In 2017, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), Singapore-ETH Centre, and the Geomatics Department of the City of Zürich started the Digital Underground project as a first step toward achieving an accurate, current, and complete map […]
At the SDI Summit in Quebec City Gordon Plunkett offered an interesting perspective on the penetration of open spatial data infrastructure (SDI) at the municipal level in Canada. Local governments are traditionally responsible for local […]
Pipeline incidents (gas distribution, gas transmission, gas gathering and hazardous liquid) resulting from excavation damage 2005-2019 “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” (Peter Drucker) is a maxim that applies to airline accidents, […]
At the GITA Pipeline Forum in Houston, an enthralling presentation by Rich Henry of Pivvot, a recent startup that builds solutions for pipeline routing and other applications, highlighted how open source geospatial technology is transforming […]
New federal regulations in the U.S. will likely more than double the areas where higher levels of pipeline integrity maintenance standards are mandated by federal legislation. Identifying these areas is more complex creating opportunities for […]
Underground utility infrastructure represents a substantial risk to workers and the public. Most damage to underground infrastructure is the result of construction excavation, recent examples include Murrieta CA, Durham NC, and San Francisco CA. But […]
Typically at BIMForum events, the audience is composed of architects, engineers and construction contractors, with the odd owner, but rarely facilities management (FM) folks. At this year’s BIMForum 2019 conference in St Louis several talks […]
This is a readable version of a video that I submitted to the EthicalGEO site. Without accurate maps of where underground infrastructure is located, every construction project has the potential to become a disaster site. […]