Articles posted by "Andy LoCascio"
BIM is not GIS
As someone quite entrenched in both disciplines (Civil and Architectural), I’ll add my 2 cents worth on the BIM vs. GIS subject. In my opinion, BIM and GIS are both [...]Read more
Dewberry – Aligning Technology with Business Strategy
Some of you may have heard David Palumbo, PE, Technology Manager for Dewberry, at the Carlson User’s Conference back in April. For those that missed his presentation, his story has been [...]Read more
What’s In Your Surface?
With the adoption of machine control for construction, the ability of various GIS systems to accept 3D data, and now with the expansion of the term BIM to cover elements outside of a building [...]Read more
Carlson 2010 Sneak Peek
The highly anticipated Carlson 2010 release offers clients hundreds of new or improved features from that found in Carlson 2009 and continues Carlson Software's track-record of delivering [...]Read more
North Rotation: Using Twist Screen
There have been many debates in various blog posts, discussion group posts, and articles regarding what is the best way to handle North rotation on maps. With AutoCAD-based systems, there were [...]Read more
Ribbon vs. Menu… Your preference is??
I was reading a recent AP article that was similar to the article entitled Meet Microsoft’s antidote to Vista and saw the following: You probably don’t know her name, but if [...]Read more
Engineering, Construction, and BIM
There have been many articles, discussions, and presentations on Building Information Modeling in the recent months. If you haven’t already heard the basics, this post covers it well. For [...]Read more
Brent Jones of ESRI discusses ‘Why GIS Needs Surveyors’
Combining all the GIS and land development technologies that exist today is what Brent Jones suggested surveyors do in his keynote address to the attendees at the 2nd annual Carlson User [...]Read more
Dewberry’s Dave Palumbo presents ‘Choosing and Implementing Carlson’
Starting his presentation at the Carlson User Conference by saying “Carlson works for us,” Dave Palumbo, PE, Technology Manager for Infrastructure Services at Dewberry, noted that [...]Read more
BIM vs. “CIM” – Is it a Noun or Verb?
I wanted to share my opinion related to the BIM this, BIM that… What is BIM? article to essentially equate (or draw parallels between): “Acronym” “Location” [...]Read more