To ensure satellite positioning and smart device technology is accurate, Australia will be moving to the new official national datum GDA2020.

The Asia-Pacific’s premier geospatial conferences, GeoSmart Asia and Locate 18 recently came together in Adelaide. Between 9-11 April 2018, the event brought geospatial experts together with industry innovators and technology providers. Data SA and Location SA representatives were eager to support the event and field queries from data enthusiasts.

SA’s top baby names for 2017 have just been released. See which girls name has retained the number one spot for six years straight and which boys name has been number one for five years. Some have become favourites, remaining in the top 10 for consecutive years.

On Saturday 14 October, GovHack held their annual Red Carpets Awards at the Brisbane City Hall. South Australian teams featured strongly on the night, receiving an impressive 5 wins, 7 runners-up and 8 honourable mentions.

This wonderful dataset combines Solr search with a passengers database containing voyage, passenger, port, master, vessel data and images. Discover entries for 320,471 passengers, 61,863 voyages and 21,042 vessels to South Australia between 1826 and 1961.