A nice geomovie about Rotterdam presented at the GSDI 11 World Conference.
Masterclass “Digital Cities: inzicht in stedelijke ontwikkeling met één druk op de knop”
Today I presented on behalf of Autodesk for a group of students to warm them up for Geo-IT, during Geo Youth Capital.
Autodesk organize exclusive pressconference during GSDI Conference in Rotterdam
Autodesk, Inc., vendor of 2D- en 3D-software among which solutions for geo-IT, organize on friday, juni 19th at 11.30 an exclusive press conference at the WTC in Rotterdam. This press conference takes place during the GSDI 11 World Conference, sponsored by Autodesk, that takes place from juni 15th until 19th.
The GSDI Conference has the theme “Spatial Data Infrastructure Convergence: Building SDI Bridges to Address Global Challenges”. With speakers like Jacqueline Cramer, Ahmed Aboutaleb and Cees Veerman and a big number of foreign contributers from the world of Spatial Data Infrastructure.
Autodesk, with products like AutoCAD Map 3D, Autodesk MapGuide, and AutoCAD Civil 3D for years a big player in the marketplace of CAD and GIS, organize the press conference to inform the public about a couple of important new developments and products in the world of CAD, geo-IT and SDI, among which;
– Autodesk’s vision on ‘Infrastructure Modelling’ and geo-information in general, as well as the worldwide trends and challenges in the world of engineering.
– The developments around ‘Digital Cities’, a concept of Autodesk to integrate planning, engineering and maintenance of big town planning projects.
– LandXplorer – the first step into the Digital Cities-concept, software that allows very detailed visualization of projects or developments
– Topobase – an all-embracing asset management-system for underground and overhead utilitynetworks.
Speakers
During this press conference Dr. Josef Strobl, one of the important researchers in the Digital Cities pilot-project in Salzburg, will present the ins and outs of this initiative.
Autodesk-specialist Miikka Arala, Head of Marketing Geospatial/Strategic accounts/Platform, will present the general vision and the 2D- and 3D-solutions from Autodesk and will focuss on the Infrastructure Modelling solutions.
Henny van der Pol, Senior Consultant at Van der Pol-Consulting and former Technical Sales Manager at Autodesk EMEA, will focus on Topobase.
Konstantin Baumann, Senior Software Development Manager and one of the founders of 3D Geo, will present LandXplorer.
After the press conference there is plenty of time for one-on-one discussions with the speakers.
GSDI and GYC
Autodesk, as platinum sponsor, has of course a booth at the GSDI 11 World Conference. Besides that the software-vendor plays an important role at the Geo Youth Capital-conference, which as well takes place at juni 19th.The GYC is part of the GSDI 11 World Conference, and gives students the opportunity to see presentations from specialists in the area of geo-IT and climate, the nature, the safety, the economy and the prevention of criminality. On Geo Youth Capital Henny van der Pol presents in the name of Autodesk a mini-masterclass about ‘Digital Cities’.
Masterclass “Digital Cities: inzicht in stedelijke ontwikkeling met één druk op de knop”
How evident is it, that water comes out of the shower when we step under it sleepy in the morning? How evident is it, that they’ve constructed infrastructure and that is maintained wel to function properly?
For us, as residents of the Western world is the first point very evident. The second, on further consideration, as well, because a good infrastructure is a logical condition for a nice and warm shower. But what does this mean in practice? And what are the options?
Infrastructure data, like technical maps with roads and buildings and material lists, diameters and capacities are available in different ways and formats. Put all this informaton in a computer system and link this together and you’re building a geographical information system or GIS. If you’re adding a 3D component as well and you’re building your Digitale City!
This is the theme of the Masterclass “Digital Cities: insight in urban development with one button push” Which I’m presenting on behalf of Autodesk during the Geo Youth Capital congress in Rotterdam on vrijdag juni 19th.