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JANUARY 2013 4 POSITION Can 2013 Compete with 2012 in Imagery and LiDAR? F E AT U R E S By Todd Danielson 6 NEWSLINK 10 BEYOND MAPPING Optimal Path Density Isn't All that Dense (Conceptually) By Joseph Berry Game of Drones? Video Games Increasingly Add Geospatial Imagery BY SATYEN SARHAD 14 12 MUNICIPAL MATTERS Give Us More Partnerships! By Jonathan Mark and Dan Campbell 30 BUILDING THE GEOWEB Beyond Open Data: We Need Platforms for Smart Communities The Inaccessible Plenty Trying to Tame LiDAR's Largeness BY MICHAEL ROSEN AND MATT FLEAGLE 18 By Ron Lake Time-sensitive GeoWorld departments such as NetLink, PeopleLink, Product News and Business News now are maintained solely at the GeoPlace.com Web site. Check there often for the latest updates as they happen. The New Face of GIS LiDAR and the Intelligent 3-D Map BY LAWRIE JORDAN 22 The digital version of this issue contains additional coverage of this section. Visit GeoPlace.com for more information. GeoWorld (ISSN 0897-5507, USPS 023-416) is published monthly by M2MEDIA360, a Bev-Al Communications, Inc. company. 1030 W. Higgins Road, Suite 230, Park Ridge, IL 60068 USA GeoWorld is distributed free to qualified subscribers in the geospatial industry. POSTMASTER Please send change of address to: GeoWorld, PO Box 4290, Port Jervis, NY 12771 Coming of Age LiDAR Enables Organizations to Make Smarter Decisions BY STEVE DU PLESSIS Subscription rates - one year: US $72, two years: US $128; one year Canada: $90, two years Canada: $163. All other countries, one year: $108 (includes airmail postage). Payable in U.S. funds only. Customer Service and subscription requests, please call Phone (845) 8562229; Fax (845) 856-5822 or subscribe online at www.geoplace. com/subscribe. Periodical postage paid at Park Ridge, IL and additional mailing offices. Imagery/LIDAR Special Issue J A N U A R Y 2 O 1 3 / 26 W W W . G E O P L A C E . C O M 3