The two primary technologies for mapping are photogrammetry and lidar. While lidar mapping is the newer of the two, does it ...

The Open Geospatial Consortium’s (OGC) 132nd Member Meeting will be held from June 9 to 12, 2025, at the Holiday Inn Mérida in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. The event will feature several tracks on a ...

Australia’s scientific infrastructure received a significant boost in 2014 with the arrival and commissioning of the advanced ocean-class research vessel, RV Investigator. The 94-metre vessel, which ...

Information and warnings are decisive elements in the field of integrated risk management. Warnings increase preparedness and are one of the organisational measures (along with forecasts and emergency ...

Satellite images released by European Space Imagery show completed Chinese military installations on the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The Spratly Islands are a disputed zone, with ...

My family has land at Numeralla on the Great Dividing Range about 30 kilometres northeast of Cooma in southeastern New South Wales. Some years ago, I casually mentioned this to a university academic ...

An infrared image captured during the IGNIS data-collection flights. Credit: ECU. Edith Cowan University’s (ECU) collaborative lightning strike study with NASA, the IGNIS Project, has just completed ...

A statewide view of NSW’s Native Vegetation Regulatory (NVR) Map. See the legend for categories. NSW’s Native Vegetation Regulatory Map has proven pivotal for mapping vegetation and identifying land ...

AICRAFT specialises in edge computing modules, such as this Pulsar unit launched into orbit in 2023. South Australian AI firm, AICRAFT, has secured $100,000 in funding from the inaugural South ...

Changing illumination conditions can make maps hard to read if they aren’t adapted to the context. Image Credit: Yash Bhavsar, Pexels. The ICA and OGC are collaborating to improve cartographic design ...

AUSPOS is Geoscience Australia’s free, cloud-based, online GPS processing service. Its uptake and use worldwide, by new users and dedicated fans, continues to accelerate. AUSPOS has repeatedly proven ...

As any surveyor will tell you, time is money on all construction projects. Time setting up, time gathering data — often having to use separate instruments — time dealing with interruptions, time ...