Sunday, April 4th, 2010
Satellite imagery and aerial photography have been compared against each other often – since the launch of the world’s first satellites useful for geographic information systems (GIS) and advanced image processing techniques. Previous comparisons focused primarily on issues related to resolution and accuracy. Today we are as likely to see those comparisons continue, but timing,
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Juergen Dold was recently appointed Chief Executive Officer at Leica Geosystems. With a background in surveying and extensive experience in the company Geospatial Division, he is sure to bring new ideas and energy with a view to building on a strong product line. He speaks with V1 Magazine editor Jeff Thurston about the company, products
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Russia has recently launched 3 more GLONASS satellites bringing that constellation to 20 operating satellites in space. The timing of this improved coverage is important. The rest of the geospatial industry, particularly the CAD and GIS market are rapidly transitioning to new applications and technologies that leverage increased navigation and positioning capabilities, and GALILEO
Friday, March 5th, 2010
A significant amount of spatial and geodata related work is related to urban activity. This involves all kinds of geodata including cadastral, topographic, infrastructure, demographic, transport and many other types of information. At the same time we can find similar levels of activity related to rural environments. While modelling for each may take on different
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Visualizing the ocean is not an easy task – moreso when it comes to 3D. It requires accurate geodata, spatial tools like CAD and GIS and knowledge about the processes involved. The work is directly applicable to marine monitoring, pipeline construction and other engineering related projects. V1 Magazine editor Jeff Thurston spoke with Christian Relling
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
New tools and products are emerging in the LiDAR, photogrammetry and satellite imaging fields today as 3D environments and 3D city modeling gain wider acceptance. These are impacting work related to digital surfaces, object extraction – recognition and leading to additional research and applications. Sweden based Håkan Wiman has been centrally involved in this work
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
The Association of Geographic Information (AGI) in the United Kingdom recently elected a new Chair. Andrew Coote brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position. AGI has been successful in promoting the use and application of geoinformation and geotechnologies across the country in recent times. The UK GI community is filled with discussion,
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Time changes and technology does as well. Over time the reasons we purchased a product also change. We learn, we grow and we development new thoughts about spatial data, maps and how new designs and applications can be created. Growth leads to new ideas and perceptions, suddenly what was acceptable appears blurs and becomes re-established
Friday, January 8th, 2010
How many times have you heard people say, “it’s a personnel, organisational or structural problem” as they began to run into a wall in terms of advancing a project more quickly or encountered resistance, sometimes even failure? Many of us have experienced this, and, the reactions can also be different with some walking away, others
Friday, December 18th, 2009
There are important signals emerging from COP15 Copenhagen that are important to the geospatial industry. The economy has been in a poker game with environment, and nature has called the bluff, and demands attention. COP15 is now talking about transparency, traceability, quantification and quality as nations demand to know what each other is doing about
