With California’s spectacular collection of State Parks ( http://www.hearstcastle.org/ ) suffering under draconian budget cuts, you can experience the grandeur of Hearst Castle and help fund amazing restoration projects by contributing to the Friends of Hearst Castle via an upcoming special event -
http://www.friendsofhearstcastle.org/special_events.asp
For more info, go to -
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Hearst-Castle/247995260112
Given that geospatial tools are effective at a variety of scales, here are two timely meso and micro scale developments of note -
Mapping the transit routes (aka OD, Origin-Destination, Modelling) of UK rioters via the @Guardian -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/datablog/2011/dec/05/england-riots-distance-travelled-map
Download PDF here > http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2011/08/15/rioteventsandaddresses.pdf
” They were the “riot commuters”, people who came from far and wide to take part in – or just watch – the disturbances across England. But did they really exist? How far did people actually travel?
Now we have the first answer: 2.2miles
According to analysis by the UK’s top transport data mapping company, ITO world – based on the Guardian’s database of riot-related court records – the average distance from home to where defendants were accused of a riot offence was just over two miles, or a half hour walk.
If the most likely road route was taken into account, that distance rose to 2.6 miles.
That varies between cities – in Manchester, the average from home to offence location was 2.8 miles. In Birmingham, the average was 2.9 miles and in Nottingham, 2.6.
In London, people were closer to home: 1.5 miles in Peckham and 2.2 miles in Brixton. But those accused of riot-related offences in suburban Ealing and Croydon were 2.7 miles and 2.3 miles.”
Via the National Science Foundation (@NSF), using advanced sensor technologies (i.e. mobile accelerometers,, GPS, WiFI, Bluetooth, etc.) to track first responders INSIDE of buildings during disasters – aka the ‘holy grail’ of HLS/EM GEOINT since 9/11 -
And once such sensors are deployed, note the compelling Google (Earth, Map, Latitude) foray into documenting INDOOR spaces at key sites (#CIKR) –
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-frontier-for-google-maps-mapping.html
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Horizontal Across the Verticals – Enterprise Geospatial Technology Applied to the Emergency Management, Cultural Resources & Environmental Domains
http://www.ricsamericas.org/event-calendar/horizontal-across-the-verticals/
Please join the RICS Southern California Chapter, Geospatial LA, RAND, the Getty Conservation Institute, and HIFLD members for a collaborative event focusing on the synergies (and cost savings in these lean times) of geospatial technologies used in:
1. Homeland Security & Emergency Management
2. Cultural Resources and Facilities
3. Environmental Considerations
Date: Friday, October 22, 2010
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: RAND Corporation 1700 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401
Please RSVP with our host, Mr. Adrian Overton – overton@rand.org / 310.393.0411 ext. 7138 – and note that there is no cost for this event.
Agenda:
Introductions by RICS, RAND, and Geospatial LA
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Dissemination of Research Products in the Application Marketplace: A proposal for turning knowledge into discoverable tools
Daniella Meeker – Associate Information Scientist. RAND Corporation
Bio – Daniella Meeker received her PhD in Computation and Neural Systems from California Institute of Technology in 2005. She completed a fellowship in Health Economics at RAND in 2009 and joined RAND’s staff as an Associate Information Scientist. Her current research includes health economics, machine learning, and social network analysis.
Project Overview – The results of research of the type conducted at RAND are typically disseminated through print media. However, many valuable research products can be developed as services and packaged as “apps” to enhance decision support, analytic methods, and data visualization. I will highlight some examples from GIS and other domains that are active areas of research at RAND. Finally, for discussion I will bring up some of the challenges of translational research and propose some protocols and practices to address some of these challenges.
Online resources – http://www.rand.org/health/centers/bing/fellows.html
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Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities (MEGA) – Jordan: An Open Source GIS-based Archeological Site Inventory and Management System
David Myers – Project Specialist, Field Projects Department. Getty Conservation Institute
Bio – David Myers is a project specialist in the Getty Conservation Institute’s Field Projects department where he has worked since 2001. He now works on projects developing the Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities (MEGA) for Jordan and Iraq, preparing a site management and conservation plan for the Valley of the Queens on the West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, on research on applying consensus building and conflict resolution methods to cultural heritage place management, and on building capacity for conservation and management of rock art in the countries of the Southern African subcontinent. He received an M.S in historic preservation in 2000 and an advanced certificate in architectural conservation and site management in 2001, both from the University of Pennsylvania. From 1991 to 1995 he served as a legislative assistant to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Project Overview – The emergence of new digital technologies and rapidly spreading internet access together present possibilities for widely accessible, Web-based national information systems for the inventory and management of heritage sites. The increasing development of Open Source software tools further provides that such systems may be purpose-built, adaptable and extensible to the needs of specific situations, and that once developed they can be available to heritage authorities, which are often poorly funded, without associated licensing or upgrade fees. Working collaboratively with the Jordanian Department of Antiquities (DoA), the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and World Monuments Fund (WMF) have developed MEGA-Jordan as a tool to inventory, monitor, and help conserve and manage the thousands of archaeological sites in Jordan. MEGA-Jordan allows DoA officials to address needs such as infrastructure and development control and the development of national and regional research strategies. MEGA-Jordan is Web-based, bilingual (Arabic-English), and was developed using state-of-the art and Open Source information technologies. It was designed to be modular and easily extensible, allowing it to evolve with the DoA’s changing institutional requirements and to be adapted by other countries. Work on an Iraq version of MEGA is slated to begin after the Jordanian system is fully deployed, which will include the system’s expansion to contain data for the protection of historic buildings. The GCI and WMF plan to subsequently make the system available for adaptation by other countries.
Online Resources – http://www.getty.edu/conservation/field_projects/jordan/index.html , http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/pdf_publications/ & http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/arts/design/25getty.html
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Building a Sustainable Enterprise GIS at the Port of Los Angeles
Daniel Elroi – President. NorthSouth GIS LLC
Bio – A GIS consultant with 20 years of GIS implementation and software development, Daniel has been consulting in GIS in the US since 1990. Daniel studied Geography, Cartography, and GIS at UCLA in the early days of commercial GIS, and began his career with one of the first ESRI sites, the City of Los Angeles. He then spent eight years honing his skills as a consultant and software developer in mining, local government, nuclear waste disposal, real estate, pipelines, and engineering, before setting his own course in business in 1998. Since then he has worked with over 100 clients, developing custom software applications and integrating GIS into various clients’ business processes.
Project Overview – The Port of Los Angeles – the largest container port in the US – hired NorthSouth GIS to develop an enterprise-wide GIS. The resulting server infrastructure, geodatabase design and content, and software applications are very solid and based on best-practices. However, it is the way in which the “soft” side of the implementation – people, group dynamics, training, user buy-in, and management participation – that make this implementation stand out and will ultimately determine the project’s long-term success and its sustainability. The presentation will focus on the means taken to accomplish the “soft” side of this successful implementation.
Online Resources – http://www.northsouthgis.com/ & http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/cahinvrug10/papers/user-presentations/nsg_overview_cahinv_rug_01302010.pdf
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Participatory Sensing and Named Data Networking
Jeff Burke – Director, Technology Research Initiatives. UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television & Area Lead, Participatory Sensing. NSF Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS)
Bio – Jeff Burke is Director of Technology Research Initiatives for the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT), Adjunct Assistant Professor, and Executive Director of REMAP, a joint research program of TFT and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. REMAP’s core projects investigate the interrelationships among community, culture, and technology and how embedded and mobile computing can support community development and cultural expression. He also helped to form what is now the Participatory Sensing area at the National Science Foundation Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS).
Project Overview – This talk will briefly introduce Participatory Sensing and Named Data Networking, and discuss their intersection and relevance to the geospatial community. Participatory Sensing seeks to enable everyone to use their mobile phones, along with cloud-based computing resources, to safely collect, analyze and share data about things they care about most. Named Data Networking (NDN), also known as Content Centric Networking, replaces the so-called “thin waist” of the internet, the IP protocol, with a name-based protocol that enables communication to be routed based on content names rather than host addresses. It also provides intrinsic content caching and per-packet data signatures. NDN is the subject of a recent National Science Foundation “Future Internet Architecture” award to a group led by UCLA and PARC, in which Participatory Sensing is a driver application for the NDN architecture.
Online Resources – http://research.cens.ucla.edu/
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Closing Remarks and Acknowledgements
FINAL AGENDA
The future is here (or there) but it is somewhere… aka the power of place plus #mobile plus #crowdsourcing plus #web20
Videos http://www.ustream.tv/channel/you-are-here-x
Event http://momentfeed.com/geo-tech/
Whitepaper http://momentfeed.com/whitepaper/
Virtual Campus http://imsc.usc.edu/about.html
Power to the people (geospatially)…
http://www.data.gov/catalog/geodata
LA Solar Potential and Tools
http://gis.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Solar-Potential-LA-County.pdf
http://solarmap.lacounty.gov/
LAR-IAC 3 – Sharing is Caring (especially with 2 million building footprints : )
http://planning.lacounty.gov/lariac/download.htm
3D on a Budget via Microsoft Photosynth
http://photosynth.net/default.aspx
LA Survey of Historic Architectural Resources
http://www.preservation.lacity.org/survey
AUDIO.. thanks KCRW & DnA blog
http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/de/de090915does_creative_archit
Bernstein complete interview from http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/
VIDEO
http://events.uscarchitecture.com/
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Are you a member of a government agency overseeing building design and construction contemplating “going BIM” or the firm working with them?
Or an owner or developer considering incorporating BIM and IPD into your next project?
A principal of an architecture or construction firm? The BIM manager? Or the intern who is trying to get a grasp of the changing profession? Or even a software professional developing programs for BIM?
If so, please consider attending one of two events at USC School of Architecture this summer or forward this email to an interested colleague. These are also excellent ways to earn your AIA CEUs.
EVENT 1: Executive Education: elite, small venue, focus on dialogues with high level professionals, fee to attend. See speaker list below or visit the web site. August 2 and 3.
http://execed.uscarchitecture.com/kill-bim/
FREE: EVENT 2: BIM Analytics: 12 lectures, broad topics on BIM in architecture (day lighting, energy, structures, fire, acoustics), construction (carbon accounting, clash detection; interference checking, cost estimating / scheduling), parametrics (cool stuff), and BIM integration and standards within the firm. See speaker list below or visit the web site. August 4.
http://arch-pubs.usc.edu/bim-analytics/
Sign up soon. You must RSVP for these events, even the free one!
Thanks,
Karen
Kensek
USC, School of Architecture
FIRST EVENT
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EXECUTIVE EDUCATION: August 2nd and 3rd
This year, we have launched five course offerings centered on the theme of Los Angeles as a 21st century model of critical urbanism, creativity, and culture. These courses will explore a set of strategically themed topics, connecting over a dozen of the most forward thinking global practitioners, politicians, and urban theorists today with our own faculty. One of the two-day sessions is themed around building information modeling (BIM). This is a unique opportunity to interact in a small group (25 maximum attendees) with leaders in the profession, in a session focusing on dialogue and debate. David Gerber (dgerber@usc.edu) and Karen Kensek (kensek@usc.edu) are hosting this event. Please visit the website for further information about this unique event, its distinguished speakers, and registration information.
http://execed.uscarchitecture.com/kill-bim/
http://execed.uscarchitecture.com/
This site lists ALL five of the special Executive Education sessions being offered by the School of Architecture.
Current list of speakers:
Keynote speakers:
PHIL BERNSTEIN, Vic President, Industry Strategy and Relations, Autodesk AEC Solutions
“Vision isn’t enough”
KEN SANDERS, CIO of Gensler
“Beyond IPD: Portfolios vs. Projects”
Session leaders:
LARRY EISENBERG, Executive Director, Facilities Planning and Development, Los Angeles Community College District
“The Holistic View: BIM as a sustainable project delivery tool”
CARL GALIOTO FAIA, Senior Principal, Managing Principal HOK/New York
“BIM: Direction or Distraction?”
STEVEN R. HAGAN FAIA, U.S. General Services Administration
“Beyond BIM, a perspective on the future of owner driven industry transformation”
ATUL KHANZODE, Director of Virtual Building at DPR Construction, Inc.
“Integrated Project Delivery: A Flashing Red Light or Beacon of Hope”
DAVID TODD, Executive Vice President National Technical Services
Bovis Lend Lease, formerly Walt Disney Imagineering for 33 years
“BIM/IPD – Producing Predictable Outcomes Through Collaborative Teamwork”
invited instigators:
Jordan Brandt, Horizontall LLC
Marty Doscher, Morphosis
Calvin Kam, CIFE, Stanford University; Optima
Dennis Selden, Gehry Technologies
SECOND EVENT
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BIM ANALYTICS: August 4th: FREE
BIM isn’t BIM without Information. BIM is a promising technology to encourage improved integration of design analysis into the building model. For the Fourth Annual BIM + Symposium, we will explore the nature of analytical modeling in architecture, engineering, and construction. We will seek opportunities for a more responsive integration of the evidence/simulation based design decision-making. We will have speakers who have integrated simulation and BIM in their design process, a forward looking section on BIM parametrics, and informative presentations on interoperability and standards. More information including a list of speakers and registration information will be available on the web site. Please reserve your spot soon; BIM CON!FAB filled up last year.
http://arch-pubs.usc.edu/bim-analytics/
Current list of confirmed speakers:
* Architecture and Engineering *
Jenna Knudsen and Alex Korter, CO Architects, “BIM Analytics for Exterior Envelope Design”
Brian McLaughlin, Nick Antonio and Alexej Goehring, ARUP,
Mitch Dec, David Summers and Tianxin Xing, Glumac, “Rapid Energy Modeling”
* Construction *
Jim Bedrick, Webcor
Viktor Bullain, Turner Construction, “BIM Execution Plan for Successful Model-based Analysis”
Jonathan Widney, Solibri and Darren Roos, Suffolk Construction Company, “Mining the Model – Analysis of the Model Information, not just the Geometry”
* Parametrics / Performance Based or Algorithmic Design *
Nathan Miller, NBBJ, “Feedback Cloud: Tactics for Toolset Integration and Design Optimization”
Kurt Komraus, Buro Happold, “ZERO-E: Automated ExoSkeletal Performance Simulation”
* Integration, Standards, the Big Picture *
Richard Nowicki, NTD Architecture and Lance Lareau, San Diego CCD
Michael Rendler, LACCD, “BIM /GIS The WHOLE Picture. LACCD e7 System”
Chuck Good-Man, Irwin Partners Architects
Jeffrey W. Ouellette, Assoc. AIA, BIM Specialist, Nemetschek North America, “openBIM: Interoperability and the State of the Art of BIM”
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If either of the websites don’t work, please contact Gennaro Avolio-Toly at avolioto@usc.edu .
For more information about the Executive Education sessions, please contact Eric Moore at ericjmoo@usc.edu .
For more information about BIM Analytics, please contact Eve Lin (Karen’s assistant) at shihhsil@usc.edu .
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