GIS Development: Interview with Lisa Campbell

6 May 2008 Geoff Zeiss

In GIS Development April 2008  there is an interview with Lisa Campbell, who is responsible for GeospatialLisacampbell
Solutions at Autodesk.  It is worthwhile taking a close look at this interview because Lisa gives her perspective on some of the important things that Autodesk is doing in the geospatial/infrastructure management domain. 

  • Geospatial is no longer an isolated domain, it is showing up everywhere including in design and 3D visualization.
  • CAD and GIS are tightly coupled. The workflow at utilities, telecommunications companies, and local governments means that CAD users need geospatial capabilities.
  • Autodesk has integrated CAD and GIS so that CAD users can do the geospatial things they need to do with their CAD desktop, including managing data with a spatially-enabled database management system.
  • Autodesk is the first public geospatial software company to bring an open source product to market.
  • Autodesk’s strategy for interoperability is based on FDO, which means that you only need one copy of your data no matter what format it is in.

These are important perceptions, that are having important implications for CAD users in the utility, telecommunications, and local government sectors.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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