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Volume 4 / Issue 11/ March 16, 2010
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PERSPECTIVES
  
Is GeoDesign an activity, a practice or a software-enabled modeling approach?

"The concept of GeoDesign involves a more interactive interface to geospatial layers with the means for sketching and design upon those layers in a collaborative way while contributing and interacting with an evolving intelligent model. The concept itself isn’t new, but various technology pieces have been missing, and the enabling software is now being worked on. Solving the connections between various software tools and discipline workflows is a sticky problem that will take some time to address and unravel. Now is the time for more dialogue on the definition and practice of GeoDesign."
-- Matt Ball, editor - Americas / Asia Pacific

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TOP STORIES
FEATURES
If sustainability means to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations, pedestrian simulation software can contribute to this aim in the field of building design and engineering. Simulation of human walking allows to identify planned or existing flaws regarding pedestrian comfort and security in buildings, urban areas or transport facilities that will threaten the current and future use of these facilities.

It used to be that good design was signified by form following function, but as we’ve moved through the first decade of the 21st century, it’s clear that good design requires so much more. While function is still primary, there are many other factors inherent to good design.  Factors like sustainability, affordability, usability and reliability. And wrapped around those factors are ever-more subjective notions of beauty and emotional appeal.

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Top Five Links of the Week
  
 

Jeff's Top 5 Links of the Week

  1. Agro-MAPS: Global Spatial Database of Agricultural Land-use Statistics
  2. Knowledge Cartography - Knowledge Cartography is the discipline of mapping intellectual landscapes.
  3. Roadmap for Maritime Spatial Planning: Achieving Common Principles in the EU.
  4. GoFOR - New Modes of Governance for Sustainable Forestry in Europe.
  5. SEMIDE - Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector.

Matt's Top 5 Links of the Week

  1. Opinion Space - The U.S. State Department's web-based tool to gauge public opinion and engage participants around the world.
  2. California's Redwood Coast - Geotourism site from Natinal Geographic.
  3. Green Trail Maps - Topographic recreation maps for spectacular areas of North America.
  4. Microsoft's Fusion Framework and Fusion Core Solutions
  5. Spatial Explorations - Thoughts on a chaging sense of place.

Reader's Top Links of the Week (Submit your links to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

  •  A Map of the Future? - Thoughts on transformation and public service reform in the United Kingdom.
COLUMN
  
SDIs and Regional Competitiveness
Steven_Ramage_1Spatial_thumbSDIs are being developed to help address environmental concerns, disaster preparedness and emergency responsiveness, but there are other possibilities for benefiting from SDIs, namely regional competitiveness. This could mean public sector organisations who are currently experiencing budget cuts across the board could use activities relating to geospatial data to minimise budget cuts or maintain existing budget levels. This is because their activities provide a positive contribution to the regional economy, especially where the overriding objective is to build a knowledge economy.

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EVENTS  
ILMF Places Emphasis on LIDAR's Growing Role to Model and Assess the World

ILMF10The International LIDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) took place in Denver, Colo. from March 3-5, 2010. The event drew more than 500 attendees and 60 exhibiting companies. The program placed both an emphasis on research and innovation as well as application, with a mix of process oriented sessions, the strategies and hurdles of collection, and innovative LIDAR applications.
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INTERVIEWS  
Interoperability Science Requires a Cultural Dialog

Schell_David_thumbThe Open Geospatial Consortium has been hard at work on many fronts to realize the full promise of geospatial technology. David Schell, the organization's founder and chairman of the board, spoke with V1 editor Matt Ball about the organizations inroads with the AECOO community and the promise of greater software interoperability.

 
The Growing Excitement of Working in 3D

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Fred Limp has been on the forefront of spatial technology research and development projects as the founder and past director of the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies at the University of Arkansas. Limp has written several prescient articles about the growing importance of 3D in the geospatial sphere, and continues to work on interesting research projects that involve the application of 3D data collection, integration and analysis tools to pressing problems. V1 Magazine editor Matt Ball spoke with Limp about his work and the trends in the 3D space.

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HEADLINE NEWS
CALENDAR

SmartGeometry, March 19-22, Barcelona, Spain

World Urban Forum, Mar. 22-26, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sustainable Facilities Management 2010, Mar. 23-24, Melbourne, Australia

Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics, Mar. 23-26, Fukuoka, Japan

GEO 10 UK, Mar 24-25, Coventry, UK

National Seminar on Application of Geomatics in Climatology, Mar 25-26, Tamil, Nadu

Where 2.0, Mar. 30 - Apr. 1, San Jose, Calif.

American Planning Association National Conference, Apr. 10-13, New Orleans, La.

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TOP FIVE BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK  
VECTOR ONE SPATIAL SUSTAIN
  1. Download the World Soil Database
  2. 3D Processing and Visualization: Design by Standardization
  3. OpenStreetMap 3D
  4. INSPIRE - Understanding EU Spatial Metadata 101
  5. A Spatial Turn
  1. The Library as Digital Creation Center and Urban Informatics Processor
  2. The OGC Tackles a Number of Interoperability Hurdles for Better Change Management
  3. Flickr Hosts Environmental Imagery Collection from the 1970s
  4. U.S. Census Recounts Each of the 23 Headcounts in the Nation's History
  5. Ushahidi Promotes "Everyone-as-Informant" Mapping
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BOOK REVIEW  
The Spatial Turn - Interdisciplinary Perspectives

spatialturn125The Spatial Turn is a collection of writings by 13 scholars about geography and space. The term Spatial Turn finds it's origin in the turning of geographical pursuit toward social and historical narratives. It emanates from the social sciences that reconsider space in the context of new dimensions in human geography.
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The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today (2010)

By Ted Conover

Roads bring medicine and disease, development and destruction, commerce and war. Conover tempers concerns about the paradoxes of roads with appreciation for the ingenuity and fortitude of the road warriors who welcome him into their arduous lives.

Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory (2010)

By Peter Hessler

Hessler investigates the country's lurch into modernity through three engrossing narratives, including an epic road trip following the Great Wall across northern China.

Richard Grant

British writer Grant, parallels his own travels through the American Southwest with those of earlier explorers, conquerors, cowboys, Indians, bikers and hoboes..

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