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Written by Vector1Media Wednesday, 04 February 2009 17:00

Volume 3 / Issue 5/ February 5, 2009
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PERSPECTIVES
  
Are Geospatial Tools Design Tools? 

"How many surveyors, GIS professionals or remote sensing specialists would raise their hand in an audience if asked, “do you consider yourself to be a designer?” I’m guessing few, but I would immediately query, “why not?”"  

Jeff Thurston - Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

TOP STORIES
FEATURES
 
Electric utilities face serious challenges. As normal demand continues to rise, the transportation sector looks to electricity to answer fuel concerns. Should a significant increase in the use of electricity for transportation materialize as it likely will, demands and electric energy usage will soar. Meanwhile, the existing electric infrastructure continues to age.
 

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.  
TOP FIVE LINKS OF THE WEEK  
Jeff's Top Five Links of the Week
  1. ECCREDI - The European Council for Construction Research, Development and Innovation
  2. CityGML - 3D Exchange of Virtual City Models
  3. ASIBA - Australian Spatial Information Business Association
  4. Abu Dhabi Surface Transport Master Plan 2030
  5. Riso DTU Denmark - National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy
Matt's Top Five Links of the Week
  1. Washington State Transportation Framework - A collaborative state-wide transportation data effort.
  2. U.S. Dept. of Interior Climate Change Task Force Reports
  3. Canada's Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Research
  4. Nokia Eco Sensor Concept
  5. Giovanni - A simple and intuitive way to visualize, analyze, and access vast amounts of Earth science remote sensing data without having to download the data.
Reader´s Links of the Week

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Vector1 Media Announces V1 Energy a new Energy publication.

EarthBrowser

CIFFC - Canadian Inter-Agency Forest Fire Center

REVIEW  
  GIS for A-level Geography
gisalevel-80.jpg Students and teachers are constantly searching for new and useful geographical information system (GIS) educational materials. While many GIS concepts are universal and apply around the world, instructional material that contains localised content is in greater demand - people learn more quickly and identify with educational material they are familiar with. GIS for A-level Geography is written to not only provide basic GIS concepts, but it also includes a series of applications built around data originating from the British Isles.
 
INTERVIEWS  
Greater Transparency at EPA Has Geospatial Implications
johnston_photo.jpgThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long been a user of geospatial technology, and they’ve created many web-based applications to improve communication with constituents. A new agency-wide initiative for better information management and transparency in now underway, and there are implications for greater integration of sensor and geospatial systems to aid this effort. V1 Editor Matt Ball spoke with Jerry Johnston, the agency’s geospatial information officer (GIO), about his vision for greater GIS use at the agency.
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.
Smart Geometry Conference
HEADLINE NEWS
CALENDAR

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

International Workshop of Experts on Global Environmental Change , Feb. 9-11,  Pretoria, South Africa 

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

The Arabian World Construction Summit , Feb. 9-11, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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

ESRI Federal User Conference (FedUC) , Feb. 18-20, Washington, DC

3D-ARCH'2009 , Feb. 25-28, Trente, Italy

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TOP FIVE BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK  
VECTOR ONE SPATIAL SUSTAIN
  1. Are Geospatial Tools Design Tools?
  2. Cost Saving: SDI and Environmental Studies
  3. What Did Henry Hudson See in New York?
  4. European Spatial Data Infrastructure Net
  5. Mapping Doggerland - The Southern North
  1. $200M for USGS?
  2. Brown States vs. Green States?
  3. Model Airplane Used to Collect Agricultural Data
  4. Green Berets Praise Imagery
  5. A New Model for Capitalism
BOOKSTORE  
 

Principles and Practice of Public Health Surveillance (2000)

  By Steven Teutsch, R. Elliott Churchill

Brings together the theoretical and practical information crucial to 'planning, organizing, analyzing, interpreting, and communicating surveillance information in the context of contemporary society and public health practice.

  By Michael Bertolotto, Cyril Ray, Xiang Li

The papers span a wide area including but not limited to Geographical search engines, Web services, 2D and 3D information visualization, Exploratory cartography and interfaces, Security and usability, Cyber-geography, Semantic geo-spatial web, Ubiquitous GIS, as well as Wayfinding and navigation.

By Christopher Dickey

Dickey examines the history of terrorism in the city, but poses the thorny question of surveillance vs. civil liberties (e.g., helicopters whose cameras can look directly into specific apartments) since the 2001 World Trade Center tragedy and the Madrid and London bombings.

 

 

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