28 May 2009
National Estuaries Network
meeting participants
Geoscience Australia recently hosted the 16th biennial meeting of the National Estuaries Network in Canberra.
This national forum brings together coastal and estuary managers from around Australia, as well as invited estuary researchers, to share their knowledge and to learn about the latest in scientific research.
Geoscience Australia provides web-based tools, geoscientific data, and coastal environmental information through the OzCoasts website and supports the National Estuaries Network as a way of building a bridge between science, management, the community and policy making organisations. These forums are a key mechanism for linking estuarine decision makers with scientists.
8 May 2009
The role of spatial information in Government is to be the subject of a major conference being sponsored by Geoscience Australia in June.
spatial@gov conference
logo
It is the inaugural spatial@gov conference in Canberra on 15 and 16 June 2009 and is aimed at raising awareness of the significant benefits to be gained by applying spatial resources to the business of government.
The conference convener, Ben Searle, says that spatial information is becoming a key in enabling the development of responses to many of the major issues facing society, including climate change, government activities such as health, resource management and service provision to indigenous communities.
Mr Searle said the conference will include presentations on a variety of topics including the part played by spatial tools in supporting the response to the Victorian bushfires through tactical and operational mapping activities, how spatial technologies are being applied to assist with management of water resources, and to support the Social Inclusion agenda.
Activities in other countries will also be on the agenda, including the remote sensing programs operating in China and the spatial activities of the New Zealand Government.
Further information on the conference program is available at the spatial@gov conference website.
3 April 2009
ACT and region in 1991.
© Geoscience Australia.
Geoscience Australia will host a display of maps, satellite images and aerial photography illustrating how the nation's capital has taken shape over the past 70 years. This display will contribute to the 2009 Canberra and Region Heritage Festival being held between Saturday 4 - Sunday 19 April. This year's theme was announced by the ACT Chief Minister's Department as Adventures in time and space.
The display shows Canberra's development since the 1940s. Worth noting is the growth of Canberra's suburbs as well as key iconic infrastructure including the Parliamentary Triangle and Lake Burley Griffin.
You can come and see the self-guided display of 'Canberra through time: from past to present' in the Geoscience Australia foyer, Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm (excluding public holidays).