Surveying’s inpact on Australia can be measured all around us. Even on this website you can see just how inportant surveying has been in building Australia and the world up. In the past, it’s helped determine our state lines. Today, one of its many roles is to help determine property boundaries. In the future, it…
Here on this very website, we describe surveying as, “the measurement and mapping of our surrounding environment using mathematics, specialised technology and equipment”. But where does that leave alien environments? The surveyors of yesteryear were explorers of a kind, discovering foreign lands and mapping them as they went. Those documents proved invaluable records of our…
At the start of the year, very few of us would have predicted that we would be spending much of March and nearly all of April indoors. The coronavirus pandemic has changed the landscape right across the world. Of course, the knock-on effect of the necessary shutdown is that industries of all types are thrown…
Making surveying study look easy Surveying seems to attract people with drive, passion and verve. Georgia Moore is no exception. The RMIT student already has two surveying and spatial science qualifications under her belt, and she’s heading for a third. Not before she’s managed to score not one, but two major awards for her dedication…
As clever and dedicated as surveying professionals are, they can’t do their jobs all alone. Ever since human beings developed the concept of land ownership, the surveyor has been there with equipment in hand to help determine land boundaries. You can read all about the ancient history of surveying technology here – and about its…
On November 28th, Advanced Mathematics students from grade 9, 10 and 11 at Norfolk Island Central School became honorary surveyors for a day. Norfolk Island was the site of the latest Maths in Surveying Day, an engaging, challenging event that puts maths students through their paces with a number of activities that show off the…
The silver screen is filled with heroic figures that hail from enviable professions. Army generals. Astronauts. Cops. Presidents. Surveyors. …Surveyors? That’s right. You might have missed the memo, but Hollywood has a long and illustrious career of sneaking surveying into the background – and sometimes foreground – of their blockbusters. In fact, some of the biggest stars…
It’s one of the biggest seismic shifts in the geodesy landscape, and the groundwork is being laid for it right now. We’re referring, of course, to the 2020 update of the Australian Geospatial Reference System. Don’t have the foggiest as to what we’re talking about? For surveyors and other spatial specialists, the Australian Geospatial Reference…
Surveying is not just an old profession; it is also a highly-respected profession. With surveyors being so instrumental in the measurement and recording of the very ground that we walk upon, there have been many across the centuries that have aspired to join the surveying ranks – particularly during eras of great exploration. It comes…
There is no doubt that the history of surveying in this sunburnt country is a fascinating one. You may have already read one of our previous blog articles looking into Australian surveying history. Reading about it is one thing, however – seeing it is another! Retracing the footsteps of the surveyors that mapped Australia is…
