The Paper Map Era is Over
Not that I needed to tell you, but paper maps are a dying breed:
Transportation departments around the country are in the middle of readjusting their spending amid times of falling revenue, and paper maps could be on the chopping block, said Bob Cullen, spokesman for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
I mean who really wants a paper map other than neck beards (I know who you all are)? Plotters are already the dot matrix printer of our times. They’ll stick around until they break or need more ink toner, then the plug will be pulled and we can all move on. My first job in the industry was “Plotter Operator”, don’t let that be your last.
Plotter
Take one last picture with your plotter and toss it out the door
Have a Great Fourth of July
Clearly, I’m out swimming in the pool, eating fried chicken, and watching some baseball. I hope you’re doing the same. Happy Birthday, America!
Have a Great Fourth of July
Clearly, I’m out swimming in the pool, eating fried chicken, and watching some baseball. I hope you’re doing the same. Happy Birthday, America!
BIM/GIS — There is Hope
Remember this quote?
‘I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,’ he told me. ‘It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud.’ No longer would users have to fiddle with complex remotes for DVD players and cable channels. ‘It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it.’
Well we’re still waiting for Apple to “crack” the TV (or I guess anyone that is). BIM/GIS has been a focus on mine for at least 5 years. I’ve had to put it on the backburner because the tools weren’t there to seamlessly sync GIS/BIM data back and forth (you still need to be an expert in Revit and GIS). But I’m starting to see things fall into place this summer where we could be really close to integrating these tools. It isn’t so much that you could pay someone like me to do the conversion (though I’m available at $300/hour to do so), it is the ability to bring BIM into GIS and GIS data into BIM without having to think about it.
It’s going to be a great second half of 2012!
Fun Times
BIM/GIS — There is Hope
Remember this quote?
‘I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,’ he told me. ‘It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud.’ No longer would users have to fiddle with complex remotes for DVD players and cable channels. ‘It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it.’
Well we’re still waiting for Apple to “crack” the TV (or I guess anyone that is). BIM/GIS has been a focus on mine for at least 5 years. I’ve had to put it on the backburner because the tools weren’t there to seamlessly sync GIS/BIM data back and forth (you still need to be an expert in Revit and GIS). But I’m starting to see things fall into place this summer where we could be really close to integrating these tools. It isn’t so much that you could pay someone like me to do the conversion (though I’m available at $300/hour to do so), it is the ability to bring BIM into GIS and GIS data into BIM without having to think about it.
It’s going to be a great second half of 2012!
Fun Times
Worm Steals DWGs — Is SHP Next?
It was only a matter of time:
“ACAD/Medre.A represents a serious case of suspected industrial espionage,” said Zwienenberg. “Every new design is sent automatically to the operator of this malware. Needless to say this can cost the legitimate owner of the intellectual property a lot of money as the cybercriminals have access to the designs even before they go into production.”
Now this is clearly a focus on mechanical designs, but there is a ton of proprietary information out there in DWG and GIS formats. Before you install that 3rd Party GIS extension for ArcGIS for Desktop, think about what you might be giving away.
Deep Thoughts