October 2008
Jarrod Receives Clarence Smith
Jeffries Award
Hunter Valley surveyor Jarrod
James recently received the Clarence Smith Jeffries Award for being the best
Mining Surveying candidate this year.
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NSW Excellence Awards to AIMS Members
AIMS members Phil Enright and
Mark Harrower from Centennial Coal, were recognised for their innovative
work in the area of Subsidence Monitoring at the NSW Excellence in Surveying
and Spatial Information Awards in Sydney recently.
more
Review of the NSW Surveying Act 2002
The NSW Department of Lands
initiated a review of the Surveying Act 2002 in early 2008 as required under
section 40 of the Act. A report prepared by consultant Frank Blanchfield is
now available to be downloaded and includes issues identified by AIMS in
it's submission. The NSW Government is currently considering the
recommendations of the report and the final outcomes of the statutory review
of the Act are yet to be made.
download
report
First 50cm Image Collected by GeoEye-1
AAMHatch is pleased to announce the release of the very
first, 50cm resolution, colour image taken from the
GeoEye-1 satellite.
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AAMHatch Subsidence Project wins Top Spatial
Excellence Award
At the recent 4th Annual Victorian
Spatial Excellence Awards in Australia, AAMHatch stole the show winning
two awards: “Victorian Government Award for Spatial Excellence” and best
project for “Land Titling and
Development”.
more
Trimble Sets Date for International User
Conference in Las Vegas
Trimble Dimensions 2009 for
Surveying, Engineering, Construction, Geospatial and
Mobile Resource Management Professionals
more
Maptek Tells Story of Innovation with a New
Corporate Identity
Maptek, a global leader in mining
software, services and solutions, is introducing a new corporate identity
that will unify all of its products and services under one umbrella. Maptek
is the maker of Vulcan, I-Site, MineSuite, and other products and services.
more
SMIC News September 2008
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September 2008
InSAR Trial Satellite Subsidence Monitoring
Offer Available to AIMS Members
Details of Offer
Surveying & Mapping Industry Council of NSW
2007/2008 Report
Download Report
SMIC News July 2008
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Ultimate Positioning September 2008 Survey Newsletter
In the latest newsletter from
Ultimate Position, special attention is given to the Trimble Express series
of seminars that are being held around Australia.
UPdate Newsletter - September 2008
August 2008
APESMA Makes Progress on Surveying Issues
APESMA has been requested to sit on the
panel for the QLD Coal Mining Legislative review. Members of AIMS have been
working with the APESMA Colliery Staff Division Director, Catherine Bolger
to table surveying issues such competency requirements and surveying and
drafting standards.
more
Maptek I-Site technology gains a foothold in booming Indian
resources industry
Maptek™ has announced the first sale of its award-winning
I-Site™ scanning technology into the dynamic Indian mining market.
more
Surveyor's Competencies - Queensland Mine
Surveyors
The review of the Queensland Coal
Mines Health and Safety Act commenced in late June, and the Association
(APESMA), the CFMEU, and other parties are currently reviewing the areas of
the Act which require change.
more
What’s Happening to make Mine Safety Laws,
Competencies and Enforcement Consistent between the States?
more
Trimble Acquires Second Engineering and
Construction Accessories Company
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 30, 2008 –
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has acquired privately-held SECO
Manufacturing Company of Redding, Calif., in an all-cash transaction. SECO
is a leading manufacturer of accessories for the geomatics, surveying,
mapping, and construction industries. Financial terms were not disclosed.
more
July 2008
New Mounting System for 5800/R8 Receivers
For
quite some time I have been mentioning to people that we have been looking
into getting a vehicle shock mounting system for our 5800/R8 receivers.
more
Maptek I-Site Studio 3.1™ takes scan processing to the next level
Maptek has released the latest advance in the mining industry’s powerful
scan processing software,
I-Site Studio 3.1™.
more
OHS Regulation information seminars
for coal sector
WITH new laws governing New South Wales coal mine health and safety to kick
in on September 1, the Department of Primary Industries is holding a series
of free workshops to bring operations up to date with the new requirements.
more
June 2008
Ultimate Positioning June 2008 Survey Newsletter
In this issue are the following
items:
- Winter Promotions
- Australian Base Station Networks
- Feature Coding In Survey Controller
- New Survey Controller Options
- Satellite Update
- Client Focus – Stormwater Collection
- Trimble Survey Team
- Second Hand Equipment for Sale
UPdate Newsletter - June 2008
IDS Release New Detector Duo Ground Penetrating Radar
The
new dual frequency antenna radar for detecting metallic and non-metallic
pipes. Easy-to-use, full featured, GPR for on-site detection of pipes and
utilities, dedicated to non- expert users who need to verify the presence of
underground utilities before starting trenching or no-dig operations.
Catalogue
Brochure
May 2008
Spectra Precision Introduces Rugged Data Collector and New Field
Software for its Optical and GPS Survey Systems
WESTMINSTER,
Co, May 27, 2008 -- Spectra Precision announced today the addition of
the Spectra Precision® Nomad™ data collector running its new Field Surveyor
2.0 field software for its FOCUS® 10 Total Stations and EPOCH® 25 GPS
Systems.
more
Review - Queensland Surveyors and Formal
Competency Requirements
A group of APESMA union members, who are
also members of the Institute of Mining Surveyors, have been involved in
assisting APESMA to draw up our submissions about the review of the
Queensland Act as it applies to mining Surveyors.
more
Surveyor Fatally Injured in US
Coal Mine
A 50-year old Surveyor was
fatally injured in an active underground continuous mining machine
section in a coal mine in Pennsylvania.
details
Surveyor General Issues Advice
on Lasers
An advice has been issued
by the Surveyor General of NSW regarding lasers.
details
April 2008
Surveyor General
International Fellowships 2008
The NSW Surveyor General has established an award
known as the "NSW Surveyor General International Fellowships in Surveying
and Spatial Information".
details
AIMS Sponsors Excellence Awards
Entries are now being received
for the 2008 NSW Awards for Excellence in Surveying and Spatial Information.
AIMS is proud to be a major sponsor of this year's event and has introduced
a new category to recognise outstanding work in the area of Mining
Surveying.
For more information;
Information for Entrants booklet
Trimble GCS900 Grade
Control System Allows Even Faster Grading
Without Sacrificing Accuracy
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 18,
2008 - Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) today introduced its Trimble® GCS900 Grade
Control System version 10.8, which provides automatic blade control,
configurable earthworks progress monitoring and blade guidance software on
the machine to enable operators to be more efficient and productive.
details
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Nikon-Trimble
Co., Ltd. Announces New Total Stations
TOKYO,
April 7, 2008 – Nikon-Trimble Co., Ltd. introduced today the NPR-302 Series
of Nikon® Total Stations—high precision, long-range reflectorless mechanical
total stations with laser pointers.
details
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February 2008
AIMS VICE
PRESIDENT MEETS WITH QLD MINES INSPECTORS
Chris Hayes, the AIMS Vice President,
met with the Chief and Senior Mines Inspectors on 13th February 2008.
more
Australian Technology
Provider Wins Grant to Expand Production
Mining industry technical solutions
provider Maptek™ has been awarded a $975,000 grant which will enable
it to quadruple production of its high performance I-Site 3D laser
scanners.
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