Volume 2 / Issue 15 / Apr. 15, 2008
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 "We are at a point where we are not only using geospatial platform tools, but have progressed to the point where they are integral components of policy and decision processes. Expert geospatial tools are not something we do after things happen anymore. They are toolsets which are useful before things happen and to support future directions and goals. "
Jeff Thurston, Editor, EMEA and Russia,
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 "The geospatial platform has always balanced its three core technologies — spatial databases, spatial analysis and visualization. It’s the integration of these three technologies that make GIS unique, and also make it an excellent tool for great insight into asset and land use issues. The evolution of the technology over the years has always been reactive to the many scientific and technological developments of the day, moving forward in parallel facets and spurred by pressing application areas where dollars have flowed most freely."
Matt Ball, Editor, Americas/Asia-Pacific,
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TOP STORIES
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FEATURES
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Waterford Public Works Provides Answers
Waterford Township (Mich.) consists of 36 extremely well organized square miles near Detroit, Mich. The township uses a fully integrated geographic information system (GIS) as the backbone for managing its water system and virtually all public works functions.
Last week media were invited to Barcelona, Spain for the HP 'Behind the Scenes' event – A Celebration of 20 Years of Innovation and Leadership for Large Format in Barcelona. This was a unique event because it also included a tour of the HP facilities together with stops at other interesting locations in the City of Barcelona. It is in Barcelona where HP began in 1988, setting up large format printing operations.
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TOP FIVE LINKS OF THE WEEK
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Jeff's Top Five Links of the Week
1) Local Evaluation 21 : Self-assess your local sustainable development.
2) The Genographic Project: Atlas of the Human Journey.
3) Ecolect : Learn all about sustainable materials.
4) WebUrbanist : All about urban design, development and communities.
5) thefixor: Everything about CSS code.
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Matt's Top Five Links of the Week
1) HealthMap - A global disease alert map.
2) Mediashift Idea Lab - A discussion of how maps bring issues and places to life.
3) The Vulcan Project - A NASA/DOE funded effort to quantify North American fossil fuel CO2 emissions.
4 ) E15 is an experimental architecture that places the power of presentation of web content into the hands of those that use it.
5) Measuring 'Socioclimatic' Risk - The exposure of different countries to future climate change.
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Reader´s Links of the Week
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European Digital Archive - Soils Maps and Data
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COLUMN
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 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)?
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INTERVIEWS
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  Spatial data quality relates to and is connected to many of the processes involving spatial applications. However, some people may be unaware of the relationship and why it is important. Vector1 Media editor Jeff Thurston interviewed Steven Ramage (left) and Graham Stickler (right) of the UK-based company 1Spatial who are involved in many spatial data quality applications around the globe. The result was a series of probing questions designed to get at the meaning of spatial data quality, why it is important and where it makes a difference - and how.
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 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.
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HEADLINE NEWS
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CALENDAR
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1Spatial 2008 Conference - April 29-May 1, Stansted, UK BE Conference - May 28-30, Baltimore, Maryland AGU Joint Assembly - May 27-30, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida FIG Working Week 2008 - June 14-19, Stockholm, Sweden CityWorks User Conference - June 16 - 18, Snowbird, Utah See the complete V1 Events Calendar online
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TOP 5 BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK
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