Position 116 December-January 2022

December/January 2021-22 – No. 116

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special feature LEADERS FORUM 2022 13 Introduction 15 Tom Celinski, NEARMAP 17 Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse, SPATIAL VISION 18 David Byrne, AEROMETREX 19 Alison Rose, ABS, and Gemma Van Halderen, ABS 21 Robert Kennedy, C.R KENNEDY 23 Martin Nix, POSITION PARTNERS 24 Kellie Dean, VERIS 25 Claire Rutkowski, BENTLEY 27 Dr Lee Gregory, 12d SOLUTIONS

features 12 Q&A with Flavia Tata Nardini

38 Professionalism in the GIS industry

Cutting-edge tech is powering Fleet Space’s satellite ambitions.

30 Making the shift The transition to GDA2020 is in full swing across Australia.

There’s a vital need to tackle GIS accreditation and legitimacy.

45 Annual Spatial Source Directory Your guide to surveying, space and spatial suppliers and consultants.

31 Vale: Bruce Thompson The Australian spatial community has lost one of its giants.

32 The economics of marine mapping It worth billions of dollars, yet only 25% of our seabed has been mapped.

36 Hyperspace 2022 Space-based hyperspectral imaging is on the cusp of a revolution.

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Upfront Upcoming events From the editor News New products SSSI updates

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upfront Upcoming Events 6–8 February: Geo Week https://www.geo-week.com/

8–10 February: Global Space and Technology Convention https://www.space.org.sg/gstc/

The Saildrone Surveyor arrived in Hawaii after a 28-day voyage from San Francisco, collecting seabed data along the way.

Seabed mapping by sail

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n autonomous, uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) — the Saildrone Surveyor — has completed a 2,250-nautical mile maiden voyage from San Francisco to Honolulu. During the 28day voyage, the vessel mapped 6,400 square nautical miles of seafloor. Using renewable wind and solar energy as its primary power source, the USV is optimised for deepocean mapping, and the data collected will play a role in tackling current issues facing the planet, including climate change.

The collection of new seafloor mapping data during the Hawaii transit was partially funded by Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE prize money, won by the GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Alumni Team in 2019, and will contribute to Seabed 2030’s mission. Seabed 2030 is a collaborative project between The Nippon Foundation and GEBCO to inspire the complete mapping of the world’s ocean by 2030, and to compile all bathymetric data into the freely available GEBCO Ocean Map. Currently, only about 20% of the global seafloor has been mapped to modern standards.

Working in collaboration with NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration, multibeam data from the Saildrone Surveyor has been calibrated and assessed by an

external team from the University of New Hampshire (UNH).

Commenting on the quality of the data acquired by the vehicle, Larry Mayer, coHead of Seabed 2030’s Arctic and North Pacific Ocean Regional Center and Director for the UNH Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping said: “Due to the windpowered nature of the vehicle, it is very quiet, and this enables the very accurate acoustic measurements needed to map to these depths.”

“Autonomous technologies lower the carbon footprint of [obtaining a map of the oceans], using less fuel and fewer resources,” added Seabed 2030 Project Director Jamie McMichael-Phillips. “We’re hugely excited about what the Saildrone Surveyor is going to deliver for Seabed 2030.”

The Saildrone Surveyor’s hull is 22 m long, the wing is 18 m and the keel draws 4 m. It can navigate autonomously from prescribed waypoint to waypoint while staying within a user-defined safety corridor, though actively supervised by a Saildrone Mission Control operator.

Following the successful proof-of-concept voyage, Saildrone intends to build a fleet of Surveyors to drive forward the goal of mapping Earth’s oceans over the next 10 years.

The Saildrone Surveyor’s keel is fitted with instruments for mapping the seafloor.

17–18 February: SSSI NSW Regional Conference & APSEA-NSW https://sssi.org.au/events-awards/ events/sssi-nsw-2021-regionalconference

24 February: SSSI Victorian Surveying & Spatial Summit and APSEA-V https://sssi.org.au/events-awards/ events/victoria-summit-21

21–23 March: Association of Public Authority Surveyors 2022 Conference https://www.apas.org.au/apas-pastevents/upcoming-events/9-apas2022conference.html

23–24 March: Geo Connect Asia 2022 https://www.geoconnectasia.com/

24–26 May: Locate22 https://locateconference.com/

25–27 May: Australian Institute of Mine Surveyors National Conference https://www.aimsconference.com.au/

22–25 August: Advancing Earth Observation Forum 2022 https://www.earthobsforum.org/

22–27 August: FOSS4G 2022 https://www.osgeo.org/foundationnews/foss4g-2022/

August/September: FIG Congress 2022 https://www.fig.net/fig2022/

2–7 October: Ocean Optics XXV https://oceanopticsconference.org/

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24 – 26 May 2022 National Convention Centre, Canberra ACT Location in Action: Positioning the nation for a brighter future Join us in Canberra and be at the forefront of the surveying and spatial field in Australia.

Locate22 is a great opportunity for surveying and spatial professionals to come together to learn about advances in our industry and contemporary practices. This conference is a valuable forum to meet and connect with your peers, grow new ideas and shape exciting developments in the surveying and spatial sectors. Experts and leaders will share their visions for the future and the opportunities and challenges presented by new technology.

Whether you are just starting out in the profession or have decades of experience, Locate22 is the surveying and spatial event of the year.

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Year of the career — putting people first

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here’s nothing more important to any industry sector than the people who work within it — arguably, they are far more important than the technology used or data gathered. That’s why, throughout each of our issues during 2022, we will be looking at various aspects of the ‘people side’ of the profession — from education to recruitment, from accreditation to career progression. We start off in this issue with an article that looks at attitudes towards professionalism and qualifications. The survey results presented by Cecilia Xia and Mitchell Sage are a bit of an eye-opener, although perhaps many of the findings will come as no surprise to many within the industry.

What do you think are the career challenges facing professionals within the industry?

I’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions, so please drop me a line at jnally@ intermedia.com.au.

In this issue we also introduce a new feature that will become an annual regular — our Leaders Forum. We asked some of the most influential industry members to look into their crystal balls and forecast what we can expect over the year ahead. I think you’ll agree they convey some very interesting insights into where the industry is headed.

One of the places it is heading is into orbit. In our interview with Flavia Tata Nardini, we learn about Fleet Space Technologies’ ambitions to connect the nation using low-cost satellites and ground terminals, opening up opportunities across many essential industries.

And Fleet is only one of a number of ambitious new enterprises eyeing orbital possibilities.

Jon Fairall (the founder of this magazine) looks at the history and future of Australia’s involvement in space-based hyperspectral imaging. It’s no longer a case of ‘watch this space’!

Some people used to refer to the oceans as ‘inner space’ in an effort to contrast and compare them with ‘outer space’. It’s not a term you hear much anymore, but there’s no doubt that the oceans are vital in every possible way to the planet and society. That’s why it’s great to see initiatives such as AusSeabed and the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project going ahead in leaps and bounds. In this issue we take a deep dive into AusSeabed and the work its scientists are doing to map the seafloor.

In this issue we also have our annual Directory, Australia’s most comprehensive resource for finding the products and services you need for your business or organisation.

I encourage you to flip through its pages to find opportunities to expand your operations or take on new technologies. Our thanks to Position Partners for once again being prime sponsor of the Directory.

Jonathan Nally Editor

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Location services, precision measurement — knowing where you’re going Technology — space services, GNSS and PNT devices and services Advertising booking date: 28 January 2022 Advertising material date: 2 February 2022 Publication date: 24 February 2022 Position magazine, SpatialSource, Interpoint Events and The Intermedia Group acknowledge the traditional custodians of country across Australia, and pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to their elders, past, present and emerging.

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news Call for speakers for the Locate22 conference Organisers of the Locate22 national conference have issued a call for speakers and abstracts for the event, which will be held in Canberra in May 2022.

Locate22 will return to a face-to-face format (COVID restrictions permitting) from 24 to 26 May, along with a oneday program of local site tours on 23 May. The format will see a welcome return to presenters attending the conference in-person and making their presentations live.

Those presenters will include world-renowned keynote speakers and industry experts, all of whom will explore the theme of ‘Location in action: Positioning the nation for a brighter future’.

The program will feature a range of activities and interactions, with something to suit all attendees: • Keynote presentations • Themed breakout sessions • Workshops

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Panel discussions Presentation of the Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards Local site visits Breakfast sessions Technology talks The Locate Hub Young Professional and Early Career Researcher Symposium Submissions (https://locateconference. com/submissions) are now open for oral and other presentations, with the deadline being 5:00pm AEDT, Monday 31 January 2022.

Spatial Source, Position magazine and Interpoint Events are proud to be media partners of Locate 22.

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UK to build Underground Asset Register The UK’s Ordnance Survey (OS) has announced it will work with engineering and project-management consultancy Atkins to build a National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) for the UK. The location-enabled service will provide fast access to network data, saving utilities companies and local authorities time and money, and reducing the disruption caused in trying to fix leaks and putting in new infrastructure.

“We are delighted to be part of this exciting transformative project,” said OS’ Head of Geospatial Solutions, Chris Tagg. “The development of a UK wide underground digital map of the nation’s utilities has been an innovation focus for OS for several years and it is great that the National Underground Asset Register is now entering the build phase.

The digital map will be built over the next three years, starting in the North East of England, Wales and London.

Atkins has been appointed by the UK Government’s Geospatial Commission to help create the digital map of underground pipes and cables. The company will work with OS, 1Spatial and other partners to deliver the build phase of the project to create a ground-breaking nationwide geospatial platform to view all underground 8 position December/January 2021-22

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asset data, helping to tackle the £2.4bn in lost value to the economy each year from accidental utility strikes.

OS has recently been a member of a consortium, with utility companies and local authorities in the UK’s North East, developing a digital data exchange platform as part of one of the Geospatial Commissions NUAR pilot projects.

The platform, underpinned by geospatial data, enabled any of the participating organisations to see an integrated, common and consistent map view of the underground assets in the location they are looking to excavate, with the most crucial operational information available, on a single device.

Diversity and inclusion on the agenda

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There are increasing calls for the surveying industry to recognise and actively implement diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts, and especially to attract new young professionals into the sector.

But attracting the best people needs a demonstration that the sector and its practices are truly diverse and that business environments respect all human differences in the widest sense.

In June 2021, at the FIG Working Week in Amsterdam, Netherlands, a panel of land and property leaders came together to open a conversation on D&I. The panel considered the opportunity that land professionals

could make to improve D&I in the surveying profession (land, property and natural resources) and to inspire the FIG community.

The panellists were: • Chair, Diane Dumashie, FIG Vice President, Dumashie Ltd, UK/ Ghana • Narelle Underwood, Surveyor-General of NSW, Australia • Chitra Weddikkara, Emeritus Professor, Chartered Architect, Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Sri Lanka • Paul Olomolaiye, Professor Construction Engineering and Management, Vice-Chancellor for Equalities and Civic Engagement, University of West England, UK • Victoria Stanley, Senior Land Administrator, World Bank, USA A key part of the D&I conversation is to do more to increase the number of women in the sector, and the panel provided ideas as how this may be achieved. You can view a recording of the discussion at https://youtu.be/3N0A17G3fU8 The session closed with the presentation of an action-orientated statement that FIG members can use to improve D&I in the sector’s professional working practices and organisations.

ACT mapping volunteer program celebrates 15 years The ACT’s Mapping and Planning Support (MAPS) volunteer program has celebrated 15 years of service since its establishment following the devastating 2003 Canberra fires.

ACT Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Mick Gentleman, said the program has played a pivotal role in supporting day-to-day incident and major emergencies since.

“The MAPS volunteer program was developed to enhance the delivery of professional geographic systems and location technology support during large scale emergencies,” Minister Gentleman said.

“MAPS volunteers have provided mapping and location support for largescale emergencies across Australia such as the 2009 Black Saturday Fires in Victoria, 2010-12 Queensland Flooding, 2011

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Cyclone Yasi, major bushfires across ACT and NSW, and recently the COVID-19 disaster response.”

Fifteen years ago, two of the founding MAPS volunteers embedded themselves into the Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Agency’s (ACTESA) pre-emptive Incident Management Team (IMT) managing three days of consecutive total fire bans.

Their knowledge and support capability resulted in MAPS becoming a vital part of ACTESA’s emergency management team.

ACTESA Commissioner, Georgeina Whelan, said mapping and location technologies underpin almost every incident response, from everyday navigation, to tracking a major bushfire or flood impact.

“Within the ACTESA there is a

dedicated team of volunteer geo-spatial professionals that give their time and expertise behind the scenes, to support services on the front line,” said Commissioner Whelan.

“I would like to express my gratitude and thanks to all of our MAPS volunteers, your ongoing commitment and dedication over the last 15 years has resulted in a well-developed and professional volunteer service, providing much needed support to our front-line personnel.”

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news NT invests $5m in ELA The Northern Territory Government has announced it is coinvesting $5 million in space launch start-up, Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA).

ELA is building the Arnhem Space Centre near Nhulunbuy in East Arnhem Land, and is working with 27 personnel from NASA to prepare for the launch of three sounding rockets in mid-2022.

Those launches will mark the first time NASA will have conducted launches from a commercial facility outside of the USA. Others co-investing in ELA include private sector investors such as Blackfyre Holding, Paspalis Innovation Investment Fund, and a group of investors coordinated by Greenwich Capital.

According to the NT Government, the Australian launch market is estimated to be worth up to US$930 million over the next decade.

“We have backed this project from inception, and the Arnhem Space Centre is now rapidly coming to life — ready for NASA and other commercial launch customers,” said NT Chief Minister, Michael Gunner.

“The work with NASA signals that the site is ready and able to support world leading commercial rocket launch activity, science, and education collaboration,” added CEO of Equatorial Launch Australia, Carley Scott.

“The investment received from the NT Government and private sector investors funds local site works, providing local jobs in the space industry. It signals to the world that the Territory is right

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behind the spaceport and committed to growing space sector activities into the future.”

During the current site set-up trip, the NASA team has been preparing the rocket launcher, tracking systems and other support systems that will be needed next year.

“I want to take this opportunity to thank the Northern Territory Government, the Australian Space Agency, Equatorial Launch Australia, Gumatj and the local support organisations and stakeholders that have supported this activity,” said NASA Sounding Rockets Program Office Operations Manager, Scott Bissett.

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How the real world is powering the virtual ones

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s technology pushes us further into the digital world, the ability to accurately capture, render and sell reality-derived products is becoming critical to a range of modern businesses.

For some, traditional media of recorded video and still images is getting replaced by 3D spatial data. The ever-increasing flexibility, quality and accessibility of 3D data boost the end consumer’s desire for more immersive and engaging to present and experience that data.

Geospatial tech company Aerometrex has seen a rapid expansion in novel uses for high-resolution 3D data underpinning modern business processes. Below are three developing markets for 3D data.

REALITY POWERING THE METAVERSE

High-resolution 3D reality mesh is an ideal dataset for large-scale and monetised metaverse platforms.

Terrestrial Software Development purchased a data license for Aerometrex’s San Francisco 3D model as a foundational part of their Lunaverse.io platform.

The 3D reality mesh is draped over the base level-of-detail models to create a spatially and visually accurate rendition of San Francisco.

An ultra-realistic sense of location is fundamental to the Lunaverse business model, selling users access to a virtual version of a familiar and desirable location and then building an e-commerce system

around it. Accurately recreating San Francisco is a crucial draw into Lunaverse, and Aerometrex’s high-resolution 3D data enrich the platform by connecting the real world to the virtual one.

Lunaverse’s platform has an internal economy that involves selling real estate through non-fungible tokens. Having accurate versions of real-world locations underpins the sale of virtual real estate. The internal Lunaverse economy will have the same forces of San Francisco’s actual real estate acting upon it, including a range of desirability, including location, physical structure features and speculation on future value.

The geospatial industry and metaverse platforms will see closer collaboration in the future as the real world’s reproduction becomes central to a platform’s setting.

IMMERSED IN 3D

Immersion by Light ADL is a mixed media experience that integrates interactive geospatial data into entertainment. It’s another example of advanced hardware matching with high-resolution data delivered as a ticketed experience to the general public. Immersion’s place in South Australia’s Bloom 2021 Festival enables the general public to actively engage with 3D reality mesh.

The focal point of Immersion is ‘the Ellipse,’ a 360-degree oval screen that puts the audience in the centre of Australia’s 50-million year origin story. Immersion’s climax is Aerometrex’s 3D reality mesh model of Adelaide that virtually places the audience on Light Square at Light ADL’s real-world location, where motion tracking lets them throw virtual paintballs over the model.

The Ellipse’s hardware’s current role in Immersion transitions back to its ongoing use as a light stage for media production, including more geospatial data wrapping people in renditions of the real and virtual worlds.

NEXT GENERATION PRESENTATIONS

The Adelaide Convention Bureau (ACB) commissioned Aerometrex to make a high-resolution 3D reality mesh model of Adelaide’s CBD with areas of street-level enhancement as the centrepiece of its bidding process that draws lucrative events to their facilities and the city. The ACB has incorporated rendered reality as a point of difference against competitors and made a novel presentation style that showcases the City of Adelaide.

A scripted flythrough of the Aerometrex model shows the Adelaide Convention Centre and surrounding districts in detail.

Suitable accommodation, dining, recreation and tourism areas are highlighted to the particular audience.

Nick Mercer, ACB’s General Manager of Sales and Marketing explained how the 3D data changes its bidding capabilities: “This is a game-changer for us. We see ourselves as storytellers, and each individual bid is an individual story.

This model gives us the ability to create those individual stories. We can tailor the graphics that we put up, the story, the flight path, and everything is flexible with this model. Nothing is stopping us from getting out there and securing as many national and international bids as our business development team can come up with.”

For the ACB, Aerometrex’s model overcomes distance and travel restrictions by placing the audience in Adelaide from anywhere in the world. It’s a powerful staging environment for years of bidding presentations.

READY FOR REALITY

Aerometrex’s 3D capabilities and capture program are expanding globally, ready for the imminent expansion of desire for data from traditional and emerging industries. n Go to www.aerometrex.com.au to learn more about Aerometrex’s services. www.spatialsource.com.au 11

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“ We are attracting people from Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, and people are moving to Adelaide.”

Q&A with Flavia Tata Nardini Cutting-edge technology and an innovative business model are powering Fleet Space Technologies’ satellite ambitions.

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t’s been several years since Position last caught up with Flavia Tata Nardini, CEO of Adelaide-based Fleet Space Technologies. We spoke with her to get an update on Fleet’s plans, along with her assessment of the burgeoning space sector.

POSITION: Have all the stars aligned lately for the space industry?

FTN: Yes, all the stars have aligned. It’s

quite exciting, right? If you look at Silicon Valley, this year there have been three or four IPOs in space tech and there are been several exits. People are making money out of space finally. But it always takes a bit longer, because space is not like a soft start-up where you’ve got your return in five years — it takes eight or nine years but the returns are big.

POSITION: How many satellites does Fleet have up there right now?

FTN: We have launched six in the past

couple of years. Our entire constellation will be 140. When we start mass manufacturing them, we’ll start launching many at a time, from next year.

POSITION: You’re now doing beamforming. How important is that?

FTN: Beamforming is an incredible

technology. The only others in the space industry that have beamforming on their satellites is SpaceX. And they’ve got 200kg satellites. We wanted to build the same beamforming inside a small satellite of 15 kg.

And it’s really hard. So we spent around $20 million in R&D to do this exercise. It digitally steers the beam, so that a satellite that is 10 kg can have the same throughput as a 150-kg satellite. So it can send a lot of data.

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POSITION: How important is downlink for your business?

FTN: In the first couple of years we were

using legacy satellites, and we realised there is something missing in the way they operate; and it’s all about downlink.

Nowadays all these industrial IoT deployments are software based; all these devices have machine learning and edge computing and firmware and security patches that need to happen. So while historically satellites are all about gathering data up, now it becomes way more important to send data down. So we had to build our satellites with massive downlink.

POSITION: So your customers can upgrade devices ‘over the air’?

FTN: Yes. You have to bear in the mind that

for a customer who has deployed devices in the middle of nowhere, the last thing they want to do is to have to go there once a week to update the software. It’s not going to happen. We knew that satellites were needed to bring the costs down. Iridium is $1,000 per megabyte and Orbcom is hundreds, so we knew that we wanted to aim for $4 to $5.

POSITION: What is your ground architecture?

FTN: There is what we call the portal,

an IoT edge gateway. It connects 1,000 devices in one area on a 50-km radius,

so it kind of creates a local network. It does machine learning and AI; it is a really smart modem. Fleet has the only worldwide patent to connect LPWAN devices to satellites. Most of Adelaide has been covered for years.

POSITION: Which industries are showing the most interest?

FTN: Critical infrastructure is the industry

that is buying the most. So hydro, gas and energy, and mining; distribution and transmission companies; and exploration.

These industries still operate by putting a person in a car. When there is a blackout they go and check where the blackout is — and they pay millions of dollars in fines when there are blackouts, so there are real economic benefits of connecting at low cost.

It could have been done before but not at large scale. If you need to spend $1,000 to connect one device per month, you’d rather send a person in a car.

POSITION: Finally, do you have any trouble getting skilled workers?

FTN: I have to admit Fleet attracts the best

talent. We are attracting people from Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, and people are moving to Adelaide. We are doing pretty well.

There is also confidence in the Australian ecosystem, so that really helps us as well.

There is the Space Agency here, there are a lot of activities. It is very exciting. n

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Welcome to Position magazine’s inaugural Leaders Forum, where on the following pages we ask some of the surveying, space and spatial industry’s most influential experts to look ahead to 2022 and give us their insights into where we are, where we’re headed and how we will get there.

In many ways the industry is at a crossroads, as rapid technological change combines with ever-increasing societal and environmental needs.

Our experts express a wide range of opinions on these topics and more, and especially on Position’s theme for the next 12 months — ‘The year of the career’ — and the need to bolster the industry’s workforce.

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Overall, if there’s one thing our Leaders Forum reveals, it’s an overarching sense of optimism that — despite many challenges — our industry is still vibrant and more vital than ever in a complex world facing ongoing change.

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“ The pandemic has shown us how critical it is to develop domestic capability.”

Dr Tom Celinski Chief Technology Officer, Nearmap Tom Celinski is CTO of Nearmap, an Australia-headquartered location intelligence company that provides access to high-resolution, large-scale aerial imagery, 3D content, AI data sets and geospatial tools.

How can the industry play a role in the recovery from the COVID pandemic?

COVID-19 showed the resilience of the tech sector, with tech workers relatively less affected by the pandemic. The more of these types of jobs there are in the future, then the more resilient the Australian economy will be. As organisations decentralise their workforce, this presents an immediate and longer-term opportunity for regional communities. Nearmap, for example, has a flexible, digital-first work philosophy and we expect more companies will continue the shift to more agile working.

Which technologies will revolutionise the surveying, space or spatial sectors in 2022?

The resolution of aerial imagery will improve significantly. This will continue to displace alternative technologies, such as drones, enabling companies to scale-up applications such as remote inspections of assets. In fact, Nearmap is collaborating with the University of Sydney on intelligent robotic systems for real-time asset management. Nearmap will provide current 2D aerial imagery and 3D data and insights from AI feature extraction. We will also collaborate with researchers to develop cutting-edge algorithms for a range of use cases, including asset inspection.

How is Australasia placed in the global context? Are we racing ahead or falling behind?

Australia is a great adopter of major enabling technologies, but we could be a creator of more of these technologies.

And not many of these technologies are

scaled up in Australia. Companies often choose to scale-up abroad. The pandemic has shown us how critical it is to develop domestic capability, expertise, technologies and local supply chains. This includes technology such as aerial camera systems and geospatial AI/analytics/machine learning systems. We need to view this as strategically important and ensure Australian taxpayer funds are spent in ways that support development of crucial local capabilities for both commercial reasons and for the public good.

Which challenges or opportunities should the industry be focused on?

Australia is a leader in ‘open data,’ and we understand this will provide a good baseline. Organisations like Nearmap can complement this baseline data with much more current, high-resolution data. At the same time, it is important for decision makers involved in open data initiatives to consider implications for areas of community concern, such as public safety.

One solution is to limit the resolution of open data, which would make it less likely to be misused.

What do you think your customers are looking for in 2022?

They want even more coverage, higher frequency and higher resolution. They’re asking for answers and actionable insights, rather than just imagery. Nearmap will continue to invest heavily in our 2D, 3D and AI content and tools, and this will put us in an even stronger position to meet our customers’ needs. Nearmap is supporting our customers as climate change impacts the natural world and natural disasters

become more severe and regular. Nearmap ImpactResponse enables governments and organisations to survey large areas following major natural disasters, with access to the detail you can only get from high-resolution captures, and gain the clearest possible insights into what’s required for disaster relief efforts.

What are your organisation’s priorities for 2022?

Nearmap remains focused on being the global leader in subscription-based location intelligence. Our coverage footprint continues to grow, and the frequency of the captures that make up this coverage will only increase as we invest in new tech — including the rollout of the next generation of our proprietary aerial camera system which will set a new global benchmark for camera performance.

What’s on your wish list for 2022?

Australia needs to accelerate the development of a unified, long-term geospatial strategy and plan; undoubtedly one that includes space-based Earth observation. But a strategy that also comes down closer to Earth to ensure there’s a focus on other capture modalities, including high-resolution, high-frequency aerial imagery.

We also need to better support scaleup businesses in Australia, as much of the current support is for start-ups and established large businesses. Nearmap is keen to collaborate with Australia’s great research talent, including FrontierSI, to address some of these issues and deliver the next generation of local technology innovations for export to the world. n www.spatialsource.com.au 15

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“ I think it is time for Australia to develop its own spatial commission, similar to that of the UK.”

Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse Executive Director of Strategic Consulting & International Relations, Spatial Vision Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse is Executive Director at Spatial Vision.

He has led several multi-million-dollar mapping projects for the federal and state governments, and is a key advisor to industry associations.

Which technologies will revolutionise the surveying, space or spatial sectors in 2022?

The Australian Government has invested over $10 billion into the space sector to fuel its growth. Beyond space infrastructure, spatial applications will contribute heavily to the sector’s growth, with Earth observation and positioning set to play a key role.

In a global context, Australia has taken its projects to new heights with Geoscience Australia’s Open Data Cube platform as part of its Digital Earth Australia initiative, harnessing decades of rich archives for improved land and water management.

There’s a conversation happening around this digital twin being a disruptor in the third dimension, and so I see 3D and 4D shifting from its innovative status into the ‘new normal’.

Digital twins will provide a platform for innovations like AI and machine learning. I see Digital twins as infrastructure for spatial not only in the built environment, but also in rural, peri-urban and agricultural areas, with sensor networks, scenario modelling and the IoT having a huge impact.

How is Australasia placed in the global context? Are we racing ahead or falling behind?

The OECD suggests Australia has some catching up to do. While there is significant research and innovation happening across our academic sector, the challenge has always been in adapting the research and scaling it for commercial outcomes. I do see a shift with leaders in academia and

industry working together more than ever.

We are seeing a lot of research with greater industry involvement and funding, and I’m hopeful that we can minimise this divide even more with increased dialogue.

What’s on your wish list for 2022?

I think it is time for Australia to develop its own spatial commission, similar to that of the UK. This model offers an independent view of how the sector needs to grow. Currently, ANZLIC and ICSM play a vital role in the sector’s growth with a focus on standards and prototypes.

In addition to this, a commission would help bring the private sector, academia, industry and its users together to act as an advisory voice. Government could use such a body as a sounding board. An Australian geospatial commission would help bring together diversity of thought on how we utilise geospatial information in a meaningful way.

Which challenges or opportunities should the industry be focused on?

Australia has often grappled with skill shortages, particularly given its aging workforce. At the same time, we’re seeing a shift in how spatial is represented in universities. We need to think about other approaches in addition to university teaching to facilitate capacity building and encourage greater understanding of skills and trends. I believe a dedicated centre of excellence for geospatial and surveying, under the arm of a geospatial commission, could help turn the tide with the

introduction of a national geospatial labour policy to address workforce gaps.

Furthermore, our industry is working hard to promote diversity and inclusion, with many forums looking at gender balance, for example. But we need to look into diversity more broadly with other parameters. A geospatial commission structure could help us deliver stronger outcomes in this area.

What do you think your customers are looking for in 2022?

Our customers and clients are seeking expert advice and sound evidence to help them navigate the rapidly changing landscape.

They are increasingly looking for access to business and government networks to assist in working through complex issues.

They want confidence in their geospatial investments, and we’re able to offer that by drawing on successful approaches globally and connecting our clients with leaders from whom they can learn.

What are your organisation’s priorities for 2022?

Spatial Vision is very lucky to be in a privileged position coming out of the pandemic, having seen strong growth over the last 18 months. In 2022, we’re continuing to invest in new talent, skill development and capacity building to adapt to the ever-transforming digital landscape.

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“ I think that Australia is at the forefront of the geospatial industry and we really do punch above our weight.”

David Byrne Chief Operating Officer, Aerometrex David Byrne is Aerometrex’s Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board, having joined in 2000 as Chief Photogrammetrist. He has been largely responsible for Aerometrex’s successful technical program and previously filled the role of Production Manager.

Which technologies will revolutionise the surveying, space or spatial sectors in 2022?

Virtual worlds are going to be truly revolutionary for the geospatial industry. We connect perfectly to the whole metaverse industry because our 3D models are hyper-accurate replications of the real world. Metaverse companies build on our base 3D datasets instead of designing a world from scratch. I think people like the idea of living and interacting in a virtual world based in reality. Everybody would love the opportunity to go to a place like Manhattan, but may not have the means to. We can capture and build so many fantastic places around the globe and I can see that happening more in the future.

How can the industry play a role in the recovery from the COVID pandemic?

COVID has taught us to live and conduct our lives more remotely.

Aerometrex is operating with remote capture methods and dataas-a-service product delivery, which places us well to handle that.

The MetroMap platform is ideal for remote work environments where people don’t have to be on-site, travelling and interacting with others. I also think we’ll be at the forefront of the wave of development that will happen in the post-pandemic rebuild.

Whether that’s infrastructure, construction or building, our industry and our data play a big part in large-scale projects.

How is Australasia placed in the global context? Are we racing ahead or falling behind?

I think that Australia is at the forefront of the geospatial industry and we really do punch above our weight. Our 3D modelling products are where we see ourselves as a global leader. We’ve been invited to international projects, such as capturing the city of Philadelphia for the Pope’s visit and modelling the old city of Pau in France. Both clients wanted the best 3D model; and with basically anyone in the world to choose from, they sought us out here in Adelaide. It proves that we in Australia are capable of leading the world.

What’s on your wish list for 2022?

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working together on a win-win situation where both parties come out on top. Sometimes it feels like governments are competing with a company like ours, creating their own programs of capturing data. That undermines what industries like ours are trying to do.

That’s something we’ll keep talking to governments about, and we need to keep expressing what our worth is.

Which challenges or opportunities should the industry be focused on?

Access to more skilled professionals is an interesting challenge for us, and one that the whole industry is dealing with. Software developers will play a massive part in our business as the geospatial industry moves closer to a tech industry model, and software developers are highly sought after. Aerometrex is what we would consider an extremely multicultural business, and that’s partly because we’ve always been comfortable going abroad to find the talent we need. That’s been great for our business culture and building creativity and innovation.

What do you think your customers are looking for in 2022?

People want more, better and faster data. That’s where a product like MetroMap becomes so powerful because it enables scaling of data creation and delivery. Having many clients for the same data means that we can offer a much more attractive price. More broadly, we’re finding the thirst for data is ever-increasing, and has been since 2005 with Google Earth. Google Earth provided a desire for data that never stopped.

What are your organisation’s priorities for 2022?

We’re a public company now, and the company’s performance is under the magnifying glass. Balancing financial performance and positioning ourselves right for the future is our priority. We’ll continue investing in all business parts to make sure we stay ahead of the curve because that gives us the best chance to grow. More specifically, we’ll continue developing more exciting and diversified products and solutions, then find ways to integrate them into MetroMap. That will bring in added tools and use cases where people can get enhanced benefit from the same data. n

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“ Our wish is that industry, researchers and government come together on areas of common interest.”

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Alison Rose Chief of GA’s Place, Space and Communities Division

Gemma Van Halderen Lead, ABS Population, Labour and Location Insights Division Alison Rose is the Chief of Geoscience Australia’s (GA) Place, Space and Communities Division. Previously, she held senior executive positions within the private and public sectors. Gemma Van Halderen leads the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) Population, Labour and Location Insights Division. A statistician, she has represented Australia at the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management.

Which technologies will revolutionise the surveying, space or spatial sectors in 2022?

Alison Rose: I think AI will push new boundaries in the spatial and statistical sector. We are already seeing this with the use of digital twins. We are also seeing a step-change in the uptake of low-cost and accessible technologies based on precise positioning. Small satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles and advanced sensors are also having an impact. The IoT will accelerate the level of digital intelligence in the spatial sector. And, all of these new technologies will generate big data requiring multi-source/cross-domain data integration and analytics. We are also creating innovative ways to benefit from space, spatial and statistical data by making it findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable.

How is Australasia placed in the global context? Are we racing ahead or falling behind?

Gemma Van Halderen: Globally, Australia is well placed. Our willingness to innovate makes us recognised leaders in the adoption and application of new geospatial and statistical data technologies and in the development of new standards and methods.

This is particularly apparent in the adoption of new positioning and Earth observation technology in agriculture and resources.

An exciting development is the Australian Government’s Digital Economy Strategy, which will place Australia as a leading digital economy by 2030. ABS

and GA have a number of collaborative initiatives underway under this Strategy, most notably the Digital Atlas of Australia and the Australian Data Strategy. The Strategy will require industry input to be successful.

What’s on your wish list for 2022?

Alison Rose: Our wish is that industry, researchers and government come together on areas of common interest and invest in opportunities that integrate and enhance cooperation across the space and spatial and statistical sectors.

Through collaboration, we’d like to see the linkages between upstream collection and downstream application drive our ability to respond to key challenges, such as the post-COVID-19 economic recovery and increased preparedness for natural disasters.

For this to happen, it is imperative that we work together through the data supply chain, share data based on strong data quality standards and interoperability, and better connect spatial and non-spatial data into business systems.

Which challenges or opportunities should the industry be focused on?

Gemma Van Halderen: The 2020 bushfires and COVID-19 have driven the digital transformation of a wide range of services and provided a clear demonstration of the value of location-based, data-driven insights for decision making. We have an opportunity to capitalise on these changes and ensure geospatial and statistical capabilities are baked into recovery initiatives.

This will require data professionals to focus on collaborating with customers and across data communities, as well as clearly communicating the value we can deliver through geospatial information and technology. And we must look to develop well-rounded professionals with great communication and collaboration skills, alongside strong technical skills.

What are your organisations’ priorities for 2022?

Alison Rose/Gemma Van Halderen: In 2022, GA will be delivering on its Strategy 2028 through several programs such Positioning Australia, Digital Earth Australia and the initial release of the Digital Atlas of Australia, which will connect layers of data and enable users to visualise and analyse Australia’s large and complex geography like never before. The ABS will be delivering its ever-expanding suite of statistical products and services while reducing reporting burden on businesses and households. We will realise benefits from our Big Data, Timely Insights Program to use big data and digital sources for official statistics as well as lead and partner across the Australian Government to build the APS data profession, including expanding geospatial capabilities.

GA and ABS work in close partnership.

An immediate priority is the Australian Climate Service, a collaboration between GA, ABS, CSIRO and BoM that aims to improve understanding of the threats posed by a changing climate and natural hazards, to limit the impacts now and in the future. n www.spatialsource.com.au 19

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Robert Kennedy Director, C.R. Kennedy & Company Robert Kennedy is a director of C.R. Kennedy & Company, the Leica Geosystems distributor for Australia, and managing director of Hexagon SmartNet Aus, Australia’s largest RTK CORS network.

“ Soon it will be commonplace for robots to be acquiring remote site data, not people.”

Which technologies will revolutionise the surveying, space or spatial sectors in 2022?

The future is autonomous data collection. We have seen this with our partner Leica Geosystems’ recent launch of two exciting new autonomous products, the Leica BLKARC and BLK2FLY. These two LiDAR systems utilise robotic autonomy (a quadruped robot and a quadcopter drone) to navigate real-world environments and acquire accurate point-cloud data automatically. Soon it will be commonplace for robots to be acquiring remote site data, not people. Yet even with full autonomous data collection, the geospatial professional will always be required to confirm the data, make sense of it, and ultimately make informed decisions from it.

How can the industry play a role in the recovery from the COVID pandemic?

Everyone in the industry should have the confidence that the worst of COVID lockdowns are behind us. The economy will rebound like a depressed coiled spring when a heavy weight is lifted. Geospatial services and data will be in as high demand as ever, and we all need to be prepared for this.

How is Australasia placed in the global context? Are we racing ahead or falling behind?

Australasia is known globally to be early adopters of the latest technological trends. I believe we’re racing ahead with the latest technological adoptions. You can see how commonplace nationwide CORS networks, mobile laser scanning and RPAS have become in our industry in such a short time, and autonomy will be next.

Which challenges or opportunities should the industry be focused on?

There is a chronic shortage of qualified geospatial professionals.

The federal government recently added surveyors to the Priority

Migration Skilled Occupation List, which will help, but we need to be training these professionals locally at our world-class tertiary institutions.

The world has enough bankers and lawyers. We need to cut through to school leavers and let them know that the geospatial industry offers lifelong fulfilling careers, with jobs that are in high demand and that pay exceptionally well.

What do you think your customers are looking for in 2022?

Our clients are always looking for an edge to increase efficiencies and provide better deliverables. If we can help our clients achieve this by offering the best products backed with our local after-sales service and support, we’re doing our jobs.

What are your organisation’s priorities for 2022?

Our company’s priority remains unchanged. We continue to work closely with our partner Leica Geosystems and offer our customers the best possible service, support and products in the industry.

I’m confident that 2022 will be a year of tremendous growth and opportunity for the geospatial industry. We all need to be ready for it!

What’s on your wish list for 2022?

My wish is for the industry to continue the democratisation of geospatial data. The demand for high-quality geospatial data will only continue to grow. It becomes a feedback loop, whereby the more people who have access to high-quality geospatial data, the better the decisions that stakeholders can make, and in turn the greater the future demand for more geospatial data will be.

Consider the Leica BLK360 laser scanner. We have numerous customers using this scanner in industries we had never previously considered, yet they had demand for accurate geospatial data that we weren’t addressing. Now we have some of these customers purchasing their third, fourth or even fifth scanner. n www.spatialsource.com.au 21

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Martin Nix CEO and MD, Position Partners Martin Nix practiced as a surveyor until 1984 and then joined Leica Geosystems where he held management roles until 2009. He has an advisory role with the School of Surveying UNSW, and has participated in working groups to develop Australia’s space policy and National Positioning Infrastructure.

“ Training and support of positioning systems users who are less familiar with methods that guarantee the position quality, is a key focus.”

Which technologies will revolutionise the surveying, space or spatial sectors in 2022?

There will be an increased focus on the validation and consolidation of data simultaneously accessible by various stakeholders: surveyors, engineers, project managers, contractors and others. AI and blockchain technology will enable further automation and validation of digital twin or BIM models representing reality in almost real-time. New sources of data capture sensors will enhance data quality and speed. It will be interesting to see the impact of data sourced from nanosatellites, complementing or substituting other sources such as RPAS. With an accessible national positioning infrastructure, upstream and downstream opportunities for accurate GNSS applications across multiple industries abound.

How can the industry play a role in the recovery from the COVID pandemic?

Forecasts for a post-COVID world point to increased automation with remote control systems supporting remote working conditions. Promoting the use of technology and automation is critical to assist customers scale and help meet demand for a stimulated construction sector. Ensuring the exponential demand for geospatial data is met — while the availability of surveyors is static — means positioning solutions are in the hands of application experts such as machine operators, builders and farmers rather than geospatial professionals. Training and support of these users requires us to take responsibility for informing and guiding on the quality and suitability of the geospatial data in the system.

How is Australasia placed in the global context? Are we racing ahead or falling behind?

Australia’s education sector and the limited availability of labour drive a high acceptance of technology, so adoption rates are advanced. As ‘first movers,’ Australian positioning professionals are well placed to advise and support adoption of new technologies in other countries.

Many positioning tasks once the exclusive domain of the surveyor, are automated and validated within systems that can be used directly. For example, machine control systems have substituted the road centreline set-out task. Surveyors are shifting to systems and data management activities. So, far from falling behind, migrating with that shift in responsibility lifts their value.

Which challenges or opportunities should the industry be focused on?

Training and support of positioning systems users who are less familiar with methods that guarantee the position quality, is a key focus, as systems become more automated. In many instances, there is a gap between formal education (ie. university) and training for new automated methods. Systems suppliers and users themselves have the responsibility to fill that gap. There is an opportunity to engage users of positioning systems — who don’t see themselves as ‘geospatial’ — into a broader community or industry.

What do you think your customers are looking for in 2022?

Our customers are under increasing pressure to deliver projects faster, whilst juggling supply issues and staff shortages. Efficiency is key — getting their teams upskilled quickly in new technology that will save time, increase productivity and secure safety.

Integration between disparate systems is high on customers’ wish lists, as much time is lost reformatting data and design files to work on different systems. Customers expect to see significant workflow improvements and greater simplicity after adopting new technology. And as the benefits of AI outweigh privacy concerns, customers will look for easy, personalised digital experiences.

What are your organisation’s priorities for 2022?

Our focus is to empower our employees and enable them to provide an outstanding experience for our customers and that includes engaging them remotely. We must also prioritise wellness for customers and employees equally after a tumultuous two years.

Our role as a distributor for positioning solutions is to continue to advocate for Australasian applications and our customers, ensuring solutions are fit for purpose and rigorously tested in real world scenarios.

What’s on your wish list for 2022?

A poll of my colleagues produced three wishes. First, more standardisation of data and formats that can enhance data sourcing and accessibility. Secondly, improved tender procedures for more cost/benefit innovation in proposals. And thirdly, a faster, more accessible and thorough rollout of 5G in Australia, as a core technology that will speed up technology deployment. n www.spatialsource.com.au 23

Kellie Dean Regional Manager (Vic/Tas), Veris As a recently appointed senior leader at Veris, and as Past-President of the Institution of Surveyors Victoria, Kellie Dean is determined to create positive change in business and enhance the profile and diversity of the space, spatial and surveying sectors.

Which technologies will revolutionise the surveying, space or spatial sectors in 2022?

As we emerge from COVID-19, we must pivot our thinking to meet the changed needs of our community. We will look to leaders in the sector to create products and services focused on housing our communities in shorter timeframes, reducing emissions and building efficient and connected infrastructure that enables our population to access vital services closer to home. Spatial products will be used to create tangible outcomes that meet the needs of multiple stakeholders. As experts in the science of measurement, data collection and data management, spatial and surveying professionals are critical to the success of these products and need to be at the centre of the conversation.

How can the industry play a role in the recovery from the COVID pandemic?

The Surveying Sector represents a 3-billion-dollar industry in Australia with cadastral surveying representing approximately 40% of this industry, and engineering surveying representing approximately 20%. As we strive to house our new entrants to Australia, cadastral surveying will be a highly sought-after service.

Our planning and engineering surveying services will also play a crucial role in delivering the infrastructure required to service liveable cities, particularly in revitalised regional areas.

What’s on your wish list for 2022?

I volunteer as a Director on the Board of the Institution of Surveyors Victoria. In this role I am fortunate to sit on the Project Advisory Committee of an important cadastral licensing review project that is being undertaken by the Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria. This project is focused on understanding what a fit-for-purpose competency-based training model for licensing surveyors (after graduation from university) might be. I hope that the research will lead to a more streamlined process that enables graduates to become licensed in Victoria in much less time than the average eight years it is currently taking.

Which challenges or opportunities should the industry be focused on?

As an industry we are facing a significant skills shortage and a lack of diversity. In my role as co-convenor of the Space, Spatial and Surveying Diversity Leadership Network (SSS-DLN), I am focused 24 position December/January 2021-22

“Only by sharing stories about the ample career opportunities, will we overcome our skills shortage.” on improving the dire statistics relating to diversity and inclusion in the space, surveying and spatial sectors at the national level.

The SSS-DLN has created a 2021–25 Strategic Plan, which was launched earlier this year to focus on key initiatives that will create a sector with the best mix of people and capacity to deliver the solutions our community needs. I encourage everyone to read the Strategic Plan and ask how you can be involved. In my view, only by building the profile of the space, spatial and surveying sectors by communicating with the public and sharing stories about the ample career opportunities, will we overcome our skills shortage.

What do you think your customers are looking for in 2022?

I find clients are looking for us to provide solutions that help them deliver on project outcomes. Typically clients seek spatial products combined with consulting advice that helps to navigate complex stakeholder or legislative environments. At Veris, we are focused on providing a suite of products and services that add value to the data we collect through the whole lifecycle of a project. We have created a cloud-based data hosting, delivery and visualisation platform named 3SiDe, which enables users to easily access, interrogate and download 3D data via a web browser. We have also created a platform named Vantage, a web-based GIS portal that manages data during the planning and construction phases of greenfield projects. Both platforms enable our clients to integrate and visualise data from several sources.

What are your organisation’s priorities for 2022?

We are focused on our people and building a fabulous employee experience; we already have one of the most impressive flexible work policies I have experienced. We are further investing in building a supportive and nurturing graduate program, closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians through our alliance with Wumara Group, and creating an inclusive culture for our people that reflects our vision and values. n

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“ We should be putting energy into ensuring we have the right people ‘ready’ at the right time.”

Claire Rutkowski Chief Information Officer, Bentley Systems Claire Rutkowski leads Bentley Systems’ global IT organisation, responsible for shaping and delivering a technology agenda across its global business. She has received numerous awards, most notably in Constructech’s Top 50 Women in Construction.

Which technologies will revolutionise the surveying, space or spatial sectors in 2022?

The surveying industry has seen tremendous changes in technology, with drones and laser scanning being used to capture 3D data more quickly than ever before. Additionally, we are seeing an increase in global navigation satellite systems, which are expected to continue through 2024, giving us more detailed and specific data. Moreover, greater computational capability is on the way, driving greater speed to analyse large amounts of data.

However, using these advances require a highly skilled and diverse workforce, so we should be putting energy into ensuring we have the right people ‘ready’ at the right time.

How can the industry play a role in the recovery from the COVID pandemic?

The architecture, engineering and construction industry will play an integral role as we recover from the pandemic. Infrastructure spending bills around the world are aiming to improve assets and create jobs, helping economies recover and stemming inflation. Our use of space has fundamentally changed. There is increased online shopping, reducing the demand for retail space, and increasing the demand for warehousing. Less office space is needed, which will be converted to hotels in many cases. Our industry will be responsible for reorientating our use of space so that we may recover in places that make us feel more comfortable, rather than in half-empty office buildings and malls.

How is Australasia placed in the global context?

Are we racing ahead or falling behind?

Despite the limitations that were faced during the pandemic, Australia’s construction industry continues to grow. According to Infrastructure Australia, the country is well positioned to take advantage of opportunities post-pandemic. Australia’s infrastructure networks have been relatively resilient as the country’s engineers and

architects have been able to work on major construction projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, Australia has unique and successful public-private partnerships across its industry, so much so that Oxford Economics and Guy Carpenter have listed Australia as a Top 10 global construction market for 2030. Australia is set to continue to race ahead in developing its local construction industries, with the federal and state governments promising to continue their investment in infrastructure.

Which challenges or opportunities should the industry be focused upon?

Hybrid working is here to stay. And our industry needs to make that happen efficiently. We need to identify new commercial vehicles to sell our services. Charging hourly fees is a race to the bottom, and in our global environment, the competition from lower-paid labour sources is fierce. We need to adopt newer technologies and systems such as 4D and 5D BIM and use digital twins to deliver infrastructure in smarter and more valuable ways. And we need to develop a strong and diverse pipeline of professionals to staff our firms.

What do you think your customers are looking for in 2022?

I believe owners and operators are looking for us to more effectively use the data we already have, to increase efficiencies. We could, for instance, streamline internal processes to deliver designs more quickly by making more-informed decisions, and by providing more accurate budgets and schedules. Similarly, the build/construct phases can be enhanced with a greater use of data to generate accurate estimates, design the most efficient way to construct and create a more accurate timeline. By applying constant surveying and reality capture data in the build/construct phases, everything can be kept on track by measuring as-is progress to a to-be digital twin, and spotting problems remotely. n www.spatialsource.com.au 25

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“ It is on my wish list for regulators to start adopting the 3D model as the source of truth for contracts, rather than plots.”

Dr Lee Gregory CEO and Co-founder, 12d Solutions Dr Lee Gregory, Co-founder and CEO of 12d Solutions, has 40 years of experience in the civil software industry. The company develops products for surveying, road and rail design, land development, drainage, visualisation, data management and project collaboration.

Which technologies will revolutionise the surveying, space or spatial sectors in 2022?

I believe drones and scanners will keep improving. Photogrammetry and lasers each have their own advantages and disadvantages. The big trick is getting the useful data that is needed from either system, and much of the time you just get billions of points in a point cloud.

Point clouds look pretty, but on their own are just lots of zero dimensional points.

Consequently, one thing that will make big waves is the ability to finally get useable objects and strings from them.

And hopefully in the coming year, ‘open data’ will finally become ‘open’. I’m always amazed how many groups believe binary proprietary formats are open when the software industry has to pay millions of dollars each year to certain parties, only to have to sit there and try to figure out what the bits and bytes in files mean. Is it really that hard for all software vendors to provide a freely available, published text format for all their data?

that the productivity gains in their civil industry are poor. In Australia it is exactly the opposite.

We’ve gone from five-person survey teams picking up a few hundred points per day, to one person armed with robotic and scanning instruments who picks up thousands of points a day. Mobile scanners are surveying thousands of kilometres of roads in days — something no one would have contemplated a few years ago.

How is Australasia placed in the global context? Are we racing ahead or falling behind?

This is something I’m very passionate about.

Australian and New Zealand surveyors, designers and engineers in the civil industry are world leaders and are always racing ahead. When listening to overseas speakers I am amazed at how often they claim

What are your organisation’s priorities for 2022?

Our primary foci for 2022 are getting both 12d Model 15 and 12d Synergy 5 out into industry, and training more people to use them. We’ve just teamed up with the Civil and Surveying Institute to develop a range of online training products.

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Which challenges or opportunities should the industry be focused on?

We do need to train more local people. The pandemic really highlighted the fact that we have been so reliant on staff coming in from overseas. But for there to be more people to train, we first need more people entering the industry. It’s a bit of a Gordian knot.

Having the wealth of knowledge that can be gained from overseas is important, but not at the expense of having people here on the ground who can keep the industry running when times change as suddenly as they did last year.

to be a priority. Shortages of many materials will be a future issue, so we also want to prioritise helping clients with reducing waste and working innovatively in ways that can lessen their environmental impact wherever possible What’s on your wish list for 2022?

It is on my wish list for regulators to start adopting the 3D model as the source of truth for contracts, rather than plots.

Without that, industry is in the unenviable position of having to not only produce accurate surveys and 3D models but also produce drawings.

Our industry needs to continue encouraging more of our bright young Australians — especially young women — to study STEM subjects rather than law, drama or marketing. We keep hearing this from governments, but nothing seems to change. I’m certain the fact that engineers and surveyors are so poorly paid in comparison to other professions doesn’t help.

From government, I’d like to see a level playing field. I don’t know how many times I’ve sat in seminars and heard how we must be innovative like ‘multinational company X’. Later, one discovers that that company pays no tax, or very little tax, on the money earned in Australia. If it is too hard to tax such companies, then maybe the government could pass a law that says we also don’t have to pay any tax when competing with such companies. n www.spatialsource.com.au 27

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“ The challenge for the different GNSS industries is to both plan for and regionally deploy effective solutions that ruggedise Australian GNSS environments.”

Graeme Hooper Senior Engineer and MD, GPSat Systems Graeme Hooper is Senior Engineer and Managing Director of GPSat Systems, a company that delivers complex technology GNSS and RF engineering solutions for the defence, aerospace, mining and other sectors. The company is both an engineering consultancy and a GNSS OEM manufacturer.

Which technologies will revolutionise the surveying, space or spatial sectors in 2022?

Clearly, as the modern internet races towards creation of future metaverses, the spatial industry’s contribution will be to meet the demand for high-fidelity 3D digital twins for both static cities and 3D scaled models for movable objects/avatars (machines, people etc). Ultimately, these will be all blended into real time, interactive (AR/VR) immersive 3D metaverse environments. The futuristic 3D immersive technologies imagined in the Avatar movie are not that far off. For navigation companies like GPSat, the challenges are to concurrently progress in both the underlying 3D navigation sensor resilience technologies, and the real time immersive navigation AI, which will reliably facilitate the future 3D metaverse implementations.

What’s on your wish list for 2022?

To facilitate this avatar future, the GNSS industry needs to adopt a different philosophical mindset with regards to technology resilience. Rather than solely focusing on enhanced receiver sensor technologies attempting to avoid RF interference, which is in some regards a pointless exercise, extra R&D should be applied to actively monitor and interdict regional GNSS spectrum issues. The required technologies, such as phased array radar, advanced weak signal processing and Time Difference of Arrival, etc, have existed for decades in other RF disciplines. However, other than the GRIFFIN project, none of these have ever been migrated across to GNSS spectrum

protection missions. The wish is for this ‘do nothing’ GNSS spectrum policing mindset to change.

Which challenges or opportunities should the industry be focused on?

The early immersive navigation metaverse facilitators will certainly be those missioncritical GNSS users in aviation, mining, marine and agriculture, where the adoption advantages are hugely beneficial.

Consequently, for these same users any GNSS navigation signal failures or interruptions produce potential outcomes that are usually quite dire. These clients are looking for practical solutions to both quickly detect GNSS signal issues and very accurately geolocate the RF interference source. With solutions like GRIFFIN, effective regional GNSS spectrum protection is now becoming reality. The challenge for the different GNSS industries is to both plan for and regionally deploy effective solutions that ruggedise Australian GNSS environments. For example, the huge nationwide mobile phone tower infrastructure could be progressively made dual-purpose with the addition of GRIFFIN-type technology.

What do you think your customers are looking for in 2022?

The rollout and push for automation in improved, safe and sustainable ways for delivering increases in productivity, while producing better outcomes for the environment, are their highest priorities.

GNSS, as the most versatile outdoor navigation and absolute positioning system, has a very significant contribution and

role to play in this area. However, with automation comes with very substantial legal responsibilities that require all systems to be developed and tested to the highest industrial safety integrity standards.

For Australian industry, AS61508 or similar are the standards that govern the formal certification of GNSS sensors in machine automation safety critical applications. These are complex and very arduous standards to meet, and so, to move certified GNSS enabled automation solutions forwards, our customers expect all potential GNSS issues comprehensively addressed, including spectrum protection (ie. GRIFFIN).

What are your organisation’s priorities for 2022?

Our priorities for the past decade and for 2022 essentially remain unchanged, ie. continue to market bespoke navigation technology solutions in readiness for the future real-time navigation and positioning metaverse revolution. Our two flagship technologies — 3D Spatially Aware Machines (3D-SAM) and GNSS Rf InterFerence FINder (GRIFFIN) — will continue to be delivered to our customers and will continue to evolve. A slightly different priority will be the reengagement of state regulatory authorities that govern industrial safety compliance, to facilitate pathways for formal GNSS sensor certification as a primary navigation solution in future machine-automation, safety critical applications. Also, the company will continue to seek external investment sources to globally grow these two unique technology markets. n www.spatialsource.com.au 29

datum

Making the shift An increasing number of GDA2020-based services are coming online as the new datum takes effect.

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he shift to the Geocentric Datum of Australian 2020 (GDA2020) is in full swing across the nation, as part of the process of modernising the Australian Geospatial Reference System (AGRS).

The program is being delivered through the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) and requires updating elements of the national coordinate reference system: • GDA2020 • ATRF2014 – Australian Terrestrial Reference Frame • AVWS – Australian Vertical Working Surface According to the ICSM, “The upgrade to GDA2020 is to ensure spatial data can be more closely aligned to positions observed using Global Navigation Satellite System (e.g. GPS)”.

In a recent development in NSW, DCS Spatial Services has announced that from November 2021, new web services aligned to GDA2020 are available via its Spatial Collaboration Portal.

According to Spatial Services, the new web services offer better support for requests in multiple Coordinate Reference Systems (‘multiCRS’) and enable additional flexibility to transform the data on the client-side if required.

Traditionally, such web services have been published in WGS 84/Web Mercator (aligned to GDA94), which has led to challenges with alignment of WGS 84 and GDA2020 data.

Spatial Services says that new GDA2020 web services are needed to support GDA2020-aligned environments and applications (approximately 1.5 metres north-east of GDA94).

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GDA2020-aligned services and multiCRS functionality are expected to replace existing GDA94-aligned services over time. From November 2021 until at least June 2022, new GDA2020-aligned services will be offered in parallel with existing GDA94-aligned services.

Spatial Services recommends that users test the new web service capabilities and GDA2020-alignment in existing and new applications during this period.

After June 2022, existing web service URLs will begin to adopt the demonstrated GDA2020-alignment, and the ‘multiCRS’ and ‘GDA2020’ named services will be marked as deprecated. Users will be able to incorporate GDA2020-aligned services into existing GDA94 environments.

Further information can be found in a series of information sheets available on the Spatial Services website at https://www. spatial.nsw.gov.au/surveying/geodesy/ gda2020.

In related news, the NSW GDA2020 and AGRS Implementation Policy is under review for re-publication (November 2021) to reaffirm and clarify support for WGS 84-aligned-to-GDA2020 services.

Spatial Services says that it has concluded, in agreement with the majority of Australians jurisdictions, that: • Misalignments are inevitable for data based on the low-accuracy static WGS 84 • ‘Sophisticated’ data custodians are better placed to bring WGS 84 data and services into alignment with modern GNSS positioning, rather than relying on end-users to realign new GNSS positions onto web maps now approximately 2 metres out of date.

• From July 2021, any new WGS 84 service

deployed by Spatial Services will be aligned to GDA2020, and existing WGS 84-aligned-to-GDA94 services will begin to be deprecated.

• Modernising the alignment of other common third-party WGS 84 data or basemaps currently aligned to GDA94 will be advocated through the national GDA working group.

Further information on these matters is available in the Spatial Services information sheets.

In Victoria, a range of Vicmap and surveying products and services are already available in GDA2020, as follows: • All downloadable data in DataShare • All downloadable data in Spatial Datamart • Vicmap Imagery (Capture) • Vicmap Topographic Maps (Vicmap Topo Online and Vicmap Viewer) • Vicmap Position GPSnet • Survey Marks Enquiry Service • ePlan (via SPEAR) • Vicmap IUF • Vicmap-as-a-Service (VaaS) • Vicmap Viewer The remaining Vicmap spatial products and services will be rolled out in GDA2020 over the coming months: • Vicmap Basemaps • Vicmap Topographic Maps • Image Web Server • Vicmap Open Data Services (WMS/ WFS) To help with the transition from GDA94 to GDA2020, a range of technical information, manuals, software and tools to support the transition is available on the ICSM website at https://www.icsm.gov.au/ gda2020. n

tribute “ A true visionary.

A humble leader.

A great legacy.”

Victor Dominello, NSW Minister for Customer Service

Vale: Bruce Thompson, visionary spatial leader For more than 30 years, Bruce Thompson served as a leader, mentor and innovator across Australia’s spatial sector.

Image courtesy CSIRO.

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he Australian spatial community has lost one of its giants with the passing on 10 October 2021 of Bruce Thompson, Executive Director of Spatial Services with the NSW Department of Customer Service.

Bruce was farewelled by family, friends and colleagues at Bathurst Cemetery on 18 October. Amongst those in attendance was Victor Dominello, NSW Minister for Customer Service; Department of Customer Service Secretary, Emma Hogan; GCIDO, Greg Wells; NSW Surveyor-General, Narelle Underwood; and Director of Spatial Operations, Wayne Patterson.

Bruce had spent more than 30 years in the spatial sector, primarily in the Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales governments, including for a period as Chair of the Australia New Zealand Land Information Council (ANZLIC).

In a statement posted on LinkedIn

by DCS Spatial Services, Bruce was described as “the architect and leader of many successful endeavours” who “had a significant impact on the public sector at jurisdictional and Commonwealth levels”.

“His impact on the spatial industry, particularly at DCS Spatial Services, will be enduring especially his work developing the vision and support for the NSW Spatial Digital Twin… which will deliver many benefits across government, industry and to the community.”

“His many achievements include Victoria’s nation-leading implementation of a fully operational CORS network, known as Vicmap Position – GPSnet. Another was a key early role in conceiving the concept of a data cube that, after several iterations and 10 years, became Digital Earth Australia at Geoscience Australia.”

JONATHAN NALLY

“Bruce was a strategic thinker, a visionary who was brilliant, innovative and ahead of his time. While he was dedicated to his work, his lasting legacy is that of a leader who cared about the people he worked with, whose kindness, friendship and sense of humour will be missed.”

Between 1999 and 2003, Bruce served as Deputy Director, Land Information Group, in the Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

From 2003 to 2010 he served as Director, Spatial Information Infrastructure, with the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment, and from January 2011 to April 2013 served as Chief Information Officer for that same department.

From April 2013 to January 2015, Bruce served as Deputy Secretary Corporate Services with the Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries.

Then from January 2015 to March 2016 he was General Manager Land Services with the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.

His final position, from August 2016, was Executive Director, Spatial Services, in what is now the NSW Department of Customer Service.

“Apart from all of Bruce’s professional achievements and successes, Bruce always made time for the people he worked with,” said Wayne Patterson, Director, Spatial Operations in the Department of Customer Service. “One of life’s true gentlemen, he empowered so many across the spatial industry with the knowledge, opportunities and environment to succeed and grow.

We have lost a great leader and a visionary whose legacy will live on.”

“I had the privilege of working alongside

Bruce for over 20 years, first in Land Victoria and then as our respective State’s representatives on ANZLIC, PSMA, the CRC-SI and numerous other spatial initiatives,” said Steven Jacoby, Executive Director of Spatial Information in the Queensland Department of Resources.

“Bruce was unique, always interested in ideas irrespective of who had them, a great communicator adept at describing future visions one moment and solving immediate problems the next. Always the smartest person in the room, yet I can’t recall Bruce taking credit for anything, it was always the team’s doing. A great role model not just for the spatial industry, but a trusted colleague and friend impossible to replace.”

Leading the tributes on LinkedIn was Victor Dominello, who wrote simply: “A true visionary. A humble leader. A great legacy. Vale.”

Melissa Harris, Chief Executive of Land Use Victoria and Chair of ANZLIC wrote that “Bruce was an inspiring and influential leader and a wonderful and supportive colleague who was very passionate and knowledgeable about all things spatial and innovation. As former chair and deputy chair of ANZLIC and long term member, he provided outstanding national leadership over many years and his significant contributions to our country’s geospatial capability are too numerous to mention. His legacy is vast and enduring and he will be greatly missed.”

Graeme Kernich, CEO at FrontierSI, described Bruce as a “truly humble, respectful and thoughtful person.

A visionary and bold thinker and innovator.

A supportive colleague and leader.”

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seabed surveying “In 2018-19, the use of seabed mapping data directly contributed $9 billion to the Australian economy.”

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The economics of marine mapping

JONATHAN NALLY

Seabed mapping data adds billions to the economy, yet only 25% of Australia’s seabed is fully mapped.

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t is often said that we know less about Earth’s seabed than we do about the surface of the Moon or Mars. There’s a lot of truth in that statement.

In some ways, it’s easier to map the surface of those worlds given that we don’t have to peer through a thick layer of ocean. It might also be argued that space scientists have simply been more successful in persuading governments that their work should have higher priority.

Whatever the reasons, one thing is certain: currently only 20% of Earth’s oceans have been mapped from a bathymetric point of view (up from just 6.7% in 2018). That’s according to the ambitious Nippon Foundation– GEBCO 2030 SeaBed Project, which aims to have fully mapped the ocean floor by 2030.

Australia is making a major contribution to the overall effort, through a collaborative national seabed mapping coordination program known as AusSeabed. In 2020–21 alone, more than 2 million square kilometres of seabed data was added to the AusSeabed Data Portal — that’s an area larger than New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia combined.

AusSeabed is led by Geoscience Australia (GA), but operated by Commonwealth, state and territory government entities, along with universities

and industry. According to the program’s website, AusSeabed “provides an open collaboration space where data creators and users can better connect to develop initiatives and products that will improve the quality, discoverability and accessibility of seabed mapping data”.

“We want to know what’s there so we can manage it effectively and sustainably. We want to be able to monitor the state of our ocean as we move forward, we want to know how it changes,” said GA’s Kim Picard during a recent webinar.

Picard is a marine geoscientist who led the establishment of the AusSeabed program and has chaired its steering committee since its inception.

Any interested party can join, and the overall spirit of the endeavour is summed up in its approach to data: “collect once, use many times”. While initially focused on bathymetry for seafloor topography, the long term intention is to build a ‘collaboration space’ for other data types, such as sub-bottom profiles, seabed samples and backscatter measurements.

AusSeabed also aims to improve access to the data collected.

kinds are major contributors to the national economy, and a surprisingly large number of people rely upon seabed data for their livelihoods.

To gauge the extent of this economic activity, Deloitte was commissioned to produce a study for Geoscience Australia that looked at all aspects of the economic value of seabed data and its role in the economy, “including its supply chain and employment effects”. The report was published in October 2021 (https://bit.ly/3x8eFyq).

The report found that, currently, only “around 25 per cent of the seafloor within the Australian Exclusive Economic

Zone (EEZ) has been mapped at a resolution suitable to inform sustainable management and use of marine resources”.

This essential data is used by numerous industry sectors, including: • Marine navigation and anchorage • Resource exploration and extraction • Fisheries and other bioproduct management • Recreation and tourism • Coastal and environmental protection • Marine search, rescue, and recovery • Hazard identification and risk modelling

Deep economics

The aim of mapping Australia’s seabed is not purely scientific, as it is for the study of the Moon or Mars. Economics plays a big part. Maritime activities of all

2020–21 coverage map of AusSeabed data holdings available on the Data Portal. New published coverage from contributor datasets are shown in yellow. © Commonwealth of Australia (AusSeabed), CC 4.0 Intl.

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seabed surveying • National defence and marine security • Infrastructure planning and approvals In terms of the economic activity and employment generated by seabed mapping, the report found that the “process of producing seabed mapping data directly contributed $51 million to the Australian economy in 2018–19 and employed over 500 FTEs (full-time equivalent)” people.

That’s a sizeable industry sector, but it is dwarfed by the wider economic activity and employment that is generated from the data that seabed mapping produces. The report found that: • In 2018–19, the use of seabed mapping data directly contributed $9 billion to the Australian economy and employed over 56,000 FTEs. • This direct contribution is bigger than the size of the air and space transport sector and rental and hiring services sector.

• The use of seabed mapping data also creates demand for upstream activities, contributing a further $7 billion in indirect value added to the economy in 2018–19.

• In addition to these figures, there was $37 billion of unlocked economic

activities in 2018–19 that is attributable to the use of seabed mapping data during establishment.

The report also concluded that there are “significant social, cultural, and environmental benefits that are attributable to the production and use of seabed mapping data”.

“Seabed mapping data is also often used to understand vulnerability to human impacts, natural hazards such as storm surge, and the physical makeup (geomorphology) of our coastal environments and has been used widely for environmental management, monitoring, and research,” it said.

“Seabed mapping data also holds significant cultural value. It increases traditional owners’ understanding of Sea Country and can reveal culturally significant events, ranging from drowned landforms that may have been occupied by the ancestors of traditional owners, to historical shipwrecks.”

Visibility through data

Just as the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO 2030 SeaBed Project aims to have all the world’s oceans mapped by 2030, so too

does the AusSeabed project have a 2030 aim. According to its strategic plan, “By 2030, all available seabed mapping data within the Australian Marine Estate will be readily and openly available, and new data acquisition will take into account the needs of a wide range of users. This will facilitate collaborations between government, research institutions and the private sector while contributing to the blue economy and opening up new avenues for scientific investigation.”

“AusSeabed is a collaborative program, made of all sectors — academic, industry and government — and it extends internationally. It’s very important we work together so we can find the efficiencies and we don’t duplicate the effort,” said Picard.

The full list of collaborating entities can be found at https://www.ausseabed.gov.au/ about/partners.

“Our mission is to improve the coverage, the awareness, the quality, the discoverability and the accessibility of seabed mapping data to the Australian community,” added Picard. “Our vision is by 2030 we want all of the seabed mapping data that is available within Australia’s marine estate, readily and openly available.” n

The value of Australian seabed mapping data to the blue economy

Geoscience Australia

Search and rescue

Commercial fishing

Defence

$1.5 B

$5.5 B

$250 M

Value-added

Value-added

Value-added

7,000

27,800

1,300

Water transport

FTEs

FTEs

FTEs

$3.3 B Value-added

15,500

Economic contribution of seabed mapping data use

Oil exploration $740 M Value-added

Sectors using seabed mapping data operationally

2,400

FTEs

International tourism

Sectors unlocked by seabed mapping data

$3.1 B

FTEs

$16 B

$49 B

Value-added

Value-added

93,000 FTEs

Value-added

24,700 FTEs

82,600 FTEs

Marine research and environmental protection $120 M Value-added

Oil and gas extraction

800 FTEs

77,000

Source: Deloitte Access Economics. Note: Numbers have been rounded.

33 Note: Figures are direct and indirect value added. Numbers have been rounded.

There is vast economic value in the mapping Australia’s seabed. Source: Deloitte report, ‘The value of Australian seabed mapping of data to the blue economy’.

Domestic tourism $1.7 B

$840 M

$48.4 B Value-added

FTEs

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Aquaculture

Value-added

5,500 FTEs

Value-added

14,300 FTEs

new products Antenna for satellite IoT applications

Ground-penetrating radar The MALÅ Easy Locator Core is an intelligent ground penetrating radar designed for locating underground utilities. The unit provides real-time interpretation support through MALÅ AI; wireless data collection using mobile devices; and cloud storage, post-processing and on-site reporting using MALÅ Vision Cloud Software. It includes features such as MALÅ AI, Dynamic grid, Dynamic Menus, and direct access to MALÅ Vision connecting all MALÅ products.

All markers set by MALÅ AI can be converted to standard markers with localised utility colour codes directly in the field. The MALÅ Controller App is optimised for secure wireless data acquisition and storage, while the acquisition software runs on Android devices and has a direct connection to MALÅ Vision for online storage, visualisation, processing, interpretation and reporting.

Myriota has launched the Myriota Mouse, a plug and play external antenna that has been custom built for satellite IoT applications.

The device provides high performance on the Myriota Network, and is manufactured to meet ingress protection (IP-65) and accelerated weathering (ASTM-G154) standards.

Myriota says that with the Mouse, developers can easily integrate with the secure, energy efficient Myriota Module, and enable communication between on-ground assets and Myriota’s constellation of low-Earth orbit nanosatellites. The device was developed in consultation with a panel of 25 customers, who are manufacturing Myriota-enabled products to connect industries such as transport and logistics, utilities, environment and agriculture.

New receiver for Trimble Catalyst service Trimble has launched the DA2 receiver for the company’s Catalyst positioning service. The DA2 includes the Trimble ProPoint GNSS engine for enhanced performance. ProPoint technology reduces convergence times and improves positioning accuracy when operating near trees and buildings.

In addition, the Bluetooth-enabled DA2 adds iOS support to the Catalyst service, greatly increasing the range of devices, workflows and apps that can be used with the Catalyst solution.

Trimble Catalyst is a subscription-based GNSS positioning service for location-enabled field applications. The service is available in accuracy-based packages from centimetre- to submetre-level for a wide range of mapping and mobile GIS data collection projects. Catalyst supports a broad range of GIS field applications, including Trimble TerraFlex software, for form-based GIS data collection.

Nearmap expands AI offering Nearmap AI has expanded its offering, now delivering 11 new attributes and 200+ facts per address including building heights, storeys and roof pitch. It also processes machine learning on the company’s 3D data for richer insights about attributes including buildings, vegetation and poles.

The new and enhanced AI capabilities include full AI insights on every survey captured in Australia, the US, New Zealand and Canada; vectorised and attributed data layers, from property attributes to a rich, high-definition map of the world; a sophisticated, proprietary, deep learning architecture comprised of a multi-tiered suite of machine learning models that produce actionable insights in several integration-ready formats; and a highly performant API that enables real time access to property insights for a given location. www.spatialsource.com.au 35

space instruments

ERS-1 was launched into orbit in July 1991, carrying the Along Track Scanning Radiometer, the brainchild of Ian Barton of the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research.

Image courtesy ESA.

Hyperspace 2022

JON FAIRALL

Hyperspectral imaging is on the cusp of a revolution, as CubeSat missions aim to add to the orbital fleet.

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yperspectral imaging is an interesting topic. The ability to discriminate minute differences in the colour of different types of rocks leads to much more detailed geological knowledge. But even if you are not passionate about minute differences in rocks, it’s still interesting, because it leads to better predictions about the location of economically interesting ore deposits.

The imagery also has application in land management and agriculture, where the ability to make fine discrimination of ground cover is fodder for farmers and other land managers.

Some Australian instruments have been produced. In the 1990s there was a flurry of interest in the technology as it became feasible to build sensors with sufficiently fine spectral resolution. They are still being flown in aircraft by firms such as Hyvista Corporation that have big mining companies as clients. But putting one into a satellite was always a step too far. Too risky, too expensive for private enterprise and certainly too uncertain for governments.

In truth, the technology really was too risky and too expensive. The most mature Australian space hyperspectral project, called the Australian Resources Information and Environmental Satellite (ARIES), was proposed in the late 1990s. It generated considerable interest. But proponents envisaged a 480kg behemoth with a multimillion dollar budget. It never got past a feasibility study.

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A small revolution

Recently, however, Australian’s attitude to space has changed. The new Australian Space Agency and a better understanding of the many advantages of a viable space industry have unlocked at least some government funds.

In part, this is because the price/ performance mix has tilted in favour of users. It’s now possible to do more, with less. The cornerstone of the new technology is the CubeSat, a satellite made up of modules each of which is a cube 100 mm on a side. The industry describes the satellites in terms of the number of cubes used, so a 3U satellite consists of three cubes.

Typically, CubeSat orbits are allowed to decay over a few years, after which they will burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere. This minimises the problem with space junk.

However, several have been launched on missions to the Moon and Mars.

Many of the fundamental needs of satellites, such as thrusters, power supplies, attitude controllers and communications systems can be readily purchased off-theshelf to form a satellite bus, the part of the satellites that carries the payload. The result is that developers can focus their R&D budget on the payload itself.

The advantages are not only economic.

By using and re-using the components of the bus, engineers can refine their designs.

This makes the satellite itself more reliable.

This is a non-trivial issue. Currently, 3,200 CubeSats projects have been

The CUAVA-1 CubeSat carries four instruments, including a pathfinder of a practical hyperspectral imager.

Image courtesy CUAVA.

10% of miniaturised satellites are dead on arrival - they fail before they reach orbit.

The current generation of remote sensing spacecraft are by no means the first into orbit. In fact, Australian researchers have been instrumental in a number of missions led by other countries, notably the UK. The most significant of these was the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) instrument, which became part of the European ERS-1 satellite, launched in 1991. The program lasted until 2011 when ERS-2 was finally abandoned on-orbit, although ATSR-2 had been switched off in 2008 following mechanical problems with its scanning mirror.

ATSR was the brainchild of Ian announced around the world. Not all make it into orbit. In a recent paper, Christopher Capon, the chief executive of Space Services Australia, points out that 10% of miniaturised satellites are dead on arrival — they fail before they reach orbit. An additional 40% of the remainder experience a partial failure on orbit.

Moreover, Capon says that if you confine yourself to university-led missions and new market entrants, only 16% of missions are completely successful. This is not surprising — space is hard; experience counts.

Adding to the hyper

It was this insight that drove the creation of the ARC Training Centre for CubeSats, UAVs and their Applications. One of

CUAVA-1 was released into orbit in October 2021.

Image courtesy CUAVA.

Barton, then at the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research. In 1982 Barton proposed that infrared measurement of the ground could be improved by measuring the radiance at a point on the surface twice — once in the forward direction (along the track) at an angle of 47 degrees, and then, two minutes later, directly above the same point. In this way it was possible to remove the atmospheric distortion that had contaminated earlier infrared measurements from space.

This led to significant improvement of sea surface temperature readings and thus in calculations of the rate of heat transfer between the ocean and the atmosphere. This

in turn led to greater understanding of climatic changes such as the El Niño/ La Niña cycle that has such profound implications for Australian agriculture.

Construction of the ATSR was undertaken at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK. Ken McCracken, later the foundation head of CSIRO’s Office of Space Science and Applications, and Stan Schaetzel, then the Technical Director of Hawker de Havilland in Sydney, obtained funding from the federal government for the construction of the Digital Electronics Unit of the ATSR and for a ground station to receive data from the satellite.

the cornerstones of CUAVA’s mission is to gain that experience by training a cadre of engineers with real hands-on experience in building satellites. To that end, the Centre will fly three satellites before the end of 2022. One consequence will be the development of a revolutionary hyperspectral imager that may well see a production model in space before the end of the decade.

The director of the Centre is Iver Cairns from the University of Sydney. Together with Andrew Dempster at University of New South Wales, he is a principal investigator for the missions.

The first in the series of satellite, CUAVA-1, was deployed in October from the International Space Station. It is a 3U CubeSat with the cubes stacked one on top of the other, with four whip antennae at the base. The sides of the satellite are covered with nine solar panels. A small telescope pokes through one side.

Most of the control systems for the satellite were purchased off the shelf.

It has an electrical power system from GOMspace, a command and data handling system and a communications system from Innovative Solutions in Space, and a gyroscope-based Attitude Control System from CubeSpace. These systems will also be used for CUAVA-2. However, CUAVA -3 will likely feature a new bus, and possibly a plasma thruster.

CUAVA-1 has a payload of four instruments, of which the Imager, Spectrograph and TinyTol Instrument (ISTI) will be most interesting to readers.

ISTI consists of a novel RGB camera and spectrometer assembly. It is a pathfinder towards a practical hyperspectral imager that is small enough to fit into a CubeSat. ISTI’s control software runs on a Raspberry Pi single-board computer. The Pi is imbedded in the ISTI Controller Board, which provides power, debugging and communications services. The Pi has

two camera interfaces as standard; one is assigned to the hyperspectral instrument, the other to the TinyTol telescope The current concept for the instrument is to use a CCD and fibre optic bundle to simultaneously capture an RGB image and a hyperspectral image. In the ISTI-1 proof of concept there will only be one fibre optic, connected to a spectrograph.

This fibre optic will enable measurement in the spectrum in the central region of the RGB image.

ISTI-2, which will fly in 2022, will have a full fibre bundle feeding the spectrograph.

It will offer 20-metre spatial resolution and 1nm to 20nm spectral resolution.

Looking ahead

Graduates from the ISTI project will have several opportunities over the next few years, apart from any follow-on work from ISTI itself. For instance, the SmartSatCRC, along with CSIRO and University of Canberra is developing a remote sensing satellite called AquaWatch — a proposal to use satellites to monitor water quality in inland and coastal waterbodies.

Meanwhile in Queensland, Fireball International has a plan to launch a constellation of 24 satellites equipped with infra-red sensors. Fireball proposes to use the data from the satellites, coupled with terrestrial infrastructure, to provide firefighters with near-instant warning of bushfires.

Moreover, at least one Earth observation project will be funded under the $500,000 UK-Australia Space Bridge program.

IceCube will monitor Antarctic sea-ice using a small satellite. The project is a collaboration between the universities of New South Wales, Sydney and Tasmania, along with Spire Global and the British Antarctic Survey. n Jon Fairall is a Sydney-based writer and founder and former editor of Position magazine. www.spatialsource.com.au 37

career concerns

Investigating industry perceptions of GIS professionals Responses to a Curtin University survey indicate a vital need to tackle GIS accreditation and legitimacy issues.

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eographic information systems (GIS) have long been used in a wide variety of industries, such as mining, urban planning, the environment, agriculture and public health. Some users of GIS are formally trained and have advanced knowledge of GIS technologies, while some of are self-taught.

According to the Australian Government Job Outlook (2021), there are approximately 17,700 surveyors and spatial scientists working in the spatial industry in Australia.

But currently there are no regulated standards of qualifications required to become a GIS professional, making it somewhat unclear as to whether the study and/or use of GIS is considered a ‘legitimate’ field. This suggests that someone with any (or none) of the available qualifications could compete for employment with any other person, a situation which could create numerous unnecessary challenges for 38 position December/January 2021-22

aspiring GIS professionals.

We set out to investigate the current challenges of professionalisation in the GIS industry in Australia by surveying GIS professionals to learn their perceptions of the industry, specifically regarding industry challenges and how they are related to the current systems of accreditation and training.

Legitimacy of the GIS Industry

The first question we asked concerned respondents’ views on whether GIS is considered a legitimate industry in Australia. The majority of respondents (70%) said they either ‘Agree’ or ‘Strongly Agree’ that it is.

We then asked for respondents’ views on the appropriateness of current accreditation standards in relation to the quality of work

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expected of GIS professionals. This drew a mixed response. The most common response (31%) was ‘Neither agree nor disagree’ while 15% of respondents strongly disagreed and 11% strongly agreed. A statistically significant difference between levels of GIS education was found.

Compared to other groups, postgraduates with a certificate were more likely to disagree, while postgraduates with a Master and doctorate degree were weighted more towards agreement.

The need for accreditation

Our next question canvassed whether there is a need to introduce a better accreditation process. Responses to this question were skewed towards agreement, with more than half of respondents indicating that they agree to some extent. Younger respondents (those aged less than 34)

were weighted more towards agreement — they emphasised the need to make GIS education more “industry focused”.

Some notable responses included “More industry input to the curricula is required” and “[education is] much better on the job than anything I learned at university”. Such views were common among agreeing respondents.

One common idea that stood out from respondents who disagreed is that experience is more valuable than accreditation. Different respondents described this in various ways, however one response epitomised the idea well: “Work experience is paramount”.

Government regulation of accreditation

We then asked about the need for government regulation of GIS accreditation.

Responses to this question were varied, with slightly more respondents leaning towards agreement. We found statistically significant age and education level differences — the higher the age, the more inclined respondents were to disagree with government regulation, while higher GIS education level corresponded with more tendency to agree with the need for government regulation. ©stock.adobe.com/au/Tim

“We are being beaten at our own game by software developers with no background in geospatial.”

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The greatest challenges

We asked respondents to tell us what they think are the greatest challenges faced by the GIS industry today. Here is a selection of their responses: • It is a rapidly changing industry and it is difficult to keep current • It needs recognition as a valid field. GIS is poorly understood by management in most organisations and it is undervalued.

GIS professionals get much lower pay compared to other science industries and have poor options for career progression.

This limits the growth of GIS teams and technology in organisations, and therefore GIS solutions to problems are missed.

• The market is shrinking because of a lack of innovation. The tech stack is monopolised by one or two giants. We are being beaten at our own game by software developers with no background in geospatial, but who see the value in embedding geospatial into other industries, disciplines and processes.

• There is a general lack of spatial literacy in society and a lack of communitylevel basic spatial education for understanding geospatial science topics and concepts. This leads to the situation where the people with the resources don’t have the knowledge, and the people with the knowledge don’t have the resources.

• Opportunities for real world training.

There is plenty of academic training but the GIS industry lacks training, mentoring and apprenticeships for getting real-world experience.

• There are increasingly large volumes of poor quality data that require quality assurance and a lack of good understanding of the amount of effort required to maintain data.

• There are not enough people at a high level of skill.

• The vagueness of the minimum skills required to be a GIS professional.

And here are some of our respondents’ suggestions for how to address these challenges: • Upskilling of current GIS professionals.

• Good training and professional development supported by workplaces.

• Get more geospatial into core IT qualifications.

• Better interaction between university and industries that employ GIS personnel.

• Alignment and co-operation between representative bodies offering training and certification.

• Spatial literacy in the primary curriculum.

• Develop spatial professionals for highlevel decision-making roles.

• Make GIS a government-regulated profession requiring formal accreditation.

• More open data from governments.

• The market determines the need for GIS resources — when more industries are interested in using GIS, the education sector will respond.

• As a cross discipline, GIS can be applied in lots of industries. More GIS-related free workshops and webinars would spread the usage of GIS. • Increase base salaries.

• The industry needs some lobbying strength or possibly even a union.

• Governing bodies and industry leaders need to work together to at least start this discussion, as it can have detrimental effects over the long term if skills etc. aren’t regulated.

Overall, our survey confirmed that current accreditation and training options are inadequate for the quality of work expected of GIS professionals in Australia.

A comprehensive review is needed to understand, in depth, the issues and challenges faced by the GIS industry and provide strategies and an action plan to address them. n Jianhong (Cecilia) Xia is Discipline Lead – Spatial Sciences and Associate Professor in the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Curtin University. Mitchell R.W. Sage is an undergraduate student at Curtin University. www.spatialsource.com.au 39

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News and views from the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute

A SSSI Board – 2021 Paul Digney President Dr Lesley Arnold President-Elect & Director – WA Wayne Patterson Director – NSW Dale Atkinson Director – Qld Nicholas Brown Director – ACT Michael Grear Director – SA Neil Hewitt Director – HC Andrej Mocicka Director – Vic Inga Playle Director – Tas Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse Company Secretary Roshni Sharma YP Observer

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s a professional body, and so that SSSI can continue to show leadership of the profession, we need to understand how the world is changing. This is not a new challenge. Over the last 150 years the built and natural environments have evolved significantly.

What is new is the scale of this change, particularly with the COVID-19 pandemic now affecting our personal and professional lives in profound ways not seen in recent generations. Old businesses will change and new businesses will emerge. This will establish a different order and requires that we think strategically and carefully about how to respond.

Pre-COVID, the major global trend was towards urbanisation, where the UN predicted that two thirds of the world’s population will be living in cities by 2050 — approximately 6.5 billion people. This raises a range of related challenges, from climate change to smart cities, including what is left behind when people migrate.

Whilst COVID may not necessarily change that trend, the pandemic could change the way cities are designed, and how they should develop in the future. There will continue to be short-term changes to lifestyle, work and commuting patterns.

What we could increasingly see — and what is more desirable from a sustainability perspective — is that city leaders use the current crisis to plan and manage for how net zero carbon emissions will be fulfilled in the longer-term, and how cities can become more sustainable in environmental, social and economic terms.

In response, our profession has a compelling opportunity to help manage this global demographic shift in a way that is sustainable — through the application of technology and the careful measurement and usage of finite resources. To do so will

President’s Column require that we think about the skillsets and business models needed in the future, as well as the way we set standards. The starting point has to be evidenced-based analysis of what is happening in the world together with a willingness to respond imaginatively to these challenges.

The other key trend driving change is the digital revolution, or, as some might say, the age of enlightenment. Certainly, the notion of digital transformation is now fairly advanced, and it permeates every part of lives — our social interactions, the cities we live in and the economies we operate within. As the famed futurist and physicist Michio Kaku indicated, the phones in our pocket now contain more computing power than all of NASA back in 1969 when they put two astronauts on the Moon. And, as our environment becomes increasingly connected — from smart cities to autonomous vehicles — global economies are recognising digital transformation as the key to unlocking prosperity.

COVID has only accelerated the disruption, and almost all industries — including healthcare, education, construction and technology — will require rapid transformation of their business models in order to remain viable. The reskilling and upskilling of the workforce will become a top priority of many sectors and industries if they are to minimise emerging unfavourable social and economic impacts.

So what are the likely effects on our sector and what do we need to understand and address? I think whilst these drivers may take time to comprehend, its clear we are already experiencing the impacts and how they are manifestly changing the role and value of our profession.

My assessment is that data is the new constant, along with the need to make

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“My assessment is that data is the new constant, along with the need to make sense of it.“

Engineering & Mining Surveying Chair Andrew Edwards chair.emsc@sssi.org.au Hydrography Commission Chair Neil Hewitt chair.hc@sssi.org.au Land Surveying Commission Chair Lee Hellen chair.lsc@sssi.org.au Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Commission Chair Dr Petra Helmholz chair.rspc@sssi.org.au Spatial Information & Cartography Commission Chair

sense of it. The majority of data now has some form of position or geocoding.

There has never in human history been such an information explosion. You could attribute this to the rise of smartphones, sensors and connected vehicles and appliances, among other digital artifacts.

Much of what we touch and work with now automatically generates data. But the real reason why we’re seeing this increase is the growing utility of data analytics and automated responses to analytic decisions.

We’ve seen companies collect more data than ever before as they’ve raced to transform their businesses and make datadriven decisions.

In response, it is critical for our profession to be able to understand and utilise data effectively. The underlying quality of this data will need to be managed, while the data itself is something the profession will need to think seriously about owning. The growth and development of digital twins, smart cities, AI and the Internet of Things are now fast becoming a core part of our sector. This brings huge possibilities with the drive for better connectivity, and risk for the profession as we see increasing convergence between the built environment and tech sectors.

It will become increasingly important to understand the full lifecycle of an asset, not just its value at a fixed point in time. We also need to think about how we value the digital as well as the physical assets we manage. The traditional office is going through a paradigm shift and workspaces are increasingly being designed to help drive culture and performance.

Smarter utilisation of these buildings will bring significant benefit. The profession continues to move up the value chain as technology improves our efficiency and

effectiveness. Lifelong learning will become increasingly important here. We will need to become more proficient in the use of technology. Non-technical skills and emotional intelligence will also be key to our continued competitiveness.

We need to recognise that elements of all roles carried out by professionals in our industry will not exist in the future.

Instead, they will be dealt with by black box technology solutions. It is the role of the professional to help develop these solutions and apply our deep domain knowledge.

The introduction of technology brings new challenges and requirements that may supplant the older ways of working, but they’ll still require input and management of the output… with the human role within the profession more focused on the creative and advisory elements and less focused on pure process. This will mean that less time is spent carrying out tedious and timeconsuming tasks; rather, roles will be shifted to offering critical analysis and valuable professional advice and knowledge.

What is clear is that we are in the midst of significant change across our sector. Our challenge as a professional organisation is to help the profession and our members navigate this change, managing the opportunities and risks that it brings. As a profession we should be confident that we are up to the task. The principles that define us — our ethical and technical judgement; the strategic insight we provide; and the deep understanding of the built and natural environments and how these can be shaped towards the greater good — will remain core to our ability to add value as the world evolves. Only by understanding how the world is changing can we hope to respond effectively.

Paul Digney President

Robert Campbell chair.sicc@sssi.org.au

Regional Committee Chairs ACT Regional Chair Noel Ward chair.act@sssi.org.au NSW Regional Chair Mary-Ellen Feeney chair.nsw@sssi.org.au NT Regional Chair Rob Sarib chair.nt@sssi.org.au QLD Regional Chair Noel Davidson chair.qld@sssi.org.au SA Regional Chair Graham Walker chair.sa@sssi.org.au TAS Regional Chair

Inga Playle chair.tas@sssi.org.au VIC Regional Chair Andrej Mocicka chair.vic@sssi.org.au WA Regional Chair Darren Mottolini chair.wa@sssi.org.au SSSI National Office 27-29 Napier Cl, Deakin, ACT 2600 (PO Box 307) Phone: +61 2 6282 2282 Email: info@sssi.org.au

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SSSI confers Geoff Robb as Fellow

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estern Australia-based surveyor, Geoff Robb, has been conferred as Fellow of the Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute. Geoff ’s career started with the WA Department of Lands and Surveys, and in 1995 he formed RM Surveys with his business partner. RM Surveys is now a leading company employing more than 50 staff with an enviable portfolio of highly technical projects, such as Optus Stadium, Matagarup Bridge, the Western Australian Museum, the Ritz Carlton and many others.

Geoff has continually supported the development of the next generation of surveyors. He regularly volunteers as a mentor for Curtin University’s two-week surveying expedition to an outback area of WA, and within his own company he actively engages in the mentoring of students through its internal graduate program. Geoff brings to the mentoring team a skillset that is unique and is well respected among students and peers.

Geoff is also passionate about giving back to the community.

Following the recent devastating bushfires in the Perth Hills, he initiated a program to help landowners by re-establishing their property boundaries, so that replacement fencing could be correctly located. This work was all completed pro bono through RM Surveys and involved 43 properties and many very grateful land owners. Geoff has also been very active with Variety Australia as both a fundraiser and competitor in Variety Club events, and has been recognised as a leader through his generous support of Triathlon Australia.

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n late August 2021, the surveying, spatial and space community was invited to participate in the Diversity Council Australia’s inaugural Inclusion@Work Index survey. Its purpose was to establish a baseline to help us understand the current state of diversity and inclusion within the space, spatial and surveying workforce across Australia and New Zealand.

Eight industry organisations including the Australian and New Zealand Land Information Council (ANZLIC), Consulting Surveyors National (CSN), Earth Observation Australia (EOA), Space, Spatial and Surveying Diversity Leadership Network (SSS-DLN), the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI), Survey and Spatial New Zealand (S+SNZ), the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA) 42 position December/January 2021-22

Paul Digney (left), SSSI President, confers Geoff Robb as Fellow of the SSSI.

Over the years, Geoff has also been recognised for his contributions to the surveying profession. In 2019 he was awarded WA APSEA Professional of the Year for his outstanding contribution to the surveying profession over many years. He was a founding member of the Spatial Sciences Institute and is a valued member of the SSSI. n

Understanding diversity and inclusion in the sector

and Geospatial Information & Technology Association ANZ (GITA), and Women in Spatial New Zealand, partnered to encourage individuals who either worked, studied or participated in the sector to take part in the survey.

The survey covered three broad areas: 1. The diversity demographics of respondents, compared to the ‘Australian workforce’ as derived from findings from a nationally representative survey of 3,000 Australian workers.

2. Respondent’s experience of inclusion, broken down into diversity cohorts, business, government and academic groups and compared to the Australian workforce.

3. The impact of inclusion on performance and wellbeing.

Over a period of six weeks, more than 1,000 people took part. Of the 1,070 participants, 37% were female and the median age was 44 years. 37% of respondents were born overseas, speaking 70 different languages and representing more than 100 cultural backgrounds. 8% of respondents were people with a disability and 10% identified as LGBTIQ+.

As a data-driven industry, the results from the Inclusion@Work Index will highlight the areas in which we are doing well, provide an evidence base for the impact that inclusion can have on productivity and innovation, and help identify where we fall short of national benchmarks.

The outcomes of the Index will be released in a final report to be issued in early 2022. n

Enabling effective regional bushfire management

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overnments around the world are making sustainable strides in local environmental management, and by using satellite-enabled data they are able to analyse and support preventative management techniques to protect local communities and ecosystems. For example, Forest Fire Management Victoria leverages high-resolution tasking capabilities from Planet’s SkySat constellation to analyse its effectiveness in reducing the risk of bushfires in one of the most fire-prone areas of the world. As our climate continues to warm, bushfires pose an extremely serious risk to local communities in arid and semi-arid regions of Australia, but preventative measures, including planned burning, can help reduce the risk.

Planned burning is a management technique in which land is intentionally exposed to controlled fires to reduce the amount of vegetation that could provide fuel. This technique requires careful ecological calculation to both intelligently manage the potential fuel while also supporting the local ecosystem. As bushfires are a natural phenomenon in this region and often support the health and balance of the local environment, managers need accurate real-time data and robust models to manage this complexity and protect natural assets. To support bushfire managers, Geoplex, a Sydney-based GIS services company, has created a public-private partnership with the Barwon South West Region of Forest Fire Management Victoria to deliver Planet’s capabilities to assess planned burning outcomes in real-time.

“Australia is so massive, so getting information from space ondemand is a great solution, especially for emergency management domains,” said Geoplex Consultant, Brittany Dahl, when speaking about the partnership with Forest Fire Management Victoria. “They were interested in finding more information for certain months, so we showed them SkySat. What has been amazing about Planet is the tasking dashboard. They can task it anytime after a burn change and the resolution quality is high enough that they can use it for certain vegetation as well.”

Using the tasking capabilities, Forest Fire Management Victoria analyst Hamish Martin, Landscape Evaluator for the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, receives high-resolution Planet satellite images shortly after the smoke has

SkySat image of a post-burn forest site in Victoria.

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cleared from his team’s planned burns. The data captured in these images supports the creation of burn severity maps, enabling the management team to review achievement against ecological and risk objectives. This operational mapping provides analysts a higher confidence in their predictive models for bushfire management, understanding which areas will provide a reduction in fire spread and intensity and also how species will respond to the fire impacts.

“From an ecological perspective, knowing at a fine scale if a spot is actually burned is very valuable. If we have mapped a location as burned, but it hasn’t been, then we would be misrepresenting the data when we undertake species or habitat research and monitoring. Generally around communities and critical assets, we treat the land more intensely to keep fuels low.

In other areas, our focus is on supporting the ecology with an appropriate fire regime, so we generally don’t want to treat it too intensely. We need to meet the balance,” said Martin.

Planet’s SkySats have further enabled rapid revisit capabilities supporting the investigation of bushfire impacts on local flora and fauna in the weeks and months following planned burns. This has provided new insights for the local management team’s critical models regarding species’ responses to fire, including changing forest structure. With these effective tasking strategies, Forest Fire Management Victoria has been able to more accurately model the complexity of these fire-prone regions while also managing the severe risk posed to communities.

“We acknowledge and respect Victorian Traditional Owners as the original custodians of Victoria’s land and waters, their unique ability to care for the Country and deep spiritual connection to it,” added Geoplex and Forest Fire Management Victoria.

“We honour Elders past and present whose knowledge and wisdom has ensured the continuation of culture and traditional practices.” n Learn how Planet can help you turn data into actionable insights for disaster management by scanning the QR code here.

Severity burn map indicates how locations were affected by planned-burns.

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In Conversation with

Mark Deuter A

erometrex is well known as a provider of aerial imaging, photogrammetry, 3D modelling and LiDAR surveys, having been at the forefront of some of the best digital twins produced over recent years. In late 2019 it took the major step of moving from being a privately owned firm to being publicly listed on the ASX. The company’s CEO, Mark Deuter, is retiring at the end of 2021. SSSI’s CEO, Tony Wheeler, spoke with him to find out the secret of Aerometrex’s success.

TW: Aerometrex is transitioning from project-based to subscription-based revenue, with MetroMap leading the way. What are the factors behind this?

MD: We changed our aerial imagery

business model because we could see a much better value proposition for our customers and investors, as well as being able to streamline our operational workload. Our MetroMap program aims to service every major capital city four times per year, every large regional centre twice per year and every town over 10,000 people once per annum. That covers 86% of the Australian population. In addition, we are still supplying imagery with our project-based LiDAR service for the mining industry, and our super-high-resolution 3D modelling service on a project basis, so we are satisfying most of our clients’ needs with a tweak to the solutions model.

It is a better deal for our investors as we build annual recurring revenue which gives them greater certainty over our future performance. We definitely see the merit in MetroMap’s more predictable schedule of work, funded by a much larger subscriber base, operating nationally and over which we have control. The MetroMap model still provides the high standard of aerial imagery product quality and accuracy, but it makes it available on a much wider basis to the corporate world too.

TW: How are you attracting suitably skilled staff to facilitate your growth?

MD: It is always a challenge, but we have

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set of skills we employ to capture and process aerial imagery, LiDAR data and 3D models. In parallel, we are also seeking to automate as much production as possible.

That may sound like a contradiction, but we are dealing with an ever-increasing volume of data and it takes more people as well as more automated systems to keep up. We have made a number of senior appointments from outside the company recently, to bring in more big-company experience and knowledge. And finally, we do also contract out some overload work as demands dictate.

TW: Which technologies will have the greatest impact on Aerometrex in the next 5–10 years?

MD: We see a very bright future for

Aerometrex in a number of areas. We are really focused on MetroMap, which we see as a digital platform that will ultimately sell all of our product types, from aerial imagery to LiDAR-derived datasets such as digital surface models, to full 3D ‘reality models’ or digital twins. We know there is subscription market share that we haven’t fully tapped yet and we are going hard after it.

The growth of 3D modelling will accelerate; it is fascinating to watch our society transform from 2D to 3D mapping.

We are seeing a generation coming through that has grown up with 3D visualisation (although projected on a 2D screen).

The next generation is likely to grow up with immersive 3D. The applications in communications, public consultation, engineering and gaming, in metaverses and VR/AR/MR are enormous.

Perhaps the most exciting area is analytics. More than ever we are listening to our customers to hear their needs — how

they utilise imagery, what information they are trying to extract from it, how it will add value or save costs. We can deliver solutions that are of enormous value to our customers, and being able to control the whole supply chain from data creation to applied information is a huge advantage.

TW: The global geospatial market is expected to almost double between 2021 and 2026, with fastest growth in the Asia-Pacific. What is driving this?

MD: There is a spatial infrastructure in

Australia that we take very much for granted. Survey networks, aerial imagery, cadastral data, land tenure; all have been established over many decades, or even hundreds of years. Many of these fundamental building blocks are missing in developing countries but they are being established, and once that is done the opportunities for growth exist on a huge scale commensurate with their populations. Australia is unique in that it has so much area to cover with a relatively small population… which has driven the development of geospatial technology.

We see very large opportunities in LiDAR, with elevation mapping through vegetation, managing the effects of climate change as well as change detection.

If our experience in Australia and the USA is anything to go by, 3D applications will be rapidly taken up by engineers, real estate, local government, events managers, police, defence and so on. The major technologies will continue to be imagery and LiDAR sensors of various types. Analytics is already being driven by rapid advances in AI, machine learning and computer vision, and has produced stunning results. Who knows where that will end? n

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A comprehensive directory of companies, products and services for the mapping, geo-information and surveying industries.

12D SOLUTIONS PTY LTD 12d Model offers an integrated solution for the survey, design, modelling, analysis and construction of civil engineering projects worldwide. Specifically designed and created for the civil engineering industry, and used in more than 65 countries, it allows quick and high quality production in a variety of projects including roads, rail, channels, storage tanks, sub-divisions, landscaping, major pipelines, wastewater reticulation, site layouts, flood modeling, and environmental impact studies. ph: 02 9970 7117 fax: 02 9970 7118 em: info@12d.com web: http://www.12d.com

ph: 1300 290 686 fax: 02 9527 9590 em: andrej.mocicka@1spatial.com web: http://www.1spatial.com/au/

1SPATIAL AUSTRALIA Who we are We are a global leader in providing software, solutions and business applications for managing location and geospatial data.

Why we do it We are striving to make the world more sustainable, safer and smarter for the future. We believe the answers to achieving these goals are held in data.

How we do it We unlock the value of location and geospatial data by bringing?together our people, innovative solutions, industry knowledge?and our extensive customer base.

What we do Our 1Spatial Location Master Data Management (LMDM) platform and FME products delivers powerful data solutions and focused business applications on-premise, on-mobile and in the cloud.

Level 4, 29 Kiora Road MIRANDA NSW 2228

4D GLOBAL 4D Global is an end-to-end GPS based solutions and field mobility provider.

Established in 1991, 4DGlobal is a company that has grown and evolved with the GPS and GIS industry. Starting with the earliest GPS devices, 4D Global has expanded to cover not only the latest GPS technology but also rugged field mobility solutions, mapping software, training and services.

Today, 4D Global provides the best selection of advanced GNSS/ GPS/ inertial technologies, laser scanning, tablet PCS, PDAs, mapping software and accessories from the world’s leading brands, to suit both organisational and recreational use.

Suite 22, 2 Enterprise Dr BUNDOORA VIC 3083 ph: 03 9466 5255 fax: 03 9466 5222 em: canderson@rapidmap.com web: http://www.4dglobal.com.au www.spatialsource.com.au 45

suppliers’ index 14 Panaroma st PENSHURST NSW 2222 ph: 02 9594 5527 em: erron@aerialacquisitions.com.au web: http://www.aerialacquisitions.com.au

AERIAL SURVEYS LTD

AAM PTY LTD Rich and data driven, geospatial solutions. Land, sea, air, space. AAM is an industry leading geospatial solutions provider. AAM specialises in web mapping and cloud-based solutions, 3D GIS, virtual cities and virtual mines, hosted image and terrain solutions, satellite imagery and digital mapping. Solutions are backed by AAM’s passion, innovation and client focused approach. Capture, analyse, present and integrate with AAM’s geospatial solutions.

Level 1 Leichhardt Court, 55 Little Edward Street Brisbane QLD 4006 ph: 07 3620 3111 fax: 07 3620 3133 em: info@aamgroup.com web: http://www.aamgroup.com

ACSIS LTD Facilitate professional indemnity and other insurances to the survey and spatial information industries, offering risk management seminars, products and publications.

6 Wood St ADAMSTOWN NSW 2289 ph: 02 4952 5544 fax: 02 4952 5599 em: management@acsis.com.au web: http://www.acsis.com.au

ADAM TECHNOLOGY Adam Technology has been developing photogrammetry hardware and software since 1986. Its 3DM Analyst and 3DM CalibCam software packages are designed to improve the ease and safety of 3D data capture and interpretation in most environments. Products are used internationally by mining companies, consultants and in the geotechnical, civil engineering and subsea industries for aerial, open pit, stockpile measurement, underground and underwater projects, and by research institutions and universities.

Suite 3, 41 Belmont Ave Belmont WA WA 6985 ph: 08 9479 5575 fax: 08 9479 5585 em: adam@adamtech.com.au web: http://www.adamtech.com.au

AECSPATIAL PTY LTD Based in SE Queensland AEC Spatial provides Web Based and Desktop Mapping Applications to clients across Australia. We are also CASA licensed Drone Operators and map large and small scale projects relating to Mapping, Surveying, and Asset Management.

27 Flamingo Key BROADBEACH WATERS QLD 4218 ph: 07 5538 8042 em: brian@aecspatial.com.au web: http://www.aecspatial.com.au

AERIAL ACQUISITIONS Aerial Acquisitions is a Sydney based aerial survey company, established in 2006 to provide afffordable aerial photography services to the geospatial community. We can capture RGB and Multispectral digital imagery Australia wide using our specially modified survey aircraft and digital aerial survey system. Our experienced staff has collected airborne data using a variety of sensor platforms across Australia and the globe. Having collected data in Africa, Asia, USA, South America, New Zealand, and every state of Australia. In doing so, we have forged a worldwide network of partnerships with the geospatial industry.

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Aerial Surveys provides aerial photography and LiDAR surveys throughout New Zealand and Pacific Islands. Company utilises the latest in digital camera technology and operates the Galaxy Prime LiDAR sensor. Aerial services include: Photogrammetry for ortho imagery, DTM/DSM collection, contour generation and topographic feature mapping. Remote Sensing Surveys include: Airborne Laser Scanning (LiDAR) surveys; Airborne Hyperspectral surveys; Airborne Thermal imagery surveys; Satellite image.

Unit A1, 8 Saturn Pl Albany NZ 0751 ph: +64 9 415 3101 fax: +64 9 414 0090 em: jenny.bakker@aerialsurveys.co.nz web: http://www.aerialsurveys.co.nz

AEROMETREX Aerometrex provides high quality 4-band digital aerial imagery, photogrammetry, LiDAR and 3D modelling services to the Australian and International spatial market We specialise in digital orthophotos, LiDAR, 3D Models, DTM/DSM, point cloud & vector data for GIS and high accuracy engineering applications. Applications of our data can be seen across mining, environmental projects, natural disaster management and reconstruction, real estate, defence, infrastructure construction, surveying, internet media, urban planning and asset management.

Metromap is an online aerial imagery subscription service provided

by Aerometrex, that allows users to access aerial imagery directly from their browser on a user-friendly interface with tools to search for addresses, compare multiple dates, export imagery, navigate and take measurements.

51-53 Glynburn Road GLYNDE SA 5070 ph: 08 8362 9911 fax: 08 8363 2777 em: ravi.mehta@aerometrex.com.au web: http://www.aerometrex.com.au

AEROSCIENTIFIC Provides affordable, high-quality aerial mapping software and hardware for aerial surveyors. AeroScientific (a business unit of Spatial Scientific Pty. Ltd.) focus of our aerial imaging technology is the award-winning Aviatrix flight management and aerial camera control system. Our imaging systems make aerial data capture significantly easier, cheaper, and more efficient than any other flight management system available today.

C/- Innovation and Collaboration Centre Level 2, U Adelaide SA 5000 ph: +61 417 060 743 em: info@aerosci.info web: http://aerosci.info

AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE INTELLIGENCE Airbus Defence and Space - Intelligence has been a trusted provider of earth observation satellite imagery to the Australian market for over 30 years and now our fully integrated optical and radar satellite constellation enables daily acquisitions at resolutions from 25cm for SAR and 50cm for optical.

Unit 10B 2 Brindabella Circuit CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ACT 2609 ph: +61 2 6413 5606 em: Fabrice.Triffaut@airbus.com web: http://www.intelligence-airbusds.com

AIRSIGHT AUSTRALIA Airsight Australia provides advanced practical asset data collection to government and enterprise. This is achieved through a holistic client engagement process, utilising practical application tested airborne and terrestrial robotic technology systems and operating methodologies. Our client partnering ethos ensures the highest ROI and positive outcomes for all stakeholders.

2/2 Frost Dr MAYFIELD WEST NSW 2304 ph: 0405 905 056 em: daniel@airsight.com.au web: http://www.airsight.com.au

ALANTGEO At Alantgeo we specialise in design and delivery of modern mapping solutions in partnership with Mapbox and street-level imagery solutions with Mapillary. We offer consulting involving OpenStreetMap data.

Suite 1A Level 2 802 Pacific Highway Gordon NSW 2072 ph: 02 8294 5567 em: info@alantgeo.com.au web: http://www.alantgeo.com.au

ALL THAT GEO All That Geo was created to deliver learning experiences that are engaging and creative. em: hello@allthageo.com web: http://www.allthatgeo.com

AMRISTAR Amristar is a team of software engineers that help organisations develop IT strategy, architect effective technology systems and build high quality business applications.

We write software, most often web applications, with specialities in enterprise workflow systems, mapping & geospatial, digital integration and cloud services.

In addition to bespoke customer-oriented consulting services, we develop a range of web mapping products which help customers to source data from anywhere and deliver high fidelity location intelligent web maps.

Level 4 76 Kings Park Rd WEST PERTH WA 6005 ph: 08 6365 9680 fax: 08 9481 1577 em: sales@amristar.com web: http://amristar.com

ARLULA Arlula is a marketplace for satellite imagery. We provide two core services, the first being a free to use API that allows users to automate the process of searching for and ordering satellite imagery over the internet. The second is bespoke enterprise solutions for clients that have specific GIS analytics needs.

608 Harris Street ULTIMO NSW 2007 em: hello@arlula.com web: http://www.arlula.com

ARTERRA INTERACTIVE 3D animation, 3D renderings, Accurate Photomontage, Visual FX, Sydney CBD, 3D modelling, Interactive media.

Level 5 74 Foveaux Street SURRY HILLS NSW ph: 02 8203 5100 fax: 02 8203 5100 em: tmacdonald@arterrainteractive.com.au web: http://www.arterrainteractive.com.au

ARUP Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, architects, consultants and technical specialists, working across every aspect of today’s built environment. Together we help our clients solve their most complex challenges.

Level 5 151 Clarence Street Sydney NSW 2000 ph: 02 9320 9320 em: donny.darmawan@arup.com web: http://www.arup.com

ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING SURVEYORS NATIONAL The Association of Consulting Surveyors National was established in June 2011 with a goal to bring surveying consultancies together from across Australia with a focus on national advocacy. Our research into the skills shortage for the profession has been widely received and used by the industry to advocate for increased importance of the profession for land development across Australia.

The Professional Standards Scheme for Consulting Surveyors National was launched in July 2020 and is available now for all surveying consultancies offering limited liability and protection for the community.

Each year we gather nationally for the National Surveying Congress with full details available on our website.

Firms are encouraged to join and full details are available on our website, or call us for more information.

Level 12 49-51 York Street Sydney NSW 2000 ph: 02 9054 6777 em: ceo@consultingsurveyors.com.au web: http://www.consultingsurveyors.com.au

ATTAIN INSIGHT’S MAP INTELLIGENCE (FORMERLY INTEGEO) Map Intelligence saves customers the high cost of integrating location analytics into solutions and being locked into particular combinations of business intelligence and GIS products.

We have ‘out of the box’, fully integrated solutions with a common end-user interface for combinations of ArcGIS (Server and OnLIne), Precisely Spectrum Special, GeoServer, BusinessObjects, Cognos, Tableau, Qlik Sense, MicroStrategy and Excel.

Map Intelligence comprises a rich suite of geo-analytic functions which can easily be augmented with third party web-services.

Our platform is designed for extensibility and is an evolving and future proofed product.

PO Box 533 HAZELBROOK NSW 2779 ph: 02 9405 3391 em: info@attaininsight.com web: http://www.attaininsight.com

AURECON Our winning aspiration is to bring the best geospatial approaches and capability to our clients through our innovative digital solutions. We provide platforms for geospatial data capture, analytics and insights, visualisation and communication. web: http://www.aurecongroup.com

AUS-EMAPS.COM Provider of free online tools, cost-effective GIS solutions, custom maps and spatial data for customers with tight budgets. Serving individuals as well as multinationals.

Belconnen Canberra ACT em: info@aus-emaps.com web: http://www.aus-emaps.com

AUSTRALASIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SOCIETY Learned society promoting the science of hydrography and marine exploration.

93 Ashworth Ave BELROSE NSW 6021 www.spatialsource.com.au 47

suppliers’ index ph: 08 6477 4400 fax: 08 6477 4499 em: s.duffield@fugro.com.au web: http://www.ahs.asn.au

AUSTRALIAN COPYRIGHT TRUST The Trust aggregates royalties paid for copying of surveyor’s intellectual property, including cadastral plans, and applies those funds to projects that enhance the standing and well-being of the industry. ph: 07 3366 4295 fax: 07 3366 4295 em: jdelange@bigpond.net.au web: http://www.thesurveyorstrust.org.au/

AUTODESK AUSTRALIA From greener buildings to smarter products to mesmerising blockbusters, Autodesk software helps our customers to design and make a better world for all.

Level 5, Building C 11 Talavera Rd NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 ph: 02 9844 8000 fax: 02 9844 8044 em: anz.marketing@autodesk.com web: http://www.autodesk.com.au

AVENZA SYSTEMS, INC. Avenza Systems has been developing software tools that have changed the way maps are made, distributed and consumed for over 20 years.

MAPublisher and Geographic Imager are our geospatial mapping software plug-ins for Adobe Creative Cloud and have become standard tools in the industry. MAPublisher and Geographic Imager are used by cartographers and people who work with spatial imagery to make beautiful maps in more easily, with features that bridge the gap between manipulating geospatial data and leveraging the design capabilities of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. These specialized tools for working with geospatial datasets simplify workflows and drastically reduce the time required to publish beautiful maps in a variety of formats for print, web, or mobile use.

84 Merton Street Toronto ON M4S 1A1 ph: 1-416-487-5116 fax: 1-416-487-7213 em: info@avenza.com web: http://www.avenza.com

BENTLEY SYSTEMS PTY LTD Bentley Systems is a global leader in providing architects,engineers,geospatial professionals,constructors & owneroperators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design,construction & operations of infrastructure. Users leverage information mobility across disciplines & throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects & assets.

Founded in 1984, Bentley Systems has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries and more than $600M in annual revenues.

Level 8 545 Queen St Brisbane QLD 4000 em: ilonka.coombes@bentley.com web: http://www.bentley.com.au

BUSINESS ASPECT Business Aspect is a business advisory consultancy who specialise in improving the performance of organisations by delivering business transformation. Established in 2005, we deliver independent, vendor agnostic advice and project delivery services on, business and technology strategy, architecture, risk & continuity, planning and execution. Key areas of expertise include spatial information management, big data, IoT, Smart Cities, analytics. For more information, visit www.businessaspect.com.au 67 High Street TOOWONG QLD 4068 ph: 07 3831 7600 fax: 07 3831 7900 em: mpfahl@businessaspect.com.au web: http://www.businessaspect.com.au

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C R KENNEDY SURVEY SOLUTIONS A surveyor-based service business with a range of quality products - Leica Geosystems (Total Stations, GNSS/GIS, 3D Scanners, Construction Lasers, Machine Control and Agricultural Systems), Disto, Pentax, Optech, Riegl, Mikrofyn, MDL and CST. Expert training and support provided, with service in all states carried out by factory-trained technicians. Equipment is available for sale, hire or demonstration; dispatch on FIS basis from the central warehouse in Melbourne.

300 Lorimer St PORT MELBOURNE VIC 3207 ph: 03 9823 1533 fax: 03 9823 1593 em: bedmonds@crkennedy.com.au web: http://www.crkennedy.com.au/survey

CALCSPLUS South Pacific Master Distributor of Hewlett Packard calculators, also distributor of TI, Sharp and Casio Calculators, TP-Link Networking, Jabra, Sennheiser and Plantronics Audio, Olympus Voice Recorders , Philips Voice Tracer audio recorders and Speech recognition software, Simple Geospatial Solutions Surveying and Civil Engineering software.

91 Murphy St, Richmond Unit 414 Richmond VIC 3122 ph: 03 9429 0222 fax: 03 9429 0022 em: orders@calcsplus.com.au web: http://www.calcsplus.com.au

CALLPOINT SPATIAL PTY LTD Callpoint Spatial has been delivering spatial resources since 2000.

We are a Full Access Value Added Reseller for Geoscape Australia, and license key datasets including Buildings 3D, Cadastre, Roads and G-NAF, plus our value-added editions. Australia Post datasets we license includes the PAF, and we provide joins between Geoscape and AusPost datasets. Our product line also includes geocoding services and our AQ Pro platform for telcos. We serve customers in the telecoms, real estate, professional services, government, health care, tertiary education, infrastructure and resource sectors.

Level 13, 200 Queen Street Melbourne VIC 3000 ph: 03 9670 1212 em: info@callpointspatial.com.au web: http://www.callpointspatial.com.au

CARDNO Cardno’s vision is to be a world leader in the provision of professional services to improve the physical and social environment. At Cardno, our aim is to provide strategic business solutions, professional advice and diverse services which add long-term value to our clients’ projects and the surrounding community. We form strong partnerships with clients and create opportunities for significant,

lasting positive change in both developed and emerging economies.

Since it is important to be where our clients are, we have a strong regional focus which complements our teams in major cities throughout the world. Whether creating transportation infrastructure to connect people, planning new cities, supporting energy projects, conducting environmental assessment and remediation or providing fiscal advice in emerging markets, our people are driven by a clear set of values, a passion for exceptional client service and an enduring commitment to innovation.

Level 11 515 St Pauls Terrace FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 ph: 02 4231 9626 fax: 07 3369 9722 em: gis@cardno.com.au web: http://www.cardno.com

CARLSON SOFTWARE AUSTRALIA Carlson Software specialises in CAD design software, field data collection and machine control products for the land surveying, civil engineering, construction, and mining industries worldwide, providing one-source technology solutions for data collection to design and construction.

43 Stubbs Street Kensington VIC 3031 ph: +61 3 9021 0861 em: apac@carlsonsw.com web: http://www.carlsonsw.com

CARONI Caroni was born from the need to make businesses work more effectively through innovative use of spatial technologies, improving safety, optimising processes, saving money, and adding competitive advantages.

Caroni started from the potential of SLAM technology and how this technology can add value to different stakeholders and industries, and how Caroni can offer immediate solutions through combining easy capture and advanced processing and analysis software.

Level 11 125 St Georges Tce Perth WA 6000 ph: +61 8 6189 8709 em: info@caroni.com.au web: http://caroni.com.au/

CHARTIS TECHNOLOGY Our core philosophy and aim is to utilise complex Australian spatial technology to better our customers and the community’s ability to deal with spatial problems. Chartis Technology is 100% Australian owned and operated. We have a strong commercial partnership with TechnologyOne Spatial (DMS). We distribute IntraMaps, FME (Safe Software) and work with a variety of Open Source Software.

Chartis Technology specialise in developing and implementing this complex technology.

Suite 17 291 Stewart Street BATHURST NSW 2795 ph: 02 6332 3310 em: sales@chartistechnology.com web: http://www.chartistechnology.com

CIVIL SURVEY SOLUTIONS An Autodesk Partner providing AutoCAD based civil and survey software, technical support and training. We service Australia wide with offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Developer of Stringer

Survey and custom developments in the AutoCAD environment for civil and survey clients.

1/29 Business Park Dr NOTTING HILL VIC 3166 ph: 03 9544 5250 fax: 03 3544 9730 em: andrew.english@civilsurveysolutions.com.au web: http:// www.civilsurveysolutions.com.au

CODY CORPORATION Serving professionals since 1981; an importer and distributor (wholesale) of quality surveying equipment and accessories that meet the standards of the professional surveyor. Distributors in Australia and New Zealand for the cutting edge range from CHC Navigation, Spectra Precision (Robotics, GIS/GPS), Juniper Systems & Pacific Crest. Based in South Australia, our portfolio includes total stations (including robotic total stations), GNSS & network rover kits, mobile mapping solutions and PDAs. 15A Adam Street HINDMARSH SA ph: 08 8340 7888 fax: 08 8340 8877 em: info@codycorp.com.au web: http://www.codycorp.com.au

COHGA PTY LTD Privately owned Australian company with focus on development of IT products and supply of associated professional services. Offices in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and New Zealand and business partners around Australia, Asia and Europe. Developer of the award winning product, Weave, a spatially enabled Business Integration Framework. Weave Business Integration Framework (WBIF) is a full-stack computer software with User Interface, Application Middleware, Integration Middleware and Database Server as its main Architecture blocks.

Investment since 2006 has yielded well-developed Application Integration capabilities featuring a collection of Enterprise Application Adapter assets to render automated and extensible cross IT systems connectivity. It is also equipped with supporting Enterprise IT functions like Reporting, Search, Logging and Auditing in conjunction with Mapping and Spatial functions to meet specific customers’ requirements in selected domains.

Suite 40 443 Little Collins St Melbourne VIC 3000 ph: 03 9036 3711 em: info@cohga.com web: http://www.cohga.com

COMNAV ComNav is a Canadian design and manufacturer of advanced navigation, surveying and surveillance electronics. Founded in 1982 and located in the Richmond,BC we started in the marine industry with GNSS compasses and auto-pilots.

15-135111 Crestwood Place V6V 2G1 ph: +1 604 207 1600 em: mdabir@comnav.com web: http://comnav.com/construction-gis-survey/

CONVERGENT COMPUTATIONS PTY LTD Developer of the survey data processing, adjustment and transformation software application Geoida for the surveying and engineering professions.

PO Box 249 MORLEY WA 6943 ph: +61 437 203 290 em: geoida_info@geoida.com web: http://www.geoida.com

CORPORATE GIS Corporate GIS is an independent strategic management consultancy focused on the spatial information industry. We undertake GIS reviews and strategies, business cases, cost/benefit studies, user requirements/specifications, spatial data management plans, GIS health checks, market research and industry and technology surveys. www.spatialsource.com.au 49

suppliers’ index PO Box 1099 CAMDEN NSW 2570 ph: 02 8011 4637 em: bruce@corporategis.com.au web: http://www.corporategis.com.au

CORSNET-NSW CORSnet-NSW is a precise positioning service that gives users access to fast and accurate positioning and guidance solutions across NSW. 2-24 Rawson Place Level 14 West, McKell Building Sydney NSW 2000 ph: 1300 330 233 em: SS-CORSnetCustomerSupport@finance.nsw.gov.au web: http://spatialservices.finance.nsw.gov.au/corsnet-nsw

CRITCHLOW GEOSPATIAL LIMITED Critchlow specialises in geomarketing, geospatial data and solutions, emergency management and business continuity.

Using advanced geospatial analysis techniques and the latest GIS software and data, we help clients gain actionable insight into their operations. We offer a full range of geospatial services including data transformation, analysis, geocoding, data quality and geospatial custom application development.

50 Manners Street Level 6, iCentre Wellington 6140 ph: +64 4 472 8244 em: info@critchlow.co.nz web: http://www.critchlow.co.nz

CUBEWERX AUSTRALIA The company has been developing standards-based off-theshelf software products since 1996, in response to Spatial Data Infrastructure requirements for interoperable information infrastructures. The Australian subsidiary provides local sales and consulting support. Expertise includes development, marketing and selling of web services and spatial warehousing software.

95 Sanctuary Dr BEAUMONT HILLS NSW ph: 02 9672 6856 em: brad@numaps.com.au web: http://www.cubewerx.com

CURTIN UNIVERSITY The Spatial Sciences Discipline within the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Curtin University provides quality, internationally recognised teaching and research in the areas of surveying, geographic information science (GIScience), geodesy, GNSS, photogrammetry and laser scanning, and remote sensing. The Department also offers postgraduate GIScience courses that can be fully completed by online learning.

School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin Uni WA 6102 ph: 08 9266 7565 fax: 08 9266 2703 em: spatial@curtin.edu.au web: http://spatial.curtin.edu.au

DIALOG GOOGLE SOLUTIONS PRACTICE Australia’s largest Google Cloud Premier Partner Specialising in Geospatial Industry Solutions and Google Maps API licensing.

As a Premier Google Cloud Partner we are able to bring you the industry leading enterprise solutions. If your organisation needs solutions for today’s ICT Challenges: Geospatial, Big Data, Cloud, Collaboration and Machine Learning, then you should talk with our experienced team. lvl7 /35 Boundary Street South Brisbane QLD 4101 ph: 07 3247 1000 fax: 07 3247 1100 em: google@dialog.com.au web: http://www.dialog.com.au/google

DMAP dMap offer data exploration, data cataloguing, location intelligence, bespoke mapping. With scaleable delivery via SaaS and a powerful

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cloud geospatial data warehouse, no project is too big or small.

From hard and complex data (e.g. ABS census data) through to simple point data (e.g. office locations), dMap can help you with your next project.

6 Nepean Hwy Brighton VIC 3186 em: simon.gilligan@dmap.io web: http://dmap.io

DOOLEY MITCHELL & MORRISON A multi-disciplinary practice specialising in GIS, surveying, civil engineering and planning. Dedicated and experienced professionals delivering solutions that are practical and cost effective.

34 Balcombe Rd MENTONE VIC 3194 ph: 03 9583 0805 fax: 03 9583 5888 em: peter_morrison@dmmpl.com.au web: http://www.dmmpl.com.au

DRILLTECHNIQUES A unique Australian company developing unique products and services for complex and rapidly evolving industries in the drilling sector. We supply the worlds best drilling equipment and manufacture a wide range of drilling and ancillary equipment that we also service and maintain. We modify, repurpose and refurbish hydraulic equipment.

Drilltechniques is a unique Australian company employing Australian tradespeople. We create innovative, practical drilling equipment to the highest build and quality and safety standards. As exclusive Comacchio dealers in Australia and New Zealand we offer the full range of geotechnical, geothermal and foundation drilling equipment. Comacchio are the leading European manufacturer of this type of equipment.

25 Duntroon St BRENDALE QLD 4500 ph: 07 3889 8943 em: drillsales@drilltechniques.com.au web: http://drilltechniques.com.au/

E-SPATIAL New Zealand’s leading independent spatial consulting firm. e-Spatial’s team of consultants partner with enterprise and government agencies to maximise the benefit of spatial to their business. We help organisations make better decisions in less time to increase productivity, customer service and safety levels.

Level 1 38 Waring Taylor St NZ 6143 ph: +64 4 499 3546 fax: +64 4 499 3547 em: info@e-spatial.co.nz web: http://www.e-spatial.co.nz

EAGLE TECHNOLOGY GROUP Eagle Technology GIS is a full-service provider of Esri spatial information software, professional services (consultancy, implementation and project management) and support (service-desk and training).

Alexandra Park, Green Lane West NZ 1051 ph: +64 9 639 0600 fax: +64 9 639 0610 em: marketing@eagle.co.nz web: http://eagle.co.nz

EAST COAST SURVEYS (AUST) PTY LTD Located in the East Brisbane suburb of Capalaba, we are suitably placed to service projects located not only in the Redlands but throughout the entire South East corner of Queensland. We are a Consulting Surveying practice employing registered Cadastral surveyors and Professional Planners capable of providing quality services to guide you through your development. We can look after your applications and liaise with various Councils, including Redland City, Logan and Brisbane City on a regular basis.

7B Natasha Street CAPALABA QLD 4157 ph: 07 3823 1029 fax: 07 3823 2691

em: info@eastcoastsurveys.com.au web: http://www.eastcoastsurveys.com.au/

EPSON AUSTRALIA A leading supplier of quality imaging products to the colour printing, imaging and photography markets. The new T-Series printers provide cost effective high speed water resistant printing for maps, CAD drawings and aerial photos.

3 Talavera Rd NORTH RYDE NSW ph: 02 8899 3666 fax: 02 8899 3777 em: jwalsh@epson.com.au web: http://www.epson.com.au

ESRI AUSTRALIA Esri Australia is the nation’s leading Geographic Information System (GIS) and location intelligence specialist. For more than three decades Esri Australia has partnered with thousands of government and commercial enterprises to deliver quality GIS solutions that have transformed the way organisations address opportunities and challenges.

Level 3, 111 Elizabeth Street Brisbane QLD 4002 ph: 07 3211 1310 em: connect@esriaustralia.com.au web: http://www.esriaustralia.com.au

EUCLIDEON INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD Euclideon Vault is a completely new way for customers to visualize massive Point Cloud datasets.

VISUALISE MASSIVE 3D MODELS - There is no compromise between AREA SIZE and DETAIL for example, Vault can help you visualize an entire city, planet surface or ocean sea-floor. Euclideon Vault is AGNOSTIC of input and export file types & workflows.

EFFICIENT CENTRAL STORAGE - Even with limited bandwidth it is possible to host models centrally (in the cloud, or on your own network) , allowing thousands of users to simultaneously access those models anywhere in the world to fast-track collaboration, ensure version control & save significant data storage and transport costs.

WORKS ON LOW SPECIFICATION HARDWARE Customers do not need expensive Graphics hardware–even works on tablets and mobile devices.

5 Palmer Pl MURARRIE QLD 4172 ph: +61 7 3569 4820 em: info@euclideon.com web: http://www.euclideon.com/vault

FARO The company develops and manufactures leading edge solutions that enable high-precision 3D capture, measurement and analysis across a variety of industries including manufacturing, construction, engineering and public safety.

WE CREATE UNIQUE VALUE AND SUPPORT OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS BY: • Enabling faster, more accurate, compelling and useable 3D documentation • Accelerating execution timelines • Minimising in field 3D documentation and measurement times

• Shrinking margin impacting scrap and rework costs • Reducing development risk 1/12 Cordelia Street South Brisbane QLD 4101 ph: +61 7 3029 6000 em: FARO.AustraliaMarketing@faro.com web: http://www.faro.com

FRONTIERSI FrontierSI is a not-for-profit company which exists to deliver major benefits to government, industry, the research sector, universities, and the community in Australia and New Zealand. We use our strong partner network and deep expertise in spatial mapping, data infrastructures, digital twins, positioning, geodesy, analytics and standards to solve complex problems. In collaboration with our partners, we have transformed research outcomes into meaningful change in government and industry sectors such as environment, agriculture, defence, health, smart cities, and resources.

Door 34 Goods Shed Village Street Melbourne VIC 3008 ph: +61 406 966 992 em: gkernich@frontiersi.com.au web: http://frontiersi.com.au

FUGRO GEOSPATIAL Large Australasian provider of products and services which are purely spatial. Valuing the quality of work undertaken for clients in Australia, surrounding regions and worldwide; more than 100 staff throughout Australia; part of the worldwide Fugro group. Fugro Geospatial specialise in remote sensing, satellite imagery, high precision land survey, dimensional control, monitoring and geospatial software solutions and consulting.

Level 1 53 Brandl Street EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD 4109 ph: 07 3841 3433 fax: 07 3481 3466 em: fgs_apac_marketing@fugro.com web: http://www.fugrospatial.com.au

GAIA RESOURCES An environmental technology consultancy that delivers sustainable solutions to companies that work with the environment. We provide holistic solutions in field data capture, data management and a wide variety of spatial and location based services to clients across Australia with an emphasis on open source tools.

1st Fl, Bldg B 661 Newcastle St LEEDERVILLE WA 6903 ph: 08 9227 7309 em: enquiries@gaiaresources.com.au web: http://www.gaiaresources.com.au

GEIS A leading software company specialising in geospatial software, services, web solutions, and enterprise integration. GEIS provides consultancy, solutions, products, services, and Smallworld development to telecommunication, electricity, water, and public sector clients in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. GEIS is a GE Energy Solutions Provider.

PO Box 463 SUMMER HILL NSW ph: 02 9799 7252 em: info@geis.com.au web: http://www.geis.com.au

GEOCONNECT Geoconnect has Everything that you need! Rugged, hard working equipment for all your jobs. Geoconnect supplies a wide range of instruments, accessories and consumables for measuring, field work, construction, mapping and surveying applications. We carry a large inventory, and offer a vast selection of unique and branded product at the best prices. We are a leading Hexagon GeoMax distributor. For the latest products and leading measuring and positioning technology call us today. www.spatialsource.com.au 51

suppliers’ index 4/23 Wadhurst Dr BORONIA VIC 3155 ph: 03 8644 8106 em: sales@geoconnect.com.au web: http://www.geoconnect.com.au

GEODATA AUSTRALIA Providing specialised consulting skills in survey and GIS cadastral database management for government and industry. Long term experience understanding survey data, boundary definition processes and developing software tools to achieve the highest accuracy and cadastral intelligence in a database environment. Tools include digitisation and database interoperability and data migration.

18 Elkin Cl MORPETH NSW 2323 ph: 0412 453 170 em: harper@geodata.com.au web: http://www.geodata.com.au

GEOIMAGE PTY LTD Geoimage is Australia’s leading independent & multiple award winning specialists in Satellite Imagery and Geospatial Solutions.

We are suppliers & certified resellers of imagery from a wide range of satellite vendors, including DigitalGlobe, Airbus, BlackBridge, RESTEC, MDA & Japan Space Systems. Geoimage takes a coordinated approach to the services we supply, from acquisition through to mapping, classification and analysis, we provide the most appropriate solution to assist clients.

72 Costin Street FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4004 ph: 07 3319 4990 fax: 07 3252 9818 em: sales@geoimage.com.au web: http://www.geoimage.com.au

GEOMETRY PTY LTD Software development company with core competencies of consulting, software design and development with specialised expertise in innovative database and web applications for the spatial community. Geometry solutions deliver business advantage through enabling organisations to manage their information spatially.

Geometry also has expertise in the design and delivery of web and mobile spatial applications. An innovator in mobile GIS: developed the iGIS application for iPhone and iPad. 31 Salamanca Square BATTERY POINT TAS 7004 ph: 03 6223 1999 em: info@geometry.com.au web: http://www.geometry.com.au

GEOPLEX Founded in Australia in 2010, Geoplex enable enterprise organisations to harness the power of geospatial information technology, to make our world safe and secure. Geoplex transform businesses through the delivery of software and data solutions to support planning and operational decision making.

2/27 Hardware Lane Melbourne VIC 3000 ph: 08 8252 7100 em: info@geoplex.com.au web: http://www.geoplex.com.au/products

GEORADAR AUSTRALIA Hydro excavation, underground cable locators, concrete scanning, cleaning of sewer drains, smoke machine pipe testing, laying of asset locator marking balls, survey services, mining industry radar consultancy, water leak detection.

QLD 4105 ph: 0425 677 227 fax: 07 3848 7610 em: payney@georadar.net.au web: http://www.georadar.net.au

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GEOSCAPE AUSTRALIA Geoscape Australia provides national location data. We continuously source, process and deliver data to various endpoints, including APIs and a self-service portal.

We’re a critical collaborator, delivering spatial data to enable economic, social and environmental outcomes across the economy.

Our vision is achieved through a wide and sustained ecosystem of partnerships and collaboration.

Geoscape data delivers a clear picture of our complex cities, regional centres and rural communities as they change.

• 15 million buildings • 15 million addresses • 15 million land parcels • 1 million swimming pools • 1.1 million solar panel installations • 2.7 million kilometres of roads • Land and tree cover across Australia Geoscape Australia is the trading name of PSMA Australia Limited, a self-funded public company owned by the governments of Australia.

It’s built on the expertise that Australian businesses and governments have relied on for decades.

Unit 6, Level 2 113 Canberra Ave GRIFFITH ACT 2603 ph: 02 6260 9000 em: info@geoscape.com.au web: http://www.geoscape.com.au

GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA Australian government spatial gateway.

Cnr Jerrabomberrra Ave & Hindmarsh Dr SYMONSTON ACT 2601 ph: 02 6249 9111 fax: 02 6249 9999 em: mapfeedback@ga.gov.au web: http://www.ga.gov.au

GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE PTY LTD Geospatial Intelligence Pty Ltd, a Canberra-based Australian company, has been providing geospatial solutions to public and private sector customers since its inception in 2002. Location is accepted as strategically important information for policy and operational decisions. We collaborate with our clients and data partners to make sense of disparate data sets and complex location data, facilitating strategic and operational decision making. Geospatial Intelligence supplies clients with an integrated set of geospatial solutions across satellite imagery and analysis, satellite AIS, consulting, training and knowledge transfer services.

Level 2 42 Macquarie St BARTON ACT 2600 ph: +61 2 6273 0111 em: info@geoint.com.au web: http://www.geoint.com.au

GEOSPATIAL SERVICES - SPATIAL VENTURES Areas of expertise are Natural Resource Management, Conservation Planning; Hydrogeology/Groundwater; Health Geography; Skilled in spatial database development; Field data surveys; Web Mapping, GIS programming and automation; Capacity building GIS Ross Rd ALTONA NORTH VIC 3025 ph: 03 9327 3645 fax: 03 9327 3645 em: services@spatialventures.com.au web: http://www.spatialventures.com.au

GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD The regional sales partner representing Vexcel Imaging (VI)- a leader in remote sensing technologies and services across the world. Providing a broad range of geospatial solutions and expertise. These include terrestrial, aerial and radar systems for fast, efficient data capture. Also VI offers advanced image processing and geospatial integration with Vexcel Imaging’s mapping technologies including the highly successful UltraCam digital aerial camera range .

16 Drummonds Approach SECRET HARBOUR WA 6173 ph: 08 9524 9980 fax: 08 9524 9980 em: pwjones@iinet.net.au web: http://www.vexcel-imaging.com

GHD Around 6000 employees across five continents with clients in water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation industries. Spatial services include cartography, data capture and presentation, site and corridor selection, environmental modelling, visual impact analysis, surveying, remote sensing, image analysis, database design and GIS business analysis and implementation.

145 Ann St Brisbane QLD 4001 ph: 07 3316 3000 fax: 07 3316 3333 em: carolyn.pappin@ghd.com web: http://www.ghd.com

em: jrscott@globalorediscovery.com web: http://www.globalorediscovery.com

GLOBALPOS For the past 15 years we have provided sales, support, training and rentals for mapping into industries including forestry, mining and exploration, surveying and government services.

We have carefully selected, tough, easy to use and well supported equipment for our full range. Our loyalty to our suppliers provides us with great pricing and more importantly, exceptional support.

In line with our business philosophy of keeping things simple, we aim to provide straight forward information to our latest products and services.

The solutions we provide are powerful, quick and easy to learn. The support team is available and happy to help, 7 days a week, so you’ll never be left in the dark 42A Patrick Street MEREWETHER NSW 2291 ph: 1800 636 627 em: sales@globalpos.com.au web: http://www.globalpos.com.au

GPSAT SYSTEMS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD The company is a leader in delivering to industry innovative satellite navigation equipment, technical GPS / GNSS system solutions, research and consultancy services. The sole regional distributor for NovAtel Inc precision GPS/GNSS receivers and Spirent Communications GNSS simulation equipment. Providing quality engineered solutions to defence and industrial satellite navigation applications. Offering multidisciplinary skills in electronics, software, geomatics and comms engineering and more.

Suite 1 22 Aberdeen Rd MACLEOD VIC 3085 ph: 03 9455 0041 fax: 03 9455 0042 em: info@gpsatsys.com.au web: http://www.gpsatsys.com.au

GREY FIN SERVICES GLOBAL GBM Global GBM specialises in best-in-class enterprise mobility solutions that connect field services with business workflows. We deliver location intelligent, real time data collection and reporting services that empower and transform business. Global GBM is a division of Exa-Min Technologies, developer of GBM Mobile, GBM Web and a complete range of location Intelligence based business solutions for smart phones and tablets.

Level 2 143 Charlotte Street Brisbane QLD 4000 ph: 07 3210 0741 fax: 07 3210 0738 em: Harvey@geobasemap.com web: http://www.globalgbm.com

GLOBAL ORE DISCOVERY Global Ore Discovery is a leading geoscience consultancy.

We build lasting client partnerships to achieve successful outcomes.

Our multi-disciplinary spatial information professionals and geologists apply and develop innovative solutions for exploration, mining and precision agriculture.

Global Ore’s team includes specialists in spectral data capture (ASD), processing, analysis and GIS integration.

We are experts in satellite data acquisition, processing, analysis, integrated interpretation and visualisation.

Operating for over 15 years, Global Ore work collaboratively with our clients to ensure our involvement is value-orientated, costeffective and timely.

6/1 Fort Lane Milton QLD 4064 ph: +61 7 3613 8800 fax: +61 7 3036 6273

Possessing a blend of, strategic, project management and technical skills and a vast knowledge of industry. Grey Fin Services is a company focused on providing consulting services in the Geospatial, Utilities and Engineering domains.

BENTLEIGH VIC 3204 ph: 0424 152 431 em: Marty@greyfin.com.au web: http://www.greyfin.com.au

GUTHRIE CAD/GIS SOFTWARE Manufacturer of CAD and GIS data conversion software, producing cost-effective software for data translation and viewing.

237 Jacksons Hill Road GUMERACHA SA 5233 ph: 08 8389 1915 fax: 08 9923 6200 em: sales@guthcad.com web: http://www.guthcad.com

GVIZ Provider of ESRI-based GIS solutions, enterprise consulting and professional services. Passionate about the application of GIS technology, with 20 years experience in GIS and surveying.

20 Naelcm Ave KILLARNEY VALE NSW 2261 ph: 02 4332 0244 fax: 02 4332 0266 em: jason@gviz.com.au web: http://www.gviz.com.au

HANDLEY SURVEYS Handley Surveys provides engineering and licensed surveying for major infrastructure projects throughout Australasia, specialising in the modular construction of petrochemical, power and other processing plants.

5/985 Woodbrook Road KARRATHA WA 6714 www.spatialsource.com.au 53

suppliers’ index ph: 08 9337 2300 fax: 08 9314 1355 em: admin@handleysurveys.com.au web: http://www.handleysurveys.com.au

HERE MAPS Location is everything when it comes to how we at HERE look to realize our vision of enabling an autonomous world for everyone. By building a digital representation of reality entirely built upon location data, we are radically transforming the way the world lives, moves and interacts.

Level 1 4-12 Amsterdam St Richmond VIC 3121 ph: 03 9420 5900 fax: 03 9420 5901 web: http://www.here.com

HEWLETT-PACKARD AUSTRALIA HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems.

410 Concord Rd RHODES NSW em: rachael.hunter@hp.com web: http://www.hp.com.au

HEXAGON GEOSPATIAL Hexagon Geospatial is the world’s leading provider of geospatial software and solutions. Organisations and government agencies in more than 60 countries rely on our software to visualise, organise, communicate and transform vast, complex data into dynamic, usable intelligence. Our software empowers customers to build and operate processes, infrastructures and cities better, safer and smarter.

Level 3 420 St Kilda Road Melbourne VIC 3004 ph: 03 9292 9600 em: ap.marketing@hexagongeospatial.com web: http://www.hexagongeospatial.com

HL GEOSPATIAL The WA distributor for professional positioning products, including state of the art Trimble GNSS Systems, robotic total stations, laser scanning and monitoring solutions, UAVs and 3D cameras.

2/28 Hasler Rd OSBORNE PARK WA ph: 08 6330 2200 fax: 08 9445 8822 em: info@hlgs.com.au web: http://www.hlgs.com.au

HUGO CENTRE FOR POPULATION AND HOUSING The Hugo Centre for Population and Housing (formerly GISCA) at the University of Adelaide is a core team of professional researchers. We work across a portfolio of competitively-funded projects, contract research and consultancy projects, and collaborative research grants for local, national and international agencies.

We use industry leading GIS software solutions, have an established reputation in service accessibility/remoteness indices, and are award winners in web-based GIS offerings.

Level 4 Napier Building North Terrace ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY SA 5005 ph: 08 8313 5646 em: hugocentre@adelaide.edu.au web: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/hugo-centre/

HXGN SMARTNET With more than 4,000 reference stations based on Leica Geosystems technology that ensure position accuracy in any application, the service is provided 24/7 by a highly-available infrastructure and professional support team with more than 10 years of experience delivering the service. SmartNet is an open-standard correction

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service, able to use with any GNSS device, and is constantly monitored for integrity, availability and accuracy.

Level 3 420 St Kilda Road Melbourne VIC 3004 ph: 03 9914 2268 em: au.support@hxgnsmartnet.com web: http://hxgnsmartnet.com/en-AU/

HYVISTA CORPORATION Specialising in the supply of airborne hyperspectral remote sensing data, large format digital imagery and value added information products.

11/10 Gladstone Rd CASTLE HILL NSW 1755 ph: 02 8850 0262 fax: 02 9899 9366 em: hvc@hyvista.com web: http://www.hyvista.com

ICON SPATIAL Icon Spatial’s focus is on Capture, Consume, Collaborate & Innovate.

Capture includes Drone/UAV Missions, Asset Pickup & 360 Image Capture.

Consume includes GIS Integration, Data Feeds, & Data Consumption.

Collaborate includes Real Time, Web Mapping & Social.

Innovate includes VR, AR & Mixed Reality, Smart Farm & Build and the Autonomous Site.

25 Willow Crescent WARRAGUL VIC 3820 ph: 0400 738 357 em: info@iconspatial.com.au web: http://www.iconspatial.com.au

ICONYX - A DIVISION OF RAPIDMAP Iconyx provides efficient mobile applications for multiple, concurrent field inspectors to capture and maintain spatial data for use in a wide range of management systems including: Assets, Works, Inspections, Weed Vector or Disease Management to increase organisation wide productivity. We provide Tablet PC, Handheld, Smartphone, Web (Enterprise) Cloud and SaaS hosted solutions converging map, GPS, photos, database and communications to deliver efficient field workflows and reporting.

Our Summit solutions also provide secure integration, web services, and custom APIs to leverage Open data sources and share new geospatial intelligence with other corporate systems and stakeholders to support collaboration and engagement for smart cities initiatives in near real time.

Suite 22 2 Enterprise Drive BUNDOORA VIC 3083 ph: 03 9466 5200 fax: 03 9466 5222 em: lterrett@iconyx.com web: http://www.iconyx.com

IDS AUSTRALASIA Unit 5, 3-5 Hinkler Crt BRENDALE QLD 4500 ph: 07 3205 5524 fax: 07 3205 5536 em: info@idsaustralasia.com web: http://www.idsaustralasia.com

IFM - (INTEGRATED FACILITY MANAGEMENT PTY LTD) Offices in Sydney and Perth, we’re resellers and distributors for the ‘best of breed’ software, such as Archibusª FM, EcoDomusª PM & BIM, Cadcorpª SIS & GIS. As developers, IFM specialises in affordable, dynamic, secure ‘Spatial Information Solutions’ an example being, SISfmª, a ‘single’ multi-user license, with a secure web portal interface, facilitating access to all business system data, georeferenced site and building facilities and asset information, CAD drawings, 3D BIM, diagrams, photographs, a user friendly ‘tool’ for management, staff and contractors.

Level 14 309 Kent Street Sydney NSW 2000

ph: 02 9264 1946 em: sales@integratedfm.com.au web: http://www.integratedfm.com.au

IIC TECHNOLOGIES PTY LIMITED IIC provides end-to-end geospatial solutions to the Aeronautics, Defense, Government, Infrastructure, Marine, Oil & Gas, Transportation and Utility sectors.

4 Palawan Place Torbay NZ 0630 ph: +64 (0) 272 772722 em: david.crossman@iictechnologies.com web: http://www.iictechnologies.com

INSIGHT GIS GIS software and services provider, specialising in the implementation of GIS into organisational business processes and core information systems. Long track record developing spatial solutions, especially in green field sites.

2 Gregory Street SANDY BAY TAS 7005 ph: 03 6234 5833 fax: 03 6234 5899 em: info@insightgis.com.au web: http://www.insightgis.com.au

INSTITUTION OF SURVEYORS NSW (ISNSW) The independent professional organisation representing surveyors and survey related professionals in NSW since 1891, with over 1300 members in Australia and overseas.

Level 4 162 Goulburn St SURRY HILLS NSW 2010 ph: 02 9264 2076 em: isnsw@surveyors.org.au web: http://www.surveyors.org.au

INTECH SOLUTIONS Intech solves difficult data quality and data matching challenges especially involving customer data and location for Australian and NZ organisations. Our solutions include address verification, phone number and email verification, geocoding and geoboundary tagging, and advanced probabilistic data matching for deduplication, data integration, entity extraction, intelligent search, master data management and single customer view. Solutions available as on premise software, SaaS and hybrid.

Level 7 35 Spring St BONDI JUNCTION NSW 2022 ph: 02 8305 2100 fax: 02 8305 2199 em: sales2016@intechiq.com web: http://www.intechsolutions.com.au

INTERNATIONAL MAP INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION A worldwide organisation of the mapping, geospatial and geographic information industry. Membership has the potential to increase business, enable networking with peers and further knowledge and understanding of the mapping industry. Membership spans more than 50 countries on six continents, representing over 500 companies and organisations.

147 Unley Rd UNLEY SA ph: 08 8357 1777 fax: 08 8357 3001 em: imiaap@chariot.net.au web: http://www.imiamaps.org

IXBLUE PTY LTD iXblue and its partners have extensive experience acquiring aerial Imagery and LiDAR data. This experience has been gained over many years of undertaking similar projects in the United States, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific. This experience, and the many lessons learned as a result of operating in a wide variety of environmentally disparate locations will provide valuable insight for any project undertaken by iXblue. iXblue believes that a combination of a customer focused attitude, world’s best technology, highly capable and experienced survey

personnel and aircraft operators will allow us to deliver a high-quality deliverables with a professional service to its clients.

30 North Road WYNNUM WEST QLD 4178 ph: +61 7 3396 0991 em: matthew.james@ixblue.com web: http://www.ixblue.com.au

JACOBS GROUP (AUSTRALIA) Jacobs is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional and construction services. In Australia, Jacobs is comprised of engineers, project managers, GIS professionals, surveyors, planners, scientists and ICT specialists. The spatial group, with over 120 people, provides key skills and technologies to clients and projects in all industry sectors. In Dec 2013, Jacobs acquired Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) and continues to provide all spatial services offered by SKM. 177 Pacific Highway North Sydney NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2060 em: mary-ellen.feeney@jacobs.com web: http://www.jacobs.com

JENSEN BOWERS Jensen Bowers is a Brisbane based consultancy of professional surveyors, town planners and development advisors. We specialise in property development, resources, infrastructure, government and institutional sectors and for over 100 years have been servicing Queensland’s development industry with all their land surveying, development approvals and town planning needs. Our professional expertise includes cadastral surveying, town planning, urban design and development and planning advisory.

72 Costin Street FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4004 ph: 07 3852 1771 em: enquiry@jensenbowers.com.au web: http://www.jensenbowers.com.au

JIROTECH Jirotech is a leading systems integration and software development company, with core expertise in geospatial systems, open source software, standards development, information management, the PostgreSQL database, web based systems, IT infrastructure, enterprise support and training.

Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf 19-21 Pirrama Rd PYRMONT NSW 2009 ph: 02 8099 9000 fax: 02 8099 9099 em: sales@jirotech.com web: http://www.lisasoft.com

JOHNNY APPLESEED GPS With our first store opening in 1999, Johnny Appleseed GPS is a 100% Australian owned and operated independent GPS specialist store, operating in QLD, NSW, VIC and servicing all of Australia by our overnight freight service.

Our goal is to offer the widest range of GPS and accessories in the world, with the best specialist product knowledge, and competitive pricing. Our retail showrooms are the largest purpose-built specialist GPS stores in Australia.

5/1311 Ipswich Rd ROCKLEA QLD 4106 ph: 07 3717 8555 em: sales@ja-gps.com.au web: http://ja-gps.com.au

LAND INSIGHT Land Insight is a leading company offering the most comprehensive Environmental Risk Data in Australia.

It uses industry best practice environmental analysis, paired with advanced data analytics to identify a range of current and historical site data relating to potential contaminating land use practices and environmental risks. www.spatialsource.com.au 55

suppliers’ index The online search tools and screening reports help our clients quickly identify liabilities and opportunities in a specific area and/ or surroundings.

Level 24 300 Barangaroo Ave BARANGAROO NSW 2000 ph: 02 8067 8873 em: info@liresources.com.au web: http://liresources.com.au/

LAND SOLUTION AUSTRALIA An award-winning professional consulting surveyors business specialising in spatial data capture and management, including land title and urban planning, engineering and construction surveying, UAV surveying, precise GNSS, site management and quality control, as constructed documentation, terrestrial laser scanning, BIM modelling, automated monitoring and 3D documentation.

24 Finchley Street Milton QLD 4064 ph: 07 3366 3525 em: Survey@landsolution.com.au web: http://www.landsolution.com.au

LAND SURVEYS With over 140 professional and committed staff, Land Surveys provides full surveying services specialising in resources surveying, infrastructure surveying, commercial construction surveying, land development surveying and 3D mapping and modelling, including aerial surveying and laser scanning. Land Surveys has offices around Australia; Karratha, Port Hedland, Darwin, Mackay, Brisbane and its head office based in Perth.

19 Brennan Way WA 6984 ph: 08 9477 4477 fax: 08 9477 4499 em: admin@landsurveys.net.au web: http://www.landsurveys.net.au

LANDAIR SURVEYS Land engineering and aerial surveyors 1/87-91 Heatherdale Rd Ringwood VIC 3134 ph: 1300 130 158 em: erik@landair.com.au web: http://www.landair.com.au

LANDGATE 1 Midland Square MIDLAND WA 6936 ph: 08 9273 7373 fax: 08 9273 7691 em: accountmanagers@landgate.wa.gov.au web: http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au

LANDGIS An Australian company dedicated to providing professional GIS services for managing land-related information. Our customised solutions help organisations in the local and state government and private sectors maximise the benefits of GIS technology.

9 Jindalee Close ROWVILLE VIC 3178 ph: 03 8740 3186 em: manager@landgis.com.au web: http://www.landgis.com.au

LASER TECHNOLOGY AUSTRALIA P/L LTA distributes the TruPulse range of laser rangefinders plus a variety of related apps for Android and iOS. we have bundled packages including lasers, brackets, rugged Android devices and data capture apps. Training and consultation on field data capture projects is also offered.

U9/58 Mahoneys Rd THOMASTOWN VIC 3074 ph: 03 94604000 fax: 03 94604011 em: info@lasertechnology.com.au web: http://www.lasertechnology.com.au

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LATITUDE AUSTRALIA SOFTWARE A comprehensive management package for surveying, engineering and spatial science businesses that need to track time on projects, or manage projects, employees, tasks, files and related information.

268-272 Victoria Ave CHATSWOOD NSW 7002 ph: 02 8002 4087 em: sales@LatiBiz.com web: http://www.LatiBiz.com

LATITUDE GEOGRAPHICS Based in Victoria, Canada: developer of the Geocortex software suite of products used by organisations for cost-effective and efficient delivery of web-based mapping solutions with the Esri ArcGIS platform. We provide web-based GIS implementations around the world through a network of partners; our exclusive business partner in Australia is AAM Group (www.aamgroup.com).

200 - 1117 Wharf St Victoria V8W 1T7 ph: +1 250 381 8130 em: marketing@latitudegeo.com web: http://www.geocortex.com

LEICA GEOSYSTEMS With close to 200 years of experience pioneering solutions to measure the world, Leica Geosystems products and services are trusted by professionals worldwide to help them capture, analyse, and present spatial information. Leica Geosystems is best known for its broad array of products that capture accurately, model quickly, analyse easily, and visualise and present spatial information.

Level 3 420 St Kilda Road Melbourne VIC ph: 03 9292 9600 em: info.anz.geo@leica-geosystems.com web: http://www.leica-geosystems.com

LESLIE & THOMPSON SURVEYORS For the past 20 years, Leslie & Thompson has been providing expert surveying and land mapping services to the Shoalhaven region. From our office in Nowra, we serve the South Coast of New South Wales from Bateman’s Bay to Wollongong.

1st Floor 52 Berry Street NOWRA NSW 2541 ph: 02 4422 1233 em: mail@lesliethompson.com.au web: https://www.lesliethompson.com.au/

LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY Lightwave Technology offers an extensive product range of Survey Consumables, Optical Instruments, Lasers, Total Stations, GPS and Machine Control Systems. Lightwave Technology are suppliers for Sokkia, FARO, Ubexi, AGL, CST and David White. Our Bayswater facility has a full electronic and mechanical workshop staffed by experienced factory trained technicians. We are able to service all brands, both optical and laser-based instruments, plus machine control components and metrology instruments.

14 Stephenson Rd BAYSWATER NORTH VIC ph: 03 9720 6222 fax: 03 9720 6565 em: justin@lightwavetechnology.com.au web: http://www.lightwavetechnology.com.au

LISTECH PTY LTD Our agile software solutions are specifically designed to solve the complex problems associated with surveying and engineering.

Shaping data into actionable information vital for understanding, planning and executing work, our solutions empower everyone to be most efficient and productive.

Level 3 420 St Kilda Rd Melbourne VIC 3004 ph: +61 3 9005 1105

em: support@listech.com web: http://www.listech.com/default.aspx

LOCATABLE SOLUTIONS Providing geospatial services at all levels. From enterprise system implementation to GIS data processing and analytic services, to development of web mapping applications and professional map production. We do it all! We have extensive experience across all levels of government, across many industry sectors including environment, agribusiness, asset management, utilities and social services.

Adelaide SA ph: +61 412 958 784 em: locatablesolutions@gmail.com web: http://locatablesolutions.com/

MANGOESMAPPING PTY LTD National distributor of Emlid’s cutting edge RTK GNSS receivers.

We supply: NextCore LiDAR drones, Honeywell IMU/INS products, Atmos UAV, DJI and Topodrone RTK & PPK Drones, Rugged tablets, Carlson Survey Software, and Survey Accessories Suites 12-13 1 Jack St ATHERTON QLD 4883 ph: 07 4004 9714 em: sales@mangoesmapping.com.au web: http://www.mangoesmapping.com.au/products

MAPPT Mappt is a powerful low-barrier-to-entry GIS app that allows users to harness the power of offline mobile data collection with one light, compact device. Mappt is easy to use, low-cost and breaks away from the traditional dependency on pre-existing desktop packages.

Furthermore, Mappt is completely offline and built to be agnostic and interoperable. This is why businesses in over 120 countries in industries ranging from education and mining, to agriculture and asset management choose Mappt.

28/12 Cowcher Place BELMONT WA em: hayley@takor.com.au web: www.mappt.com.au

MAPSOFT Producing software for the spatial industry including custom software for clients with special needs. Promising on time delivery at an affordable price with personal service. Flagship product is miniCAD. 34a Cranstons Road MIDDLE DURAL NSW 2158 ph: 02 9680 3999 em: ian@mapsoft.com.au web: http://www.mapsoft.com.au

MAPTEK A global provider of software and hardware technology for the mining industry, specialising in 3D applications that add value to exploration, survey and mine planning. Maptek I-Site systems combine highly accurate 3D laser scanning hardware with point cloud processing software. Ease of set up, portability, rapid and safe data acquisition and powerful, in-built processing and modelling tools are hallmarks of Maptek laser scanners.

Maptek 31 Flemington Street GLENSIDE SA 5065 ph: 08 8338 9222 fax: 08 8338 9229 em: solutions@maptek.com.au web: http://www.maptek.com

MAXAR

MAP GEAR Map Gear is your one-stop, online shop for mapping, surveying and high-end positioning and navigation components. Big brands, local stock and fast shipping! 100% Australian-owned. em: hello@mapgear.com.au web: http://www.mapgear.com.au

Maxar is a global leader in advanced geospatial and space-based technology solutions. With more than 60 years of experience, more than 50 governments and the world’s most innovative commercial businesses trust Maxar for geospatial information and analytics, satellite technology, and space systems, to help them save time, money, and lives.

1 Kim Seng Promenade, #09-01 Great World City East Singapore 237994 ph: +65 9679 8055 Mobile em: weeli.liam@maxar.com web: http://www.maxar.com

MEIER IT PTY LTD Meier IT Pty Ltd is an Australian software company providing quality customised software development specialising in web, desktop and mobile technologies.

PO Box 7153 MOUNT CROSBY QLD ph: 07 3201 0423 fax: 07 3201 0425 em: info@meierIT.com.au web: http://www.meierIT.com.au

MENG SOLUTIONS MAPDATA SERVICES Established in 1998, MapData Services has grown from humble beginnings to become one of Australasia’s most well-known and respected authorities in digital mapping and location-based data. Today, the company delivers customised mapping products, consulting services, data and hosted online applications to a range of commercial, community and government organisations.

Level 1 414 Kent Street Sydney NSW 2000 ph: 02 8436 2800 fax: 02 8436 2888 em: info@mapdataservices.com web: http://www.mapdataservices.com

Maintenance engineering solutions is a company that specializes in the repair and maintenance of metal manufacturing machinery and food processing equipment with a focus on our customer’s budget and safety.

Factory 29 266 Osborne Ave CLAYTON SOUTH VIC 3169 ph: 0417 035 214 fax: 0417 035 214 em: service@mengsolutions.com.au web: http://www.mengsolutions.com.au/

MERCURY PROJECT SOLUTIONS Our team combines years of consulting craftsmanship, with geospatial expertise and strategy development. We care about www.spatialsource.com.au 57

suppliers’ index finding unique location-based solutions that deliver results that matter for you.

Our broad area of expertise is focused on location intelligence and its applications. We provide the below services to private and public sector clients at home and abroad to implement our unique, trusted solutions.

2b Alsop Walk CARINE WA 6020 ph: 0408 054 565 em: info@mercuryps.com.au web: http://www.mercuryps.com.au

MICROSOFT Developer of Bing Maps; its rich imagery and quality geospatial data is already being used by thousands of organisations, governments and developers worldwide. APIs that enable the creation of innovative applications; data can be better displayed, and business insight improved.

1 Epping Rd NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 ph: 02 9870 2677 fax: 02 9870 2466 web: http://microsoft.com/maps

MIPELA GEOSOLUTIONS Combining the latest technology with 20+ years of innovation and experience, Mipela GeoSolutions continue to automate our clients business processes, integrate systems and deliver reliable solutions that stand the test of time, assisting people and businesses to make informed decisions by connecting people with information.

5 Prospect St FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4001 ph: 07 3252 5589 fax: 07 3252 2477 em: sales@mipela.com.au web: http://www.mipela.com.au

MONITUM Monitum is a gloabel leader in structural and geotechnical montoring for complex infrastructure maintenance and construction projects.

Accredited international standards ISO9001:2015, ISO14001:2015 and AS/NZS4801:2001 24 Finchley Street Milton Brisbane QLD Q4064 ph: 07 3554 0291 em: admin@monitum.com.au web: http://www.monitum.com.au

NATIONAL NATIVE TITLE TRIBUNAL (AUST GOVERNMENT) The National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) assists people to facilitate timely and effective native title outcomes through delivery of a wide range of services. Set up under the Native Title Act 1993, the tribunal is a federal government agency, and is part of the AttorneyGeneral’s portfolio.

G?PO Box 997 Perth WA 6848 ph: 08 9425 1000 fax: 08 9425 1193 em: enquiries@nntt.gov.au web: http://www.nntt.gov.au

NAVIGATE NAVIGATE’s major business specialities include geospatial database design and construction as well as data engineering and the provision of tailored geospatial datasets. These skills enable our team to efficiently build the NAVMap and PSMA Data product suites.

Our finished data products incorporate a unique set of engineering enhancements to the raw data and our re-engineered products are able to be implemented immediately into the client geospatial technology environment without further processing by the end user thus saving significant End User time and effort.

Suite 202 10-12 Clarke St CROWS NEST NSW 2065 ph: 02 9436 3820

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em: navigate@navigate.com.au web: http://www.navigate.com.au

NEARMAP.COM nearmap is a global leader in the provision of geospatial map technology for business, enterprises and government customers.

We have a history of working successfully with small and large organisations across the building & construction, architectural, defence and utility industries. We also partner extensively with local and municipal governments throughout Australia. Our philosophy is built on a foundation of innovation and professionalism and we strive to deliver the most recently updated PhotoMaps with stunning picture resolution. Built around Australian innovation, nearmap.com has developed a complete technology solution that enables it to quickly capture and process PhotoMaps and digital elevation data and to serve that data online with unprecedented frequency, clarity and accessibility Level 6 6-8 Underwood St Sydney NSW 1225 ph: 02 8076 0700 fax: 02 8076 0701 em: queries@nearmap.com web: http://www.nearmap.com

NETWORK ENVIRO CONSULTANTS Network Enviro Consultants offer a range of services related to conservation planning, natural resources management and biodiversity assessment with a focus on conservation ecology and the application of spatial and database information.

Our services include: • Ecological significance and constraints analysis • Environmental values and conservation significance assessment • Environmental connectivity analysis • Strategic natural resource planning and management • Database applications and development of decision support tools • Land use, land cover and conservation planning & mapping • Spatial analysis and mapping • Geographic Information System (GIS) planning and assistance em: rob@netenviro.com.au web: http://netenviro.com.au/

NEXTCORE NextCore is changing the game of drone LiDAR with its NextCore Cloud post-processing platform allowing you to generate point clouds easily with the control you need. NextCore has a refined, straightforward workflow meaning you can be sure you’re getting the data you want, every time.

Key Specifications: Flight time on an M600 – 23 Minutes (using TB48s) Absolute accuracy – <50mm (RMSE @ 50m) Scannable area in one flight – 50 Ha (1/2 square Km) 2 Frost Drive MAYFIELD WEST NSW 2304 ph: +61 417 633 781 em: contact@airsight.com.au web: http://www.nextcore.co

NGIS AUSTRALIA As a leading provider of location-based technology solutions, NGIS Australia offers unparalleled expertise in applying advanced spatial technologies across a broad range of business environments.Backed by sophisticated project management and independent advisory services, our solutions are designed to custom-fit each organisation.

We specialise in leveraging geospatial data and creating innovative GIS applications that drive cost efficiencies and add to the business value chain.

PO Box 126 BURSWOOD WA ph: 08 9355 6000 fax: 08 9355 6099 em: info@ngis.com.au web: http://www.ngis.com.au

NORTH SURVEYS PTY LTD T/A NORTHGROUP CONSULTING NorthGroup Consulting offers a full range of Surveying, Mapping, Data Management and Town Planning solutions that surpass client’s expectations. Our mission is to maintain and enhance the companies’ reputation for providing innovative, visionary, practical, viable solutions and to provide excellence in surveying services across the entire industry spectrum of operations while enhancing staff satisfaction and career paths in a safe and healthy work environment.

3D Laser Scanning Technology today lies at the forefront of NorthGroup Consulting’s operations, where constant development of methodologies and procedures allow this technology to be used in a practical yet innovative manner. NorthGroup Consulting has become the industry leader in 3D Scanning, Modeling and Data Processing as demonstrated by our significant Industry Awards.

3A/32 Billabong Street STAFFORD QLD 4053 ph: 07 3354 9700 fax: 07 3354 9797 em: jarmstrong@northgroup.com.au web: http://northgroup.com.au

OMNILINK PTY LTD Through a variety of products including – AssetWhere, AssetWhere FM and OmniData – OMNILINK helps clients unite disparate data, understand their opportunities and drive smarter, more informed decisions.

Backed by over 30 years’ industry experience, OMNILINK provides data services to more than 300 education, government and business organisations across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Suite 4.01 655 Pacific Highway ST LEONARDS NSW 2065 ph: 02 9804 8807 fax: 02 9804 7901 em: info@omnilink.com.au web: http://www.omnilink.com.au

OPEN SPATIAL AUSTRALIA Providing enterprise spatial solutions to utilities, local and central government, campuses and airports. Our solutions are based on Open Geospatial compliant technologies through partnerships with Autodesk and Oracle. Open Spatial, established 10 years ago, is an Australian owned and operated company. Early success in the region is attributed to tier one water utilities and councils manifest by more than 40% market share in Victorian water utilities.

Level 8, South Tower 1-5 Railway St CHATSWOOD NSW 1515 ph: 02 9904 7077 fax: 02 9904 7577 em: iedwards@openspatial.com.au web: http://www.openspatial.com.au

OPENEARTH OpenEarth provides consultancy, design, development and hosting in a wide range of spatial application areas, specialising in GIS, web mapping, Location-Based Services (LBS) for telecoms and browserbased asset management applications. It also provides SmartImages which are powerful, stand-alone applications delivered within ordinary images. SmartImages can extend asset support to mobile devices even when away from the network. OpenEarth have been providing spatial services for over 15 years.

21 King George St LAVENDER BAY NSW ph: 02 9922 5363 fax: 02 9922 4062 em: info@openearth.com.au web: http://www.openearth.com.au

ORBIT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Established in 1994, Orbit Australia provides spatial information products and services. Orbit produces raw satellite imagery for

various applications and GIS-ready imagery products, for government and private sector users. Orbit is committed to maintaining a partnership with our clients by delivering customised, high-quality solutions in an affordable and timely manner.

Ground Floor 100 George Street PARRAMATTA NSW NSW 2150 ph: +61 2 8005 4864 fax: 02 9755 5030 em: sales@orbitaustralia.com web: http://www.orbitaustralia.com

OUTLINE GLOBAL Outline Global are an industry leading provider of geospatial imagery and location based Artificial Intelligence. We specialise in custom captures leveraging our core technology the GTechTM camera pod system which is Australia’s first high resolution, survey grade portable camera pod. The flexibility of our system allows us be where you need us, when you need us to target specific capture times and targets. Applications of our products and services can be seen across mining, oil & gas, environmental projects, biosecurity, forestry, infrastructure and urban areas.

Suite 7 1014 Doncaster Road DONCASTER EAST VIC 3109 ph: 1300 945 216 em: hello@outlineglobal.com.au web: http://www.outlineglobal.com.au

PELICANCORP PelicanCorp is a niche provider of software and services to Utilities, Asset owners and to the Before You Dig industry specifically for the ‘Protection of Essential Infrastructure’. Our team has over 40 years experience working with Councils and Utilities to deliver improved management of Dial Before You Dig processes as well as Corridor Access and Works permitting and works collaboration.

Level 2 600 Victoria Street Richmond VIC 3121 ph: 03 8413 5200 fax: 03 8413 5299 em: anz.sales@pelicancorp.com web: http://www.pelicancorp.com

PERMUTO Through our Information Transformation processes we gather what you have and provide direction and leadership on how you can better represent your business information. Our staff is some of the best in the industry. With over 20 years experience delivering quality solutions to customers across Australiasia. In our short time we have delivered services to both Commercial, Government and NFP clients.

Sydney NSW em: sales@permuto.com.au web: http://www.permuto.com.au

PHOTOMAPPING Photomapping Services provides Precise Spatial Solutions, economically. A mapping and airborne imagery specialist with a focus on acquisition, manipulation, management and presentation of geospatial data. We operate our own aircraft with the following systems: precise Optech LiDAR, Leica ADS100 digital photographic sensors and oblique cameras. We distribute the Australian film archive from 1930. Precise film scanners. Products include: Orthophotos, DEMS, GIS, Precise 3D modeling & LiDAR. 133 Abbotsford St NORTH MELBOURNE VIC 3051 ph: 03 9328 3444 fax: 03 9326 6476 em: ps@photomapping.com.au web: http://www.photomapping.com.au

PIX4D Pix4D (pix4d.com) develops cutting-edge software that converts images taken by hand, drone, or plane into accurate and www.spatialsource.com.au 59

suppliers’ index georeferenced survey-grade 2D mosaics, 3D models, and point clouds. Founded in 2011, Pix4D is rapidly expanding from its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, to offices in Berlin, Madrid, Denver, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Tokyo.

Route de Renens 24 5th floor 1008 ph: +41215520590 em: rodrigo.goncalves@pix4d.com web: http://www.pix4d.com

em: barry@qldsurveypegs.com.au web: http://www.qspaust.com.au

QUICKCLOSE SOFTWARE AND GEOMATICS Quickclose specialises in precision geodetic positioning, datum analysis and transformation parameter estimation. Quickclose also provides land surveying and geodesy software for HP calculators.

Quickclose currently provides specialised geodetic support (surveying and GIS) for most resource sector companies operating in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and also provides support to the PNG Government and many surveying companies in PNG. PO Box 1364 Carlton VIC 3053 ph: +61 413 974 771 em: richard.stanaway@quickclose.com.au web: http://www.quickclose.com.au

RAPID MAP SERVICES POSITION PARTNERS With more than 200 people in offices Australia-wide, in South East Asia and New Zealand, Position Partners is the largest Australian-owned company focussing entirely on the distribution and support of positioning and geospatial solutions for surveying, civil works, mining and building projects. At Position Partners we are committed to increasing productivity for our customers and building lasting business relationships around high calibre positioning activities.

7 Transit Dr CAMPBELLFIELD VIC ph: 03 9930 7111 fax: 03 9930 7170 em: info@positionpartners.com.au web: http://www.positionpartners.com.au

POZI Pozi (formerly Groundtruth) enables organisations to use locationbased information to better engage customers and improve staff productivity. Pozi is a powerful map-based enquiry tool that brings together live data from internal and external authoritative sources.

Level 7 575 Bourke Street Melbourne VIC 3000 ph: 03 9017 6850 em: simon.okeefe@pozi.com web: http://pozi.com

PRECISELY Precisely is a new company with a remarkable heritage. It formed when Syncsort and Pitney Bowes Software & Data combined, bringing together decades of experience and expertise in handling, processing and transforming data.

Precisely’s data integration, data quality, location intelligence, and data enrichment products power better business decisions to create better outcomes.

Level 1 68 Waterloo Road MACQUARIE PARK NSW 2113 em: locate.anz@precisely.com web: http://www.precisely.com

QLD SURVEY PEGS QSP QLD Survey Pegs (QSP) has been developing and manufacturing quality hardwood peg and smooth stake products for over three decades. Combining experience Ed Bowden and family members have had in the surveying, mining and construction industries they offer safer, quality products plus fast, reliable service. Many years of sourcing hardwood downfall from Australian timber mills has enabled QSP to build relationships with suppliers, ensuring continued supply of QSP Brand of pegs and smooth stakes.

36 Burrows St WONDAI QLD 4606 ph: 07 4169 0585 fax: 07 4169 0629

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RapidMap has provided the following spatial data services to Local and State Government, utilities and private industry since 1994: • Asset data capture including condition assessment and defect identification • GIS and desktop mapping, data analysis and data management • High accuracy GPS surveys • Compliance audits including DDA assessments and costs of reparatory works • Data auditing and cleansing Suite 22 2 Enterprise Dr BUNDOORA VIC 3083 ph: 03 9466 5200 fax: 03 9466 5222 em: info@rapidmap.com.au web: http://www.rapidmap.com.au

REALSERVE AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND You can contact one of our 8 offices based in Australia and NZ to start confident on your next survey/scan/mapping project requirements.

Suite 29 6 Meridian Place BELLA VISTA NSW 2153 ph: 1800 961 668 em: sales@realserve.com.au web: http://www.realserve.com.au

RESOURCE & EXPLORATION MAPPING Resource & Exploration Mapping (REM) is a Geographic Information System (GIS) company servicing the mining, exploration and environmental industries globally. REM was formed in 1998 and has extensive experience and expert knowledge in GIS, providing responsive and reliable GIS consultancy services that exceed clients’ expectations. REM focus on data compilation and map production for (but not limited to) exploration, mining and environmental companies.

Suite 8 290 Boundary St SPRING HILL QLD 4000 ph: 07 3832 1600 fax: 07 3832 1603 em: information@rxmap.com.au web: http://www.rxmap.com.au

RICS (ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS) With around 100,000 qualified members, over 50,000 students and trainees in 140 countries, RICS provides one of the world’s leading professional qualifications in land, property, construction and the associated environmental issues.

Suite 2, Level 16 1 Castlereagh St Sydney NSW 2000 ph: 02 9216 2333 fax: 02 9232 5591 em: australasia@rics.org web: https://www.rics.org/oceania/

RIVERINA INSTITUTE TAFE The Spatial Information Services courses offered at Riverina Institute

are tailored to anyone interested in the Spatial Information sector.

Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), we’re able to offer you state-of-the-art training that will launch you into a career in your chosen field. Whether you need to study from afar or prefer a blend of on-campus/distance education, our flexibility means you get to study in a way that suits you. web: http://www.rit.tafensw.edu.au/

RJ CONSULTING Geographic Information Systems, GIS, spatial,, information management, documentation, metadata, training, quality assessment.

Post Office, Shop 7 11 Bay Drive MEADOWBANK NSW 2114 ph: +61 414 898 035 em: rjconsult@outlook.com web: http://au.linkedin.com/in/rosscjohnson

RMIT UNIVERSITY RMIT University enjoys an international reputation for excellence in professional and vocational education and outcome-oriented research. At RMIT University, we work closely with industry to provide up-to-date training in the real-world skills highly sought after in this growing field. Job opportunities in the surveying industry are abundant and employers all over the world are crying out for trained graduates in surveying.

GPO Box 2476 Melbourne VIC ph: 03 9925 8359 fax: 03 9925 4377 em: thierry.demathieu@rmit.edu.au web: http://www.rmit.edu.au

RPS With one of Australia’s largest Surveying and Mapping teams, RPS uses state-of-the-art technology to capture, interpret and present the spatial data you rely upon. From high resolution point cloud scans to high-accuracy LiDAR and photogrammetric mapping, our specialists operate from 21 locations across metropolitan and regional Australia. RPS is a leading provider of spatial services for urban growth, infrastructure, energy, mining and natural resource management projects.

743 Ann St FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 ph: 07 3237 8899 fax: 07 3237 8833 em: bill.farry@rpsgroup.com.au web: http://www.rpsgroup.com.au

SCANX Established in 2019 by two engineers from Australia and Japan, ScanX is a web-based laser point cloud processor. Automatic Classification, Mesh Generation, CAD Import, Post-processing Tools, Web-Based.

7 Avebury St WEST END QLD 4110 ph: 0447 188 187 em: hongt@scanx.com web: http://www.scanx.com

SCHLENCKER MAPPING Providers of 3D Mobile Laser scanning, point cloud analysis, feature and asset extraction and measurement of building floor levels.

Photogrammetry, GIS, Imagery and LiDAR specialists. New highly portable Optech Maverick Mobile Laser Scanner now operational and available for hire.

Unit 4/10 Depot St BANYO QLD 4034 ph: 07 3256 9955 em: tye.s@schmap.com.au web: http://www.schmap.com.au

and Environmental consultancy industry. We are a highly trained and qualified interdisciplinary team committed to provide our clients with the best quality of products.

INNALOO WA em: alejandro.vega@senderoresources.com.au web: http://senderoresources.com.au

SENSIS WHEREIS MAPS For more than 17 years Whereis Maps have been using local innovation and technology to provide quality map data solutions.

Company’s diverse data products mean they can tailor a package to suit individual business needs. Suitable for: GIS, Business Intelligence, Real estate, Asset Tracking, Traffic and Logistic Optimisation; Dispatch and Vehicle Tracking, Marketing, Geo-coding, Navigation Devices, Urban Modelling and Points of Interest. Whereis Maps has a product to help.

Level 8 222 Lonsdale St Melbourne VIC 3000 ph: 03 8653 5000 em: whereisadmin@sensis.com.au web: http://www.whereismaps.com

SIMPLE GIS SOFTWARE Provides lightweight but powerful GIS mapping software for Windows PCs, laptops, and tablets. Supports, creating, editing, and publishing of spatial data as well as geocoding, routing, GPS integration, and navigation support. Customize and extend through integrated scripting environment.

8055 Hwy 3128 Pineville 71360 ph: +1 318 473 9209 em: contactus@simplegissoftware.com web: http://simplegissoftware.com

SIZZTECH PTY LTD Sizztech are the developers of Forecaz, an automated modelling tool that allows organisations to reliably perform urban growth modelling and predictive demographical forecasting. Utilising artificial intelligence and spatial services, the modelling tool delivers the ability to geospatially view predicted urban growth and resulting demand on services and infrastructure networks such as roads, water and sewerage. Forecaz allows for different scenarios to be defined with different growth parameters and constraints that can be used for ‘what if’ analysis. Forecaz provides an interactive user interface allowing users to compare forecast models and visually find the locations where large variances are occurring.

Level 3 315 Brunswick St FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 ph: +61 7 3106 3334 em: info@sizztech.com web: http://sizztech.com

SKYLINEGLOBE AUSTRALIA SkylineGlobe Australia Pty Ltd is the authorised reseller of Skyline Software Systems Enterprise 3D Visualisation suite in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Malaysia. With SkylineGlobe Enterprise Edition, you have all the software necessary to create, view, analyze, edit, and share 3D environments. This all-in-one solution provides a full that enables you to customize, develop and deliver advanced solutions suited to you and your customers requirements.

ALDGATE SA 5154 em: sbowd@skylinesoft.com web: http://www.skylinesoft.com

SENDERO RESOURCES Sendero Resources provides integral solutions on the Geospatial www.spatialsource.com.au 61

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SOKKIA Sokkia is a world-leading manufacturer of precision measuring systems. Sokkia’s diverse product line provides complete measurement solutions for surveying, mapping and GIS, industrial measurement and construction applications. Sokkia provides turnkey solutions for surveyors worldwide. Sokkia Corporation markets Total Stations, Data Collectors, Digital Levels, and a full complement of field accessories through a nationwide distribution network.

16900 W 118th Terrace Olathe KS 66061 ph: +1-800-4-SOKKIA web: http://www.sokkia.com

Spatial Scientific is the owner of the AeroScientific brand, a global leader in aerial camera control software (the Aviatrix flight management system) and FlightPlanner flight planning software.

AeroScientific products are configured to work with large, medium and small format aerial cameras, mounted on both manned aircraft and UAVs. Spatial Scientific also provides remote sensing and airborne imaging solutions spanning a range of industries, such as agriculture, viticulture, and mining.

PO Box 520 BLACKWOOD SA 5051 ph: 0405 141 647 em: info@aerosci.info web: http://www.aerosci.info

SPATIAL VISION Spatial Vision is a leading specialist in information and spatial technologies. Integrating geographic and organisational data, we provide business systems, advanced spatial analyses, reliable planning systems and practical mapping applications to address some of the country’s most pressing environmental, economic and resource issues.

Level 8 575 Bourke Street Melbourne VIC 3000 ph: 03 9691 3000 fax: 03 9691 3001 em: info@spatialvision.com.au web: http://www.spatialvision.com.au

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SPATIAL INDUSTRIES BUSINESS ASSOCIATION LTD GEOSPATIAL INFO & TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION ANZ (SIBA|GITA) SIBA|GITA’s purpose is to foster an opportunity-rich environment for its members. SIBA|GITA represents the spatial industries collectively, and provides our members with a voice enabling business-related issues and activities that may be more expensive, difficult or impossible to do individually to be addressed: SIBA|GITA does this in three main streams of activities; Creating future demand, Creating a better business environment and Providing direct business support.

64 Sylvan Rd TOOWONG QLD 4066 fax: 07 3145 0130 em: info@spatialbusiness.org web: http://www.spatialbusiness.org

SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE Application developers, web developers and GIS consultants.

Offering innovative solutions to meet client business requirements, and maintaining long term successful relationships through professional support and cost effectiveness. Developer of map enabled applications to provide powerful and efficient spatial business solutions.

Suite 105 11 Chandos St ST LEONARDS NSW 2065 ph: 02 9438 4600 em: info@spatialintelligence.com.au web: http://www.spatialintelligence.com.au

SPATIAL JOBS ONLINE An online jobs notice board dedicated to the spatial industry, which covers professions such as land and hydrographic surveying, cartography, GIS, engineering and mining surveying, remote sensing and photogrammetry.

PO Box 1700 NEWCASTLE NSW 2300 em: info@spatialjobs.com.au web: http://www.spatialjobs.com.au

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Spatialised is a consultancy with deep experience creating innovation in field research, data services, and business thinking.

A technical background in science logistics, field data collection, airborne LIDAR and image analysis, massive data wrangling and earth systems science gives Spatialised an ability to develop ‘full stack’ projects – from planning observations to collecting data to delivering products.

A deep involvement in the open geospatial community and open data standards (OGC) provides an ability to create and nurture collaborative communities.

Collaboration-focussed, Spatialised has no competitors, only amazing people we haven’t worked with yet!

PO Box 210 BENAMBRA VIC 3900 ph: 0427091712 em: adam@spatialised.net web: http://spatialised.net

SPECTERRA SERVICES The company’s primary focus is to design, develop and build optical instruments, processing systems and analysis tools for vegetation specific manned and unmanned airborne remote sensing projects.

The output high resolution Digital Multi-Spectral Imagery is a powerful tool for mapping and monitoring vegetation status across intensive and extensive landscapes; working to improve the economic, agronomic, technical and environmental performance of landresource based projects.

4/643 Newcastle St LEEDERVILLE WA 6007 ph: 08 9227 9644 fax: 08 9227 9744 em: info@specterra.com.au web: http://www.specterra.com.au

SPECULAR PTY LTD Specular represent Phase One Industrial in Australia and consult and supply the worlds best medium format aerial camera systems.

Suite 104 134 Cambridge Street Collingwood VIC 3066 ph: 03 9091 2111 em: info@specular.com.au web: http://www.specular.com.au

STEP GLOBAL Since 2006 we’ve been supporting our customers through the supply of technology leading products. Initially it was just the resell of Trimble Navigation OEM products. Over the years we have expanded our product range to include suppliers such as GPSSource, Harxon, PCTel, MobileMark, iBase, CalAmp. At the same time, we have expanded our engineering capability in order to provide bespoke system level solutions to our customers. Today Step Global has 3 distinct focuses.

1. Step Global Products Business This business focuses on the Value-Added Resale of a range of quality products from globally recognised manufacturers – see our Brands.

2. Step Global Solutions Business Step Global provides engineered solutions focused on the real time management of mobile assets. This includes full system architecture design through module integration and software development. We specialise in developing both hardware peripherals and software applications 3. Full System Solutions We research and then develop complete systems that are focused on capturing operational, safety and compliance events and then presenting any exceptions in real time to operators and supervisors.

1 Arco Lane HEATHERTON VIC 3202 ph: +61 3 9551 7334 em: sales@stepglobal.com web: http://stepglobal.com

SURDEVEL PTY LTD SurDevel is a Surveying and Project Management firm who are experts in all types of Land information and Survey services. Our work covers most of NSW. Our latest services include integrated land titling (including eplan) and coordinated land information systems and project management, as well as our standard survey services.

We provide professional services that are unique and cutting edge, utilising the latest technologies and management systems.

137 King Street NEWCASTLE NSW 2300 ph: 02 4925 2556 em: survey@surdevel.com.au web: http://www.surdevel.com.au

SURVEY SOLUTIONS SURVEY SOLUTIONS supply a range of the latest GNSS receivers and 3D scanners. SOUTH GNSS has prices starting from A$9,000+GST. SOUTH is accurate and reliable with extensive reference sites all over NZ & Pacific. 3D scanners available include ARTEC, and GEOSLAM. Survey accessories can be ordered through our SHOPONLINE. Service, repair, training and technical support is available. We are surveyors with 25 years experience worldwide.

Unit 3, 16 Curly McLeod Way, Mount Maunganui Hamilton 3175 ph: +64 7 262 2110 em: info@surveysolutions.co.nz web: http://www.surveysolutions.co.nz

SURVEYING & SPATIAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE (SSSI) The not-for-profit national body representing surveying and spatial science professionals from Australia, New Zealand and abroad. SSSI actively promotes and advances the surveying and spatial disciplines, representing professionals in: land surveying, spatial information and cartography, remote sensing and photogrammetry, hydrographic surveying, and engineering and mining surveying.

27-29 Napier Close DEAKIN ACT 2600 ph: 02 2628 2228 fax: 02 6282 2576 em: chris.malouf@sssi.org.au web: http://www.sssi.org.au

SURVEYING SA Want a profession that doesn’t box you in? Surveying and spatial science professionals work indoors and outdoors, travel the world using the latest technology and liaise with architects, engineers or developers - the variety is limitless.

Lvl 7 West, Zurich House 50 Grenfell St Adelaide SA 5001 ph: 08 8212 0343 em: trysurveying@alifewithoutlimits.com.au web: http://www.alifewithoutlimits.com.au

SURVEYTEC SALES AND SERVICE Established 30 years as a surveying equipment supplier, Nikon dealer and responsible service centre. Offering a wide range of precise field measuring equipment. Manufacturer of specialised field accessories, small runs of custom made items to suit your work. Schonstedt Underground Locators, ranging from magnetic field locators to search for buried marks, critical to tie in field data, through to service locator systems in search of pipe or cables. Combined kits so you’re ready for all sites.

9 Dalmont St HIGHETT VIC 3190 ph: 0418 130 241 em: robert.vass@bigpond.com web: http://www.surveytec.com.au

TAYLORS Taylors have a team of over 160 professionals including town planners, urban designers, architects, landscape architects, civil engineers, licensed surveyors, field surveyors, draftspeople, project managers and development strategists.

Having both Australian and international experience, our extensive network extends nationally through Victoria and Queensland, and to the Asia-Pacific region through New Zealand and Indonesia.

We offer a unique integrated and seamless approach to consulting across four core businesses in Urban Development, Built Environments, Infrastructure and Engineering and Project Management.

8/270 Ferntree Gully Road NOTTING HILL VIC 3168 ph: 03 9501 2800 em: n.pendlebury@taylorsds.com.au web: http://www.taylorsds.com.au

TERRASCENE PTY LTD TerraScene 360 image capture provides control when compared to uncontrolled, ever-changing, public streetviews and image services www.spatialsource.com.au 63

suppliers’ index using low-resolution or poorly orthorectified products that are currently available online.

PO Box 169 FRESHWATER QLD 4870 ph: 0416 967 260 fax: 07 4000 0157 em: info@TerraScene.com.au web: http://www.terrascene.com.au

TERSUS GNSS INC. Tersus is a leading GNSS RTK solution provider. Our engineers have been pioneers in the design of GNSS products to support highprecision positioning applications.

Our products include GNSS RTK & PPK OEM boards and receivers, as well as integrated solutions such as the David GNSS Receiver, Oscar Receiver, MatrixRTK, and GNSS-aided Inertial Navigation System.

Designed for easy and rapid integration, our GNSS solutions offer centimeter-level positioning accuracy and flexible interfaces for a variety of applications including: unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs), surveying, mapping, construction engineering, and precision agriculture.

Level 2 990 Whitehorse Road BOX HILL VIC 3128 ph: +61 3 8652 5033 em: info@tersus-gnss.com web: http://www.tersus-gnss.com.au

THE INTERMEDIA GROUP Publisher of Position magazine and the Spatial Source website and newsletter, the Intermedia Group is a leading Australian publishing, event management and technology business. Intermedia provides one of the most comprehensive and targeted B2B advertising networks in Australia.

41 Bridge Rd GLEBE NSW 2037 ph: 02 8586 6128 em: jon@intermedia.com.au web: http://www.spatialsource.com.au

THE SPATIAL DISTILLERY CO. We help organisations focus on their core business while we distill the complex world of location intelligence and provide business ready software & data solutions. We are a Google Maps Premier Partner & MapInfo (Precisely) Strategic Partner.

425 Smith St Fitzroy VIC 3065 ph: +61 3 7014 0806 em: sales@spatialdistillery.com web: http://www.spatialdistillery.com

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THE SURVEYORS’ TRUST The Surveyors’ Trust champions the recognition, protection and commercialisation of intellectual property for spatial professionals across Australia.

We pool the royalties from the sale of plans developed by our member surveyors and apply these pooled funds to finance projects that advance the expertise of surveyors, recognise the work of surveyors and protect the ongoing sustainability of Australia’s spatial industry and associated intellectual property.

PO Box 344 HOLLAND PARK QLD 4121

THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY, PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT A growing population, urbanisation, loss of biodiversity, climate change and natural resource management are some of the biggest issues facing our world today and threatening our future. The School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management is at the forefront of tackling these issues through innovative research, worldclass teaching and our links with government and industry.

School of Geography Planning & Environmental Manag University of Queensland ST LUCIA QLD 4072 ph: 07 3365 6455 fax: 07 3365 6899 em: gpem@uq.edu.au web: http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/

THE VIRTUAL GIS GROUP Founded in 1996, The Virtual GIS Group has been offering geospatial professional services to a wide range of clients throughout Australia. The organisation is based on a collaborative business model, deploying industry specialists for specific tasks which are coordinated and managed by The Virtual GIS Group Director, Andrea Herklots. The Virtual GIS Group aims to offer targeted solutions that bring true value to business, providing integrated outcomes that build on existing investments in data.

53 Wesley St LUTWYCHE QLD 4030 ph: 0421 317 372 em: andrea@virtualgis.com.au web: http://www.virtualgis.com.au

THOMPSON SURVEYING CONSULTANTS Thompson Surveying Consultants are a leading provider of surveying services in the South West and greater Western Australian region.

Survey House 6/18 Casuarina Drive BUNBURY WA 6231 ph: 08 9721 4000 fax: 08 9721 2720 em: info@thompsonsurveying.com.au web: http://www.thompsonsurveying.com.au

TOPCON POSITIONING SYSTEMS Designs and manufactures precise positioning products and solutions for the global surveying, construction, agriculture, civil engineering, mapping and GIS, asset management and mobile control markets.

7400 National Dr Livermore CA 94550 em: information-tps@topcon.com web: http://www.topconpositioning.com

TRIMBLE GEOSPATIAL Trimble is a leading provider of advanced positioning solutions. By integrating sensors, field applications, real-time communications, field and back-office processing, modeling, and analytics, Trimble Geospatial solutions facilitate a high quality, productive workflow and data exchange to drive efficiency, productivity, safety and value in organizations of all sizes. The result is rich accurate data that can be transformed into the intelligence you require to make informed decisions.

10368 Westmoor Drive WESTMINSTER CO 80012 ph: +1 303 635 9243 em: cecelia_fresh@trimble.com web: http://www.trimble.com/geospatial

TRIMBLE POSITIONING Trimble correction services provides reliable and accurate satellite delivered positioning technology throughout the world. Trimble is suitable for a wide range of applications and industries including agriculture, mining, mapping and GIS, survey, land administration, construction and defense. Our precise, accessible services help GNSS professionals in an ever-expanding range of industries to achieve new levels of accuracy and productivity. To find out more visit www. trimble.com/positioning-services.

1 Puccini Crt Stirling WA 6872 ph: 08 9322 5295 fax: 08 9322 4164 web: http://www.trimble.com/positioning-services

UDG Specialist provider of wide format printing equipment, software, consumables, and expert advice on GIS printing applications. Supplier to major government departments, and to Department of Defence [holder of NATO Commercial and Government Entity Code - Z0HA6].

Suite 4 84 Church St Richmond VIC 3121 ph: 03 9690 7888 fax: 03 9690 9455 em: sales@udg.com.au web: http://www.udg.com.au

UNIVERSAL INSTRUMENTS 326 Pacific Hwy LINDFIELD NSW 2070 ph: 02 9416 5335 fax: 02 9416 1538 em: henry@universalinstruments.com.au web: http://www.universalinstruments.com.au

UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA The Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics offers 3-year degrees in Environmental Science, IT, Science and Education. Within these degrees are undergraduate units in

Geographic Information Systems. Standard entry requirements apply for all study at UC. Staff members also engage in academic research and consultancies on specific projects within their expertise in environmental science and ecology.

Faculty of Education, Science, Technology & Mathem University of Canberra BRUCE ACT 2617 ph: 02 6201 5650 fax: 02 6201 2328 em: george.cho@canberra.edu.au web: http://www.canberra.edu.au

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES Teaching and research in surveying and geospatial engineering, with special emphasis on Earth Observation (Geodesy, Lidar, photogrammetry, optical and radar remote sensing), Navigation/ Positioning technology (GPS/GNSS, indoor positioning, multi-sensor integration, signal processing and receiver hardware design, Locata), Positioning Algorithms, Positioning Infrastructure studies (geodetic datum and CORS network design), and Space Systems Engineering (micro-satellite spacecraft and mission design) Surveying & Geospatial Engineering Group University of New South Wales NSW 2052 ph: 02 9385 4205 fax: 02 9385 6139 em: c.rizos@unsw.edu.au web: http://www.engineering.unsw.edu.au/civil-engineering/ types-of-surveying-and-geospatial-engineering

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QLD (USQ) FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING We have developed a reputation as a leading provider of engineering and surveying programs across Australia and internationally. Our high quality, flexible delivery programs have seen us grow to become Australia’s leading provider of engineering and surveying programs to the workplace. Within our undergraduate and postgraduate programs you can specialise in GIS, Surveying or Urban and Regional Planning.

West St University of Southern Qld TOOWOOMBA QLD 4350 ph: 07 4631 2525 fax: 07 4631 2526 em: jonesra@usq.edu.au web: http://www.usq.edu.au

UNSW - SCHOOL OF CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING The Surveying and Geospatial Engineering (SAGE) group within the School is closely engaged with industry and provides highest quality education and research to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

School of Civil and Environ Eng UNSW Sydney East NSW 2052 ph: +61 2 9385 4464 em: c.roberts@unsw.edu.au web: http://www.engineering.unsw.edu.au/civil-engineering/

UPG (ULTIMATE POSITIONING GROUP) As an established Trimble Distributor with offices throughout Australia, we have been party to global technology trends and have had access to best practices in multiple industries across the world including land surveying, construction, utilities, and local government, mining, waste management, and field services management.

UPG brings innovative technology to the market including the most advanced GNSS, mobile mapping, 3D laser scanners, UAS, and total station solutions available to geospatial professionals.

Proven technology is backed up with our expertise through Trimble Certified trainers, our efficient and knowledgeable technical support teams, and our in-house software development team.

33 Allison St BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 ph: 1800 800 874 www.spatialsource.com.au 65

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VEXCEL IMAGING Developing cutting-edge digital aerial cameras, mobile mapping systems and photogrammetric software with innovative approaches beyond well-trodden paths together with constant product upgrades and a world-class support has made Vexcel Imaging one of the market leaders in this area.

High-resolution aerial UltraCam imagery along with derivative 3D data products is being offered through the Vexcel Data Program (VDP), a cloud-based imagery service providing the most diverse image collection of its kind.

12503 E Euclid Drive Unit 20 Centennial Denver CO 80111 ph: +43 (0) 316 849 066-0 em: info@vexcel-imaging.com web: http://www.vexcel-imaging.com

VISIONMAP Founded in 2004, VisionMap is a leading manufacturer of state-ofthe-art digital automatic airborne mapping systems VisionMap’s innovative data acquisition and automatic image processing systems optimize mapping work, setting a new standard for productivity in the geospatial data industry.

19 HaBarzel 6971025 ph: +972-3-6091042 fax: +972-3-6091043 em: info@visionmap.com web: http://www.visionmap.com

VW MAPS PTY LTD Our work appears in print, on the web, in videos and on 3-dimensional models. Among our clients are publishers such as National Geographic, Penguin and Melbourne University Publishing; government organisations such as City of Port Phillip, Wine Australia and the Consulate of Switzerland in Melbourne; businesses such as real estate companies Elders and CBRE and numerous wineries and wine associations; and not-for-profits such as the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.

3 Younger Court Kew VIC 3101 ph: 0424 127 492 em: mvw@vwmaps.com web: http://www.vwmaps.com

WALKER GEOSPATIAL We provide consulting services to a diverse range of clients across Australia, including government organisations and businesses.

We have the most up-to-date capabilities, ensuring that we make full use of geographic information as a powerful tool to communicate and visualise location-based information and your business objectives.

More and more government and commercial organisations are coming to the understanding that analysing spatial and business data enables them to make more informed decisions. It helps governments to improve service delivery and makes businesses more profitable.

68 Beatty Lane YACKANDANDAH VIC 3749 ph: 0429 350 103 em: info@walkergeospatial.com.au web: http://walkergeospatial.com.au

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WE-DO-IT we-do-IT is the global leader in large scale, complex, conflation (spatial adjustment) projects. Our adjust.IT¨ solution is available for GE Smallworld and ESRI ArcGIS Pro. We offer the cutting edge Innovapptive mobile worker platform and SAP/Maximo mobile apps for enterprise asset management and supply chain management enhanced with our geospatial add-on, LatLonGO. These solutions provide genuine OFFLINE (disconnected) functionality for field workers in the real world.

Our 400+ geospatial staff provide consulting, development, training and system support services to our clients in telecommunications, electricity, gas, and water utilities in Asia Pacific, North America and Europe.

4/167 Queen St Melbourne VIC 3000 ph: +61 3 9098 8617 em: info@we-do-it.com web: http://we-do-it.com

WHELANS AUSTRALIA Whelans is a Western Australian consultancy that provides a wide range of professional services including: Surveying, Aerial Surveying, Mobile and Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Urban and Regional Planning, Geospatial Solutions and Custom Graphics.

Suite 4, First Floor 40 Hasler Road OSBORNE PARK WA 6915 ph: 08 6241 3333 fax: 08 6241 3300 em: whelans@whelans.com.au web: http://www.whelans.com.au

WYSIWYG 3D PTY LTD Wysiwyg 3D is a leading 3D laser scanning service provider. Founded in 2003 our multi disciplinary firm comprises both professional engineers and surveyors with a wealth of experience in all aspects of 3D laser scanning, 3D Measurement and 3D Inspection services.

Our range of laser scanning technologies are a combination of both laser and structured light scanners including portable co-ordinate measuring machines to our terrestrial scanners and vehicle mounted scanning systems.

1/22-24 Norman St PEAKHURST NSW 2210 ph: 0408 367 549 fax: 02 9153 9973 em: leanne@wysiwyg3d.com.au web: http://www.wysiwyg3d.com.au

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