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V1 Newsletter-Vol. 2, Issue 29 |
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Written by Vector1Media
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Volume 2 / Issue 29 / July 22, 2008
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PERSPECTIVES
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 "There are a number of parallels between
the stewardship of our planet and the healthcare of humans. The most
identifiable are long term nature, education, environment, role of
technology and requirement for investment. We can probably include
other terms such as efficiency, optimisation and sustainability. In a
more direct sense, healthcare for humans is impacted by clean air,
water, healthy food and, I believe, space."
Jeff Thurston, Editor, EMEA and Russia,
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 "There’s an ever-increasing body of knowledge about human health,
because we all want to live long and healthy lives. We acknowledge the
importance of research into disease and illnesses, and we fund that
research in order to continuously enhance the quality of our collective
health. It would be nice to see the same level of global commitment to
the health of our planet."
Matt Ball, Editor, Americas/Asia-Pacific,
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TOP STORIES
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FEATURE
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Interactively Managing the U.S. Census Bureau’s Data
The Constitution of the United States requires a census to be taken
regularly to determine congressional apportionment, Electoral College
voting and government funding. With the information gathered, the
Census Bureau seeks to be the leading source of quality data about the
nation's people and economy, and the need to understand and
geospatially represent the growing quantities of data requires adequate
data management.
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TOP FIVE LINKS OF THE WEEK
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Jeff's Top Five Links of the Week
1) GLORIA - Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments
2) Soils Data - Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia
3) Hotspots - Conservation International Biodiversity Hotspots
4)' 3D Traffic Sim - Microsimulation of road traffic (try your hand or download - addictive )
5)BioPower Systems - Biologically inspired power systems.
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Matt's Top Five Links of the Week
1) Rights and Resources Initiative - Encouraging greater global action on forest policy and market reforms to increase household and community ownership.
2) Connect2Earth - An outreach partnership on conservation issues between the World Wildlife Fund, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Nokia.
3) Fuel Economy.gov - Fuel economy ratings for all production cars from the United States Department of Energy.
4) Culinate - A food site with recipes and insight into eating right, including eating locally-grown and fresh food.
5) Energy Tomorrow - A focus on future energy from America's oil and gas industry.
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Reader´s Links of the Week
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INTERVIEWS
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ERDAS - Defining the Measurement Process
 Remotely sensed imagery is rapidly evolving to become a primary and
important information source for business decision making.To achieve
this goal requires an understanding of the process involved and the
right tools. V1 Magazine editor Jeff Thurston spoke with Bob Morris,
President and CEO, ERDAS Inc. on this topic and how that company is
meeting the challenge in the international marketplace.
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ESRI Outlines Technology Development Plans
ESRI is leading GIS software vendor and the vision and life’s work of
Jack Dangermond. V1 editor Matt Ball sat down with Dangermond at the
American Planning Association (APA) meeting in Las Vegas, where he gave
a keynote address on, “Creating Our Future: The Geographic
Perspective.” This is the second of a two-part interview that deals
with the technology development plans of the company.
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HEADLINE NEWS
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CALENDAR
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ESRI Intl Users Conference , August 4-8, San Diego, California
4th Marine Survey Course , August 13-18, Isle of Wight, UK
Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing Climate, August 25-28, Umea, Sweden
Map Africa 2008 , August 25-26, Cape Town, South Africa
Environmental Services Workshop , August 28-30, Ciudad del Saber, Panama
Caris2008 , September 22-26, Bath, UK
AGI GeoCommunity '08, September 25-26, Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK
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EVENT
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AGIT / Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg 2008
 AGIT / GI Forum 2008 is a major international symposia and exhibit held
yearly in Austria at the University of Salzburg. It not only offers a
successful dual Deutsche-English language format, but it manages to
combine industry, government and education authorities into one action
packed, three day program together with an exhibition. New technologies
and applications emerging from central and south eastern Europe are in
abundance at the conference and a vibrant poster competition takes
place.
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TOP 5 BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK
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Environmentality (2005)
By Arun Agrawal
This book helps to shed light on the connections between environmental
regulation, practice and subjectivity.
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The Image and the Region - Making Mega-City Regions Visible (2008)
By Alain Thierstein and Agnes Förster
Through essays
from various disciplines this book approaches the phenomenon of mega regions and
discusses the necessity to visualize Europe's mega-city regions.
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Handbook of Precision Agriculture (2006)
By Ancha Srinivasan
A timely and valuable resource that provides a comprehensive overview of developments in the field of precision agriculture.
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