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A Tale of Smart Cities: How Geospatial Solutions Contribute to Urban Security
Geospatial World
One unexpected outcome of the current Coronavirus pandemic is the bevy of sophisticated technological innovations being developed as a response to the pandemic.
In cities around the world, Smart City control centers are being updated and transformed to monitor public health risks and other factors determined by the COVID-19 situation.
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How GIS is Informing the Smart Cities of the Future
TechDay
Like almost every aspect of our modern lives, the future of our cities lies in smart technology revolutionizing the way that city urban planning is undertaken. The cities of the future will be as advanced as the devices we carry around every day, and equally transformational.
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Geospatial Tech Can Fast-Track Sustainable Development Beyond COVID-19: UNESCAP
DownToEarth
Asian and Pacific nations are increasingly leveraging space technology and geospatial information to respond to challenges on the ground, including efforts to contain the novel coronavirus disease pandemic, according to a new report.
‘Geospatial data’ means data that has a geographic component to it. This means that the records in a dataset have locational information tied to them such as geographic data in the form of coordinates, address, city and PIN code.
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Transactive Energy Concept to Be Expanded in US
Smart Energy International
The transactive energy concept is to be further explored in two new projects in the U.S. led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
The projects focus on technology deployment in Spokane, Washington and on simulations of Texas’ primary power grid, operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
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The Road to Smart City Infrastructure Starts with Research
Tech Crunch
In the U.S., critical city, state and federal infrastructure is falling behind. While heavy investment, planning and development have gone into the U.S. infrastructure system, much of it is not keeping up with the pace of new technology, and some of it hasn’t had a proper update in decades, instead just adding new systems onto old systems.
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Artificial Intelligence Will Revolutionize Energy, Earning Billions for Investors
Forbes
As the world is anticipating the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, energy consumption in industry and services is likely to grow. In the longer term, the developing world will increase its energy utilization, leading to growth of global primary energy demand by of 0.4% - 0.6% per year, or a 25% increase by 2050. According to scenarios calculated by energy giant Total SE, massive electrification of transportation will lead to decarbonization, and will require a rapid growth in renewables as a source of electricity.
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Surveying and Mapping Without Visiting the Project Site
GIM
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, site visits are often out of the question for professionals supporting projects in the field. How can essential surveying and mapping work continue to be done during the coronavirus pandemic?
Many project teams have managed to stay connected by adapting to collaborative online tools like Skype and Zoom, but maintaining access to data and information on a distant project site so that essential work can continue presents a different challenge.
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