Merry Christmas from EMSINA

EMSINA would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a great 2014. Its shaping up to be a cracking year full of spatial developments one could have only wished for just a few years. For those on duty over the break our thanks go out to you. For those who aren't enjoy your break.

Here is a good one: Your kids may want to track Santa...http://www.noradsanta.org/

EMSINA - Hobart

Another successful and productive EMSINA meeting comes to an end. Lots of actions and some exciting new projects agreed upon.

Also, look out for a whole lot of new content soon to be posted on the EMSINA website.
 

EMSINA Hobart Tomorrow

EMSINA Members will be in Hobart tomorrow to discuss a wide range of EM spatial related topics. If you have anything that you would like raised please post a comment below. We have set aside an hour on the second day to discuss your questions.

Mark Garvey's "GIS for EM: Australian Trends" presentation from Suva.

Take a look at Mark's extremely well put together GIS for EM: Australian Trends presentation that he recently gave at the Pacific GIS and Remote Sensing Conference in Suva, Fiji. 

Who would have thought Marree in outback South Australia was so important when it comes to modern day standards?

EMSINA Meeting

Its only 2 weeks until the Hobart EMSINA meeting...

If you have something spatial you would like the group to discuss please email it through. We have allocated time this meeting to discuss issues put forward by the wider EM spatial audience.

World's Greatest Maps Exhibition - Canberra

'Mapping Our World' is now showing at the National Library in Canberra from 7 November.

National Library Exhibition Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/mapping-our-world

NSW Bushfires - Hats Off

State Mine and Mt Victoria Smoke Plumes
MODIS Image - NASA

Here is an opportunity to share your experiences from the recent NSW Bushfires (use the comments section below). The EMSINA Group would like to hear about how you used spatial information during the event and your opinion on what could be improved for future events i.e. data accessibility, mapping products, mobile apps, symbology, imagery charter, consistency, etc... 

If you have some maps, photos that your happy for the world to see email them through and i will collate and post them up in a special NSW Fires 2013 item.   

Also, here is your opportunity to give thanks to those individuals who went out of the way to assist you in your job during the event. In particular, i take my hat off to the guys from NSW RFS (Gareth, Levi and the crew) for being so responsive to external requests for data and information! 

GIS Day 2013

Discovering the World Through GIS | November 20, 2013

Find out events near you:  http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html

ACT RFS Field Day...20 October 2013

Leave the 20th of October free for the ACT Rural Fire Services Annual Field Day...Good fun for all the family!

Next EMSINA Meeting - Early Heads Up

Details for the next EMSINA meeting:

• Hosted by: DPIPWE (Hobart, Tasmania)
• Dates: 12:00pm 4th December to 12:00pm 6th December 2013
• these times were selected to allow on the day travel.

RSVP for Jurisdictional and Federal EMSINA Representatives: click here

RSVP for non EMSINA Representatives:

• If you would like to request an invite to attend/present at the next EMSINA meeting: click here
• Please allow 2 weeks for an EMSINA representative to contact you.

Questions: 

• please contact EMSINA through one of the Group's communication mediums

Photos

Got any historic photos of the EMSINA group or EMSINA members in action. Email them through to EMSINAgroup@gmail.com or orr.kane@ga.gov.au

EMSINA @ AFAC

Check out Wayne Patterson giving EMSINA a plug at the AFAC Conference last week... 

http://vimeo.com/73655916

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Wayne Patterson @ AFAC 2013 (source AFAC 2013)

EMSINA's New Blog

Welcome to EMSINA's new blog.

As this site is built in the coming weeks please revisit us for lots of information about the 'Emergency Management Spatial Information Network Australia' Group - the longest running spatial group in Australia!