Kids take over for the day at NGIS
No board meeting came close – the managing director faced his sternest examination yet when the children of staff members grilled him on matters of strategy and the company balance sheet. For a fourth year, the children of the NGIS team descended on NGIS’ Burswood office. The annual Kids at Work Day 2018 allowed children…
NGIS briefed at Google Singapore
In January, the NGIS staff travelled to Singapore after being invited for a Google office tour and briefing on the evolution of Google Maps API. Three groups of NGIS people were invited to the regional headquarters of the tech giant, which is spread over three buildings and 10 floors. NGIS staff were given guided tours of…
NGIS does Movember in style
NGIS Australia has completed another successful Movember, raising over $3800 in support of men’s health initiatives for the Movember Foundation. Team NGIS– Adam Mullett, Dion Fleming, Jack Green and Moreno Mattaboni, led by Richard Bentley and backed by the rest of the NGIS team, have spent the month of Movember growing out their best moustaches. …
Planet partnership announcement
Daily satellite imagery of the whole globe is now available to NGIS customers through our new technology partner, Planet. NGIS Australia and Planet have established a new partnership, leveraging Planet’s extensive global daily imagery for NGIS’ developers and specialist teams. Planet can provide the capabilities and content for NGIS to build new solutions for a range of industries, as well as…
Kids bring the holiday season to NGIS
NGIS had another successful Bring Your Kids to Work Day on July 13 when children joined the office and spent time learning about their parent’s workplace. Learning sessions for the 13 kids in attendance were based on the theme of holidays, using a personalised map, Geoguessr and plenty of doughnuts. The kids were able to draw out detailed pictures of what they did…
Staff culture — how it has unlocked our success
At after work drinks recently we were enjoying the sunshine and the view of the Perth skyline over the Swan river, when a group of women entrepreneurs came and asked to share our table. Naturally we started networking and one lady said to me she was completely blown away by the passion as I spoke…
NGIS volunteering day 2016 a success
NGIS has completed another successful annual volunteer day, this year at the Paruna Wildlife Sanctuary: 19 hectares of pristine bushland in the Avon Valley and Walyunga National Park region. The company flew members of the team from New South Wales and Victoria to Perth and took time out of the office to help preserve native…
