Welcome to the world of space which you can explore by means of the site ozsurveying.com.au. This site is specifically meant to provide you all the information on Surveying and Spatial Information Systems. It is basically for those wish to be there in the mission to Mars in future, for the experiment purpose the Mars Society which is actually a non – profit organization has set up bases to have mock testing for the equipments, simulations of operations and also for personnel training exercises. One such base which is actually set in the same kind of conditions to act as a shelter for the surface dwelling astronauts is supposed to me situated somewhere in Central Australia by the name of MARS – OZ. for finalizing this site as one of them the Mars society of Australia had conducted a large scale testing on certain parameters like geomorphic conditions, logistics and such other criteria which would make it easy for someone to conduct the explorations. The Surveying and Spatial Information Systems focus upon various aspects like measuring, analyzing, managing, storing and displaying of the descriptions of some earth based data called as spatial data. This information can be generated in many ways by means of surveying tools, surveying instruments and sources like the satellites in the orbit of earth or other such sensors. The data is then manipulated by means of various hardware and software applications depending on the data and it usage in various fields like environmental studies, geology, geophysics, planning, engineering, construction, mining and navigation. So, these are the specific fields especially engineering which use the spatial data in its applications. There are measuring instruments called surveying total stations which are used for the measurement purposes like measuring angles and distance. These are survey instruments primarily used for mining applications. There is a kind of surveying called quantity surveying which is basically used for construction purposes to measure the quantities required and maintain the logistics. This site would give you all the information related to surveying, the surveying tools, surveying instruments and the job opportunities available in this particular field that is, surveying jobs.