|
|
|
Directions Editor in Chief Joe Francica quizzed Autodesk Vice President of Infrastructure Solutions Division, Chris Bradshaw, on the present and future of GIS at Autodesk.
The 20 minute interview was recorded on November 29, 2006, at Autodesk University.
Subscribe to Podcast
Podcast: Autodesk’s Chris Bradshaw
Missed any podcasts? Here’s the index.
Posted yesterday (sorry!) at Directions Magazine:
Tsunami Warning…You Are Located in the Threat Area
Information Extraction and Problem-Solving in the Earth Sciences using Remote Sensing and GIS
GEOINT 2006 – WOW Technologies
A New Chapter Begins for Intergraph
Location Technology Snapshot 2006: Looking for the iPod Experience
Interested? We have a feed of articles from Directions Magazine or you can subscribe to e-mail newsletters.
I confess, I’ve been slow to move beyond listening to podcasts to vidcasts and YouTube. Maybe it’s because I’m not a big TV watcher to begin with? In any case, today I broke down and watched a few online videos.
I started with a few of the now three VerySpatial TV episodes from the folks at Very Spatial. These are short and to the point. One (episode 2) had the crew of Sue, Jesse and Frank giving out prizes a recent conference. It’s pretty funny as two recipients needed prompting in response to “What’s the best geography podcast?” It’s also fun to have that flash of recognition when the voices you hear on the podcast don’t seem to match the people on the screen. The latest episode (3) is a video catalog of potential gifts for those with a geographic bent. Do bear in mind the files are large (7-14Mb) for a few minutes of video. For now, I believe, you need to download them and can’t stream them. I get that; bandwidth can be an issue!
I also ran into a post from GridSkipper titled: Cool Berlin Google Map Project, No One Cares. It’s a follow up to this still popular post on APB about an Iowa town with a proposed Google Maps “pointer” in its midst. The video from YouTube, linked at Gridskipper, shows an art student building such a pointer in Berlin and getting, well no reaction.
These are fun diversions in the holiday season but do remember to get back to work!
Gizmodo gave the newly released Windows Live Search for Mobile a head to head with Google Maps Mobile and gave Microsoft the edge due to its “native feel” and quick response.
Back in the day, I think around 1990, I went down to Virginia to learn SPANS (then from Tydac) and take home a copy to use at the consulting firm for which I worked. I recall being very impressed by it, though in the end we opted for a different system (Geo/SQL for those who want to know). Today I find an article on a program in India to leverage GIS for rural village development and facilities management (CIO India). The program, now owned by PCI Geomatics, is still doing the job! In future, however, the program will be moving online, with which software is unclear.
