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You may have seen that I was out in the United Arab Emirates a couple of weeks back.\u00a0 I was there for two reasons, one to conduct a CityEngine training session for a number of GISTEC clients (we do this training here in the UK either with EsriUK or at our offices in Sedbergh as well as worldwide).\u00a0 As always training often turns to bespoke advice and discussions around workflows and use cases.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

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A great big thank you to all my trainees!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Basically, most things that a client asks for with 3D GIS can be done, you just to have a clear idea of what you want (oh and a budget!), technology (hardware and software) has progressed so much recently that most clients are now spoilt for choice.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Want a smart city? Well you may need a 3D basemap.\u00a0 Do you have any sensor data? If so what’s the quality?\u00a0 The answer invariably to all these questions and more is “it depends”.\u00a0 \u00a0That’s why on the 20th of September I went to help present at our friends and partners GISTEC <\/a>3D GIS workshop\/seminar event in the Roda Al Bustan in Dubai.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

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A fun interactive format of round table discussions about new workflows and technologies for enabling your 3D GIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a new format for GISTEC we were all excited and apprehensive to see how invited guests and clients would respond.\u00a0 We shouldn’t have been nervous as the response was overwhelmingly positive.\u00a0 \u00a0The sessions allowed people to find out what was possible with particular aspects of the Esri platform and where they could join up some of those dots.\u00a0 \u00a0My discussion table didn’t just talking about CityEngine.\u00a0 We talked about data acquisition (from UAVs for example, in fact I used demo data from the UAV table), about smart cities and story maps.\u00a0 The day was designed to find out more about everyone’s workflows and problems as well as informing and discussing potential solutions.<\/p>\n

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The format was informal and less about a sales pitch and more about discussion (no one likes presentations which basically say ‘buy me’).\u00a0 We had divided the session up into tables and each table had a theme to talk about (mine was Geodesign and Urban Planning of course!).\u00a0 The table’s moderators also used flipcharts and post-it notes to engage with the attendees and come up with\u00a0 problems and solutions around each table’s theme.\u00a0 \u00a0This meant that at the end of the day each table had gained insight into some of the issues surrounding 3D GIS (in for example designing cities) but also discussed potential solutions and workflows (as well as software) to help.\u00a0 \u00a0These flipcharts and notes would then be shared with the attendees as well (not just the table group but everyone).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Each table’s theme discussion was led by an expert in their field and as you can see we had some amazing people:<\/p>\n