Position issue 86 December-January 2017

December/January 2017 – No. 86

The Australasian magazine of surveying, mapping & geo-information

Spatial Industry Directory Issue

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inside System Status The current state of satellite navigation

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Surveying the SDGs A land professional’s role in sustainability

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features 16 Surveying the SDGs

32 System Status

The land professional’s role in the global agenda for sustainable development.

20 A sign of things to come?

A survey of the current state of Global Navigation Satellite Systems.

43 The 2017 Spatial Industry Directory

Coming to grips with land titling scams and a privatised titles system.

A comprehensive directory of companies, products and services for the mapping geoinformation and surveying industries.

22 Alternative remote sensing The new platforms delivering satellite data to a growing list of image-hungry clients.

26 Discrete Global Grid Systems Bringing spatial data from the shadows of its cartographic past into an open future.

30 Record water efficiencies flow Location-based analytics ensure every drop is counted in the Northern Territory.

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Upfront, calendar Editorial News Q&A with Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse New products SSSI www.spatialsource.com.au 3

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Upcoming Events 23-25 January 2017: Geospatial Intelligence for National Security (DGI Europe); London, UK. dgi.wbresearch.com 24-25 January 2017: Australia Day Seminar; Sydney, NSW. www.surveyors.org.au/seminar 24-26 January 2017: Esri Geodesign Summit; Redlands, California, USA. www.esri.com/events/geodesign-summit 27 February-1 March 2017: Australian Government Data Summit; Canberra, ACT. bit.ly/2g9PXFU 20-22 March 2017: Association of Public Authority Surveyors Conference (APAS2017). Shoal Bay, NSW. www.apas.org.au 21-28 March 2017: FME World Tour 2017; Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth. bit.ly/2g9QUOp

Navigating a new planet

2-5 April 2017: SPAR 3D Expo & Conference; Houston, Texas, USA. www.spar3d.com/event

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3-6 April 2017: Locate Conference & ISDE Symposium; Sydney, NSW. locateconference.com

ow do you map a planet that no human has stepped foot on; one that has no oceans, roads or forests or positioning satellites to guide you? When it comes to cartography, a featureless planet like Mars is the cartographic challenge of the age.

With SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s vision to colonise the red planet in “50 to 100 years” and many others predicting the first visit within the 2030s, creative navigational solutions are needed to ensure the first Martians can find their way, and also, survive.

That’s why The International Cartographic Association Commission on Planetary Cartography this year held the Mars Exploration Zone Map Design Competition. Entries needed to consider an exhaustive list of practical considerations, including viable landing sites, access to resources, scientific relevance and, crucially, tools for navigation. Winning entries included a feature chart synonymous with a hiking map used on Earth, as well as an allin-one app for Mars that shamelessly borrows from video game design.

Another entrant had ideas for what happens on the ground. Instead of a handheld device or map, Jonathan Ocon focussed on the space suit itself. The Visor Projection Survey Tool (VPST) would use augmented and virtual reality technology to project geospatial information onto the user’s visor, allowing real-time false colour modes and wireless communications to assistive robots and satellites.

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Perhaps the best solution, however, is also the simplest: an old-fashioned map.

The winner of the Young Professional category, Eian Ray, devised a map that characterises Mars by its two most significant features: geology and topography. Each rock or sediment type would be colour-coded to give meaning to an otherwise alien surface. The unique signature of the formations would therefore become the street signs by which to find your way.

Ray’s subject area and proposed landing site was the Eastern Valles Marineris (shown above), often referred to as the Grand Canyon of Mars. This valley, however, is actually 20 times the size. With cliffs up to 7 kms in height, it may not only be a great place for rock climbing, but also for examining Mars’ geology and the history of the planet.

The map also contains fictional names, which Ray included to “help foster a sense of place as the astronauts begin to develop a geospatial awareness of their new Martian home.”

“In the unfamiliar environment of the Martian landscape, I wanted to create a sense of place for the explorers,” Ray explains. “On Mars there will be no place, culture, people, food, sights or smells that can provide this context. The life-support and equipment that accompany them will be intimately familiar to the explorers, but even these objects won’t fill many of the social, emotional, and geospatial needs firmly planted in our psyches through an Earthly evolutionary process.” ■

27-21 April 2017: International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management; Porto, Portugal. www.gistam.org 23-24 May 2017: GEO Business; London, UK. geobusinessshow.com 23-25 May 2017: CeBIT Australia; Sydney, NSW. www.cebit.com.au 29 May-2 June 2017: FIG Working Week 2017; Helsinki, Finland. www.fig. net/fig2017 6-9 June 2017: ISPRS Workshop; Hannover, Germany. www.ipi.uni-hannover.de/hrigi17 25-29 September 2017: International Astronautical Congress; Adelaide, SA. iac2017.org

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from the editor Another year down!

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his issue aims to set you up for an even faster 2017.

Things are speeding up in the spatial and surveying industries, so this time around we have tried to gather as much as we can to provide you with a snapshot of what is happening, and some predictions of where it might soon head. But of course, when you work in a dynamic industry like this, such a task is nowhere short of impossible.

Looking back on twelve months ago, occasionally it was a struggle to find enough spatial news stories to write about on a weekly basis. Fast forward to 2017, and it is a constant struggle to keep abreast of it all, let alone cover it in sufficient detail.

Take your pick of an area of interest—agriculture, defence, infrastructure, video games, cars, sports— and I will be able to find a way that spatial-enabled technology is transforming it.

When it comes to global sustainable development, for example, the land professional’s role is increasingly important. That is the topic of Past-President of FIG Stig Enemark’s “Towards 2030” (p 16), in which each of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) are brought into new focus.

Positioning and remote sensing technologies are becoming increasingly valuable for everything from driverless vehicles to consumer insights. That’s why Jon Fairall’s “System Status” (p32) brings you up to speed on satellite and non-satellite positioning systems. Similarly, “Alternative Remote Sensing” (p22) introduces the many new eyes that will be taking our photos (and video) from above.

Over the break—for those luckily enough to have one—think about something you are passionate about.

I’m sure in the new year you will find a way to make the most of that passion with a new spatial dimension.

Happy holidays!

February/March 2017

Anthony Wallace Editor awallace@intermedia.com.au

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Focuses: 3D data acquisition; Emergency and disaster; Datums & dynamics; Asia-pacific focus.

Position is the only independent magazine for spatial sciences, surveying, GIS, government and other mapping professionals to be circulated nationally across both Australia and New Zealand. It covers the acquisition, manipulation and presentation of geo-data in a wide range of industries including agriculture, disaster management, government, smart cities, environmental management and resources.

Published: 10 February 2017 Advertising booking deadline: 18 January Advertising material deadline: 20 January

On the cover: Photograph of Earth and moon taken aboard the International Space Station. Image: NASA

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news Van Wyk promises new vision for SSSI The Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI) has announced the appointment of Gabriel van Wyk as the national association’s new President. Van Wyk replaces Bernard O’Sullivan who has served in the role since 2015.

Van Wyk has been Chair of SSSI NSW since 2012 and SSSI director since 2014. He officially stepped into the role of President at the SSSI AGM held in Canberra in November 2016. Van Wyk is the Chief Solutions Architect at Open Spatial where he leads a team of spatial consultants operating in Australia, South Africa and North America.

SSSI’s new President Gabriel van Wyk (left) is congratulated by past-president Bernard O’Sullivan (right)

In his opening presidential message, Van Wyk indicated that he has a clear vision of the new directions he hopes to bring to SSSI: “I hope to foster an environment of

trust and discourse where members will feel that the leadership listens and pays attention the members,” he said. “I have a clear vision of where we need to be in

twenty years, and I am intent on mapping out the pathway to get there. I also want us to rise to the challenges of a disruptive economy, and I won’t mind if our institute sets the pace!”

“To do that, we need to modernise our events, raise the recognition profile for all of the SSSI certification programs. We need to be the ‘plum bob’ AND the CORS network of this industry.”

Report highlights spatial industry trends of the age Australia and New Zealand's Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI) has compiled an exhaustive list of global technology trends to predict how they will shape the future of spatial and surveying.

Following on from the success of the 2014 edition, CRCSI co-authors Isabel Coppa, Peter Woodgate and Zaffar Mohamed-Ghouse recently published “Global

Outlook 2016: Spatial Information Industry.” The 109-page compendium provides an update on specific technological trends that have a high likelihood of converging with the spatial industry, as well as how these are set to evolve over the coming years.

The 18 key spatial industry trends identified by the report include: the internet; wearable devices; networks; satellites; location; RPAS (remotely

piloted aerial systems); spatial data; spatial data infrastructure and analytics; mapping systems; big data, algorithms, applications; smart system applications; health; crowdsourcing; collaboration; digital disruption; artificial intelligence; security and privacy; and digital transformation. For further information, refer to our Q&A with co-author Dr Zaffar Mohamed-Ghouse on page 14.

The Philadelphia skyline as modelled by AEROmetrex.

AEROmetrex named among Be Inspired award winners South Australia-based AEROmetrex were recognised with an international award at London’s Year in Infrastructure conference held in November.

AEROmetrex were specifically recognised for their 3D reality modelling work for the Papal visit to Philadelphia in 2015 with the Be Inspired ‘Hero of the Year’ special recognition award.

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In 2015 Pope Francis gave an unprecedented address to 50,000 people from the podium of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in Philadelphia. In preparation, AEROmetrex performed 3D reality modelling from photographs and a fully textured and hyper-realistic, 3D image of the Philadelphia central precinct.

WorldView-4 successfully launched DigitalGlobe has successfully launched its latest highresolution imaging satellite, WorldView-4.

Originally scheduled for a launch in September, the launch finally went ahead Friday 11 November 2016.

WorldView-4 will add 680,000 square kilometres of imagery to the DigitalGlobe image library every day, effectively doubling DigitalGlobe’s

capacity to collect 30 centimetre commercial satellite imagery and produce 50cm digital elevation models.

WorldView-4 joins WorldView 1, 2, 3, GeoEye-1 and QuickBird2 to serve the needs of a rapidly growing list of remote sensing applications. The satellite will begin adding data to the DigitalGlobe library in 2017 following a period of testing.

High-resolution imaging satellite, WorldView-4.

Earth observation community plan launched Directors and managers from space agencies around the world met in Brisbane in November for the annual Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) plenary, culminating in the launch of the “Australian Earth Observation Community Plan: Beyond 2021.”

As part of the CEOS Plenary, the Australian Earth Observation Community Coordinating Group (AEOCCG) released the new Earth Observation Community Plan. The plan sets forth goals for Australia’s Earth observation community to achieve by 2026.

The plan, available on the AEOCCG website, details five priority areas of action: connection and coordination; securing Australia’s role in the international earth observation community; infrastructure and people; access to earth observation data and services; and, generating value.

A combined force in Australian surveying A new name in Australia’s surveying industry has just been launched on the back of another acquisition. Veris, which was previously known as OTOC, is the result of the combination of eight surveying businesses to create a national presence.

Following a vote by shareholders at the company’s AGM, Veris Limited was approved as the name for Australia’s first publicly-listed national surveying business.

The Veris brand builds on the company’s strategic transformation over the past few years with the acquisition of a number of Australian surveying businesses- the latest being

Tasmania’s Lester Frank, which was purchased for AUD$5 million in November.

The full list of companies within Veris that will now operate under the new brand are: Whelans, Elks Engineering Surveys and WKC Spatial in Western Australia, THG Resource Strategists in South East Queensland, Whitsunday Surveys in North Queensland, Charles O’Neill Surveyors & Planners in Far North Queensland, Geo-Metric Surveying and Lawrence Group in New South Wales. Bosco Jonson in Victoria, Linker Surveying in New South Wales and Lester Franks in Tasmania and South Australia will be referred to as ‘a Veris Company’.

Surveyors General and international experts unite at Locate and ISDE The first big names of the Locate Conference and Digital Earth Symposium have just been announced, with an impressive collection of global thought leaders and local authorities set to grace the stage.

Among the names listed in the preliminary list of speakers are Australia’s first female Surveyor General, Narelle Underwood, who is set to chair a special surveying session alongside

fellow Surveyors General Michael Giudici and Craig Sandy. The founder and CTO of satellite imagery powerhouse DigitalGlobe, Dr Walter S. Scott is also set to appear, as well as Professor Guo Huadong, the President of the International Society for Digital Earth.

Also listed among the first round of speakers are: • Mr Greg Scott – InterRegional Advisor Global Geospatial Information

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Management, United Nations Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs Dr Peter Woodgate – CEO, Australia and New Zealand, CRCSI Dr Alessandro Annoni – Joint Research Center, European Union Dr Stuart Minchin – Chief Environment Division, Geoscience Australia Mr Steven Ramage –

Senior External Relations Manager, GEO • Mr Glenn Cockerton – Managing Director, Spatial Vision Locate Conference (Locate17) will for the first time join with the International Symposium on Digital Earth (ISDE) over four days between 3-6 April 2017.

The conference and exhibition will be held at newly reopened Sydney International Conference Centre.

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Machine learning solves complex navigation

Artificial intelligence researchers from the UK have developed a way to use machine learning to “teach” machines to navigate complex transportation systems, such as the London Underground.

The machine ‘learns’ by being shown examples of problems that have already been solved, and is then presented with an unsolved example. It was able to use this ‘training’ to understand the structure of the London Underground transport system and successfully plan the shortest route between stops, performing better than previous AI tested in similar situations.

The hybrid learning machine was recently featured in in the journal Nature. Researchers Alex Graves, Greg Wayne, Demis Hassabis and colleagues developed a so-called ‘differentiable neural computer’ (DNC), which comprises a neural network that can learn by example or through trial and error, and an external memory structure similar to random-access memory in a conventional computer. Thus, it can learn like a neural network but process complicated data like a computer.

Welcome to Multi-GNSS Within the next few years it is expected that 100% of all new devices will be multiconstellation capable, according to a new report that analyses the GNSS device market across mainstream, navigation and high accuracy applications.

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) recently unveiled its first “GNSS User Technology Report,” designed to help users understand today’s receiver technology and the trends transforming the GNSS landscape.

Nearly 65% of all chipsets and modules currently on the

market were found to support multiple constellations. 30% of these support all four available signals—GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and Beidou— and this proportion is expected to grow rapidly.

Even with the increased deployment of non-satellite positioning technologies, GNSS is expected to remain at the core of all positioning technology. For more information on the various GNSS constellations and signals, please refer to Jon Fairall’s exclusive article “System Status” on pages 32-34.

Absence of females in mine surveying The Australian Institute of Mine Surveyors (AIMS), in partnership with Glencore’s Mount Isa Mines, have announced a new diversity scholarship aimed to promote gender diversity in the mining industry.

The Glencore Tim Underhill Diversity Scholarship in Mine Surveying is a three year program and from 2017 will be offered to a female student who wishes to commence or continue study in mine surveying.

Launched at the recent International Congress of Mine Surveying in Brisbane, the scholarship is funded by Glencore and is posthumously

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Women of Mine surveying convene at the International Mine Surveying Congress in September, including Julia Reynolds (centre).

named after Timothy Reginald Underhill, who held a senior mine surveying position at Mount Isa Mines before his unexpected passing in 2014.

AIMS Board Member Julia Reynolds said the scholarship specifically aims to address gender diversity in the mining industry: “Historically, gender diversity in the mining industry has been a tale of female under-representation, particularly in on-site occupations such as mine surveying,” she said.

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news Unexpected solution for non-satellite positioning A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) claim to have developed a “highly reliable and accurate” navigation system that exploits existing non-satellite signals to establish accurate positioning.

Led by Zak Kassas, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCR, the team presented the research at the ION GNSS+ conference in Portland in September, taking out the best paper award.

Kassas’ team were able to develop autonomous vehicles that could tap into the hundreds of signals around us at any point in time, like

A schematic showing how Zak Kassas and his team are using existing communications signals to complement satellitebased navigation systems like GPS for the control of driverless cars and unmanned aerial vehicles. Image: ASPIN Laboratory at UC Riversidex.

cellular, radio, television, WiFi,and other satellite signals.

“By adding more and more sensors, researchers are throwing ‘everything but the kitchen sink’ to prepare autonomous vehicle

navigation systems for the inevitable scenario that GPS signals become unavailable,” Kassas said. “We took a different approach, which is to exploit signals that are already out there in the environment.”

At the very least, the system is able to complement current GPS-based systems to enable more reliable and consistent positioning. The technology, they claim, could also be used to develop navigation systems that meet the stringent requirements of fully autonomous vehicles, such as driverless cars and unmanned aircraft.

Digital marketplace for government tech procurement As part of the Australian federal government’s national innovation and science agenda (NISA), a new digital service has been established to matches suppliers with government departments and

agencies inteested in investing in technology projects.

The Digital Marketplace was set up by the Digital Transformation Office (DTO) and is now live at marketplace. service.gov.au.

Government buyers can now publish briefs for the work they need done, while suppliers can respond to those briefs and two-way collaboration can take place.

DTO also have plans to

launch an ‘ideation platform’, where government buyers are able to outline the challenges they face, while suppliers can pitch problem solving ideas and develop new digital solutions.

RPAS regulations open up skies amid safety concerns As of 29 September 2016, Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) put into the force new regulations that allow more people to operate sub-2kg remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS or drones).

CASA’s new regulations aims to keep pace with the rapid increase in the innovative technology and uses of small RPAS for commercial purposes. Those wishing to fly commercial drones with a maximum take-off weight

below two kilograms no longer need to apply for a certificate and licence from CASA. This led many industry professionals to speak out with concerns that a spike in accidents would result from untrained operators.

In October, independent

federal senator Nick Xenophon motioned to disallow the regulations in the Australian Senate. However, in November Xenophon decided withdrew the motion altogether. As a result CASA’s new regulations will remain in force.

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Q&A with Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse • Director of NSW Business Development, Research & International Relations, Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI) • Director of NSW for the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI) • Chair of Locate17 and Digital Earth Symposium Organising Committee

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With the above titles, Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse is a global influencer in the future of surveying and spatial sciences.

Dr Mohamed-Ghouse spoke with Position to share his vision of this future and how spatial sciences and surveying will be a catalyst in finding solutions to the world’s most challenging scientific, environmental and societal issues.

Much of your work with CRCSI involves looking ahead on behalf of the spatial sector. 20 years from now, how do see spatially-initiatives transforming the way we live and work?

Everyday life will be immersed in the internet of things from driverless cars, trucks and trains and wearable devices which will give us all the information we need as well as being a real-time sensor, privacy will become a thing of the past, and there will be immersive, semantically web-enabled 'thinking' systems that anticipate our needs.

What do you believe are Australia’s spatial strengths and how might these benefit the community in the future?

Australia has strong research and industry sectors, the most significant being the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI), strong professional organisations such as SSSI and a growing awareness by government, business and community of the use of the power of location underpinned by the digital earth information infrastructures for better decision making.

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Applying digital earth technologies will allow Australia to innovate and respond to challenges including food, water and energy security, disaster management, economic and social development and natural resource management.

Which countries or organisations are leading the world in digital earth development and delivery and why do you think this is?

Singapore has a national strategy for moving to the 3D and virtual world, and China because they are strongly committed to digital earth at the government level. USA, Europe, Canada, Japan, India and several other countries are developing advanced earth observations systems which are being coordinated by the Committee of Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), which is currently being chaired by Australia.

Earth observation plays a significant role in contributing a wide range of scientific and environmental information for a digital earth. Australia is doing well because of its commitment to open data and because of the federal and state online spatial data infrastructures, and more recently the globe initiatives.

Locate looks like it is shaping up to be bigger than ever in 2017. What can we expect this time around?

The main highlight of Locate17 is for the surveyors – we have a special two day session specifically designed for surveyors. This will be focussed on relevant issues, which are of course local but also informed by international speakers. It will be especially beneficial for small businesses and how they can interact and discuss their specific problems. I have requested the Surveyor General of NSW Narelle Underwood to

"Australia really needs to have a strong indigenous capability so that we can be industry creators, not followers.

We want to be price setters not price takers."

Dr Mohamed-Ghouse recently coauthored CRCSI’s "Global Outlook 2016: Spatial Information Industry," a compendium of new insights into global technological developments and the spatial technologies that will play a key role in the future. It is available for download from www.crcsi.com.au.

chair that particular program stream, along with Surveyor General of the Northern Territory Craig Sandy and also Michael Giudici who is the Surveyor General of Tasmania Michael and also the Chair of ICSM. The surveying community is one that we need to integrate and we are providing this platform for them to discuss how small businesses can operate differently, including for national problems such as the new dynamic datum and the huge construction growth being experienced at the moment.

How do you see the combined event of Locate and Digital Earth coming together?

I think this is going to be a very strong collaboration. There are papers that have been submitted from the likes of NASA about digital earth. It’s quite exciting. We are going to have so many people come across internationally and it is relevant because of Australia’s work on initiatives like the Australian Geoscience Data Cube, Queensland Globe and NSW Globe.

These have all been watched very closely across the Asia Pacific region as others want to know how they can use this to communicate and relate spatial data to all citizens. That’s where I think we have NASA and other prominent international organisations interested in the utilisation of digital earth. Australia has been silently working across the digital earth, and I think this will be the platform to launch our skills and an opportunity to open new business transactions.

How important do you think STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education is for the future of the sector?

Australia needs to continue to embrace a digital economy with a strong

The top 18 emerging spatial industry trends of 2016, according to Global Outlook 2016: Spatial Information Industry.

In 2017, The Locate conference joins forces with the Digital Earth Symposium at the newly re-opened Sydney International Convention Centre on 3-6 April.

knowledge base of scientists and geoprofessionals able to invent and apply the next generation of technologies and methods to solve the present and future problems. An understanding of mathematics and physics at an advanced level are pre-requisites. Our sector relies upon well educated professionals to research new ideas or deliver new

systems and technologies to business and the community. Currently, there is an increasing decline in high school students electing to study advanced mathematics. Australia really needs to have a strong indigenous capability so that we can be industry creators, not followers. We want to be price setters not price takers. ■ www.spatialsource.com.au 15

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Towards 2030 The land professional’s role in the Global Agenda for Sustainable Development The SDGs The SDGs include six goals with a significant land component mentioned in the targets. For example, in Goal 1, which calls for ending poverty in all its forms everywhere, target 4 states that by 2030 all men and women will have equal rights to ownership and control over land and other forms of property. This calls for closing the security of tenure gap that exists in most developing countries.

Similarly, the land component is referred to in target 3 of Goal 2 on ending hunger, and, more generally in Goal 5 on gender equity, Goal 11 on sustainable cities, Goal 15 on life on land, and Goal 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions.

These goals and targets will never be achieved without having good land governance and well-functioning countrywide land administration systems in place.

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he United Nations 2030 Global Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for a “data revolution” to empower government and people with information on the progress towards meeting the targets. Sound land governance and administration is fundamental to achieving this new agenda and land professionals have a key role to play.

The Millennium Development Goals ended in 2015 and are now replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a new, universal set of 17 goals and 169 targets that UN member states are committed to use to frame their agenda and policies over the next 15 years. The goals and targets integrate economic, social and environmental aspects and recognise their interlinkages in achieving sustainable development in all its dimensions. While the MDGs did not mention land directly, the SDGs include a number of goals with a direct reference to land issues. Significantly, land governance is now placed at the very top of the global agenda.

Land governance involves the procedures, policies, processes and

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institutions by which land, property and other natural resources are managed. This includes decisions on access to land, land rights, land use and land development. All countries have evolved a policy on how to deal with the management of land in their society. They have to deal with the four functions of land tenure, land value, land use and land development in some way or another. In every society, sound land governance is the key toward the achievement of sustainable development.

Land administration systems provide a country with an infrastructure for implementing land policies and land management strategies in support of sustainable development. The operational component of the land governance concept is the range of land administration functions that include the areas of: land tenure (securing and transferring rights in land and natural resources); land value (valuation and taxation of land and properties); land use (planning and control of the use of land and natural resources); and land development (implementing utilities, infrastructure, construction works, and urban and rural developments).

There is strong request for effective monitoring and assessment of progress in achieving the SDGs. There is a need for reliable and robust data for devising appropriate policies and interventions for the achievement of the SDGs and for holding governments and the international community accountable.

Such a monitoring framework is crucial for encouraging progress and enabling achievements at national, regional and global level.

Therefore, about 240 indicators are developed to enable measuring the progress of achieving the targets. This will be presented in an annual progress report from the UN. Also, the World Bank, in conjunction with UN and other partners, has developed the Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) for benchmarking and monitoring the core areas, such as the legal and institutional frameworks. The wider global agenda includes a range of land related issues illustrated in Figure 2.

Land Tenure Responsible governance of tenure is now incorporated as part of the global agenda through the Committee on World Food Security’s Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure. The Guidelines place tenure rights (whether

Left: Figure 1. The Sustainable Development Goals where Goal 1,2,5,11 15 and 16 are land related.

Below: Figure 2. The Wider Global Agenda includes a range of land related issues and agendas.

"Land governance is now placed at the very top of the global agenda." legal or legitimate) in the context of human rights. They are an international “soft law instrument” that represents a global consensus on internationally accepted principles and standards for responsible practices. Actors can then determine whether their proposed actions and the actions of others constitute acceptable practices.

The United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management is mandated, among other tasks, to provide a platform for the development of effective strategies on how to build and strengthen national capacity on geospatial information and disseminating best practices. UN-GGIM has included land administration activities into their remit of global information management.

UN-GGIM is gaining influence in the geospatial domain, including geodetic frameworks and guidance to the geospatial user community.

UN-HABITAT has developed an innovative approach to addressing the land tenure issue through the Social Tenure Domain Model. This includes a “scaling up approach” with a range of steps from informal to more formalised land rights.

This continuum of land rights does not mean that societies will necessarily develop into freehold tenure systems, but rather that each step in the process can be formalised, providing a stronger protection than at earlier stages. This ensures that legitimate rights, such as customary tenure, are recognised.

Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights from 1948 is stating the universal rights of human beings based on the principle of respect for the individual. In relation to land and governance, the Declaration states “that everyone has the right to possess property (security of tenure) and the right to adequate food, clothing and housing”.

The right to housing should be seen as the right to live somewhere in security, peace and dignity. Also, women´s access to land needs first and foremost to be seen as a universal human right, independently of any other arguments in favour of it. Obviously human rights and land governance are closely linked.

Human rights are fundamental and should be encouraged and promoted through building adequate systems of land governance and administration that are relevant and accessible for people living in poverty.

Climate and Disasters One of the elements in achieving climate-resilient urban development and sustainable rural land use is the degree to which climate change adaptation and disaster risk management are mainstreamed into two major components of land governance, namely: securing and safeguarding of land rights; and the planning and control of land use. In this regard, responsible land governance should be underpinned by Fit-For-Purpose (FFP) land administration systems that include security of tenure rights as well as effective land-use planning and control.

Urbanisation Urbanisation is a major change that is taking place globally. The tipping point was reached in 2007 when over half the world´s population was living in urban areas and projections indicate that the urban population will reach 60% by 2030. This incredibly rapid growth of megacities causes severe ecological, economic and social problems. It is increasingly difficult to manage this growth in a sustainable way.

It is recognised that over 70% of the growth currently happens outside of the formal planning process and that 30% of urban populations in less developed countries are living in slums or informal settlements, i.e. where vacant state-owned or private land is occupied illegally and used for slum dwellings. In Sub-Sahara Africa, 90% of all new urban settlements are taking the form of slums.

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feature Left: Figure 3. Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities in the world with huge slum areas expanding into the waters. Photo: Enemark, 2009.

Below: Figure 4. Example from Rwanda showing aerial imagery (left) from which the parcel boundaries are easily identified (right).

resource management. These land matters are now embedded in the SDGs and the land professionals are the custodians of the systems dealing with these land issues. The lawyers have a major role in land administration by setting the legal and regulatory frameworks and delivering land administration services in countries where the judicial system supports land registration. Land surveyors normally enjoy a monopoly on boundary determination within their countries, but in the majority of developing countries there are simply not sufficient surveyors to meet the demand.

A Fit-For-Purpose Approach Most developing countries are struggling to find remedies for their many land problems that are causing land conflicts, reducing economic development and preventing their countries reaching their true potential. Existing investments in land administration and management solutions have been piecemeal and have not delivered the required changes and improvements at scale. The solutions have not helped the neediest; the poor and disadvantaged with no security of tenure.

In fact, the beneficiaries of this unsustainable management of land have been the rich, elite and organisations involved in land grabbing. Current solutions are not effective within developing countries and it is time to rethink the approaches.

Solutions are required that can deliver security of tenure for all, can be quickly developed and are scalable.

Such a solution is offered by the recent GLTN publication on Fit-ForPurpose Land Administration – Guiding Principles for Country Implementation.

This publication outlines a pragmatic and realistic FFP approach for developing countries that can provide security of tenure for all across a country within a generation based on the requirements from the Global Agenda.

This brave new thinking has evolved out of successful, innovative projects such as in in Rwanda (see Figure 4). Strong political leadership and land professionals

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willing to adopt serious change have underpinned these successful projects. The GLTN publication presents the concept, provides the connected key principles and a generic set of guidelines to be applied in developing a country specific FFP strategy for land administration.

Opportunities The hearts and minds of land professionals need to be turned to fully understand and embrace the FFP approach. This will require the benefits of such a move to be clearly articulated so that any perceived threats are dissipated.

The FFP approach will create even greater demand for land professionals as security of tenure is provided for all and the need for services will increase significantly. For example, new services will be required to upgrade the evidence of land rights along the continuum of rights, to provide training and supervision of local land officers and to effectively manage and quality assure land information.

This is a great opportunity for land professionals. Organisations such as FIG and their member associations need to actively promote the adoption of the FFP approach to land administration across their membership and enable experience and best practice to be shared across the land professionals.

Concluding remarks There is a general consensus that governing the people to land relationship is at the heart of the 2030 global agenda.

There is an urgent need to build simple and basic systems using a flexible and affordable approach to identify the way land is occupied and used by all whether these land rights are legal or locally legitimate. The systems need to be simple and flexible in terms of spatial identification, legal regulations and institutional arrangements to meet the actual needs in society today.

When considering the resources and capacities required for building such systems and the connected basic spatial framework in developing countries, the conventional western style concepts may well be seen as the end target but not as the point of entry. During the assessment of technology and investment choices, the focus should be on a “fit-for-purpose approach” that will meet the needs of society today and can be incrementally improved over time.

Building such spatial, legal, and institutional frameworks will establish the link between people and land.

This will enable the management and monitoring of improvements in meeting aims and objectives of adopted land policies as well as meeting the global agenda. Land professionals have a key role to play in this regard.

Further reading United Nations (2015): Transforming our World: The 2030 Global Agenda for Sustainable Development. http://bit.ly/2flSxrC Enemark, McLaren, Lemmen (2016): Fit-For-purpose Land Administration – Guiding Principles for Country Implementation. UN-Habitat/GLTN, Nairobi. http://bit.ly/2flY1CM Stig Enemark is Honorary President of the International Federation of Surveyors, FIG (President 2007-2010).

He is Professor of Land Management at Aalborg University, Denmark.

He is a well-known international expert in the areas of land administration systems, land management and spatial planning, and related educational and capacity building issues. He has published widely in these areas. Web: http://personprofil.aau. dk/profil/100037. Email: enemark@land.aau.dk. ■

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Canberra land title scam

A sign of things to come?

As surveyors in New South Wales come to grips with the implications of a privatised titles system, Canberra lawyers and surveyors are shocked to learn that a Canberra property owner has lost her house due to an international property scam.

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nternational fraudsters whom are yet to be identified—let alone caught— pocketed $430,000 when they obtained title to, and then on sold, a four-bedroom Canberra home. It was an international operation spanning several months and countries including South Africa, Australia and Indonesia.

What is most shocking for land professionals is that the victim was denied compensation via the government guarantee which should apply to such a fraudulent loss of land title.

Consequently the victim was forced to sue the ACT government to get the compensation she deserved.

The case greatly alarms all land professionals who are concerned about the impending privatisation of the NSW Titles system. After all, if this can happen in a well-regulated government monopoly like we have in ACT, NSW and the other states, then how much more likely could it happen once the title system is sold off?

Two years in the making In this case the victim was living in South Africa and was renting out the house in Canberra. She raised the alarm in 2014 once she noticed that she had not heard for many months from the agent handling the property. Once the agent was aware that she had not authorised the sale he referred the matter to the police but it was too late.

The fraudsters had obtained title to the property by, it appears, stealing the victims identify, then on selling the property immediately. The house was subsequently sold, legally, for $510,000 earlier in 2016.

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The victim was denied compensation under the government guarantee which is the basis of all Torrens title in Australia, because the bureaucrats who manage the title system in the ACT decided she had to sue the fraudsters first. The fact that the police could not identify—let alone catch—the fraudsters was beside the point it would seem. In August 2016 the ACT Supreme Court ruled in favour of the victim.

The details of the case are illuminating. The fraud spanned several months in 2013 and 2014, began with the scammer impersonating the victim, contacting her property manager on a fake email address and asking to change

their contact details with ‘immediate effect’ claiming her old email address had been compromised. The fraudster instructed the agent to sell the house immediately and to take the best price they could get without delay. When the lawyers for the sale asked for appropriate documents they were advised that the documents had been destroyed in a fire.

Contracts were exchanged and the fraudster forged the victim’s signature.

The scammer’s lawyers were able to get the victims certificate of title and discharge of mortgage from safe custody at her bank. The sale settled in early 2014 when the fraudster again forged the victim’s signature.

Several months passed before the victim learned that the house she had owned since 1991, had been sold without her permission, instruction or approval.

The victim should have been compensated under the Land Titles Act but she had to take the ACT Government to court to get compensation which was rightfully hers.

A sign of the times This case raises many questions such as, what procedures should a land professional take to ensure against identity theft, fraud and related matters.

It also raises the obvious question – what happened to all the quality checks and balances that we all, supposedly, have in place to ensure that such fraud does not happen? That’s a troubling question that

then how much more often might it happen once the land title system is owned by a bank or insurance company, with a diminished government guarantee. Despite what the NSW Government will say, the reality is that land title fraud will most likely increase once the title system is sold off. In practice the new owner of the Land Title system is likely to promote title insurance which, once established, will slowly erode the Government Guarantee.

The greatest purchase a person is ever likely to make is a home. Land is the most basic resource and land title is the basis of any economy. We have one of the best, if not THE best, land title systems in the world which happens to make a tidy profit each year. We know that this is true, so why would the government risk this?

"What happened to all the quality checks and balances that we all, supposedly, have in place to ensure that such fraud does not happen?"

we all need to address, particularly the NSW Government who plan to sell off the NSW Land Titles system.

It is believed that this is only the third time an Australian property has been sold fraudulently.

It is reasonable to argue that if this can happen, even so infrequently, under a government owned and managed title system, backed by government guarantee,

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If land title fraud can happen in Canberra in 2014, then it can happen, possibly with increased frequency in NSW once the government sells off the NSW Land Title system. Why would you do it?

Tony Proust is a practicing registered surveyor from Newcastle, a board member of the Institution of Surveyors New South Wales and a regular contributor to Position. ■

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The race for alternative remote sensing accelerates Cubesats, high altitude RPAS and stratospheric balloons all vie for their place in the new space race.

Image: NASA.

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e used to say that a picture is worth a thousand words. But depending on how you capture that image and what it reveals, it turns out to be worth a lot more in monetary value. Especially when that image shows Earth from above.

That’s why ambitious organisations are rushing to open up the imagery market to all budgets and tastes.

Plans are already well underway for competing constellations of miniature satellites, high altitude unmanned aircraft in constant flight, and networks of stratospheric balloons travelling on the wind. The ultimate finishing post: to reach a nexus between cost of operation, comprehensiveness of coverage and the ability to deliver near real-time imagery to a growing list of image-hungry clients.

The term remote sensing for a long time has been considered the exclusive domain of satellites and manned aircraft.

The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration even uses these platforms in their definition of remote sensing as “the science of obtaining information about objects or areas from a distance, especially satellites or aircraft.”

It turns out that it doesn’t matter how you get your camera into the sky. What matters is what it captures, how it is delivered and how much it costs. We are going to continue to see small remotely

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piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) mapping limited areas with increased quality, ease and—as of 2016—even LiDAR point clouds. And nothing will compare to what you can measure on the ground.

But what’s perhaps more interesting, and arguably more valuable, are the platforms you can’t see. The images being captured continuously from much higher above. The ones planning to capture any point on Earth at all times with, increasing accuracy.

Imagery strongholds Even since the war era, manned aircraft have been used to capture imagery and continue to provide some of the highest quality remotely sensed data. Australian companies Nearmap and Spookfish, both of them ASX-listed, have been able to develop their own innovative solutions to tap into this valuable market.

Since 2009, Nearmap has been capturing high-resolution remotely sensed imagery using their custom-designed 'HyperPod' sensor aboard a manned aircraft. With this platform, Nearmap are able to provide orthophotos of an entire city in just a day or two, to a resolution of 7.5cm. Nearmap are regularly flying to update their imagery in areas covering 85% of Australia’s population.

Spookfish, on the other hand, are the new kids on the block. Having also

designed their own platform, they plan to begin providing not only imagery, but also 3D information such as building extents and topography, digital elevation models (DEMs) and near infrared imagery.

Spookfish also have the ambitious plans to, in its own words, “capture continents, not just cities.”

The story of Nearmap and Spookfish is an interesting one to watch. Both of them are in the process of breaking headlong into the international market as they vie for the US market. However, they certainly are not the only aerial imagery providers out there. Locally, AAM and AeroMetrex are essentially Australian surveying firms with their own fleets of aircraft reserved specifically for aerial surveys. Internatioanlly, there are too many to mention.

Manned aircraft, however, are not the only established platform by which to capture imagery. For the past two decades, a handful of commercial satellite imagery providers have dominated the imagery market. While their dominance is likely to remain, investment is increasingly turning to alternative platforms.

Despite nearly half a century of development, traditional satellites have remained very expensive to build and launch. Commercial imagery providers including DigitalGlobe, Airbus Defence and Space, BlackBridge AG, urthecast and

Imagesat International are able to achieve impressive image quality and worldwide coverage with established constellations.

A number of government space agencies such as ESA and NOAA are even providing much of their imagery freely.

All of these providers will be quick to tell you they actually provide much more than ‘imagery’: they also offer insights, analytics, intelligence, orthophotos, DEMs, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and false colour imagery.

None of this, however, has stopped new organisations cropping up to get new satellites between these constellations and the Earth- quite literally. Even some of the above organisations are looking to develop their own more cost-effective alternatives. According to a 2016 market report by Forecast International, some 1,935 remote sensing satellites will be launched over the next 10 years, across 58 separate production programs.

Increasingly, cubesats are becoming the dominating proportion of those missions.

Cubesats Some may find it hard to keep abreast of terms like cubesats; even more find it impossible to keep updated on the suppliers vying to enter this space.

Cubesats are generally shoe-box sized satellites designed to be launched enmasse. Due to the relative inexpense of launching lightweight, easy to produce cubesats, nations with even a modest space budget have been able to either plan or launch their first satellites. For the past decade, cubesats have been

A company out of California, Planet Labs, must have caught wind of this before the rest of pack. Planet Labs has been busy since 2010 developing low-cost satellites and is well on the way to achieving its goal of imaging every point on Earth once a day, with 101 cubesats in orbit that were launched with just nine vehicles. Each satellite is 10 x 10 x 30 cm and utilises mainly consumergrade electronics, costing a mere fraction of commercial or space agency satellites.

Planet labs staff even invent their own terminology.

The International Space Station releases three Cubesats to them are known nanosatellites—similar to as ‘doves’ and a constellation those deployed by Planet a ‘flock.’ One of Planet Lab’s Labs—on November 19, 2013. Image: NASA. many offerings include ‘change detection as a service’ and ‘imagery a la carte’. Planet Labs now claim to operate the largest almost exclusively retained within constellation of Earth imaging satellites, academic circles. Until now that is. but this won’t stop others in their According to research by ambitious tracks.

MarketsandMarkets, the nanosatellite Another California start-up, Hera and microsatellite market is estimated Systems, is also one to watch closely. Since to grow from nearly AUD$1.2 billion in 2013, Hera has had the goal of becoming 2015 to AUD$3.4 billion by 2020, at an the first to collect near real-time, sub-oneestimated compound annual growth rate meter resolution imagery and video of any (CAGR) of 23.2% from 2015 to 2020. location on the globe. The San Jose-based Comparing this to the around 10% CAGR start-up plans to launch the first of its expected of the drone and geospatial satellites operating in 2017. markets, there is almost double the scope Even the world’s most ‘valuable’ of return for those looking to invest in company, Google’s parent company space micro-infrastructure.

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feature Alphabet, are throwing their money at cubesats of their own. Previously known as Skybox Imaging, Alphabet acquired the startup in 2014 and currently have a number of satellites offering a similar service to PlanetLabs and Hera Systems.

Weighing in at about 100 kg and measuring 60cm x 60cm x 80cm, Terra Bella’s satellites sit on the larger side of the spectrum.

It’s increasingly difficult to keep on top of these three constellations, let alone the many others, and for good reason. So easy is it to launch a cubesat that in January 2017, both PlanetLabs and Terra Bella are piggybacking their cubesats on the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s mission to launch their own imaging satellites (both regular and cubesat). With all the extra cubesats from around the world packed in, ISRO will be launching 83 satellites in one go, and setting a new world record in the process.

High Altitude RPAS Mention drones and most think of the small multi-rotor remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) that you see at a wedding or construction site. However, there are also far larger, fixed wing, programmable solutions that you are far less likely to see.

These are the type you might typically expect in a war zone, but are already being used in Australia for the likes of constantly monitoring gas pipelines. While the international aviation community grapples with setting the necessary provisions of these platforms, the technology is evolving for these platform to fly near-permanently at high altitude.

Airbus Defence and Space this year announced the successful maiden flight of its Zephyr T aircraft, an RPAS powered only by sunshine.

Airbus’ solar-powered planes are designed to cruise at around 20km, nearly twice the altitude of commercial airliners, yet far below the 400-600km orbit of imaging satellites. The Zephyr 7 prototype can fly for 14 days on end and Airbus plans to get that up to at least a month with two new models, the Zephyr S and Zephyr T. The British Ministry of Defense has contracted the first two S models.

Airbus, however, are not alone in this leg of the race. Solar Impulse,

Swiss developers of solar aircraft, are developing a solution capable of remaining aloft for six months.

Facebook are also deep into plans to provide global wireless internet everywhere on Earth. The solar-powered Aquila RPAS from Facebook weighs only 400kg, but with a 34m wingspan, is the size of Boeing 737. After Aquila’s maiden flight this year, Facebook hopes to soon have a fleet of Aquilas that can fly for at least three months at a time at 18kms.

Why not throw an imagery sensor on each of them, while they’re at it?

Introducing the stratollite Not to be confused with the stromatolite, the ancient microbial colonies that have been known to exist for 3.5 billion years to this day, the stratollite combines ‘stratosphere’ and ‘satellite’ for a whole new platform.

Essentially, the stratollite is a balloon aimed to carry scientific sensors (and imagery sensors) into the stratosphere, without the need for costly launching procedures.

World View (not to be confused for DigitalGlobe’s WorldView satellites) is an Arizona-based company focussed solely on stratollites. World View claim to be able to launch stratollite balloons for a host of missions into Earth’s atmosphere up to an altitude of 46km, for months at a time.

While this may not be as cool as RPAS or appealing as a grid of satellites, World View’s director of marketing and communications Andrew Antonio, says they are able to deliver imagery “orders of magnitude more affordable” than existing technologies. Their business model to "fly your payload" is targeted to remote sensing, weather, communications and research.

Australia’s scientific research organisation, CSIRO, recently committed to a similar technology by signing a cooperation agreement with the French space agency, CNES. The agreement, signed in 2016, covers the 2017 launch of a stratospheric scientific balloon research program known as PILOT from the NASA/CSIRO base in Alice Springs.

While this particular project is aimed not at observing earth, but rather mapping our galaxy’s magnetic field, it shows that the heavy (and very expensive) PILOT telescope can be safely lifted 40 kilometres by a stratospheric balloon.

The solar powered Zephyr T (top) and Zephyr S (bottom) RPAS, with wingspans of 33 metres and 24 metres respectively. Image: Airbus Defense & Space.

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World View offers their stratollite platform to “fly your payload.”

Image: World View.

A blurry image of the future There will be many ways to acquire imagery in the near future, and it’s impossible to say which methods will continue to have market relevance.

It’s safe to say, however that the cost to acquire insights from above will progressively become more affordable.

By filling the middle ground between satellite and aerial imagery, there will be more data and more uses. New alternative remote sensing solutions will feed the needs of a growing community of diverse end users. The use of the above platforms will in turn lead to applications we are currently incapable of perceiving.

Anthony Wallace is the editor of Position magazine and Spatial Source ■

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Bringing spatial data from the shadows of its cartographic past

Discrete Global Grid Systems A new standard from the OGC promises to right one of spatial’s longest standing problems: its dependence on latitude and longitude.

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t’s a curious thing that integrating spatial datasets for analysis is still a problematic task. This is despite decades of standards increasing interoperability and the ubiquitous connectivity that the internet has brought to digital systems.

The reason it’s still a problem, though, is because GIS remains shackled to its cartographic past. For reasons that can only be put down to inertia, GIS – a fully digital system – relies on an inherently analogue spatial paradigm based on a flattened, scale-dependent ‘map view’ of the Earth that was designed for navigation using paper maps.

Being an analogue system, there is an inherent ‘fuzziness’ in lat/long positioning brought about by quantisation into the digital realm, the lack of data concerning the areal extent or spatial scale of measurements and – perhaps above all – the need for different projections across different parts of the globe. This fuzziness manifests as difficulties integrating spatial data from different sources.

With the emergence of the internet and big data, there has been growing demand to quickly integrate and analyse data from a variety of sources from across the globe – including the poles.

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However, the size of data sets are growing rapidly, having already surpassed the petabyte mark and, as the data continues to pour in at an ever increasing rate, are accelerating towards sizes measured in exabytes and zettabytes.

Preparing, transporting and transforming this tide of data into actionable information in a timely manner is now a task that cannot compete with expectations. For spatial data storage, transport and analysis to move in-step with technological growth, data creation and market demand for near real-time analysis, a new way of storing, accessing and processing spatial data is required.

So it’s with great relief that The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) will publish a new Abstract Standard this December that will eventually allow GIS to cut its tethers to the ancient art of cartography.

This new standard concerns and champions the use of Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS) as the solution to these problems. DGGS provide a new spatial reference system that is inherently digital, representative of the earth as a spheroid and designed for efficient global spatial analyses as well as the rapid integration of vast datasets.

So, just what is a DGGS? Discrete Global Grid Systems as spatial reference systems were first proposed in the 1980s, but are underpinned by mathematics that date back to at least the time of Luca Pacioli, Leonardo Da Vinci and the birth of modern calculus. DGGS use a hierarchy of equal-area tessellations to partition the surface of the Earth into cells of equal size across all scales.

Geospatial data from any source, type, format, spatial reference, spatial scale or frequency can be held in a DGGS cell.

By using cells of fixed area, information recorded about phenomena at a location can be easily referenced to the explicit area of its associated cell, integrated with other cell values from other datasets and provide statistically valid summaries based on any chosen selection of cells. Like current GI Systems, DGGS will, and do, come in many different forms, but can still interoperate with each other.

A rough analogy of a DGGS is one of a spreadsheet: you populate cells with data and each cell of data can be addressed by a unique reference (in the case of a DGGS, a globally unique identifier, or ‘GUID’ in database speak). Only, with a DGGS, any one of these spreadsheet cells can be split into a collection of smaller – finer resolution – cells, and in-turn any one of those cells can again be split, and so on.

Critically, storing data as discrete chunks – cells with clear relationships to each other – makes the data suitable for parallel and distributed processing. This is a must for current and future multi-core CPU, GPU and clustered supercomputer architecture, and a boon to processing and streaming otherwise un-transportable ‘big’ datasets on the petabyte scale.

Further, the spatial resolution of data is inherently defined in a DGGS. When assigning a DGGS cell to a measurement or observation of the earth, you select a cell where the extent of the cell matches the extent and measurement uncertainty of the observation. This explicitly pairs that observation with the geographic extent it measured, and ensures that the resolution and uncertainty of that observation is forever linked to its geographic encoding.

Using globally spanning cells with GUIDs to define location makes alignment and integration of data from different sources trivial. Projections will become a relic of GIS’ history, as will the difficulty of working with data near the poles. Further, by inherently associating the spatial resolution of data with its geographic

Left: Tiny cells of the ISEA DGGS hold data from vector maps and raster imagery of Australia.

Below, from left to right: Rectilinear SCENZ-Grid; Quaternary Triangular Mesh; ISEA Hexagonal Grid. Also shown are each type’s indexing method.

encoding, any analyses performed within a DGGS framework will automatically take those resolutions into account. Global, seamless integration of heterogenous datasets will be the new norm.

The seamless data integration provided

by DGGS could also provide the solution to problems surrounding the disconnect between geospatial and data from other sciences, including environmental modelling (e.g. climate, atmospheric, ocean etc.), statistics and more – a problem highlighted by the United Nations Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information (UN EG–ISGI) in its mandate to develop a Global Statistical Geospatial Framework.

In its Background Document on Proposal for a Global Statistical Geospatial Framework (http://bit. ly/2fgVi0a), the UN EG-ISGI states: “The Global Statistical Geospatial Framework comes at an important time as statistical and geospatial agencies work to modernise and transform their models of operation and infrastructure. The Global Framework will also be critical to support the work occurring on the 2020 Round of Population Censuses and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

A DGGS is well suited to inform the development of this proposed Global Statistical Geospatial Framework.

Guiding growth The intention of the OGC’s DGGS standard is to provide the geomatics and decision-making community with a formal document with which DGGS can be recognised, designed, built and used. As such, the standard defines the framework components that make up a compliant DGGS and the variability within those components. The standard supports the specification of standardised DGGS infrastructures that enable the integrated analysis of very large, multi-source, multi-resolution, multidimensional, distributed geospatial data.

For an Earth gridding system to be compliant with OGC’s standard definition of a DGGS it must be a fixed tessellation with its cells covering the entire Earth at multiple levels of granularity. The system must include: a method of addressing each cell; a mechanism for sampling data values into the cells; and known algebraic operators for expressing and transforming these values.

The OGC DGGS specification deliberately stays away from defining the specific cell shapes, alignment and granularity of DGGSs, as variations of these parameters provide different advantages and disadvantages. This means a single ‘perfect’ DGGS is impossible. As such, it is expected that many DGGSs will proliferate, each optimised for different use cases, including statistically valid sampling, rapid storage, processing, transmission, discovery, visualisation, integration, aggregation, processing, analysis and modelling. Interoperability between OGC DGGS implementations is anticipated through extension interface encodings of OGC Web Services. www.spatialsource.com.au 27

feature making DGGS a powerful data storage, integration and analysis platform that enables insights just not possible in the current spatial paradigm.

DGGS will transform the spatial industry – and the knowledge it generates – because removing the requirement for coordinate transformations between projections facilitates realtime data integration with less human intervention, paving the way for ‘linked data’ and AI-based analysis, as well as better mainstream, browser-based data integration and analysis platforms.

Further, DGGS will enable geoprocessing performance to scale in step with rapid advances in hardware, software and business models.

Above: Detail of how the Snyder Equal Area Aperture 3 Hexagonal (ISEA3H) DGGS fits across the Earth.

Above: How the ISEA3H appears when flattened.

While the shape of these cells isn’t covered by the OGC’s abstract specification, most – if not all – will be composed of hexagonal, quadrilateral or triangular cells. These three shapes are the primitive shapes produced by the mapping of platonic solids onto the surface of the Earth. Platonic solids are the only class of polyhedra that produce regular equal-area tessellations directly onto a spheroid. Indeed, two working examples of DGGS using different cell shapes have already been developed by OGC members.

The Snyder Equal Area Aperture 3 Hexagonal (ISEA3H) DGGS implemented in the browser-based PYXIS Studio client application (www.pyxisglobe.com) has successfully demonstrated multisource on-demand data integration and analysis. It successfully passed several OGC open web services cross-community interoperability test-beds and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems

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(GEOSS) architectural pilot projects.

There are several open source projects using the Snyder approach as well.

Additionally, the SCENZ-Grid DGGS is a rectangular DGGS based on 3x3 hierarchical equal area iso-latitude pixelisation (rHEALPix) of the six faces of an ellipsoidal cube (http://bit. ly/2fAld0V) developed by Landcare Research New Zealand for use in high performance computing and cloud architectures for inter-disciplinary environmental modelling. HEALPix (healpix.sourceforge.net) has been in wide use for whole sky modelling in the astronomical community as an alternative to celestial latitude and longitude for a decade.

In the future, the OGC’s DGGS standard will likely be expanded to include volumetric pixels that cover the spaces above and below the surface of the planet, as well as 4D encodings that will store observations across time,

Shaping the future The OGC DGGS standards working group (SWG) presents an excellent opportunity for individuals and organisations to become recognised players in this emerging technology. OGC working group members contribute to cuttingedge technology developments, and position themselves early for participation in OGC testbeds, pilot projects and interoperability experiments. The work of the SWG is likely to lead to, or contribute to: OGC testbed activities that will produce standards and best practices; working, interoperable and commercially available technologies and products; and, solid evidence of the availability and practicality of operational systems based on open standards. The SWG serves as an incubator, a network hub and a starting point for business development and strategic technology planning.

If you are interested in the design, development, implementation or use of discrete global grid systems, please consider participating in the OGC DGGS SWG. See www.opengeospatial.org/ projects/groups/dggsswg for more info.

Thanks go out to the following people for their time and contributions to the article: Robert Gibb, Research Associate at Landcare Research NZ; Perry Peterson, Chief Engineer, President, CEO and Founder of PYXIS Innovation; Matthew Purss Senior Advisor, Geospatial Standards at Geoscience Australia & Co-Chair of the OGC DGGS Standards Working Group; and, indirectly, Kevin Sahr, Professor of Computer Science at Southern Oregon University and webmaster of www. discreteglobalgrids.org, which proved useful in researching this piece.

Simon Chester is the former assistant editor of Position Magazine, and the current communication coordinator for the Open Geospatial Consortium. ■

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Record efficiencies flow for NT Water The Northern Territory’s largest water provider delivered efficiency gains of 70 per cent in a breakthrough meter audit, thanks to advanced location-based analytics.

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ith Power and Water Corporation’s bottom line threatened by a network of aging water meters, the utility embarked on a Water Meter Replacement Program.

Focussed particularly on how information collected from field staff was being captured and communicated, the solution quickly proved itself a worthy investment and brought the utility newfound confidence in its network.

Power and Water Corporation understood the need to reinvent their data collection processes, but wanted to successfully undertake a trial GIS solution and build a business case for a full-scale location-based analytics implementation.

Within just two weeks, a mobile GIS solution was successfully trialled and deployed on tablets and mobile devices, allowing staff and contractors to efficiently collect and update information in the field and upload it to an operations centre in near real-time.

The challenge Each day Power and Water Corporation’s aging network of meters remained untouched, revenue was flowing away from the business. In one case, an older

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meter that was recording $10 usage per day, when replaced, began recording around $85 per day. Other meters had failed completely and recorded nil usage when water was being used.

To address this, the Water Meter Replacement Program was undertaken to check and replace the company’s commercial client meters.

The project required contractors to attend meters in the field and gather information about their condition. If meters required replacement, data about the new meter was also recorded. The data was then collated at a central base, where the project manager used it to coordinate the rollout and identify any data gaps.

In the past, the data collection was undertaken using an inefficient and timeconsuming manual process using printed spreadsheets, filled in by hand onsite and carried back to a central office, where the information collected was typed into a central database.

This workflow often resulted in the double-handling of information, the need for return visits, up to monthlong delays in data being returned and entered into the system, loss of data and the mismatching of data to assets.

These factors led to significant delays in replacing aging meters, which in turn increased costs to the utility.

The solution Power and Water Corporation implemented an advanced location-based analytics solution for the project, which enabled them to collect, disseminate and analyse the replacement program’s data.

This commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solution, which leverages Esri’s ArcGIS platform, sped up every stage of the project, from providing the fastest route to the meter to facilitating reviews of the work remotely just minutes after it was completed.

The application was installed on tablet devices with a simple user interface, enabling all staff and contractors to capture date and locationstamped images of the work as it was undertaken. This was supplemented by any comments about the infrastructure, details about access or the work completed and other vital observations such as customer feedback.

Prior to commencement of the works, records of existing meters were populated into the system so details such as the

Left: The data collected was fed and displayed onto an operations dashboard for management to comprehend the project’s ongoing status.

Below: Territorians use more than 65,000 megalitres of water a year and for Power and Water Corporation, every drop counts.

Now each meter’s reading can be counted with confidence.

location of the meter were checked onsite and any discrepancies immediately identified and corrected.

The new data was then uploaded in near real-time to the operations centre for office-based teams to work with it immediately. In particular, the project manager – who viewed the entire project’s progress via a map-based dashboard – was able to identify any issues and act immediately, rather than having to wait for paper documents to be manually returned and entered into the system.

Should there be any future incidents with the meters, asset data can now be instantly accessed, enabling many issues to be resolved from the office instead of sending another contractor to the site.

The outcomes

"In some cases, the three months it formerly took to log data was reduced to mere minutes." up by 60 to 70 per cent, which pleases management and our customers.”

The technology also enabled Power and Water to strengthen data integrity. As a single-point-of-truth, the solution provided a streamlined data collection process that removed the risk of misallocated data, data loss and duplicated data.

The system’s user-friendly interface allowed the project manager and staff to make confident and timely decisions about the rollout, instantly visualise

data gaps and rapidly access and analyse information pertaining to physical infrastructure and environmental assets by simply clicking its location on a map.

The success of the trial has meant that the technology will now be expanded for a new and much larger project. Based on the results and the ROI generated, the executive management team has approved the expansion of locationbased analytics to the existing Retail Management System. ■

Broad gains were experienced across the workflow that enabled the project to be completed much quicker than expected. Resulting increases in data reliability and accuracy, as well as the arrival of key analytics in near real-time, saw duplication of efforts reduced and efficiency gains snowball.

One of the most significant outcomes for the utility has been efficiency gains of up to 70 per cent – a compelling result from a solution which took just two weeks to deploy. In some cases, the three months it formerly took to log data was reduced to mere minutes. Additionally, while 20– 30 meters were projected to be replaced each day, in practice there was an average daily replacement of 40–50 meters.

“Ultimately, across the life of the project and beyond, there are far fewer hours recording information, fewer return visits and less double-handling,” said Power and Water GIS Officer Alex Godfrey. “This has sped the entire project www.spatialsource.com.au 31

feature Photograph of Earth and moon taken aboard the International Space Station at an orbit of approximately 400 km. By comparison, GPS satellites, such as that shown here, orbit at an altitude of approximately 20,200 km.

System Status A survey of the state of Global Navigation Satellite Systems JON FAIRALL

F

ull operational status for the five independent satellite-based navigation systems—the subcomponents of the System of Positioning Systems—is still at least a decade away.

I could have, indeed I did, write the same thing a decade ago. The difference is that a decade ago there was considerable debate within all the networks on the shape of a future GNSS; who would fund it; how would frequencies be allocated; and how many satellites would each system contain. Today, the shape of the future is clear. The money is allocated.

Three of the systems are already fully operational. All of the others have some, if not all, of their operational satellites in place. Most of the inter-system wrangling over frequencies and interference is over.

In fact, we are living through a golden age in GNSS. The size of the combined investment around the world is colossal.

Some 14 positioning satellites were launched in 2015.

The roots of position determination using radio waves go back to the dark days of World War II, when the British developed the Decca Navigator for the Royal Navy. It was an electronic receiver that triangulated signals from shore stations. In the 1960s, the US military used the same idea, but satellites replaced the shore stations. It could provide a fix once an hour using electronics that could be shoehorned into the back of a Hercules aircraft. They called it Transit. It was the precursor to GPS and marked the launch of an international space race still underway today.

United States The first real GPS satellites were launched between 1978 and 1985 by the United States

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Department of Defense. At the time they were called Navstars, but the ten satellites in the system are now usually referred to as GPS Block I. The first modern Block IIA bird was launched in 1989. The GPS achieved full operational capacity in 1993, when 24 satellites were in orbit.

None of these satellites are still operational, although many of them are still in parking orbit and could be turned on again if required.

The oldest operational satellites now on orbit are the 12 Block IIR GPS satellites launched between 1997 and 2004. Eight Block IIR-M satellites were launched between 2005 and 2009 followed by 12 Block IIF between 2010 and 2016.

The first of the new Block IIIA satellites will fly in 2017 and will be roughly contemporaneous with Japan's Quazi Zenith Satellite System.

Japan The first of Japan’s satellites, QZSS-1 or Michibiki, was launched in 2010. Mitsubishi Electric is currently building another three ahead of a launch date in 2017. While this system will be under Japanese national control, its four satellites will produce GPS-like signals and so will work with GPS receivers. The constellation is designed so that one QZSS satellite will always be close to the zenith over Japan, giving improved reception in urban canyons where conventional GPS is severely compromised.

Because of the nature of the orbits, signals from the QZSS satellites will also be available in parts of South East Asia and Australia. Studies by the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information were able to show that QZSS signals could provide 5cm positioning across regional Australia without CORS.

European Union The Europeans began serious work in 1999, when the initial system design for the Galileo system was finalised. The first test satellite, Giove-A, was launched in 2005.

The complete constellation of 30 satellites is now scheduled for 2020. It seems a long time, but the Europeans have been about as fast and effective as the US in developing their system.

Moreover, the Europeans have had to overcome problems inherent in building a single system to satisfy all the member countries of the European Union as well as enormous uncertainty around the funding model.

Galileo will broadcast a basic service and provide a high-precision service to fee-paying customers. It will provide a global search and rescue service that will replace the current Cospas-Sarsat system. It also has a Safety of Life navigation feature, which provides integrity information to the receiver to warn of errors.

A contract was let in 2010 to Surrey Satellite Technology in the UK and OHB Systems in Germany for the first 14 operational satellites. In 2012, OHB received a second contract for a further eight satellites. All 14 had been launched

by May 2016. Four more were launched in November to join the constellation.

The Galileo program has, at certain times, allowed nations outside the EU to take financial positions in the system.

The Chinese were initially very excited by the possibilities afforded by the project and in 2003 committed 230 million Euros to it. By April 2006, agreements on eleven projects had been signed between China and the EU. However, the South China Morning Post reported in

January 2008 that China was unsatisfied with its role in the Galileo project and it subsequently withdrew in order to concentrate on an advanced positioning system of its own.

advantageous for the Russians because the US had embargoed some of the advanced electronics in the new generation Glonass K satellites after the Russian invasion of the Crimea.

China

Russia

The Chinese had begun work on satellite navigation in the late 1980s, when a three satellite constellation for internal use in China was proposed. The first satellite, BeiDou-1A, was launched on 30 October 2000. The system was completed in 2003.

It was inferior to GPS however: it only offered an accuracy of 10 meters and that only within China.

The Chinese clearly saw involvement in Galileo as a way to improve their technical expertise in this area. Whether they always intended to develop their own system is difficult to know, but in the event, the Chinese Space Administration announced it would develop a new system, BeiDou-2 for regional positioning, and then a global system, BeiDou-3, by the 2020s. The three systems are often referred to as Compass.

BeiDou-2 was deployed between 2007 and 2011, when China placed seven satellites in inclined geosynchronous orbit. This formed the basis of a practical regional positioning system. The first of 35 BeiDou-3 satellites was launched in

Moscow has been developing the Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (Glonass) since Soviet times. It began work in 1976 and reached more-or-less global status but was then derailed by the economic chaos that accompanied the fall of the Soviet Union.

In the 2000s, under Vladimir Putin's presidency, the Russian economy recovered. Putin himself took special interest in Glonass and the system's restoration was made one of the government's top priorities. The budget was raised to $420 million with a commitment to a restored constellation by 2009.

The first satellite under this new program, Glonass-M, was launched in 2003. It had a longer design life than the original satellites, better accuracy and the ability to broadcast two extra signals, both of which are available to all users.

During the middle of the first decade of the 21st century, the Russian economy

"If manufacturers are moving fast to go from GPS to GNSS, we may have the Russians to thank."

2015. By March 2016, China had four BeiDou-1 satellites on orbit, 16 BeiDou-2 and six BeiDou-3.

BeiDou uses CDMA modulation to provide two levels of positioning service: open (public) and restricted (military), both with global reach. The service is said to provide unassisted accuracy of better than ten metres.

Despite its insistence on its own system and despite the failure of its European gambit, China has continued to seek international cooperation for its system.

In 2015, the state-owned news service Xinhua announced a joint production agreement between BeiDou and Russia's Glonass system.

The deal covered trade in Chinese space electronics systems and Russian rocket motors. It also included a joint venture to manufacture electronics for both BeiDou and the Russian positioning system. The deal is especially

boomed, resulting in substantial increases in the country's space budget. In 2007, the financing of the program was increased considerably; its budget was more than doubled. The Russians plan to spend a billion dollars a year on Glonass this decade. As a result Russia restored the network to complete operation at the end of 2015. Work is now under way on rolling out third generation Glonass-K2 birds as replacements for the current network.

India The least likely player in the field is India. It has built itself a positioning network on the cheap, spending just over $200 million to cover the subcontinent (and about half of Western Australia), but it gives the Indian military independence of Chinese and US systems.

The Indian Navic system reached operational status in April, when IRNSS-

1G was launched from Sriharikoa.

The constellation consists of three satellites in geostationary and four in geosynchronous orbit. It provides two types of services: a Standard Positioning Service which is available to all users and a Restricted Service for the military.

Interestingly for Australian users, while the Navic specification says the system provides coverage only to 1,500 kilometres offshore, a group of Finnish researchers claims to have successfully decoded signals from the geostationary IRNSS receivers many thousands of kilometres from India. It may well turn out that Navic can be used anywhere in the hemisphere.

On the ground The interesting part of all this is not, of course, the list of birds in the sky, but the signals that are generated by the satellites for use by your receiver.

What we can say with some certainty is that the situation is changing rapidly as manufacturers come up to speed with the changing reality of GNSS. For instance, Topcon says its Vanguard Technology will read all proposed signals generated by the GNSS. Vanguard is a 226 channel application specific integrated circuit that will be included in all new devices produced by the company.

Not to be outdone, Leica's new Zeno 20 GIS collector reads GPS L1 as standard, but can be upgraded to read GPS L2 and L2C, Glonass L1 and L2, BeiDou B1 and Galileo E1 as required.

If manufacturers are moving fast to go from GPS to GNSS, we may have the Russians to thank. The first commercial Russian-made Glonass navigation device for cars, the Glospace SGK-70, was introduced in 2007, but it was much bigger and costlier than similar GPS receivers and did not achieve much market penetration.

The Russian establishment— including, reputedly, Vladimir Putin himself—were not impressed. It imposed a 25 per cent tariff on positioning devices that did not support the system.

As a result, GPS and phone baseband vendors who want to do business in Russia (and that's all of them) have raced to comply.

Sony, Samsung and Apple all provide Glonass support in their range. All iPhones since iPhone4 have in-built support for Glonass. The Android operating system now also uses Glonass as a matter of course, although it still does not appear to support Galileo.

Certainly, well before 2020, GNSS will be a reality for consumers and professional users alike. www.spatialsource.com.au  33

system status

GPS

GLONASS

BeiDou

Satellite

Launched

Status

Satellite

Launched

Status

Satellite

Launched

Status

GPS Block I

1978 – 1985

Retired

GLONASS

1982 – 1991

Retired

BeiDou–1

2000 – 2003

Retired

GPS Block II

1989 – 2016

Operational

GLONASS-M

2003 – 2013

Operational

BeiDou–2

2007 – 2011

Operational

GPS Block III

2017 – on

Incomplete

GLONASS- K

2014 – on

Incomplete

BeiDou–3

2015 – on

Incomplete

Total operational satellites: 31

Total operational satellites: 24

Galileo Satellite

Total operational satellites: 20

IRNSS Launched

QZSS

Status

Satellite

Launched

Status

Satellite

Launched

Status

Galileo 2005 – 2008 Experimental

N/A

Navic Geostationary

2014 – 2016

Operational

QZSS Eliptical

2010 – 2017

Incomplete

Galileo Operational

Incomplete

Navic Geo2013 – 2016 synchronous

Operational

QZSS Geostationary

2017

Development

2010 – 2020

Total operational satellites: 18

Total operational satellites: 7

Total operational satellites: 1

Beyond GNSS Most of the ideas currently in use in the GNSS world were first aired in the radio positioning systems that emerged during World War II. They still attract interest, if only because they address many of the problems with GNSS: they are notoriously easy to jam; they don't work indoors; they work badly in urban canyons.

Consider Loran, for instance. Loran, short for LOng RAnge Navigation, provides positioning using low-frequency signals broadcast from ground stations. It was originally developed in the US in the 1940s. An improved version, Loran C, was developed a decade later, but pretty much decommissioned around the world by 2000.

At one time, an enhanced system — eLoran — was expected to replace it with signals that, unlike GPS, could reach underground, underwater and into buildings.

But in 2006, after the US government had spent some $160 million, eLoran was cancelled in the US. This has not stopped other countries however. South Korea, India, Russia, the UK and the Netherlands as well as

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several countries in the Middle-East all have systems up and running. Others are in development.

E-Loran is by no means the only terrestrial radio location system in existence. Locata Corporation in Canberra has developed a system that produces a GPS-like signal from a network of terrestrial transmitters.

A network of terrestrially-based LocataLite transceivers transmit synchronised signals that create a ground-based replica of GPS. These signals form a positioning network called a LocataNet that operates in combination or totally independent of GPS. Locata was incorporated in 1997. It has SINCE sold systems to the US military and underpins Leica Jigsaw JPS, which Leica says is the only high precision positioning system that is not reliant on GPS. Currently, Locata has 124 technology patents and dozens more in the pipeline.

The company’s motivation is simple: “GPS is a time bomb”, says chief executive Nunzio Gambale. It is too easy to jam, and there are plenty of environments where it doesn't work.

Locata antennas transmitting subbillionth of a second timing signals across Washington DC, in this case towards USA’s National Cathedral.

Jon Fairall was the foundation editor of Position Magazine, and now works as a freelance journalist and author. ■

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President’s report

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s this will be my final submission to Position magazine as our National President, I thought it would be appropriate to firstly include my content and report for the SSSI Annual Report.

Annual Report - 2015/16 I am pleased to report that 2015/16 has been very positive year for SSSI, but not without its challenges. SSSI continues to provide the members, and the professions more broadly, with a range of high quality regional and national conferences, interesting regional and commission focussed events, and a range of technical workshops that enable participants to remain at the forefront of the most recent developments in their professions.

I start by thanking all the volunteers that make up our Consultative Council, Regional and Commission Management Committees, Young Professional Committees and Certification Panel Committees. I also thank our members who participate on various other committees including the Membership Committees and Fellows Committees, but to name a few. I would also like to thank the other Board Members for all their hard work and support in what has been a rewarding but challenging year.

I would like to make special mention of the members of the Constitutional Review Sub-Committee (CRS) for their significant contribution to the development of the proposed new governance model and a new constitution. Whilst this process has continued into the 2016/17 financial year, the bulk of the hard work was completed last financial year. This type of change process is never easy, with the broad range of views, opinions and options to be considered. I thank the members of the CRS for their intelligent and considered opinions and their support in progressing this significant endeavour for the Institute.

I am also pleased to report that SSSI finished the end of the 2016/17 Financial Year with an operating surplus of $188,751. This was achieved through a combination of factors. The first was the delivery of a number of very successful regional conferences and events. I thank those members who volunteered their time on the organising committees to make these events so successful. The second factor was the actions taken by the staff more generally to reduce the costs associated with running the Institute.

The third contributing factor was the

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Bernard O’Sullivan

difficult decision taken by the Board, and implemented by the General Manager, to reduce our staffing costs. These kind of decisions are never popular, but they are necessary to maintain the financial viability of the organisation. I am pleased to report that in 2016/17 some of this surplus will be invested in recruiting some staff back into the Regions.

I am pleased to report on the increasing number of members and others working in the professions seeking SSSI Certifications. While the GISP-AP Certification continues to attract new applicants, there has been significant growth in the numbers of people seeking ESP-AP and AHSCP certification.

Another highlight over the last 12 months has been the renewed level of engagement with FIG, NZIS and ASPNG. As the peak national body representing the surveying and spatial professionals, it is our role to be leading Australia’s engagement with these international and overseas partner organisations. I was particularly impressed with the very successful FIG Working Week 2016 delivered in collaboration with NZIS in Christchurch in early May. I was extremely proud to have represented SSSI at that event, and to see a number of other SSSI members fully engaged in a range of different FIG Commissions and activities.

On the negative side, it was extremely disappointed to see the splintering and division that has occurred in our industry over the last 12 months. In an environment where there is a dramatic decline in new entrants to our professions, and in the number of young professionals, in all professions, joining member based organisations like SSSI, the formation and re-emergence of splinter groups can only be detrimental to the industry as a whole.

SSSI sustaining partners

In closing, I would like to thank all the staff for their hard work and commitment to SSSI, and the delivery of service to our members. In particular, I would like to thank Chris Malouf (General Manger) for his hard work over the last 12 months and his efforts in improving the management and governance of the institute and the delivering a sense of stability to the members.

New President The second thing I wish to add is a warm welcome to our incoming President

Gabriel Van Wyk. Gaby is based in Sydney and very dedicated to our industries and its professionals. I know he has some great initiatives and projects planned for the institute and with all things going well at our Special General Meeting and Annual General Meeting, will begin work on our new ‘Future Directions’ governance model and new constitution.

Here’s hoping we can attract some younger professionals with this change for the future.

Have a great year Gaby.

SSSI Transitional Board – 2016/17 President – Gaby Van Wyk Immediate Past President – Bernard O'Sullivan President-Elect – TBA ACT Director – TBA NSW Director – Zaffar Mohamed-Ghouse NT Director – TBA SA Director – Franco Rea

General Manager’s Report

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t the Special General Meeting (SGM) conducted on 24 November 2016, SSSI Members voted ‘yes’ to adopt the new SSSI Constitution (2016).

In doing so, the members have endorsed the transition to a new organisational and governance model.

The key features of the new model are: 1. The Consultative Council will be disbanded and replaced by a number of focused Board Advisory Committees; 2. The existing Region and Commissions will continue in their current form; 3. The Board will be comprised of Directors from each of the Regions and the National Hydrography Commission. The Directors will be elected directly by the members in those Regions/Commission; 4. The Commission Chairs will form one of the Board Advisory Committees; and 5. New groupings called Streams will be initiated and will provide a forum for groups of interested members to meet, discuss and share information and ideas on contemporary issues that may span one or more professional areas of practice.

More information about these changes can be found in the ‘Future Directions’ report.

SSSI will now move into a transitional period over the next three months while the new Board structure is implemented.

In line with the existing ‘even year’ elections process, there will be a call for nominations for Board Directors from the ACT, Northern Territory, Queensland and Victoria Regions. If more than one nomination is received from a particular Region, then a poll of members in that region will be conducted to elect the Board Director.

In line with the ‘odd year’ election cycle, the Members elected to the former Consultative Council by each of the

Regional Committees of New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania, and National Hydrography Commission, will either hold or be elevated to the office as Directors until the Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held in 2017.

On behalf of the Board, I thank the members of the Constitutional Review Sub-Committee for their significant contribution to this process over the last 18 months. The Board also thanks all the members who provided ideas, comments and feedback during the process.

The adoption of the new Constitution and governance model is just one step in the process of modernising SSSI to meet the future needs and expectations of the members.

The 2016 Annual General Meeting (AGM) was also conducted on 24 November, immediately after the SGM. The audited 2015/16 Financial Statements were presented to the members at the meeting, showing that the institute achieved a financial surplus of $188,751 last financial year. Some of these funds will be reinvested back into the Regions this financial year with increased staffing.

Some funds will also invested into the development of a new website and refreshing the certification programs.

The AGM also marked the end of Bernard O’Sullivan’s (ESP-AP) term as President. Gaby Van Wyk (GISP-AP) has now stepped up into the role of President for the 2016/17 period. I look forward to working with Gaby and the rest of the Board to steer the path ahead for SSSI over the next 12 months and beyond.

QLD Director – TBA TAS Director – Alex Leith VIC Director – TBA WA Director – Kerry Smyth Hydrography Director – Richard Cullen Young Professional – TBA Secretary – Jim Curnow Secretary – Jonathan Saxon Commission Chairs E&MSC (Chair) – Bernard O'Sullivan HC (Chair) – Richard Cullen LSC (Chair) – TBA RS&PC (Chair) – TBA SI&CC (Chair) – Hanno Klahn Regional Committee Chairs ACT Regional Chair – TBA NSW Regional Chair – Zaffar Mohamed-Ghouse NT Regional Chair – TBA SA Regional Chair – Franco Rea QLD Regional Chair – TBA TAS Regional Chair – Alex Leith VIC Regional Chair – TBA WA Regional Chair – Kerry Smyth SSSI National Office 27-29 Napier Cl, Deakin, ACT 2600 (PO Box 307) Phone: +61 2 6282 2282 Email: support@sssi.org.au

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Richard Syme

Alex Pescud

Nigel Slee

Tom Jeffrey

David Ibbotson – WA Representative Nigel Slee – QLD Representative

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y name is Richard Syme and I am the new chair of the National YP (Young Professionals) Committee. I have recently taken over from Joel Dillon who has served the Young Professionals brilliantly over the past two years.

While the new committee has just formed, we are keen to continue providing informative educational and networking opportunities for members, supporting Young Professionals through mentoring and other means, and attracting interest and promoting the SSSI to industry and the wider community.

2017-2018 National YP Committee members: Richard Syme – Chair

Richard has been active in the SSSI Young Professionals for the past few years, first on the Victorian Committee, and more recently on the National YP Committee. Richard studied Multimedia Cartography at RMIT University and currently works as a GIS Professional in the Engineering and Construction industry. Richard is passionate about providing informative and practical services to SSSI members and growing the member base.

Nigel Slee is the representative for Queensland for the National YP committee. A former member of the South Australian YP committee, Nigel holds qualifications in spatial information services and surveying. He is keen to develop the presence of the YP’s in Queensland and promote to others the networking and professional development opportunities SSSI membership offers.

Tom Jeffrey – SA Representative

Tom is new to the National YP committee this year, bringing with him a real passion for the industry and a sense of pride in our history. He is committed to the industry as Chair of the SSSI-SA YP committee, member of the SSSI-SA Regional committee as well as the Surveying and Mapping SA educational committee.

Tom is a Licensed Surveyor in Adelaide, currently owning a Surveying and Land Development Consultancy, 360 Surveying.

Jason Heritage

Jason Heritage is an undergraduate completing a Bachelor of Geospatial Science with the University of South Australia. He is employed as a Field Assistant with a prominent surveying firm and will continue studies next year, beginning the Master of Surveying. Jason is also an active volunteer and enjoys cooking, health and nature photography.

Alex Pescud – Vice-Chair and Secretary

Roshni Sharma – Webinar coordinator

Alex Pescud is the current Vice Chair/ Secretary of the National YP committee.

Alex's education and experience is a unique blend of geography, spatial sciences and mathematics. He aims to make a positive impact within SSSI and encourages Young Professionals to step out of their comfort zone to grab the exciting opportunities that the spatial industry has to offer.

Roshni is one of two NSW representatives on the National Young Professionals Committee. She is a GIS Analyst with a background in spatial science, geography and environmental science, currently working for EMM Consulting. New this year to SSSI YPs, Roshni is excited to be on board with a great team, and is looking forward to coordinating a series of informative and

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engaging webinars, and promoting the many interesting facets of the spatial sciences industry.

Nikolaas Kostraby – VIC Representative

Nikolaas Kostraby is a Spatial Scientist/ Advisor at GHD. Nikolaas is the current Chair of the Spatial Information and Cartography Commission Victoria. He has recently been seconded for 6 months to Perth to be the GIS Manager for the Forrestfield-Airport Link project.

Nikolaas studied a Bachelor of Science (Geospatial Science) at RMIT University, graduating in 2014.

Nikolaas is passionate about the geospatial sciences. He is always looking for ways where spatial can be applied; from everyday life, in the classroom and even managing the future cities of Australia.

Joel Dillon – Past Chair

Joel Dillon is the GIS officer at the Indigenous Land Corporation, based in Adelaide. A computer Science graduate from the University of Adelaide, Joel has had over 10 years of experience working in the spatial industry in various roles and was awarded the SA Spatial Excellence Young Professional of the year Award in 2012. Joel has previously served as the chair of the SA and National YP committees and continues to serve on the national YP and SA YP and regional committees.

Please join me in welcoming your new committee. If ever we can be of assistance, whether it be organising a webinar, pairing you up with a mentor/ mentee or would like more information about the SSSI, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Also, we would always welcome new members and anyone interested in learning more about the Committee.

Richard Syme Chair, National YP Committee chair.yp@sssi.org.au

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Hydrographic Surveying Professionals Moving Forward

Change in Award As you would all be aware from recent GeoMessage updates, the HSR Award has transitioned to the Hydrographic Excellence Award and will be considering nominations towards the latter half of 2017. The Commission’s Awards Committee has completed the selection criteria and Terms of Reference which are now available from the Commission’s web page.

Pre-Christmas Seminars Toward the end of the year there will be opportunities for members to attend pre-Christmas Hydrography Commission seminars in South Australia, Queensland and New Zealand. The Commission welcomes not only Hydrography members but all SSSI professions.

Hydrography is a broad discipline and there is likely to be a topic which crosses into your field of expertise.

Sub-specialisations for Certified Hydrographic Surveyors Certification has been a dominant area of discussion again in 2016. The Commission has been progressing with sub-specialisations for those certified professionals who wish to differentiate themselves as becoming more proficient and competent in a specific area of hydrographic survey.

The certification process promotes both Level 2 and Level 1 as hydrographic surveyors’ foremost, surveying being the focus, with the appropriate knowledge and practice. Sub-specialisations build on this to allow potential clients to quickly identify a specifically defined skill set where an individual surveyor has a higher level of

competence. Our simile for this would be a person who conducts a medical degree, practices under supervision, becomes a qualified General Practitioner and then decides to become an anaesthetist, obstetrician or orthopaedic surgeon.

As an introduction to the concept for the application process, an applicant would be provided an option to select a sub-specialisation on initial application.

A sub-specialisation would incur an additional fee to account for the increase in administration and depending on the sub-specialisation, may require an additional level of evidence separate to the proofs required for the hydrographic surveying baseline application. A certified professional can also apply to have a sub-specialisation assessed and added to their professional standing at a later date when sufficient knowledge and experience is gained.

And what of those who were previously sub-specialised? The Panel will need to review the historical certifications and if the sub-specialisation was supported in the original application, then this will be considered for application to their current certification.

While the addition of subspecialisations will provide a means of differentiation, there is still a requirement to appropriately define the activities of each sub-specialisation not only in commercial terms but also with appropriate linkage with the S5 Syllabus. Most of this is already achieved in the S5, however there is still a level of connection required with current practice and expectations.

Older and Wiser Within the certification methodology, consideration needs to be given to those potential Level 1s not conducting the ‘plug and play’ activities with hardware and software. What does this mean? There are many experienced, learned, competent hydrographic surveyors who have moved

from practical field operations to roles in companies that primarily focus on contracts, projects, research, analysis, implementation, quality control and alike.

In order to conduct these roles, they draw on all of their experience that would have had them certified at Level 1 but where recent practical survey is not evidenced because of the roles they are undertaking.

Critically, these Level 1s would still require all of the fundamental application requirements to prove surveying competence and project oversight/management/in-charge time but because of being non-hands on in recent years, other proofs would need to be met. These proofs may be in the form of recent CPD activities whereby the individual maintains training in technology and software which is current and modern. One must keep in mind that the effort put in to becoming a Level 1 is an indicator of a person’s capacity to learn, practice and apply. This should be reflected in their future careers as they move out of the in-field activities and become the ‘brains trust’.

There is still a lot of work to do in initiating this level of certification.

The governance of the certification process and consideration of the IBSC requirements to be reviewed along with appropriately describing what a Level 1 who isn’t a ‘plug and play’ surveyor is expected to do in their role versus an in-field Level 1. A Level 1 has never been expected to be the on-line surveyor, this is the role of a Level 2. However, noting that there are many Level 1s who are the online surveyor, we need to emphasise that this does not make the use of a non-online Level 1 of less value in the oversight and conduct of all those higher level activities such as mobilisation checks, quality control, and project management, as they are the basis of their certification.

The Commission welcomes input to any of these certification proposals above via emailing the Chair.

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ittle did I realise how much of the world would be opened up to me when I chose to become a surveyor.

When I studied, I was prepared to work wherever the job took me, but my expectations were, in all honesty, to be in a suburban and sometimes a semi-rural setting. When the company I work for got the opportunity to work in remote areas the adventure really began. As survey manager for Fyfe Earth Partners I manage all work in the Cooper Basin Area, which spans a region from north eastern SA to south western QLD. My role is to manage all the survey staff while they are in the field, providing direction on the day-to-day aspect of their jobs, and ensure that we get the job completed to meet the client’s brief.

I spend time in the office, but also in the

field, getting my hands dirty. It’s important for me that I share the experience with the team, so I can be a mentor that understands what they’re going through, first hand. I also have a passion for the latest innovations and technology Working remotely as part of a small team gives you the opportunity to get to grips of who you are; you need to be able to rely on yourself and your team mate as your survival can depend on this working relationship. There are many challenges that have to be overcome, especially when you consider the environment we work in can be quite treacherous and unforgiving.

Extreme temperatures and tough conditions are part and parcel of every day. You work closely with your colleagues and become like family to each other, so the hardest days are probably when your mates are doing it tough and you just put it out of your mind and get on with the job.

The threat from deadly snakes, spiders and other insects is real, as is the danger of being bogged. However, for all of the dangers, and the loneliness of being away

from loved ones, there is immeasurable beauty to enjoy. In a way it is a privilege to see the world in its unspoilt wonder such as native animals and plants in their natural setting, something that most people wouldn’t get to see as part of their working day. One of the most memorable days was when I spent 8 hours in a helicopter, looking for a pipeline route through the southern part of NT. Then, on the horizon we saw Uluru. It was the first time I saw it, and to see it from the air – it was pretty magic.

Surveying is all about the adventure.

Joe D’Aloia Land Surveying Commission

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4D GLOBAL Spatial industry hardware and software supplier providing GPS/ GNSS (all accuracies), rugged field computers (PDA, pen tablet and convertible laptops) and Hexagon Geospatial software. We were first established in 1991 as a GPS specialist supply company to land-based professional users, based on expertise in using GPS since 1986. 4D Global also provides consulting services and training.

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1SPATIAL AUSTRALIA 1Spatial is a spatial big data company which manages the world’s largest spatial data. Our rules based approach to capturing, validating and managing spatial data enables customers to process and analyse information in a way that traditional technologies do not allow.

Through our 1Spatial Management Suite of products, consultancy, and partner offerings such as the market leading FME product for ETL, we can provide the best solution to meet your spatial data management requirements.

As the largest Autodesk reseller in Australia, A2K Technologies is an industry-leading solutions, training, consulting and management firm specialising in design technology. Once equally successful separate entities, AEC Systems, KarelCAD and ADA CADPartners merged in February 2013 to form A2K Technologies. Now, their combined leadership and innovation is driving the highest level of solution expertise, service and support.

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AAM PTY LTD Rich and data driven, geospatial solutions. Land, sea, air, space. AAM www.spatialsource.com.au 43

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ACCURATE INSTRUMENTS NZ 192 Marua Road, Mt Wellington NZ ph: (+64) 9579 1777 fax: (+64) 9579 1776 toll free: 0508 222872 mob: 0274 741 425 em: philip@accurate.net.nz web: www.accurate.net.nz

ACOUSTIC IMAGING Consulting and software/hardware distributor for the marine survey industry. Over 25 years of experience in conducting and processing the results from marine geophysical surveys.

Software and hardware available for lease includes QPS QINSy and Fledermaus, Applanix POS MV and POSPac, Chesapeake Technology SonarWiz SSS+SBP, and Innomar SES-2000 Compact subbottom profiler system. ph: (02) 54425707 5442 5707 mob: 0421 049 068 em: dbergersen@acousticimaging.com web: www.acousticimaging.com

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

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ADAC / IPWEA IPWEA(Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia) has a technichal business operations model called ADAC (Asset Design and As Constructed) for accurate data ingestion and recording into councils and utilities.

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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.

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Spar 300, Topcon. AGS, Inc., provides GPS land surveying and GIS mapping equipment rentals & sales. We take great pride to give our customers the best service in the industry. Call us for all your surveying and mapping projects.

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AECSPATIAL PTY LTD Web Based and Desktop Mapping Applications Broadbeach Waters QLD 4218 em: info@aecspatial.com.au web: www.aecspatial.com.au

AEOL (AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERING ONLINE) AEOL – Australian Engineering OnLine is a comprehensive Australian engineering news resource, linking consulting and construction engineers to Australia’s infrastructure projects, services and government authorities. AEOL also provide a range of unbiased services customised specifically for the engineering community and associated industries.

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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 LTD 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 Optech Orion H300 lasor sensor. Aerial services include: Photogrammetry for ortho imagery, DTM 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.

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AJILON AUSTRALIA A consulting company providing information technology, business consulting and GIS services across Australia. Vendor independent, using a ‘business driven, technology enabled’ approach to developing solutions, with a strong commitment to delivery. Major clients include state government and the mining, banking and finance, utilities and telecommunications industries.

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ALANTGEO At Alantgeo we specialise in designing and delivering mapping solutions. We’re partners with Mapbox to help organisations make

A joint initiative of the Australian and New Zealand governments and the state and territory governments of Australia. ANZLIC is responsible for the coordination of spatial information policy and strategic issues for Australia and New Zealand.

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ARISING TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS Provision of high-volume scalable real time GIS, messaging and embedded system consultancy. Commercial product provision is IRGIS MapView and IR-GIS HPS for display and storage of real-time data feeds respectively. The product using middleware messaging and a user extensible xml messaging format permitting users to display and store attributed real-time data in near-real time.

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ASIA-PACIFIC REMOTE SENSING A specialist consulting company primarily involved in education, training and human resource advice in the field of satellite, airborne and UAV remote sensing in Australia and Asia in the visible, infrared and microwave wavelengths. Provide advice on the use of remote sensing for mapping, monitoring and management of land use, human settlements and near coastal regions and for environmental assessment studies. Act as an expert witness in flood insurance, tree clearing and other legal disputes.

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND CRC FOR SPATIAL INFORMATION The CRC for Spatial Information (CRCSI) is a leading research centre contributing to the spatial enablement of Australia and New Zealand. Working with university researchers, federal and state agencies, the private sector and international organisations, the CRCSI and its partners deliver research outcomes to help industry grow in key sectors including: agriculture, natural resources and climate change; defence; energy and utilities; built environment; and health. The CRCSI collaborates with over 500 individuals across 100 organisations. The CRCSI influence extends and networks the globe and has a value of $648k to partners.

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constructors and owner-operators with comprehensive architecture and engineering software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Founded in 1984, Bentley has nearly 3,000 colleagues in more than 45 countries, $500 million in annual revenues and, since 2001, has invested more than $1 billion in research, development and acquisitions.

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BLUE MARBLE GEOGRAPHICS For over two decades, Blue Marble Geographics has been at the forefront of the GIS data processing software business. Pioneering work in geomatics and spatial data conversion quickly established this Maine-based company as a key player in the GIS software field.

Companies and organisations in every corner of the world, who appreciate the importance of maintaining the quality, integrity, and interoperability of their critical data, have come to depend on Blue Marble software.

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AUTODESK AUSTRALIA Lvl 5, Building C, 11 Talavera Rd North Ryde NSW 2113 ph: (02) 9844 8000 fax: (02) 9844 8044 em: anz.marketing@autodesk.com web: www.autodesk.com.au

AVENZA SYSTEMS Produces geospatial add-on tools for Adobe Creative Suite: MAPublisher for Adobe Illustrator; and Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop; and the new and revolutionary PDF Maps geospatial PDF application for iOS and Android that enables the use of PDF maps and geotiffs on smart phones and tablets. As well, the PDF Maps system provides an iTunes-like purchase and sale experience for map publishers and map users, doing for maps what iTunes, iBooks and Kindle have done for music and books.

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B-SPATIAL LIMITED Providing enterprise-ready GIS desktop and web mapping clients that can access your GIS data natively from over 150 different formats.

84 Rosehill Drive Papakura NZ 2113 ph: (+64) 92769015 fax: (+64) 9533 5284 em: simono@bspatial.com web: www.bspatial.com

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: (02) 98231533 fax: (02) 9823 1593 em: bedmonds@crkennedy.com.au web: www.crkennedy.com.au/survey

CALCSPLUS South Pacific Master Distributor of Hewlett Packard calculators, also distributor of Sharp, Casio, Ti, TP-Link, Logitech, Plantronics, Siemens Gigaset phones, and Olympus Voice Recorders and Compact Cameras.

Unit 414/91 Murphy St Richmond VIC 3121 ph: (03) 9429 0222 fax: (03) 9429 0022 mob: 0418 332 250 em: orders@calcsplus.com.au web: www.calcsplus.com.au

CALIPER CORPORATION MAPPING SOFTWARE

BENTLEY SYSTEMS Bentley is dedicated to providing architects, engineers,

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Caliper Corporation develops state-of-the-art Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. With a focus on usability, Maptitude is designed to be a cost-effective, professional mapping software product. Maptitude enables organizations to leverage their locationbased data to improve decision making & planning, while minimizing expenditure through competitively priced solutions. Caliper is a privately held corp. & is a leading developer of mapping, redistricting, & transportation software.

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Suite 300, 1172 Beacon St Newton MA 02461-9926 USA ph: (+1) 617 527 4700 em: sales@caliper.com web: www.caliper.com

CALLPOINT SPATIAL PTY LTD Callpoint Spatial has been delivering spatial resources since 2000. We have been privileged to have served 35 Australian telcos, providing spatial data, AQ Pro, Geocoding and Professional Services. We are a Full Access Value Added Reseller for PSMA Australia, and license key datasets such as G-NAF. We have also assisted customers in the real estate, health care, tertiary education, publishing and transport sectors. We extract the maximum value from disparate datasets.

Level 13, 200 Queen Street MELBOURNE VIC 3000 ph: (03) 96701212 fax: (03) 96701218 em: info@callpointspatial.com.au web: www.callpointspatial.com.au

CARDNO Cardno is an ASX-200 professional infrastructure and environmental services company, with expertise in the development and improvement of physical and social infrastructure for communities around the world. Cardno has a strong regional focus which complements specialist teams in major cities. More than 7,500 staff now work in over 270 offices on projects in 85 countries. The spatial team provides key specialist services, for clients and projects across all market sectors.

Level 11, 515 St Paul’s Terrace Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 ph: (07) 33699822 fax: (07) 33699722 em: gis@cardno.com.au web: www.cardno.com

variety of Open Source Software. Chartis Technology specialise in developing and implementing this complex technology.

Suite 12/291 Stewart Street Bathurst NSW 2795 ph: (02) 63323310 mob: 0403 342 297 em: sales@chartistechnology.com web: 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 3168 ph: (03) 9544 5250 fax: (03) 3544 9730 toll free: 1300 254 004 mob: 0414 679 589 em: andrew.english@civilsurveysolutions.com.au web: 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 5007 ph: (08) 83407888 fax: (08) 8340 8877 mob: 0458 000 630 em: info@codycorp.com.au web: www.codycorp.com.au

COHGA PTY LTD

CARLSON SOFTWARE Carlson Intellicad based software produces plans from your survey, civil and mining data with Carlson Survey, Civil, Hydrology, GIS, Geology and Mining using your total station, robotic total station, RTK GPS or GNSS system. Carlson SurvCE & SurvPC field software supports equipment from Carlson and a majority of other leading manufacturers. Carlson supplies data controllers such as the Carlson Surveyor2 or Mini2 with SurvCE and tablets like the Carlson RT3 with SurvPC. Carlson gets the job done!

115 Raceview Ave Hendra QLD 4011 mob: 0488 975 088 em: apac@carlsonsw.com web: www.carlsonsw.com

CEE HYDROSYSTEMS Unit 1/12 Cecil Rd Hornsby NSW 2077 ph: (02) 98871581 fax: (02) 9987 1584 em: wartini@bruttour.com.au web: www.ceehydrosystems.com

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 Digital Mapping Solutions (DMS) / Technology One. We distribute IntraMaps, FME (Safe Software) and work with a

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.

Suite 405, 443 Little Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 ph: (03) 90363711 mob: 0408 784 210 em: info@cohga.com web: www.cohga.com

COMMUNICA Specialising in Technology for Equestrian Sports. Consulting in iPhone App development, design and marketing. Wearable technologies.

Website development.

100 Leiberts Lane BRUNKERVILLE NSW 2323 ph: (02) 49380594 mob: 0418 224 081 em: jose.diacono@communica.com.au web: www.communica.com.au

CONSTANT 3D SERVICES Sales & support of the PhotoModeler software; a world leading low cost; close range photogrammetry software; for creation of 3D models and Dense Surface Models from photographs PO Box 3136 South Brisbane QLD 4101 mob: 0424434505 em: luke@constant3d.com.au

CONVERGENT COMPUTATIONS PTY LTD Developer of the survey data processing, adjustment and transformation software product Geoida for the surveying and engineering professions. ph: (08) 94667990 fax: (08) 9466 7991 www.spatialsource.com.au 47

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COPYRIGHT AGENCY Copyright Agency is a not-for-profit Australian rights management company that collects and distributes copyright fees and royalties for the use of text, plans and images and distributes that money back to the content creators. We have over 28,000 members including surveyors, publishers and authors. Copyright Agency has been declared by the Copyright Tribunal as the collecting society to manage the statutory licence for government use of text, plans and images.

Lvl 15, 233 Castlereagh St Sydney NSW 2000 ph: (02) 9394 7600 fax: (02) 9394 7601 toll free: 1800 066 844 em: info@copyright.com.au web: www.copyright.com.au

CORPORATE GIS An independent strategic management consultancy focused on the spatial information industry. 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. Clients are utilities, councils and government agencies.

PO Box 1099 Camden NSW 2570 ph: (02) 80114637 fax: (02) 9709 3055 mob: 0418 780 322 em: bruce@corporategis.com.au web: 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. 1 Prince Albert Rd Sydney NSW 2000 ph: (02) 8258 7545 fax: (02) 9233 4454 em: CORSnetCustomerSupport@lpi.nsw.gov.au web: www.corsnet.com.au

COTTRELL CAMERON AND STEEN SURVEYS A medium sized survey/mapping firm with offices in Brisbane and Dalby (Qld) and a base in the Bowen Basin providing spatially related services to government, industry and the public. All forms of land survey including engineering and mine survey; town planning; aerial photography and LiDAR capture and processing; and photogrammetry incorporating digital Mapping, digital orthophotos, etc.

Bldg 10b, Technology Office Park, 107 Miles Platting Rd Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113 ph: (07) 3400 9700 fax: (07) 3841 8077 mob: 0417 652 138 em: brucec@ccssurveys.com.au web: www.ccssurveys.com.au

CRITCHLOW 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 22 The Terrace Wellington NZ 6011 ph: (+64) 44728244 fax: (+64) 4472 6695 em: info@critchlow.co.nz web: 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

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consulting support. Expertise includes development, marketing and selling of web services and spatial warehousing software.

95 Sanctuary Dr Beaumont Hills NSW 2155 ph: (02) 9672 6856 mob: 0404 841 131 em: brad@numaps.com.au web: www.cubewerx.com

CURTIN UNIVERSITY The Department of Spatial 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.

Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin Universit, Kent Street Bentley WA 6102 ph: (08) 92667566 fax: (08) 9266 2703 em: spatial@curtin.edu.au web: spatial.curtin.edu.au

DAT/EM SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL DAT/EM Systems International is a leading developer of world-class photogrammetric software which makes mapping easier while providing precise data collection and smooth 3D stereo viewing.

8240 Sandlewood Place, Suite 101 Anchorage AK 99507-3122 ph: (+1) (907) 522-3681 fax: (+1) (907) 522-3688 toll free: (800) 770-3681 em: sales@datem.com web: www.datem.com

DATAMAXX TECHNOLOGIES Lvl 8, 350 Collins St Melbourne VIC 3000 ph: (03) 86796467 fax: (03) 9432 3236 mob: 0408 109 879 em: danny.broadbent@datamaxx.com.au web: www. datamaxx.com.au

DIGITALGLOBE INTERNATIONAL DigitalGlobe is a unique imagery provider because our founders were scientists and GIS mapping users who wanted commercial access to a consistent and rapidly expanding supply of high quality earth imagery and geospatial information products. We are a responsive, flexible and easy to work with company that understands what our customers require and value, a company that delivers images and information better than anyone else.

7 Oppermann Pl Carindale QLD 4152 mob: 0447 534 726 em: pkinne@digitalglobe.com web: www.digitalglobe.com

DJS ASSOCIATES With the use of 3D laser scanning technology, DJS Associates digitally preserves historical sites and landmarks, captures environments and potential evidence for forensic documentation and collects robust data that can be used as a foundation for providing accurate, toscale, two-dimensional drawings and three-dimensional models 1603 Old York Road Abington PA 19001 ph: (+1) 215-659-2010 toll free: +1 800-332-6273 em: jwa@djsscans.com web: www.djsscans.com

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 mob: 0408 368 426 em: peter_morrison@dmmpl.com.au web: www.dmmpl.com.au

DRONE SOLUTIONS PTY LTD Drone Solutions is at the forefront of utilizing Drones for the aerial

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surveying and mapping of a wide variety of landforms. We have extensive experience utilizing this fast, cost-effective data capture technology. Drone Solutions operates both fixed wing aircraft and multi-rotors for high quality results.

3 Thrower Drive Currumbin QLD 4223 ph: (07) 55984838 fax: (07) 5598 4838 mob: 0412392674 em: mmanning@dronesolutions.com.au web: www.dronesolutions.com.au

DRONEMETREX PTY LTD. 9A Crittenden Road Findon SA 5023 ph: (08) 82431280 fax: (08) 82431287 em: info@dronemetrex.com web: www.dronemetrex.com

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.

Lvl 1, 38 Waring Taylor St Wellington NZ 6011 ph: (+64) 44993546 fax: (+64) 4499 3547 em: info@e-spatial.co.nz web: www.e-spatial.co.nz

EARTHINSITE.COM Specialising in spatial information delivery via the internet, including high-resolution aerial photography and sea surface data for offshore fishing.

PO Box 3972 Weston ACT 2611 ph: (02) 6162 0005 fax: (02) 6162 0005 em: info@earthinsite.com web: www.earthinsite.com

EAST COAST SURVEYS (AUST) PTY LTD Since 1993 East Coast Surveys has provided Surveying and Planning services to the greater Brisbane area. Our friendly team of professionals have over 70 years of experience in land surveying. Located in Capalaba, we service Brisbane & SEQ. Our services include subdivision & planning applications, town planning, strata titling, engineering surveys, lease surveys,construction surveys, identification surveys, detail and contour surveys & much more.

7B Natasha St Capalaba QLD 4157 ph: (07) 38231029 fax: (07) 38232691 em: info@eastcoastsurveys.com.au web: www.eastcoastsurveys.com.au

ELLYARD ENTERPRISES More than sixteen years industry experience has shown that a simple to use, effective document management solution can help deliver productivity increases by 1 hour per person, per day. please visit www.documentmanagementsoftware.com.au to see an animated demonstration or download a trail of M-Files 20 Leyshon Ct Bonogin QLD 4213 ph: (07) 55307663 fax: (07) 5530 7663 mob: 0414 599 939 em: peter@documentmanagementsoftware.com.au web: www.documentmanagementsoftware.com.au

EMERG SOLUTIONS Emerg is an established software provider specialising in developing software solutions with and for local government and associated authorities. An Australian organisation, Emerg has a primary focus on being a leading edge software solutions provider supplying the right information to the right people, in the right format, at the right time. customers throughout Australia range from small regional shires to major metropolitan councils.

Level 2, 420 Burwood Hwy Wantirna South VIC 3152 ph: (03) 92648888 fax: (03) 9264 8800 em: info@emerg.com.au web: www.emerg.com.au

EMM CONSULTING EMM is a leading planning and environment consultancy that works throughout Australia and internationally from offices in Sydney, Brisbane and Newcastle. Our highly experienced professionals, some of whom have held senior national or international positions, are leaders in their fields. They lead a talented team from a range of disciplines whose skills are combined to help clients achieve their objectives in ways that contribute to sustainable outcomes.

Suite 01, Ground floor, 20 Chandos Street St Leonards 2065 ph: (02) 94935000 fax: (02) 94939599 mob: 0407757756 em: aedenhofner@emmconsulting.com.au web: www.emmconsulting.com.au/

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND INFORMATION CONSORTIUM Groundwater mapping; Microbial balancng of soil, plants, water, air and animals; Soil and salinity mapping; Soil carbon mapping; Vegetation structure mapping ph: (02) 4842 8182 fax: (02) 4842 8183 mob: 0418 462 443 em: rob@eric.com.au web: www.eric.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 photo’s 3 Talavera Rd North Ryde NSW 2113 ph: (02) 8899 3666 fax: (02) 8899 3777 mob: 0448 202 947 em: jwalsh@epson.com.au web: 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 4000 fax: (07) 3211 1310 toll free: 1300 635 196 em: connect@esriaustralia.com.au web: www.esriaustralia.com.au

FORESOFT Company specialises in writing, selling and supporting civil engineering, precision farming, surveying and geological borehole logging software. Main products are CDS, Ezifield, Ezigrade, and the borehole logging software, Prolog.

12/50 Clyde St Hamilton North NSW 2292 mob: 0457400153 em: steve@foresoft.com web: www.foresoft.com

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 Lvl 1, 53 Brandl Street Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113 www.spatialsource.com.au 49

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FUGRO LADS CORPORATION Fugro LADS are world leaders in the provision of Airborne LiDAR Bathymetric services. Fugro LADS designs, builds, operates and services the latest generation of LADS (Laser Airborne Depth Sounders) systems and provides solutions for shallow water surveys. Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry is internationally recognised as the fastest, most efficient tool for accurate bathymetric survey in shallow, complex waters, coastal zones and reef areas. Fugro also provides hyperspectral survey services.

7 Valetta Rd Kidman Park SA 5025 ph: (08) 8161 4100 fax: (08) 8152 0008 mob: 0400 279 147 em: lads@fugrolads.com web: www.fugrolads.com

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 6007 ph: (08) 9227 7309 mob: 0411 754 006 em: enquiries@gaiaresources.com.au web: 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 2130 ph: (02) 97997252 mob: 0413 746 486 em: info@geis.com.au web: www.geis.com.au

GEOCOMP CONSULTING Geocomp Consulting is the developer of GeoCivil spatial software and a provider of associated services including ePlan, A-Spec and the building of spatially accurate digital cadastres.

Level 2 / 517 Camberwell Rd Camberwell VIC 3124 ph: (03) 98090011 fax: (03) 9809 0022 mob: 0407 351 142 em: geocivil@geocompconsult.com.au web: www. geocompconsult.com.au

GEOCOMP SYSTEMS PTY LTD. Application development, web mapping, hardware for machine guidance systems, software for 3D visualisation, data manipulaion, hydrographic, photogrammetry, mobile mapping, surveying and Civil Engineering.

Suite 4, 2-6 Albert Street Blackburn VIC 3130 ph: (03) 98778400 toll free: 1800 800 754 em: sales@geocomp.com.au web: www.Geocomp.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.

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4/ 23 Wadhurst Dr Boronia VIC 3155 ph: (03) 86448106 em: sales@geoconnect.com.au web: 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 database interoperability, data migration (LandXML etc) and GIS land management solutions.

18 Elkin Cl Morpeth NSW 2321 ph: (02) 4933 7038 mob: 0412 453 170 em: harper@geodata.com.au web: www.geodata.com.au

GEOGRAPHIC BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (GBS) Founded in 2002 by independent GIS consultants Harley Prowse and Tony Elson, GBS has grown to become a respected resource of expert GIS consultants, project managers and GIS developers. We provide custom GIS solutions so that your people can access, use and share powerful location-based information. Our core capabilities include consulting, solution design and architecture, development of web, mobile and desktop solutions, primarily in the Esri suite. GBS is an Esri Gold Partner.

Lvl 3, 45 Mt Wellington Hwy Auckland NZ 1060 ph: (+64) 95703875 fax: (+64) 9574 6918 em: info@gbs.kiwi web: www.gbs.kiwi

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 4006 ph: (07) 33194990 fax: (07) 32529818 em: sales@geoimage.com.au web: www.geoimage.com.au

GEOINFOSYS AUS PTY LTD Geoinfosys Aus Proprietary Limited is an Australian registered company, involved in both entrepreneurial as well as socio entrepreneurial initiatives apart from consultancy in spatial technology field, GIS (Geographical Information System), planning and architecture. Consultations and promotions in developing new and innovative products, solutions and services in the fields of spatial technology, GIS, planning and architecture. Geoinfosys promotes information with space and intelligence, West Ryde NSW 2114 ph: (02) 80949572 em: info@geoinfosys.org web: www.geoinfosys.org

GEOMATIC TECHNOLOGIES Geomatic Technologies (GT) develops advanced mobile and spatial technology solutions to solve complex asset and data management challenges in the utility, transport and government sectors. GT’s specialises in solutions that deliver ‘Asset Intelligence’ and empower infrastructure businesses to make truly informed decisions about their assets. GT’s portfolio includes solutions and services for field service management, asset capture and inspection, spatial BI and data analytics.

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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) 62231999 em: info@geometry.com.au web: www.geometry.com.au

GEOSAGE GeoSage is made up of a small, dynamic and international team of image processing specialists and scientists with extensive experiences in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Its current main base is in Australia. GeoSage offers innovative, advanced and cost-effective image/spatial analysis products and solutions for the growing geospatial community em: info@GeoSage.com web: www.geosage.com

GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA Australian government spatial gateway.

Cnr Jerrabomberrra Ave & Hindmarsh Dr Symonston ACT 2609 ph: (02) 6249 9111 fax: (02) 6249 9999 toll free: 1800 800 173 em: mapfeedback@ga.gov.au web: www.ga.gov.au

GEOSMART GeoSmart is a location based (LBS) data and services company offering bespoke web and mobile apps, online business solutions, traffic and traveller informatioin solutions, route optimisation through to street maps for New Zealand, Australia and beyond.

Company is also a major collector and deliverer of map data, Points of Interest data and live traffic incident and congestion flow data for New Zealand and Australia.

PO Box 101001, North Shore Mail Centre Auckland NZ 745 ph: (+64) 9966 8730 em: info@geosmart.co.nz web: www.geosmart.co.nz

GEOSPATIAL SERVICES - SPATIAL VENTURES Spatial Analysis, GIS, Remote Sensing, Image Analysis, Capacity building GIS, Community development, Web Mapping, GIS Web Development, GIS Programming Civic Parade Altona, Melbourne VIC 3018 ph: (03) 92555979 mob: 0428 817 046 em: services@spatialventures.com.au web: 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) 95249980 fax: (08) 9524 9980 mob: 0439 944 100 em: pwjones@iinet.net.au web: 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 4000 ph: (07) 33163000 fax: (07) 3316 3333 em: carolyn.pappin@ghd.com web: www.ghd.com

GIS CONSORTIUM INDIA PVT. LTD GIS Consortium India Pvt. Ltd (ISO 9001:2008 Certified) is an India based technology driven emerging GIS Services & Spatial data provider for creative solutions in the areas of Data conversion, Natural Resources Management, Land Information Systems, Urban Planning & Geographical Information Systems Applications. GIS, Remote Sensing, Urban Planning, LiDAR. Aerial Photography H 122, Sec 63 Noida 201301 ph: (+91) 1204640000 fax: (+91) 1204640020 mob: (+91) 8130411234 em: sankha@giscindia.com web: gisconsortium.net

GIS PEOPLE GIS People is a vendor-agnostic and multi-disciplinary supplier of geospatial services. Whilst our competitors often focus on products or services from a single vendor, we work with a broad range of spatial technologies, including the latest commercial and open source software. We deliver spatial strategies, geoanalytics, cartography, web-mapping, mobile app development, imagery processing, GIS training and much more across Queensland and Australia.

Unit 1, 27 Ballow Street Fortitude Valley, Brisbane QLD 4006 fax: (07) 3041 6464 toll free: 1800 684 543 mob: 0401 656 331 em: info@gispeople.com.au web: www.gispeople.com.au

GIS RECRUITMENT GIS RECRUITMENT is a specialist recruiter that provides high quality, permanent and subcontract labor-hire recruitment service to the GIS, Spatial Sciences and related Environmental Engineering industries across Australasia. Since 1991 Managing Director Peter Dalton has fostered specialist recruitment services in the GIS industry. All developed under one in-house process, we have created a cost effective specialist recruitment services.

We focus on selling your reputation as an industry leader to our GIS candidates which enables us to deliver to you the best GIS candidates in the market.

Queen Street Brisbane QLD 4000 ph: (07) 38324477 fax: (07) 30540559 mob: 0400 447 447 em: admin@gisrecruitment.com.au web: www.gisrecruitment.com.au

GIS-VISION GIS-VISION specialises in developing and providing Geographical Information (GI) knowledge. Nowadays, the demand of geographical based decisions is highly increased. Acknowledging that, GIS-VISION offers a range of visionary geographical information services to customers.

40 Moojebing st Bayswater WA 6053 mob: 0412174274 em: info@gis-vision.com web: www.GIS-VISION.com

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GITA (AUST & NZ) The Geospatial Information Technology Association is the membership association for individuals and organisations working in the management of utility assets through geospatial information technologies. The annual industry conference attracts thinkers and practitioners from Australia and around the world.

Suite 145, National Innovation Centre, Australian Technology Park, 4 Cornwalis St, Eveleigh, Sydney NSW 2015 em: accounts@gita.org.au web: www.gita.org.au

GLOBAL GBM Global GBM specialises in best-in-class enterprise mobility solutions that connect the mobile field workforce with business workflows. We deliver real-time field data collection and reporting services that empower business. Global GBM is a division of Exa-Min Technologies, developer of GBM Mobile, GBM Web and now the award-winning flagship Konect platform, designed and built for smart phones and tablets.

Level 3, 143 Charlotte Street Brisbane QLD 4001 ph: (07) 32100741 fax: (07) 3210 0738 em: brett@geobalgbm.com web: www.globalgbm.com

GLOBALPOS PTY LTD A privately owned Australian company that provides high accuracy GNSS solutions to a wide range of markets in Australia and overseas.

The staff is always accessible for current clients or potential clients seeking advice, or those needing something by ‘yesterday’. Offering tough, easy to use and well supported GNSS equipment range.

85 Burton Rd Eleebana NSW 2282 ph: (02) 49484509 fax: (02) 4948 0565 toll free: 1800 636 627 mob: 0429 342 498 em: sales@globalpos.com.au web: www.globalpos.com.au

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 mob: 0458 320 244 em: jason@gviz.com.au web: www.gviz.com.au

HAEFELI-LYSNAR SURVEY EQUIPMENT The WA distributor for professional positioning products, including state of the art Trimble GNSS Systems, robotic total stations, laser scanning and monitoring solutions, UAV’s and 3D cameras.

Unit 2/28 Hasler Rd Osborne Park WA 6017 ph: (08) 94458811 fax: (08) 9445 8822 em: info@hlgs.com.au web: www.hlgs.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 6174 ph: (08) 93372300 fax: (08) 9314 1355 toll free: 1300 447 111 em: admin@handleysurveys.com.au web: www.handleysurveys.com.au

HEMISPHERE GNSS Headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, Hemisphere is a leader in highaccuracy commercial satellite positioning solutions. Building on its strong history of positioning innovations, the company develops and delivers flexible, high-performance satellite positioning products and services that enable its customers to easily and cost-effectively get the positioning solution they need.

51 Ubi Avenue 1, #01-22, Paya Ubi Industrial Park 408933 ph: (07) 6296 8238 fax: (07) 6295 0996 mob: (+65) 9661 0195 em: JLim@HGNSS.com web: www.HGNSS.com

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) 94550041 fax: (03) 9455 0042 em: info@gpsatsys.com.au web: www.gpsatsys.com.au

GROUNDTRUTH Groundtruth empowers public authorities and other organisations to easily share and update critical geographic information, from the office, to the public, and out in the field.

Suite 13, 243 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 ph: (03) 90176850 mob: 0409 413 890 em: info@groundtruth.com.au web: www.groundtruth.com.au

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

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HERE MAPS HERE, a Nokia company, is a leader in navigation and mapping. We combine highly accurate and fresh maps with cloud technology to enable rich, real-time location experiences across various industries.

To learn more about HERE, including our work in the areas of connected and autonomous driving, visit http://360.here.com or go to https://company.here.com/enterprise/ Lvl 1, 4-12 Amsterdam St Richmond VIC 3121 ph: (03) 94205935 fax: (03) 9420 5901 em: david.woodlock@here.com web: 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

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largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com.

410 Concord Rd Rhodes NSW 2138 toll free: 131347 em: rachael.hunter@hp.com web: www.hp.com.au

HI-TECH METROLOGY Metrology (Measurement) Equipment 2 Carl Crt Hallam VIC 3803 ph: (03) 97023911 fax: (03) 9702 3933 toll free: 1800 283 095 em: info@hitechmetrology.com.au web: www.hitechmetrology.com.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 2154 ph: (02) 8850 0262 fax: (02) 9899 9366 em: hvc@hyvista.com web: www.hyvista.com

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.

Suite 22 / 2 Enterprise Drive Bundoora VIC 3083 ph: (03) 94665200 fax: (03) 9466 5222 mob: 0419 309 990 em: lterrett@iconyx.com web: www.iconyx.com

IFM - (INTEGRATED FACILITY MANAGEMENT PTY LTD) With offices in Sydney and Perth, IFM specialises in affordable, dynamic, secure Spatial Information Solutions, GIS, Asset and Facilities Management and Location based services for the public and private sectors throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Whether for an enterprise corporate wide system or single user application, IFM can supply either desktop or web enabled solutions that will add spatial intelligence and better functionality to your GIS, Asset and Space Management processes, while remaining mindful to maintain your investment and integrity in existing systems and data.

Lvl 7, 20 Loftus Street Sydney NSW 2000 ph: (08) 92641946 mob: 0415 090 509 em: sales@integratedfm.com.au web: www.integratedfm.com.au

IGNSS SOCIETY A not for profit association incorporated in Queensland, Australia for professionals with an interest in the GNSS disciplines. ph: (07) 5599 5007 fax: (07) 5536 6366 em: krys@ignss.org web: www.ignss.org

IMAGIS CONSULTING GIS and Geospatial services, High-level GIS Analysis, sustaianable land resource assessment, all mapping including LEP, site investigations, corridor mapping, asset mapping for local governments, CMA mapping services, land use and agricultural mapping. Site investigations, sattelite and remote sensing work for agricultural

mapping. GIS consulting; strategic reviews; desktop studies. Mobile mapping and GPS expertise, land resource assessment, soil carbon mapping and environmental management.

44 Cobra St Dubbo NSW 2830 ph: (02) 6885 4667 fax: (02) 6885 3618 mob: 0404 204 897 em: info@imagis.com.au web: www.imagis.com.au

IMAO - INTELPIX CONSULTING IMAO is a private owned independent company based in France with branches in the Americas, Africa, Middle East, Asia and Australasia, that performs aerial acquisitions all over the world for private clients but also for clients like the World Bank, the European Development Found and many others international cooperation and development agencies. With 10 operational aircraft around the world, our activity is focused on vertical photogrammetric imagery, oblique photography and Lidar.

Level 19, AMP Place, 10 Eagle Street Brisbane QLD 4000 ph: (07) 33030888 33038445 mob: 0400386686 em: luc.vanhoorick@imao-au.com web: www.imao-fr.com

INDUSTRIAL MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS As Australian measurement specialists IMS provides high precision measuring systems for mapping and industry. These include integrated single-box GPS INU systems for advanced surveying, UAV and mapping applications with direct interfacing with optical and laser scanners or custom integrated solutions. IMS also provides high end laser trackers and other metrology solutions with software for inspection and reverse engineering.

3/15-17 Beaumont Rd Mount Kuring-gai NSW 2080 ph: (02) 9457 7794 fax: (02) 9457 7796 mob: 0418 212 257 em: bruce@measure.com.au web: www.measure.com.au

INSIGHT GIS GIS software and services provider, specializing 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) 62345833 fax: (03) 6234 5899 mob: 362345833 em: info@insightgis.com.au web: www.insightgis.com.au

INSTITUTION OF SURVEYORS NSW The independent professional organisation representing surveyors and survey related professionals in NSW since 1891, with over 1300 members in Australia and overseas. Our monthly journal, Azimuth, is a premier professional publication for surveying in Australia. We run regular CPD-approved events including the two-day Australia Day seminar, and the NSW EISSI excellence awards. Our 8 regional groups, young surveyors and seniors groups, each run their own events across NSW. Lvl 4, 162 Goulburn St Surry Hills NSW 2010 ph: (02) 92642076 fax: (02) 9261 8102 em: isnsw@surveyors.org.au web: 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, hybrid, and in be Lvl 7, 35 Spring St Bondi Junction NSW 2022 ph: (02) 83052100 fax: (02) 8305 2199 mob: 0438 622 621 www.spatialsource.com.au 53

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INTEGEO Integeo’s 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, Spectrum Special, GeoServer, Business Objects, Cognos, QlikView, MicroStrategy and many more BI tools including Excel.

Suite 79, 330 Wattle St Ultimo NSW 2007 ph: (02) 94053391 fax: (02) 9281 0286 mob: 0403 781 614 em: info@integeo.com web: www.integeo.com

INTELPIX CONSULTING Consulting in aerial acquisition, specialising in RPAS (UAV) technology for mapping, reconnaissance, geospatial data and intelligence gathering. Provider of innovative and cost effective solutions for mobile mapping.

Lvl 19, AMP Place, 10 Eagle St Brisbane QLD 4000 ph: (07) 3303 0888 fax: (07) 3303 8445 mob: 0400 386 686 em: info@intelpix.com.au web: www.intelpix.com.au

INTERGRAPH CORPORATION Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) provides geospatially powered solutions to the public safety and security, defense and intelligence, government, transportation, photogrammetry, utilities and communications industries. Intergraph Government Solutions (IGS) is an independent subsidiary for SG&I’s US federal business. Intergraph SG&I is one of two divisions of Intergraph Corporation. Intergraph is part of Hexagon.

Level 3, 420 St Kilda Rd Melbourne VIC 3004 ph: (03) 9292 9643 fax: (03) 9292 9601 mob: 0414 886 925 em: fiona.lorenzini@intergraph.com web: www.intergraph.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 5061 ph: (08) 83571777 fax: (08) 8357 3001 em: imiaap@chariot.net.au web: www.imiamaps.org

ISA SOLUTIONS ISA Solutions provides innovative, sophisticated & affordable GIS, Spatial & Web based solutions to the business problems of commercial, not for profit and government organisations. We specialise in Esri ArcGIS & open source GIS software such as QGIS, PostGIS, PostgreSQL, MapServer & MapProxy.

Cairns QLD 4870 mob: 0438897244 em: info@isasolutions.com.au web: www.isasolutions.com.au

ISPATIAL SOLUTIONS PTY LTD iSpatial Solutions is an Australian owned and operated consultancy focused on delivering innovative and quality survey and location based services to the offshore oil & gas and mining resource sectors.

Formed in 2011, iSpatial was founded on providing two key areas of spatial expertise: *Offshore Surveying Consultancy Services *GIS Consultancy Services Our extensive experience in the offshore oil

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and gas and mining resource sectors means iSpatial Solutions has the solution to your spatial needs Unit C7 36 Southport Street Leederville WA 6007 mob: 0438 910 465 em: admin@ispatial.com.au web: www.ispatial.com.au

ITMSOIL AUSTRALIA itmsoil Australia provide geotechnical instrumentation systems for large projects Australia wide. Our range of products includes piezometers, inclinometers, extensometers, tilt meters, pressure cells, settlement cells, strain gauges and load cells. Our service ranges from supply only to turn-key solutions including supply, commissioning, ongoing monitoring, support and training. We have a range of telemetry and software solutions to provide the most efficient delivery of data. web: itmsoil.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 100 Christie St St Leonards NSW 2065 ph: (02) 99282100 em: ralph.croker@jacobs.com web: www.jacobs.com

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) 80999000 fax: (02) 80999099 em: sales@jirotech.com web: www.lisasoft.com

JOHNNY APPLESEED GPS A specialist Australian supplier of GPS and rugged hardware with four offices. A trusted supplier for more than fifteen years of equipment from Garmin, RAM Mounts, DJI, Trimble, Magellan, Handheld, Hemisphere, OmniSTAR, and handheld products.

1311 Ipswich Rd Rocklea QLD 4106 ph: (07) 3717 8555 fax: (07) 3848 7585 toll free: 1800 477 477 em: geoffreym@ja-gps.com.au web: www.ja-gps.com.au

KEAYS SOFTWARE Keays Software develops software for civil engineers and surveyors. Software for road design, surveying, surface modelling, 3D Visualisation, water supply, sewerage, drainage. Interface to AutoCAD. Development of software in AutoCAD. ADAC and A-Spec data transfers.

9/621 Coronation Drive Toowong QLD 4066 ph: (07) 38701711 fax: (07) 3870 1784 em: products@keays.com.au web: www.keays.com.au

L-3 OCEANIA Marine Systems Integrator, including Systems Engineering, Software Development for Marine Solutions. Specializing in Hydrography, Geo spatial, Vessel Tracking and Security Solutions. level 1, 121 Walker St North Sydney NSW 2060

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ph: (02) 94310000 fax: (02) 9430 5901 toll free: 894310000 em: Scott.Elson@l-3com.com web: www.l-3com.com/oceania

LAND EQUITY INTERNATIONAL LEI are an experienced and progressive international development consulting organisation specialising in land administration, land governance, land policy and urban management. Our expertise encompasses design, implementation, evaluation and a range of training options across land sector projects. LEI have managed projects across more than 25 countries across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Pacific.

Suite 12, Kembla Terraces, 74 Kembla St Wollongong NSW 2500 ph: (02) 42276680 fax: (02) 4228 9944 em: kanthony@landequity.com.au web: www.landequity.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, precise GNSS, site management and quality control, as constructed documentation, terrestrial laser scanning, automated monitoring and 3D documentation.

24 Finchley Street Milton QLD 4064 ph: (07) 33663525 em: Survey@landsolution.com.au web: www.landsolution.com.au

LANDAIR SURVEYS Land engineering and aerial surveyors Suite 1, 675 Boronia Rd Wantirna VIC 3152 ph: (03) 98872888 fax: (03) 9887 3897 toll free: 1300 130 158 mob: 0418 348 538 em: info@landair.com.au web: www.landair.com.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) 87403186 mob: 411801986 em: manager@landgis.com.au web: www.landgis.com.au

instrument solutions for all measurement and positioning needs. Fully experienced support, service and repair team.

237 Montague Rd West End QLD 4101 ph: (07) 3846 3385 fax: (07) 3844 3907 em: sales@laserandsurveysolutions.com.au web: www.laserandsurveysolutions.com.au

LAT 37 PO Box 3058 Ohope NZ 3161 NZ ph: (+64) 73155602 fax: (+64) 7315 5604 mob: 64272058674 em: simon@lat37.co.nz web: www.lat37.co.nz

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 2067 ph: (02) 80024087 em: sales@LatiBiz.com web: 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, Canada BC V8W 1T7 ph: (+1) 2503818130 em: marketing@latitudegeo.com web: www.geocortex.com

LEICA GEOSYSTEMS Almost 200 years of pioneering solutions to measure the world; offering a broad array of products and services worldwide to capture, measure, analyse and present spatial information. Product range amongst others: Airborne digital cameras, airborne LiDAR scanners, UAV, mobile mapping, post processing and 3D modelling software. A global company with around 3,500 employees in 28 countries and partners in more than 120 countries. Leica Geosystems is part of Hexagon, Sweden.

404/26 Harvey Street Little Bay NSW 2036 ph: (02) 99211790 mob: 0419 241 140 em: steve.gaynor@leica-geosystems.com web: www.leica-geosystems.com

LANDPARTNERS LIMITED (SYDNEY) LandPartners is a leading built environment firm, bringing together professionals working nationally across inter-discipline projects and one of the largest built environment consultancies in Australia.

Company works with major property developers and government agencies -landmarks which are innovative concepts, structures or systems of their era across the following disciplines: Surveying, Mapping and GIS, Town Planning, Urban Design, Water and Sewer Servicing 23-29 South Street Rydalmere NSW 2116 ph: (02) 96852000 em: roy.lowe@landpartners.com.au web: www.landpartners.com.au

LASER AND SURVEY SOLUTIONS Brisbane based company offering measurement solutions and systems for metrology, scanning, coordinate and traditional survey needs. Drawing on world leading manufacturers including Faro, Sokkia, Spectra Precision, Juniper Systems and Ashtech, offering

LISTECH LISTECH is a world leader in the development of smart, innovative and internationally successful software products specifically designed to solve the complex problems associated with surveying, civil engineering and the geospatial industries. Key to our product strategy is our emphasis on investing in research & development, focusing on new and improved products to satisfy the needs of our thousands of customers throughout the world.

Level 3, 420 St. Kilda Road Melbourne VIC 3004 ph: (03) 90051105 fax: (03) 9005 1106 toll free: 1300 650 332 em: support@listech.com web: www.listech.com

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suppliers’ index M2M CONNECTIVITY M2M Connectivity is a supplier of GNSS antennas from Tallysman, We also supply 3G/4G and satellite wireless modems to connect equipment from remote locations.

1 Barrett St Kensington VIC 3031 ph: (03) 96963011 fax: (03) 9372 1588 em: info@m2mconnectivity.com.au web: www.m2mconnectivity.com.au

MAPC An authorised distributor of surveying instruments and GIS/GPS equipment from companies such as Nikon, Ashtech (Magellan Professional), CHC and other leading brands. Supplying products for surveying, GIS, construction and engineering professionals, including total stations, theodolites, laser levels, automatic levels, surveying accessories and rugged field PDAs and Tablet PCs; full support for all products. Software includes ArcPAD, ARES 3D CAD, SiteMaster, EziField, and ProLog. 1st Fl, 92 Lambton Rd Broadmeadow NSW 2292 ph: (02) 4950 9882 fax: (02) 8572 9429 mob: 0416 133 732 em: info@mapc.com.au web: www.mapc.com.au

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) 84362800 fax: (02) 8436 2888 em: info@mapdataservices.com web: www.mapdataservices.com

MAPONICS, LLC Maponics maps areas of interest. We specialise in the creation of spatial data through the careful collection and analysis of data from qualified, private and government sources. The products we deliver provide our customers with real-world boundaries and details about populations of interest. Maponics boundaries power many of today’s best-known web, social media and real estate brands, including over 70% of the top real estate website portals.

35 Railroad Row White River Junction VT 5001 ph: (+1) 8026498500 toll free: 1-800-762-5158 mob: 8026498500 em: info@maponics.com web: www.maponics.com/

MAPPING & HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS An Australian hydrographic survey company; 40 years experience on projects within Australia, South East Asia, Papua New Guinea, Africa, the Pacific and Middle East. MHS offers a range of hydrographic disciplines executed by specialised hydrographic surveyors, geophysicists and marine scientists using advanced technologies and systems.

31 Byron St Bulimba QLD 4171 ph: (07) 3399 8566 fax: (07) 3899 1515 mob: 0408 745 214 em: john@mhshydro.com web: www.mhshydro.com

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

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industries ranging from education and mining, to agriculture and asset management choose Mappt.

28/12 Cowcher Place Belmont WA 6104 em: hayley@takor.com.au web: www.mappt.com.au

MAPSHED Offering server centric products based on SOAP, Java, and WSDL, which support scaleable, enterprise distribution of solutions to multiple client devices. The web services are applicable to the eGovernment, finance, utility, military, emergency, telco, and property/ real estate industry sectors. lv 7, 140 Ann street Brisbane QLD 4000 ph: (07) 36662100 fax: (07) 3319 6291 toll free: 1300 665 177 em: info@mapshed.com.au web: www.mapshed.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) 96803999 mob: 0418 488 342 em: ian@mapsoft.com.au web: 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.

31 Flemington St Glenside SA 5065 ph: (08) 83389222 fax: (08) 8338 9229 em: solutions@maptek.com.au web: www.maptek.com

MCMULLEN NOLAN GROUP Founded in 1989, McMullen Nolan Group is dedicated to providing personalised and innovative spatial solutions to both the Land Development and Resources and Infrastructure sectors across Australia. With a team of dedicated and experienced staff, McMullen Nolan Group’s capabilities include: Land Development; Resources and Infrastructure; Terrestrial and Mobile Laser Scanning; Hydrographic Survey; Mapping; Cartographics; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); 3D visualisation; and Ground Penetrating Radar.

Lvl 1, 2 Sabre Cres Jandakot WA 6164 ph: (08) 6436 1599 fax: (08) 6436 1500 em: info@mcmullennolan.com.au web: www.mcmullennolan.com.au

MEIER IT PTY LTD Meier IT Pty Ltd is an Australian software company providing customised spatial applications specialising in desktop, web and mobile development technologies.

PO Box 7153 Mount Crosby QLD 4306 ph: (07) 32010423 fax: (07) 3201 0425 mob: 0412 175 887 em: info@meierIT.com.au web: www.meierIT.com.au

MERCURY PROJECT SOLUTIONS Mercury Project Solutions delivers services to top tier clients in both the public and private sector to solve complex location business problems. We are about thinking and doing: strategy and implementation. Ultimately, Mercury is about delivering business results that really matter to you. We are with you all the way: from Idea, via Planning to Execution. Services we provide: Strategic

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Consulting Spatial and Information Architectures Implementation Planning Project and Program Management 2b Alsop Walk Carine WA 6020 mob: 0408 054 565 em: info@mercuryps.com.au web: www.mercuryps.com.au

MICRONICS Manufacturer of Innovative DGPS systems for Mining and Asset Management. EEMIS Exploration Systems for Heritage Site avoidance and and drillsite status. Custom design GIS Asset management software for cost effective and optimised client operations.

Engineering DGPS hardware design for Exploration and Plant collision avoidance. DGPS design is from Submeter to cm RTK applications.

New release product is FTSlim, rugged, lightweight Decimetre systems especially designed for exploration.

84 Telford Cres Stirling WA 6021 ph: (08) 9344 8808 mob: 0412 385 188 em: micron@iinet.net.au web: micronicsgps.com

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: microsoft.com/maps

MIPELA GEOSOLUTIONS Mipela GeoSolutions is a location information management

company with a passion for connecting people with information since 1997. With around 40 staff and offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth, we have clients in every state of Australia and internationally. Our industry experience is predominantly in energy and infrastructure, with clients operating in gas, water, power, mining, retail, agriculture, construction and consulting services.

5 Prospect St Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 ph: (07) 3252 5589 fax: (07) 3252 2477 toll free: 1300 807 770 em: sales@mipela.com.au web: www.mipela.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.

Commonwealth Law Courts, 1 Victoria Ave Perth WA 6000 ph: (08) 94251000 fax: (08) 94251193 toll free: 1800 640 501 em: enquiries@nntt.gov.au web: www.nntt.gov.au

NAVIGATE Geospatial data engineers and GIS specialists. NAVTEQ and PSMA VARs; FME resellers.

Suite 202, 10-12 Clarke St Crows Nest NSW 2065 ph: (02) 94363820 fax: (02) 9436 3780 mob: 0412 1689 40 em: navigate@navigate.com.au web: www.navigate.com.au

NEARMAP.COM nearmap is a global leader in the provision of geospatial map technology for business, enterprises and government customers. www.spatialsource.com.au 57

suppliers’ index 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 Circular Quay NSW 2000 ph: (02) 8076 0700 fax: (02) 8076 0701 em: queries@nearmap.com web: www.nearmap.com

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 6100 ph: (08) 9355 6000 fax: (08) 9355 6099 mob: 0418 882 015 em: info@ngis.com.au web: www.ngis.com.au

NUMAPS NuMaps provides access to Census 2006 and 2011 data supplied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. We have structured the ABS data into Thematic Map overlays which are available via OGC, WMS & WFS web service requests. Subscribers to our service can overlay these Thematic Map Overlays (DemographicDrapes) atop commercially available base maps such as supplied by Google, Yahoo, Bing and OpenStreetMap or into any OGC compliant GIS product.

95 Sanctuary Dr Beaumont Hills NSW 2155 ph: (02) 9672 6856 mob: 0404 841 131 em: brad@numaps.com.au web: www.numaps.com.au

OMNILINK PTY LTD OMNILINK is a successful property and location data management company, which has been providing enterprise data management and integration services for over 25 years. OMNILINK has developed specific expertise and skills to acquire, collate and improve data for Government, education and business. OMNILINK has offices across Australia and New Zealand, and is now working with new customers in the United Kingdom.

10 East Parade Eastwood NSW 2122 ph: (02) 98048807 fax: (02) 9804 7901 toll free: 1800 651 291 em: info@omnilink.com.au web: www.omnilink.com.au

ONESPHERE OneSphere is an Australian spatial services company providing advisory, analysis and development services involving GIS, Spatial, Remote Sensing and Location Information technologies. We support a wide range of industries across Australia including emergency services, transport, environment, utilities and all levels of government.

Suite 880, 29 Smith St Parramatta NSW 2150 ph: (02) 83247484 em: enquiries@onesphere.com.au web: www.onesphere.com.au

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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.

Lvl 8, South Tower, 1-5 Railway St Chatswood NSW 2067 ph: (02) 9904 7077 fax: (02) 9904 7577 mob: 0409 966 361 em: iedwards@openspatial.com.au web: www.openspatial.com.au

ORBIT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Established in 1994, Orbit Australia provides geographic 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.

Suite 145 National Innovation Center Australian Technology Park, 4 Cornwallis Street Eveleigh NSW 2015 ph: (02) 92094022 fax: (02) 93107232 mob: 0410 536 300 em: Info@orbitaustralia.com web: www.orbitaustralia.com

OUTLINE GLOBAL PTY LTD At Outline we seek to understand our customers objectives and then craft specific imagery based solutions to address these. Providing GIS-ready stereo and multispectral imagery, LiDAR and mapping and analysis solutions for more efficient decision making. Eliminating jargon, minimising delays caused by unwieldy technology. Proprietary compact, mobile and fully scalable camera technology, enabling us to travel almost anywhere in the world at short notice to bring you the images and intelligence.

4 Cook Street West Perth WA 6005 toll free: 1300 945 216 mob: 0437 487 149 em: rossl@outlineglobal.com.au web: www.outlineglobal.com.au

PANALYTICAL BOULDER (FORMERLY ASD INC.) PANalytical Boulder (formerly ASD Inc.) is the global leader in remote sensing and hyperspectral measurement solutions, providing unparalleled ground truthing results. Our rugged, portable FieldSpec® 4 line of spectroradiometers provides the freedom to rapidly collect high-quality spectra in the field. Trusted by top research experts at thousands of universities and research institutions, ASD’s full-range spectrometers are used in more than 70 countries.

2555 55th Street, Suite 100 Boulder CO 80301 USA ph: (+1) 303 444-6522 fax: (+1) 303 444-6825 em: NIR.info@panalytical.com web: www.asdi.com

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) 84135200 fax: (03) 8413 5299 em: anz.sales@pelicancorp.com web: www.pelicancorp.com

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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. We have partnered with Safe Software and Socrata.

Two leading data management companies.

Level 36, 1 Macquarie Place Sydney NSW 2000 ph: (02) 80754542 em: sales@permuto.com.au web: www.permuto.com.au

POSITION PARTNERS Position Partners is Topcon’s Australian Distributor and the largest Australian-owned company focusing entirely on the distribution and support of positioning and machine control solutions for land management, civil works and building projects. Having pioneered the introduction of RPAS (Remote Piloted Aircraft System) and 3D Mobile Mapping for surveying in Australia, Position Partners also develops tailored solutions for local industry, including Tokara site management telematics and the national CORS network, AllDayRTK. 7 Transit Dr Campbellfield VIC 3061 ph: (03) 99307111 fax: (03) 9930 7170 toll free: 1300 867 266 em: info@positionpartners.com.au web: www.positionpartners.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 ADS80 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) 93283444 fax: (03) 9326 6476 em: ps@photomapping.com.au web: www.photomapping.com.au

PSMA AUSTRALIA PSMA Australia derives national, quality spatial information from authoritative data sources to build and deliver national datasets and related services. PSMA works with a network of valueadded resellers to maximise the value delivered to the Australian economy from this data asset.

Unit 6, Level 2, 113 Canberra Ave Griffith ACT 2603 ph: (02) 6260 9000 fax: (02) 6260 9001 em: enquiries@psma.com.au web: www.psma.com.au

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PITNEY BOWES Pitney Bowes, a global technology company, powers billions of physical and digital transactions in the connected and borderless world of commerce. We are a world leader in providing GIS and Location Intelligence solutions to both commercial and public sector clients globally. More than a billion people around the world today use Pitney Bowes Location Intelligence solutions when they check in or use location-sharing features on major social media platforms.

Level 1, 68 Waterloo Road Macquarie Park NSW 2113 ph: (02) 94753500 fax: (02) 9475 3599 toll free: 1800 227 232 em: pb.apac@pb.com web: www.pitneybowes.com/au

QLD Survey Pegs (QSP) has been developing and manufacturing quality hardwood peg and smooth stake products for over two 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 for d 36 Burrows St Wondai QLD 4606 ph: (07) 41690585 fax: (07) 4169 0629 toll free: 1300 650 832 mob: 0421 582 082 em: sales@qldsurveypegs.com.au web: www.qspaust.com.au

QUICKCLOSE 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 www.spatialsource.com.au 59

suppliers’ index 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: (03) 9486 7845 mob: 0413 974 771 em: richard.stanaway@quickclose.com.au web: www.quickclose.com.au

RAPID MAP SERVICES Conducts field mapping and data capture projects all over Australia.

Objects mapped include bushfires to pot holes, water meters to buried pipelines. Wide experience with projects of half a day (precise GPS survey of a heritage site) to a two year project for complete data capture of all Road Traffic Authority NSW assets; also provides desktop mapping services.

Suite 22, 2 Enterprise Dr Bundoora VIC 3083 ph: (03) 9466 5200 fax: (03) 9466 5222 mob: 0418 178 822 em: info@rapidmap.com.au web: www.rapidmap.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 mob: 0429 193 100 em: information@rxmap.com.au web: www.rxmap.com.au

RIA MOBILE GIS Provider of integrated mobile GIS solutions. Based in Tasmania with a customer base spread across the country, we have extensive experience in providing integrated mobile solutions across utilities, environmental, mining; local, state and federal government agencies including Emergency Services and Defence. We develop solutions for ArcPad and ArcGIS Mobile, integrating with ArcGIS Desktop, Server and Mobile. We are the developers of GeoDrive, a video mapping plugin for ArcPad and ArcGIS. Lvl 1, 53 Salamanca Pl Hobart TAS 7001 ph: (03) 6223 6444 fax: (03) 6223 4381 em: tim.price@riamobilegis.com.au web: www.riamobilegis.com.au

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 (SPATIAL CONSULTANT) Geospatial consulting to government, academic, community, and private sectors.

7/11 Bay Drive Meadowbank NSW 2114 mob: 414898035 em: rjconsult@outlook.com web: www.linkedin.com/in/rosscjohnson

RMIT UNIVERSITY RMIT University enjoys an international reputation for excellence

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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 3001 ph: (03) 99258359 fax: (03) 9925 4377 em: thierry.demathieu@rmit.edu.au web: www.rmit.edu.au

SBG SYSTEMS SBG Systems offers a complete line of inertial sensors based on the state of the art MEMS technology, such as Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS), Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Inertial Navigation Systems with embedded GPS (INS/GPS), etc. SBG Systems products are suitable for defense, industrial & research projects such as unmanned vehicle control, antenna tracking, camera stabilisation, and surveying applications.

3 bis chemin de la Jonchere Rueil-Malmaison A8 92500 ph: (+33) 1 80 88 45 00 fax: (+33) 1 80 88 45 01 em: sales@sbg-systems.com web: www.sbg-systems.com

SBL KNOWLEDGE SERVICES LTD SBL Geo-Spatial Services provides a complete range of geospatial services from very complicated three-dimensional analyses to simple digitisation. As client satisfaction is one of our organisation’s core goals, we constantly strive for the benefit of our customers by providing cost-effective solutions in spatial domain in a speedy manner and with a high level of accuracy. GIS Services, Remote Sensing Services Photogrammetry Services Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) LiDAR Services BIM service Carnival Infopark - Phase II Kakkanad, Cochin 682030 ph: (+91) (0) 859 023 3999 mob: +91 (0) 859 023 3999 em: info@sblcorp.com web: www.sblcorp.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.

Unit 4/10 Depot St Banyo QLD 4014 ph: (07) 32569955 em: tye.s@schmap.com.au web: www.schmap.com.au

SENDERO RESOURCES Como / Perth WA 6152 em: alejandro.vega@senderoresources.com.au web: senderoresources.com.au

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. web: https://www.simplegissoftware.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 Application Programming Interface (API) that enables you to customize, develop and deliver advanced solutions suited to you and your customers requirements.

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that range from management consulting to detailed technical delivery services.

Suite 12, 799 Springvale Rd Mulgrave VIC 3170 ph: (03) 85552663 fax: (03) 5971 1688 mob: 0418 522 930 em: greghouse@spatialbiz.com web: www.spatialbiz.com

SMARTNET AUS SmartNet Aus is a subscription based service offering GNSS Network RTK corrections throughout Australia and provides high-precision, high-availability Network RTK corrections for any application, using any constellation and is available to everyone.

SmartNet Aus is built on the powerful GNSS Spider software providing a variety of real-time data products to the end-user.

It is open to all data formats, offering a GNSS RTK solution to anyone in the precision measurement marketplace. It provides one of the largest Australia-wide GNSS RTK Networks available in the market place today with partners in all levels of government and private companies supplying GNSS data from their reference stations. SmartNet Aus has opened the doors to new markets in precision measurement across many industries such as Precision Agriculture and GIS, while at the same time providing a stable and reliable infrastructure for traditional construction and surveying applications.

Level 3, 420 St Kilda Road Melbourne VIC 3004 ph: (03) 98231870 toll free: 1300 477 762 mob: 0409239287 em: enquiries@smartnetaus.com web: www.smartnetaus.com

SOFTROCK SOLUTIONS Providing slope monitoring technology used to detect movement and deformation. Offering a range of solutions, from fully automated robotic systems, cost effective GPS, through to analysis software for interpreting automated and manually collected data; full training and support provided. We sell and promote Leica monitoring equipment and software.

Unit 1/75 Miguel Rd Bibra Lake WA 6163 ph: (08) 9418 1411 fax: (08) 9418 1166 mob: 0438 680 075 em: bernie@softrock.com.au web: www.softrock.com.au

SPA GEO TECHNOLOGIES PVT LIMITED Spa Geo technologies Pvt Ltd (SpaGeo) (an ISO 9001:2008 certified company) is one of the leading provider of GIS, Remote Sensing, photogrammetry, LIDAR ( Aerial, Mobile, terrestrial, UAV ), and GPS hardware and software products and services to clients in India and Abroad. SpaGeo holds more than 10 years of experience in producing base Geospatial and IT technology.

Corp office: 8A, third floor, Mahaluxmi Metro Tower C2, Sector-4, Vaishali, Ghaziabad 201012 ph: (+91) 120-4567200 fax: (+91) 120-4567100 mob: +91-9910711900 em: info@spageo.co.in web: www.spageo.co.in

SPATIAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS Spatial Business Systems Spatial Business Systems provides advanced software and services solutions to the utility and telco industry world wide. The company has an unparalleled combination of talent and software offerings to help companies leverage their investments in geographic information systems (GIS) and computeraided design (CAD). As a full-service provider, we provide solutions

SPATIAL INDUSTRIES BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SIBA’s purpose is to foster an opportunity-rich environment for its members. SIBA 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 does this in three main streams of activities; Creating future demand, Creating a better business environment and Providing direct business support 27-29 Napier Cl Deakin ACT 2600 ph: (02) 62825793 mob: 0438 097 749 em: kireland@spatialbusiness.org web: www.spatialbusiness.org

SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE Application developers, web developers, GIS consultants and document management solution providers. 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 fax: (02) 9438 4677 em: info@spatialintelligence.com.au web: 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 mob: 0402 134 008 em: info@spatialjobs.com.au web: www.spatialjobs.com.au

SPATIAL SCIENTIFIC PTY. LTD. Spatial Scientific provides remote sensing services and airborne imaging solutions spanning a range of industries. Our three business units are: Remote Sensing Australia (provides remote sensing and airborne imaging services); AeroScientific (supplies software and hardware for airborne image acquisition, including UAV technology), and Spatial Scientific Technologies (customdesigned imaging systems for a range of airborne and groundbased applications).

Level 5, 121 King William Street Adelaide SA 5000 mob: 0405 141 647 em: info@spatialscientific.com.au web: www.spatialscientific.com.au www.spatialsource.com.au 61

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SPATIAL SOLUTIONS Cost-effective, professional, timely and dependable service - we can help you get the most out of your IT and spatial systems. We give you access to professionally trained and specialised staff who will enable you to deliver your project by complementing the existing in-house team or by being your Spatial/IT team.

L6, 12 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000 ph: (08) 92189777 fax: (08) 9200 5639 mob: 0417 177 444 em: admin@spatial-solutions.com.au web: www.spatial-solutions.com.au

SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD We streamline the data life-cycle for both engineers and GIS managers. With a change in the requirements for better accuracies in GIS and BIM, we are shrinking the gap between surveying and GIS. With more than 20 years’ experience in GIS technologies and surveying, we have the solutions to capture accurate GIS data with rich attributes ready for your corporate system. We achieve this by using our skills in GIS, laser scanning, UAV and BIM. Mordialloc VIC 3195 mob: 0429902229 em: contact@spatialtechnologies.com.au web: www.spatialtechnologies.com.au

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

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some of the country’s most pressing environmental, economic and resource issues. Open source and commercial GIS; Cloud services and NBN; mobile platforms; crowd sourced and government open data. To find out more please contact us on 1300 366 Level 4, 575 Bourke Street Melbourne VIC 3000 ph: (03) 96913000 fax: (03) 9691 3001 em: info@spatialvision.com.au web: www.spatialvision.com.au

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 mob: 0428 946 095 em: info@specterra.com.au web: www.specterra.com.au

SPECTRA PRECISION Spectra Precision is a division of Trimble Navigation Limited and focuses on meeting the core needs of surveyors and field data collection specialists. The product family of Spectra Precision includes the following: - Optical Instruments - GNSS receivers - Survey Data collectors - Software - GIS mobile mapping systems. This includes the Spectra Precision, Nikon, Ashtech and SECO brands.

Level 1, 120 Wickham Street Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 ph: (07) 32160044 mob: 448600900

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starting from A$12,900+GST. Both brands provide an accurate and reliable solution with extensive reference sites all over NZ & Pacific.

3D scanners available include ARTEC, GEOMAGIC 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 4 Waiorakei Way Tauranga NZ 3175 ph: (+64) 75443942 mob: (+64) 226573634 em: info@surveysolutions.co.nz web: www.surveysolutions.co.nz

SPOOKFISH LIMITED Best of both worlds - Until now, only satellites could capture geospatial imagery across entire continents, but at the expense of resolution. Existing aerial solutions can capture high resolution imagery, but can’t match the consistent, continental coverage of satellites. And using either approach can be a costly exercise in compromise. Spookfish is bringing you the best of both worlds; Cost effective, high resolution, continental coverage, without compromising quality or features Technology Park, 5 Turner Avenue Bentley WA 6102 toll free: 1300776651 em: enquiries@spookfish.com web: www.spookfish.com

SPUR, POWERED BY LANDGATE SPUR is a location technology hub, powered by Landgate with a proven track-record in innovation, ambitious to help your venture succeed. Whether you are from government or industry, a developer or start-up, a researcher or a business, SPUR brings together Landgate’s services in a fresh, dynamic way providing you with access to data, resources and key contacts, in the one place. We aim to nurture a pipeline of partnership, investment and support for emerging WA-based location technology businesses.

1 Midland Square Midland WA WA 6056 ph: (08) 92730787 em: spur@landgate.wa.gov.au web: www.spur.wa.gov.au

SUPERGEO TECHNOLOGIES INC. Supergeo is a global provider of GIS mapping software and solutions. Since its establishment, Supergeo has engaged in improving state-of-the-art geospatial technology and bringing the customizable services to fulfil clients’ growing demands for geoapplications. Supergeo software has spread around the world as the backbone of mapping and spatial analysis, providing consumers with a wide range of products and services from mobile, desktop, server, to web applications.

5F., No. 71, Zhouzi Street, Taipei, 114, TAIWAN. 3 114 ph: (+886) 2-26591899 fax: (+886) 2-26590612 em: staff@supergeotek.com web: www.supergeotek.com

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: 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 5000 ph: (08) 82120343 em: trysurveying@alifewithoutlimits.com.au web: www.alifewithoutlimits.com.au

SURVEYING TASK FORCE 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.

Suite 204, 21 Bedford St North Melbourne VIC 3051 ph: (03) 9326 8173 em: trysurveying@alifewithoutlimits.com.au web: www.alifewithoutlimits.com.au

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SURVEY SOLUTIONS SURVEY SOLUTIONS supply a range of the latest GNSS receivers and 3D scanners. Brands of GNSS include SOUTH & SATLAB with prices

Established 25 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: (03) 95559640 fax: (03) 9555 3854 mob: 0418 130 241 www.spatialsource.com.au 63

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TATUKGIS SOFTWARE Develops and licenses GIS software products for developers and users. TatukGIS Developer Kernel is a GIS SDK (component) for custom developing desktop, embedded, client-server, web server, and mobile applications using multiple development environments: native .NET WinForms, ASP.NET WebForms, Compact Framework, and Embarcadero VCL. TatukGIS Editor is a professional desktop GIS mapping and data editing application with powerful built-in scripting environment and API. Plac Kaszubski 8/105 Gdynia, Poland 81-350 ph: (+48) (58) 620 9262 fax: (+48) (58) 621 0962 em: sales@tatukgis.com web: www.tatukgis.com

TECHNOLOGYONE In 2015, TechnologyOne acquired Digital Mapping Solutions (DMS). TechnologyOne Spatial is an integrated enterprise solution that enables any geographic information to be easily visualised and analysed. It provides spatial context to many areas of your organisation including property, planning and development, and physical infrastructure and operational work management.

540 Wickham Street Brisbane QLD 4006 ph: (08) 31677300 toll free: 1800 671 978 em: t1salesandmarketinghelpdesk@technologyonecorp.com web: www.technologyonecorp.com/local-government/spatial

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 mob: 0421 317 372 em: andrea@virtualgis.com.au web: 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 Unit 6, 18 Casuarina Drive Bunbury WA 6230 ph: (08) 97214000 fax: (08) 9721 2720 em: info@thompsonsurveying.com.au web: www.thompsonsurveying.com.au

TELEDYNE OPTECH Optech develops, manufactures and supports advanced LiDAR and imaging-based survey instruments. With operations and staff worldwide, Optech offers both standalone and fully integrated LiDAR and digital camera solutions for airborne mapping, airborne laser bathymetry, mobile mapping, mine cavity monitoring and industrial process control, as well as space-proven sensors.

300 Interchange Way Vaughan ON L4K 5Z8 Canada ph: (+1) 906 660 0808 em: Judah.Westby@teledyneoptech.com web: www.teledyneoptech.com

TERRAPAGES TerraPages provides online mapping products and services, along with address validation tools and many geocoding products and services. TerraPages is also a Full Access Reseller of all PSMA datasets. Company also has a mobile mapping development arm, creating apps in the Android and Iphone space.

Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, 26-32 Pirrama Rd Pyrmont NSW 2009 ph: (02) 90095060 fax: (02) 9009 5099 em: sales@terrapages.com web: www.terrapages.com

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 Management, Level 4, Building 35, University of Queensland St Lucia QLD 4072 ph: (07) 33656455 fax: (07) 3365 6899 em: gpem@uq.edu.au web: www.gpem.uq.edu.au/

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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.

Parent company, Topcon Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange – 7732), was founded in 1932.

7400 National Dr Livermore CA 94550 USA em: information-tps@topcon.com web: www.topconpositioning.com

TOTAL HYDROGRAPHIC Total Hydrographic specialises in shallow water hydrographic surveying. We utilise many unique devices such as remote control vessels and amphibious survey vessels to capture data through the entire transition from land to water. Bathymetric surveys, Sonar, Beach monitoring, Dredging surveys and Hydrology surveys.

5 Driftwood Close Seabrook VIC 3028 mob: 0467 055 005 em: tim@totalhydrographic.com.au web: www.totalhydrographic.com.au

TOTAL SURVEY SYSTEMS PTY LTD Importer and distributor (Sales - Service - Hire) of a wide range of Surveying and GNSS equipment. Supported by full factory service facilities on site. Total surveying solutions tailored to your individual needs ranging from basic Total Stations, CORSnet solutions, Automated Gyro Systems and monitoring systems. All survey accessories from SECO, Yamayo Tapes, Gammon Reels, HP calculators and Quickclose software. Training and support available for all equipment.

7 South St Rydalmere NSW 2116 ph: (02) 96380055 fax: (02) 9638 3933 mob: 0411 704 044 em: hugh@totalsurvey.com.au web: www.totalsurvey.com.au

1300 867 266

info@positionpartners.com.au NSW • VIC • QLD • SA • WA • TAS • ACT • NT

42 Nelson Street Stepney SA 5069 ph: (08) 83634111 mob: 0408 688 826 em: barry@uas-australia.com.au web: www.UAS-australia.com.au

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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) 3036359243 mob: (+1) 17208224407 em: cecelia_fresh@trimble.com web: 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 6021 ph: (08) 93225295 fax: (08) 9322 4164 toll free: 1800 062 221 em: au_corrections@trimble.com web: www.trimble.com/positioning-services

TRUE3D True 3D is Australia’s most trusted professional surveying and 3D architectural modelling solution. A full service, award winning agency with over 16 years experience, True 3D specialise in developing accurate solutions for project plans and community consultation processes associated with large infrastructure, mining and construction ventures in Australia and the South Pacific.

Suite 12, Woree Business Plaza,12-20 Toogood Rd Woree QLD 4868 ph: (07) 40330586 fax: (07) 3102 8548 mob: 0414 827 610 em: info@true3d.com.au web: www.true3d.com.au

UAS AUSTRALIA UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS UAS are the Australian/N.Z Distributors for SMART –PLANE ( made in Sweden) Under 2kg , under $20K , Hydro-Pilot, a twin hull Hydrographic boat ( made in Aust) and Agi-Soft mapping software ( made in Russia). Our fleet also includes a Hex Copter. UAS sells and services all these products for the markets of Surveyors, Local Government, Mining, Forestry, Farming and all Utilities. As an authorised CASA approved Operator we can provide services in IR Photos, General Aerial Photography , Mapping ( to scale), Contouring. Stock pile volumes, DTM’s, 3D modelling and Cross sections of open pit mines and Stock piles. Data can be exported in many formats. The Hydro-Pilot is ideal for Dams, lakes and inlets, and is a complete system for computing volumes and underground cross sections. Use our GPS or yours. All of our UAV’s/Boats are available for Purchase, including a Rent to Own finance plan or Rental.

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 toll free: 1300 306 825 mob: 0403 041 962 em: sales@udg.com.au web: www.udg.com.au

UNIVERSAL SPATIAL SOLUTIONS We have universal spatial solutions for surveying, construction, engineering, metrology, civil measurements, mining, archeology, education and architecture. Quality brands : SOKKIA FARO UBEXI 3D laser scanners, survey instruments, construction lasers & level accessories - tripods, staves, total stations, theodolites, digital levels, GPS, GNSS, network GIS. Universal Spatial Solutions Pty Ltd is a national company based in Brisbane with experienced professional staff providing solutions to various industry disciplines.

PO Box 206 Ferny Hills QLD 4055 mob: 0408 871 506 em: sales@uss3d.com.au web: www.uss3d.com.au

UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA (UC) 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 - see UC website at http://www.canberra.edu.au.

Staff members also engage in academic research and consultancies on specific projects within their expertise in environmental science and ecology. Contact us anytime +61 2 62015650 Faculty of Education, Science, Technology & Mathematics, Uni of Canberra Bruce ACT 2601 ph: (02) 62015650 fax: (02) 6201 2328 toll free: 1300 301 727 mob: 61 408228695 em: george.cho@canberra.edu.au web: 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 School of Civil & Env Eng, UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 ph: (02) 93854205 fax: (02) 9385 6139 mob: 0405 848 889 em: c.rizos@unsw.edu.au web: www.engineering.unsw.edu.au/civil-engineering/ types-of-surveying-and-geospatial-engineering

UPG (ULTIMATE POSITIONING GROUP) With over 125 years of experience in the survey industry, UPG, Trimble distributor for QLD, NSW, VIC, SA and NT, specialises in providing the latest in geospatial technology solutions and innovation across a number of industries including mining, land surveying, construction, www.spatialsource.com.au 65

suppliers’ index utilities and local government, transportation and logistics as well as environmental and waste management.

33 Allison St Bowen Hills QLD 4006 ph: (07) 38518300 fax: (07) 3252 1275 em: qldoffice@upgsolutions.com web: www.upgsolutions.com

UPG (ULTIMATE POSITIONING GROUP) NSW Across our group of companies, we work with customers to implement transformational technology that will help tackle some of the greatest challenges industries are facing. UPG have been helping organisations in the South Pacific gather, analyse and use geospatial data for more than 126 years. By implementing and leveraging the right technology, your geospatial data won’t just be data; it will be the intelligence you need for better decision-making in your organisation.

1-3 Nelson St Thornleigh NSW 2120 ph: (02) 94735300 fax: (02) 9473 5301 em: nswoffice@upgsolutions.com web: www.upgsolutions.com

VH INFOSOLUTIONS We specialize in providing following geospatial services – GIS, photogrammetry - AT, DTM, DSM, Orthophoto rectification, LiDAR, remote sensing, 3D city modeling, data conversion, mapping, cartography, imagery and customized GIS application software production. We also provide engineering and AEC production services.

For more information and sales enquiries please contact at info@ vectorhead.co.in and asd@vectorhead.co.in.

New Delhi ph: (+91) 1147084355 em: info@vectorhead.co.in web: www.vectorhead.co.in

VISION COMMUNICATORS Offering specialist, high resolution, vertical and oblique aerial imagery for all GIS applications; also terrestial imagery using equipment that elevates the remote camera to 12 metres.

Australia-wide operation; no job too small. Pro-video also acquired with or without geo locations. All projects guaranteed as fit for purpose.

28 Kensington Ave Dubbo NSW 2830 fax: (02) 6884 9771 mob: 0417 060 743 em: visionco@bigpond.net.au web: www.visioncommunicators.com.au

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 Tel Aviv 2 6971025 ph: (+972) 3-6091042 fax: (+972) 3-6091043 em: info@visionmap.com web: www.visionmap.com

VPAC INNOVATIONS PTY LTD The company builds web-based spatial data modelling tools and provides installation, maintenance, customisation, hosting and training services for geospatial modelling applications. With specialists in scientific software development and high performance computing, we make GIS data and analytics available to everyone, on multiple platforms and for multiple online devices. Our flagship product, Landblade, is a fast, easy-to-use cloud based modelling tool that performs simultaneous data queries.

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em: info@vpac-innovations.com.au web: www.vpac-innovations.com.au

VW MAPS Working in traditional and new media cartographic formats, vW Maps has been transforming information into beautiful and convincing maps since 1994. With extensive expertise in many spatial and geographic fields, we focus on problem-based thinking based on deep understanding of current capabilities and evolving technology trends. We can help you discover the right solutions for data acquisition, cleaning or processing; Open Data policies and good practice & virtual city models.

3 Younger Court Kew VIC 3101 mob: 0424 127 492 em: mvw@vwmaps.com web: www.vwmaps.com

WALKER GEOSPATIAL & DATA ANALYSIS Walker Geospatial & Data Analysis are the experts at transforming data into knowledge for informed decision making. If your business collects data or can potentially utilise data from other sources, we can transform it into meaningful information and business knowledge.

68 Beatty Lane Yackandandah VIC 3749 mob: 0418 170 835 em: info@walkergeospatial.com.au web: www.walkergeospatial.com.au

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 6017 ph: (08) 62413333 fax: (08) 62413300 em: whelans@whelans.com.au web: 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 (CMM’s) to our terrestrial scanners and vehicle mounted scanning systems.

Unit 1 22-24 Norman St Peakhurst NSW 2210 ph: (02) 91539974 fax: (02) 91539973 mob: 0412892592 em: info@wysiwyg3d.com.au web: www.wysiwyg3d.com.au

YELLOWFIN Yellowfin is a global Business Intelligence (BI) software vendor passionate about making BI easy. Yellowfin is headquartered and developed in Melbourne, Australia, offering a highly intuitive 100 percent Web-based reporting and analytics solution. Founded in 2003 in response to the complexity and costs associated with implementing and using traditional BI tools, Yellowfin is a leader in mobile, collaborative, embeddable BI, Location Intelligence and data visualization. www.yellowfinbi.com 360 Elizabeth Street Melbourne VIC 3000 ph: (03) 90900454 fax: (03) mob: 0431 835 658 em: lachlan.james@yellowfin.bi web: www.yellowfinbi.com

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