Demonstrating its commitment to the integration of spatial and non spatial solutions, SciSys Environment Division held an inaugural seminar for public sector organisations to debate the challenges and opportunities associated with making Spatial Data available in the public domain.
Attendees from a variety of organisations including UK Location Programme, the Forestry Commission, Welsh Government, Ordnance Survey, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the British Geological Society gathered to hear presentations from a number of senior thinkers in the environmental data sectors.
Chaired by Professor Mike Jackson, Director of the Centre for Geospatial Science at Nottingham University and a non-executive director of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), the day provided a series of thought pieces, invoking serious discussion as well as the opportunity for attendees to network with presenters and participants alike.
Professor Jackson commented “The SciSys Spatial Data Day was an excellent event that sparked lively debate around the real issues that face public sector initiatives such as INSPIRE, the Transparency Agenda and the challenges of sharing public data within and outside of Government. The SciSys workshop generated some real insight into these areas stimulated by excellent presentations and the depth of know-how, implementation and operational experience from the experts present!”
To read a full account of the day and download the presentations please visit http://www.scisys.co.uk/markets/environment/dataday.aspx
About SciSys
SciSys is a leading developer of ICT services, e-Business and advanced geospatial technology solutions which operates in a broad spectrum of market sectors including environment, utilities, defence, government, communication, business services, media and broadcast, space and transport. An active AGI member, SciSys has developed an extensive Geographic Information Systems (GIS) capability tracing the increasing maturity of GIS services from standalone mapping products through to fully integrated, web-enabled decision support tools. SciSys is expert in the use of the major commercial and open source GIS products and have extensive experience of integrating these products into business systems. Customers include the Environment Agency, BBC, RNLI, MOD, the European Space Agency, the Coal Authority and UK Power Networks. The group has offices in Chippenham, Bristol and Reading in the UK and in Bochum, Darmstadt and Oberpfaffenhofen in Germany.