by Christopher O'Keeffe
July 31, 2026
Australia would not stop if GPS failed, but aviation, freight, shipping, emergency response, farming, mining, surveying and daily travel would become slower, less precise and more manual. This sector-by-sector analysis explains what would fail, what would still work and why genuine resilience requires more than a second satellite receiver.
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by Christopher O'Keeffe
July 30, 2026
Tourism maps do far more than help visitors find their way. They define destinations, connect attractions into itineraries, influence visitor dispersal, support local businesses, communicate culture, strengthen safety and reveal where tourism investment is needed. Christopher O’Keeffe explains how tourism organisations can use paper, digital and wall maps to shape the visitor economy they want.
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by Christopher O'Keeffe
July 29, 2026
Australia has never depended on mapping more, yet the traditional map industry has contracted. Christopher O’Keeffe examines the rise and fall of dedicated GPS, COVID’s impact on international and wall-map demand, the paper-map renaissance, geographic literacy, government mapping, tourism, emergency preparedness and the hybrid future of Australian cartography.
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