The inaugural New Zealand GeoRabble was held in Auckland on Thursday 25^th September with 45 people attending from the Survey and GIS communities. The event food was sponsored by Glenn Stone Insurance, thanks Glenn.

The four presenters gave excellent presentations on a variety of topics:

• Linda Bulk, Director at Aeronavics Ltd, Advance Aerial Solutions gave a fascinating talk on the history of developing her UAS company in New Zealand including the challenges of building UAS vehicles to meet the demand for increasing payloads and very diverse applications.
• Geoff Leyland, Director of Incremental Ltd, spoke about his development of routing solutions for Auckland businesses using a variety of open source databases including OpenStreetMap and how these solutions had delivered significant cost savings to his clients.
• Alex Raichev, talked about how he had seen a number of overseas web sites that involved mapping the location of regional data and personal variables and how he was involved in the development of the Affordability In New Zealand site. Alex did a live demonstration of the site which provides colour coding of the Auckland’s area units by their affordability based on an individual or couple’s cost to rent, commute, park and car ownership.
• Malcolm Archbold, Beca Ltd, delivered a presentation on the creation of 3D models using digital photos taken with a handheld camera. By taking digital photos of an object and using cloud computing software it is possible to develop a 3D model which can be geo-referenced and used in many geospatial applications.

Many thanks to the presenters and attendees who made this first Auckland GeoRabble a very successful event. The feedback was overwhelmingly in favour of doing more of these in the future.

Registrations are now open for the inaugural Auckland GeoRabble, Thursday 25 September! Attendance is free, but for catering purposes we need you to register. Register here.

The presenters are:

• Geoff Leyland, Incremental, Route Planning on Open Data. Alex will be talking about custom solutions for better decision making using tools like mathematical and economic modeling, optimization and simulation and open data.
• Alex Raichev, Affordability in New Zealand – making the website. Visit the website at http://affordability.org.nz/
• Linda Bulk, Aeronavics – Advanced Aerial Solutions, Multirotor airframes & Ready to Fly – Industrial platforms – Tools not toys. Linda will be talking about how they Aeronavics Ltd is a manufacturer of advanced multi-rotor airframes, RTF craft and related accessoriesthe expanding market in aerial robotic systems for aerial photography, filmmaking, professional cinematography and the service sector.
• Hamish Campbell, Koordinates, Licensing, Geodata and You – a brief look at the the open geodata licensing landscape. Hamish will be taking about licensing and legal issues with open data and releasing data into the wild.
• Malcolm Archbold, Beca, Creating 3D models using your camera. With the advances in digital imagery pixel correlation anyone can now create high resolution 3D digital models using a hand held camera.

There is all the usual stuff, free food (courtesy of Glenn Stone Insurance), beer and other drinks, not so free. Join us for great conversions, networking and learn about interesting stuff. See you there!

Date: Thursday 25th September, 2014

Location: Horse and Trap Pub, 3 Enfield St, Mt Eden.

Time: Staring at 5:30pm, Presentations from 6 pm, finished around 7:30 pm

Format: A handful speakers, 10 mins each plus questions

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/inaugural-georabble-auckland-tickets-13016754463

Many thanks to Glenn Stone Insurance for sponsoring

Any questions or queries to auckland@georabble.org

GeoRabble is finally crossing The Ditch, and is coming to Auckland Thursday 25th September at the Horse & Trap, Mt Eden.

Networking drinks 5:30pm. Presentations commence: 6:00pm followed by more networking.

Come along for an evening of Geo talks, networking, (free) food and drinks. Food courtesy of Glenn Stone Insurance (NZIS Diamond Partner)

Our confirmed speakers are:

• Geoff Leyland, Incremental, Route Planning on Open Data
• Alex Raichev, Affordability in New Zealand – making the website
• Linda Bulk, Aeronavics, Multirotor airframes & Ready to Fly – Industrial platforms – Tools not toys

More speakers will be announced soon, and we’re always looking for exciting, engaging or just plain interesting talks on anything geo-related.

Do you have an interesting start-up, idea, experience or ‘war story’ you’d like to share in 5-10 minutes? Then send us an email (Auckland@georabble.org), with a title, a short description, and why you think we should pick your talk!

Register for this event here.  

See you there!

GeoRabble Tas #3 is on!

We’re doing a point cloud special and have some great speakers from across Tasmania talking about what they’re doing with big masses of data.

Presenters include:

• Adrian Fairfield, from Cohen and Associates, talking about UAV results – rubbish in rubbish out! but what’s possible if you don’t start with rubbish? a look at some interesting agricultural, environmental and construction examples.
• James Head-Mears, from Lester Franks, talking about recent work in laser scanning and structure from motion
• Arko Lucieer, from UTAS, talking about the TerraLuma research project at the University of Tasmania. Arko will give an update on the most recent developments in hyperspectral scanning, LiDAR, and 3D point cloud generating with UAS.
• Rob Musk, from Forestry Tasmania, talking about some tales from Forestry Tasmania’s foray into estate surveying using small footprint airborne laser scanning

There is all the usual stuff, free food (courtesy of Lester Franks), craft beer (or regular beer), not so free. Good folks, conversation, inspiration and all that, so see you there!

Date: 25th September, 2014

Time: Doors open 5 pm, Presentations from 5:40 pm, finished around 7 pm

Location: Republic Bar, North Hobart

Format: A handful speakers, 10 mins each, usual rules

Registration: Attendance is free, but for catering purposes we need you to register.

Thanks heaps to Lester Franks for sponsoring.