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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…

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.

Listen to the podcast, from Directions Magazine:
[audio:http://www.directionsmag.com/images/podcasts/ADSK_podcast2.mp3]

By Itamar Medeiros

Originally from Brazil, Itamar Medeiros currently lives in Germany, where he works as VP of Design Strategy at SAP, where he leads the design vision for the entire Human Capital Management product line, ensuring cohesive product narratives and establishing best practices.

Working in the Information Technology industry since 1998, Itamar has helped truly global companies in multiple continents create great user experience through advocating Design and Innovation principles. Itamar has also served as a juror for prestigious design competitions and lectured on design topics at universities worldwide.

During his 7 years in China, he promoted the User Experience Design discipline as User Experience Manager at Autodesk and Local Coordinator of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) in Shanghai.

Itamar holds a MA in Design Practice from Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK), for which he received a Distinction Award for his thesis Creating Innovative Design Software Solutions within Collaborative/Distributed Design Environments.

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