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wow, well-covered and balanced, Thomas! I just wanted to point out one more thing – UCSD made a HUGE deal about providing showers for employees who biked to work, maps of where showers were available….I biked to work for years in Southampton and never showered, (for years! I mean at work, of course..) The whole concept of getting to work and…[Read more]

As Jason eluded to below, Europe is leap years ahead of us in terms of bicycle oriented transportation design. There are a number of reasons for this but the main one is necessity, driven by the expense of gasoline ($8-$9/Gal. v.s. $3-$4 in the US) and cities that were built before the automobile that are more conducive to pedestrian and bicycle…[Read more]

I am currently working on my thesis and one book that really helps is The Craft of Research by Booth, Colomb, and Williams. It really helps in developing your topic and focusing your research. check it out, you can pick it up on Amazon pretty…[Read more]

Convention seldom works for me because I am not well prepared for it, unfortunately. If you can’t win at one game, you have to play a different game that you can win. The trick is to get someone else to play with you.

The most effective way to lead a person across a stream is not to call him over. It is to go over to where he is, see what he…[Read more]

Andrew,

Thanks for your humorous take on it. There is always a hint of fear in breaking from the conventional, but most times that break is exactly what it takes to get the response your looking for.

If you list your work experience in a timeline, it is you who is declaring its importance.

My belief is that the best way to write a resume is to do so from the perspective of the job offer. That does not have to only be with the cover letter, but can be the resume sheet as well. If knowing a certain program is irrelevant for a certain position…[Read more]

Brock, thanks for your reply. I have also been considering going back to school for an MBA. What do you plan on doing specifically with your MBA? And what have your friends done with theirs? I’ve always felt that if I get an MBA, that it could potentially be beneficial in a large LA or Multi-D firm since business and marketing are so key in…[Read more]

like the idea of keeping a Master Job list for design work performed, but that seems more appropriate for marketing to a client rather than something to show a potential employer.

A future employer is your most important client! You absolutley must market yourself. It not a skill we are taught in school, but it is one you should embrace.

How the heck do you find that out from a resume? You don’t. The resume is the tool to get you in the door.

i already have my concept:bringing eyes on the streets..
my theme:conviviality of cultural cohesion

You need to research the ‘Complete Streets” movement, of which there are many aspects. It is mostly implemented by departments of transportation as a way of incorperating bicycle and pedestrians in with vehicular traffic.

One very valuable resource for you will be the work of Jan Gehl. He’s a Danish architect and is a world-wide leader on bicycle…[Read more]

Where did you find the 80% figure? I find that hard to believe, but would love to be wrong. I do understand that 3D and oblique are different. I was simply saying that Google offers both, though perhaps not to the geographical extent of Pictometry.

All,

I’ve come across a similar internal debate as to how to handle this subject on my resume and perhaps some of you could provide me with some specific insight. Typically, I follow the format of being as brief as possible (1-1.5 pages). Since my past two places of employment have not been specifically design firms, I’ve created a separate…[Read more]

Pictometry has about 80% of the U.S. captured in oblique view.

Oblique and 3D are two totally different things… the 3D content of google earth is user created building models, so they are reproductions, estimates, of existing buildings. Oblique has a more limited range of views (2D aerial perspectives) so you can’t “fly” around between building…[Read more]

BTW, you have to have the Earth plugin to view GE and 45×360 degree content in Google Maps.

Have you found a list of cities for Pictometry images? Ultimately availability is what will win customers. If none of these services have the imagery I need for the city I’m working in, then they don’t do me any good. (Incidentally, Bing Maps won’t show 3D…[Read more]

Thomas,
Try here. The current list of cities for Google Maps is short, but more cities have 45 degree images available for Building Maker production.

Bing is owned by Microsoft. Who owns Pictometry? Privately held? BLOM appears to be a European partner of Pictometry… interesting stuff. Pictometry owns the rights to the technology that creates those obliques. Nobody else has it.

Wholly Cr*p! The oblique aerials from Pictometry are unreal! If you click on “contact us” —> “directions” it takes you to Bing.com

Bing.com appears to be driven by Pictometry. The clarity & high resolution of the images blows google maps out of the water! I can’t figure out how to access oblique views in google maps (Wyatt, are you sure you…[Read more]