Art Kalinski

Few of us fully appreciate the significance of the Qur’an burning in Afghanistan by our troops several months ago. The best analogy I can think of is burning of an American flag. As any Boy Scout can tell you, the proper way to dispose of a worn American flag is to burn it in a dignified manner;...more >>

My first exposure to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) was in 1972, serving as a young Ensign on a WWII class destroyer. The UAV was called DASH (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter). It was a small, counter-rotating rotor drone helicopter used to extend the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) reach of a...more >>

Two weeks ago I attended the USSOCOM and Navy Post Graduate School event known as the Tactical Network Testbed (TNT) located in a remote part of central Florida near the town of Avon Park at the MacDill Air Force Base Auxiliary Field. The best way to describe TNT is that it’s like a Boy Scout...more >>

Two weeks ago I gave a presentation, at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual meeting. This is one of those mega-meetings attended by almost anyone involved in the transportation related professions. TRB is part of the National Research Council jointly administered by the National Academy...more >>

In December I attended the “EcoBuild America” conference organized by the National Institute of Building Sciences. Ecobuild America and its co-located events provided education and resources to build smarter and improve our built environment. My key interest was to understand how the playing...more >>

Last week I concluded a two-week visit to Japan. My wife and I visited my daughter who followed in my footsteps as a Naval officer stationed on the USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) home ported in Yokosuka. We were going to visit her earlier but the earthquake and Tsunami precluded a visit at that critical...more >>

As usual, the mega GEOINT 2011 Conference was like drinking from a fire hose. There was much to see and too many sessions to attend but the folks who run the conference, USGIF (US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation), did a phenomenal job maximizing everyone’s time with three tools that were...more >>

Once every five years, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) holds a “Visualization in Transportation Symposium.” The focus of the conference is to review new visualization tools, techniques and developments related to Transportation.

Four weeks ago I attended a USSOCOM and Navy Post Graduate School event known simply as Camp Roberts TNT. Located in a remote part of the California Central Valley near the town of Paso Robles, the best way to describe Camp Roberts is that it’s like a Boy Scout Jamboree for engineers,...more >>

At almost every GIS-related conference I’ve attended this year, there has been a steady increase in the use of 3D models and a growing variety of ways to generate and use the models. It is, however, important to understand why you would want to go through the expense and additional work of...more >>