Vander Vlugt Location Intelligence Down Under

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The Spatial Information Community in Australia is somewhat schizofrenic. Dominated by the surveying Industry, it sometimes seems full of ageing, sluggish and conservative blokes. But Australia has also given birth to world-leading innovations such as GML, ArcPad and the game-changing Google Maps. Having moved to Australia 10 years ago, Maurits presents an outsiders view from the inside, highlighting some of the frustrating, quirky and exciting aspects of location intelligence in Australia.

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Location Intelligence Down Under

Shorts, Sandals and Theodolites?"

Some Common Myths About Australia

What is true about Australia?

And we have Bondi Beach!

Curtin University (Perth, WA)

Melbourne School of Geomatics

Spatial Sciences Institute

20042009

What’s your problem?

Precision Paralysis

Is it all doom and gloom?

ER-Mapper - Perth

Indji Watch - Perth

Do you know these guys?

Google Maps

Summary

What will the future bring?

I’ll stay a bit longer...