Position magazine is the only Australasia-wide independent publication for surveying and spatial sciences and is the official magazine of the Geospatial Council of Australia (GCA). Position covers the ...

The four units put to the test (clockwise from top left): UAS Survey Gear ATAR (courtesy UAS Survey Gear); FOIF A90 (courtesy FOIF); SparkFun RTK Express (courtesy SparkFun); Eos Arrow Gold (courtesy ...

Were ancient Aboriginal tracks and pathways the forerunners of some of our modern roads and highways?

That’s why Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has just released an official smartphone and web app to help make RPAS operations safer. The app, titled ‘Can I fly there?’, displays ...

CSIRO’s research vessel RV Investigator delivers a keystone capability for mapping Australia’s vast marine estate.

The field of sub-surface locating is undergoing something of a revolution, with newer-generation ground penetrating radars (GPR) enabling faster, more efficient work and better, highly accurate data ...

NSW’s Native Vegetation Regulatory Map has proven pivotal for mapping vegetation and identifying land use over 800,000 square kilometres.

For the past several weeks, scientists on board the CSIRO research vessel RV Investigator have been conducting a world-first survey of marine biodiversity in the newly established Cocos (Keeling) ...

The IDS Stream DP GPR has proven vital in efforts to conserve the endangered northern hairy-nosed wombat.

Geospatial practitioners often struggle to articulate their trade. There is that awkward use of the word ‘geospatial’ as an adjective, used to modify any number of nouns like ‘industry,’ ‘market,’ ...

The Survey Control Information Management System (SCIMS) is NSW’s database containing more than 250,000 survey marks on public record across the state. It was recently updated with Australian Height ...

As Brisbane’s transformational Cross River Rail project enters its fourth year of construction and with the first station buildings beginning to appear out of the ground, new practical uses of the ...