Last month, AURIN and the Geospatial Council of Australia had the honour of presenting the Peter Woodgate Award to Glenn Cockerton. The Peter Woodgate Award was created in memory of Dr Peter Woodgate, who served as Chair of AURIN’s board as well as President of the Geospatial Council. It recognises an Australian-based individual or team […]
Author Archives: AURIN Outreach
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May
May
At a critical moment for housing policy and planning in Australia, UNSW on behalf of AURIN and Australian Research Data Commons has been awarded a two-year, $1 million grant by the office of the NSW Chief Scientist. This grant will allow for the development of the Housing Analytics Lab (HAL), a hybrid facility designed to […]
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May
May
Last week Locate24 took place in Sydney, where it was great to have the chance to share knowledge across the geospatial sector in Australia. As part of the awards ceremony, AURIN had the honour of co-presenting this year’s Peter Woodgate Award, a prize created with the Geospatial Council of Australia in memory of Peter, a […]
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May
May
In May 2024 we’re excited to have members of our team attending two major industry events – the Geospatial Council of Australia’s Locate24 in Sydney and PIA’s Planning Congress in Melbourne. We’ll have an exhibition booth at both events, where you can meet experts from our team and learn more about how we can support […]
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Apr
Apr
From January to March 2024 AURIN was cited in a variety of material, including in three papers published in peer-reviewed journals, one conference paper and one book chapter. Data accessed through AURIN was used by researchers across Australia and internationally to inform analysis on topics including transit-oriented development, the impacts of built environments on social […]
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Mar
Mar
In partnership with Arup, we were thrilled to host the Urban Innovation Data Hack across 22 and 23 March 2024. The hack presented an opportunity for developers, planners and others to come together to solve problems, showcase data and harness opportunities for Melbourne Innovation Districts (MID). MID is a partnership between the City of Melbourne, […]
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Mar
Mar
AURIN’s Industry Advisory Committee, from left to right, top to bottom: Michele Adair, Dr Zaffar Mohamed-Ghouse, Dr Hermione Parsons, Patrick Hastings, Iain Russell, Kylie Hargreaves, Dr Ian Oppermann, Julian Szafraniec and Helen Bell. AURIN is excited to announce the formation of a new Industry Advisory Committee (IAC), bringing together leaders across the geospatial industry. The […]
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Jan
Jan
Using cycling infrastructure data made available through AURIN, as well as data from Vicroads, the Victorian Government and the researchers’ own survey data, researchers at Monash University have conducted a study of the role of neighbourhood design in cycling activity during Melbourne’s Covid-19 lockdowns. Naseri, Delbosc and Kamruzzaman’s (2023) study, ‘The role of neighbourhood design […]
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Dec
Dec
In celebration of the World Open Data movement, AURIN and ARUP are excited to partner on an Urban Innovation Data Hack across March 22 and 23, 2024. Focusing on the challenges and opportunities in Melbourne’s Innovation District, this event, held at ARUP’s Docklands HQ and online, will bring together a diverse group of participants, including […]
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Oct
Oct
From July to September 2023 AURIN was cited in a variety of material, including several conference papers and a peer-reviewed piece of research. The peer-reviewed paper, ‘A review on worldwide urban observatory systems’ data analytics themes: Lessons learned for Malaysia Urban Observatory (MUO)’, in Journal of Urban Management Vol. 12 Issue 3, was written by Noradila […]