Monday, October 9th, 2017
Water industry experts from South Australia were appointed to deliver a stormwater harvesting pilot project for the Chinese city of Jinan under the Sponge City program, which is part of AU$400 million being invested in Jinan over...
Monday, October 2nd, 2017
Although its space industry employs about 11,500 people, Australia is one of the few major developed countries to not have a space agency. But that’s about to change after a domestic industry review called for a dedicated...
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
Australia officially has its first GPS infrastructure in space, according to the nation’s Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne. A four-kilogram, U.S.-developed Biarri-Point cubesat was launched as part of the QB50 constellation in April 2017 toward the...
Monday, April 3rd, 2017
Earth-i is following up its successful tender award from the Government of Queensland by supporting the International Symposium on Digital Earth & Locate 17 Conference being held in Sydney, Australia, from April 3-6, 2017. The Queensland Department...
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
If a two-year trial of Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) being undertaken with the backing of the Australian and New Zealand governments proves successful, position fixing could become more precise than the several-meters accuracy provided by Global...
Monday, February 6th, 2017
As of January 2017, Australia’s coordinates officially moved 1.8 meters northeast, following the launch of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020). The first update to Australia’s coordinate system in two decades, GDA2020 is a step toward...
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
SuperGeo Technologies announced its latest reseller in Australia, where Geoconnect is authorized to serve SuperGIS series software to domestic clients. Geoconnect provides a variety of GIS software and hardware such as GPS, GNNS, rugged computers, and related software...
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Geoscience Australia’s Education Centre continues to break visitation records, with 8200 student visits in 2011, exceeding the previous record set in 2009. The Education Centre has seen significant growth in student visitor numbers from across Australia since it opened in...
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
An international geospatial expert and key figure behind a global flood modelling project will advise Australian insurers on how to manage and assess risk using cutting-edge flood mapping technology.
