Category: Conference Interviews
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.
Dominique Pouliquen Interview (Autodesk)
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Matt Ball interviews Dominique Pouliquen, Director of Market Development, IPG/Reality Solutions, Autodesk, at SPAR International in Colorado Springs, Colo. They discuss reality computing, the scanning workflow, ReCap Connect, the new RCS format for point clouds, how plug-ins and Web APIs can help customers, and more.
Doug Smith Interview (Avenza Systems)
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Todd Danielson interviews Doug Smith, Director, Sales & Marketing, Avenza Systems, at the GEOINT Symposium in Tampa, Florida. They discuss Avenza's key products, including MAPublisher, Geographic Imager and its new PDF Maps app. All the products work with Adobe products for increased design functionality while maintaing location integrity.
Earth Observation Industry Alliance Looks Forward to Further Proliferation
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The Earth Observation Industry Alliance (EOIA) was at the International Space Symposium talking to commercial space companies about the future of Earth observation. Earth Imaging Journal spoke with Dennis Jones, chairman and president of EOIA, about the outlook for Earth observation. The goals are to promote favorable policy, a corresponding regulatory environment that's less restricting and more supportive of new companies, and a larger government budget to support observation missions.
Elmer Bol Interview (Autodesk)
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Matt Ball interviews Elmer Bol, Director of Product Management, Autodesk, at SPAR International in Colorado Springs, Colo. They discuss Reality Capture solutions, evolution in the construction industry, laser scanning, Autodesk products, data capture and mining, change detection, and more.
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.
Esri’s Director of Solutions Discusses Apps, Simplicity and Passion
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Todd Danielson interviews Damian Spangrud, Director of Solutions, Esri, at the 2014 Esri User Conference in San Diego. They discuss what it's like working at Esri, the tools needed to create a public-facing GIS app and "never underestimating how simple things need to be."
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.
Esri’s Geotrigger Service Explained
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Matt Ball spoke with Amber Case, director of Esri's R&D Center in Portland, at the Local Data Summit in Denver on Feb. 25, 2014. The conversation ranges from accessible geospatial technology, the ubiquity of mobile devices, and the connections that are made with location awareness and location-based alerts.
Exciting Times for Road and Rail Infrastructure
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The V1 Video team interviewed Andrew Smith at the 2015 Bentley Year in Infrastructure Conference in London in early November. Smith is a Solutions Executive, Rail & Transit, for Bentley Systems, and he discussed new technologies in rail design and construction, London's Crossrail project and its effect on BIM, and evolving business processes affecting the industry.
