Opera House appoints AECOM for 3D BIM project

The Sydney Opera House has selected an AECOM-led consortium for a project to develop a cloud-based 3D interface that bridges building information modelling and databases with control systems.

Geospatial may be most popular open data in Australia

Initial results from the Open Data 500 Australia study suggest that the most popular form of open government data in Australia is geospatial and mapping data, followed by environmental data.

How Mitchell Shire Council's GIS went mobile

Rural Mitchell Shire Council has expanded staff and public access to its GIS system with an HTML5 mobile application.

Collaborative, public GIS maps chart WA's environmental changes

An Esri-supported GIS mapping initiative is giving the public access to detailed photographic and research data charting changes in sensitive WA ecosystems.

Cloud-based GIS boosts geospatial access, scalability

The public launch of a cloud-based geospatial GIS system from Esri Australia will simplify government agencies' casual access to scalable GIS services.

Victorian geospatial gift an abundance of data riches

Geospatial and GIS engineers have gained access to a wealth of data about Victoria after the state government released over 400 new geospatial data sets.

Postcodes no longer spatial gold standard: Brobst

Postcodes are inadequate for the kind of spatial and GIS detail that's necessary to support new GIS and information driven systems, a Teradata expert says.

NBN Co's GIS data doldrums

Building a nationwide broadband network isn't easy, but NBN Co is finding it even harder given the challenges of getting clean geospatial data for the task.

Democracy meets GIS

Governments are getting smarter in their use of GIS and other geospatially enabled systems – but can they overcome long-running data issues to share better?

Councils big on GIS but some still struggling with business links: survey

A survey of Australian local governments has found that while most use GIS for specific tasks, many struggle to promote geospatial usage across the business

Democracy meets GIS