Archive for the ‘infrastructure’ Category
The Urban Metabolism of Singapore to be Studied
Urban metabolism is a new discipline which was developed in the environment school at Yale University to track how energy and materials flow through an environment. The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have begun a three-year, $400,000, research study to monitor the efficiency of buildings in [...]
Apps as a Media and Fashion Business
Just picked up a cryptic Tweet from @whiteafrican, “Apps are a media business, a fashion business,” and this struck a chord. Maps are media, and applications for interactive mapping are new media. The ability to locate and place information in context is achieved largely through applications that mashup content with mapping capabilities. We not only [...]
Intergraph Works to Stay on Top of Technology Trends #intergraph2010
Mark Doherty, CTO of Intergraph’s Security, Government and Industry (SG&I) division related details on the company’s view on technology trends and the company’s approach to the markets that they serve. Spatial data infrastructure is a growing issue, with kudos to the European INSPIRE initiative for raising awareness. While the initiative is focused at the national [...]
Intergraph Adds 3D to their GeoMedia Product #intergraph2010
Intergraph will launch a new 3D capability within their GeoMedia product in the fourth quarter of this year. The 3D capability is an add-on component that will add the capability to view and manipulated 3D models via another desktop window. The tight integration with GeoMedia means that the learning curve will be very quick for [...]
Hexagon’s “GIS with Activity” Vision #Intergraph2010
Media and analysts had a chance to sit down with Ola Rollén, CEO of Hexagon, at lunch today at the Intergraph 2010 conference. Rollén was very forthcoming regarding the company strategy and vision for what a model that is integrated with sensors might look like. When asked about interests in the agriculture market, Rollén shared [...]
T. Boone Talks Energy and Security #Intergraph2010
T. Boone Pickens addressed the growing energy dependence problem in the United States at the Intergraph 2010 event. The U.S imports 60% of our oil, importing 13 million barrels per day, and many from countries that our state department deems hostile. We are out of sync with the world in terms of our use per [...]
“Data Centric” Drive at the Heart of Intergraph’s Success
R. Halsey Wise, chairman, president and CEO of Intergraph kicked off the company’s weather-delayed user conference with an emphasis on turning their innovations into opportunities for economic success during challenging times. The high production quality of the main stage, with multiple screens, lights and booming bass sounds, drove home a presentation of customers “that see [...]
A Compelling Vision of an Augmented 3D City Interface
The trend toward overlaying our physical space with information is gaining ground, and there are a lot of different examples of what this future will look and feel like. Researcher Keiichi Matsuda provides a very compelling vision in the following video of what that future interface might look like, and he presents it in 3D. [...]
Analyzing Job Types and Geography
The Martin Prosperity Institute, a business policy and management research group at the University of Toronto, has recently conducted a survey of Toronto workers, focusing on their geographic spread across the city, and their connection to transit. The research takes a strong look at the service class of workers that make up a large majority [...]
Korea Aims to Promote their ‘Green Growth’ Approach to the World
When the world’s leaders gather in Seoul, Korea for the G20 Seoul Summit in November to discuss the global recovery and stronger economic growth, the Korean government will bring the attention of the G20 Leaders to the their theme of green growth as a catalyst for global cooperation. Korea has been working actively in an [...]