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"The concept of GeoDesign involves a more interactive interface to geospatial layers with the means for sketching and design upon those layers in a collaborative way while contributing and interacting with an evolving intelligent model. The concept itself isn’t new, but various technology pieces have been missing, and the enabling software is now being worked on. Solving the connections between various software tools and discipline workflows is a sticky problem that will take some time to address and unravel. Now is the time for more dialogue on the definition and practice of GeoDesign."
-- Matt Ball, editor - Americas / Asia Pacific

Jeff's Top 5 Links of the Week

1. Agro-MAPS: Global Spatial Database of Agricultural Land-use Statistics
2. Knowledge Cartography - Knowledge Cartography is the discipline of mapping intellectual landscapes.
3. Roadmap for Maritime Spatial Planning: Achieving Common Principles in the EU.
4. GoFOR - New Modes of Governance for Sustainable Forestry in Europe.
5. SEMIDE - Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector.

Matt's Top 5 Links of the Week

1. Opinion Space - The U.S. State Department's web-based tool to gauge public opinion and engage participants around the world.
2. California's Redwood Coast - Geotourism site from Natinal Geographic.
3. Green Trail Maps - Topographic recreation maps for spectacular areas of North America.
4. Microsoft's Fusion Framework and Fusion Core Solutions
5. Spatial Explorations - Thoughts on a chaging sense of place.

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•  A Map of the Future? - Thoughts on transformation and public service reform in the United Kingdom.

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.

The Open Geospatial Consortium has been hard at work on many fronts to realize the full promise of geospatial technology. David Schell, the organization's founder and chairman of the board, spoke with V1 editor Matt Ball about the organizations inroads with the AECOO community and the promise of greater software interoperability.

1. Download the World Soil Database
2. 3D Processing and Visualization: Design by Standardization
3. OpenStreetMap 3D
4. INSPIRE - Understanding EU Spatial Metadata 101
5. A Spatial Turn
   
   

1. The Library as Digital Creation Center and Urban Informatics Processor
2. The OGC Tackles a Number of Interoperability Hurdles for Better Change Management
3. Flickr Hosts Environmental Imagery Collection from the 1970s
4. U.S. Census Recounts Each of the 23 Headcounts in the Nation's History
5. Ushahidi Promotes "Everyone-as-Informant" Mapping

The Spatial Turn is a collection of writings by 13 scholars about geography and space. The term Spatial Turn finds it's origin in the turning of geographical pursuit toward social and historical narratives. It emanates from the social sciences that reconsider space in the context of new dimensions in human geography.

The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today (2010) By Ted Conover Roads bring medicine and disease, development and destruction, commerce and war. Conover tempers concerns about the paradoxes of roads with appreciation for the ingenuity and fortitude of the road warriors who welcome him into their arduous lives. Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory (2010) By Peter Hessler Hessler investigates the country's lurch into modernity through three engrossing narratives, including an epic road trip following the Great Wall across northern China. American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers, and Bullriders (2005) Richard Grant British writer Grant, parallels his own travels through the American Southwest with those of earlier explorers, conquerors, cowboys, Indians, bikers and hoboes..

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