The European Location for the Geospatial World Forum Increases Its Profile

GWF_logoThe Geospatial World Forum took place this past week in Amsterdam, drawing an international crowd of more than 1,000 geospatial technology leaders from 78 countries. This is the fourth event in a series, and the first time the event has taken place outside of India. The European location served well to elevate the participation and the program, with a high degree of sessions aimed at cutting-edge policy and technology frontiers, including the sustainable development of the developing world. The conference drew CEO-level participation from many geospatial organizations, representation from mapping agencies worldwide, and top-level participation from the Indian government, including an integral role for India's 11th president, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

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ASPRS Focuses on the Future

asprs logoThe annual American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference took place in Sacramento, Calif. from March 19-23, 2012. This event drew an international audience of more than 1,200 people, with the theme, "Imaging and Geospatial Technologies Into the Future". To highlight the future, the event embraced both Google and their Google Earth Engine as well as cloud computing as a platform for imagery archiving and analysis.

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imagina 2012 Monaco: 3D Visualization, Architecture & Urbanism

thumb imagina2012imagina 2012 - The European 3D Simulation and Virtual Technology Event was held in Monaco February 7-9, 2012. This annual event brings together pioneering indivudals and organisations developing a wide range of 3D related products in the areas of design, processing, diagnostics, decision making, consultation, demonstration and communication. Architecture, urbanism and landscape design are key roles in the conference, and several workshops in a 'Industry and Virtual Technologies' forum were  held. This year, 3D & Augmentaiton Reality for Mobility was also a popular theme.

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The International Lidar Mapping Forum Tracks Progress in Denver

ILMF logoThe 12th International Lidar Mapping Forum drew a record attendance of more than 750 attendees to their annual gathering last week in Denver. The event took place from Jan.23-25 at the downtown Hyatt Regency. The busy program schedule was well balanced by booths representing 60 companies. The program placed both an emphasis on research and innovation as well as application, with a mix of process oriented sessions, the strategies and hurdles of collection, and innovative LIDAR applications.

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GeoDesign Summit Focuses on Work that Has an Impact

GeoDesignSlideThe third GeoDesign Summit took place in Redlands, Calif. from Jan. 5-6, 2012. There were roughly 300 attendees from a cross-section of disciplines at this year's event, with a strong showing from academia, architecture, engineering, landscape architecture and planning. The event continued dialogue about the definition and practice of the geospatial planning approach that is being called GeoDesign, with an emphasis placed on projects that have an impact.

 

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AU 2011 Focuses on the Future

au_logo.jpgAutodesk University 2011 took place in Las Vegas, Nevada from Nov. 29 through Dec. 1. This year's event attracted 8,000 people from 80 countries to the live event, and 30,000 virtual attendees via the live Internet broadcasts of the content. The event theme, "The Power of the Possible," placed an emphasis on creativity and the ability for users to realize anything that they dream up thanks to revolutions in digital fabrication.

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Bentley BeInspired Event Showcases Global Infrastructure Impacts

BeInspiredLogoBentley Systems returned to Amsterdam last week for their annual invitation-only Be Inspired thought leadership and award ceremony. There were 280 nominations from 42 countries for this year's awards, and from these there were 57 finalists presenting at the event. Among the infrastructure categories represented were 3-D City GIS, construction simulation, energy modeling, infrastructure asset operations, road and rail, and bridges. Throughout, the company displayed their unique vision of geospatial technology woven and integrated throughout their product line, as well as the critical importance of the geospatial perspective to realize intelligent infrastructure.

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Esri European User Conference - Madrid, Spain

thumb esri_europe2011_copyThe annual Esri European User Conference was held in Madrid, Spain October 26-28, 2011. With 3000 registered for this event, it made it one of the largest that the company has held in Europe. While most of the audience was from Spain, followed by other Europeans, there were many people attending from distant locations around the world. Presentations were given in both Spanish and English with translation available.

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Tools and Techniques Continue to Evolve at the GeoInt Symposium

The GEOINT 2011 Symposium took place in San Antonio, Texas from Oct. 16-19. The event drew a global audience of more than 4,000 participants, with a focus on the tools and tradecraft of military intelligence using a geospatial approach. With a theme of "Forging Integrated Intelligence," the emphasis was placed on cooperation and collaboration, where much faith was put in the power of information technology to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

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