A call has gone out for Australian construction businesses interested in improving the capability of their positioning technology.
Geoscience Australia and the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI) plan to spend about $400,000 on the user testing of a Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) for the construction industry in Australia.
Geoscience Australia said businesses selected for the user testing would work closely with international positioning experts to trial technology that had not been widely tested in this country before.
Improved positioning technology has the potential to enhance a range of applications for the construction industry, including building information management, precision guidance and drone applications.
The user testing is part of a two-year project to trial SBAS in the Australasian region. The Australian Government has committed $12 million in funding to the project and the New Zealand Government an additional $2 million.
The project will be conducting user testing across nine different industries – agriculture, aviation, construction, maritime, rail, resources, road, spatial and utilities.
Interested businesses can apply for the trial by completing an application form available from the CRCSI website. The call for Expressions of Interest closes on Friday, April 28.
For more information about the SBAS trial and National Positioning Infrastructure Capability visit the Geoscience Australia website.
