Intergeo 2016: Strong Focus on Smart City

Intergeo 2016 is almost getting started, this year being held in the vibrant German port city of Hamburg. An excellent location, especially given the fact that this year’s edition of the world’s leading trade show and conference on geomatics has a very dynamic key topic: Smart City. Other main topics are big data and digital construction. All of this will be fuelled by new processes, solutions and business models – e.g. the Internet of Things (IoT), self-driving cars, virtual reality and much more. The world around us is evolving rapidly and, to handle all these challenges, spatial data is indispensable.... (read more)

2016-10-07 09:19:39

CloudCities 3D Smart City Service

SmarterBetterCities has announced the public release of CloudCities: an intuitive 3D city service with features for community engagement, easy city data sharing and analytics. Stakeholders can easily explore new city developments or observe the existing places in which they live and work. Dashboards provide detailed information about space allocation, energy consumption and costs. Stakeholders can contribute valuable feedback instantly, start discussions and suggest new proposals even during public hearings or from home. All they need to do is access CloudCities using a regular web browser on tablets, smartphones or regular desktop computers. Self-operated CloudCities’ content can be completely self-operated... (read more)

2015-07-20 10:56:31

Key Topic of Intergeo 2016: Smart City

By taking Smart City as a key topic, Intergeo 2016 is focussing on a multi-faceted issue that will shape the future. The preview of the leading international event for the geospatial community in Hamburg was attended by renowned experts from industry, science and public authorities. During their discussions, all were agreed that cities must and will become more intelligent – not because that is a natural consequence of digitalisation, but because it benefits society. Intelligent geodata is a crucial prerequisite for any such development. In April 2016, the patron of Intergeo, the DVW German Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land... (read more)

2016-05-04 11:18:18

Public Participation Makes Digital City Truly Smart

Public involvement is transforming the digital city into the smart city of the future. With the EU “Smarticipate” project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Visual Computing IGD is centring its presentations at Intergeo 2016 on getting city dwellers involved in planning and political decision-making processes. The specialist exhibition, three presentation slots at the Intergeo conference, the Intergeo report and the Intergeo TV 'Opinion Leader Talk' video format with Dr Joachim Rix will all focus on public participation through visualisation and interaction based on geographical data. What transforms the digital city into the smart city? According to Dr Joachim Rix from the... (read more)

2016-09-20 10:34:56

Ordnance Survey Seeking European Smart City Standards

Ordnance Survey (OS) is to create a smart city standards-based technologies business framework for the European Union’s ESPRESSO project. ESPRESSO is being led by the Open Geospatial Consortium, and OS - working closely with key European bodies - will develop a strategic growth map for smart cities. Supported by PricewaterhouseCoopers, OS will also conduct analysis of existing and emerging economic, financial (including crowd-funding) and procurement models. OS is aiming to gather expert information and advice from commercial organisations and public sector bodies across the globe, and so is appealing to them to input into this framework and become key influencers... (read more)

2016-03-07 10:49:28

Use of GIS in Smart City Projects

Managing and Visualising Geospatial Data in a User-friendly Environment

The smart city concept is developing very quickly around the world, because it provides a comprehensive digital environment that improves the efficiency and security of urban systems and reinforces the involvement of citizens in urban development. This concept is based on the use of geospatial data concerning the urban built environment, the natural environment and urban services. The successful implementation of a smart city project requires the development of a digital system that can manage and visualise the geospatial data in a user-friendly environment. The geographic information system (GIS) offers advanced and user-friendly capabilities for smart city projects. This article... (read more)

2018-10-04 08:41:01

Delivering Instant Smart City Models with Web Streaming

CartoConsult, a provider of smart 3D building and city models, can now deliver 3D city and building models, via the web to any internet-connected device, on subscription. With live web streaming, CyberCity 3D models can be instantly viewed anywhere, any time, on tablets, smartphones, interactive screens and traditional PCs. Using Cesiumjs open architecture, a cross-platform virtual globe designed for dynamic-data visualisation, CartoConsult believes the new web streaming capability will significantly boost the appeal of applying 3D capability to projects. Compatibility Potential users such as urban planners, developers and engineers will no longer need special software to view the models. The... (read more)

2016-05-20 10:48:14

Geospatial Data for UK’s Smart City Demonstrator Project

Ordnance Survey (OS) is currently in Manchester, UK, collecting geospatial data to a similar level that it did across all the 2012 Olympic sites. That project contributed to the successful planning and smooth delivery of a safe and enjoyable Summer Games. The activity OS is undertaking in the Corridor Manchester area is part of CityVerve, the UK’s Smart City demonstrator project. OS is collecting this data to stimulate innovation that it and project partners believe will lead to better services for residents, visitors and business. OS, whose digital database of Great Britain contains more than 500 million unique geographic features, presenting the most... (read more)

2017-03-03 10:58:42

China Discusses Smart City in Relation to Geoinformation

Experts on the concept of Smart City gathered last week at Wuhan University in Wuhan, China. At the opening of the Geospatial Information Summit on Smart City 2013, professor Deren Li welcomed speakers including Michael Goodchild, Orhan Altan, Armin Grün and John Trinder from abroad as well as Junyong Chen, Anthony Yeh, Jianya Gong, Yaloin Liu and more from China. The speakers shared their knowledge and ideas on the application of GIS for Smart City in order to make the modern city "low on carbon, green and sustainable" as professor Deren Li summarised the Chinese dream for cities of the... (read more)

2013-05-15 08:56:27

Webinar: Smart City Solutions on 3D GIS Platform

Supergeo Technologies is going to bring GIS users a no-cost 3D GIS webinar to solve modern city management problems. The webinar will show how 3D GIS can be applied to building a smart city, and also provide technical supports for publishing GIS services on a 3D globe, simulating to our real-world. From 3D view, the relationships between different geospatial features can be vividly displayed, so that users can understand the spatial problems in different scales, like a city, changed environments, national construction, or even the Earth, with diverse perspectives. With the enterprise 3D GIS software, SuperGIS 3D Earth Server, managers... (read more)

2014-08-19 03:08:08