Category: Conference Interviews
Environmental Applications Hold Promise for Ball Aerospace
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Ball Aerospace has been involved with the commercial and government sides of Earth-observation satellites for some time, including instrument and satellite construction for DigitalGlobe as well as the primary imager for the Landsat 8 satellite. Earth Imaging Journal spoke with Cory Springer, director of weather and environment at Ball Aerospace, about the prospects for environmental monitoring, the need to continue the data record for the Landsat program, the CAVIS instrument on DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite that removes the impact of weather on the image, and the motivating role of the International Space Symposium.
Solving the Site Engineering Cost Problem with SITEOPS
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Bentley Systems has had a stake in SITEOPS since 2010 and completed the acquisition in August 2014. Informed Infrastructure spoke to Mike Detwiler, vice president, SITEOPS Product Development, about this innovative cloud-based site-development tool that is being widely used in construction. This product is now being integrated across Bentley's other offerings, with intelligent 3-D data models carried throughout the project workflow.
SmarterBetterCities Interview at GeoDesign Summit
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Todd Danielson interviews Antje Kunze, CEO and founder of SmarterBetterCities, which is based out of Zurich, Switzerland. They discuss the software company's vision for holistic urban planning as well as its tools for achieving those goals.
Interview with CEOs of Bentley Systems and Topcon Positioning Systems
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In October 2019, Informed Infrastructure Editorial Director Todd Danielson went to Bentley Systems’ Year In Infrastructure conference in Singapore. While there as an award juror for the Buildings and Campuses category, he was able to interview Greg Bentley and Ray O'Connor, the CEOs of Bentley Systems and Topcon Positioning Systems, respectively, about their companies and the joint venture they launched at the event: Digital Construction Works Incorporated (DCW).
2015 Geodesign Summit Rapidly Approaching, Highlights Discussed
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Shannon McElvaney, Esri's Community Development Manager, notes some of the speaker and event highlights for the upcoming 2015 Geodesign Summit to be held Jan. 22-23, 2015, in Redlands, Calif. This "transdisciplinary" event has a place for anyone looking to help create a better world through informed, collaborative design.
Autodesk Enabling Automated UAV Data Processing in the Cloud
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The V1 Video team spoke to Dominique Pouliquen, director of marketing and Drone/UAS Initiative Coordinator for Autodesk’s Reality Systems Group, about his group’s focus on bridging sensor inputs with the company’s extensive line of design and engineering software. They are breaking down the barrier for UAV users to process and create products that are aligned to specific applications such as construction monitoring, mining and cultural heritage.
Platform Interoperability for Project Improvement
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Informed Infrastructure spoke to Huw Roberts, vice president of platform marketing at Bentley Systems, at the company’s CONNECTION Event roadshow kickoff in Philadelphia. We touched on the next era of project workflows, with greater integration across processes and analytics for better outcomes.
GEOINT Keynote: Parag Khanna, Author on Mapping
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The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) recorded the keynote speech of Parag Khanna, author, “Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization," at the 2016 GEOINT Symposium on May 16, 2016, in Orlando, Fla.
Building Drones for Construction, Surveying and Mining Applications
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The V1 Video team spoke to Paul Doersch, founder and CEO of Kespry. We talked about his company’s workflows specific to automating the collection of aerial survey information, including the measurement of aggregate stockpiles and mining resources.
Extending Geospatial Capabilities to Support Government Missions
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The V1 Video team interviewed Rob Mott, vice president, Geospatial Sector, Intergraph Government Solutions, at the GEOINT Symposium in Washington, D.C. We spoke about the geospatial technological advancements, and how it is becoming more mission critical due to being more accessible and reliable. Intergraph is embracing new sensor platforms, Big Data analytics, and harnessing the cloud to ease integration and exploit geospatial information.
