PERSPECTIVES
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Design as it relates to geospatial and geomatics technologies is a special relationship. There are few technologies, outside of spatial data creation and management tools, that can bring as much useful, diverse and necessary information to the design process. This value connects directly to the ability to create - to enlist and to conduct designs that embrace humans to environments - building location spaces. Thus, design processes can be both static and dynamic, real and virtual, simple or complex and filled with rich possibilities.
- Jeff Thurston, Editor, Europe, Middle East and Africa
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FEATURES
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Ten Predictions for 2012
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 2012. 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.
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UK Politicians Realise the Importance of GIS
Senior politicians do not always appreciate the value of Geographic Information and Location Intelligence. With their minds now sharply focused on boundary changes for the UK Parliament, nothing brings home the importance of spatial analysis as clearly as the threat of losing some seats. In this article Jamie Justham, Chairman of Dotted Eyes, one of the UK’s leading GIS development houses, summarises how the recent and proposed legislation is being put into practice and its likely consequences.
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TOP 5 LINKS OF THE WEEK
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Jeff's Link
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- GEO - Group on Earth Observations
- Study: National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Jordan
- EUROMIME2 - multi disciplinary training program.
- EO Beo - earth observation education for everyone
- PCC- Permanent Committee on Cadastre in Europe
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INTERVIEWS
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CloverPoint Morphs with Geospatial Trends to Deliver Cutting-Edge Technology
 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.
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Survey Performance From Robotic Total Stations to GNSS
 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.
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TOP 5 BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK
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EVENT COVERAGE
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AU 2011 Focuses on the Future
Autodesk 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 Be Inspired Event Showcases Global Infrastructure Impacts
 Bentley 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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TOP STORIES
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HEADLINES
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Santa Monica City Council Adopts Urban Forest Master Plan
Kinect Effect: Not Just For Gaming, Spurring Innovation Worldwide
The iFarm Predictive: Nutrition, Precision, Fun and Sustainable Development
How to Raise Money and Ecological Awareness
India - Time to Revitalise Agriculture |
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EVENTS
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GeoDesign Summit, Jan. 5 - 6, Redlands, California
Surface Models for Geosciences, Jan. 23 - 26, Ostrava, Czech Republic
EuroGEOSS 2012, Jan. 25 - 27, Madrid, Spain
International Lidar Mapping Forum, Jan. 23 - 25, Denver, Colo.
Imagina, Feb. 7 - 9, Monaco
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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier (2011)
By Edward L. Glaeser
Glaeser's academic specialty, urban economics, informs his survey of how cities around the world thrive and wither. Using a range of expository forms—history, biography, economic research, and personal story—he defines what makes a city successful.
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By David Unwin, Nicholas Tate, Kenneth Foote, David DiBiase
This book is an invaluable reference for educators and researchers working in GISc and Technology providing coverage of the latest innovations in the field and discussion of what the future holds for GI Science education in the years to come.
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Sustainable Transportation Planning: Tools for Creating Vibrant, Healthy, and Resilient Communities (2012)
By Jeffrey Tumlin
Getting from A to B has never been more difficult, expensive or miserable. It doesn't have to be this way. This book offers easy-to-understand, clearly explained tips and techniques that will allow us to quite literally take back our roads.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS
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