Melbourne School of Engineering Department of Geomatics

CRC for Spatial Information secures additional funding
August 2009
$32.2 million was awarded to CRCSI. The Centre's goal is to use spatial information technologies to analyse data to improve health and sustainability outcomes, agricultural productivity and manage energy infrastructure and contribute to national defence. Geomatics' involvement is led through Professors Clive Fraser and Ian Bishop.

Associate Professor Abbas Rajabifard new president of Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Assocation
July 2009
At this years gathering of the GSDI in the Netherlands, Assoc Prof Rajabifard led a team of researchers and received important recognition, along with the association's presidency for the next 3 years.

Geomatics partners with whereis.com in landmark navigation
June 2009
Dr Matt Duckham, Senior Lecturer in Geographic Information Science says what makes this addition to whereis.com different from existing navigation systems is that it identifies the most suitable landmarks based on cognitive principles.
This "landmark research" has also been featured in a video episode of Visions

Try Surveying - website for surveying careers
www.trysurveying.com.au is a new website offering video, careers and course information to students. Geomatics alumnus Tom Werner features in the video.

Geomatics
Find out about the study and career options available in Geomatics at the University of Melbourne. Features an interview with Andrew Binns