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As the Geospatial Web evolves from two dimensions to 3-D we are seeing a host of rich new applications and uses appear. In this panel from Where 2.0, six leaders in the field talk about the Geospatial web and 3-D applications, and how their individual organizations fit into the 3-D puzzle. Mike Liebhold of the Institute for the Future leads the discussion and gives an overview of the diverse applications.
Stephen Lawler talks about building Microsoft's Virtual Earth system. Donald Cooke of Tele-Atlas tells how customers such as TomTom are driving their business focus. David Colleen of Planet 9 talks about Ray-gun, a consumer Multi-User platform like Second Life, but modeling the real world. Michael Jones of Google Earth talks about how Google is empowering users to build their own 3-D worlds and making the connection between millions of users and developers. Jack Dangermond of ESRI talks about building the tools the developers use to build the Geospatial web.
What are the new applications in the 3-D field? With the explosive growth and accessibility of 3-D data, will it be possible to exchange and leverage information? Is there an emerging dominant format standard: KML, VRML, or none of the above? How about going beyond the data, into applications like weather simulation, hanging hyperlinks on 3-D models, or incorporating physical behavior? This panel answers those questions and others, each sharing their view as seen from their particular place in this fast-evolving and exciting field.
Mike Liebhold is currently a senior researcher for the Institute for the Future, IFTF, initially focusing on the implications and technologies of a geospatial web as a platform for pervasive and contextual computing. Most recently, Liebhold has been investigating the long-term futures of high-performance computing and broadband networks. Previously, Liebhold was a visiting researcher at Intel Labs, working on a pattern language for ubiquitious computing based on semantic web frameworks.
David Colleen is an architect who began his practice in 1981 working on the design of large buildings. In 1995, he founded Planet 9 Studios, which produced the Internet's first commercial 3D applications and virtual places. Today, Planet 9 is a leading supplier of 3D urban simulation applications (RayGun and GeoFeeder) and research. Planet 9 has also produced more than 50 virtual cities which are used by architects, engineers, researchers, film producers, game developers and others interested in using realistic city backdrops in animations and real-time applications. Customers include Activision, AOL, Clarion, the Discovery Channel, NASA, Microsoft, Sprint and the U.S. Army.
Donald Cooke is the Chief Scientist for Tele Atlas. He was a member of the Census Bureau team that developed the Dual Independent Map Encoding (DIME) system in 1967. In 1980, Mr.Cooke founded Geographic Data Technology, Inc, bought by Tele Atlas in 2004. Tele Atlas North America now employs 550 people as a supplier of premium street and boundary databases for navigation, Business Geographics and LBS applications.. Mr.Cooke was a member of the National Academy of Science's Mapping Science Committee from 1989 to 1993. He is a graduate of Yale and studied Civil Engineering Systems at MIT. His other interests include windsurfing, ice hockey, chamber music, astrophotography and two antique cars.
Jack Dangermond is the founder and president of ESRI. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Redlands, California, ESRI is widely recognized as the technical and market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, pioneering innovative solutions for working with spatial data on the desktop, across the enterprise, in the field, and on the Web. ESRI has the largest GIS software install base in the world with more than one million users in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide. Dangermond holds six honorary doctorates from California Polytechnic University-Pomona, State University of New York at Buffalo, University of West Hungary, City University in London, University of Redlands in California, and Ferris State University in Michigan.
Michael Jones is Chief Technology Officer of the Google Earth service for distributed geospatial visualization to users worldwide. He is co-founder of Keyhole, the company taken over by Google to create Google Earth. In addition, he is a popular technical presenter, an inventor with eleven issued U.S. patents, a director on private company boards, and an associate in several Silicon Valley projects. He was formerly President & CEO of Intrinsic Graphics, Director of Advanced Graphics Software at Silicon Graphics responsible for OpenGL, Performer, and all other graphics APIs, co-founder of a movie coloring company, and a computer graphics consultant during the 1980s. He has been a computer programmer since the fourth grade.
As general manager of the Virtual Earth Business Unit at Microsoft Corp., Stephen Lawler oversees all aspects of worldwide product development, program management, marketing and business development related to the Windows Live Local, Virtual Earth, MapPoint® Web Service, MapPoint CD-ROM, Microsoft® Streets & Trips, and AutoRoute™ products.
Lawler has more than a decade of experience as a developer of mapping and location software as well as mobile device technologies. He has overseen the launch of more than 50 products and services. Lawler was responsible for the development of Virtual Earth. Previous to that Lawler was responsible for the development of MapPoint Web Service, Microsoft’s first Extensible Markup Language (XML) Web service.
Lawler joined Microsoft in 1999 after serving as managing director of software development at MapInfo Corp., which provides scientific mapping and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology products. Lawler holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of New Hampshire. He and his wife, AnnMarie, live in Redmond, Wash., with their two daughters. In his free time, Lawler enjoys family activities, reading, audiovisual technology, downhill skiing, basketball, golf and other sports.
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