Gaining Ground on Complexity in our Continuosly Complicating World
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- 11 January 2012 | By Matt Ball | 1316
Braden Allenby is the author of many books regarding earth system engineering and management, and other issues of sustainability. Allenby has been a pioneer in raising the issues of industrial ecology, and the need to better understand our impacts. V1 editor Matt Ball spoke with Allenby recently at the 2012 GeoDesign Summit where he gave a keynote. Among the topics that were addressed are the engineering response to climate change and the need for new ways of thinking about how we manage our impacts.
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CloverPoint Morphs with Geospatial Trends to Deliver Cutting-Edge Technology
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- 02 January 2012 | By Matt Ball | 1331
CloverPoint is a British Columbia-based company that has been delivering a number of geospatial and web development products and services to a wide variety of clients since 1992. V1 editor Matt Ball spoke with Jeff Warwick, president and CEO, about the evolution that the company has undergone and about their new alliance with Autodesk to provide asset management tools that fuse a geospatial and building information modeling approach.
LIDAR Opportunities Abound as the Technology Takes Off
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- 27 November 2011 | By Matt Ball | 1570
LIDAR data collection has a number of advantages related to the realism and precision that it provides, along with the speed of collection. As software continues to catch up with data collection, all new applications are emerging. V1 editor Matt Ball spoke with Alastair MacDonald, conference chairman of ILMF2012 about some of these application and technical advancements in advance of this year's conference, which will take place in Denver from Jan. 23-25.Survey Performance From Robotic Total Stations to GNSS
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- 05 December 2011 | By Jeff Thurston | 1616
There are few suppliers today that provide a full range of surveying technology ranging from robotic total stations through to GNSS for surveying instruments - GeoMax is one of them. The company aims to deliver a price-to-performance advantage. Asian Surveying and Mapping editor Jeff Thurston interviewed Alois Geierlehner, business director at GeoMax to learn more about these advantages and some of the new technologies the company is producing for international markets.
Connecting the Dots Between Surveying & GIS
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- 14 November 2011 | By Jeff Thurston | 2427
The relationship between surveying and geographic information systems (GIS) is integral for the development of most spatial data applications. Accuracy and precision in measurement matter. While the numbers and types of surveying related tools for measurment has grown, they in turn must interoperate with GIS, empowering applications to deliver results. ASM editor Jeff Thurston interviewed Brent Jones - Surveying and Engineering Industry Manager, Esri to discuss the relationship of surveying to GIS, and to learn more about how Esri is meeting the challenge to support and empower surveyors with GIS tools.