GIS DEVELOPMENT WEEKLY 25th June 2007 VOL.3 ISSUE 25
TOP STORIES

Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging acquires IONIC

Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging has acquired Ionic Software. The Redspider Product line of Ionic will enhance Leica's expertise according to Vincent Dessard the CEO of Ionic...
Contract signed for building of GMES Sentinel-1 satellite

ESA and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract for the development of Sentinel-1, an earth observation satellite to be built for Europe's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme...
Topcon to enter mobile control market

The new mobile business segment will focus on measuring the exact positioning of any mobile object on Earth for asset management and control purposes...
Turkey plans first reconnaissance satellite

Turkey is planning to award its reconnaissance military satellite GOKTURK contract, estimated at about $250 million...
Ukraine plans satellite launch in 2008

Ukraine is planning to launch a Sich-2 Remote Sensing satellite into orbit in 2008, the National Space Agency said...
Indian land record management to integrate data on GIS

The National Land Resource Management Programme (NLRMP), an e-governance and system-reform initiative aims at integrating the data on a GIS platform...
Microsoft enhances Virtual Earth with 3D Data for Great Britain

Microsoft's Virtual Earth 3D viewing platform has been enhanced with elevation data for whole of Great Britain provided by Intermap Technologies. ..
MAPPS vs US, MAPPS loses lawsuit

Geospatial communities support court ruling in MAPPS lawsuit to limit government contracting for mapping and GIS activities.
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ARTICLES

Convergence: Integrating Geospatial Technology and Architectural and Engineering Design
 Geoff Zeiss
Director of Technology,
Autodesk, Inc.

GEO-Enabling Infrastructure
Dr. Satyaprakash,Ananya Ghosh
GIS Development
CORPORATE
Donald Cooke from Tele Atlas receives ESRI Lifetime Achievement Award

Donald Cooke, Tele Atlas'Chief Scientist and founder of GDT, has been awarded the ESRI Lifetime Achievement Award...

Topcon partners with GeoAge for data collection and mapping solutions

The partnership aims at combining the Topcon's hand-held GIS mapping system, TPS'GMS-2, with FAST data collection and mapping software designed by GeoAge...
ESRI opens ESRI Eastern Africa

ESRI Eastern Africa Ltd has been started in response to the evolving needs of the GIS market in the region.ESRI's installation base in the region has tripled over the last seven years, and many United Nations (UN) agencies and government ministries started implementing ESRI technologies.
Leica Geosystems to Open 'Geomatics Center of Excellence' in Texas

The facility will offer sales, support, and service for all Leica Geosystems surveying, high-definition scanning products (HDS), and reference station network infrastructures...
ShotSpotter and Pictometry form marketing and integration alliance

ShotSpotter, Inc. and Pictometry International Corp. have announced that the firms have entered into a marketing and integration partnership offering combined public safety technologies...
NEW PRODUCTS
"Building European Spatial Data Infrastructures" from ESRI Press

The book explores existing European SDIs and the efforts of the European Union to create a framework for a multinational Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe. ..

Quantum GIS 0.8.1 Release

The new release includes bug fixes and stability improvements to the 0.8 code base....
ESRI's BusinessMAP 4.5 includes new data and API

The new version of BusinessMAP, transforms information from databases, contact managers, and spreadsheets into colourful maps.
Tele Atlas releases places2protect

Tele Atlas places2protect is a product providing location-based and property information on emergency medical services and critical access facilities and institutions. This announcement was done at the ESRI International User Conference...
   
 EDITORIAL

The release of newer versions of Geographic Imager and MapPublisher for photoshoppers is yet another step towards the 'universalisation' of the geospatial tools and technologies. The global community of PhotoShop users who are well trained in 'image processing and manipulation' can easily migrate to the presently niche group of geo-techies where publication of maps and processing of satellite images is concerned. Avenza has developed these plugins to effectively use the available human skill with a steep learning curve. If we are to look back at the evolution of our domain, the milestones have been emplaced by stalwarts from almost all the sciences and arts. A more 'cosmopolitan' tool than 'GIS' would be difficult to find. So, who do we knight as a 'GeoSpatialist'? If the right to use the 'GIS' lance is restricted to a few 'knights', the growth of the geospatial industry would be stifled. The move towards restricting the right to compete for 'GIS' projects and giving surveyors, engineers and architects a higher pedestal can be considered arbitrary and is non-viable in a competitive and open economy. The verdict in the MAPPS vs. US has ensured that, all professionals in the allied sciences and arts associated with 'GIS' can fairly compete for coveted governmental contracts... at least for the near future.

We invite your views on 'Qualifications Based Selection (QBS)' and 'licence to practice' in the geospatial domain. So, who is a 'GeoSpatialist'?

  Dr. Hrishikesh Samant
hrishikesh@gisdevelopment.net

MAP ASIA 2007
Geospatial Seminars

Map Asia 2007 to be held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), will be hosting Seminars on the following topics:

  • Energy
  • Demographic Studies along with Department of Statistics, Malaysia
  • Spatial Data Infrastructure being Organised by MacGDI
Download the Brochure www.mapasia.org/2007/MA07Brochure.pdf

Contact us:
Map Asia 2007 Secretariat
GIS Development Sdn. Bhd.
Suite - 22.6, level - 22
Menara Genesis, 33 Jalan Sultan Ismail
K.L., Malaysia- 50250
Tel: +601-72929756, Fax: +603-21447636
Email:info@mapasia.org
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ESRI(2)
GIS Support Analyst
ESRI Headquarters, USA.

The candidate should utilize the latest ESRI technology in this consultative support role to provide timely, expert assistance to customers by phone and e-mail.

Software Development Programmer - Surveying Applications
ESRI Headquarters, USA

The selected candidate will help in bringing the highest quality GIS software to market. Envision, design, and develop software for survey solutions; provide cutting-edge solutions for ESRI customers; and write comprehensive technical specifications and support documentation.


CSIR(1)
GIS and IT Researcher
Pretoria, South Africa

The CSIR: Defence, Peace, Safety and Security (DPSS) has a GIS / IT Researcher vacancy in the Technology for Special Operations (TSO) Competency Area in Pretoria. The TSO group focuses on the development of specialised equipment, research, testing, simulation, evaluation, training and maintenance.

Jaintec Information Systems(1)
Business Development Manager (GIS/Civil)
New Delhi, India

The person will be responsible for selling Engineering Services like CAD/CAM/CAE to domestic Indian and also International markets

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 EVENTS

Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg (GI_Forum)
3  July - 6  July   2007
Salzburg, Austria

Sierra Atlantic Geospatial User Conference - 2007
13  July - 13  July   2007
Hyderabad , India


GeoWeb 2007
23  July - 27  July   2007
Vancouver , Canada

GEO INTELLIGENCE
26-27 July 2007
Hotel Inter Continental, New Delhi, India
Contact: Mr. Prashant Joshi


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