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Volume 3 / Issue 7/ February 24, 2009
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"Geospatial technology hasn't been around for very long. In a relatively
short time span, many technical hurdles have been addressed and
overcome. While much of
the promise of the technology has been realized, there are still plenty
of frontiers yet to be explored."
Matt Ball - Americas/Asia Pacific
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Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink
Pour
a glass of water out of a kitchen tap throughout the Canterbury
region of New Zealand and chances are you’ll be staring at what
many consider the finest drinking water in the world. Cool,
clear and untouched, it’s originated in the mountains of the
Southern Alps, travelled across the Canterbury Plains in the large
braided river systems and then filtered slowly through the alluvial
shingles before settling in large natural aquifers.
As project partners, we wanted to gather experience related to
specific areas of cycling policy. We were keen to explore how key
elements such as communication and awareness raising, and the
building of local partnerships, might increase the modal share of
cycling. We had big expectations at the beginning of the project
regarding cycling planning, but could not have predicted the
explosion in the popularity of public bicycle systems that has taken
place during Spicycles.
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WHITE PAPER: Extending 3D Models Beyond Application Dead Ends
We are quickly moving toward a world where intelligent 3D models will interface with sensor systems for a realistic, up-to-date picture of our world. But for this vision to become a reality, we need compatibility and connectivity between different tools, data types and data models. Vector1 Media has partnered with Safe Software to explore this interoperability between 3D data formats.
Download the full white paper here.
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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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 Transportation networks are highly spatial in nature and dependent upon
a high level of planning in their design, operation and maintenance.
Accordingly, they are well suited to geographical information systems
(GIS) tools. While we tend to think of transport networks in a
continuous fashion, primarily to get us from Point A to Point B, these
networks are, in practice, made up of smaller segments, many of which
are managed independently or in integrated fashion. J. Allison Butler
provides readers with in depth knowledge about these networks and how
they can be designed, planned and operated through the use of GIS
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 As many of you are well aware, Google finally launched the much
anticipated Google Ocean, extending the coverage of their virtual globe
to the 70 percent of the earth that is covered by water. Since the
ocean has an enormous impact on our climate, our ability to feed
ourselves, and ultimately on our survival as a species, it is critical
that we understand, both individually and collectively, the impact that
we are having upon it. The arrival of Google Ocean is an important tool
in shaping that awareness.
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 Autodesk has embraced the concept of sustainable design and is working
to integrate these principals into tools to facilitate wider
application. V1 Magazine editor Matt Ball spoke with Dawn Danby,
sustainable design program manager at Autodesk about how these concepts
are being applied, and the future promise of this approach that
considers the environment and the community as guiding design criteria.
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 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long been a user of
geospatial technology, and they’ve created many web-based applications
to improve communication with constituents. A new agency-wide
initiative for better information management and transparency in now
underway, and there are implications for greater integration of sensor
and geospatial systems to aid this effort. V1 Editor Matt Ball spoke
with Jerry Johnston, the agency’s geospatial information officer (GIO),
about his vision for greater GIS use at the agency.
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Sustainable Urban Transport:Vital for Competitive Cities , Mar. 1-3, Abu Dhabi, UAE
8th International Geomatic Week , Mar. 3-5, Barcelona, Spain
European Summit of Regions and Cities , Mar. 5-6, Prague, Czech Republic
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing , March 8-13, Baltimore
Imaging Spectroscopy , March 16-19, Tel Aviv, Israel
Association of American Geographers , March 22-27, Las Vegas, Nev.
SPAR 2009, March 30 - April 1, Denver, Colo.
GITA Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions , April 19-22, Tampa, Fla.
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 The Map World Forum took place in Hyderabad, India from Feb. 10-13.
This second biennial event drew an international audience of more than
2,000 people, with the theme, "Geospatial Technology for Sustainable
Planet Earth". The theme was explored in many different sessions that
drove home the power of geospatial technology for the stewardship of
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| TOP FIVE BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK |
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By ESRI Press
Building a Geodatabase introduces you to geodatabase concepts and shows
how to use the ESRI ArcGIS Desktop products--
ArcInfo, ArcEditor, and ArcView to implement
geographic database designs.
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By David Arctur
This guide to creating a dynamic GIS data model helps database managers
design a schema that has comprehensive and descriptive query
definitions, a user-friendly cartographic display, and increased
performance standards.
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ByJ. Allison Butler
Designing Geodatabases for Transportation addresses the development of
a GIS to manage data relating to the transportation facilities and
service commonly organized around various modes of travel. Reviewed above by Jeff Thurston.
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