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Tag Archives: Digital Cities
Design, Technology & Urban Planning: Silos of Technology, Interoperability, and Digital Cities
There's an interesting article by Rob Colman in Green Business who chatted with Dan Campbell of the City of Vancouver and Geoff Zeiss about digital cities and how by enabling interoperability between architecture, engineering and construction design models such as BIM, telecom and public works network design, and gaming engines for video games, we can model cities holistically by creating 3D urban models that not only look good but offer the depth of information required to make real decisions [...]
Posted in design Also tagged 3D Visualization, architecture, Autodesk, BIM, City Planners, Civil Engineering, engineering and construction, Geoff Zeiss, geospatial technology, mayor, online gaming industry, Realistic Visualization, simulation, Simulation Tools, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable development, Technology Innovation, Urban Planning, Vancouver 1 Comment
Autodesk Announces Vancouver as Third City of its Digital Cities Initiative
Autodesk announced that it has designated Vancouver as the third pilot city of its Digital Cities initiative. A Digital City provides a way for the public, city government, construction and business communities to combine mapping, building, civil engineering, and utility information into an accurate city model that can be used to simulate the future impact of decisions at a city-wide scale [...]
Posted in design Also tagged Austria, Autodesk, BIM, CAD, Civil Engineering, engineering and construction, geospatial technology, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Data, Infrastructure Design, Infrastructure Modeling, korea, Modeling, Pilot City, Realistic Visualization, Salzburg, simulation, Simulation Tools, sustainability, sustainable, Vancouver 1 Comment
Twitter Updates for 2009-04-05
Would anybody care to share a quote (shall I call it “citation?) for referencing the interaction design process for a paper I’m writing? # reading “IDEO Method Cards”, different techniques for inspiring design, gaining insights into user’s goals, and generating alternatives … # [Technology] Nokia’s Point # [Graphic Design, Digital Art, Architecture, Data Visualization] Data City: Pixel [...]
Posted in twitter Also tagged architect, architecture, Autodesk, Bruce Sterling, Data Visualization, Design Inspiration, google, Graphic Design, IBM, Information Architect, information technology, Interaction Design, Jasmina Tesanovic, New York, New York Times, Richard Saul Wurman, Tokyo, web-based app Leave a comment
Autodesk University 2008: An Interview with Doug Eberhard, Autodesk Industry Evangelist for Digital Cities
Listen as Doug Eberhard, Autodesk Industry Evangelist for Digital Cities, and Pete Southwood, Geospatial Solutions Evangelist at Autodesk, discuss infrastructure modeling, its application, and examples of cities that are using these models to better plan design and deliver proposed infrastructure and urban development projects. Doug will be presenting “Digital Cities—A Model of the Future,” the Geospatial keynote at AU 2008...
Posted in design Also tagged 3D Visualization, Autodesk, Autodesk University, BIM, City Planners, Data Visualization, Digital Model, Doug Eberhard, Evangelist, Geospatial Solutions, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Data, Infrastructure Modeling, Keynote, Modeling, Pete Southwood, Podcast, simulation, Urban Development Projects, Urban Planning, Visualizations 2 Comments
Autodesk Helps Famous Cities of the World Create 3D Interactive Maps
Autodesk is helping cities create their next generation base maps as 3D interactive models with technology made possible with the recent acquisition of 3DGeo. These visualizations can explain urban developments and their implications to both city officials and their residents in a new way. Directions Magazine invited Doug Eberhard, Geoff Zeiss, and David Kingsbury to talk about Autodesk' Digital Cities initiative, and 3D interactive models can help government model, visualize, and realize a sustainable future for cities...
Posted in design, innovation, software Also tagged 3D Visualization, Autodesk, BIM, City Planners, David Kingsbury, Directions Magazine, Doug Eberhard, Geoff Zeiss, Geospatial Solutions, Infrastructure, internet, Modeling, Podcast, software industry, sustainable, Urban Planning, Visualizations 1 Comment
Autodesk University China 2008: Second Day
The second day of Autodesk University in China featured several breakout sessions targeted at specific industries. The event also provided a platform for Autodesk to champion for few initiatives toward more efficient, innovative, and sustainable design, like Digital Prototyping, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and Digital Cities. For the Digital Cities initiative, AU China brought Doug Eberhard -- Sr. Director and Industry Evangelist for the Geospatial Business Unit -- to share Autodesk's vision to create a collaborative environment around intelligent high-fidelity 3D digital models of existing and proposed infrastructure [...]
Posted in China, design, information technology, innovation, software Also tagged animation, architect, architecture, Autodesk, Autodesk University, BIM, designer, Digital Model, Digital Prototyping, Digital Prototyping technology, Doug Eberhard, Ecotect, energy, entertainment, Evangelist, Game, Geospatial Business Unit, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Design, Infrastructure Modeling, internet, London, Media & Entertainment, Modeling, Seattle, Shaan Hurley, simulation, software engineering, Spatial Data, sustainable Leave a comment
Autodesk Announces Incheon, Korea as Second City of its Digital Cities Initiative
Autodesk today announced it is working with the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) and the Incheon Urban Development Corporation (IUDC) to cooperate in the creation of Asia’s first Digital City for Incheon, Korea — the ‘Tomorrow City’ in Song-do City. Autodesk has designated Incheon as the second pilot city of its Digital City initiative, after [...]
Posted in design, information technology Also tagged 3D modeling technology, Asia, Austria, Autodesk, Autodesk Geospatial, BIM, CAD, City Planners, Civil Engineering, Game, Geospatial Business Unit, information technology, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Data, korea, Lisa Campbell, Modeling, Pilot City, Realistic Visualization, retail, Salzburg, simulation, Simulation Tools, sustainable, Ubiquitous Technology, Urban Development Projects, Urban Planning, Urban studies and planning, visualization Leave a comment
Autodesk Announces Salzburg, Austria, as First Pilot City of its Digital Cities Initiative
Autodesk announced recently that it will be working with the city of Salzburg, Austria, as the first pilot city in Autodesk's new Digital Cities initiative. The Digital City initiative is Autodesk's technology designed to provide a collaborative environment for visualizing, analyzing, and simulating the future impact of urban design and development at a citywide scale...
Posted in design, information technology, innovation, software Also tagged Austria, Autodesk, Autodesk Geospatial, City Planners, google, Lisa Campbell, mayor, Pilot City, Realistic Visualization, Report, Salzburg, simulation, Simulation Tools, sustainable, Urban Planning 1 Comment
Autodesk and the Clinton Climate Initiative Join Forces to Support the Building of Sustainable Cities