The International LIDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) took place in Denver, Colo. from March 3-5, 2010. The event drew more than 500 attendees and 60 exhibiting companies. The program placed both an emphasis on research and innovation as well as application, with a mix of process oriented sessions, the strategies and hurdles of collection, and innovative LIDAR applications.
Written by Jeff Thurston Saturday, 20 February 2010 00:00
imagina 2010 was recently held in Monaco. The event included a 3D track together with an architecture and landscape-territory track this year , both of which proved highly successful. Several leaders in the 3D city, building and construction design space were present. Lively discussions and debates about the current future possibilities for evolving 3D technologies and applications were included. A 3D Ethics Charter was signed at the event. Jeff Thurston reports in the second of a two-part summary of the event.
Written by Jeff Thurston Sunday, 14 February 2010 20:03
imagina 2010 was recently held in Monaco. The event included a 3D track together with an architecture and landscape-territory track this year , both of which proved highly successful. Several leaders in the 3D city, building and construction design space were present. Lively discussions and debates about the current future possibilities for evolving 3D technologies and applications were included. A 3D Ethics Charter was signed at the event. Jeff Thurston reports on the first of a two-part summary of the event.
The SPAR 2010 Conference took place in The Woodlands, Texas from Feb. 8-10. This gathering of vendors and practioners in a hot technical topic drew an enthusiastic crowd of roughly 750 people, despite a travel-hampered week due to East coast weather. This year's event placed a focus on practical use of the technology, with apllication-centric conference tracks on topics such as security, industrial plant, foensics, scan to BIM and mobile surveying.
The inaugural GeoDesign Summit took place in Redlands, Calif. from Jan. 6-8. The invite-only gathering of roughly 250 people included well-connected representatives from academia, architecture, engineering, landscape architecture and planning. The purpose of the event was to outline a new geospatial approach that is being called GeoDesign
