Intergraph to Present at GSDI 11 World Conference

Intergraph will present in three sessions on spatial data infrastructure (SDI) at the GSDI 11 World Conference to be held from 15th to 19th June 2009 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. At GSDI 11, Intergraph presenters will share their experience to address how to maximise the value of metadata in conjunction with the INSPIRE initiative, how to plan for successful SDI participation and how to achieve multi-national interoperability for spatial data sharing. Johann Jessenk, global industry manager for Government & Transportation at Intergraph, said that in recent years, the company has been involved in SDI and INSPIRE initiatives through... (read more)

2009-06-09 09:27:21

Esri ArcGIS for INSPIRE

Esri has released ArcGIS for INSPIRE, a product developed to meet the data, services, and metadata requirements of the European Union-mandated Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE). Organisations can use ArcGIS for INSPIRE to achieve the technical requirements necessary to meet this directive and create shareable geospatial information and services to make better decisions across Europe. "ArcGIS for INSPIRE supports the workflows, as well as the data management, dissemination, and integrity, that are required by INSPIRE," says Roberto Lucchi, ArcGIS for INSPIRE product manager, Esri. "This is a complete technical solution that can be used by all... (read more)

2011-05-05 02:52:57

New Capabilities for IAS in IAS 3.0

ITT Visual Information Solutions (CO, USA) has released Image Access Solutions (IAS) 3.0, its family of COTS software products used for delivering, accessing, and managing large geospatial images and metadata. IAS 3.0 introduces an updated architecture built to comply with the most recent JPEG 2000 and JPEG 2000 Internet Protocol (JPIP) standards, as well as numerous usability and general improvements to both the IAS Server and IAS Viewer. The IAS solution allows users in remote locations, such as deployed military personnel and disaster relief workers, to receive and view images and metadata, even over networks with limited bandwidth that cannot... (read more)

2006-11-15 12:00:00

ESRI GIS Portal Toolkit 3

ESRI (CA, USA) has released GIS Portal Toolkit. GIS Portal Toolkit version 3 which includes improved installation and configuration, better metadata management and access control, and integration with ArcGIS Desktop. The GIS Portal Toolkit is a technology and services solution for implementing local, regional, national, and global spatial data infrastructure portals. GIS Portal Toolkit 3 offers enhancements that meet the needs of users, publishers, channel stewards, and GIS portal administrators. These enhancements include the following: all users can now set symbology for Web Feature Services as well as download data from a predefined ArcIMS Data Delivery extension serve registered users... (read more)

2006-06-29 12:00:00

Next Generation GIS Portal

The US Department of the Interior has selected ESRI (CA, USA) to develop full implementation of the Geospatial One-Stop Operational Portal (GOS 2), providing new ways of sharing geospatial information to improve decision-making processes. Since its launch in July 2003 the prototype has provided a central site for posting and discovering metadata about agency resources. The experience ESRI gained through administering GOS 1 has directly led to improvements in usability and functionality. The GOS site compiles more than 75,000 metadata records. GOS 2 uses the proven Google Search Appliance for a new method of integrated spatial and subject searching. Metadata... (read more)

2005-03-17 12:00:00

Geospatial Catalog v2.2.0

GeoNetwork has announced the release of GeoNetwork opensource 2.2.0, a standard based geospatial catalog application that helps people and organizations to organize and publish their geospatial data through the web. It is currently used in numerous Spatial Data Infrastructure initiatives across the world. The software provides an easy to use web interface to search geospatial data across multiple catalogs, combine distributed map services in the embedded map viewer, send annotated interactive maps to friends by email, publish geospatial data using the online metadata editing tools and optionally the embedded GeoServer map server. Administrators have the option to manage user... (read more)

2008-04-08 09:47:38

Intergraph Helps Czechs Fulfil INSPIRE SDI Obligations

The Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre (COSMC) has launched a new version of its Geoportal system using Intergraph’s GeoMedia SDI suite. In doing so, the Office becomes one of the first national mapping agencies to fulfil its obligations arising from the INSPIRE Directive of European Parliament. Through Geoportal, COSMC now publishes 165,000 metadata records describing its spatial datasets and services and returns search results in under one second. Most of the Geoportal website text content is generated from information held in the metadata records. The metadata records are updated daily via an Electronic Transformation and Loading (ETL)... (read more)

2011-11-02 03:30:56

Data Lineage

An Essential Step in Data Processing

As William Pollard said, "Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organised, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit." In any project it is essential to distribute information to all parties involved. Reproducible project process information is essential to all participants at every working level. Information should be organised and presented in a standardised, easy-to-use way, possible using data lineage. View Larger Map Project information is expected to contain answers to essential questions such as: how, what, when, where, why and who? The answers... (read more)

2009-09-01 12:00:00

Free GeoRaster Loader for Oracle 10g and 11g

PCI Geomatics (Canada) has announced the release and free availability of Geomatica GeoRaster Loader, a desktop product used to load image data and associated metadata into Oracle 10g and 11g. Geomatica GeoRaster Loader is a scaled down version of PCI Geomatics' GeoRaster ETL loading technology. The GeoRaster Loader loads single images and has no transform capability, whereas the GeoRaster ETL allows for the batch processing of a collection of imagery and offers the ability to transform the imagery prior to loading. With GeoRaster Loader, image data is extracted from over 50 raster file formats and loaded into the Oracle... (read more)

2008-01-23 09:02:47

OGC Aims to Add Earth Observation Working Group

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC, USA) is seeking comments on the charter for a proposed OGC Standards Working Group (SWG). The new SWG will revise the Earth Observation Metadata profile of Observations & Measurements, an existing OGC standard for documenting Earth Observation (EO) product metadata. It will also develop a new, related standard to extend the use of OpenSearch for discovery of EO products. The SWG will consider change requests for the charter that have been posted up to 16 August 2013. The OGC is an international consortium of more than 480 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating... (read more)

2013-07-18 10:56:35