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Building Climate Resilience: Getting Started
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For many Americans, adapting to new climate regimes means developing new expertise. Decision-makers across the nation are using data and tools to reduce their risks and protect their investments from climate. This video explains how you can use the Climate Resilience Toolkit web site to improve resilience.
Bringing the Model to the People
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Informed Infrastructure spoke with Aaron Selverston, Founder and CEO, Owlized, at Autodesk University 2014 in Las Vegas. The Owl is a virtual reality device that presents a 3-D model of planned changes in the familiar form factor of a coin-operator binocular. Users approach the device and look into a registered model to see how familiar surroundings will evolve. Our conversation touched on the need for a more informative outreach method to guide urban transformation.
A Year in the Life of Earth’s CO2
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An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe.
1_15 Infrastructure Broadcast (Geodesign Summit, Road Maintenance and More)
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This Infrastructure-themed GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses the impending road-maintenance crisis worldwide as well as possible new spending initiatives; U.S. DOT grants to strengthen commercial vehicle safety via intelligent transportation systems; a new "drive by" heat-mapping system; industry news from USGIF, Esri, Innovyze and FARO; a video from the 2014 Geodesign Summit in anticipation of this year's event; and more.
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.
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.
1_8 New Year Broadcast (10 Predictions for 2015, AirAsia Flight and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast looks back at 2014 and ahead to 2015, including the Top Ten Predictions for 2015; the tragic Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501; industry news from Cadcorp, the Space Foundation and Elsevier; a roundup of important milestones from 2014; and more.
Environmental Geography
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Students deploy river-temperature sensors to make environmental predictions.
Read a Map and Use a Compass
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Simon King and Ordnance Survey provide basic instruction on map and compass use.
12_18 Asia-Pacific Broadcast (Cultural Heritage, APAC LBS Market and More)
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This Asia-Pacific-focused GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses a Cultural Preservation survey project in LaoSiCheng, China; a market-research report on the APAC region's LBS market; a V1 Media interview with a Bentley Systems Year in Infrastructure award winner from China; industry headlines from Paragon Software Systems, SkyTraq Technology Inc., Supergeo Technologies and Hamon Thermal Co.; and more.
