Monthly Archives: December 2014
The Farm Forum Event 2013: Matt Ball Interview
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Matt Ball is the founder and editor of Vector1 Media, with publications Sensors & Systems, Informed Infrastructure and Asian Surveying & Mapping. He has been promoting the application of sensors, systems, models and simulation for the better stewardship of our planet for the past 15 years. The first ten years of that span were as editor of GeoWorld magazine and show manager of the GeoTec Event, Canada's largest GIS conference.
12_11 Infrastructure Broadcast (Autodesk University, Bentley Webcast and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses infrastructure news and videos, including highlights from Autodesk University (AU) in Las Vegas; a Bentley Systems/Informed Infrastructure Webcast on Steel Fabrication; The Nature Conservancy's Urban Water Blueprint; industry news from Topcon Positioning Group, Intergraph and Mott MacDonald; video clips from AU keynotes; and more.
Making Forest Information Systems Work for REDD+ and Beyond
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Watch this discussion forum from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. More and more countries have established and institutionalized sustainable, long-term and multi-purpose information systems in the context of REDD+ to support well-informed national policy formulation and decision making at different levels, and to meet national and international reporting needs. This panel discusses if they are used beyond estimating carbon stocks, how they improve global estimates and information, and how they can be most cost effective.
Arctic Traffic
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As climate change melts sea ice and opens the Arctic Ocean to more shipping and oil exploration, marine mammals and native people in small boats are at risk. Watch this video from This American Land and then read a related article from Earth Imaging Journal at http://eijournal.com/print/articles/monitoring-polar-changes-scientists-deploy-many-tools-to-measure-sea-ice-thickness to learn more on this topic.
12_18 Asia-Pacific Broadcast (Cultural Heritage, APAC LBS Market and More)
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This Asia-Pacific-focused GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses a Cultural Preservation survey project in LaoSiCheng, China; a market-research report on the APAC region's LBS market; a V1 Media interview with a Bentley Systems Year in Infrastructure award winner from China; industry headlines from Paragon Software Systems, SkyTraq Technology Inc., Supergeo Technologies and Hamon Thermal Co.; and more.
