February 2010
Spatial Scientific Launches LIDAR
Airborne remote sensing specialists, Spatial Scientific Technologies Pty
Ltd, are now offering LIDAR laser scanning services to the mining and
resources sector across Australia.
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details
Maptek™
raises more than $12,000 for Make-A-Wish
In November 2009, the Denver Maptek office donated more
than $12,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado.
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details
Trimble Adds Premium Mechanical
Total Station to Construction Layout Portfolio
New Mechanical Total Station for Building
Construction Contractors
Includes an Onboard Windows CE Device Running
Trimble LM80 Layout Manager Software
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details
January 2010
WA Mine Survey Board – Vacant Industry Board Seat
The WA Mine Survey Board & SSSIWA
would like to invite nominations for the currently vacant industry board
seat as per regulation 3.44 - MINES SAFETY AND INSPECTION REGULATIONS 1995.
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details
Maptek announces new I-Site 8800 Laser Scanner for
long range survey
Maptek has today announced the
release of a new laser scanner - the I-Site 8800
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details
RapidEye Covers 70% of Australia in 11 Months
AAMHatch is pleased to announce that
the RapidEye archive satellite imagery now extends across 5.3 million sq km
of Australia, representing almost 70% of the continent.
This imagery will prove useful for a range of applications, including
agribusiness, environment and pre-feasibility stages of many projects.
details
December 2009
Glonass reaches 22 satellites
Three Glonass-M spacecraft (№30, 33, 34) launched
yesterday from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, successfully reaching circular orbit
with an atitude of 19140 km. Russian Space Command has taken control of the
three new Glonass satellites reporting orbital operations are normal.
The satellites are intended for
Russian Global Navigation system GLONASS, with Glonass-M provide positioning
accuracy 2.5 times higher than for the spacecraft of previous generations.
This launch brings the total number of
Glonass satellites on orbit to 22. By comparison, there are currently 32
operational GPS satellites, including 8 of the new generation Block IIR-M
satellites which transmit a second civil signal L2C.
Amendment of the NSW Surveying Act 2002
Following a statutory review of the
Surveying Act 2002, which included industry consultation and stakeholder
meetings, the Surveying Amendment Bill was introduced to NSW Parliament in
October 2009, passing both houses without amendment before being ascented to
on 14 December 2009. The revised Act will now be known as the Surveying &
Spatial Information Act 2002 and along with the name change, some other
important amendments and additions have been made.
Act
on NSW Legislation website
Survey and Drafting Directions for Mining
Surveyors NSW Metalliferous and Extractive Industries 2008
Gazetted on 9th October 2009
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Maptek Forge Newsletter 2009
In this issue:Vulcan in mining education, Survey data
underground, Beyond Vulcan 8, I-Site Studio 3.3 released, Underground grade
control, Customer award success, Regional users conference, Proximity alert
system
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SMIC News November 2009
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XIV International ISM Congress
2010
The
International Society for Mine Surveying and the Institute of Mine Surveyors
of South Africa cordially invite you to attend the XIV International
Congress of the ISM, to be held at Sun City, South Africa in 2010. This is
the first time that the ISM congress is hosted in Africa and only the second
time in the southern hemisphere.
full
details
Maptek™ I-Site™ Studio 3.3 – greater efficiency
for survey scan data modelling
Surveyors will gain further
efficiencies with Maptek's latest software release. Improvements to the
I-Site Studio 3.3 laser scan modelling software are designed to streamline
routine mine surveying tasks.
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details
November 2009
New Zenith Plummet Available
With
the Leica ZNL plummets no longer manufactured, it has been difficult for
underground surveyors to source a suitable replacement.
CR
Kennedy is pleased to announce we are stocking the FG-L30 Zenith & Nadir
Plummet (ZNL equivalent) and also the FL-L100 Zenith Plummet (ZL
equivalent). These high quality plummets are manufactured in Germany by FPM
Holdings. Contact your local CR Kennedy consultant for details.
full details
Guidance Note on Coal Washery Reject Released
The Department of Environment,
Climate Change and Water NSW has released a guidance note on coal washery
reject, following the introduction of the Coal Washery Rejects Levy from 1st
November 2009.
full details
DMT Inertial Measurement System for Shaft Surveys
This presentation from DMT discusses the use of their
Inertial Measurement System for Shaft Surveys.
full details
DMT Develop Intrisically Safe Laser Scanner
An Intrinsically Safe Laser Scanner
has been developed by DMT for use in underground coal mines.
full details (large file - 7Mb)
Discounts
Offered on Archive Imagery
AAMHatch is offering a 25% discount to all archive IKONOS and GeoEye-1
satellite imagery ordered before December 11, 2009.
Visit
web site for details
Review of Emeritus Registration
Policy
The Surveyors
Board of Queensland’s provides registration as an Emeritus Surveyor to
registered persons, who have made a significant contribution to the
surveying profession. The successful applicant may call themselves an
‘Emeritus Surveyor’. The status does not enable the Emeritus Surveyor to
undertake any survey work or lodge / sign plans.
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details
October 2009
AAMHatch Offers New GeoEye-1 Multi-Site Option
AAMHatch is pleased to announce the popular Multi-Site
product is now available for 50cm GeoEye-1 satellite imagery. Multi-Site,
already available for 80cm IKONOS imagery, allows clients interested in
multiple captures over small areas to acquire the higher resolution and more
accurate GeoEye-1 satellite imagery.
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details
RapidEye Satellite Imagery Coverage of Australia
AAMHatch is keen to announce that RapidEye satellites
have a large amount of recent imagery now available over southern Australia,
with opportunities abound for evaluation of the data and its multispectral
capabilities.
full
details
Traineeship Opportunities for Surveyors
Although federal government funding for the Diploma traineeship is not yet
available, State government funding for Certificate III is!
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details
Australia to Benefit from RapidEye
Geospatial specialist AAMHatch announced new
opportunities for satellite imagery coverage over
Australia, Africa and other locations of the world where its clients work.
full details
Maptek Releases Vulcan 8 Software
During tough economic times, the workload doesn’t
necessarily decrease. Faced with the need to do more, with fewer resources,
mine planners must work smarter and faster. New tools and streamlined menu
options in Maptek™ Vulcan™ 8 mean you can do more with more!
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details
Surveying Amendment Bill 2009
The Surveying Amendment Bill 2009
introduces a series of legislative amendments, which have import for the
discipline of surveying and the area of spatial information in New South
Wales
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details
September 2009
New Work Based Training (WBT) Program for
Surveyors in WA
Central TAFE WA and several large mining companies have
joined forces to provide a work based training program (WBT) for surveyors.
full details
Strategic inquiry into underground coal mining in
the Southern Coalfield
Following from the December 2006 government announcement that an inquiry
into the impacts of underground coal mining on natural features in the
Southern Coalfield would be commissioned, the NSW Department of Planning has
released the final report from the inquiry.
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details
AIMS Scholarship Applications for 2010 Closing
Soon
Applications for the Australian
Institute of Mine Surveyors (AIMS) Scholarship at the University of Southern
Queensland (USQ) will be closing on Fri 30 October 2009.
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details
Maptek™ 3D scanning technology used in deep
underground lab
Maptek™ I-Site™ laser scanning
expertise and software technology is being used to map the geology and
layout of the deepest underground laboratory to be established in the USA.
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details
Leica Geosystems Technology Road Show 2009
Throughout October 2009 C.R. Kennedy
will be sponsoring the national Leica Geosystems Technology Road Show.
The Road Show will be hosted in
Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth...
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details
New Benchmark for GeoEye-1 High Resolution
Satellite DTMs
AAMHatch announces that GeoEye-1 stereo satellite imagery
is capable of producing digital terrain models with better than 0.5m
vertical accuracy.
details
2009 Australasian Mine Surveying Convention - Gala
dinner photos
The Proof preview album for the images taken of the AIMS
Gala Dinner taken on 13 August 2009, are now available for on line viewing
and ordering for members.
details
August 2009
Newmont selects Maptek™ technology to enhance
performance
Newmont Mining Corporation has
selected the Maptek MineSuite™ Production Management Information System for
implementation at their Leeville and Midas underground gold operations in
Nevada, USA.
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details
Leica Geosystems announces new Leica TM30 High Precision
Sensor for Monitoring Applications
The new Leica TM30 Sensor is designed for high
precision measurements and combines automatic, fast and silent operation to
ensure that even the smallest movement in all monitoring applications is
detected.
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details
Australia’s first SmartNet Aus sites go live
Leica Geosystems and C.R. Kennedy &
Company Pty Ltd are pleased to announce that the SmartNet Aus fully
comprehensive CORS RTK Networks have gone commercially live in Australia.
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details
July 2009
AAMHatch Celebrates first 6 months of GeoEye-1
Captures
AAMHatch is celebrating the first 6
months of GeoEye-1 captures in Australia and New Zealand. The GeoEye-1 0.5m
colour satellite imagery is proving incredibly popular with many clients in
the Oceania region.
full
details
XIV International Congress 2010
The International Society for Mine
Surveying and the Institute of Mine Surveyors of South Africa cordially
invite you to attend the XIV International Congress of the ISM, to be held
at Sun City, South Africa in 2010
http://www.ism2010.co.za/
Maptek™ Vulcan is the Underground Design Package
of Choice
International engineering and
project management company, AMEC has chosen to increase its use of Maptek™
Vulcan software for mine planning and mine design applications.
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details
New Maptek Vehicle Mount Increases Survey Efficiency
An innovative device allows Maptek™ I-Site™ laser scanners to
be mounted on site survey vehicles, and operated remotely from the cab,
saving time and improving safety.
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details
Related Story:
Blair Athol chooses Maptek™ 3D Scanning technology
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details
June 2009
Hefty Fines for Contractors
Have you
ever dug up a power cable or gas line when digging? Do you know someone who
has? Have you seen or read a news article about someone doing so, or
experienced a power outage as a result?
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details
FIG 2010 Call for Papers
The overall theme if the XXIV Fig
International Congress 2010 is "Facing the Challenges - Building the
Capacity". The Congress will be jeld in Sydney Australia from 11th to 16th
April 2010.
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details
Statutory Review on Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 (WA)
A statutory review of the operation
and effectiveness of the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 (WA) has been
conducted by Commissioner Stephen Kenner of the WA Industrial Relations
Commission.
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details
AIMS Announces New USQ Surveying Scholarship
USQ will offer a scholarship to a
student commencing a Bachelor of Spatial Sciences Technology (3 year Degree)
full-time at USQ Toowoomba campus in 2010.
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details
Spatial Scientific Technologies Working With Major Australian Mining
Companies
Spatial Scientific technologies is
an established Australian company dedicated to delivering high quality,
tailor-made imaging solutions and geospatial technology.
more
May 2009
Autocad Civil 3D and Autocad Map 3D Training - 20% Discount Offered to all
AIMS Members
AEC Systems are offering a 20%
discount for AIMS members (savings of $200) for Civil 3D and Map 3D
Introductory Courses in locations within NSW, QLD, VIC and WA
Full Details and Registration
Civil 3D - Course Outline
Map 3D - Course Outline
AEC Systems web site
CASIC-IT and Trimble Sign Agreement to Form
Joint Venture in China
Trimble and the
China Aerospace Science & Industry Academy of Information Technology
(CASIC-IT) announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to
form a joint venture in China.
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Entries now open for NSW Excellence Awards
Entries are now being received for the 2009 NSW Awards for
Excellence in Surveying and Spatial Information. AIMS is proud to be
a gold sponsor of this year's event which will see the inclusion of
an award for Mining Surveying for the second year. Members are
encouraged to submit an expression of interest for any of the Award
categories.
For more information download the information booklet.
Expressions of interest close on 12th June 2009.
Download 2009 INFORMATION KIT
http://www.acsnsw.com.au/awards_intro.html
April 2009
Maptek™ launches new website to better serve
customers
Mining solutions provider Maptek™ has launched a new website to follow on
from the release of its new brand at the end of 2008.
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International Society for Mine Surveying
(ISM) Presidium
Queensland AIMS Director
Nigel Atkinson ventured across the Indian Ocean in September last
year to represent AIMS at the International Society for Mine
Surveying (ISM) 2008 Presidium in Kimberley South Africa.
more
March 2009
NSW Surveyor General International Fellowships in
Surveying and Spatial Information
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C R Kennedy Releases Schedule for Basic and
Advanced Training Courses
C.R.Kennedy has announced new
structured Training Programs to enable you to take full advantage of your
instruments' capabilities, improving efficiency and productivity.
more
Trimble Introduces the New Spectra Precision Laser
LR20 Receiver
New Economical Machine Mounted Laser
Receiver Delivers Improved Productivity for Site Prep Contractors Operating
Compact Construction Equipment
more
Trimble Introduces Trimble Construction Manager
Software Update
Trimble Construction Manager Version
2.3 Includes Connectivity Between Trimble and Caterpillar Asset Management
Devices
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Trimble Tablet – A New Breed of Rugged, Portable
and Connected Field
Computer for the Construction Industry
Trimble Tablet Provides More
Computing Power and Operational Control to Supervisors and Field Crews on
the Construction Job Site
more
New Trimble R8 GNSS System Offers Major Advances
in
Trimble R-Track Technology for Complete System Efficiency
Trimble Also Adds New Rugged Tablet
PC to Survey Solutions Portfolio for Optimal Flexibility
more
Trimble Introduces New Version of its GCS900 Grade
Control System
Expanded Machine Mix and Flexible
Configurations Enable Higher Utilization of Technology on the Broadest Range
of Machines in the Industry
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Trimble Wraps Up International User Conference
Trimble Dimensions 2009 -
Positioning for Success Today. And Tomorrow
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 27, 2009 – Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) opened its
Dimensions 2009 conference on Monday with more than 2,400 registered
attendees from 67 countries around the world.
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AAMHatch and Eco Logical Australia announce
Moranbah Mining Seminar
AAMHatch and Eco Logical Australia
are holding a free Mining Seminar in Moranbah on Tuesday, 17 March.
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February 2009
CR Kennedy expands its Support and Training Structure
At C.R.Kennedy, we understand the
importance of supporting our extensive range of surveying products with a
highly committed and responsive technical support and training team, which
can answer your questions, whether simple or complex and provide the
required product training.
To this extent, we have recently further invested in our support structure
to expand our team, so that we can continue to provide the level of service
that our clients demand. This new support and training structure comprises
of state based personnel that will assist with your day to day support and
training needs, and backed-up by a national team of product experts.
Please download the Support &
Training Contact Sheet for a list of our support team, where they are
located and their contact details. Or Email us at
surveysupport@crkennedy.com.au .
For details of our Support Team and other latest news download a copy of our
latest Infocus newsletter
WA Govt Issues Update about Department of Mines
and Petroleum
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SMIC News February 2009
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12 February 2009
Leica Geosystems partners with Maptek for
long range, mine scanning products
Leica Geosystems’s Spatial Solutions
Division, which includes HDS™ terrestrial laser scanning products, has
selected Maptek, a leading mining technology developer, to supply a long
range laser scanner and associated mine scanning software to be sold under
the Leica Geosystems brand.
details
AAMHatch acquires ISO 9001 certification
AAMHatch has announced they have received ISO 9001: 2000
certification, recognisingthe company’s dedication to a systematic approach
to quality standards.
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New Era in High Resolution Satellite Imagery Begins
AAMHatch has announced the start of commercial operations
for the GeoEye-1 satellite. After several months of calibration and testing,
GeoEye-1 is ready to start capturing 0.5m resolution imagery for commercial
customers.
details
Maptek™ named in Deloitte Colorado Technology Fast 50 awards
Mining technology developer Maptek™
achieved a ranking of 16 out of 50 top technology companies in Colorado at
the end of 2008.
details
January 2009
Trimble Introduces Trimble Access Software
Offering Surveyors Unsurpassed Flexibility and Connectivity While on the Job
Integrated Field and Office Solution
Streamlines Surveying Activities and Simplifies Project Collaboration via
the Internet
details
Spectra Precision Introduces EPOCH 35 RTK GNSS System
New GPS Plus GLONASS System Includes
Base and Rover with Optional Data Collectors and Radio Data Links
details
Trimble Announces Keynote Speakers for
International User Conference
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 16, 2008 –
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the keynote speakers for its
International User Conference—Trimble Dimensions 2009. The conference, which
will be held February 23-25, 2009 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, focuses
on applying technology to meet the daily needs faced by surveying,
engineering, construction, mapping, Geographic Information System (GIS),
geospatial and mobile resource management professionals.
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