Find it faster with RIDGID utility location equipment. RIDGID utility locators feature an easy-to-use visual mapping display that allows...
Mapping & GIS
The sky’s the limit: improving asset management with drones
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Big Data, Digital and smart utilities, Drones, Features, Inspection, Mapping & GIS, Water, 0Technology has become a major part of our modern world, helping to make life easier and safer for many...
Cutting-edge cartography: digital mapping for improved vegetation management
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset management, Big Data, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Mapping & GIS, 0by Imogen Hartmann, Journalist Victorian Power Networks (VPN) (encompassing the CitiPower and Powercor networks) and United Energy (UE) own...
How to enhance your network safety using improved GIS data
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset management, Condition Assessment, Construction, Digital and smart utilities, Mapping & GIS, Partner Solutions, 0Many utility companies currently use a manual process, where as-constructed drawings are drawn on paper in the field before...
Case study: boosting GIS quality with high-accuracy GPS
Imogen Hartmann, , Asset management, Condition Assessment, Digital and smart utilities, Equipment, Instrumentation, control & monitoring, Mapping & GIS, Partner Solutions, Smart Utilities, 0As part of US energy services holding company Southern Company Gas’ goal to maintain quality asset records, the company...
Predicting future vegetation risks on bushfire-prone networks
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Disaster Management, Electricity, Features, Managing Disruption with AioT and predictive analytics, Mapping & GIS, Powerlines, 0Trees can pose a significant threat to the safety and reliability of electricity networks. A new collaborative project by...
Positioning australia for success: Geospatial reference system upgrades
Charlotte Pordage, , Digital and smart utilities, Equipment, Features, Mapping & GIS, Products, Software, 0While global positioning systems (GPS) can currently provide 5-10m accuracy, more precise positioning is increasingly important for applications in...
Spatial solutions for agile real-time bushfire responses for communities, nations and the whole world
Kim Ho, , Community engagement, Disaster Management, Events, Mapping & GIS, Partner Solutions, Sustainability, 0By Kate Crawford, Paul Reed and Roshni Sharma, Locate20 Organising Committee Communication is vital to keep communities affected by...
Similarities between GPR and EMF in locating utilities
Charlotte Pordage, , Mapping & GIS, Partner Solutions, Professional services, Utility location, 0Most utility locators have a good understanding of electromagnetic field (EMF) locators. While there are similarities between EMF and...
Game-changing technology highlights the risks overhead
Charlotte Pordage, , Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Mapping & GIS, Powerlines, Safety, 0Energy Queensland has 1.7 million power poles and over 225,000km of overhead and underground powerlines across Queensland. Unfortunately, powerlines...
Award-winning tool to boost powerline safety
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Equipment, IOT Internet of Things, Mapping & GIS, News, Powerlines, Safety, Smart Utilities, Spotlight, 0Ergon Energy and Energex, as part of Energy Queensland, have won a Safe Work Award for a lifesaving tool...
Modernising GIS for a fully connected network
Chris Bland, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Inspection, Mapping & GIS, Water, 0Icon Water is currently undertaking a widespread transformation program looking to align people, process and technology within its Business...
Rise of the machines: drone inspections take off
Chris Bland, , Asset management, Drones, Inspection, Mapping & GIS, Partner Solutions, Professional services, 0One of the long-running challenges for utilities in managing their assets has been finding ways to easily access, survey...
Using geospatial analysis to mitigate bushfire risks
Lauren Butler, , Features, GNSS, Mapping & GIS, 0Bushfire risk is one of the most the significant safety issues for electricity networks. Historically, this risk has been...
Bays, inlets and rivers are under increasing pressure from urbanisation, population growth and climate change to continue to properly...
There is an urgent need for improved access to water quality information to better understand the impacts of climate...
Energy Networks Australia has released new interactive maps of Australia’s energy grid to help identify optimal areas for new...
How to best use drones in civil construction
Lauren Butler, , Drones, Events, Inspection, Mapping & GIS, Safety, 0Drones have opened a new frontier of mapping and inspection possibilities for the civil construction industry, according to Nick...
Leveraging the cloud to manage data collection and distributed field teams
Utility Journalist, , Mapping & GIS, Partner Solutions, Products, 0Companies with geographically distributed offices and field crews face challenges in the continuous and near real-time management and tracking of...
Hinchinbrook Shire Council (QLD) is seeking a GIS profession service provider for a fixed period of two financial years...
National growth plan for Australia’s spatial sector
Lauren Cella, , Big Data, Digital and smart utilities, Instrumentation, control & monitoring, Mapping & GIS, News, 0The recently released 2026 Spatial Industry Transformation and Growth Agenda (2026 Agenda) represents a change for the industry and...
Explore geospatial’s enabling role in digital transformation at Locate17
Lauren Cella, , Digital and smart utilities, Engineering, Events, Mapping & GIS, News, Partner Solutions, Water, 0The International Symposium on Digital Earth and Locate17, running from 3-6 April at Sydney’s International Conference Centre, will provide...
Can new technology make you a smarter locator?
Lauren Cella, , Asset management, Condition Assessment, Maintenance, Mapping & GIS, Partner Solutions, Utility location, 0by Anthony Johnstone, Access Detection A new range of high quality utility-locating equipment has hit the market, all offering...
Leica Geosystems partners with Geolantis to integrate a cloud-based utility mapping platform
Lauren Cella, , Construction, Mapping & GIS, Partner Solutions, Software, 0Leica Geosystems, a global leader of measurement and digital reality capture technologies, has teamed up with Geolantis, a provider...
Bringing together geospatial data
Lauren Cella, , Big Data, Electricity, Mapping & GIS, Projects, Renewables, 0A unique industry partnership has brought together a range of energy data together in the one tool – making...
Avoid hazards with new underground detection technology
Lauren Cella, , Asset management, Cables, Mapping & GIS, News, Partner Solutions, 0There’s a lot going on underground that all utilities need to know about. It’s essential to know what assets...
Understanding utility location in critical environments
Lauren Cella, , Asset management, Big Data, Condition Assessment, Construction, Electricity, Maintenance, Mapping & GIS, Partner Solutions, Sewer, Water, 0Documenting and understanding and the location of utility infrastructure is of critical importance– particularly when it comes to managing...
Going beyond the line of sight
Lauren Cella, , Asset management, Condition Assessment, Drones, Electricity, Mapping & GIS, Partner Solutions, Policy, Projects, 0Flying an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) beyond visual line of sight has long been a benchmark of sorts for...
Major Australian spatial industry associations merge
Lauren Cella, , Company news, Mapping & GIS, News, 0The Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA) and the Geospatial Information Technology Association Australia and New Zealand (GITA ANZ) have...
Multi-Rotors, options for all requirements
Jessica Dickers, , Asset management, Condition Assessment, Events, Mapping & GIS, Partner Solutions, Showcase, Software, 0C.R. Kennedy is hosting a UAV/Accura Roadshow, with staff members and RPA/Accura experts on hand to explore the latest...
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Events
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Critical Infrastructure Summit 2021
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Energy Next 2021
July 13 @ 9:00 am - July 14 @ 5:00 am