ROCHESTER, NY – October 27, 2008 – Pictometry International Corp., a leading provider of geo-referenced aerial image libraries whose patented and proprietary technology is used globally to capture oblique imagery, is hosting its third annual Pictometry FutureView user conference today in San Antonio. FutureView 2008 begins this evening at the Marriott Rivercenter and will run through October 29.
This year’s featured guest speaker is Don Cooke, Chief Scientist for Tele Atlas, a leading provider of digital maps and content for the burgeoning personal navigation industry. Cooke is addressing a FutureView audience of more than 200 attendees including international users, engineers, geospatial experts, and professionals in insurance, E9-1-1, GIS, and tax assessment.
A former member of the 1967 Census Bureau team, Cooke helped to develop the DIME method of street map encoding and later founded Geographic Data Technology, which was acquired by Tele Atlas in 2004. As chief scientist at Tele Atlas, Cooke focuses on research and development and leads the Tele Atlas school outreach program. He served on the NAS Mapping Science Committee in the late 1980s and his publications include ESRI Press' 2005 Fun with GPS. Cooke is a graduate of Yale and studied civil engineering systems at MIT. Former Pictometry FutureView guest speakers have included former U.S. Governor John Sununu (NH) and Jason Barbour, President of the National Emergency Number Association.
“This year’s FutureView conference is sure to inspire and excite,” said Pictometry’s Chief Marketing Officer Dante Pennacchia . “With such an array of attendees, FutureView has to have more than just a little to offer everyone – and it does. Our agenda brings diverse users together for an incredible networking experience infused with fresh ideas and possibilities.”
FutureView is the only user conference of its kind focused exclusively on geo-referenced oblique aerial imaging technology. The conference features innovative new technologies, exhibits from Pictometry business partners, continuing education opportunities for GIS, E9-1-1 and tax assessment; and workshops on maximizing Pictometry products to improve work efficiencies. For more on FutureView, visit www.pictometry.com.
About Pictometry
Pictometry International Corp. is a leading provider of geo-referenced, aerial image libraries and related software. Pictometry has captured over 50 million digital aerial images in over 600 counties in the United States covering over 70 percent of the United States population. Using its proprietary imaging process, Pictometry® captures geo-referenced, high-resolution oblique (at an angle, producing a 3-D like view) and orthogonal (straight down) Intelligent Images®, within which structures and land features can be measured. Pictometry customizes and markets these technologies for government and commercial applications, offering non-traditional software solutions to aerial imaging needs. Pictometry’s imagery and software enables users to “See Everywhere, Measure Anything, Plan Everything”® using a patented digital information system. Pictometry has its headquarters in Rochester , NY and an office in Europe . Pictometry is a second order visualization tool that does not produce authoritative or definitive information (surveying) from its digital, aerial images. For more information on Pictometry, visit www.pictometry.com.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
ERDAS & SGI Share Empire Challenge Collaboration at GEOINT
Norcross, GA — October 29, 2008 — ERDAS Inc. and SGI (NASDAQ: SGIC) announce that they will be showcasing the main server from Empire Challenge 2008 at the GEOINT Symposium later this month. This server hosted indexed metadata for various data stores of imagery, serving data via Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) services.
Empire Challenge 2008 was held at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake , the high-desert home of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, near Ridgecrest , California . In the last five decades, the Navy and Marine Corps have developed or tested nearly every significant airborne weapon system at China Lake . For several weeks in July 2008, a significant number of Australian, British and Canadian military personnel joined the U.S. military for Empire Challenge 2008. The fifth annual exercises, Empire Challenge 2008 demonstrated joint and coalition interoperability among Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms, sensors and systems. Empire Challenge is hosted by the Joint Operational Test Bed System (JOTBS), integrating operations, information and technical capabilities around unmanned systems as part of the Joint Functional Concept for Battlespace Awareness.
At Empire Challenge 2008, ERDAS, the Penn State Electro-Optic Center and Geospatial Industries, Inc. executed several Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) missions at Naval Air Warfare Center , supporting the OGC Pilot. To support data collection and provide dissemination capabilities, the ERDAS OGC-compliant server was set up at Michelson Labs and Reston , VA , where the team supported OGC Pilot services.
ERDAS ran ERDAS APOLLO on an Oracle 10g database, utilizing a SGI® Altix® XE 240 system and a SGI InfiniteStorage NEXIS Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution. ERDAS APOLLO is an enterprise platform for cataloging and serving vector, raster, terrain and map data over the web, via a user-friendly interface. Compliant with the OGC and International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ERDAS APOLLO Server implements WMS, WCS, WFS, WFS-T and CS-W standards and the ECW-P and JPIP wavelet streaming protocols. ERDAS APOLLO efficiently stores and quickly shares gridded data throughout the enterprise. The capture platform for the exercise was a partially Sensor Web Enabled (SWE) Tiger Shark UAS provided by the EOC. The ERDAS and SGI server was used for indexing the geospatial metadata of the Tiger Shark imagery, as well as other static data sets available, including CADRG files, Landsat, NAIP and more.
Once captured data and imagery were on the ground, ERDAS’ Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based services finalized processes and disseminated and exploited the image based products. The OGC services enabled image cataloging and supported the uploading of both imagery and products to the OGC compliant image web archives.
"SGI Altix server and storage architectures are particularly well suited for operating in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and web or internet environment, providing geospatial information." said Robert Robbins, SGI Director of Defense and Strategic Systems" The ERDAS APOLLO solution takes advantage of the SGI performance and flexibility to perform quick and efficient information indexing and sharing in support of important exercise operations and events."
“During the Empire Challenge exercise, the team utilized ERDAS and SGI technology, illustrating the importance of OGC compliant services,” said Christopher Tucker, Senior Vice President, Americas and National Programs, ERDAS. “We are excited to highlight this main server at the GEOINT Symposium later this month.”
GEOINT will be October 27-30 at the Gaylord Palms Opryland Resort in Nashville , Tennessee . ERDAS will be utilizing the server used at Empire Challenge, as well as showcasing its full portfolio of solutions at booth #942. For more information about ERDAS, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 877 GO ERDAS, or visit http://www.erdas.com/.
About ERDAS ERDAS creates geospatial business systems that transform our earth's data into business information, enabling individuals, businesses and public agencies to quickly access, manage, process, and share that information from anywhere. Using secure geospatial information, ERDAS solutions improve employee, customer and partner visibility to information, enabling them to respond faster and collaborate better. It also means better decision-making, increased productivity and new revenue streams.
ERDAS is a part of the Hexagon Group, Sweden . For more information about
ERDAS or its products and services, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit http://www10.giscafe.com/goto.php?http://www.erdas.com.
Empire Challenge 2008 was held at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake , the high-desert home of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, near Ridgecrest , California . In the last five decades, the Navy and Marine Corps have developed or tested nearly every significant airborne weapon system at China Lake . For several weeks in July 2008, a significant number of Australian, British and Canadian military personnel joined the U.S. military for Empire Challenge 2008. The fifth annual exercises, Empire Challenge 2008 demonstrated joint and coalition interoperability among Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms, sensors and systems. Empire Challenge is hosted by the Joint Operational Test Bed System (JOTBS), integrating operations, information and technical capabilities around unmanned systems as part of the Joint Functional Concept for Battlespace Awareness.
At Empire Challenge 2008, ERDAS, the Penn State Electro-Optic Center and Geospatial Industries, Inc. executed several Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) missions at Naval Air Warfare Center , supporting the OGC Pilot. To support data collection and provide dissemination capabilities, the ERDAS OGC-compliant server was set up at Michelson Labs and Reston , VA , where the team supported OGC Pilot services.
ERDAS ran ERDAS APOLLO on an Oracle 10g database, utilizing a SGI® Altix® XE 240 system and a SGI InfiniteStorage NEXIS Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution. ERDAS APOLLO is an enterprise platform for cataloging and serving vector, raster, terrain and map data over the web, via a user-friendly interface. Compliant with the OGC and International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ERDAS APOLLO Server implements WMS, WCS, WFS, WFS-T and CS-W standards and the ECW-P and JPIP wavelet streaming protocols. ERDAS APOLLO efficiently stores and quickly shares gridded data throughout the enterprise. The capture platform for the exercise was a partially Sensor Web Enabled (SWE) Tiger Shark UAS provided by the EOC. The ERDAS and SGI server was used for indexing the geospatial metadata of the Tiger Shark imagery, as well as other static data sets available, including CADRG files, Landsat, NAIP and more.
Once captured data and imagery were on the ground, ERDAS’ Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based services finalized processes and disseminated and exploited the image based products. The OGC services enabled image cataloging and supported the uploading of both imagery and products to the OGC compliant image web archives.
"SGI Altix server and storage architectures are particularly well suited for operating in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and web or internet environment, providing geospatial information." said Robert Robbins, SGI Director of Defense and Strategic Systems" The ERDAS APOLLO solution takes advantage of the SGI performance and flexibility to perform quick and efficient information indexing and sharing in support of important exercise operations and events."
“During the Empire Challenge exercise, the team utilized ERDAS and SGI technology, illustrating the importance of OGC compliant services,” said Christopher Tucker, Senior Vice President, Americas and National Programs, ERDAS. “We are excited to highlight this main server at the GEOINT Symposium later this month.”
GEOINT will be October 27-30 at the Gaylord Palms Opryland Resort in Nashville , Tennessee . ERDAS will be utilizing the server used at Empire Challenge, as well as showcasing its full portfolio of solutions at booth #942. For more information about ERDAS, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 877 GO ERDAS, or visit http://www.erdas.com/.
About ERDAS ERDAS creates geospatial business systems that transform our earth's data into business information, enabling individuals, businesses and public agencies to quickly access, manage, process, and share that information from anywhere. Using secure geospatial information, ERDAS solutions improve employee, customer and partner visibility to information, enabling them to respond faster and collaborate better. It also means better decision-making, increased productivity and new revenue streams.
ERDAS is a part of the Hexagon Group, Sweden . For more information about
ERDAS or its products and services, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit http://www10.giscafe.com/goto.php?http://www.erdas.com.
Microsoft Single View Platform showcases Microsoft's deep foray into geospatial software.
Microsoft Single View Platform showcases Microsoft's deep foray into geospatial software.
Several agencies are beginning to use Microsoft SVP to meet evolving data visualization and decision-support system requirements in areas such as communication to citizens, command center operations, emergency response, facility management, information sharing and business intelligence needs, as well as in overall program management.
"Government officials are increasingly aware of geospatial information's value to many aspects of their operations," said Gina Marie Hatheway, industry manager for the U.S. Public Sector Industry Unit at Microsoft. "With Microsoft's Single View Platform and our partners' offerings built around this solution, data can be unlocked in new ways to present visually compelling and critically important applications. Microsoft SVP brings important cost advantages and operating efficiencies to our customers."
Microsoft SVP: Diverse Missions, One Avenue of Analysis
The geospatial intelligence gleaned through Microsoft SVP solutions allows agencies with diverse missions to access imagery of critical locations and overlay existing data sets to create a holistic view of situational requirements by bringing together Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and its Virtual Earth mapping software to harness the power of geographical visualization.
The United Nations' International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has launched ITU Global View, a data visualization solution jointly developed with Microsoft and IDV Solutions, which is built on the Microsoft Single View Platform. As an online mapping application, it is being used to track and help accelerate the implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) goals, and provides decision-makers and stakeholders with a comprehensive view of current telecommunications infrastructure, projects and statistics.
"As the United Nations' specialized agency for information and communication technologies, the International Telecommunication Union is at the cutting edge of innovatively applying technology to achieve our objectives," said Sami Al-Basheer Al Morshid, director of ITU's Telecommunication Development Bureau. "ITU Global View provides development stakeholders and decision-makers with online mapping and data analysis of global telecommunications infrastructure, development projects, statistics and trends. The ITU and Microsoft collaboration demonstrates how technology can be applied to help address development challenges, and we are encouraged by the progress we have made together."
Governments, such as the government of Harris County, Texas, are showing how geospatial tools such as Microsoft SVP have direct impact on resident services.
"Harris County is the third-largest county in the U.S., which requires coordination and simultaneous display of thousands of pieces of data involved in the life cycle of ongoing projects," said Bill Jackson, director of E-Business for Harris County. "Microsoft's data visualization platform allows geo-referenced data relevant to infrastructure to be viewed on a map, thereby increasing situational understanding of processes and events."
Microsoft SVP also is helping federal agencies to meet mission objectives. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a research institution that is using Microsoft's data visualization solution to support the U.S. Department of Energy in its efforts to increase the availability of clean and abundant energy. By tracking material and asset availability across the lab campus, ORNL is able to prevent duplicate ordering and accelerate delivery of chemical supplies.
"The integration of Virtual Earth and Microsoft Office SharePoint have provided visibility and enhanced the value of information at the lab," said R. Scott Studham, chief information officer of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Microsoft's own Global Security Operations Centers worldwide are using this data visualization platform. Brian Tuskan, senior director of Microsoft Global Security Operations, said: "We use the Microsoft Single View Platform to incorporate publicly available RSS feeds within our three Global Security Operations Centers. This allows us to see how events around the world are impacting our 700-plus Microsoft locations and to display the critical information we need to assess situations much faster."
Microsoft SVP is an open, industry standards-based architecture that can be built on existing desktop and server infrastructures, providing agencies with a baseline technology that has the ability to configure unique solutions depending on specific program requirements in the area of business intelligence, information sharing, work flow and business processes, project management, and systems center. Interoperable by design, Microsoft SVP integrates multiple data sets, legacy systems and existing applications and management dashboard capabilities, helping reduce cost, complexity and development time.
Microsoft SVP's commercial off-the-shelf technology enables solutions to be built and deployed quickly. Because the architecture is flexible and security-enhanced, government agencies can create restricted access and controls, allowing end users access only to information relevant to their role.
More information about Microsoft Single View Platform is available at http://www.microsoft.com/industry/government/solutions/Single_View_Platform/de fault.aspx.
Microsoft will provide demonstrations of these solutions in booths 205 and 211 at the GEOINT 2008 Symposium.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The Fastest Image Server on the Face of the Earth
Say hello to ERDASImage Web Server.Serve thousands of simultaneous users up to 100 terabytes of imagery – from a single standard dual-processor server – with ERDAS Image Web Server.
It's not just blindingly fast. ERDAS Image Web Server is also flexible and efficient. Now you can load and process images regardless of image size or number of users… access imagery from any GIS, CAD, Web, Office, mobile or server-based application… and slash hardware and administrative costs.
Say hello to the fastest image server ever. Visit www.erdas.com to download an evaluation copy, or call 1 877 GO ERDAS.
It's not just blindingly fast. ERDAS Image Web Server is also flexible and efficient. Now you can load and process images regardless of image size or number of users… access imagery from any GIS, CAD, Web, Office, mobile or server-based application… and slash hardware and administrative costs.
Say hello to the fastest image server ever. Visit www.erdas.com to download an evaluation copy, or call 1 877 GO ERDAS.
ERDAS Adds Support for WorldView-1 Satellite Data
21 July 2008 Allows Users to Employ the Most Accurate Satellite Stereo Imagery for Detailed Terrain, Feature, & Intelligence Production
Norcross, GA — ERDAS Inc. has announced support for WorldView-1 satellite products in ERDAS IMAGINE? and LPS. By supporting WorldView-1 imagery, ERDAS IMAGINE and LPS will empower ERDAS users such as GEOINT and military analysts, state and local governments, civil organizations, first responders and non-governmental organizations to transform the satellite information into timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence.
ERDAS support for WorldView-1 data in most available formats is included in the ERDAS IMAGINE and LPS 9.2 releases. SP1 completes this capability by providing specific support for the NCDRD rigorous model format. Users benefit from the ability to exploit WorldView-1 imagery with ERDAS products, as the minimal pre-processing requirements combined with sophisticated ERDAS production capabilities allows them to maximize efforts geared toward delivering actionable intelligence and highly accurate terrain, feature and image products.
“Commercial satellite imagery, such as that generated by WorldView-1, has been consumed at a rapidly increasing rate for Department of Defense, intelligence and civil applications,” said Tom Lobonc, Director of Photogrammetry and Defense Products, ERDAS. “We have added support for WorldView-1 imagery to ensure that our users immediately benefit from an unprecedented pairing of this high-resolution, high-accuracy satellite stereo imagery with the most sophisticated, comprehensive and flexible geospatial solutions available.”
Owned and operated by Digital Globe, WorldView-1 was launched in 2007 to provide highly detailed imagery for precise map creation, change detection and in-depth image analysis. WorldView-1 is a panchromatic imaging system featuring half-meter resolution imagery.
To learn more about ERDAS’ solutions, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit http://www.erdas.com.
Norcross, GA — ERDAS Inc. has announced support for WorldView-1 satellite products in ERDAS IMAGINE? and LPS. By supporting WorldView-1 imagery, ERDAS IMAGINE and LPS will empower ERDAS users such as GEOINT and military analysts, state and local governments, civil organizations, first responders and non-governmental organizations to transform the satellite information into timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence.
ERDAS support for WorldView-1 data in most available formats is included in the ERDAS IMAGINE and LPS 9.2 releases. SP1 completes this capability by providing specific support for the NCDRD rigorous model format. Users benefit from the ability to exploit WorldView-1 imagery with ERDAS products, as the minimal pre-processing requirements combined with sophisticated ERDAS production capabilities allows them to maximize efforts geared toward delivering actionable intelligence and highly accurate terrain, feature and image products.
“Commercial satellite imagery, such as that generated by WorldView-1, has been consumed at a rapidly increasing rate for Department of Defense, intelligence and civil applications,” said Tom Lobonc, Director of Photogrammetry and Defense Products, ERDAS. “We have added support for WorldView-1 imagery to ensure that our users immediately benefit from an unprecedented pairing of this high-resolution, high-accuracy satellite stereo imagery with the most sophisticated, comprehensive and flexible geospatial solutions available.”
Owned and operated by Digital Globe, WorldView-1 was launched in 2007 to provide highly detailed imagery for precise map creation, change detection and in-depth image analysis. WorldView-1 is a panchromatic imaging system featuring half-meter resolution imagery.
To learn more about ERDAS’ solutions, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit http://www.erdas.com.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
GeoSage Releases RGB Image Stretching Tool – A Time-Saving Utility Program for Versatile Image Stretching
Sydney, Australia - 17 May 2008: GeoSage is pleased to release RGB Image Stretching Tool, a time-saving utility program for versatile image stretching. Image stretching is arguably the most common task in remote sensing image analysis. Almost all remote sensing software programs contain a suite of well-known stretching methods such as histogram stretching, Gaussian, Equalization, and Square Root. So, why another tool on the topic? As an experienced image analyst would tell, to produce a visually-appealing RGB composite from raw imagery with true radiometric reflectance is often tedious, involving the trials of many image stretching options available. Choosing a suitable method and related parameters is highly unpredictable, and it is fairy common to take dozens of minutes or even hours to produce a desirable result. RGB Image Stretching Tool is an efficient DOS-based utility program and contains both linear and non-linear stretching options. Users can define a set of band-specific, adaptable parameters for both options in a single run. RGB Image Stretching Tool analyzes 8- or 16-bit multiple-band GeoTIFF inputs, and outputs 3-band, 8-bit RGB composite in GeoTIFF format with a single image planar configuration. RGB Image Stretching Tool runs super-fast. Processing 8,500+ Landsat ETM+ scenes with a global coverage would take less than 24 hours on a typical office PC. A numbers of useful tips and a set of default parameters are also provided for advanced image stretching. Users of mainstream GIS software such as MapInfo and ArcGIS and general image manipulation software such as PhotoShop and ACDsee will find this tool very useful and handy too. The processed RGB composite can be directly displayed within applications, no hassles. A fully-functional trial version is available GeoSage website http://www.geosage.com/. Also included is a free band combination utility program called RGB Image Composition Tool.
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GeoSage is an enthusiastic leading developer in image fusion and spectral transformation analysis. Through continued research and development of advanced image processing techniques, GeoSage is committed to promoting higher-quality satellite imagery and its wider usage among the geospatial community as well as the public.
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GeoSage is an enthusiastic leading developer in image fusion and spectral transformation analysis. Through continued research and development of advanced image processing techniques, GeoSage is committed to promoting higher-quality satellite imagery and its wider usage among the geospatial community as well as the public.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Mapserving.Com Announces New Internet Map Hosting Service
New Subscription Hosting Service for Manifold IMS Users
Princeton, NJ -- February 8, 2008 -- MAPSERVING, the internet's best place for Manifold GIS users to easily, quickly, and securely share their map projects, announces the launch of their enhanced web hosting service. The new service provides end users with direct user-account access to MAPSERVING’s hosting services and adds a number of new features.
"We're very proud to announce MAPSERVING’s formal launch,” states Charles McLane, founder and CEO of MAPSERVING. “We believe it will transform how Manifold GIS users publish their maps or geospatial web applications, and the early responses have been very positive." The MAPSERVING web site provides users with the ability to open and manage their own accounts in a secure environment, with complete reporting at any time on their use of system resources. MAPSERVING’s monthly subscription hosting service is designed to be affordable for entry-level users, but can scale up ensuring powerful enterprise solutions for larger applications.
“We have seen Manifold IMS being used in a variety of ways empowering end users with easy to use GIS-enabled websites” said Senior IMS Specialist Joe Luchette. “Many developers or businesses do not want to take on the responsibility of running an IMS web server, and that’s where MAPSERVING comes in. Our hosted web service allows Manifold GIS users to concentrate solely on enhancing their web mapping applications and letting us handle the rest.”
Users of MAPSERVING’s hosting service may select from one of three available tiers of service, and configure their account to include the storage and bandwidth resources necessary for their particular project. The service allows Manifold IMS map projects to be displayed to end users in a standard internet web browser.
About MAPSERVING
MAPSERVING.com, LLC was founded in 2004 as the first Internet Map Server (IMS) hosting company to provide a centralized internet outlet for Manifold® IMS maps. Since its launch MAPSERVING has been providing secure and reliable hosting of maps for its clients and providing a range of other GIS/IMS and web design services. MAPSERVING is committed to providing its clients with the latest in internet hosting capabilities.
For more information on MAPSERVING, please visit http://www.mapserving.com
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Princeton, NJ -- February 8, 2008 -- MAPSERVING, the internet's best place for Manifold GIS users to easily, quickly, and securely share their map projects, announces the launch of their enhanced web hosting service. The new service provides end users with direct user-account access to MAPSERVING’s hosting services and adds a number of new features.
"We're very proud to announce MAPSERVING’s formal launch,” states Charles McLane, founder and CEO of MAPSERVING. “We believe it will transform how Manifold GIS users publish their maps or geospatial web applications, and the early responses have been very positive." The MAPSERVING web site provides users with the ability to open and manage their own accounts in a secure environment, with complete reporting at any time on their use of system resources. MAPSERVING’s monthly subscription hosting service is designed to be affordable for entry-level users, but can scale up ensuring powerful enterprise solutions for larger applications.
“We have seen Manifold IMS being used in a variety of ways empowering end users with easy to use GIS-enabled websites” said Senior IMS Specialist Joe Luchette. “Many developers or businesses do not want to take on the responsibility of running an IMS web server, and that’s where MAPSERVING comes in. Our hosted web service allows Manifold GIS users to concentrate solely on enhancing their web mapping applications and letting us handle the rest.”
Users of MAPSERVING’s hosting service may select from one of three available tiers of service, and configure their account to include the storage and bandwidth resources necessary for their particular project. The service allows Manifold IMS map projects to be displayed to end users in a standard internet web browser.
About MAPSERVING
MAPSERVING.com, LLC was founded in 2004 as the first Internet Map Server (IMS) hosting company to provide a centralized internet outlet for Manifold® IMS maps. Since its launch MAPSERVING has been providing secure and reliable hosting of maps for its clients and providing a range of other GIS/IMS and web design services. MAPSERVING is committed to providing its clients with the latest in internet hosting capabilities.
For more information on MAPSERVING, please visit http://www.mapserving.com
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Use Geoprocessing Tools in ArcObjects Applications (ArcUser Online)
Geoprocessing is a fundamental part of ArcGIS. Whether you are a new user or an old pro, geoprocessing is an essential part of day-today work with ArcGIS. Geoprocessing provides the data analysis, data management, and data conversion tools necessary for all GIS users including ArcObjects developers. Read the complete story ...
New Jersey Transit Corp. Selects Intergraph for Public Safety System Modernization
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—February 5, 2008— To advance public safety and security efforts associated with nearly 251 million annual passenger trips, New Jersey Transit Corp. (NJ TRANSIT), the nation's third largest transit system, will deploy a suite of Intergraph's integrated emergency incident response, planning and reporting solutions. The new public safety system will provide police personnel, dispatchers and emergency responders with real-time intelligence to assist them in their incident prevention and response efforts. The new system will replace a homegrown, legacy system and will deliver integrated dispatch, records and mobile field reporting capabilities. This enhanced functionality will enable NJ TRANSIT police to more effectively and efficiently respond to emergency incidents. Intergraph's emergency incident response, planning and reporting solutions also provide NJ TRANSIT police with the capability for interoperability and cross-agency information sharing, a key initiative for homeland security efforts, especially in the population dense northeastern region of the United States. "Public safety and security personnel at some of the world's largest mass transit agencies rely on the incident command capabilities provided by Intergraph's public safety and security solutions to aid in emergency incident prevention and response efforts," said Reid French, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Intergraph Corp. "By deploying the Intergraph solution, NJ TRANSIT security personnel, dispatchers and emergency responders will be better prepared to mitigate and respond to a wide variety of threats and incidents in real time for their customers across the region." About NJ TRANSIT NJ TRANSIT is the nation's largest statewide public transportation system providing nearly 865,000 weekday trips on 240 bus routes, three light rail lines and 11 commuter rail lines. It is the third largest transit system in the country with 162 rail stations, 60 light rail stations and more than 18,000 bus stops linking major points in New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia. About Intergraph Intergraph Corp. is the leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software. Security organizations, businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on the company's spatial technology and services to make better and faster operational decisions. Intergraph's customers organize vast amounts of complex data into understandable visual representations, creating intelligent maps, managing assets, building and operating better plants and ships and protecting critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com. (C) 2008 Intergraph Corporation. All rights reserved. Intergraph and the Intergraph logo are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Local Governments Migrate From ArcIMS To ArcGIS Server
Jan 24, 2008 - Dayton, OH - Polk County NC - After completing a custom $60,000 ArcGIS Server application Polk County NC had funds left over. With these leftover funds, which were approximately 10% of the original project, the GIS group purchased Freeance Release 5. The County GIS group liked that Freeance allows them to create new GIS Web applications and modify them in-house as opposed to their original project that is a "black box" which only the vendor can modify. Freeance Release 5 functionality that the County plans on utilizing are; the markup and redlining functions and the plug-n-play database connection to AS/400 DB2 tables. One of the new Web sites the County plans on creating with Freeance will access North Carolina historical maps for public access.
Amarillo TX
The City had multiple existing ArcIMS Web sites that were customized over the years to perform specific functions required by internal users and public. This created a "custom code captive" situation for the City GIS/IT group and modifying existing GIS Web sites became cumbersome. For their migration to the new ArcGIS Server platform the City was looking for a way to avoid building Web sites with custom code applications. The City purchased Freeance to build new ArcGIS Server Web sites because of its commercial off-the-shelf attributes that allow easy, quick and structured maintaining of their new ArcGIS Server Web applications.
Napa County CA
Moving into ArcGIS Server the County GIS group needed a rapid development application builder that allows them to create custom reporting with buffering for end users to create mailing label reports. Multiple PDF print templates were also an attractive feature that the County plans to utilize with Freeance. These are just a few of the many organizations using Freeance to maximize their ArcGIS Server resources in 2008. Freeance Release 5 reduces the time and effort needed to create Web mapping applications and increase functionality of GIS Web sites. Freeance has become a leading solution for building Web mapping applications using ArcGIS and ArcIMS software. License fees for Freeance Release 5 start at $5,995 per server and allow organizations to build an unlimited number of internal and external Web based applications. For more information, visit http://www10.giscafe.com/goto.php?http://www.Freeance.com
Amarillo TX
The City had multiple existing ArcIMS Web sites that were customized over the years to perform specific functions required by internal users and public. This created a "custom code captive" situation for the City GIS/IT group and modifying existing GIS Web sites became cumbersome. For their migration to the new ArcGIS Server platform the City was looking for a way to avoid building Web sites with custom code applications. The City purchased Freeance to build new ArcGIS Server Web sites because of its commercial off-the-shelf attributes that allow easy, quick and structured maintaining of their new ArcGIS Server Web applications.
Napa County CA
Moving into ArcGIS Server the County GIS group needed a rapid development application builder that allows them to create custom reporting with buffering for end users to create mailing label reports. Multiple PDF print templates were also an attractive feature that the County plans to utilize with Freeance. These are just a few of the many organizations using Freeance to maximize their ArcGIS Server resources in 2008. Freeance Release 5 reduces the time and effort needed to create Web mapping applications and increase functionality of GIS Web sites. Freeance has become a leading solution for building Web mapping applications using ArcGIS and ArcIMS software. License fees for Freeance Release 5 start at $5,995 per server and allow organizations to build an unlimited number of internal and external Web based applications. For more information, visit http://www10.giscafe.com/goto.php?http://www.Freeance.com
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Welcome to the Home of CartoWeb!
CartoWeb is a comprehensive and ready-to-use Web-GIS (Geographical Information System) as well as a convenient framework for building advanced and customized applications.
Developed by Camptocamp SA, it is based on the UMN MapServer engine and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Written using innovative language PHP5, CartoWeb is highly modular and customizable thanks to its object-oriented architecture. It runs evenly on Windows or Unix-like platforms and shows its real power when associated to PostgreSQL/PostGIS.
Last but not least, CartoWeb may be set up as a SOAP Web Service enabling to have front-end server on one machine and data and map generation on an other.
FROM: http://www.cartoweb.org/
MAP2PDF
Create GeoPDF files with the market's leading GIS applicationMap2PDF extensions are available in several versions includingMap2PDF for ArcGIS®, the industry's leading geospatial information solution. Using Map2PDF for ArcGIS, GIS professionals are able to create full-featured maps with attributes and labels in ArcMap and export them to a georegistered PDF using the Map2PDF extension. Once GeoPDF files are created, they can be shared with users who are able to access features, attributes, coordinate systems and text through the GeoPDF Toolbar via Adobe Reader. Creating GeoPDF files directly from ArcGIS couldn't be easier
-One click exports map layout to a GeoPDF file
-Automatically embeds projection coordinate systems within the PDF
-Maintains layers within the PDF
-Enables attribute search within a single map or across a set of maps with Acrobat Object Data
-Gives map users the ability to find and zoom to attribute data
-Allows map users to measure distance and bearing
-Available for 9.x and above
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