Daniel Bishton

One Billion Years of Continental Drift The Map Room So this animation went viral last week, showing the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates over the past billion years, posted by one of the co-authors of a study proposing a new, single model of plate tectonic activity that covers the past billion years of Earth’s existence. Humanitarian Mapping Maps Mania The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is a body which liaises between the OpenStreetMap organization and humanitarian organisations.

This article was authored by Vincent Tran and Dr. Craig Roberts and was originally published in issue 110 of Position magazine. For more than two centuries, utility services have been buried underground with little thought of how to locate them at some time in the future. As our cities densify, we are squeezing more infrastructure into tighter spaces and the knowledge gap in the location of utility services is holding up progress on future development projects.

Precision Hydrographic Services (PHS) wins its second tender under the HydroScheme Industry Partnership Program (HIPP). The South Australian hydrography firm has won the tender for the SI 1012 – Backstairs Passage project, which will see bathymetric scanning and charting of the body of water between Cape Jervis and Kangaroo Island, providing access to vessels from the east to St Vincent and Spencer Gulfs.