Subject: 10 Thoughts for Someone Contemplating a Geospatial Career Today

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PERSPECTIVES
10 Thoughts for Someone Contemplating a Geospatial Career Today
"All things change over time. This includes geographic information systems (GIS), computer aided design (CAD), global positioning systems (GPS), remote sensing, surveying and a wide array of geospatial technologies and applications. What I would have said to someone embarking on a spatially related career ten years agao would be different than what I would say today. Some things have changed dramatically, others in new ways and some minimally. Here is what Id say today to someone contemplating a geo-career, in no particular order." Jeff Thurston, editor, EMEA -- jeffthurston vector1media.com

TOP STORIES

FEATURES

ESRI User Conference Is the Place for Professionals to Advance Their Use of GIS Bentley Sponsors IWAs Young Water Professionals Conference GENERata is a New Hub for Knowledge and Sustainable Development 46th British Cartographic Society Symposium Explores Mapping at Work Topcon GRS-1 and GeoAge FASTXchange ERDAS Announces New Distributor in Portugal Tele Atlas Sets New Standard for Realistic Maps with Highly Detailed 3D City Images Latest Flood Models Use Cloud Computing Autodesk Partners with Clinton Climate Initiative to Help Build More Sustainable Cities GIS Versus the Volcano Running Mega Projects on Happy Pills

Engineering contractors and consultants involved in a recent series of mega projects have been subjected to a torrent of accusations in the Danish media. The issue flared up when an academic from Aalborg University, Professor Bent Flyvbjerg, defended his doctoral thesis.

As one of Indonesias youngest and most active volcanoes, the aptly named Mountain of Fire keeps nearby villagers, government officials, and volcanologists on alert.

Italys National Mapping Agency Purchases Digital Elevation Mapping Data from Intermap Technologies

TOP FIVE LINKS OF THE WEEK

Jeff's Top Five Links of the Week

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Estonian Land Board National Land Service - Republic of Lithuania Papers - Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks and Cooperating Objects City Distances

Australia Natural Resources Atlas

Matt's Top Five Links of the Week

ImageTree - focuses on precision forestry for accurate and consistent assessment. Mapstraction - Javascript mapping abstraction library. Ecosystem-Based Management Tools Network Coastal GeoTools - Conference series on technical information needs for the nation's coastal programs.

ClimateArk - A news portal on global warming and climate change.

Readers Links of the Week

Submit suggested links to anything you would like to recommend that fellow readers do, see or read via e-mail to mailto:top5@vector1media.com

popular.eu - social links for Euro connections

Center for South-East Asian Studies - Kyoto University

COLUMN
Managing Energy Demand for a More Sustainable Future

Business-as-usual will no longer work if America is to continue its leadership on the world stage. The sweeping effects of the recession weve experienced have made this very clear. We need green innovation, state-of-the-art clean energy technologies, and a commitment to change. By pushing these priorities to the forefront we will create a stronger economy, achieve greater energy independence, ensure a healthier environment, and attain a more sustainable future.

REVIEW
Book Review: Map Use - Reading and Analysis

Map Use: Reading and Analysis is about reading maps. The book is oriented toward helping people to understand how maps work and how they can be used to communicate. Where other cartographic books often describe techniques alone, this book provides explanations on how different map techniques are being used. That process ensures that readers begin to think not only about creating maps, but what a map can be used for and how it can help other people to understand. V1 Magazine editor Jeff Thurston reviews the book and provides a summary.

INTERVIEW
Exploring the Role of GIS in the Enterprise

ESRI fashioned a bold move toward enterprise geospatial capabilities four years ago when they announced the ArcGIS Server product and accompanying web services. The embrace of distributed enterprise computing makes geospatial data far more ubiquitous in an organization and reaches far more users. V1 Magazine editor Matt Ball recently spoke with Bill Meehan, director, Utilities Solutions at ESRI about the enterprise geospatial approach and the promise of geospatial contributions for smart grid development.

HEADLINE NEWS

CALENDAR

White House Launches Open Government Initiative Siemens Seeks to Cash In on Russia's Atomic Adventure Green Groups, Corporations Call for Forest Conservation to Counter Global Warming The Earth Wins One 3-D atlas Helps Sufferers of Kidney Ailments Growing On Trees Commission Calls for Proposals for 4 billion Worth of Energy Investments Russia's South Stream Project Gets a Boost Tracking Trees on the Road to Copenhagen US Forest Service Chief Announces Land Grants Sustainable Ag, Ecosystem Services Big Part of Green Economy Solution New Skogforsk Publication As Alaska Glaciers Melt, Its Land Thats Rising

ITS America , June 1-3, National Harbor, Maryland

High Resolution Earth Imaging for Geospatial Information , June 2-5, Hannover, Germany

City Futures in a Globalising World , June 6-9, Madrid, Spain

58th UITP World Transport Congress , June 7-11, Vienna, Austria

2009 FME International User Conference , June 11-12, Whistler, B.C.

GSDI 11 , June 15-19, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

4th Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone , June 16-19, Crete, Greece

Africa Rail 2009 , June 22-26, Johannesburg, South Africa

Geoweb 2009 , July 27-31, Vancouver, Canada

RazakSAT Satellite Launch Postponed to Mid-July

EVENT REPORTS
GITA's GIS Conference Emphasizes Involvement

The Geospatial Information Technology Association's 2009 Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions (GIS) Conference took place April 19-22 in Tampa, Florida. The event aimed to involve members early and often, with a 'design your own program' appeal to members during the planning stages, followed by the interactive discussions, and an emphasis during the general sessions on the benefits of becoming involved.

TOP FIVE BLOG POSTS OF THE WEEK VECTOR ONE SPATIAL SUSTAIN

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Can a GIS Be Good If It Has No Support? High Speed Rail - A Geospatial Solution Advantages of GIS Over Maps? Map of Ship Movements from Satellite NO2 Soil Maps of Canada

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AP Maps Economic Stress GeoCloud Explosion China Water Map Provides Environmental Transparency Downturned Dealerships Mapped

Crowd Sourced Road Rage

BOOKSTORE

Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science (2003) Wetland and Water Resource Modeling and Assessment (2007) By Mackenzie Davis and Susan Marsten By Wei Ji The concept of mass balance is carried throughout the text of ths book as a tool for problem solving, and the text boasts extensive coverage of chemistry, biology, and hydrology than other books have. Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City (2009)

This book provides in-depth discussions of scientific and technical advances in the field of watershed management, addresses water hydrology and water budget issues, and offers geospatial methods for wetland mapping.

By Eric W. Sanderson

By geographically matching an 18th-century map of Manhattan's landscape to the modern cityscape, combing through historical and archaeological records, and applying modern principles of ecology and computer modeling, Sanderson is able to re-create the forests of Times Square, the meadows of Harlem, and the wetlands of downtown.

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