The Globe articles from February 2004

The Globe archives from February 2004

The Australian National Placenames survey.
February 1, 2004... The aim of the Australian National Placenames Survey (ANPS) is to prepare a national register of geographical names. The National Register will be a supplement to the Australian National Gazetteer, and will be a database constructed on...

The diamond in the desert: the story of the giant Readymix logo on the Nullarbor.
February 1, 2004... Topographic maps and aeronautic charts of the Nullarbor depict a 3.2km x 1.6km diamond shape 13km northwest of Caiguna, on the Nullarbor Plain, labelled "Readymix", "Readymix sign" or "Aerial landmark". The history of the feature is revealed,...

Teaching the terrain: First World War battlefields at the Australian war memorial.
February 1, 2004... The type of war fought in Europe in the First World War--with its heavy bombardments, mining and tunneling, caused a major change in the landscape. Villages, towns and forests were destroyed. Official War Correspondent CEW Bean wanted people...

Mapping tropical cyclone disturbance of the Great Barrier Reef.
February 1, 2004... Tropical cyclones periodically cross the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). The large waves they generate can damage coral reefs. This paper will describe the challenges of mapping cyclone disturbance across such a vast geographic region, and how...

The Coonawarra: a viticultural frontier? Or just a case of sour grapes?
February 1, 2004... This paper discusses the definition of the Coonawarra Viticultural Region by the Geographical Indications Committee of the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation. The paper focuses on the geographical elements, critiques the extended process...

Report on the launch of the new Geoscience Australia 250K map series.
February 1, 2004... On Monday 22nd September 2003 the newly completed 1:250 000 scale revised national topographic map series was launched at Parliament House, Canberra. For the first time in over 30 years the entire country has been mapped in one standard,...

Fifty years in the map trade.
February 1, 2004... Like many others, I wandered accidentally into the map trade. In September 1950, I was looking to move from the work I was in at the time, and a friend who was in the sales team at Universal Business Directories told me the Company needed...

A new direction for spatial maintenance systems at Land and Property Information NSW.(New South Wales)
February 1, 2004... Land and Property Information, a part of the N.S.W. Department of Lands, is currently updating and redeveloping its Spatial Maintenance Systems. The project team was established in December, 2001. The team is made up LPI staff and suitably...