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May 2000
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Accident Site Map software application
TownMAP GIS
PENTASOFT’s new software development centre
Launch of MineMax in India
PowerLink: A Hotlink Tool for ArcView GIS
TCI Software releases Adjust v4
GeoInformation Group releases Image Manager
GeoConcept removes barriers to use of geographic information systems
Open Source Software developed by ImageLinks and Florida Tech
Map-on-Demand Kiosks for USGS Maps
Major restructuring of Ordnance Survey database to enhance British mapping
Electronic Info Kiosks for Gujarat
The first Telemedicine system launched in India
GIS training-cum-digitisation centre inaugurated at Bhopal
Accident Site Map software application
RMSI, India, has successfully developed and implemented the prestigious Accident Site Map (ASM) software application for the Delhi Traffic Police. This system is the first revolutionary software of its kind in India that will assist in improving the analyses of accidents within Delhi. The software will help in taking suitable preventive measures to mitigate the number of accidents within Delhi. Technically, ASM is a Microsoft Windows based desktop Geographical Information System (GIS) application developed for accident analyses and querying for Delhi Traffic Police. For further information, contact:
harshk@riskinc.com
TownMAP GIS
TownMAP GIS is a customised software developed by PAM Consultants for Town Planning and Valuation Department, Government of Gujarat, to efficiently prepare town planning schemes. It generates various planning and reconstruction alternatives. At the same time, it controls and monitors all stages involved in preparation of town planning schemes prepared in accordance with “The Gujarat Town Planning & Urban Development Act 1976” which was amended on March 9, 1999. It provides tips time-to-time and guides through various steps involved in preparation of town planning scheme. This guides the planners to maintain the time limits specified by the Act, starting from the declaration of intention till a scheme comes into force. For more details, visit
www.pamcons.com
PENTASOFT’s new software development centre
PENTASOFT Technologies Ltd., the Chennai-based software solutions provider has opened a new software development centre in Hyderabad. The software development centre would provide total IT solutions for customers worldwide. The centre’s focus would be on projects relating to smart governance, e-business, e-commerce, Government to Government interface, logistics and other web-related software development. With its expertise in the area of GIS applications, PENTASOFT would help the Andhra Pradesh Government in healthcare, urban development, wasteland development, water resource management, highway/transport department and disaster management sectors.
Launch of MineMax in
India
Combinatorics Pty Ltd. developers of MineMax series of Mine Scheduling and Optimising software designed to assist mine managers and mining engineers in achieving an optimal extraction of their mine’s resources , has appointed World Geoscience Data Services India as their authorised distributor and support partner for India.
PowerLink: A Hotlink Tool for ArcView GIS
Benchmark GIS has announced the release of PowerLink, a new hotlink extension for ArcView GIS. The programme’s interface is similar to ArcView’s standard Hotlink tool, but offers several functional enhancements. PowerLink also includes additional hotlink functions such as a hotlink to an attribute display window, providing an alternative method of displaying data from the standard identify tool. The programme is installed with a Windows Help file to assist users in customising the programme to their own needs. Website:
www.benchmarkgis.com
TCI Software releases Adjust v4
TCI Software has announced the release of Adjust v4, an automated mapping tool that performs rubber sheeting of AutoCAD maps and is capable of perfectly rectifying and georeferencing corridor maps for applications such as pipelines, power lines and fibre optic routes. Most other rubber sheet tools have trouble in corridor applications because the calibration sets are considered “unstable”. This is when calibration points are lined up along an edge, instead of surrounding the map. Adjust v4 handles these tasks perfectly. Mapping professionals can now rubber sheet unreferenced design or as built drawings to a georeferenced 3D corridor baseline. This alternative allows the creation of an accurate georeferenced corridor map without performing a complete survey, resulting in a considerable savings of time and money. For details visit
www.tcicorp.com
GeoInformation Group releases Image Manager
The GeoInformation Group has released a new generation image management software, Image Manager, to enable improved handling of aerial imagery and mapping. The new software, free with all CRWorld image datasets, will empower the user to compare historical images and maps to see change and enable them to measure and report on that change. It enables the creation of professional image maps complete with text, logos and scale bar and in addition search and create customised gazetteers. This represents a significant advance and departure from the simple viewer to a desktop tool that adds a management and reporting function and goes beyond other simple viewers currently in the market today. Users will be able to measure areas, such as new development sites, compare the areas with old maps and blend the two images to see the change. Not only will they be able to see this change but also they can then create a customised image map of that area complete with their logo and text and then print or save that map for distribution to their colleagues and other interested parties. This has great applications for those involved in planning controlls, environmental change, highway planning, map making, asset management and insurance applications.
GeoConcept removes barriers to use of geographic information systems
GeoConcept has announced the availability of Web Server, a new service that makes it easy and highly cost-effective for enterprises and other organisations to take advantage of mapping and other cartographic information in their daily business. Using Web Server via the internet, companies can access a geographical representation of information they hold without needing inhouse technical knowledge of mapping systems. GeoConcept expects Web Server to be used in all growth application areas where it is useful to show the location of say branches of a retail chain or offices, warehouses or delivery points. GeoConcept’s Web Server acts as a company’s cartographic database, hosted and managed by GeoConcept. Website:
www.geoconcept.com
Open Source Software developed by ImageLinks and Florida Tech
ImageLinks, in collaboration with Federal Agencies and Florida Tech, is developing Open Source software for satellite image processing and mapping. The Open Source Software Image Map (OSSIM) experiment will demonstrate the application of open source software development techniques in meeting government requirements. The OSSIM experiment will initially focus on the development of a system for web based production and distribution of precision corrected satellite and aerial image maps. Additionally, the system will support the manipulation and delivery of national maps and geo-spatial product formats.
www.imagelinks.com
Map-on-Demand Kiosks for USGS Maps
The U. S. Geological Survey and Wildflower Productions are exploring new technology that will let one walk into a USGS office and print a customised topographic map from a self-service kiosk. By storing maps digitally and combining them with Wildflower map-on-demand software, the kiosks will help USGS customers get the exact map they need by ensuring that maps are never out of stock and allowing customers to define their own map boundaries. As part of a cooperative research and development agreement, the USGS and Wildflower will begin by developing systems that offer USGS topographic maps for geographic areas that are in high demand. The USGS’s initial contribution will include paper maps for scanning, digital elevation data, and geographic names data. Wildflower will be responsible for the majority of the data production: scanning, georeferencing, storing and integrating the data with its map-on-demand software and kiosk hardware. Wildflower will place three or more prototype kiosks for public use in the USGS Earth Science Information Centres. To learn more about Wildflower Productions visit
http://www.topo.com
Major restructuring of Ordnance Survey database to enhance British mapping
A major partnership between Ordnance Survey of Britain and eXcelon Corporation has been set up to help businesses and public services gain faster and more flexible access to British mapping data. Britain’s national mapping agency is re-engineering its National Topographic Database, the computerised ‘master map of Britain’ to introduce an object-oriented approach to storing and retrieving its data. To achieve this it is using eXcelon Corporation’s ObjectStore data management software. The vast electronic map already contains details about more than 200 million features of the British landscape, all surveyed and stored in intricate detail right down to the shapes of individual buildings. To help keep the database up-to-date, Ordnance Survey uses high-tech measuring equipment, advanced information technology systems, aerial photography and satellite Global Positioning Systems to gather new information daily. Restructuring the National Topographic Database is a major component in the development of the Digital National Framework (DNF), which aims to provide a step-change in the ways that Ordnance Survey’s customers and partners can access and use geospatial information. The DNF will provide a consistent and maintained national base against which anyone’s geospatial information can be referenced, either through National Grid coordinates or by unique identifiers.
www.ordsvy.gov.uk
Electronic Info Kiosks for Gujarat
Reliance Industries and the Government of Gujarat have entered into an agreement to set up electronic kiosks called ‘electronic information centres’ across the state that will disseminate information related to public services. The kiosks will be laid along the 3200 kms long optical cable fibre route. Initially, 1500 kiosks will be set up through joint venture company, being established between Reliance Industries and a state government company. A nominal amount is likely to be charged for the public services through the kiosks. With the kiosks the users can avail forms relating to land registration, filing of FIR with the police and forms relating to transport licence among other things. The kiosks will also be used for promoting value-added services like video-conferencing and other Internet services like booking for railway and airline tickets, basic telephone services etc.
The first Telemedicine system launched in India
India’s first tele-medicine system, set up by the Apollo Hospitals group, has been commissioned by the Union Minister for Information Technology and Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. Pramod Mahajan, at Aragonda, a semi-urban jaggery town in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Operated with the help of the satellite facility provided by ISRO, it is supported by many other companies such as Citadel and Wipro. Aragonda is connected with the Apollo superspecialities hospitals at Chennai and Hyderabad and the system benefits a population of 50,000. The launching of telemedicine is considered as a turning point in the country’s health care system as it seeks to provide quality medicare even at the grass-roots level.
GIS training-cum-digitisation centre inaugurated at Bhopal
A Geographical Information System (GIS) training-cum-digitisation centre was inaugurated on May 10 in the premises of the National Centre for Human Settlements and Environment (NCHSE) located at E-5/A, Arera Colony, Bhopal. An exhibition on GIS mapping and demonstration of digitisation through computer operation was also on display where the guests evinced a keen interest in the display of macro and micro mapping as well as digitisation process.
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