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April 2013 eNews
Highlights include: State Land Information Capture (SLICP); WALIS News, Issue 39 Summer 2012/13; Landmark Study Predicts Rise of Council Smartphone Apps; CSIRO Keeps the Past in the Future with World First 3D Mobile Mapping Project; GPS Technology Used to Save Trees from Heat; Manhattan of the Mind; and Smithsonian Navigates History from Galileo to GPS.
Read More...March 2013 eNews
Highlights include: WALIS Forum 2013; Location Information Strategy – Whole of Program Update; New SSSI Regional Executive Officer Appointment; Global University Spatial Competition an Aussie Student's Golden Ticket; Hand Held 3D Mapping System Used to Explore Aboriginal Caves; Find Your Way Indoors With Google Maps for Android; GeoVation Supports Greener Business Hack Event; and A Duet from Space.
Read More...February 2013 eNews
Highlights include: WALIS Forum 2013 Update; SLIP Update; CensusatSchool 2013: Questionnaire Now Open; Victorian Industry Survey 2012; Spatial Skills Shortage to Get a Boost; Printing Tags to Track Big Fish; Geo-tagging for Efficient, Cost-Effective Project Management; and HOT: Demonstrating the Usefulness of Spatial Data to Partners.
Read More...January 2013 eNews
Highlights include: SLIP Future - Stay Informed; State Land Information Capture Program (SLICP); Curtin Research the First in Australia to Combine Satellite Technologies; Coordinating Earth Observation Activities in Australia; A Sporting Advantage: Spatially Enabling National Sport and Recreation Data; Astronaut's Photo of Perth from Space; and Planet’s Biodiversity Map Updated after 136 Years.
Read More...December 2012 eNews
Highlights include: SLIP Future; STiS 2012; 2013-14 SLICP Callout Open; Season’s Greetings from the WALIS Office; Gifted Students Cache in on GIS Technology Comp; That's One Small Step for Apps One Giant Leap for Soil Science; myregion; New Map Highlights Hotspots for Mega-Quakes; and Meet Google's Mr Maps.
Read More...November 2012 eNews
Highlights include: Location Information Strategy – Whole of Program Update; World GIS Day 2012 at Pickering Brook; Destination Spatial Need Your Help!; Defining Australia in the Digital Age; Nestle's Terrifying Golden Ticket; and GIS – Storytelling with Data?
Read More...October 2012 eNews
Highlights include: WALIS Community - Issues Register; GeoVIEW.WA; SLIP Enabler Feedback Resolution: Data Service Document (Part A); Regional Framework for Local Biodiversity Conservation Priorities for Perth and Peel; NQ Wildfire Mitigation Project; Opening Place-Based Information Report; Shaping a Nation: A Geology of Australia; Helping Map the Future: More Must be Done to Encourage the Participation of Adolescents in Policies; and No Place like Home GPS Shoes.
Read More...September 2012 eNews
Highlights include: Happy 5th Birthday, SLIP!; The Future of SLIP; SIBA Submission to the NSW Planning System Review Green Paper; pin2fix; Ergon Recruits Game Developers for Geospatial Project; Get Lost: is Apple Maps on a Road to Nowhere?; 'Magic Carpet' Could Help Prevent Falls; and Geography Strikes Back.
Read More...August 2012 eNews
Highlights include: Cadastre Strategic Directions Workshop; Petroleum and Geothermal Open Day; National Career Development Strategy Green Paper; Geospatial Industry Asks Immigration to Ease Recruitment; Marine Climate Change – Impacts and Adaptation Report Card Australia 2012; Coalition of Geospatial Organizations; and Atom Clock Space-Bound to Revolutionise Global Timekeeping.
Read More...July 2012 eNews
Highlights include: Cadastre - Strategic Directions Workshop; Mid West Youth Science Forum; Regional Workshops for the Location Information Strategy; QuickStats; Launch of the WA‐Australian Ocean Data Network; Big Aussie Atlas Launched in London; Unmanned Aircraft to the ResQu; UC Santa Barbara Geographer Charts the ‘Next-Generation Digital Earth'; and GPS Sheep Tracking Supports 40-Year-Old Theory.
Read More...June 2012 eNews
Highlights include: WALIS Recruitment; SLIP and SLICP Online Customer Survey for Key Performance Indicator; Australia Revealed as 2011 Census Data is Released; Western Australia: a Geological and Biological Wonderland; Sentry Cameras Pick up Asteroid Impacts for Astro–Geology Study; Using GPS for Weather Forecasts; Discovery of Historical Photos Sheds Light on Greenland Ice Loss; and New Online Portal Offers Most Comprehensive Range of Geospatial Data.
Read More...May 2012 eNews
Highlights include: Location Information Strategy for Western Australia; WA Spatial Excellence Awards 2012 Winners; Spatial Industry Salary Survey 2012; Smartphone App is the Citizen’s New Power Source; and Floating Robots Use GPS-Enabled Smartphones to Track Water Flow.
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