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GSA to Spend $4.5 billion on Greening Federal Buildings

16 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has allocated $5.55 billion to the General Services Administration (GSA) for federal public building projects. Of this $4.5 billion is targetted on converting federal buldings into model green […]

Weekly Report on Stimulus Spending

16 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Recovery.gov is reporting on a weekly basis the stimulus funds that are available and the amount actually paid out. Detailed reports from all federal agencies will be available Sunday.

Stimulus Creating New Jobs in US

15 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

According to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), the Obama Administration’s stimulus bill is enabling construction companies in the US to hire new workers.

European Space Telescopes Planck and Hershel Launched

15 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

A European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 5 rocket has launched the European space telescopes Planck and Herschel from French Guiana. Planck’s objective is to analyse with the highest accuracy yet the cosmic microwave background created […]

City of Vancouver Proposal to Endorse Open Data and Open Standards

15 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

A motion is to be submitted to city council that would endorse the principles of open data and open standards and place open source on an equal footing with proprietary software with respect to procurement. Mayor Robertson has […]

OSGEO International Chapters Continues to Grow

15 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

The Polish Chaper of the OSGEO just had its first meeting and workshop. The list of international chapters of the OSGEO continues to grow. British Columbia, Canada OSGeo Chapter China OSGeo Chapter FOSSGIS e.V.: German […]

Free and Open Source Learning Centre (FOSSLC) Summercamp in Ottawa

12 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

The Free and Open Source Learning Centre (FOSSLC) is a non-profit organization and every summer it hosts the FOSSLC Summercamp in Ottawa. The conference will be on May 13, 14, and 15 at Algonquin College, Ottawa, […]

FOSS4G 2009 Open for Registration

12 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

The 2009 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G 2009) conference web site is open for registration. FOSS4G 2009 is hosted by OSGEO and will be held Oct 20-23 in Sydney, Australia this year. […]

Whitehouse Using OpenStreetMap Data to Track Change in Communities

11 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

The Whitehouse web site is using OpenStreetMap data to track how people are delivering on change in their communities.

LEED V3

11 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

LEED v3 was released at the end of April. It includes technical advancements to the LEED credits and points, an upgrade to LEED Online, an expanded certification infrastructure based on ISO standards and administered by […]

Proposed Ontario Green Energy Act to Build Green Economy

10 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Bill 150 2009 a bill to enact the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 and to build a green economy, was tabled at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on February 23, 2009. It is estimated that […]

Green Power from Ocean Waves

8 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

I just came across a company called Green Ocean Energy Ltd that has developed a device called Ocean Treader. Conceptually it is pretty simple. There’s a central buoy-like device with two mechanically connected pontoons. The […]

3D Urban Modeling at the City of Vancouver

8 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Dan Campbell of the City of Vancouver and I gave a presentation at WAURISA earlier this week on the Evolution of Urban Modeling. Dan outlined the history of the Vancouver model and some the business drivers […]

3D Printing

7 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

This is something I meant to blog about last year, but somehow it didn’t make it. 3D printing does not refer to printing a 3D model on a piece of paper, which is what I […]

Engineering Data to GIS and Back

7 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Most of the world’s vector spatial data is captured using CAD desktop applications, whether we are talking about engineering design data or traditional geospatial data. Over the past 20 or so years most of the […]

GDAL Support for Oracle Georaster

6 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

At GITA last week I ran into Steve Serra from Oracle who updated me on open source support for Oracle Spatial/Locator. He provided a site where open source products supporting Oracle Spatial are listed. The […]

Cy Smith Keynote at WAURISA: NSGIC Strategic Framework for National Geospatial Infrastructure

5 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

WAURISA was kicked off by a very interesting presentation by Cy Smith, Oregon Geographic Information Officer (OGIO) and Past President of the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC). He outlined the NSGIC strategic framework for […]

Geography of Recessions

4 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

MSNBC and Moody’s have computed what they call an Adversity Index which attempts to measure the economic health of 381 metro areas and all 50 states and assign an economic health quotient, according to whether […]

Geographic Distribution of the Seven Deadly Sins

4 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

Kansas State University Geography has calculated quotients for the seven deadly sins for each county (I’m guessing) in the US and plotted the results as maps. Plenty of material here for blaming some other part of […]

Convergence

4 May 2009 Geoff Zeiss

A recent post by Dale Lutz of Safe Software reminded me that one of my fellow directors on the GITA Board is Eric Hoogenraad, of the City of Abbotsford, whose title is Manager of Geomatics and Building […]