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Products : May-June 1998
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IndiaMap Premium Released
Eicher City Guide for Delhi Launched
Wide Format Printers from HP
PCI Expands Product Line
PAMAP GIS Version 5.2 Released
Infodesk launches 'OPTIMUS'
MapXtreme Released
IndiaMap Premium Released
Integrated Digital Systems (IDS) has released its IndiaMap Premium. It has following features:
- International, state and district boundary·
- Towns as classified by Census 1991 and large villages
- National highways, state highways and district roads
- Railways with stations
- Rivers
- Important tourist spots
- Major Airports
- Major Sea Ports
- Census 1991 demographics integrated with district, towns and large villages.
Speaking to GIS@development Sanjay Aggarwalla, Managing Director, IDS, said, "The country is exhaustive. Its vast. We have made an attempt to capture this vastness of India in a very high resolution series database. This series is called the IDS 1:1 Million Advantage. The core of this series is the IndiaMap Premium."
IndiaMap Premium is designed to operate under MapInfo Professional. IDS claims that if you have been thinking of implementing a GIS for analysing the nook and corners of our large country, IndiaMap Premium is the right tool for you. IDS has also announced promotional offer in June. One can get IndiaMap Premium together with MapInfo Professional till 30th June 1998 at Rs. 1,00,000.00 only.
For further details please contact: Calcutta - Sudipto Das Tel.: 290541/294265
Eicher City Guide for Delhi Launched
The Eicher group launched the Eicher City Guide for Delhi. It was formally released by Shri Sahib Singh Verma, Chief Minister of Delhi. This is the second major publishing venture from the Eicher Group, the first being the Eicher City Map which has sold over 60,000 copies and has made Eicher a household name in the city.
On the occasion, Subodh Bhargava, Chairman, Eicher Group said, "The Eicher Guide is the natural corollary of the Eicher City Map." The City Guide is the first comprehensive and handy guidebook on Delhi, blending the cultural with the practical, artistic excellence with scientific precision. Visually exciting, the 450 page book has especially commissioned colour photographs, 25 architectural drawings and 42 pages of maps covering 190 sq.km. of Delhi.
The publication is supported by Delhi Tourism. Complimenting the publishing team Ms. Prasad, Managing Director, Delhi Tourism said, "The Eicher City Guide delves deep into the historical and cultural wealth of Delhi and unveils surprising facets to even the Dilliwala. The accurate information and lucid presentation will endear the book to both domestic and international tourists."
Extremely user-friendly, the Guide contains section details where to stay, what to eat, where to shop, and also historical details, the artist's impression of the city and invaluable insights such as identifying stones that make the monuments, the city's flora and fauna. Swati Mitra, the publisher and editor of the book commented, "It is a book young people should read, so that they grow up knowing their city better."
For further details please contact: N K Gupta Tel. 011-642 5860
Wide Format Printers from HP
Hewlett-Packard Company has announced the HP DesignJet 3000 CP Series printers, two new extra wide inkjet printers offering high quality, colour rich output up to 54 inches wide for GIS applications which require excellent line and colour fill output quality combined with the convenience of a printer that can operate in a standard office environment.
Commenting on the potential of these printers for the GIS market, Mr. Puneet Chadha, Market Development Ma-nager, HP India, said, "Inkjet tech-nology is creating a quite revolution for the GIS professional. The convenience of a network ready printer that can be moved around the office or that can be located in re-mote branch off-ice without the hassle asso-ciated with ol-der printing, technologies, frees up the GIS practitioner to concentrate on the inter-pretation, vis-ualisation and communication of vast quan-tities of data.
The DesignJet 3000 CP is priced at Rs. 6,99,950. The DesignJet 3500CP printer is priced at Rs. 8,49,950.
For further details please contact: Puneet Chadha, HP Tel.:011-6826000 Email: puneet_chadha@hp.com
PCI Expands Product Line
Digital Photogrammetry The PCI Geomatics Group announced the expansion of its OrthoEngine, digital photogrammetry software suite. Recently added functionality includes; orthorectification of satellite data, generation of digital elevation models (DEMs) from satellite and air photos, and stereo capabilities for 3-D visualization, DEM editing and feature extraction. OrthoEngine is available immediately for Desktop and UNIX platforms.
OrthoEngine provides photogrammetrists with the most technically advanced tools for the creation of map-accurate orthophotos and precise DEMs in an easy-to use, modular environment. OrthoEngine supports the widest range of sensors for ortho processing including; aerial and digital/video cameras, LANDSAT, SPOT, IRS, RADARSAT, ERS and JERS data. DEM extraction is offered from stereo air photos, SPOT, IRS and RADARSAT imagery. Technical specifications can be downloaded from PCI's web site at
http://www.pcigeomatics.com/product/prortho.html
PAMAP GIS Version 5.2 Released
PAMAP GIS 5.2, a fully integrated raster and vector GIS software package has been released by the PCI Geometics Group. The release features a redesigned user interface and database management program which allows for the integration of existing client data and workflows. Version 5.2 is available for use immediately on Windows 95 and Windows NT platforms.
PAMAP GIS provides a powerful suite of analysis, planning and forecasting tools. Additional features include; graphical toolbox customization for automating repetitive functions, support for multiple planning rings, and the integration of the Group's GeoGateway technology. GeoGateway provides direct read/write data access to most popular GIS, CAD, mapping and image formats.
It is a simple way to move data between PAMAP GIS 5.2 and other image processing, digital photogrammetry and cartographic software programs.The significant enhancements in this release of PAMAP GIS reflect our on-going commitment to ensure that we provide our users with the most advanced GIS software system in the marketplace as well as within the Sky to Map software suite," comments Judy Kam, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for PCI Pacific.
For details contact: Dr. Ashok Kaushal,CDAC Tel.: 372000, 352461/79/83 Fax: 357551
Email: kaushal@cdac.ernet.in
Infodesk launches 'OPTIMUS'
Bangalore-based Infodesk Technologies has announced the launch of a newly developed software product named 'OPTIMUS' (Outside Plant Information Management and Upkeep System). This software package, targeted at basic service providers such as DoT and private operators is built on GIS technology. With the powerful combination of Street Level Digital Maps, cable networks diagrams and databases 'OPTIMUS' is an excellent decision support and monitoring system for telecom network managers.
MapXtreme Released
Organisations can now deploy mapping technology & spatial information, cost-effectively, to a wide number of users over their corporate Intranet, or across the Internet. The technology is MapInfo Corporation's new mapping application server - MapXtreme. MapXtreme is a complete tool kit and application server that enables developers to create powerful Web applications, with spatial analysis & display functionality, more easily and in less time than ever before.
MapXtreme offers the benefits of Web deployment to those companies that recognise the value of mapping to managers, who are then able to make better business decisions and manage assets more efficiently. The product is based on widely used technologies and standards, such as Visual Basic, Java, and ODBC, and is compatible with all popular web server software and gateways, delivering maps to any web browser on a PC or UNIX workstation.
Richard Lindsay, managing director, MapInfo Australia said, "We believe MapXtreme will allow our customers to deliver mission critical business information to many more people in their organisations who need it. In addition, organisations which once found mapping too cost prohibitive, can now access it at lower cost per seat, via their Intranet."
MapXtreme v1.5 is shipping now for Australasia and is priced at AUS $24,900 for unlimited number of users on a server. It is also available at a per-user cost It can be downloaded free for a 30-day trial at www.mapxtreme.com.
Tata Infotech Limited, the Systems Integrators in India, are the exclusive distributors for MapInfo range of products in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives. Tata Infotech, has offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune. The organisation has its hea-dquarters in Mumbai and has wide VAR network to cater to the customer needs. Tata Infotech Limited also provides training on MapInfo products.
For further details, please contact: S Ranganathan Product Manager (MapInfo), Tata Infotech ltd. Tel: (91) 022 8216466 Ex.217
Email: s.ranganathan@tatainfotech.com
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