d_city (data cities) promotes the global technology network
We promote the new Digital Earth | Nations | Cities technology network of organisations advancing research, development, commercialisation and applications of geospatial tools and systems to help solve the challenges of 21st century development.
Network participants are using increasingly accurate location-tagged data and online modelling and analysis systems to support more intelligent decisions about planning, building, managing and living in cities. The large vision is a dynamic, data-rich computer simulation of the whole planet: the Digital Earth.
Goals of the network
- Help governments, academics and corporations to co-operate on eco-solutions
- Engage with urbanisation challenges and markets worth trillions each year
- Broker links between natural, built and virtual environment specialists
- Support the ‘digital Earth’ project to help understand and balance our planet’s resources
- Expand global urban business opportunities for smart people everywhere
Fostering connections to integrate knowledge
More than 120 nations supported the 2009 Copenhagen Accord, which promised a ‘Technology Mechanism’ to accelerate climate change solutions. In 2010, the Cancun Accord also noted the importance of advanced technologies.
The Digital Earth | Nations | Cities (aka d_city) network includes five main partner organisations and will promote more than 70 relevant international special interest agencies. Our goal is to accelerate more informed and intelligent decisions for managing urban, natural and virtual environments.
