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The Geospatial Council of Australia has announced a special, limited-time membership offer for new members. New members who join now will receive six bonus weeks of GCA membership free. The offer is ...
Fugro has donated two EdgeTech 2400 DT-2 Deep Tow side-scan sonar survey systems to the CSIRO, as part of the company’s ongoing support of global ocean science initiatives. The survey systems are ...
The recipients of this year’s Geospatial Council of Australia Geospatial Excellence Awards were announced at the combined FIG Working Week and Locate25 conferences in Brisbane last night.
The FIG Working Week 2025 / Locate25 event is almost here, and the focus is on the future. The combined FIG Working Week 2025 and Locate25 conference is about to begin, bringing with it a program of ...
The new Raptors from Anzu Robotics are filling a much-needed niche for affordable, fully capable survey drones. PARTNER FEATURE There’s a new player on the drone block, but it’s one that has a ...
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 ...
Topcon and FARO Technologies have announced that they have inked a “strategic agreement” to jointly develop innovative solutions for the laser scanning market. The companies say the agreement will ...
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 ...
Topcon Positioning Systems has announced a significant expansion of its Topnet Live reference station network, which includes 200 new geodetic stations positioned across the US. Topnet Live is a ...
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 ...
WA’s Advanced Spatial Digital Twin will see an entire third of the continent replicated in spatially accurate 4D. First published on 1 July 2024 By Jonathan Nally The Government of Western Australia ...