki.dpi.inpe.br/doku.php?id=abcc:inicial
To enhance collaboration, CEODE has offered to host Australian researchers in Beijing for 1-2 months to work on targeted projects with Chinese colleagues. Our understanding is that CEODE would be willing to cover expenses for Australian researchers to travel to Beijing, and there would be an expectation that Australia would be willing to reciprocate. To that end, the CRCSI has decided to make available $5,000 to cover the cost of a Chinese visitor spending 1-2 months in Australia.
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Nominations for the 2012 CRC STAR Award are open now and close on 30 March 2012.
The CRC STAR Award is the Minister's award for recognising CRCs for excellence in collaborating with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to drive and develop innovation and build research and development capacity.
Guidelines - Application Form
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The CRC Association's "Showcasing Early Career Researchers 2012" is open now.
Read the further information and call for applications.
The applications close at COB 30 March 2012.
Early career researchers are invited to enter one only of two categories:
- Research Presentation, a ten minute presentation allowing visual aids
or
- Three Minute Thesis, which does not allow visual aids
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Spanning a history of over 80 years, the Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF) provides grants to science and scientists for the purposes of assisting Australian industry, furthering the interests of the Australian community and contributing to the achievement of Australian national objectives. This unique and esteemed funding arrangement recently received a substantial gift facilitating the rejuvenated Fund to be a mechanism for significant support of science in Australia.
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The latest KCA metrics survey highlighted the importance of public sector research collaborations, contracts and partnerships with industry and valued this portion of our activities at $1.3 billion annually. Whether you are a large public sector research organisation or a smaller university you need to be able to engage and work collaboratively with industry to achieve effective translation of your research endeavours and outcomes.
This KCA Masterclass will explore various approaches to improve research partnerships and interactions between the public research sector and industry. What works well and what doesn’t? How can we better understand each others needs in this process? What are some of the issues and deal-breakers in such interactions?
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Curtin University has appointed Professor Graeme Wright to the position of deputy vice-chancellor, research and development (DVC R&D).
Professor Wright began his career at Curtin University in 1991 as a lecturer in spatial sciences, before obtaining his PhD in 2000. In 2004, he was appointed head of spatial sciences.
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One of the unique highlights from the GeoNext conference was the ‘Startup Showcase’ where three competing startups were each given 10 minutes to pitch their company to four panellists
Full story from SpatialSource
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One of the many wonderful speakers at Geonext 2012 was Dr James Bradfield Moody, whom opened the conference with a presentation, entitled: The Next Wave of Innovation: Convergence of Digital and Natural.
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Rob Manson, from MOB and buildAR.com, gave a fascinating presentation on the future of augmented reality (AR), and the way that sensors are moving to the background of our environment.
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Some of Australia’s leading geo-enabled enterprises have confirmed they will be presenting at Esri Australia’s road show technical seminars, Directions.
Western Power, VicRoads, the Department of Fisheries and Hobart City Council are amongst the organisations that will be sharing their GIS experiences at Directions 2012: Esri Australia’s Tour de Force.
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The linkage of location and proximity with other forms of information - whether social, demographic, economic or environmental - has the potential to reveal valuable new insights that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of business analysis or policy development.
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The geospatial technology professional is at a turning point. The U.S. Department of Labor has identified the need for 330,000 qualified geospatial technologists to fill positions during the next 10 years. On top of that, geospatial technology is embedded in both mobile location apps and enterprise computing, increasing awareness of the technology and the need for those who understand GIS. So, where will we find qualified professionals to do the job? Editor in Chief Joe Francica looks at an important initiative that supports job training and education.
Full story from Directions Mag
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The nation’s first independent think-tank, entirely devoted to policy issues impacting regional Australia, was launched at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday.
The idea behind the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) evolved during the 2010 negotiations with key rural independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, to form the current minority Federal government.
The concept was included in the independent’s written agreement with Prime Minister Julia Gillard - the $10 billion deal for regional Australia.
Full story from Queensland Country Life
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The Hon. Brendon Grylls MLA, Minister for Lands, officially launched earthmine Australia Pty Ltd (eA) in Perth last week.
The joint venture with Australian partners Geomatic Technologies, Landgate and earthmine Inc. (USA), offers a complete end-to-end solution for the collection, processing and delivery of 3D street level imagery in the Australian and New Zealand marketplace.
Full story from SpatialSource
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With the support of the ISPRS Technical Commissions, the XXII Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing – subtitled ‘Imaging a Sustainable Future' – will offer delegates eight exciting days of tutorials, workshops, presentations and technical tours. And of course there will also be an engaging social programme that will be a mix of cultural and sporting events. Whether you prefer an evening at theatre or a taste of Australian rules football, there will be something for you to enjoy. The social programme will be just a small sample of the highlights of Melbourne, Victoria and Australia.
Full story from SpatialSource
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Applications are now open for the Western Australian Spatial Excellence Awards, to be presented at a Gala Dinner on Thursday, 17th May 2012.
The WA Spatial Excellence Awards recognise outstanding achievements of both individuals and organisations engaged in the spatial information industry across the
region.
Full story from SpatialSource
Entry form [PDF]
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SpatialSource has put together the best of the blogs for end of February 2012
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A Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) has been issued by Chinese authorities for a satellite launch on Thursday, February 24, at about 16:20 UTC. According to web reports, the launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center will orbit the fifth geostationary satellite in the BeiDou-2/Compass constellation.
Story and images from GPS World
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The Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, convening March 13-15 in Germany, will for the first time include an Education Session. Also featured this year, a special session on Compass, the fast-growing Chinese constellation. A session will be dedicated to the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES): current status and perspectives of the European Earth-monitoring program. In addition, a session on the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) and related aspects is envisaged.
Full story
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GISuser has put together a list of 10 must read blogs and spotlights on the following topics
- Landsat 5 Suspension of Operations Extended
- Esri Updates - ArcGIS in more languages
- Announcing the 2012 Esri #DevMeetup Schedule
- Checkin to Google Places
- The new Nokia Lumia smart phone
- PhoneGap OpenSource deploys to 7 mobile platforms
- USGIF opening its 2012 Scholarship Program
- Latitude Geographics featured in Canada's national newspaper
- Registration open for the 2012 Washington GIS Conference
- Carnival of the Geospatialists 4
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Welcome to the Western Australian Spatial Excellence Awards, hosted by
the Western Australian regional groups of the Spatial Information
Business Association (ASIBA) and the Surveying & Spatial Sciences
Institute (SSSI).
Entering projects into the awards is a great way to give due recognition to your staff, your department and your clients for innovations in our industry. The Awards are announced and presented at the Gala Dinner on Thursday 17 May 2012.
The deadline for entries will be 20 April 2012, however entries can be submitted at any time.
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The Department of Finance and Deregulation is again hosting the Excellence in eGovernment Awards, and nominations are now open.
There are five award categories:
- Applications Development
- Geospatial
- Government 2.0
- Project Management
- Service Delivery
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During the recent Institute of Navigation (ION) International Technical Meeting (ITM) 2012 in Newport Beach, California, ION announced that Professor Chris Rizos is a recipient of the 2012 Fellow Membership.
Professor Chris Rizos has been elected for sustained contributions to the practice and management of satellite navigation research; and for leadership representing the satellite navigation community in Australia.
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Spatial Source have put together a list of the best of the spatial blogs out this week.
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The WA Department of Commerce is offering a financial boost to access professional skills, services or knowledge that will enable you to advance your idea or commercial activity in WA.
If you are an SME with a great idea, your project could be worth up to $20 000!
Applications are open now: www.innovation.wa.gov.au/vouchers
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CRCSI has been funded to produce an open source version of its award-winning HealthTracks software which spatially empowers public health decision making and policy setting.
The proposed open-source version of HealthTracks and datasets will help urban researchers and policy developers in answering a multitude of urban health and well-being research questions.
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The Allen Consulting Group has been commissioned by the Department of Innovation, Science and Research to undertake an assessment of the impacts of the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Program. The primary objective of this study is to provide an assessment of the economic, social and environmental net impacts, both monetary and non-monetary, of the CRC Program to Australia.
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Stephan Lindegaard is a Copenhagen-based author, speaker and adviser on Open Innovation. Stephan has made his latest book Making Open Innovation Work available free for download. You can follow Stephan on Twitter @lindegaard.
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Brenda Mackie, a second-year BushfireCRC PhD student, is looking at how people interpret warnings in relation to bushfires.
She has developed an online survey to test some ideas which have come out of two rounds of interviews and an in-depth literature review. Brenda urgently needs interested participants to do her survey several times over the fire season — it takes about 20 minutes the first time and 15 minutes thereafter. The survey would be sent out during the last week of January.
The people for whom her survey is designed would be either gender and:
- be over 20 and under 60
- have lived for 3 years (or more) in a semi-rural or rural area
- are internet-savvy
- Optional (but nice to have) Are not overly involved in local CFA or community fire-mitigation groups.
Please contact Brenda by email: bmackie10@gmail.com
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On 23 November 2011, over 30 years of archived data from the US Landsat Earth-observing satellites became available, free of charge. The majority of these products are unique to ESA’s (European Space Agency) archive and have never before been accessible anywhere else by the scientific user community.
Full Story
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Landgate’s Satellite Remote Sensing Services captured dramatic satellite images of Cyclone Heidi blazing a trail over the North West coast of Western Australia near Port Hedland. The images were captured at Wednesday 10 January 2012 at 2.41pm and Thursday 11 January 2012 at 7.38am.
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The “Global Spatial Network” has been confirmed as the formal business name of the international network of geospatial networks.
Business planning and operations planning took a major step forward at the last GSN board meeting. Discussions focused on strengthening international research initiatives and leveraging new technologies and education opportunities.
In addition the GSN website is ready for launch in the coming weeks.
The mission of the GSN is to leverage global partnerships for geomatic engineering and spatial information science research, to facilitate education and training, to bid for funds for use by partners, and to help establish other such networks.
Founding members are CentroGeo (Mexico); CRCSI (ANZ), Future Position X (Sweden); GEOIDE (Canada); KSLG (Korea).
Media enquiries: Peter Woodgate, CEO CRCSI pwoodgate@crcsi.com.au or + 61 408 252 083
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Scientists investigating Australia's significant mineral deposits believe they may be linked to the formation and break-up of supercontinents.
Geologist Dr David Huston says the history of supercontinents could indicate where large mineral, petroleum and coal deposits may be found in the future.
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On March 16-18, 2011, the ISDE Secretariat held a meeting inviting a number of scientists to the Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, to discuss the development of Digital Earth since the advent of this concept, and what will be new towards 2020.
As an output from the discussion meeting, a paper has been published on the International Journal of Digital Earth (IJDE), which is freely accessible from IJDE website (for a month). For Free Access to the paper entitled “Digital Earth 2020: towards the vision for the next decade”, published in Volume 5, Issue 1, 2012.
www.tandfonline.com/r/DE2020
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V1 editors Jeff Thurston and Matt Ball spent some time reflecting on emerging stories and growing trends to come up with the following predictions for 2012. On the list are technology advancements, policy initiatives and the continued evolution of model-based design.
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The editors of Asian Surveing and Mapping have gathered together the Top 5 articles of 2011:
1) Singapore Uses GIS as an Enabler to Build a Networked Government
2) What Does An Integrated Geospatial Strategy Mean?
3) Australia Takes a Sustainability Approach to Urban Planning Reform
4) Ocean Exploration: Spatial Challenges in the Sea
5) The Future of the Global Navigation System of Systems
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Directions Magazine Exeucitve Editor Adena Schutzberg picked out the top "Directions on the News" podcasts from the last six months.
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In November, the OGC launched their Business Value Survey. Any and all geospatial technology users and providers are invited to complete a survey on the value of OGC standards.
The impetus for this survey came from the OGC Business Value Committee that has been tasked with three primary goals:
1. Assess the effort (costs) and outcomes (benefits) required to successfully use geospatial standards
2. Understand and articulate the advantages of developing and using OGC standards
3. Enable the wider community of stakeholders to leverage business value as a tool to foster investment and implementation
The researchers have prepared two versions of the online survey. To take the survey, if you are a technology user, visit http://uncc.surveyshare.com/s/AQAIJDC.
If you are a technology provider (a vendor or a system integrator) or a consultant, visit http://uncc.surveyshare.com/s/AQAIZBC.
From the OGC announcement: The survey is a joint effort by two academic researchers who are OGC members and by the OGC Business Value Committee. Dr. Mu Xia at Santa Clara University and Dr. Kexin Zhao at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte developed the survey based on requirements from the OGC Business Value Committee to support their studies on standards effectiveness. The OGC Business Value Committee will use a summary of the results to help the OGC better understand the value of the OGC’s open standards and improve its programs for geospatial standards development, compliance testing and outreach.
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The WALIS office has released their final News for the year, including a wrap-up of the WALIS Forum/ISDE7 in August.
Please find the eNews here.
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The Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI) has announced that Gary Maguire has taken up the role of president of the institute. He follows Gypsy Bhalla, who now takes up the role of past president on the board.
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CRCSI's 43pl member nearmap.com has recently finished capturing 5,000 sq km of high-resolution photo maps over Western Australia’s north-west section.
The capture includes some major developmental hot spots in the area, including Barrow Island (home to the $43 billion Gorgon Project), Karratha, Dampier, Burrup Peninsula, James Price Point (gas precinct), Onslow's Ashburton North facility (Wheatstone project), South Hedland, Port Hedland, Roebourne, Cape Lambert and Broome.
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Two important studies have started that will have implications for the future of the Cooperative Research Program. The Allen Consulting Group has commenced a Study of the Impact of Cooperative Research Centres, commissioned by the Federal Government. The Study follows the 2005 and 2006 Impact Studies of the Program but with the major difference that environmental and social impacts will also be taken into consideration. The previous two studies only considered economic impact of the CRC Program. The Allen Consulting Group will undertake the study.
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The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, announced major changes to the Ministerial and Departmental arrangements to the Innovation, Industry, Science and Research portfolio earlier today.
The Hon Greg Combet will become the Minister for Innovation and Industry whilst also retaining his responsibilities for Climate Change. Senator the Hon Chris Evans will take over as Minister for Science and Research, presumably assuming responsibilities for CRCs. The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research will have Higher Education and Skills incorporated into it, so it will take a few days to determine exact arrangements. In her press conference, the Prime Minister indicated that she assumed Dr Don Russell, the present Secretary of DIISR, will be the head of the new, expanded Department.
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Thomas Albrecht, has won the APRS Best Student Paper Prize at DICTA 2011 with a paper titled Visual Maritime Attention Using Multiple Low-Level Features and Naive Bayes Classification. Thomas is studying at Curtin University, supervised by Geoff West.
The conference, held in Noosa from 6th-8th December, is the main Australian Conference on computer vision, image processing, pattern recognition, and related areas.
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TECTERRA has TWO competitions open to Canadian Small and Medium Enterprises
1. GGC 2012 Commercialization Support Services Award (CSS)
$50,000 non-repayable grant to be used with TECTERRA's Approved Service Providers (ASPs)
Deadline: April 6, 2012
2. GGC 2012 Exhibition Award
$4,000 sponsorship for exhibit space at the GGC trade show
Deadline: February 23, 2012
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A new tool that will help improve the quality and useability of our public spaces and city buildings launched last week at the fifth annual State of Australian Cities Conference, held at the University of Melbourne.
A plain-English ‘how-to’ guide and check list known as Creating Places for People – an urban design protocol for Australian cities, will help guide decision makers and professionals whose work affects the built environment, as well as members of the public who care about the design of their local community.
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Two heavyweights of Australia’s $2.1 billion geospatial industry have joined forces in an industry-first partnership designed to expand spatial technology into new, ‘untapped’ markets.
GIS specialists, Esri Australia, and the nation’s peak spatial professionals body, the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI), announced the alliance at the International Surveying and Spatial Sciences Conference (SSSC) in New Zealand last week.
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Congratulations to the following winners, announced in November in Canberra....
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The annual spatial@gov conference, the only geospatial event organised in conjunction with the peak organisations in Australia and New Zealand representing the public, private, research and professional sectors of the spatial community, has now finished for another year.
Themes for this year included: water security; spatial@defence; government spatial activities in other countries; access to government spatial information; emergency response; and the spatial framework for virtual Australia.
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The network of Australian Technology Universities are set to provide of a postgraduate degree that helps researchers and research managers unlock the commercial potential of their work from mid-2012.
Queensland University of Technology's Dean of Research and Research Training Professor Paul Burnett said the postgraduate degree would train future leaders in research and commercialisation. "For some time now, we have recognised a significant need for a formal postgraduate award which provides training in best practice management skills and commercialisation to the research sectors," he said.
The content, relevant to all technical disciplines, will be provided fully online and presented as a choice postgraduate degree for all professional research managers/administrators, researchers and innovators wanting to further their careers.
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The Australian Minister for Innovation, Kim Carr, has announced the successful bidders in the 14th Selection Round for Cooperative Research Centres. They are: .......
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Australia's Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb AC, will lead a new committee to guide Australian Government research investment, ensuring it meets the nation's strategic priorities and delivers long-term prosperity and security.
Releasing the Focusing Australia's Publicly Funded Research Review, Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr said the Labor Government had increased its support for research, science and innovation since taking office by 43 per cent to $9.4 billion this financial year.
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The implementation of the Location Information Strategy was approved by State Cabinet on 1 August 2011.
An executive level Implementation Group is being established to extend agency representation in WALIS to Department of Premier and Cabinet, Department of State Development, Department of Regional Development and Lands and Department of Transport.
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On Wednesday, October 19, Geoscience Australia held a stakeholder engagement workshop to brief 25 WALIS community participants on the development of the National Exposure Information System (NEXIS). NEXIS is being accelerated through a Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) initiative in conjunction with Geoscience Australia.
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In the mid-nineteenth century, John Snow mapped cases of cholera in Soho, London, and traced the source of the outbreak to a contaminated water pump. Now, in a twenty-first century equivalent, scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust working in Kathmandu, Nepal, have combined the latest in gene sequencing technology and global positioning system (GPS) case localisation to map the spread of typhoid and trace its source.
Recent advances in DNA sequencing have allowed scientists to accurately track the spread of some diseases by measuring mutations in the pathogen's DNA when the DNA replicates.
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Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyse soil movements caused by active landslides and erosion and use the powerful tool of LIDAR to better assess and deal with them.
The advance, outlined by the Geological Society of America, is just one of the latest innovations with this laser technology, the use of which has mushroomed in recent years in the study of everything from earthquakes and tsunamis to beach erosion and road construction.
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The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Australian Space Policy Unit has released the briefing document “Priorities for Investment in Remote Sensing Technology for Australia”. The paper was prepared by Clive Fraser of the CRCSI.
There is a growing national consensus, reinforced by recent studies and the recently prepared Australian Strategic Plan for Earth Observation from Space, as well as the federal government’s new Principles for a National Space Industry Policy, that Australia has a strong dependency and reliance on foreign Earth Observation (EO) satellites, in particular for environmental and disaster monitoring, and that it wishes to grow its regional prominence and international participation in global remote sensing programs.
Read the paper here
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Call for Papers
International Journal of Digital Earth
Special Issue on “Analytical Geospatial Digital Earth”
Guest Editors: Bert Veenendaal, Songnian Li, Suzana Dragicevic and Maria Antonia Brovelli
Important deadlines
Submission of manuscripts February 15, 2012
Notification of acceptance/rejection June 15, 2012
Submission of final version September 15, 2012
Planned publication of special issue: Early 2013
Please provide an early expression of interest through email to b.veenendaal@curtin.edu.au
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The big problems of our time demand the brightest minds working with the best equipment, and the Gillard Labor Government has taken another step in developing our advanced, integrated national research infrastructure.
Releasing a roadmap for the future of Australia’s research infrastructure, Innovation Minister Senator Carr said world-class research was the key to a thriving innovation system and world-class research required world-class tools.
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Queensland's Minister for Energy Stephen Robertson today unveiled two new aircraft at Hervey Bay as part of Ergon Energy's world-leading ROAMES technology.
ROAMES - Remote Observation Automated Modelling Economic Simulation - will enable geo-spatial modelling of Ergon Energy's electricity network for the first time.
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Mobile phones and tablet PCs could soon join the humble bike pump as an Australian cycling essential if a plan for an online map of the nation’s bike and hiking trails gains traction.
The concept, devised by the nation’s leading location intelligence specialists Esri Australia, would show riders the most scenic track to take, where they could undertake emergency repairs, or even help them locate the nearest pub for those with a hard-earned thirst.
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Western Australia’s most senior decision-makers are using a planning mega-map developed by the nation’s leading Geographic Information System (GIS) specialists Esri Australia to ready the state for the next four decades.
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A collection of Landgate’s aerial photographs that capture the unique beauty of the Western Australian landscape have been transformed into stunning, contemporary art.
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A new study conducted using state-of-the-art mapping technology has uncovered Gnaraloo Bay, in Western Australia’s remote north-west, as part of the third largest Loggerhead turtle population in the world.
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Christchurch, New Zealand, has recently suffered not one but two major earthquakes, in September 2010 and February 2011, which created devastation in the city centre and eastern suburbs.
Even today, some five months later, a significant area of the inner city is still inaccessible. The CHC X91 GNSS receiver deployed by a Paterson Pitts Group survey team on two key projects has contributed to enabling decisions about how the planned reconstruction of Christchurch should proceed.
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Oceanographers, scientific researchers, resource exploration companies, tourism operators and the public will now have a greater understanding of Australia’s maritime jurisdiction following the public release of 28 digital (PDF) maps of the Australian Maritime Jurisdiction.
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August 2011 saw the release of new maps depicting New Zealand's offshore islands, more accurately than ever before. All New Zealand offshore islands are included in this release, these are Auckland Islands, Kermadec Islands, Snares Islands / Tini Heke, Bounty, Antipodes Island Group and Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku.
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South Australian students are beginning a path to a possible career in space research and industry with their participation in a $1 million education program run by Flinders University.
The program, which is being funded under the Gillard Labor Government’s Australian Space Research Program, will teach space science to 400 students and provide expert support and resources for 40 teachers.
Opening the program on behalf of Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr, Senator for South Australia Alex Gallacher said Australia’s excellent research base and expertise in the area of space presented huge opportunities for Australia.
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The Spatial Education Summit in Canberra on ??? Sep was hosted by SSSI and about 50 people attended, by invitation only. There was good representation from all sectors, many at senior levels.
Through structured workshopping and reporting the main issues were identified and potential solutions canvassed.
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This scholarship is designed to support women in the spatial disciplines and is open to all, including non-SSSI applicants.
The 2011 scholarship is now open for nominations. Please complete your nomination on the form provided below. Nominations close on the 30th of September 2011.
Please note that this scholarship is open to both members and non-members of the SSSI.
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The CRCSI is pleased to welcome Prof Manfred Ehlers who will spend his sabbatical with us for the rest of 2011.
Manfred is Full Professor for GIS and Remote Sensing at the University of Osnabruek, Germany, and is the Director of the University's Institute for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing. He is President of the 'Society for Geo-informatics' (German) and Chairman of 'The Centre of Excellence in Geoinformatics in North Germany' and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Digital Earth.
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The Office of Spatial Data management has been moved and reformed as the Office of Spatial Policy within the Dept of Resources, Energy and Tourism. “It will strengthen whole-of-government services and focus on improved stakeholder relationships.”
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The Academy of Science through Phil McFadden, former Chief Scientist of Geoscience Australia, has initiated a project to identify the research needed to assess the mineral resources that sit below the deep unconsolidated layer (the ‘regolith’) over much of Australia. Geophysicists speculate that there is even more mineral wealth in the next layer down than we have discovered or exploited at the surface.
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GITA ANZ 2011: Determining the impact on electric power facilities of flooding in Queensland
At an exciting 2011 GITA ANZ Geospatial Solutions Conference in Sydney last week, Mark Volz of Ergon Energy gave a fascinating presentation on how Ergon monitored flooding and managed electric power during the Decemeber 2010/January 2011 flood season in Queensland, Australia.
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There are two styles of entry - the data mashup, and the creative remix. The data mashup is where you can use public NZ data to build a new website or application. The creative remix where you can use images, literature, video or any other type of content to produce a new creative work.
2 weeks to go - $50,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs!
Entries close 15 September 2011
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The combined WALIS Forum, 7th International Symposium on Digital Earth (ISDE7), and State NRM Conference drew to a triumphant close on Thursday 25th August. The combined conference drew over 800 delegates from 21 countries including Australia, New Zealand, China, Canada, Malaysia and Brazil.
“The conference was very productive, and really showed the shift of thinking into the next generation of modelling, simulation, optimisation and visualisation using spatial information,” said CRCSI CEO Peter Woodgate.
CRCSI was recognised as a key participant, integral to the preparation and operation.
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iVEC is searching for students who are ready to challenge themselves through our student internship program. We will give you access to high performance computing, visualisation and rendering facilities, large-scale data storage and high speed communications.
Internships run for approximately 10 weeks during the period December through February, although dates and exact length of the internship are negotiable. The award is for up to $6,000 per student (tax free), dependent on the length of the project.
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LBx: Tell us a little about CRCSI and why spatial information is so critical to both the public and private sectors in Australia and New Zealand.
Woodgate: The CRCSI has been set up as a long-term research engine to tackle grand challenges that can only be addressed through the unique cooperation of the private, public and research sectors.
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WA State Cabinet has approved implementation of the Location Information Strategy, with two priority projects and a number of other strategic initiatives.
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Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) today announced its sponsorship of the Support for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Data Mashup category in The Great New Zealand Remix and Mashup Competition launched in Auckland this week.
The LINZ sponsored category calls for the development of an application that best supports the Canterbury earthquake recovery using at least one piece of New Zealand central or local government data. LINZ encourages the applications to combine or remix data from its recently launched LINZ Data Service.
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In the next few months, Australian scientists will activate a world-first tsunami warning system in the remote East Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Geoscience Australia says the device will be able to track earthquakes off Indonesia in real time, which will make accurate tsunami predictions possible.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-30/tsunami-warning-system/2817264
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WALIS eNews: The 5th Western Australian Spatial Excellence Awards, jointly hosted by the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA) and the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI), were held on Friday July 22.
The standard of the entries considered for the 2011 WA Spatial Excellence was very high, and judges made the point that determining a clear winner was difficult in several award streams. It was pleasing to see the awards shared variously by the spatial industry business, private/ industry sector, and government sector, with several of the awards going to partnerships formed across these sectors.
See the WASEA Winners ...
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WALIS eNews: Attorney-General Robert McClelland today said the Commonwealth Government has tabled its response to the Senate Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries’ report on bushfire mitigation and preparedness in Australia.
The report - The incidence and severity of bushfires across Australia - includes 15 recommendations aimed at reducing the incidence and effects of catastrophic bushfires in Australia.
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WALIS eNews: On 29 June, six telescopes – ASKAP, three CSIRO telescopes in New South Wales, a University of Tasmania telescope and another operated by the Auckland University of Technology – were used together to observe a radio source that may be two black holes orbiting each other.
Data from all sites were streamed in real time to Curtin University in Perth (a node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research) and there processed to make an image.
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Registration to Ozri 2011 is now open, with the event featuring one of the strongest programs of presentations in its 25 year history.
Organised by leading GIS and location intelligence specialists Esri Australia, Ozri 2011 will bring together GIS professionals from the U.S.A., Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
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Two 43pl companies have been recognised at the Western Australian Spatial Excellence Awards. VisTool (Visualising Sea Level Rising) from NGIS Australia won the Environment and Sustainability category, while MillMapper from Scanalyse won the Innovation and Commercialisation category and was named the overall winner for 2011. VisTool and MillMapper are both CRCSI supported projects.
NGIS, along with the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and CRC for Spatial Information, created VisTool, an online scenario planning tool to visualise and communicate the effects of sea level rising.
Scanalyse, along with Curtin University and CRC for Spatial Information, commercialised MillMapper, an innovative terrestrial laser scanner technique for safely measuring the rate of wear of mineral processing mills for improved efficiencies and productivity.
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Peter Clarke and Jochen Franke of Scanalyse Pty Ltd are 2011 Innovation Heros.
The Warren's Centre's annual Innovation Lecture and associated Innovation Hero Awards put successful Australian innovators in the public spotlight.
Scanalyse's "MillMapper" laser scanner of liners in grinding mills and specialised software extracts information, reduces operating costs, increases production levels and reduces energy costs, with a large reduction of CO2 emissions.
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Jonathan Nally 7 July 2011
"The discovery potential of the future international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope has been glimpsed following the commissioning of a working optical fibre link between CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope in Western Australia, and other radio telescopes across Australia and New Zealand."
[ Source: spaceinfo.com (photo: Terrace Photographers) ]
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Cooking up a national SDI framework
Today saw the release of the spatial data infrastructure (SDI) cookbook for New Zealand.
This initial version of the NZ SDI cookbook has been developed to provide guidance for the early stages of implementing SDI, with the chapters based on what is currently known about the elements typically underpinning SDIs, and guided by developments and experiences in jurisdictions internationally.
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One of New Zealand's leading geographic data suppliers has successfully introduced a graduate programme to help deal with a major shortage of skills in the industry.
Critchlow took on three Victoria University graduates last year as part of its pilot programme, all with science and technology backgrounds.
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The ESNC University Challenge is awarding a prize worth EUR 80,000 to the best idea for location-based services.
Australia has again joined the competition as an official partner region.
http://www.galileo-masters.eu/
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The National Academies Press – the US publisher for the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council – is offering almost all of its books free in PDF format. This includes hundreds of geospatial books.
The complete list runs to more than 4,000 titles. A search function is available from http://www.nap.edu/.
Source: Spatial Source article, 14/6/2011
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Spatial Information CRC with 43pl consortium co-founder Mark Judd and 43pl partner Geomatic Technologies promoted the member benefits of 43pl and demonstrated their work in spatial mapping and other technologies at the Innovation Australia Showcase.
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A map of carbon storage in tropical forests has been collated by a NASA research team from NASA satellite data. The data provides a baseline for ongoing carbon monitoring and research and is expected to serve as a useful resource for managing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
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Call for Applications - iVEC Small Business Technical Assistance Scheme
iVEC is pleased to announce the 2011 Small Business Technical Assistance Scheme, promoting the use of supercomputing, visualisation, high speed networks and research collaboration technologies.
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New emergency finder tracks to within centimetres
Article by Fran Foo, The Australian
May 03, 2011
Queensland utility Ergon Energy is quietly testing technology that could pinpoint the location of people stuck in emergency situations.
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The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, today released new information and tools highlighting the potential impacts on South Australia of sea level rises from climate change.
The information includes maps which identify the potential future impacts of sea level rise on the Adelaide region. These maps complement maps released previously for Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Hunter and Central Coast, and south east Queensland.
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A review of Geoscience Australia released today has confirmed the value of the agency’s work to the ongoing exploration of Australia’s natural resources.
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The Sixth National GIS Symposium was held in Al Khobar in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia last week. The conference was very well organized, and attracted a large number of attendees, including a significant number of international visitors.
Here is a summary and some highlights from Geoff Zeiss...
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Some video presentations from the2011 Where 2.0 conference. A link to other video is at the foot of the page.
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CRC Program has already shrunk too much
Several metropolitan newspapers carried unattributed speculation yesterday and today that "senior ministers are targeting industry assistance and research programs, including the $650 million Co-operative Research Centre scheme, for major savings."
Professor Tony Peacock, CEO of the Cooperative Research Centres Association, responded on ABC radio saying that he "wished the CRC Program was $650 million".
"Whoever is backgrounding the media obviously doesn't understand the program, which is currently about $180 million from the Federal government, not $650 million. In fact, every Federal Government dollar draws industry funds to Cooperative Research Centres and that is exactly the policy outcome the Government wished to achieve. The industry proportion of CRC budgets has grown steadily over the life of the CRC Program, in contrast to industry participation in other research programs.
Source: CRC media release
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The Space Policy Unit within the Dept of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research is developing a National Space Policy and is seeking additional information about the size and current activities of Australia’s space sector.
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The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science - Nominations for 2011 now open
The Australian Government awards five prizes annually for outstanding scientific achievements and excellence in science teaching. These awards are the most prestigious and significant of their kind in Australia. Each award comprises a solid embossed gold/silver engraved medallion, with matching lapel pins, and tax-exempt cash components totalling $500,000
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Australian Space Activities Survey 2011
The Space Policy Unit (SPU) within the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) is developing a National Space Policy and is seeking additional information about the size and current activities of Australia’s space sector.
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Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) National Roadshow (May & June 2011)
The ABS is introducing a new Statistical Geography Standard from July 2011 and you are invited to participate in Information Sessions that are being held in each State during May and June.
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OGC has released a discussion paper on Indoor Navigation that presents a model for indoor navigation that simultaneously addresses route planning, multiple localization methods, navigation contexts, and different locomotion types.
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The 2011 Western Australian Spatial Excellence Awards entries are now open. Entries close Friday 10 June 2011. WASEA is hosted by the WA regional groups of SIBA and SSSI.
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Welcome to the new website of the CRCSI !
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Apply now for CRCSI scholarships for PhD and masters - and internships and honours. Got a good idea? Try us...
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On 21 January 2011, CRCSI-2 had its first year review from the CRC Program.
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CRCSI participated in a study with Geoscience Australia and ACILTasman to determine the value of Earth Observation from space activities to the Australian economy.
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Keynote speakers at the ISDE7 Conference in August 2011
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The GEOIDE Summer School in Toronto, Canada will be running from 20-25 May, 2011.
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A rare mineral thought to exist only on the Moon’s surface has been discovered in WA's Pilbara.
Researchers collecting rock samples in Western Australia's remote Pilbara region have stumbled across a mineral previously believed to exist only on the Moon.
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