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Choosing & Using a Map – Part 1

If you’ve ever gone hiking and felt a bit ill-prepared, you’re not alone. Darren Edwards of Trail Hiking Australia has met plenty of hikers who can’t quite find their way. However, with a great map and some basic knowledge, you’ll be steering the way in no time.

Q&A with Glenn Cockerton

This year marks twenty years of Spatial Vision. To celebrate this milestone, our managing director Glenn Cockerton sat down with Position magazine to reflect upon the journey, and where to next.

Digital Earth in a Transformed Society

What is a Digital Earth? According to the International Journal of Digital Earth, the term refers to “…a virtual representation of the planet, encompassing all its systems and forms, both natural environment and human societies, manifested as a multi-dimensional, multi-scale, multi-temporal, and multi-layer information facility.
“I believe we need a ‘Digital Earth’. A multi-resolution, three-dimensional representation of the planet, into which we can embed vast quantities of geo-referenced data” —Al Gore, 1998 (speech)

Assessing the Impact of Climate Change with the City of Port Phillip

Drawing on the latest climate science and downscaled modelling available through the CSIRO, Spatial Vision conducted a first-pass asset vulnerability assessment for CoPP to assist in better understanding the likely impacts of anticipated climate change to council assets. The impact and vulnerability assessment generated an impact rating based on assessed asset sensitivity to different climate change exposure scenarios.

Spatial Vision Wins Environmental and Sustainability and Export Awards at APSEA VIC

On 18-21 June, Dr Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse, Executive Director – Strategic Consulting & International Relations joined global leaders in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the fourth United Nations Expert Consultations and Meetings on the Development of the Implementation Guide of the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF).

Vicmap Goes Digital

Spatial Vision developed a mobile App map ordering using solution based on advanced HTML5 hybrid framework that focuses on performance, and can create App for multiple platforms such as iOS and android as well as desktops using a single source code that can reduce the cost and effort of development for these multiple platforms.

Cooling the City Visualisation

With the frequency of extreme heat events increasing in urban areas, heat stress is becoming a major health concern for pedestrians as they navigate their way across the urban landscape.

Spatial Vision Celebrates 20 Years of Making a Difference

Spatial Vision has been making a difference for 20 years. This difference covers many aspects of our natural and built worlds – from awareness and decisions on issues covering bushfires, climate change, biodiversity, education services, water delivery, sustainable fisheries, through to social equity and citizen engagement.

How Do Water Authorities Use GIS?

Water is a precious and increasingly contentious resource. When we run our taps or water our gardens, we’re largely oblivious to the strategy, politics and data that goes into water policy in Australia.

Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) are widely used by the water industry for decision making and planning, management and reporting.

Field Maps and STAR: Victorian Biodiversity (Offline) Mobile Data Capture

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) engaged Spatial Vision to produce a mobile application in Esri Collector for ArcGIS to be the field data capture tool for the DELWP web mapping application STAR.