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Volume 2 / Issue 52/ December 30, 2008
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Top 10 Features of the Year
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It is easy to cite heart-stopping statistics when discussing the urgent
need for worldwide sustainability initiatives. How about 1.1 billion of
the world’s 6 billion people not having adequate access to clean
drinking water and 2.6 billion not having adequate sanitation services.
Or 3 billion people in developing countries living on less than $2 per
day. Clearly, action is required if we intend the planet to support
society into perpetuity, not to mention offer the opportunity for all
people to realize the quality of life enjoyed in the developed world.
Similar to how investments in areas that both benefit our planet and our
economy are gaining ground, the Open Geospatial Consortium is calling
for key building industry players to make a relatively small investment
of time and money with the potential for a huge pay-off. Working
together to create a common vision and program for interoperability
among their information systems will eliminate waste and increase
profits.
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| TOP FIVE LINKS OF THE WEEK |
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| Jeff's Top Five Links of the Week |
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 A great amount of spatial information has been gathered about buildings
when they are designed. But very little digital information is
available for existing buildings - and other information relating to
inside structures. Using geographic information systems (GIS), robotics
and bridging computer-aided design (CAD) techniques, Penobscot Bay
Media, LLC has developed mobile robotics for data gathering inside
buildings, as well as developing one of the first GIS enabled data
models for this work. V1 Magazine editor Jeff Thurston met with Stuart
Rich of PenBay in London, UK recently to discuss these initiatives and
to learn more.
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Offshore Arabia 2009 , Jan. 11-13, Dubai, UAE
Cartography and Geoinformatics for Early Warning and Emergency Management, Jan. 19-22, Prague, Czech Republic
GIS Ostrava 2009 , Jan. 25-29, Ostrav, Czech Republic
Spatial Information for Sustainable Management of Urban Areas, Feb. 2-4, Mainz, Germany
First Global Summit On Sustainable Development and Biodiversity 2008 , Feb. 7-9, Raipur, India
Workshop on High-Impact Weather Predictability and Information System for Africa , Feb 9 - 12, Trieste, Italy
Map World Forum , Feb. 10-13, Hyderabad, India
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 Autodesk University 2008 took place in Las Vegas, Nevada from Dec. 1-5.
This year's event attracted roughly 9,000 people, with the theme,
"Experts Like You". The current state of the economy was on everyone's
minds, with fewer attendees due to cutbacks in the AEC industry. But as
a result of the economic pressures, it was a very motivated group to
gain skills and learn strategies in order to continue to be competitive.
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| TOP FIVE BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK |
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SPATIAL SUSTAIN |
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Solar Power Your Home For Dummies (2007)
By Rik DeGunther
Whether you’re looking to save on your energy costs by adding a few
solar components or you want to build a solar-powered house from the
ground up, this book takes the mystery out of this energy source.
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The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet (2007)
By Elizabeth Rogers, Thomas Kostigen
Small adjustments in the way we consume and dispose of resources add up to significant and positive environmental effects.
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The Green Bible (2008)
By Harper Bibles
A bible with an eco-friendly emphasis.
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