Geospatial technology is revolutionising business. For many internet users, Google Earth is little more than a fun website that enables them to look at their street, or find a restaurant. However the mapping technology which underpins it has been changing the way that businesses make important decisions.

However the mapping technology that underpins it has been changing the way businesses make important decisions.

Geospatial technology, which analyses information in relation to its physical location, has been around since Google was just a dream in a Stanford University dormitory, but the website has brought the potential of the technology to a wider audience and there are numerous examples of businesses taking advantage.

In March a study funded by the Co-operative Research Centre for Spatial Information found the spatial information industry was worth at least AUS$1.37 billion a year to the Australian economy.

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