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GITA Quick Notes:
GITA CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 4 BOARD MEMBER POSITIONS OPEN
The Geospatial Information & Technology Association is opening a call for nominations for four (4) Board Member positions with up to two-year terms of service. Self-nominations are welcome!
Nominations must be received by Wednesday, October 21, 11:59PM MST.
Nominate for a Board position here!
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How to Enhance Your Network Safety Using Improved GIS Data
Utility Magazine
Many utility companies currently use a manual process, where as-constructed drawings are drawn on paper in the field before being submitted for manual entry into the relevant GIS. This introduces various points where errors can occur.
These include errors and inaccuracies in the initial drawings which are then entered into the system, or errors can be made at the time the information is manually entered.
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Infrastructure Investments Will Be Driven by New Technology
Construction Dive
COVID-19 has highlighted many once invisible issues. Inequality in our communities. Lack of health care capacity. The negative effects of isolation. While these issues are now widely discussed, there is one issue that has remained obvious for years: the U.S. needs to invest in critical infrastructure systems.
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What's the Innovation Formula to Deliver the Energy Transition?
Power Engineering International
What if we accelerated innovation and customer empowerment in the European energy sector?
That was the question posed to members of ETIP SNET.
On the consumer question, Venizelos Efthymiou, chairman of FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy and member of the governing board of ETIP SNET, says that the power system has been on a path to “a more consumer-centric perspective” for the past two decades.
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It's Time to Get Smart About Infrastructure
Forbes
It’s a running joke in Beltway circles that every week is Infrastructure Week, but while the Senate remains deadlocked over the next round of coronavirus stimulus spending, analysts believe that major infrastructure investments might be the key to putting the global economy back on track. Both U.S. presidential candidates have pledged to spend heavily on infrastructure, and industry groups are also calling for big investments in bridges, highways and other major infrastructure projects to spur a U.S. economic revival.
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Data Is the Ammunition, Pentagon Issues New Data Strategy
Geospatial World
“Data is the ammunition in the Digital Modernization Strategy and is increasingly central to warfighter advantage on and off the battlefield” said DoD Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy in a statement while releasing the U.S. Defense Department’s first enterprise “Data Strategy”. The new strategy is devised to overcome the hurdles that prevent accessible data sharing across the military services to enable the DOD’s impetus towards Joint All-Domain Command and Control.
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How Smart Cities Can Power a Sustainability Revolution
Energy Digital
A smart city is a framework designed to harness the capabilities of innovative technology to connect, protect and enhance the lives of a city’s residents.
By harnessing information and communication technologies and the internet of things, a smart city collects and analyses data from multiple channels to ‘sense’ the city’s environment, providing real-time information to help governments, enterprises and citizens make better and more informed decisions to improve the overall quality of their lives.
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How Can Utilities Drive Customer Engagement Through Empowerment?
Smart Energy International
Consumers have increasingly high expectations of utilities. They expect instant reactivity because digital interaction is part of their daily lives. They expect sustainability because the environment is top of mind. And they expect tailored services because that’s what they’re used to.
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Weaving Earthquake Risk into City Resiliency Plans
Smart Cities Dive
The Ridgecrest earthquakes in Southern California shook most of the state, as well as parts of Arizona, Nevada and Mexico, when three initial shocks of magnitudes (M) 6.4, 5.4, and 7.1 reverberated through the Garlock fault area in July 2019.
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Geospatial Python: Do You Need to Learn It?
Geospatial World
Python is believed to be a great language for geospatial projects. Anita Graser is a legendary open-source geospatial Python expert. She’s been working with QGIS and Python since 2008 as an integration solution to automate mapping and to look at data in different fashions, not just from the command line or in graphs but also in maps. Let’s hear from her why Python may or may not be a good option for your GIS project.
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