Cartography, Power and Utopia
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- 03 January 2011 | By Tamara Bellone, Francesco Fiermonte and Luigi Mussio | 4491
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), possibly the first scientist who devised a wireless world, looked at Science as a common service, a way to improve the lot of mankind, not just a means for enhancing wealth (less than ever, the wealth of the few), or to bend to compulsions of market economy. Geomatics and Geoinformation can give very important contributions to many human activities; on the contrary, they can terribly support, in very sophisticated ways, the escalation of armies, wars and destruction, producing negative effects, both in high intensity and large extension.
Ten Predictions for 2011
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- 01 January 2011 | 3211
Much time is spent this time of year looking forward. V1 editors Jeff Thurston and Matt Ball spent some time reflecting on emerging stories and growing trends to come up with the following predictions for 2011. On the list are technology advancements, policy initiatives and the continued evolution of model-based design. Read the full list and please add your own observations in the comments.
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2010
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- 28 December 2010 | 2433
This past year saw considerable traffic increases at our Vector1 Media Blogs (Vector One and Spatial Sustain). A broad number of topics drew reader attention, with quite a few of these topics reaching viral proportion as spatial topics resonated with news of the day. Following is a listing of the top posts from both blogs, with links that take you to the full stories.
Urban Lab Creates Sustainable Development Plan
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- 19 December 2010 | By Cathy Chatfield-Taylor | 4084
The city of Genoa, Italy, established the Urban Lab in 2007 to create a sustainable development plan for the Mediterranean port city. Designed by 1998 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Renzo Piano, the lab convenes a monthly roundtable called the Table of Ideas to tap the expertise of top design and urban planning professionals from around the world. These collaborative sessions have yielded new urban planning guidelines for large-scale infrastructure projects, urban development, and small-scale revitalization projects.
The City as a New Playground
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- 12 December 2010 | By Rod McCall | 2584
Information technology has changed significantly since its widespread adoption from the mid-80s onwards. Despite evolving to include online social networking, virtual worlds and gaming, it generally remains a socially isolating experience. With users seek to enter a digital world that removes them from their surrounding reality. However, this is certain to change over the next few years. As interest in urban mixed-reality technologies extending from location-aware games or social networking expands to include other technologies, this will encourage people to participate in various aspects of city life. Indeed, this trend is already gaining momentum with location-aware augmented reality applications such as Layer, Wikitude or the results from research project such as IPCity.
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