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PERSPECTIVES
What can be learned from the volunteer mapping efforts for Haiti?

"The unfolding events in Haiti have underscored the fact that accessibility to map making tools and open spatial data can make anyone a mapmaker. Mapping is an activity that provides a tangible means for concerned citizens to reach out and help make sense of a very complicated and evolving situation where the more that is known, the more that can be done, and the quicker the mapping response, the quicker aid will reach the effected population."
-- Matt Ball, editor - Americas/Asia Pacific
TOP STORIES
FEATURES

Cartography in Geomatics Curriculum
– The Czech Example

Cartography and geomatics are rapidly changing. These changes are impacting the needs for a highly trained and capable workforce. Education is attempting to adapt and to provide a solution to these demanding and changing circumstances. Education professionals in the Czech Republic have developed a unique geomatics curriculum on themes related to “the relation of cartography and geomatics” and “the content of cartographic courses and its update”.

Luanda Bay Initiative To
Revive Angolan Seaport

As the chief seaport and capital city of Angola, Luanda is undergoing major reconstruction with the development of infrastructure projects that include new public housing, highways, and business and commercial space.


TOP FIVE LINKS OF THE WEEK
Jeff's Top Five Links of the Week
  1. 3D Laser Scanning Forum - a beacon for the technology and attract members from all over the world to discuss the topic of 3d laser scanning and all it has to offer.
  2. RSCC - goal of the Remote Sensing Core Curriculum is to provide the resources to support a state-of-the-practice educational experience.
  3. PLANET ACTION - to support local projects acting on Climate Change-related issues by providing geographic information and technology to NGOs, universities, research centers…
  4. Croatian Cartographic Society - country wide cartography group in Croatia.
  5. Synchro - new dimension in construction project management.
Matt's Top Five Links of the Week
  1. What Bill Gates is Thinking About - A new website called The Gates Notes marks a more public outreach.
  2. Virtual Disaster Viewer - A collaborative effort for viewing various geospatial layers for disaster recovery.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey, Public Lecture Series: Science in Action - An interesting lineup of speakers at the Reston, Virginia headquarters.
  4. BruTile - A GIS tiling library.
  5. Climate Shift - A news source regarding climate change.
Reader´s Links of the Week

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Protovis - Image gllery of visualizations built with Protovis, a graphical toolkit from the Stanford Visualization Group.
TU Wien - Institute for Geoinformation and Cartography
SPLIT - Hydrographic Institue of the Republic of Croatia

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    BOOK REVIEW
    Land Administration for Sustainable Development

    landadmin_cover75Land administration plays a unique role in solving sustainability issues. It involves an integrated approach that includes several common factors that can be applied around the world, even though their actual implementation can differ from country to country. Our relationship to the land includes both physical and cognitive factors and these connect to wider topics related to law, regulation and legislation. The authors of this book provide a wealth of information for understanding land administration systems and how future spatial data infrastructure may incorporate new processes leading toward sustainability.

    International LiDAR Mapping Forum

    EVENTS
    The First GeoDesign Summit Promises a New Approach
    GeoDesignLogoThe inaugural GeoDesign Summit took place in Redlands, Calif. from Jan. 6-8. The invite-only gathering of roughly 250 people included well-connected representatives from academia, architecture, engineering, landscape architecture and planning. The purpose of the event was to outline a new geospatial approach that is being called GeoDesign

    SPAR 2010 Conference
    INTERVIEWS
    Safe Software Tackles User Challenges and Adds Functionality with FME 2010 Release

    don_dale_tn_thumbSafe Software is one of the most respected businesses in the geospatial technology industry due in large part to their customer-centric attitude, their stability and longevity (going on 16 years), and their enthusiasm for tackling tough technical challenges. V1 editor Matt Ball spoke with the company founders, Don Murray and Dale Lutz, about the latest improvements in their FME 2010 release, focusing most on improved visualization and analysis.
    UK AGI - Building the GeoCommunity
    andy_coote_250dpi_thumbThe Association of Geographic Information (AGI) in the United Kingdom recently elected a new Chair. Andrew Coote brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position. AGI has been successful in promoting the use and application of geoinformation and geotechnologies across the country in recent times. The UK GI community is filled with discussion, debate and initiatives emanating from industry, government and education organisations at the leading edges of the geocommunity. V1 Magazine editor Jeff Thurston interviewed Coote recently on topics surrounding his new chair position.

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    HEADLINE NEWS
    CALENDAR

    Imagina, Feb. 3-5, Monaco

    SPAR 2010, Feb. 8-10, The Woodlands, Texas

    2nd Intl Conference on Adv.Geographic Information Systems, Applications, Feb. 10-12, St. Maartens, Antilles

    EuroCOW 2010, Feb. 10-12, Barcelona, Spain

    SAFARI 2010, Feb. 15-17, Kochi, India

    ESRI Federal User Conference, Feb. 17-19, Washington, D.C.

    Spatially Enabled Information Services, Feb. 18, Midrand, South Africa

    GIS World, Feb. 21-24, Dubai, UAE

    5th Intl Conf on Digital Approaches in Cartographic Heritage, Feb. 22-24, Vienna, Austria

    Redlands GIS Week, Feb. 22-26, Redlands, Calif.

    International LiDAR Mapping Forum, March 3-5, Denver, Colorado

    2010 Where 2.0 Conference
    TOP FIVE BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK
    VECTOR ONE SPATIAL SUSTAIN
      1. Executive Becomes Executive at 1Spatial
      2. PixelActive CityScape - Visualization and Design Prototyping
      3. Geospatial Web Services - Standards - Interoperability
      4. TerraSAR-X 2-D Motion Map Haiti
      5. The 3D Ethics Charter
                1. Connecting Place History to Health
                2. Reminder About Map-Based Assumptions
                3. The Dynamic Duo of Data and Dimensions
                4. Mapping the Route of Salinger's Famous Character
                5. City Picks Projects Over Mapping
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                  BOOKSTORE

                  The Mapmakers (2001)

                  By John Noble Wilford

                  A winning chronicle of mapmakers over time and space. Wilford has combined the accounts to offer a variety of adventures and perceptions not so often well described.

                  Elements of Cartography (1995)

                  By Arthur H. Robinson

                  Recognized as the classic resource in cartography, this text continues to integrate the latest modern technology with traditional cartographic principles.

                  The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It (2009)

                  Jonathan Zittrain

                  This book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity—and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success.

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