1Spatial confirms commitment to Local Government in Australia

Sydney, Australia, 11^th September 2012 - 1Spatial is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Account Manager to work closely with Local Government sector.

Hamish Martin brings with him over 10 years of experience in Account Management, with a clear focus on developing and maintaining relationships with clients. His role with 1Spatial will see him working with Local Government on a variety of key initiatives including Flood Analysis, Cadastre Data Alignment, Data validation, 149 Certificate Automation, Desktop GIS and web mapping and Metadata Management.

Brett Madsen, Regional Manager Australia/NZ said of the appointment:

“We are pleased to welcome Hamish to the 1Spatial team. His background in relationship management and customer-centric approach positions us well to achieve our goal of delivering the best level of support possible to Local Government.”

Commenting on his new role, Hamish said:

“I am excited about my new role with 1Spatial, who have proven capability in delivering solutions to even the most complex of projects. I’m looking forward to working in a field that I find extremely interesting and working with the Local Government Authorities to thoroughly understand their requirements and deliver value in key areas of interest for them.”

About 1Spatial in Australia
1Spatial is dedicated to providing innovative spatial solutions and delivering a range of services including software provision, training, consulting and support. Our team of enthusiastic and experienced professionals has expertise in IT, GIS, geosciences, engineering, environmental science and remote sensing.

1Spatial’s technology underpins data management and processing solutions across the globe. Customers range from National Mapping Agencies to Utilities, Defence and government departments, all working to improve efficiencies, reduce risk and promote continuous innovation. Visit www.1spatial.com.au or www.1spatial.com

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Getmapping Provides Base Maps for Wildlife Trust Guide

Hartley Wintney, UK, September 11th, 2012 - Getmapping has supplied high resolution aerial photography to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust for all of its 48 nature reserves. The imagery will provide the backdrop for the Trust’s soon to be published nature reserve guide as well as site signage and practical habitat management. 

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has over 28,000 members and manages over 6,000 hectares of land including 48 nature reserves where rare and threatened wildlife can be protected and thrive. The Trust is the leading nature conservation charity in the two counties, committed to improving conditions for wildlife, protecting wildlife, restoring biodiversity and connecting people with the natural world.

The project to produce a reserve guide for its members seeks to provide up to date information about each reserve in an easily accessible A5 format.

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Scisys and Ordnance Survey Join Forces

SCISYS is proud to announce that it has become an Ordnance Survey Licensed Partner. Specialists in providing IT solutions within government, environment, utility, space science and defence markets, SCISYS joins Ordnance Survey’s Licensed Partner programme at a time when public and private sector organisations are increasingly relying on location data to deliver their business services.

Steve Brignall, SCISYS CTO commented, "SCISYS is excited by the opportunities brought about by this partnership. Having worked already with Ordnance Survey and its data products we are more than aware of the potential. Ordnance Survey data is used by organisations across a broad spectrum of industries and increasingly this data is used to deliver key business services. Matching our systems integration and service provision expertise with Ordnance Survey’s world class data creates a strong joint offering”.

Ordnance Survey is the recognised market leader in its field and is relied on for its mapping expertise. Together with its partners, it provides a wide range of internationally renowned products for government, business and the individual – from complex digital information to traditional walking maps.

At the heart of Ordnance Survey is a vision that, together with its partners, it will be the content provider of choice for location-based information in the new information economy.

For more information contact the Environment team at SCISYS UK:  +44 (0)1249 466466 or via email at environment@scisys.co.uk

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The City of Malmö creates new opportunities with BlomSTREET™ technology

Blom has successfully captured over 300,000 BlomSTREET™ single street view images for The City of Malmö, Sweden.

"The City Planning and Road Department currently use the imagery in their operations, but we envisage that all departments will soon benefit from this versatile product ", says Allan Almqvist, city engineer for the City of Malmö.

BlomSTREET™ - powered by Cyclomedia, is captured from ground level, resulting in a comprehensive, high resolution and georeferenced library of 360-degree panoramic images developed for professional users. The data is provided with an easy to use software package that enables 3D measurements and visualization of 2D and 3D information directly from the imagery.

Allan Almqvist discussed Malmö’s reasoning for choosing BlomSTREET™ - “The Blom product provides many advantages over other commercially available street view imagery. Blom has provided the tools to integrate BlomSTREET™ into our general mapping portal, Malmö City Atlas. This means that all of our geographical data is visible within the same system, combining with our existing maps, orthophotos, oblique images and now street views. This vastly reduces training costs and makes it extremely easy for any of our employees to use the data.” adds Allan Almqvist.

This technology has been developed by CycloMedia and the data capture is performed by Blom using two cameras and a GPS (Globally Positioning System) mounted on the roof of a specially adapted car.

"The benefits of BlomSTREET™ are that we have full control over the frequency of capture and which streets or bicycle paths we choose to photograph. Measurement functions, metadata and the ability to add vectors directly on to the BlomSTREET™ imagery are all key elements of the products“, concluded Allan Almqvist.

Jens Ekander, an architect at Malmö City uses BlomSTREET™ every day.
"Visualisation and measurements are often required to build an understanding of an existing site. So by using BlomSTREET™ I can quickly get a feel for a house or a street without the need to visit the location. For me Blom’s imagery is a great help".

Another frequent BlomSTREET™ user is Peter Ahlström, GIS Engineer at Malmö City.

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OceanWise Launches Seabed Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

Independent marine data management and publishing specialist, OceanWise Ltd, has established off-the-shelf marine mapping datasets that meet the needs of the most demanding applications.  These datasets include Raster Charts and the highly acclaimed vector dataset, Marine Themes.  Both are available on-line for immediate download from established digital mapping providers, emapsite.com and FIND Mapping.  Offering exceptional value, OceanWise mapping and data management products are being used widely across central and local Government, NGOs and the commercial sector.

To accompany the above datasets, OceanWise has created Marine Themes DEM, a seabed digital elevation model (DEM) at 1 and 6 arc seconds utilising single and multi-beam hydrographic survey data from the UK Hydrographic Office and other agencies.  Data derived from Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) is used to provide additional coverage. 

OceanWise Marine Themes DEM offers the following key advantages:

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