Monthly Archives: April 2015
Weather-Observation Gap Over Middle East Causes Consternation
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Exelis makes the majority of the weather and climate instruments for the U.S. government as well as Japan and Korea, including those that monitor greenhouse gases. Earth Imaging Journal spoke with Eric Webster, vice president and director for weather and climate systems at Exelis. His team has been working with the U.S. Air Force to study weather capabilities over Centcom (the Middle East and the Indian Ocean) that have been provided by a European weather satellite. The other weather instruments are owned by Russia and China, so there’s some concern about the source of this sensing going forward.
Trimble Discusses Hardware and Software Innovation
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Trimble's Todd Steiner, Product Marketing Director, Imaging, and Tim Lemmon, Product Marketing Director, Geospatial Office Software, spoke with V1 Media's Todd Danielson at SPAR International, which was held March 30-April 2, 2015, in Houston, Texas. They discussed new hardware and software products, smartphones' future accuracy, the differences in platform-neutral conferences, UAV applications and more.
Trimble Announces Partnership with DotProduct
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Bryan Williams, Segment Manager, GCCM, Trimble Navigation, joined Tom Greaves, Chief Marketing Officer, DotProduct, to discuss a recent partnership between the two companies. In an interview with V1 Media's Todd Danielson at SPAR International, which was held March 30-April 2, 2015, in Houston, Texas, they discussed DotProduct and its products as well as how they fit into Trimble's plans. Williams also discusses vertical construction and additional new Trimble technologies.
Tom Fisher Witnesses Complete Evolution of Geodesign Summit
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Tom Fisher, Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota, emceed and moderated the 2015 Geodesign Summit, and he as attended every summit since its inception. On behalf of V1 Media, Informed Infrastructure and GeoSpatial Stream, Todd Danielson interviewed Fisher at the Geodesign Summit 2015 in Redlands, Calif.
SpaceCurve Introduces Spatial at the Speed of Reality
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GeoSpatial Stream's Todd Danielson conducted an Internet Interview with SpaceCurve's CEO Dane Coyer and Founder Andrew Rogers. They spoke about the company's inception, Big Data, spatial indexing and business applications as well as how SpaceCurve created new technologies to integrate these varied components.
Esri’s Donny Sosa Talks UAVs and Photogrammetry
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Donny Sosa is an AEC Industry Specialist with Esri, and he spoke with V1 Media's Todd Danielson at SPAR International, which was held March 30-April 2, 2015, in Houston, Texas. They discussed UAVs and their proliferation, the pros and cons of UAV use, industry trends, product testing with Pix4D and more.
DigitalGlobe’s Seeing a Better World Program Focuses on Outcomes
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DigitalGlobe has expanded upon its theme of "Seeing a Better World," with a new program that focuses on themes aligned to the United Nations sustainable development objectives. Speaking with V1 Media, Taner Kodanaz, Director of DigitalGlobe's Seeing a Better World Program, describes how the company is leveraging its own imagery to provide greater context and outcome-oriented solutions around food and nutrition security, infrastructure development, sustainability, and human rights.
Bentley’s Ron Gant Discusses Roads and Recent Acquisitions
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Ron Gant is the Director of Transportation Marketing at Bentley Systems, and he spoke with V1 Media's Todd Danielson at SPAR International, which was held March 30-April 2, 2015, in Houston, Texas. They discussed the transportation industry and Bentley's role there, asset management, Bentley's acquisition of Acute3D, the value of hosting an event in Houston, and more.
Autodesk’s Aaron Morris Discusses Reality Computing
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Aaron Morris is the ReCap Product Manager at Autodesk, and he spoke with V1 Media's Todd Danielson at SPAR International, which was held March 30-April 2, 2015, in Houston, Texas. They discussed spatial sensor data, reality computing, Autodesk product developments and enhancements, UAV applications and more.
Achim Steiner – Eye on Earth Summit 2015
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Over 650 delegates from government, UN bodies, the non-governmental sector, private sector, academia and civil society will gather in Abu Dhabi between 6 and 8 October for the Eye on Earth Summit 2015. Learn more here: www.eoesummit.org
