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President Obama’s Inauguration: On Digital Infrastructure

22 January 2009 Geoff Zeiss

In his inauguration speech, President Obama said “The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act – not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation […]

Quebec protects 50% of boreal forest

21 December 2008 Geoff Zeiss

According to Manitoba Wildlands, Quebec has announced protection for 50 percent of the boreal forest above the 49th parallel from mining, hydroelectric and forestry development. The boreal forest stretches from Newfoundland to Alaska and holds […]

3D Urban Modelling: No Longer Just for the “Big Cities”

18 December 2008 Geoff Zeiss

The World is facing serious challenges including global climate change, aging infrastructure, a shrinking workforce, and lagging productivity. To enable architects, engineers, construction companies,and owners and operators of buildings and infrastructure to address these challenges, […]

Contribution of Spatial Information to the National Economy

9 December 2008 Geoff Zeiss

I have just returned to Ottawa after attending a GITA Board of Directors meeting in California. I chanced to chat with Daniel Shannon of Telus about some interesting macroeconomic reports that I had come across. […]

California State CIO Teri Takai on California’s IT Priorities

8 December 2008 Geoff Zeiss

One of the most interesting presentations at the National Guard’s JIMC conference in San Diego was the California State CIO Teri Takai’s keynote on the challenges facing the state government’s IT folks. In 2006 Governor […]

National Guard JIMC Conference

8 December 2008 Geoff Zeiss

Lat week I was very fortunate to be able to attend and present a keynote at the National Guard’s annual Joint Information Management Council (JIMC) conference in San Diego. (Colonels Tresh and Seitz with the […]

Electric Utility Industry Needs to Invest $1.5 to $2.0 Trillion in Infrastructure

1 December 2008 Geoff Zeiss

The electric utility industry in the U.S. is facing challenging times. To put this in context the U.S. is responsible for 1/4 of global CO2 emissions, and the electric power sector is responsible for 1/3 […]

Inexpensive Digital Camera with a GPS

1 December 2008 Geoff Zeiss

Until recently the only lower end digital camera with a built-in GPS that I was aware of is the Ricoh 500SE, which is still rather expensive. But there is now a less expensive alternative. I’ve […]

Open Geospatial Data

26 November 2008 Geoff Zeiss

I spend a lot of time in many countries around the World and it is really fascinating how the availability of geospatial data is changing dramatically. There are a number of reasons for this. Accessibility […]

Mapping Underground Utility Networks in Penang

25 November 2008 Geoff Zeiss

As I have blogged previously, a difficult challenge in many parts of the world is to find a single database which records where all underground assets, such as water and waste water, power, gas, oil, […]

Report Cards on the Status of Infrastructure – International

24 November 2008 Geoff Zeiss

There has been widespread awareness in the US about what is popularly referred to as crumbling infrastructure. In the presidential election campaign the issue came up repeatedly. One of the reasons, perhaps the most important […]

Autodesk announces second Digital City pilot

8 November 2008 Geoff Zeiss

Autodesk announced it is working with the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) and theIncheon Urban Development Corporation (IUDC) to cooperate in the creation of Asia’s first Digital City for Incheon, Korea — the ‘Tomorrow City’ […]

Autodesk National Geospatial Conference: Geospatial Data Sharing in Government – Penang JPBD GeoPortal

8 November 2008 Geoff Zeiss

This past week Precision Design Solution (M) SDN BHD based in Kuala Lumpur hosted an Autodesk National Geospatial Conference in Penang which attracted major players in the Malaysian telecommunications, oil and gas, power, water, government, […]

GITA Japan: Critical Infrastructure

5 November 2008 Geoff Zeiss

Last week I had the opportunity to present at GITA Japan’s 19th annual conference, held this year at Tokyu University. I found it very well attended both vendors and service providers and utility and telecommunications […]

Redundant Data in Utilities

26 October 2008 Geoff Zeiss

One of the most interesting presentations I have seen in the last year is one by Bradley Williams, a utility Research Director at Gartner. Brad has many many years experience in the West Coast electric […]

Perspective from the Czech Republic: Geospatial Intelligence Is Replacing Traditional GIS

23 October 2008 Geoff Zeiss

Last week I had the opportunity to present a keynote at the Sitewell VIP Conference on Land and Infrastructure Management. Sitewell are the developers of the Czech Ministry of Agriculture’s LPIS System that is used […]

North American Infrastructure Boom ?

22 October 2008 Geoff Zeiss

In 2003 and 2005 the American Society of Civil Engineers prepared a report card on the state of US infrastructure. This scorecard has attracted a lot of attention especially the estimate of the US$1.6 trillion […]

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