Archived GIS Snippets
Published in 2007
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Sarasota County, FL, Selects MultiVision USA
MultiVision USA has been selected to provide its new MultiVision 3D Plus advanced oblique imagery solution to Sarasota County, FL., for use in emergency 911 operations and public safety activities. Sarasota is the first county in the nation to purchase the county-wide MultiVision 3D Plus solution primarily for public safety applications.
“This is another first by MultiVision USA as it continues to win market share in the oblique imagery marketplace,” said Dave Ledgerwood, MultiVision USA President. “While oblique imagery remains ideal for property assessment, the MultiVision 3D Plus product appeals to end users for many additional applications within a state, city or county government.”
first published week of: 01/15/2007
Sarental has new market for GPS Camera
Sarantel Ltd, manufacturer and innovator for filtering antennas, announced their movement into a new market application – GPS enabled cameras. The GeoHelix was selected by Ricoh Corporation for their newly launched 500SE because of its high performance, reliability and small size. Ricoh developed the highly ruggedised 500SE to overcome problems associated with marrying pictures or videos with points on a map. The camera automatically embeds GPS data and is able to record the location of the object as well as the photographer. In addition the user is able to send images wirelessy via bluetooth or wi-fi.
Achieving reliable GPS was essential for Ricoh in an applications where location accuracy under all conditions is critical to the workflow. Sarantel’s GeoHelix is high performing, doesn’t detune when hand-loaded and has proven reliability in all conditions from heavily wooded areas to urban canyons. And its omni-directional properties mean that satellites are detected regardless of the orientation of the camera.
Jeff Lengyel, Manager of Ricoh Digital Imaging Division comments, “We needed an antenna that was small, light weight and highly accurate. The GeoHelix was a natural choice which allowed us to integrate GPS quickly and without hassle.”Ben Sandford, Vice President of Sales, Sarantel Ltd said “We are delighted to have been chosen by Ricoh in this application which is a first for us. Our technology is a perfect fit and clearly demonstrates where we can genuinely add value to our customers and their products.”
first published week of: 02/26/2007
Save the Elephants incorporates PCI Geomatics
PCI Geomatics donated its premiere software suite Geomatica® to assist the Save the Elephants (STE) organization in Africa. Geomatica will be used to process and analyze satellite imagery to help understand the movement and ranging behaviour of elephants and to answer questions about habitat locations.
Save the Elephants was founded by zoologist Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton in 1993 and is a non-governmental charitable organization located in Kenya. The STE pioneered the use of GSM-GPS tracking collars that record and report an elephant’s position every hour. As such, the STE has a database with over one million recorded elephant positions, and has compiled incredible ranging behaviour not previously observed. The data has provided an unprecedented look at the ranging behaviour of elephants in Kenya, South Africa and Mali.
“We (STE) are using Geomatica 10 to classify multi-spectral imagery to look at land use and vegetation types in relation to elephant movements across varied and mosaicked landscapes. High-resolution aerial photos and satellite imagery are being used to map the presence of human settlements in the range of the elephants in both Mali and Kenya,” said Jake Wall, Research Scientist at Save the Elephants. “We are also using the Geomatica radar tools to experiment with using radar imagery for mapping livestock corridors in areas vital to the survival of the desert elephants of Mali. Using a wide variety of data inputs we can model and eventually understand the behaviour and spatial needs of elephants.”
first published week of: 06/04/2007
ScottishPower Makes Major Investment in ESRI-Based Mobile GIS System
ScottishPower plc, headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, awarded a contract valued at £750,000 (approximately US$1.5 million) to ESRI (UK) Ltd. to provide a mobile geographic information system (GIS). The second-generation system will enable up to 800 engineers, working across 70,000 miles of ScottishPower's United Kingdom electricity networks, to access and record map-based information while in the field.
The GIS will enhance ScottishPower's network operations capabilities by giving field engineers immediate access to accurate information such as the location of cables and other remote equipment. Field engineers will be provided with the latest mobile technology, including rugged notebook and Tablet PCs, to replace legacy field mapping and inspection platforms, giving them access to a complete set of mapping, operational, and infrastructure data. This will ensure better service for customers by minimizing the need for engineers to travel to company offices to access network information, thus increasing operational efficiency and reducing costs.
The contract includes software and services from ESRI (UK) Ltd. including ArcGIS Engine, a development tool for building customized, geographically enabled software applications, and GeoField Network Map Viewer, a comprehensive field mapping application designed for the utility industry and developed by Sigma Seven limited, an ESRI (UK) Ltd. business partner. Consulting services are also being provided by ESRI (UK) and Sigma Seven to tailor the field-based software for ScottishPower and integrate it with the utility's existing systems.
first published week of: 02/15/2007
Shelby County (OH) LBRS Centerline Project Delivered
Digital Data Technologies, Inc. (DDTI®), completed another Location Based Response System (LBRS) project upon delivering Shelby County's dataset last week. LBRS, administered by the Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program (OGRIP), is a program that establishes partnerships between State and County government for the creation of spatially accurate street centerlines and field verified site-specific address locations. OGRIP is the state's coordinating body for Geographic Information System (GIS) activities.
With an additional five counties already under contract, DDTI has nearly reached the halfway point of OGRIP’s goal to complete the statewide initiative by 2008.
first published week of: 02/19/2007
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