Global climate change, for which the change in Arctic sea ice is evidence as an example, is motivating power utilities, car manufacturers, oil companies and others to look at alternative sources of energy. Various terms […]
I blogged some time ago about the rapid increase in the number of OpenStreetMap users and the volume of data in the OSM database, and its recent expansion as a result of adding the Canadian […]
Standard & Poor’s has announced that open source software firm Red Hat will replace CIT Group Inc. on the S&P 500 Index. Quite an achievement for a firm started with a completely new business model in […]
From the Twittersphere. The US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources is holding an oversight hearing on Federal Geospatial Data Management July 23 10 am. The hearing will be webast live.
For those of you in the Bay area, Autodesk is hosting a Renewable Energy Symposium on Renewable Energy: Reducing Capital Intensity & Succeeding July 21, 5:30 PM PT to 8:30 PM PT at Autodesk The Gallery at […]
In the July/August 2009 edition of Geoconnexion International there is an article by Tracey Stone that outlines the impact that CAD, BIM, GIS, and 3D convergence is having on city planning and management. She includes an […]
The GeoBase dataset which includes political boundaries, all roads, CanVec data, inland water network, and satellite imagery is in the process of being imported into the OpenStreeMap database. The intention is to import all […]
There’s an interesting article by Neil Brooker about how different technologies including model-driven design, GIS, and 3D visualization developed in the gaming world in coalescing to create a more holistic view of the cities where […]