Industry Trends

Find out how your mapping, land development, and GIS projects can benefit from the incorporation of raster data, such as scanned photographs, maps, and drawings, along with vector geometry.

Find out how LandXML—built upon XML—is fast becoming an industry standard for modeling and describing civil engineering and surveying data.

The World Trade Center tragedy has reawakened many businesses to the importance of having a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP).

Integrated building models (in the form of object-oriented CAD) are becoming the "digital DNA" for providing services across the entire life cycle of a facility. They are the next step in added value that our industry is facing.

The emergence, popularity, and relatively low cost of handheld communication devices like cell phones, beepers, and PDAs (personal digital assistants) have changed the way architects and engineers work.

Autodesk® Location Services aggregates the technology and services needed to get LBS applications to market quickly, reliably, and cost-effectively.

How has Information Technology (IT) changed the way you do business?

Many AEC activities need common basic data, but our industry's data usage requires different standards for the many functions and roles of a project team.

Find out how the Washington Council of County Surveyors (WCCS) overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles in order to create a database of statewide survey control information.

Increasingly, surveyors handle and analyze more data, in different formats and on more complex projects, all with shorter project timelines. How can technology make this more efficient?