1Spatial & LSI Partnership Awarded Important U.S. Census Bureau Contract

1Spatial Software To Be Used in USA 2020 Decennial Census

Cambridge, UK, 9 January 2013, 1Spatial, a geospatial company which manages the world’s largest spatial data and its US partner, LSI, has signed a contract to supply the U.S. Census Bureau with licenses and associated services in preparations for supporting their Geographic Support System.

Through a long term engagement with the U.S. Census Bureau, 1Spatial and LSI have developed and designed an automated conflation process to bring together geospatial data from varied sources.  1Spatial’s agile approach to software development will enable the Census team to gain valuable iterative operational experience and work out efficiencies as the system develops.

The 1Spatial software is enterprise enabled for maximum efficiency and is scalable to provide high performance, whilst maintaining flexibility.  It has been designed to protect investment by enabling operators to capture data within a spatial rules engine and apply the knowledge gleaned consistently throughout the organisation.

“This is a large, complex and mission critical spatial database that is growing at 10-15% annually,” explained Tim Trainor, Geography Division Chief, U.S. Census Bureau.  “There are huge demands from the user community for spatial and temporal accuracy and quality, together with stringent processing deadlines.

We believe that 1Spatial and LSI’s solution will meet our expectations in contributing to an agile, Service Orientated Architecture”.

“We are delighted that the U.S. Census Bureau has seen the enormous value and benefits our solution can provide. The services provided by LSI and ourselves will enable the U.S. Census Bureau to gain maximum benefit and returns on its investment,” Marcus Hanke, CEO 1Spatial. “Drawing on proven ability to support National Mapping and Charting Agencies data management tasks, 1Spatial and LSI’s specialist consultancy and support teams will provide a real-world understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced when managing this level of spatial big data.”

“We have worked with 1Spatial on what we believe is a truly versatile solution that will provide the client with the virtualisation and flexibility they require and we look forward to moving forward with the project,” commented Mary Brauer-Cox, President of LSI.

The software and services will be utilised by the Geography Division as part of a new initiative in preparation for the 2020 Decennial Census. The Geography Division maintains the geographic base data upon which U.S. censuses and surveys are tabulated. 

The Geographic Support System (GSS) Initiative is an integrated program of improved address coverage, continual spatial feature updates and enhanced assessment and measurement, which supports a targeted approach.  The Address Canvassing operation is one of several operations that precedes the national census in 2020.

The data from the 2020 decennial census will be used to:

• determine the number of seats for the House of Representatives for each state
• make decisions about the type of community services to provide
• distribute more than $400 billion in Federal funds to local, state and tribal governments each year
• provide Age Search information, for example for for qualifying benefits.

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1Spatial to present at GIS Ireland 2012

Cambridge, UK, 17^th September 2012 - 1Spatial is delighted to announce that they will be presenting at this year’s GIS Ireland 2012 event on 11^th October in Dublin.

GIS Ireland is the largest one day independent Irish GI conference held each year. Attendees will hear about the latest cutting edge technology and developments in the industry, as well as how to maximise investment in GI, from leading industry experts. The event also provides excellent peer networking opportunities.

Seamus Gilroy of 1Spatial will be presenting in the morning around the recent PRIME2 project for Ordnance Survey Ireland. PRIME2 will provide a rich spatial data framework that will open new and exciting opportunities for spatially aware business solutions. The presentation will look briefly at the background and purpose of the project, before moving on to the approaches and processes involved and then the opportunities that PRIME2 offers.

In the afternoon Local Government Track, Chris Tagg of 1Spatial will be presenting with Barry Doyle from Roscommon County Council. The joint session will outline Roscommon’s recent project to update their Road Schedule database within the MapRoad Road Management System. The presentation will look at the work the council undertook to validate, correct and align their MapRoad data using 1Spatial’s Cloud platform.

Barry Doyle, GIS Officer, Roscommon County Council said:

“It has been both interesting and rewarding to work closely with 1Spatial over the past 12 months in the definition and implementation of the MapRoad data validation and auto correction service, and break new ground in how data services can be made available to organisations such as Local Authorities. I look forward to being able to present what we have achieved to date at GIS Ireland 2012.”     

Seamus Gilroy, Country Manager, 1Spatial Ireland said:

"GIS Ireland is that one occasion during the year when we all get a chance to find out what is happening in our industry in Ireland. I always get a lot from the day and I am delighted this year to have the opportunity to contribute to the event with this presentation on our work with OSi in the delivery of PRIME2."

For additional information about these two presentations and to see the full conference agenda and registration information, please visit the IRLOGI website at www.irlogi.ie/gis-ireland-2012/

About 1Spatial
We see data differently. 1Spatial’s rules-based approach to capturing, validating and managing data enables customers to have confidence in not only their operational data, but also that with a location element. Even those with ‘big data’ are able to process and analyse information in a way traditional technologies do not allow.

By using Socium, 1Spatial’s cloud platform, to automatically validate and correct their data, customers benefit from unrivalled time and cost savings using a truly scalable, zero infrastructure environment.

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 

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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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1Spatial selected as Data Standards and Quality specialist for Environment Agency Framework

Cambridge, UK, 17^th July 2012 - 1Spatial is pleased to announce that the company has been selected as a specialist consultant for Data Standards and Quality by the Environment Agency. The appointment is in relation to its framework contract “Support for licensing public sector information and undertaking intellectual property reviews”.

With responsibility to protect and improve the environment and to promote sustainable development, the Environment Agency plays a central role in delivering the environmental priorities of central government in England and Wales. The Agency depends upon vast quantities of data and information to carry out its statutory duties and responsibilities. It also has to ensure that it adheres to European legislation that governs access and re-use of public sector information in a competitive market, including the future impacts of the INSPIRE Directive.

To help deliver its intended operational outcomes, the Agency formally tendered (via the Official Journal of the European Union) for specialist, expert support to deal with the complex issues that arise from providing access to public sector information.

1Spatial is a recognised global specialist in helping organisations ensure they can rely on their data.  Its core business is focussed on a rules-based approach to capturing, validating and managing data, ensuring geospatially-referenced data is current, accessible, easily shared and trusted.

Thanks to the company’s specialist experience in ensuring that data can be relied upon, 1Spatial has been appointed to this framework to advise the requirements from the Data, Mapping, Modelling and Information (DMMI) Team within the Environment Agency’s Evidence Directorate. 

About 1Spatial
We see data differently. 1Spatial’s rules-based approach to capturing, validating and managing data enables customers to have confidence in not only their operational data, but also that with a location element. Even those with ‘big data’ are able to process and analyse information in a way traditional technologies do not allow.

By using Socium, 1Spatial’s cloud platform, to automatically validate and correct their data, customers benefit from unrivalled time and cost savings using a truly scalable, zero infrastructure environment.

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 

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1Spatial launches the UKPostcodeValidator Transformer for FME®

Cambridge, UK. 2^nd July 2012 - 1Spatial is delighted to announce the launch of a new FME transformer to help you quickly and easily prepare your postcode data for more effective geocoding, without incurring any additional costs.

Recently unveiled at the FME World Tour event in London, hosted by 1Spatial and STAR-APIC, the UKPostcodeValidator is now available in the ‘FME Store’ and allows you to identify whether your postcode data has a valid syntax when compared against the BS7666 rules. 1Spatial has bundled all of this intelligence into a single transformer that allows you to whip your data into shape before you start geocoding or analysing your asset data.

As well as providing confidence in your postcode data, the transformer also gives you information on how to fix any errors that it cannot resolve automatically. Where postcodes are valid, it provides a correctly formatted postcode (uppercase and correctly spaced). Where postcodes are invalid, it provides information on where the error occurs to assist you in fixing the postcode data.

This simple transformer means you can improve the efficiency of your data validation activities without incurring extra costs, as you can download the UKPostcodeValidator and then use it for FREE with FME once you have obtained a license file from 1Spatial Group Ltd. To download the transformer, just search in the FME Workbench Transformer Gallery for the “UKPostcodeValidator” and then email us at fme@1spatial.com for your license.

Commenting on the release, David Eagle, Principal Consultant at 1Spatial added:

“So many organisations in the UK rely on the humble postcode to locate assets or understand the geography of their customers or citizens and yet they can be very prone to error. It just takes one character to be incorrect or a space to appear in the wrong location for it to become almost useless as a spatial reference. The UKPostcodeValidator helps you to identify where you might have issues with your data and even helps you to understand what the issue is. At 1Spatial we need to do similar data validation on a daily basis, so we thought we’d share this intelligence in the form of a transformer that FME users can leverage for their own needs.”

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