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SciSys plc (stock code: SSY), the specialist supplier of bespoke software systems, IT based solutions and support services to the public, environment, utilities, media, broadcast, space, defence and transport sectors is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a circa £3.5m contract with the Environment Agency to build and support a strategically important web based solution to manage the requirements of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Scheme.

The CRC scheme is part of the UK Government’s initiative to tackle Climate Change using a new domestic ‘cap and trade’ approach to reduce energy usage from large organisations in the private and public sectors. The scheme is central to the UK Government’s programme for meeting its Greenhouse Gas reduction targets. The solution development phase is likely to last for 15 months with SciSys providing ongoing support for a further 21 months with an option to extend for a further 2 years.

This new contract further strengthens the relationship between the two organisations and builds on the work SciSys has been undertaking for the Environment Agency over several years in helping them develop new solutions to meet their Better Regulation objectives.

Chairman Mike Love commented “We are delighted to be working on behalf of the Environment Agency on this important Climate Change project. Delivering the CRC solution will further strengthen our position as a leading provider of Environmental business solutions”.

Notes to Editors

About SciSys
SciSys is a leading global developer of ICT services, e-Business and advanced technology solutions. The company operates in a broad spectrum of market sectors including space, utilities, defence, government, communication, media, environment and transport. Within these markets, SciSys has been involved in significant developments that have changed the way people do their jobs, through key technologies. SciSys clients are predominantly blue chip and public sector organisations and its customers include the Environment Agency, Thames Water, Arqiva, MOD, Astrium, the European Space Environment Agency, BBC, Deutschewelle and the Metropolitan Police.

Additional information about SciSys available at: SciSys

For more information, please contact:
David Pegg
SciSys
Tel: +44 (0)1249 466466
david.pegg@scisys.co.uk
Anna Clutterbuck
SciSys
Tel:+44 (0)1249 466466
anna.clutterbuck@scisys.co.uk

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The ERDAS E-Newsletter!


Next Edition of Earth to Business: The ERDAS E-Newsletter! To provide you with useful information, including significant ERDAS announcements, customer success stories and feature tips in this monthly e-newsletter.

Increasingly, geospatial information is being used to drive decisions in large organizations. In the past, geospatial technology companies focused on developing and providing solutions to data providers, geospatial service providers, airborne sensing organizations, national mapping agencies, state mapping agencies, DoD/National Programs and the natural resources sector. However, as geospatial technology capabilities have increased, more organizations outside this traditional geospatial customer base are discovering the offerings, with increasing interest in integrating this technology into their organization’s existing enterprise business system.

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KSPT X/L Band meteorological satellite reception system to Bangladesh SPARRSO (Jun 26, 2009)

Kongsberg Spacetec AS has entered a contract with Bangladesh Space Research Organisation (SPARRSO) for delivery of a X/L band meteorological satellite reception and processing system. The system will be capable of receiving data from Terra, Aqua, NOAA, METOP, and MTSAT and also future NPP, NPOESS and MTSAT-2.

For more information about the customer: Bangladesh Space Research Organisation

KSPT HRDFEP system to NASA to support the operational phase of the JAXA / NASA program for ALOS (May 08, 2009)

NASA has ordered the HRDFEP systems from Kongsberg Spacetec to support the operational phase of the JAXA / NASA cooperational program for the ALOS satellite.

The HRDFEP is an integrated high rate data receiver and processing system. Kongsberg Spacetec is also adding full Level 0 capability for ALOS to the HRDFEP on a separate contract..

For more informasjon about the customer: NASA

KSPT ENVISAT ASAR processing system upgrade is successfully delivered to Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth (May 08, 2009)

KSPT ENVISAT ASAR processing system including software and hardware upgrade is successfully delivered to Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth (CAS-CEODE).

Ths system will be installed in the CEODE processing headquarter in Beijing.

For more information about the customer: CAS-CEODE

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Work is forging ahead on Ingenio and Paz, Spain’s future Earth observation satellites.

INSA is taking an active part in the definition of the two satellites, under two contracts which it was recently awarded. In the first, a “Compatibility study for a shared segment for the Paz and Ingenio satellites”, INTA is responsible for two parallel studies, one of which has been assigned to the consortium lead by INSA that also includes Astrium S.A.S. and Deimos Space S.L. The second, the “Ingenio ground segment consolidation study”, has been awarded by the European Space Agency to the consortium formed by Deimos and INSA.

Both satellites, which will be launched in 2012, will cover Spain’s civil and military remote sensing requirements by means of their optical and radar observation instruments which are being designed from the outset to ensure a high degree of compatibility. They will thereby obtain far better results than if the two had been developed separately.

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Infoterra Global News


30 June 2009:Infoterra announces new agent for oil seeps data

Infoterra Ltd, a leader in the provision of geospatial products and services, today announced the appointment of McElhanney Consulting Services, as its agent in Canada for global oil seeps data.

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25 June 2009: Imass Ensures that Standardisation Brings Big Benefits for Acergy

Imass Ltd, an Infoterra company and Autodesk’s leading UK partner, has played a key role in supporting the Acergy Group, a global seabed-to-surface engineering and construction contractor, in carrying out a major licensing audit and consolidation of its Computer Aided Design (CAD) capability. This project is part of Acergy’s exercise to standardise its entire IT resources across all of its international sites.

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25 June 2009: Infoterra announces GeoImaging User Group Conference 2009

Following last year’s successful conference, Infoterra Ltd is pleased to announce that its GeoImaging User Group Conference 2009 will take place on 28th-29th September at St. Anne’s College, Oxford.

Providing a valuable opportunity to learn from the experts, this year’s two day residential conference will enable ERDAS imaging software users to look at the advantages of product updates and future developments, as well as participate in workshops.

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23 June 2009: Infoterra completes largest oil slick mapping project of offshore Seychelles

Infoterra Ltd has completed an oil slick mapping and interpretation project of offshore Seychelles in collaboration with Seychelles Petroleum Company (Seypec). This is the largest slick mapping project ever undertaken of offshore Seychelles – with the acquisition of over 150 radar satellite scenes across the 500,000 km2 area.

Infoterra’s team of experts characterised and ranked all oil slicks, as probable natural seepage or man-made pollution, immediately the satellite imagery was received.

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18 June 2009: Infoterra to develop Land Administration Valuation & Information Management System for the island of Mauritius

Infoterra has today announced it has been appointed to deliver a new Land Administration, Valuation & Information Management System (LAVIMS) for the Government of Mauritius, Ministry of Housing & Lands.

The LAVIMS project is being carried out by Infoterra Ltd, which leads a consortium of highly-experienced companies and consultants to deliver this project over two years.

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18 June 2009: The Spot Infoterra Group to supply Serbia with a national spatial data infrastructure

In partnership with IGN France International, the Spot Infoterra Group – and Astrium division – will supply the Serbian Geodesy Institute (RGZ) with the means to become the central supplier of geoinformation data for public and private institutions in Serbia. Spot Infoterra is a world leader in the field of geoinformation products and services. The contract is worth €15 million approximately

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04 June 2009: Imass selected to provide hydrant and water source management system for three fire & rescue services

Imass Ltd, an Infoterra company, announced today that it is to supply the fire & rescue services in Buckinghamshire, Dorset and Lincolnshire with hydrant and water source asset management systems to support front-line fire crews.

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06 May 2009: Infoterra develops & hosts new portal to power Stanfords online capability

Infoterra Ltd has developed and delivered a new Portal to power Stanfords Business Mapping’s online capability.

This Portal for Stanfords Business Mapping, a leading retail supplier of maps and map data, will give their customers easy access to a wide range of geospatial data – maps for planning applications, large/small scale map data, aerial photography and height data – via one online resource.

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02 April 2009: Bedfordshire & Luton Fire & Rescue Service selects Imass to provide a hydrant management system

Imass Ltd, an Infoterra company, has been selected by Bedfordshire & Luton Fire & Rescue Service to implement a fire hydrant and water source asset management system. This will be utilised by the service’s water officer and will provide accurate information to front-line fire crews on location via their Imass vehicle-mounted data systems.

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GMV has opened two commercial offices in Asia, one in Malaysia and the other in the Korean Republic, forging ahead in its project of worldwide expansion.

These new offices will enable it to give broader coverage and gain a better idea of how the markets work on this continent. GMV has been working in this area for some time and has now built up a healthy list of clients. This has prompted it to set up a permanent commercial presence in the area.

The Malaysia office is in Kuala Lumpur, in the Business Center dependant on the Spanish Embassy’s Economic and Trading Office:

GMV
20th Floor Menara Boustead,
69, Jalan Raja Chulan 50200
Kuala Lumpur
Malasya
while the Korean office is in Seoul’s Invest Korea Plaza:
GMV
Room No. 911, Invest Korea plaza
300-6 Yomgok-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul
Republic of Korea

GMV trades in advanced technology markets. It has become a leading light worldwide in sectors ranging from space through transport, security and ICTs. In the space sector it has been collaborating for over 20 years with the world’s main space agencies such as ESA and NASA. It has spread worldwide by setting up subsidiaries in Portugal and the USA. By now it has built up important commercial relations in continents such as Oceania and Asia, where it boasts clients in Malaysia, Korea, China, India and Japan.

In Malaysia. in particular. GMV has several projects underway. In 2007 it successfully set up focusGEO, flight dynamics software for geostationary satellites, in the Measat control center in Cyberjaya, near Kuala Lumpur. For the last year, together with the local partner ATSB, GMV has also been setting up a coastal DGPS network to give maritime navigation aid, a project won after taking part in an international tender.

GMV also has a sterling track record in Korea. The Korean armed forces purchased the EADS/CASA (now Airbus Military Transport), the flight training simulator for the CN-235 aircraft (KR-01 in the Korean version), in which GMV has been collaborating. GMV and the Korean company ETRI are also participating in the R&D project “Technologies for Automation of Satellite Control”, as part and parcel of “Korea Spain Innovating” (a bilateral agreement between Spain and Korea, brokered by CDTI and ITEP). Furthermore, the arthroscopy surgery training simulator, Insight ArthroVR, GMV’s own brainchild and inhouse development, is taking off quickly through the whole Asia-Pacific area, especially in Korea after implementation of the trainer in Japan’s Tsukuba University last year.

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RapidEye Constellation Covers Serious Ground

RapidEye announced today that they have collected more than 69 Million square kilometers of at least 80% cloud-free images during their first 100 days of operation. The imaging campaigns were concentrated in Europe, the U.S., Brazil and China. More than 36 Million square kilometers of the Earth’s surface, or about one quarter of the total landmass were imaged, often several times.

“When you consider the RapidEye system started operations only in February of this year, the collection rate of more than 69 Million km² of useful images in a little over 3 months is quite impressive,” remarks Michael Oxfort, RapidEye’s Head of Operations and Engineering. “This gives our customers a lot of high quality data to choose from. Even more remarkable is the fact that our system capacity has not been reached yet. We expect our Library to grow to even higher rates in the coming months by expanding our imaging campaigns to other areas around the globe.”

With the arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere, RapidEye is in the process of imaging most of the agricultural land in the United States and Europe. These areas will be repeatedly collected throughout the growing season to provide valuable data for agricultural service customers. In the span of just two weeks in May, over 10 Million km² of low cloud coverage images were collected, demonstrating not only the high imaging capacity, but also the feasibility of high revisit rates.

All of the highest quality multi-spectral data acquired by the RapidEye system is now available in their Library. The Library is continuously growing, with new images being downloaded from their satellites every day. Customers will have the opportunity to choose from the expanding collection of imagery by contacting a RapidEye distributor, a Sales Team member, or a Customer Service representative.

For more information click here.

TruePlanet is a natural color satellite mosaic of the Earth.

It is based on Landsat imagery acquired in 1999 – 2003. Selected satellite scenes have been processed into the final seamless satellite map.

TruePlanet can be tailored according to the specific needs of each individual client. This includes color and brightness adjustment, selection of the map projection or image file format. You may find additional details and sample data for download here

AnyShade is a shaded relief product based on the elevation data with spatial detail of 90m. The main data source is the SRTM DEM that has been processed and completed by additional elevation data to generate the final product.

AnyShade can be tailored according to the specific needs of each individual client. This includes color and brightness adjustment, shading parameters change, selection of the map projection or image file format. You may find additional details and sample data for download here

Check the examples of TruePlanet and AnyShade products in the image gallery below.
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Water infrastructure development projects

  • GeoID’s Beringen Mine 3D project was on TV. Look here for the broadcast of Vlaanderen Vakantieland.
  • GeoID contributes to water infrastructure development projects in Bulgaria by delivering a set of orthorectified very high resolution satellite images.

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Student Contest GoGeo 09 and Euro-Maps Land Cover


Student Contest GoGeo 09 (05.06.2009)

Geodata can be used in a lot of applications, yet so far only a few of them have been realized. BICC.NET and “Runder Tisch GIS e.V.” place their hopes on students to discover new application possibilities and therefore announce the ideas contest “GoGeo 09” (www.gogeo09.de).

GAF AG supports the contest with satellite- and land-use data.

GoGeo 09 is running since June 1, 2009. Students from Germany, Austria and Switzerland can participate – independent of their faculty and previous knowledge concerning Geodata.

Until July 31, 2009 ideas regarding Geodata can be handed in. Inspiration is offered on the contest website www.gogeo09.de, where a multiplicity of Geodata of the “GoGeo 09” partners, which can be used for the contest, is being displayed.

From August 16 to November 30 2009 the best ideas will be realized. The winners are awarded with €3.500 cash and goods prizes. We’re looking forward to a lot of participants!

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Euro-Maps Land Cover (20.05.2009)

GAF AG, one of the European leaders in geo-information technology, announces the mid-term milestone for the production of a national land use and land cover data set. The raster data product will be available in summer 2009.

Land use and land cover data are useful for many business and research applications. They enable regional planning activities, the set-up and management of mobile telecommunication networks and facilitate environmental mapping and monitoring. At present only very few and outdated data sets matching high quality customer criteria are readily available. To meet this growing demand, GAF had decided in early 2009 to launch the production of Euro-Maps LC, based on recent, multi-spectral IRS-P6 Resourcesat-1 LISS-III satellite data dating mostly from 2007/2008. An object-oriented production chain and fully quality controlled, interactive mapping procedures are combined to create a homogeneous product, featuring 22 object classes with a minimum mapping unit of 0.25 ha and a minimum 90% accuracy in each object class. The data set will be marketed using a staggered license model adapted to corporate and public authorities.

Mrs. Regine Richter, Head of Land Use Applications at GAF AG, states: “According to our market assessment, Euro-Maps LC is indeed unique regarding thematic accuracy, thematic precision and homogeneity. It is the fruit of 20 years workflow development and an accumulated experience of 2 million km² mapping at 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 scales. In combination with a high positional accuracy Euro-Maps LC can be utilized for many purposes either as stand-alone product or in combination with other data like e.g. Euro-Maps 2D and the soon available Euro-Maps 3D.”

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