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Excellent article and history of GEOINT -

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/10/13/science_art_share_aerial_imagerys_goals/

… and future of GEOINT by Geosemble’s Andre Doumitt

http://www.gotgeoint.com/archives/member-podcast-andre-doumitt-ceo-geosemble-technologies/

Fascinating … http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_bigdog.html

Keep it simple, use GPS/GIS, and buy Garmin stock…

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/08/danger-room-in-afghanistan-hansel-and-gretel-vs-roadside-bombs-2/

At the confluence of Counter IED robotics, C4ISR, GIS Situational Awareness and LIDAR/HDS (High Definition Surveying)…

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/

The National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health

http://www.ncdp.mailman.columbia.edu/training.htm

Agenda and Videos

David Abramson, PhD Research Director, NCDP
Irwin Redlener, MD, Director, NCDP
Introductory Remarks
(Video: 10 minutes)

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Tony Jebara, PhD, Co-Founder of Sense Networks
Learning Networks of People & Places from Mobile Data
(Video & Slides: 55 minutes)

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Eric Rasmussen, MD, CEO of Innovative Support to Emergencies Diseases and Disasters (InSTEDD)
Geospatial Intelligence, Social Data and Public Health
(Video & Slides: 52 minutes)

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Charles DiMaggio, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University
Dr. Snow Meets the Rev. Bayes: Spatial Approaches to Disaster Epidemiology
(Video & Slides: 47 minutes)

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Steven Johnson (Keynote Speaker)
Author of The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – And How it Changed Cities, Science, and the Modern World
(Video: 1 hour, 10 minutes)

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Jeb Weisman, PhD, Chief Information Officer, the Children’s Health Fund
Introductory Remarks for Afternoon Speakers
(Video: 2 minutes)

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Chris Goranson, GIS Director of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Volunteered Geographic Information – Present and Future(Video & Slides: 35 minutes)

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David Abramson, PhD, Research Director, NCDP & Brian Willison, Director of the Parsons Institute for Information Mapping (PIIM)
A Presentation of the American HotSpots Project
(Video & Slides: 27 minutes)

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Mark Smith, PhD, Epidemiologist, Guilford County Department of Public Health, North Carolina
Rapid Assessment: Mobile GIS for Public Health Response
(Video & Slides: 23 minutes)

http://www.aptconference.org/

The two day symposium on 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) is being coordinated by Chris Gray of GBG UK and Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS – http://www.ricsamericas.org/en/ ).

http://www.aptconference.org/filestore/SY1%20page.pdf

Feel free to contact Mr. Gray directly at -

Christopher Gray, FRICS
Director of Survey+Preservation
GB Geotechnics USA Inc
T +1 310 230 5441
C +1 310 266 2479
cgray@gbg-us.com

The following is an example of the HDS (High Definistion Scanning) work being done by Mr. Gray and Calif. State Parks – San Simeon Hearst Castle -

Find more videos like this on Geospatial LA

For further information on the new 3D BIM revolution and concomitant Federal GSA Standards, go to -

http://www.gsa.gov/bim

http://www.bimfusion.com/home.php

The digital geographers
http://media.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14299568

The road ahead – Satellite Navigation
http://media.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14299710

Mobile augmented reality
http://media.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14299602

Military technology – attack of the drones
http://media.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14299496

3D: It’s nearly there
http://media.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14299526

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/us/19terror.html?_r=2&hpw

Note that the analyst is using the JRIC’s enterprise GIS data and advanced predictive analytics to help separate the ‘signals from the noise’… bravo to the JRIC’s FBI, DHS, LA County/City PD/Sheriff, Fire, Public Health, CalEMA, and many other talented staffers.

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