Revolutions in 3D Technology

Take a moment to watch this video created by Euclideon, this is revolutionary. I'm very excited by the future of LiDAR technology.

Mind blown!

Geospatial Industry Outlook 2013

An article called Industry Outlook 2013: Interesting Days Ahead was published by geospatial TODAY in the January 2013 issue. It is certainly worth a read if you are in the industry. There is a subsection in the article called "Skills in Demand" and I thought I would share the text with my readers:

"For geospatial technology to take its rightful position in helping solve the problems of tomorrow today, a workforce knowledgeable in not just one specific domain, but in several domains to synthesize the understanding of geography with computer science, mathematics and sociology will be required. As the abundance of data grows, demand for skilled data modelers and data architects will increase.

Skills related to mobile and cloud development, along with the ability to understand and make sense of large volumes of spatial data will continue to be in high demand. Those who master emerging cloud services and can deploy them for organizations quickly and efficiently will find themselves run off their feet. There will be an increasing shift towards valuing cartographic data presentation skills, and user interface design in general."