Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
The survey by RACV subsidiary Intelematics Australia took in the 26 busiest commuter routes in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, measuring traffic data over two years. After Thomastown the slowest traffic on Melbourne's seven busiest arterials was...
Monday, August 1st, 2011
The GPS technology that allows cell phones and other devices to pinpoint their location to within a few meters has made possible new services ranging from location-aware social networks to self-driving cars. A new location technology accurate...
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Following last year's growth management summit, the State Government this morning released its draft regionalisation strategy. The strategy also includes a 20-year master plan to improve the Bruce Highway. Ms Bligh says the Government's plan focuses on growth in...
Monday, July 4th, 2011
Australia's national infrastructure body on Monday unveiled an 86 billion Australian dollar project priority list ranging from railroads to ports and urged lawmakers to overhaul the financing and planning of major public works programs. Creaking infrastructure has long...
Monday, June 27th, 2011
The Australian utilities sector faces an information black hole within a decade unless it works to retain the knowledge of its ageing workforce, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist Bill Meehan told the Smart Electricity World conference in...
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
SimActive Inc. is pleased to announce that HyVista Corporation has acquired its Correlator3D photogrammetry software. The transaction was brokered by Credent Technology Asia Pte Ltd., SimActive’s partner in South East Asia and Australia.
Monday, May 30th, 2011
A team of CSIRO Future Manufacturing Flagship scientists has won a major mining industry award for the invention of the highly sensitive magnetic field sensor which sits at the operational heart of the mineral exploration tool, LANDTEM.
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Australia’s first commercial high rise building completely designed, constructed and handed over as a built model with asset management software using Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been named the NSW Development of the Year for 2011. The Rider Levett...
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Geoscience Australia is a prescribed agency within the Resources, Energy and Tourism portfolio, and our Minister is The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP. Geoscience Australia is a world leader in providing first...