Monthly Archives: April 2015
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.
4_23 Infrastructure Broadcast (Transportation, AASHTO and More)
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This Infrastructure-themed GeoSpatial Stream broadcast highlights an Earth Day video from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO); news on infrastructure from the United States, Canada and Saudi Arabia; industry news from Topcon Positioning Group, Esri and Autodesk; a clip from an infrastructure-related interview at SPAR International; and more.
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.
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.
4_30 Earthquake Broadcast (Nepal Mapping, Drone Video and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast focuses entirely on the Nepal earthquake of April 25, 2015, that killed more than 5,000 people. News and video cover the scope of the destruction; how governments and relief organizations are helping through mapping; industry aid from Esri, DigitalGlobe and Airbus Defence & Space; an article on how Nepal was mapped in 48 hours; a video of the Mt. Everest avalanche; and more.
