Winners
FrontierSI, Ericsson, Optus, GMV, Platfarm, Position Partners, Kondinin, Acil Allen
Award for International Partnership
Project: 5G Precise Positioning Testbed - Demonstrating economic benefits of 5G. Precise positioning of consumer devices to within 10cm is now possible through 5G, however users are unable to access this capability due to infrastructure and device interoperability barriers. The 5G Precise Positioning Testbed demonstrated and measured economic benefits of four business applications using 5G precise positioning in the agriculture and consumer sectors, with the help of industry demonstrator partners, Platfarm, Kondinin Group, and Position Partners. These demonstrations were enabled by a unique global aprtnership, leveraging the Optus 5G network, and supported by global telecommunications and positioning leaders Ericsson and GMV, with economic analysis provided by ACIL Allen.
Spatial Vision and E2Designlab
Innovation Award - Medium to Large Business
Project: Surface Permeability Analysis of Elster Creek Catchment. Spatial Vision, supporting E2Designlab, investigated a new approach to spatially map surface permeability of the flood prone Elster Creek catchment on behalf of Elster Creek Catchment Flood Management Plan Working Group, incorporating Melbourne Water and several inner southeast local councils. The project established a suitable approach for the protection and enhancement of permeability in the Elster Creek catchment by undertaking GIS analysis to create a fine-grained, parcel scale map of permeability across the catchment. This new approach developed a suitable land cover and surface type layer along with a uniform vegetation cover across the catchment.
South East Water
Award for Community Impact
Project: Delivering water quality through spatial enablement. Through spatial enablement South East Water are delivering improved health outcomes throughout the potable / drinking water supply network in Melbourne’s south east region.
Two initiatives delivering this benefit include;
- The ability to quickly respond to a positive E. coli result in the water supply network meeting community heath and Department of Health requirements.
- The ability to easily identify and analyse low chlorine residuals within the water supply network. This initiative supports the advice from Department of Health (DH) to improve chlorine residuals within the supply network, providing a level of protection to the water supply and assisting with incident management.
Matthew Killick
Undergraduate Student Award
Matthew Killick's capstone research project was : “Multilayer Spatial Networks: Simulation, Detection, and Visualisation of Disturbances in Urban Road and Sensor Networks”. The research is linked to the spatial industry through the domain of Digital Twins. The project explored how urban systems can be modelled as ‘multilayer spatial networks’ to simulate urban activity and observe how a disturbance on the ground manifests in sensor signals. Matthew has been involved in various mentoring programs through the University of Melbourne and SSSI and is a crucial member of first the 3D modelling and GIS teams at Veris,
Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse
Professional of the Year
Dr Zaffar is one of the global leaders in the geospatial industry. His voluntary role is highly acknowledged from his service to SSSI for over 12 years in various leadership capacities. He is a board member of locate conferences since 2015 & steering committee member of the Australian Spatial and Space 2030 Roadmap. He actively mentors geospatial professionals and immigrants. He is frequently invited to advise governments on space and spatial agenda. He volunteers for United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management, serves on world geospatial industry council and OGC boards. He represents Australia on the ISO TC 211(Geomatics) and FIG.
Aakash Chhabra
Postgraduate Student Award
Coarsely mapped data on forest fuel condition that lacks spatial and temporal resolution, results in large inaccuracies in fire spread predictions, which impedes actionable decision-making during disasters. The integration of independent remotely sensed forest vegetation observations from Synthetic Aperture Radar and optical sensors has the potential to improve fire spread predictions by providing near-real-time assessments in detail, resulting in greater fire preparedness and emergency services support. Accordingly, Aakash’s research successfully developed a novel SAR-based vegetation index method (RADAR-VSPI), and an integration method for combining SAR and optical datasets. This research resulted in 1 journal publications in a top journal.
Jagannath Aryal
Educational Development Award
Dr Jagannath Aryal is an accomplished academic who has worked in Government and Academic sectors in close collaboration with private Industry. He has delivered outstanding Surveying and Remote Sensing education to students in Asia, Europe and Oceania. He has continuously volunteered for FIG, ISPRS, IEEE GRSS, SSSI Journal & Remote Sensing Commission. His rich research experience from delivering prestigious grants ($17 Million) benefitted significant number of PhD completions and ongoing PhD supervisions. Dr Aryal has a high track record of publications and citations. His outstanding teaching and mentoring have benefitted students who have secured successful positions in Geospatial Sector.
Adam Mattinson
Diversity and Inclusion Award
Adam has been working as a Geospatial professional for 14 years, and during this time he has been a vocal advocate for the visibility, and advancement of the LGBTIQA+ community. Adam has been an advocate for the advancement for this group in part because of his own personal experience, but primarily because of what appeared to be a void in the spaces our industry works in. Adam’s personal journey has instilled in him a desire to ensure that all of our LGBTIQA+ peers have a community of openness and support, where they can bring their whole selves to work.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and Geoscience Australia
Award for Environment & Sustainability
Project: National Land Cover Accounts. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) and Geoscience Australia have collaborated to produce the first set of land cover accounts for Australia. This product provides information on changes in land cover trends over the last 30 years using nationally consistent data which informs on environmental and economic outcomes.
Land Surveys, Transurban, Dibit Measuring Technique, AECOM
Award for Technical Excellence
Project: Reality Capture for Tunnel Inspection. Replacing the labour intensive and manual process of tunnel inspection, Land Surveys, together with Dibit Measuring Technique, Transurban and AECOM combined high resolution imagery with LiDAR to derive a complete photorealistic 3D model of Transurban's Brisbane tunnel network. This dataset now forms the base layer of a ‘Digital Twin’ and can be used to identify deficiencies and features (e.g. crack defects, lights, cables, fixed assets), identify the baseline condition to detect changes year on year and enable data driven decisions for operation, maintenance and engineering activities to deliver operational efficiency over the life of the tunnel asset.
RILIPO and Stantec
Award for Community Impact
Project: Digital Asset Management Plan. The Digital Asset Management Plan (DAMP) recently completed by Cardno now Stantec for 31 Remote Indigenous Communities across Queensland has delivered a starting point for community collaboration, a central point of truth. The infrastructure and work as executed data from the DAMP directly feeds into the Built-Environment Integrated Information System (BEIIS) which has been developed by the Remote Indigenous Land and Infrastructure Program Office (RILIPO) to provide access to geographic information to support informed decision-making with respect to land planning and development in these remote communities.
Mangoesmapping
Workforce Development and Inclusion
Project: Accessible and Actionable Technical Support Guides for new GNSS survey users. Since November 2021, Mangoesmapping regularly publishes free and practical videos to help educate emerging consumers of GNSS survey technology consumers. Most of our users are distributed across Australia and are specialists in non-survey domains, seeking accessible alternatives to detailed technical documentation for their survey workflows. Online video content is discoverable and accessible. It provides the option to provide feedback, ask questions and discover related content, in an open community setting. The continued positive feedback from both our client base and industry has helped us develop a backlog of 59 additional video topics for future production.