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Created on April 06, 2009
Volume 3 / Issue 14/ April 7, 2009
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PERSPECTIVES
  
What would it be like to have a digital memory of place?

"Now that we’re approaching the means to capture and distribute highly detailed digital realities, it got me thinking more conceptually about a digital memory of place. This goes beyond the idea of a geographic information system that incorporates time for temporal analysis, toward what our digital memories of place might become."  

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

TOP STORIES
 
FEATURE

 Capturing and Delivering Digital Imagery of the Netherlands

Based in the Netherlands, CycloMedia Technology B.V. visualizes complete cities, states and countries from public roads, providing geospatial information to central and local governments, homeland security, financial institutions and construction companies. CycloMedia is the leader in large-scale, systematic visualizations of the environment. The 360° panoramic images from CycloMedia (cycloramas) provide a supplementary view of everything in the environment at street level.

Economy of the Spatial Data Infrastructures

Are spatial data infrastructure (SDI) worthwhile? A survey was made of users for a Geoportal in Spain recently. The feedback results were tabulated for 80 users (65 Catalans) of the Geoportal IDEC and its services provides an important glimpse into the value of SDI.

  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. 
TOP FIVE LINKS OF THE WEEK  
Jeff's Top Five Links of the Week
  1. UrbanBuzz - exchange projects - most of which have generated new 'useful' evidence-based tools and processes for practitioners through to those representing communities. 
  2. Visual Complexity - Functional visualizations are more than innovative statistical analyses and computational algorithms.
  3. Eurocean - European Center for Information on Marine Science and Technology 
  4. Darb Dabney's OpenSIM Blog - simulators as geospatial informatics services
  5. ThinkSpace - Building Information Modeling (BIM) through concepts and thinking.
Matt's Top Five Links of the Week
  1. NASA: Leading the Greening - information about NASA's Earth Day efforts.
  2. USGEO - The United States contingent to the Group on Earth Observations (GEO).
  3. GIS Goes Green - An article with multiple examples that appeared in Connect: Information Technology at NYU.
  4. TeachSpatial.org - A collaborative resource for teaching spatial thinking.
  5. World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Reader´s Links of the Week

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COLUMN  
Micro-Location Overview: Beyond the Metre...to the Centimetre
thumb_steven_feldman60.jpgAdvances in tracking and location technologies are enabling new application development. These applications can be found in environmental, utility, transport and other industrial applications. Many new approaches are being developed for more personal and local use and these applications include in-store location, hospitals, airports and inside buildings. In this column Steven Feldman takes a look at some of these applications and provides his unique views on some of the recent developments.
 
INTERVIEWS  
   Soil Data Goes Global

hempel_jon_thumb.jpgThe global soil mapping effort aims to update and catalog the world’s soil information accurately within one clearinghouse called GlobalSoilMap.net. V1 Editor Matt Ball spoke with the North American coordinator of this effort, Jon Hempel, Co-Director-National Geospatial Development Center, Soil Business Area Analysis Chair at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Morgantown, West Virginia.

  Tracking Ships Around the Globe
Photo_RichardProud_70.jpgjulian_longson_60.jpgOcean going ships are not presently required to carry tracking devices, but renewed interest in safety and security issues are generating growing interest in knowing where these vessels are located. This poses many challenges because a system needs to be developed that integrates this information internationally, yet, remains sensitive to the needs of individual countries. Vector1 Media editor Jeff Thurston interviewed both Richard Proud (left) of ComSine Ltd. and Julian Longson (right) of Pole Star Space Applications Ltd, two companies that are developing this capability.
HEADLINE NEWS
CALENDAR

10th International Coastal Symposium, ICS 2009 , Apr. 13-18, Lisbon, Portugal

Green Cities Conference and Expo, April 19-21, Portland, Oregon

GITA Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions, April 19-22, Tampa, Fla. 

GEOSiberia 2009 , Apr. 21-23, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Cities 3.0, April 22-25, Sitges, Spain

Map MIddle East 2009 , Apr. 26-28, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Melbourne Planning Summit, Apr. 28-29, Melbourne, Australia

FIG Working Week 2009 , May 3-8, Eilat, Israel

EVENT REPORTS
  
 Smart Moves in San Francisco - SmartGeometry 2009
donchong75b.jpg SmartGeometry 2009 was held in San Francisco, California during March 27 - April 1. It included a workshop, a public Alumni Summit and a public Conference and Reception. An audience of students and professionals from around the world attended this year's event. Focusing upon intelligent computational design, SmartGeometry 2009 is an opportunity to learn, share and showcase the emerging practice of digital parametrics within the AEC community using Bentley GenerativeComponents (GC). Architect and columnist Don Chong attended the event and reports on what he saw and learned.
  SPAR 2009 Promotes Better Measurement for Success
SPAR 2009.jpgThe SPAR 2009 Conference, which took place in Denver, Colorado from March 30 to April 1, drew a diverse audience of vendors, service providers and end users of terrestrial LIDAR. The more than 600 attendees at this event speak to the strong interest in 3D data collection, and the benefits of this technology for asset management, building construction and renovation, public safety and security, and plant monitoring and management.
TOP FIVE BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK  
VECTOR ONE SPATIAL SUSTAIN
BOOKSTORE  
 

Design Charrettes for Sustainable Communities  (2007)

By Patrick M. Condon

This is a practical manual to accomplish complex community design decisions and create more green, clean, and equitable communities.

Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs (2008)

  By Ellen Dunham-Jones, June Williamson

This is a comprehensive guidebook for architects, planners, urban designers, and developers that illustrates how existing suburbs can be redesigned and redeveloped.

Urban Design for an Urban Century: Placemaking for People (2009)

  By Lance Jay Brown, David Dixon, Oliver Gillham

This is a comprehensive book of tools and information on urban design, featuring projects that have won The American Institute of Architects' (AIA) National Honor Awards for Urban Design in recent years.

 
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