Month: October 2010

As I have blogged on several occasions Ontario is in several ways leading the charge in the green power/smart grid revolution in North America. Ontario’s roll-out of smart meters together with time-of-use electric power rates […]

I have blogged in the past (here, here, here and here) about the poor data quality of utility records databases that has serious implications.  It can lead to  such things as unreliable reports prepared for management and […]

In 2005 URISA petitioned the Federal Geographic Data Committee to allow it to develop a standard for addresses in the US.  The petition was granted and the project to develope the United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, […]

One of the talks I attended at the URISA conference last week in Orlando was presented by Raj Singh of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) on the subject of “geosynchronization”.  This has nothing to do […]

The chief construction adviser to the UK Government has said that Building Information Modelling (BIM) will become a part of the procurement of public buildings in the UK and indicated that bidders and contractors on […]

The GITA Geospatial Solutions Conference will be held April 10-14, 2011 in Grapevine, Texas.  The themes of the conference will be smart grids and sustainable infrastructure.  GITA has issued a call for presentations and is […]