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Written by Vector1Media Monday, 23 March 2009 18:00

Volume 3 / Issue 12/ March 24, 2009
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PERSPECTIVES
  
How Can We Communicate that Geospatial Technology Matters?

"We’re living in a time that requires strong actions, and GIS is essential to inform our actions for maximum efficiency. We need to do a better job as an industry  educating decision makers about why geospatial technology matters."  

Matt Ball, the Americas, Asia Pacific  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

TOP STORIES
 
FEATURE

Towards Flood Resilient Cities

Cities are evolving systems. We have little understanding of their behaviour. We know that they are highly dynamic, in that they face changing environments and inputs, and adapt to these changes. Over a longer historical period, cities have always successfully adapted to changing environmental conditions and thus have been extremely resilient. From 1100 to 1800, only 42 cities worldwide were deserted after their construction.


  WHITE PAPER: Extending 3D Models Beyond Application Dead Ends

We are quickly moving toward a world where intelligent 3D models will interface with sensor systems for a realistic, up-to-date picture of our world. But for this vision to become a reality, we need compatibility and connectivity between different tools, data types and data models. Vector1 Media has partnered with Safe Software to explore this interoperability between 3D data formats.

Download the full white paper here. 
TOP FIVE LINKS OF THE WEEK  
Jeff's Top Five Links of the Week
  1. Forest Carbon Portal - Ecosystem  marketplace’s forest carbon portal is a clearinghouse
  2. Estonian Land Board - Cartography section - Cartographic collection is the acquisition, evaluation, archival processing, preservation and protection of cartographic data.
  3. Agro-MAPS : Global spatial database of agricultural land-use statistics
  4. Sustainable Cities Collective - Best-managed cities are creating innovative new solutions to the environmental issues plaguing their communities now.
  5. Knowledge Cartography Tools - Tools for buildingknowledge through cartography.
Matt's Top Five Links of the Week
  1. Green Order - Helps companies make environmental excellence, energy innovation, and corporate responsibility drivers of profitable growth.
  2. Resource Mapping - Remote sensing and GIS for conservation.
  3. GEO Portal - Access remote sensing, geospatial static and in-situ data, information and services.
  4. Earth Systems Trends - Trends as the Earth Trends Modeler sees them.
  5. GeoWeb 3D - Game quality graphics built for geospatial.
Reader´s Links of the Week

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  • LOICZ - core project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP).
  • SeaDataNet - Pan European infrastructure for ocean and marine data.
COLUMN  
Micro-Location Overview: Beyond the Metre...to the Centimetre
thumb_steven_feldman60.jpgAdvances in tracking and location technologies are enabling new application development. These applications can be found in environmental, utility, transport and other industrial applications. Many new approaches are being developed for more personal and local use and these applications include in-store location, hospitals, airports and inside buildings. In this column Steven Feldman takes a look at some of these applications and provides his unique views on some of the recent developments.
 
 
 
INTERVIEWS  
   Tracking Ships Around the Globe

richard_proud_60.jpgjulian_longson_60.jpgOcean going ships are not presently required to carry tracking devices. But renewed interest in safety and security issues is generating growing interest in knowing where these vessels are located, and which is soon to be required. This poses many challenges because a system needs to be developed that integrates this information internationally, yet, remains sensitive to the needs of individual countries territorial waters and the shipping industry. Vector1 Media editor Jeff Thurston interviewed Richard Proud (left) of ComSine Ltd. and Julian Longson (right) of Pole Star Space Applications Ltd where both companies are developing these applications.

  WA-Trans Provides a Vision for Road Data Integration
griffin_tami.jpgThe state of Washington is coordinating an ambitious effort to normalize transportation data from multiple counties into a common repository called the Washington State Transportation Framework (WA-Trans). V1 Magazine editor Matt Ball spoke with Tami Griffin, WA-Trans project manager, about the technical and collaborative hurdles that she is addressing in order to provide the best up-to-date data on roads, railways, ferries, aviation, ports, and non-motorized transportation infrastructure in her state.
Smart Geometry Conference
HEADLINE NEWS
CALENDAR

Sustainable Scandanavia, March 30-April 5, Copenhagen, Denmark

GeoInformatik 2009, Mar. 30 - Apr. 2, Osnabrueck,  2009

Water Berlin, Mar.30-Apr.2, Berlin, Germany

SPAR 2009, March 30 - April 1, Denver, Colo.

Offshore Survey '09, April 1-2, Southampton, UK

SANY GIS & Sensor Data to Web Maps, Apr. 3-6, Zurich, Switzerland 

GITA Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions, April 19-22, Tampa, Fla. 

Cities 3.0, April 22-25, Sitges, Spain

EVENT REPORT
  
  ASPRS Reflects on the Past, and Provides a Vision for the Future
asprs75years.jpg The 75th annual American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference took place in Baltimore, Maryland from March 9-13, 2009. This landmark event drew an international audience of more than 1,500 people, with the theme, "Reflection of the Past, Vision for the Future". The reflection portion of the theme was evident in a multimedia exhibit that recounted the history of the society as well as a special anniversary celebration. The vision part of the theme was explored in many different sessions that focused on the future of the industry.
TOP FIVE BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK  
VECTOR ONE SPATIAL SUSTAIN
  1. Characteristics of a GIS Professional
  2. NESTOR - The Web Browser and Cartographer Software
  3. Amaztype - GIS
  4. Visual Nature Studio 3.0 - Part 2
  5. The Classification of 3D City Models
  1. New GIS Market Report Released
  2. Sun to Unveil Open Cloud Platform
  3. China Cracks Down on Mapping and Surveying
  4. Geospatial is Pre-Engineering Work
  5. Autodesk Adds Vancouver to Digital Cities Initiative
BOOKSTORE  
 

Integrating GIS and the Global Positioning System (2000)

  By Karen Steede-Terry

This comprehensive reference answers the myriad questions involved in combining these two systems for maximum benefit.

  By C.R. Drane

This work focuses on the role of positioning systems in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), the major types of positioning systems, the relationship between them and the methods for evaluating their performance.

By Harvey J. Miller

Given its coverage, the book should also encourage new insights among those of us already immersed in GIS-T in one arena or another, as well provide as an excellent reference to a great deal of past work.
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