Anssi Joutsiniemi

Impact of BIMs on Business Models in Construction Industry

This article aims to cast some light on the dilemma of data transfer and storage by offering examples and experiences of the ontological approach at a building scale. The world of Geographic Information Systems is not alone facing the fact. In many a field it is nowadays impossible to conduct ‘business as usual’ without the aid of sophisticated computer based tools. Our view is that in recent decades these tools have become so effective they produce more information than can be easily stored or even handled by contemporary methods. Building industry thinks in terms of building projects that have some distinct phases.

Call for LOD – Linking Scales and Providers Through Digital Spatial Representations

This article provides insight into linkages of data within a common spatial ontology over different scales, that are not obvious from the perspective of software interoperability. The aim of text is to stress the importance of the data usage and potentials that open up when large amounts of digital representations comes available. The focus is on industry standards of three scales of spatial design and the potential added value of their data as a by-product of ordinary usage. Samples are chosen to promote the idea that the intelligent usage of standards is far more important and far reaching than the original aim of the standardising.