 When a domain is relatively new, the terminology is often imprecise, and many different words many be coined and used by different organizations and individuals with none of them realizing that they are talking about essentially the same thing. This is substantially true for the use of Digital City and SDI as applied to urban environments. |
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 Today the discussion surrounding maps and cartography is growing. The Internet is allowing more people in different places to experience map use digitally through a wide variety of devices. This use is creating questions about maps, mapping and cartography. Editors Martin Dodge, Rob Kitchin and Chris Perkins have gathered togather a collection of contributors, each writing about the changing nature of maps, cartography and their use. The book 'Rethinking Maps - New frontiers in cartographic theory' is not only about mapping today, it describes where mapping might be in the future and provides insightful considerations for thinking about the many changes happening in the pursuit of cartography. |
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 The HP - Press Event 2009 was recently held in Barcelona, Spain. The two-day event included a tour of the Institute of Advanced Architecture (Iaac) in the center of the city accompanied by formal presentations from members of the HP Research Print facilities in nearby San Cugat together with a tour and presentations at those facilities. The event highlighted HP's move from being a print company to become a design communication company.
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 The non-profit California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) sued the county of Santa Clara, California in 2006 over the fees they charge for their GIS parcel basemap data. The long battle ended a few months ago, with the court ruling that the county has to end their high fees for data, and pay attorney fees of $500K. V1 editor Matt Ball spoke with Bruce Joffe, of GIS Consultants in Oakland, Calif., a key advisor to the Coalition.
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National GIS Conference in Denmark, Nov. 18-20, Kortdage, Denmark
Geospatial Data Cyber Infrastructure and Real-time Services, Nov. 25 -27, Hyderabad, India
Infrastructure Investment World, Nov 30-Dec 3, London, UK
The IET Seminar on Earth Observation Satellites, Nov 30, London, UK
Autodesk University, Dec. 1-3, Las Vegas
Africa - AMESD Forum, Dec. 1, Kinshasa, Republic of Congo
UK Smart Utility Summit, Dec. 8-10, London, UK
Map India, Jan. 19-21, Gurgaon, India
Second International Conference on Management of Natural Resources, Sus Dev and Ecology, Dec. 15-17, West Cape, South Africa
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Atlas of Rare City Maps: Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842 (1997)
By Melville C. Branch
This book presents 40 map plans of cities in Europe, Russia, the United States, and Asia--all published in the 19th century by England's Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and all commissioned and drawn within a period of 13 years.
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Regional and Urban GIS: A Decision Support Approach (2009)
By Timothy L. Nyerges and Piotr Jankowski
This reference offers new possibilities and discusses the most important aspects of computer-aided land-use planning. Topics covered include urban modeling, simulation and scenario construction, collaborative planning, and visualization.
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By Richard Brail and Richard Klosterman
This book will give you an understanding of the Open Source GIS landscape, along with a detailed look at the major desktop applications, including GRASS, Quantum GIS, uDig, spatial databases, GMT, and other command line tools.
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