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John Cleverdon <johnc@...>

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Hello all,
Some updates and useful websites for mapping and similar information:

The Vicmap Interactive Map (http://services.land.vic.gov.au/maps/interactive.jsp) and Forest Explorer (nremap-sc.nre.vic.gov.au/MapShare.v2/imf.jsp?site=forestexplorer) websites are to be replaced by the MapShare website at: http://mapshare.maps.vic.gov.au/MapShareVic/index.html?viewer=MapShareVic.PublicSite&locale=en-AU. This new website is designed to be more usable with mobile devices; but is also more graphical (it suggests 10MB/s speed minimum). You can also use different basemap styles, one of which is the 'Mapscape' as used on the EmergencyVic website (https://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/).
There is also an online interactive maps for the green emergency makers in parks etc. (mostly Victorian), at: https://qr2id.com/au/public-markers/
For those of you who use compasses, there is a website at: http://www.ga.gov.au/oracle/geomag/agrfform.jsp which allows you to determine magnetic variation with grid north.
A professional conference I was at earlier this month mentioned SBAS (Satellite-Based Augmentation System) - http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/positioning-navigation/positioning-for-the-future/satellite-based-augmentation-system and http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/positioning-navigation/positioning-for-the-future/national-positioning-infrastructure - which will allow higher-accuracy GPS/GNSS positioning in the future (better than 10cm; as more 'base stations' are set up).

Regards,
John

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John Cleverdon
Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
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