In September 2011, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the International Cartographic Association (ICA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the objective of creating collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and government organizations in open […]
At this year’s GIS in the Rockies, James Fee gave the keynote which was targeted at GIS professionals on the topic of how to remain relevant in the age of change. He concluded that a […]
The UK Government has mandated BIM on all Government construction projects regardless of size by 2016. The Institution of Structural Engineers (IST) has released the results of a survey of its 900 members. Some of […]
University College London (UCL) Engineering is expanding its curriculum to include the geomatics aspects of building information modeling (BIM) and the integrated management of geospatial and BIM-related data. The new masters program in Geomatics for […]
I have blogged frequently on the workforce challenges facing the utility industry resulting from accelerating retirement among engineers and skilled workers and by the technology transformation associated with the smart grid. Community colleges in partnership […]
According to Jack Dangermond who led the plenary sessions on the first day, this year in San Diego 12000 people from 130 countries were in San Diego for the 33rd Esri International User Conference. I […]
India is projected to become the world’s 5th largest economy by 2020. The IEA estimates that India will require 600-1200 GW of new electric power generation capacity by 2050. But 30% of India’s power generation […]
At the Geospatial World Forum (GWF) in Amsterdam last year, Paul Cheung of the United Nations Initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM) voiced the concern about their role that many national mapping agencies and […]