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Written by Vector1Media Tuesday, 23 February 2010 00:00

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Volume 4 / Issue 8/ February 23, 2010
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PERSPECTIVES
  
Different mobile phones, more spatially related Apps — how do we wade through it all?

"New mobile prod­ucts are arriv­ing in the mar­ket­place daily. Along with them come new appli­ca­tion pro­gram­ming inter­faces (APIs). Each of these is used to access soft­ware pro­grams of dif­fer­ent types. Geospa­tial and design inter­ested par­ties have never had a greater oppor­tu­nity to access pow­er­ful spa­tial data so read­ily — and sim­ply. The growth in APIs is expand­ing rapidly. Dif­fer­ent mobile phones, more spa­tially related Apps — how do we wade through it all?"
-- Jeff Thurston, editor - Europe, Middle East and Africa

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TOP STORIES
FEATURES
If sustainability means to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations, pedestrian simulation software can contribute to this aim in the field of building design and engineering. Simulation of human walking allows to identify planned or existing flaws regarding pedestrian comfort and security in buildings, urban areas or transport facilities that will threaten the current and future use of these facilities.

It used to be that good design was signified by form following function, but as we’ve moved through the first decade of the 21st century, it’s clear that good design requires so much more. While function is still primary, there are many other factors inherent to good design.  Factors like sustainability, affordability, usability and reliability. And wrapped around those factors are ever-more subjective notions of beauty and emotional appeal.

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Top Five Links of the Week
  
 

Jeff's Top 5 Links of the Week

  1. Taco Shed - do you know where your taco comes from?
  2. Conefor Sensinode - software package that allows quantifying the importance of habitat areas for the maintenance or improvement of landscape connectivity.
  3. SAWRC - South African water research commission.
  4. Alterra - combination of practical and scientific research in a multitude of disciplines related to the green world around us and the sustainable use of our living environment.
  5. NZ Soils Portal  - window into all things about New Zealand's soils.

Matt's Top 5 Links of the Week

  1. Illinois Farm Sustainability Calculator
  2. Tile Drawer -- Allows you to run your own OpenStreetMap server.
  3. Corridor Design - GIS tools and information for designing wildlife corridors.
  4. dataviz -- Improving data visualisation for the public sector.
  5. TED Talk: Parag Khanna Maps the Future of Countries with a geopolitical analysis.

Reader's Top Links of the Week (Submit your links to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

  • Creatmosphere - exploring light in spaces.
  • GDI-3D - spatial dfata infrastructure for 3D geodata in Heidelberg, Germany
  •  amMap - An interactive flash-based mapping tool
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SDIs and Regional Competitiveness
Steven_Ramage_1Spatial_thumbSDIs are being developed to help address environmental concerns, disaster preparedness and emergency responsiveness, but there are other possibilities for benefiting from SDIs, namely regional competitiveness. This could mean public sector organisations who are currently experiencing budget cuts across the board could use activities relating to geospatial data to minimise budget cuts or maintain existing budget levels. This is because their activities provide a positive contribution to the regional economy, especially where the overriding objective is to build a knowledge economy.

International LiDAR Mapping Forum
EVENTS  
SPAR 2010 Focuses on Vertical Markets with a Great Deal of Practical Applications
SPAR2010_smallThe 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.

Imagina 2010 - Part 2
Imagina_small 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.
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INTERVIEWS  
3D Visualization - A Convergence of LiDAR, Photogrammetry and Imaging

thumb_hakan_w75dpiNew tools and products are emerging in the LiDAR, photogrammetry and satellite imaging fields today as 3D environments and 3D city modeling gain wider acceptance. These are impacting work related to digital surfaces, object extraction - recognition and leading to additional research and applications. Sweden based Håkan Wiman has been centrally involved in this work including the development of Metria CityModeler and WiMap BM (building modeler). V1 Magazine editor Jeff Thurston interviewed him with respect to his work related to 3D city modeling, visualisation, LiDAR and digital surface modeling.
Open Geospatial Tools Expand Their Niche

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Paul Ramsey has been an open geospatial advocate for some time and is deeply involved in PostGIS and MapServer development and project consulting. Paul was the keynote speaker at last year’s Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference (FOSS4G), and teaches many workshops to help others develop solutions with this technology. He works for OpenGeo, a company that has just released the OpenGeo Suite, a productized stack of optimized open geospatial technologies. V1 editor Matt Ball spoke with Ramsey regarding this new suite of tools, and about the status of open geospatial tools in general.

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HEADLINE NEWS
CALENDAR

Mapping, Memory and the City, Feb. 25-26, Liverpool, UK

National Flood Forum, Feb. 25, Birmingham, UK

2010 Precision Forestry Symposium, Mar. 1-3, Stellenbosch, South Africa

International LiDAR Mapping Forum, March 3-5, Denver, Colorado

FOSSGIS Conference 2010, March 2-5, Osnabruck, Germany

GIS & CAMA, March 8-11, Little Rock, Arkansas

IV Jornadas de SIG Libre, Mar. 10-12, Girona, Spain

SmartGeometry, March 19-22, Barcelona, Spain

2010 Where 2.0 Conference
TOP FIVE BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK  
VECTOR ONE SPATIAL SUSTAIN  
  1. GeoDesign: A GIS Perspective
  2. Watch a Bear Hibernate
  3. Earth Conservation and Landscape Tools
  4. Thesis: Virtual globes as a platform for developing spatial literacy
  5. Report: Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy
  1. Suspicious Map Triggers Whistler Olympic Village Search
  2. ClearEdge3D Proves the Worth of Their Edgewise Technology
  3. Update on the Earthmine Photo Pointcloud Collection
  4. Spatial Industry Association in Australia Declares the Country the World Leaders
  5. Stanford Set to Open a New Facility to Study Detailed Census Data
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BOOK REVIEW  
Land Administration for Sustainable Development

landadmin_cover75Land administration plays a unique role in solving sustainability issues. It involves an integrated approach that includes several common factors that can be applied around the world, even though their actual implementation can differ from country to country. Our relationship to the land includes both physical and cognitive factors and these connect to wider topics related to law, regulation and legislation. The authors of this book provide a wealth of information for understanding land administration systems and how future spatial data infrastructure may incorporate new processes leading toward sustainability.
BOOKSTORE  
 

Beyond Developmentality: Constructing Inclusive Freedom and Sustainability (2009)

By Debal Deb, Richard Norgaard

This book lays out a path to sustainability with respect for justice, cultural diversity, and nature.

Spatial Data Analysis: An Introduction for GIS Users (2010)

By Christopher Lloyd

This book introduces students to key principles about spatial data, the methods used to explore such data, and the kinds of problems that can be tackled using widely available analytical tools.

GIS, Environmental Modeling and Engineering (2009)

Allan Brimicombe

The links between GIS, simulation modelling, and engineering offer tremendous possibilities for building versatile support systems for managing the environment.

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