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Re-thinking Basemaps (Do we need a paradigm shift?)

Details: 17 August 2010 | By Lars Brodersen | 2502

Have you ever considered why the politicians don’t pay the same attention to our maps as we do and as we think they should do? They know very well how to use complex spread-sheets, so why do they turn their backs to our wonderful maps? Are the politicians ‘stupid’? Are the politicians ignorant? Or, are our maps not as good as we think they are? Are they really of no use (our maps, not the politicians)? There are many possible answers to the question.

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Could Full Context Have Prevented Deepwater Horizon?

Details: 24 June 2010 | By Mark L. Feldman | 2582

Feldman_Mark_thumb We are witnessing what may be one of the worst man-made environmental disasters of all time. As devastating as Chernobyl and even more catastrophic than the Exxon Valdez, the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico increasingly appears to be the result of deliberate decisions to cut cost, and save time.

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Implementation of a Service-oriented Enterprise GIS

Details: 21 June 2010 | By Markus Hoffman | 3144

Markus_Hoffmann_thumb Today, GIS is becoming more part of business processes, and the consequence of this change is that there are many more users with much higher requirements regarding the availability of GIS services. This column describes the path from a workgroup to an enterprise GIS.

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An Enterprise GIS System may be widely addressed with respect to following compo...

In my mind, the 'enterprise' is a statement about data management - is there a c...

3D Models and Sense of Place

Details: 20 June 2010 | By Rollo Home | 2216

thumb_metgeoinfo_120 Earlier in the month I was asked to present at the British Cartographic Society conference on the issues of accurately representing “place” in a 3D model. The concept of ‘place’ (as opposed to simply ‘location’) has been gaining prominence in recent years, with the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) 2009 conference focusing on place as it’s core theme [1]. In the UK there is growing acceptance of the importance of managing the public space (streetscape) as a single entity rather than as a collection of distinct features that just happen to share a physical location. ‘Total Place’ [2] takes this further by looking at the wider efficiencies that can be gained by this joined up approach.

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Smart Infrastructure for Smart Decisions

Details: 30 May 2010 | By David Hocking | 2380

Hocking_David_thumb Looking at the world through spatial eyes is the smart way to see into the future. Spatial connections are everywhere, in everything we do and plan – we just need to know how and where to look for them.