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Arcadis Engineers Tackle Rising Seas and Drainage Systems
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The V1 Video team spoke with John Atkinson, Director, Hydrodynamic Modeling, Arcadis, at the company's office near Denver. The conversation covered Arcadis' Dutch heritage, engineering for rising sea levels, stormwater drainage, new models and data, and the company's commitment to open-source technology.
Earthquake Monitoring with Radar Satellites
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Radar satellite missions can measure millimetre-scale changes in Earth’s surface following an earthquake. On 24 August 2014, an earthquake struck California’s Napa Valley. By processing two images from the Sentinel-1A radar satellite, which were acquired on 7 August and 31 August 2014 over this wine-producing region, an 'interferogram' was generated showing ground deformation.
8_13 Earth Imaging Broadcast (Toxic Phytoplankton, Climate Change and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses the massive phytoplankton blooms along both U.S. coasts and the damage they are doing; NOAA reporting record high temperatures across the globe; NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative; industry news from Bluesky Esri, ESA, Airbus and Harris Corp.; thoughts on toxic phytoplankton and climate change; and more.
10_2 Climate Change Broadcast (UN Climate Summit, Tsunami Evacuation Maps and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses news and video from the UN Climate Summit, including President Obama announcing new geospatial tools and pledges to restore forest land; USGS developing a pedestrian tsunami-evacuation tool; industry news from exactEarth, Bentley Systems and Innovyze; a clip from the keynote address at the recent GeCo in the Rockies conference; and more.
Greg Bentley Interview Part 2: Lifecycle Management, Productizing Services and Tech Uptake in Construction
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Informed Infrastructure interviewed Greg Bentley, the CEO of Bentley Systems, at the Year In Infrastructure Event held Nov. 1-3, 2017, at the Hilton London Metropole. In Part 2 of this interview, he discusses the importance of lifecycle management and the "productizing" of services as well as his thoughts on the slow uptake of technology in construction and how it can be overcome.
European Space Agency 2019 Preview
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ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will return to the International Space Station, in Science Cheops will look at exoplanets, while the EDRS-C satellite will start the era of super-fast data relay on orbit.
Wildlife Works Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project, Kenya
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Founded in 1997, Wildlife Works has been a pioneer in market based solutions for conservation for 21 years.
ClearPath Emissions-Management Software
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ClearPath is the next generation of ICLEI's online software suite for local governments managing energy, resources, and GHG emissions. ClearPath offers a powerful and integrated cloud-based platform that allows you to visualize your current and future emissions, and easily carry out sophisticated analysis to determine the right mix of policies to meet your emissions reduction goals.
2015 Audubon Medal Awardees: Jack and Laura Dangermond
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Jack and Laura Dangermond launched Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) in 1969 with a vision of how maps and geographic sciences could promote deeper understanding of our world and enable us to design a better future. The Dangermonds have since donated more than a billion dollars in geo-spatial, analytical, and visualization technology to research institutions, schools, and nonprofit organizations, equipping these groups with the same GIS tools that drive the strategies of Fortune 500 companies.
Value Engineering for Site Planning and Preparation
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Informed Infrastructure spoke with Michael Kissinger, senior engineer and Land Development Division Manager at Pennoni Associates, and Steve Lewis, single point of contact for Pennoni’s Bentley SITEOPS business. We touched on their creative use of the SITEOPS site-planning tool on a variety of projects to win and retain business.
