PERSPECTIVES
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How have sustainability approaches evolved to address different scales?
There has been a great deal of maturity in the tools and approaches to sustainability problems over the past four years since V1 Magazine was launched. At the global and regional scale, we’ve seen an increasing application of sensors and systems to monitor, analyze and adapt to global change. At the local and city scale, there are new ‘smart’ and ‘responsive’ approaches that inform infrastructure with real-time monitoring that are incorporated into design and management, taking into account the impacts of infrastructure.
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FEATURES
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First Civilian Photogrammetric UAV Flight Over Singapore
For the first time Singaporean authorities have given permission for a photogrammetric UAV mapping/modeling flight over an important area of the city. In the context of the SEC-FCL (Future Cities Laboratory) project a pilot study is conducted with the goal to generate a high quality 3D city model of the NUS campus from UAV images. 800 images were needed to cover the area. Data processing is in progress. UAVs – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have recently become a strong focus of attention, since fairly inexpensive platforms, navigation and control devices and sensors for instantaneous digital data production have become available.
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Tuning the BALLADE Geospatial Infrastructure for Plug-in Electric Vehicles
In this article we look at the e-mobility initiative BALLADE and show how the success of such efforts will depend on many different Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) working together to "tune" the Smart Grid for efficient communication of location information.
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TOP 5 LINKS OF THE WEEK
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- Map Innovation Award - best map-focused innovation of 2012 with $10k top prize
- Wind Map - dynamic wind visualization across the continental U.S.
- Tweereal - a real-time Twitter map
- Field Papers - make an atlas and record notes in the field
- Air Quality Egg - a Kickstarter project for a community-led air quality sensing network
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COLUMN
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Vast Sensors, Big Data: Big Opportunities
 Every ten years or so, we achieve a technological breakthrough that drives innovation for the next decade. We are coming out of the age of emergence of the Internet, which has seen this enabling technology move from novel to ubiquitous. By 2010, cell phones and smart phones were on the path to becoming standard, with nearly always-connected Internet capabilities. Suddenly, we have the wealth of information at our fingertips, from maps to phone books, from web browsers to media players. And we’re not only consuming information with our smart devices, we’re generating information at amazing rates.
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INTERVIEWS
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A Global Perspective of Energy - Through Spatial Understanding
 Energy is a key issue around the globe to today and Geoff Zeiss of Autodesk is no stranger to utilities and infrastructure. He has been writing extensively about energy related matters on his excellent blog ‘Between the Poles’, presenting many pieces in the global energy puzzle. Vector1 Media editor Jeff Thurston discussed energy with him from a wide number of perspectives in this interview. |
Exploring the Future of GeoDesign
 Stephen Ervin, lecturer in Landscape Architecture and Assistant Dean for Information Technology at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University gave the closing talk at the recent GeoDesign Summit. Ervin examined both the near and far future of geodesign in that talk (viewable online here). V1 editor Matt Ball had a conversation with Ervin that covers the current practice and potential future for more responsive design and infrastructure.
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TOP 5 BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK
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BOOK REVIEW
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Integrated Design of Sustainable Buildings
 Sustainable design aims to improve building efficiency. It includes both individual buildings and neighbourhoods. Urban planning, architecture and spatial design are key aspects of sustainable design and energy plays a major role. This book looks into United Kingdom and international experiences, building discussion upon case study examples taking through planning, construction, operations and maintenance phases of sustainable design. Environmental, social and economic considerations are included in the discussion and presentations. |
EVENT COVERAGE
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 The 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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TOP STORIES
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HEADLINES
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Looking for a Sharper Image with Sensors for Unmanned Platforms
Drones Inflicting Information Overload on Air Force
Google Maps Now Covers 75% of Global Population
SuperGeo to Launch Upgraded SuperGIS Data Management Tools
Satellite Imagery Companies Brace for Cut in Federal Funding for Contracts |
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EVENTS
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AGILE International Conference, April 24-27, Avignon, France
Geospatial World Forum, April 23-27, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Geo-Siberia, April 25-27, Novosibirsk, Russia
Esri Forestry GIS Conference, May 1-3, Redlands, Calif.
Real Corp 2012, May 14-16, Schwechat, Austria
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A Landscape Manifesto (2010)
By Diana Balmori
Diana Balmori, an innovative and influential landscape architect in the field of urban design, makes the case for landscape as an art in her timely and provocative manifesto.
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By Mohsen Mostafavi, Gareth Doherty
While climate change, sustainable architecture, and green technologies have become increasingly topical, issues surrounding the sustainability of the city are much less developed. The premise of the book is that an ecological approach is urgently needed both as a remedial device for the contemporary city and an organizing principle for new cities.
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Combinatory Urbanism: The Complex Behavior of Collective Form (2009)
By Thom Mayne
For some years, Thom Mayne and Morphosis have been shaking up the world of architecture with their dramatically original buildings, but now they take their innovative approach one big notch higher, integrating urban planning and architecture in a lucid new method of design.
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