Volume 2 / Issue 14 / Apr. 8,  2008

PERSPECTIVES

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If you were thinking of a career in the geo-industry, which area would you be considering and why?

"I would angle my career path toward the themes that I percieve are going to be prominent about 3-7 years from now - in a big way - and which involve geotechnology and spatial information. "

Jeff Thurston, Editor, EMEA and Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

"It’s a great time to become involved in the geospatial industry, and I can think of many areas where I’d love to be starting a career. Practitioners and developers are finding it much easier to stand up tailored solutions with interfaces, performance and data that meet and exceed customer expectations. The amount of available geospatial data, coupled with much easier means to distribute and collaborate, is fueling an industry resurgence."

Matt Ball, Editor, Americas/Asia-Pacific, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

TOP STORIES

FEATURE

•  ArcGIS Survey Analyst Adds Depth to City of Toronto's Cadastre
• UK Hydrographic Office Purchases CarbonArc PRO for OGC Development
• Topcon's 'Multi-pulse Technology' Boosts 'Distance' for Total Station
• Bentley Announces Bridge Infrastructure Modeling
• Bluesky Models New Market Town
• Sixth Edition of "Geotechnology Business Opportunities with Government" Market Report Available
• Rolta India Signs as Principal Industry Partner for Map World Forum
• Wine and Architecture Award with ArchiCAD
• Ordnance Survey Digital Data System Goes Live in the Legal Deposit Libraries
• AeroVironment Awarded Patents for Architectural Wind Building-Integrated Energy Generation System

TOP FIVE LINKS OF THE WEEK

Jeff's Top Five Links of the Week

1) Center for Sustainable Cities - The Center for Sustainable Cities has been a partner in several projects and intensive urban studies in Austria, China, Italy, and has headed several studies in the United States.
2) EurAtlas - Historical Cartography of Europe
3) EIONET - European Topic Centre on Land Use and Spatial Information - Barcelona, Spain
4) Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
5) Pleiades - an international research community, devoted to the study of ancient geography

Matt's Top Five Links of the Week

1) Sphere -  A Blog about the need for societal change.
2) Climate Debate Daily - A head-to-head news accounting of assenting and dissenting voices about global warming.
3)  U.S. Mortgage Conditions - Website from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that maps and analyzes the U.S. mortgage crisis.
4 ) Geospatial Business System - Description of ERDAS' new approach to expanding the geospatial market.
5) Property Shark - Data, tools and maps for real estate professionals and investors.

Reader´s Links of the Week

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COLUMN

How Does Digital Technology Affect Communication of Geoinformation?

Some manufacturers tell us that format does not matter as much as symbology in relation to create efficient systems based on geoinformation. If it is so, is digital data symbology then any different from non-digital symbology? Other manufacturers tell us that it is the other way round, that format matters more than symbology. Whatever, does this question actually make sense at all? Is the question rather something like: How can non-print media be used to communicate as compared to print media (ie. maps in hardcopy)?

INTERVIEWS

Behind the New ERDAS

Beyond the obvious simplification of the mouthful that was Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging, the new ERDAS name speaks to a broader vision. V1 Magazine editor Matt Ball spoke with Mladen Stojic, senior vice president, product management and marketing, about the name change and the vision.

Abundant Forests Aims for Sustainability

The Abundant Forest Alliance (AFA) is a trade group that aims to educate the public about how forestry and forest products fit into the web of sustainability. V1 Magazine editor Matt Ball spoke with Rod Lowman, president of AFA, about the goals and methods of his group as well as the overall health of America’s forests. 

HEADLINE NEWS

CALENDAR

• Group Seeks E.P.A. Rules on Emissions from Vehicles
• Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Eight Sustainable Development Projects Win Funding in Hong Kong
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• Environmental Action, Sustainability Hot Blogosphere Topics
• Nigeria Begins Nationwide School Mapping Exercise
• Clinton Suggests Building Boom to Fix Infrastructure
• Environmental Design Contest Fuels Clean Energy
• Green 'Nursery' Opens Its Doors
• Bank Mogul Plans Biggest Suburban Project
• Is Carbon Capture a False Hope for Coal Power?
• How Boston Made it Work
• Energy Agreement Good News for Sustainable Energy
• Successful EGNOS Trial in San Sebastian

TOP 5 BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK 

VECTOR ONE

SPATIAL SUSTAIN

1. Book: Charts of War
2. RADARSAT Deal Explained
3. Quantifying Sustainable: The Geospatial Community Should Take Leading Role
4. Beer Pouring Robots
5. The Commoditization of GPS

1. Behind the New ERDAS
2. Mapping U.S. Mortgage Conditions
3. Census Abandons Handhelds
4. Interactive Property Maps
5. Ted Turner on Climate Change

BOOKSTORE

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