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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.
Arctic Traffic
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As climate change melts sea ice and opens the Arctic Ocean to more shipping and oil exploration, marine mammals and native people in small boats are at risk. Watch this video from This American Land and then read a related article from Earth Imaging Journal at http://eijournal.com/print/articles/monitoring-polar-changes-scientists-deploy-many-tools-to-measure-sea-ice-thickness to learn more on this topic.
Making Forest Information Systems Work for REDD+ and Beyond
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Watch this discussion forum from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. More and more countries have established and institutionalized sustainable, long-term and multi-purpose information systems in the context of REDD+ to support well-informed national policy formulation and decision making at different levels, and to meet national and international reporting needs. This panel discusses if they are used beyond estimating carbon stocks, how they improve global estimates and information, and how they can be most cost effective.
12_11 Infrastructure Broadcast (Autodesk University, Bentley Webcast and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses infrastructure news and videos, including highlights from Autodesk University (AU) in Las Vegas; a Bentley Systems/Informed Infrastructure Webcast on Steel Fabrication; The Nature Conservancy's Urban Water Blueprint; industry news from Topcon Positioning Group, Intergraph and Mott MacDonald; video clips from AU keynotes; and more.
The Farm Forum Event 2013: Matt Ball Interview
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Matt Ball is the founder and editor of Vector1 Media, with publications Sensors & Systems, Informed Infrastructure and Asian Surveying & Mapping. He has been promoting the application of sensors, systems, models and simulation for the better stewardship of our planet for the past 15 years. The first ten years of that span were as editor of GeoWorld magazine and show manager of the GeoTec Event, Canada's largest GIS conference.
