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Written by Vector1Media Monday, 12 January 2009 17:00

Volume 3 / Issue 2/ January 13, 2009
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PERSPECTIVES
  
   Will economic stimulus spending provide a launch pad for geospatial innovation?

  thumb_Matt_Ball "The United States isn’t the only country planning to invest internally in order to improve unemployment figures and economic growth. While there will likely be many opportunities for geospatial work, the question is whether that work will lead to innovation in new tools and approaches that benefit the geospatial market as a whole."

  Matt Ball, Editor, Americas/Asia-Pacific, mattball vector1media.com    

TOP STORIES
FEATURES

Some 50,000 islands and thousands of narrow fjords cut into the mountainous countryside along Norway’s jagged coastline. Diesel-fueled ferries have transported people and goods between the islands and across the fjords for decades, but a new fleet of natural gas-powered ferries is now improving mobility without emitting noxious fumes that pollute the marine environment.  
 
 
Carbon dioxide is not always the villain. It can actually be quite beneficial for companies like Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, which is using the greenhouse gas for enhanced oil recovery, a process that involves injecting otherwise tapped out wells with CO2 to produce additional oil. Anadarko uses GIS to track pipeline maintenance, view land reclamation, and keep up with revegetation of native grasses. By calling up layers on a GIS-based map, they can map every piece of infrastructure fom flow lines, pipelines, buildings and wells.
TOP FIVE LINKS OF THE WEEK  
Jeff's Top Five Links of the Week
  1. Sustainable Development Commission UK
  2. CEOs for Cities
  3. Smart City Radio
  4. European Digital Archive on Soil Maps of the World
  5. Globe Net
Matt's Top Five Links of the Week
  1. GreenMeter - A dynamic energy tracking and management system.
  2. American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment
  3. Urban Forests and Climate Change
  4. New Geography - A site dedicated to commentary about the future of places.
  5. NeighborWorks Green Agenda - An environmental responsibility pact among community developers.
Reader´s Links of the Week

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COLUMN  
The Use of 3D Visualization in Planning and Design—Is 3D a luxury or a necessity?
winston_jeff.jpg3D has gradually been making inroads into the planning and design mainstream. It's not unusual in a public presentation or submittal to see a 3D image rather than an artist’s rendering, and occasionally one actually sees 3D movie “fly arounds”. However, in today’s reality of reduced funding for both staff and software, one has to question whether 3D is a luxury or actually makes a meaningful contribution to the process of land planning and design.
INTERVIEW  
The Concept of Ecology Returns to Prominence
gale_tony.gifEcology and Environment, Inc. is a publicly traded company founded in 1970 that has been working on sustainability initiatives, and applying GIS technology to these problems, for decades. V1 Editor Matt Ball spoke with Tony Gale, principal consultant, about the company’s use of GIS and geospatially enabled software-as-a-service applications to tackle broad problems, and provide measurable metrics, for sustainability problems.
Tasked to Put the “E” Back in ESRI
smith_robin.jpgESRI, the world leading GIS software vendor, recently announced the addition of an environmental industry manager. Dr. Robin D. Smith has extensive experience conducting and managing environmental investigations, and ecological and human health risk assessments. V1 editor Matt Ball spoke with Smith about the current use of GIS in these areas, and the promise for more integrated and widespread use in the future.
Bentley Sustaining Infrastructure
HEADLINE NEWS
CALENDAR

Cartography and Geoinformatics for Early Warning and Emergency Management, Jan. 19-22, Prague, Czech Republic

GIS Ostrava 2009 , Jan. 25-29, Ostrav, Czech Republic

Spatial Information for Sustainable Management of Urban Areas, Feb. 2-4, Mainz, Germany

First Global Summit On Sustainable Development and Biodiversity 2008 , Feb. 7-9, Raipur, India

Workshop on High-Impact Weather Predictability and Information System for Africa , Feb 9 - 12, Trieste, Italy

Map World Forum , Feb. 10-13, Hyderabad, India

EVENTS  
AU 2008: Focused on the Competitive Edge

au_logo.jpg Autodesk University 2008 took place in Las Vegas, Nevada from Dec. 1-5. This year's event attracted roughly 9,000 people, with the theme, "Experts Like You". The current state of the economy was on everyone's minds, with fewer attendees due to cutbacks in the AEC industry. But as a result of the economic pressures, it was a very motivated group to gain skills and learn strategies in order to continue to be competitive.

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TOP FIVE BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK  
VECTOR ONE SPATIAL SUSTAIN
  1.  Forest Inventory Using Airborne Lidar
  2. GIS Science Blog - Farewell Chat with David Maguire
  3. Geography and the 100 Mile Diet
  4. The Hot Dog Map - West Virginia
  5. V1 Energy is Coming
  1. Predictions for 2009
  2. Is 3D a Luxury?
  3. ESRI's Environmental Mission
  4. How Google Earth Outreach was Born
  5. Severe Space Weather Could Be Catastrophic
BOOKSTORE  
 

The Power of Place: Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape (2008)

By Harm De Blij

In recent years a spate of books and articles have argued that the world today is so mobile, so interconnected and so integrated that it is, in one prominent assessment, flat. But as Harm de Blij contends in The Power of Place, geography continues to hold billions of people in an unrelenting grip.

  By Denis Cosgrove

This book is comprised of a series of personal reflections by leading cultural geographer, Denis Cosgrove, on the complex connections between seeing, imagining and representing the world geographically.

By Denis Wood, John Fels, John Pickles

Every map reflects the agendas and intentions of its creators. By drawing our attention to every aspect of map self-presentation, from place names to titles and legends, the authors reveal the way that each piece of information collaborates in a disguised effort to mount an argument about reality.

 

 

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