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South PAN's serious accuracy boost for NZ forestry
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (345+ words) The Institute's remit includes managing forest inventory, keeping track of pests and diseases, and supporting precision forestry operations. As accurate positioning is crucial for the Institute's success, it wanted to see if South PAN could make a difference. South PAN,…...
High-resolution coastal Li DAR point cloud data
2+ week, 1+ day ago (235+ words) The data, captured from aerial scans, presents the most detailed 3 D views so far of parts of New Zealand's coastline. Toit" Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is in the middle of conducting the 3 D Coastal Mapping (3 DCM) project, which…...
Surveying total station with dual displays
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (153+ words) Spatial Source Surveying total station with dual displays Singular XYZ has added the STS1 total station to its range, bringing, the company says, a combination of precise measurement capabilities with intuitive software. The STS1 provides 2" angular accuracy with mm-level distance measurement, making…...
Final GPS III satellite launched; GPS IIIF is next
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (443+ words) Spacecraft SV10 was rocketed into space from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday aboard a Space X Falcon 9 launch vehicle. SV10 is undergoing routine checks and being managed by Lockheed Martin's Launch & Checkout Operations Center prior to…...
Spiral Blue delivers space Li DAR to UK company
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (320+ words) The company today announced its first international Li DAR export, a strategic sale to Lodestar Space in the UK. With the first unit delivered, Spiral Blue says it is already accelerating the development of a next-generation version to meet Lodestar's…...
NZ geospatial industry survey report released
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (490+ words) Conducted online between March and June 2025, the 2025 New Zealand Geospatial Industry Profile Survey sought to find out more about who is involved in the sector and get their views on current matters and trends. The survey was developed by the…...
2026 Pacific Islands GIS & Remote Sensing User Conference (2026-11-30)
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (155+ words) With a theme of "Strengthening and Expanding Geospatial Networks in the Pacific Islands," the 2026 Pacific Islands GIS & RS User Conference aims to build and enhance geospatial networks in the Pacific Islands by being a forum where experts, practitioners and policymakers…...
OGC offers individual membership option
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (201+ words) According to the OGC, individual membership provides a more direct pathway for practitioners to participate directly in working groups, code sprints, testbeds and ongoing collaborations. "OGC has always been powered by remarkable professionals " engineers, system architects, researchers, and developers from…...
Navigation system tested under GNSS-denial
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (349+ words) Specifically, Advanced Navigation supplied its Boreas D90 fibre-optic gyroscope (FOG) inertial navigation system (INS), and in separate tests combined it with a laser velocity sensor (LVS) and a wheel-speed encoder. The Boreas D90 determines true north using gyro-compassing to detect the Earth's…...
Save the date: Geo Connect Asia 2026
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (362+ words) This long-running event has become the region's essential meeting place for all those interested in the latest geospatial, location intelligence, autonomy and uncrewed solutions and technologies. This year's event will be held across two days, 31 March and 1 April, and is…...