Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives
Original Autodesk Lab(rador) Logo
Shaan Hurley just let me know the origin of the idea for the lab (as in labrador) in the original Autodesk Labs logo.
Year: 2009
Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives
New Autodesk Labs Site Design
The new Autodesk Labs site redesign went live last Thursday night. The new site design was created by Doug Look, Senior Strategic Designer at Autodesk. One project that I recommend you take a look at […]
Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives
Data Quality of Digital Network Models in Utilities and Telcos and the Smart Grid
In the US there are 9,200 electric generating units with more than 1,000,000 megawatts of generating capacity, but most of them were built in the 1960s or earlier. There are over 12,000 sub-stations and the […]
Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives
Islamic Seven Year Action Plan on Climate Change
200 Muslim leaders, scholars, civil society members and government ministries from Kuwait, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Senegal, and Turkey have endorsed a seven year plan for action on protecting the natural environment […]
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Australian Government Proposes to Reduce Emissions by 25% by 2020
In preparation for the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhapen in December the Australian government has proposed a modified plan (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) to reduce Australia’s CO2 emissions by up to 25 % (higher than […]
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Autodesk Labs Plugin of the Month
After the summer Autodesk Labs will be launching “plugin of the month from the Autodesk Developer Network.” The plugins will be simple utility applications and will include full source code. Some examples of plugins that […]
Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives
Brazil: Open Standards, Free and Open Source, and Free and Open Data
I am in Brazil this week in São Paulo, where I just gave a presentation at the Geo Summit Latin America, which used to be known as GeoBrasil. I have been coming to Brazil for many years […]
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Drake Landing Solar Community
Daniel Shannon made me aware of the Drake Landing Solar Community, a 52 house subdivision that is the largest subdivision of R-2000 single family homes in Canada. It intends to meet 90% of residential space heating […]