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Innovation, openness to change and transformation, is one of our watchwords.

Innovation, openness to change and transformation, is one of our watchwords. The reason for revamping the corporate identity is to bring it into line with the real situation of the business group GMV. The group has now broken into many new sectors and expanded its business internationally. To make sure the corporate brand does not lag behind this new reality we decided to carry out a thoroughgoing overhaul of the group’s identity, conveying the image of a well-knit group of companies working in many different technological sectors, all pulling together towards the same forward-looking aim of onward growth.
As a result of this revision, all the group’s corporate brands will be brought together under a single denomination. From now on the whole business! group and its subsidiaries will have the GMV brand as its single corporate identity.
In an environment marked by concentration and globalization, we believe that this change will help us to create a strong global image and will reinforce the synergies between the various sectors in which the companies of GMV operate. It will also simplify the procedure for communicating our range of technological products, solutions and services to our clients, employees and collaborators, enhancing our position as a strategic partner of our clients.
The group’s business structure will not be affected by this change. In the interests of greater clarity, however, and to bring them into line with the new image, two of the companies’ names will change: GMV S.A. will now be called “GMV Aerospace and Defence S.A” while Soluciones Globales Internet S.A. will change its name to “GMV Soluciones Globales Internet S.A.”.
GMV Space
At GMV we make every effort and use all of our knowledge to provide the best possible solutions to the needs of our space industry customers. Throughout the more than 20 years we have been working with our customers, GMV has become established as a reliable, proactive and close partner that teams up with its customers to search for innovative solutions that add value and enable them to succeed when dealing with the ongoing challenges faced in this industry.
GMV provides consulting and engineering, software development, operational support and turnkey system development services and products that meet the needs of our customers in areas such as:
• Mission Analysis
• Satellite Control Centers
• Scientific Operations Centers
• Flight Dynamics
• Systems Engineering and GNC
• Mission Planning
• Payload Segment
• User Segment and Space Applications
• Simulation
• Navigation Systems
• On-Board Software
• Other ITC Solutions
Our developments are supported by an exceptional team and the highest quality standards (ISO 9001 and CMMI level 3)
(Source GMV)

GeoID takes part in the New Service Integration project launched by ESA.

GeoID will implement a shoreline extractor service into ESA‘s service support environment.
GeoID is a young innovative company which provides and further develops geographic information products and services about the environment.
GeoID delivers information about land, marine and coastal environments. Our current range of services is suitable for land and coastal management, for support to civil engineering projects and environmental impact assessments.
We strive to deliver all this geo-information in an efficient and understandable way.
GeoID recommends you go 3D with Skyline software.
GeoID bvba
Interleuvenlaan 62,
Zone 2
B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
telephone +32 (0)16 39 47 19
facsimile +32 (0)16 39 47 01
e-mail info@geoid.be
(Source GeoID)

In co-production, GAF AG and its subsidiary, Euromap GmbH, have extended the availability of the successful IRS orthophoto mosaic “Euro-Maps” from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to Italy. Nationwide, high-resolution IRS satellite mosaics- Euro-Maps now available for Italy.

Euro-Maps is suitable for spatial planning and analysis of the current situations for a wide range of tasks. Euro-Maps is regularly updated and is the only high-resolution satellite mosaic on the market offering such precise and current information with 5-m ground resolution and blanket coverage for multiple countries. The required areas can be precisely defined and this prevents losses caused by scattering, which allows considerable cost savings. Euro-Maps provides an up-to-date, extremely accurate and economical planning spatial information base which can be continually updated and expanded. Euro-Maps offer simple and rapid access to detailed information about specific locations and their spatial relationships. This allows reliable decision making and rapid and efficient preparation of planning measures and cartographical tasks. Euromap has the only IRS receiving and processing station in Europe. Today, Euro-Maps can already be created and delivered for other countries or regions anywhere in Europe, on request. Euro-Maps of the Iberian peninsula as well as large parts of northern Africa are just under construction and will be published beginning 2007.
Euro-Maps will be demonstrated during Intergeo 2006 in Munich at the booth of GAF AG in Hall C2, booth C2.2220.
More about Euro-Maps:
Euro-Maps is the only 5-m satellite standard mosaic product available on the market today. Recent data will be used for regional updates in order to guarantee the highest temporal accuracy.. The high resolution (5-m on the ground) as well as the high positional accuracy (RMSE 90 % < 12 m) of the image data, in combination with their homogeneity, make Euro-Maps a tool well suited to a range of tasks in the fields of thematic planning, mapping and visualization to a scale of 1:20,000. The up-to-date and cross border availability of the image mosaic information is especially useful as the basis for large-area mapping and planning projects in the field of rural and urban development, agriculture and forestry, as well as all kinds of environmental problems. The fast and easy access to the required information is ensured by the GIS compatibility and regional availability of Euro-Maps. Euro-Maps data are already successfully used for different types of tasks and applications in Germany.
About Euromap GmbH
Euromap Satellitendaten-Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH was founded in 1996 as a 100% owned subsidiary of GAF AG, creating an efficient commercial structure to receive, archive and market satellite earth observation (satellite) data in Germany. Experience and expertise in data reception and processing is optimally combined with marketing and distribution activities – providing the essential conditions for supporting a growing user-market in remote sensing data. Euromap GmbH represents the only IRS-P6 receiving and distribution facility in Europe and is located in Neustrelitz, Germany, with Dr. Rupert Haydn as CEO.
About GAF AG
GAF AG is an international renowned geo-information company, with leading competence and experience in the development of dedicated software and services for applied remote sensing and information systems providing uncompromising quality. GAF AG offers a broad spectrum of services, ranging from procurement of geodata (e.g. satellite and aerial data, DEM, land use and land cover data), to value added processing, information processing and software development as well as the provision of turn-key technical assistance projects and customized spatial land management and monitoring systems. These products and services are based on state-of-the-art technology and know-how. GAF AG´s activities are run by Dr. Rupert Haydn.
Contacts for further information:
Euromap GmbH
Tel.: 49 (0) 3981 4883
info@euromap.de
GAF AG
Tel. 49 (0) 89 12 15 28 0
info@gaf.de
(Source GAF AG)

Designed to facilitate the mission planning, support analysis of ESA/third party missions and simulate the future missions, MAPS prototype met all the ESA needs recognised at the time.

Thanks to a specific greedy algorithm a set of on-board and on-ground constraints get elaborated, acquisition conflicts detected and resolved accordingly.
When ESA asked for a fully operational system, the best of MAPS was reused and new functionalities introduced resulting in the high performance EO acquisitions planning tool MAT.
The MAPS inherent flexibility permitted old and new features to coexist.
Thus both old logical structure for multi-mission modelling and new User Requests modelling functions (e.g.Virtual Platform for Correlated/Concurrent observations) are available.
Some very neat options add user friendliness to MAT:
- adapting manually a plan proposed
- loading meteorological data and cloudiness filters
- finding Thematic Maps and statistical information over the selected area
A MAPS window
Through the specification and configuration of different resources and request parameters, MAPS provides the user with the optimised acquisition scenario.
(Source ACS)

GEOSYSTEMS, authorized distributor of Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging, LLC in Germany, and MFB-GeoConsulting, distributor in Switzerland, announce the foundation of GEOSYSTEMS France S.A.R.L on the 1st of October 2006.

GEOSYSTEMS France is entirely dedicated to distribute Leica Geosystems software products for remote sensing, digital photogrammetry and 3-D applications. The staff of the newly set up company is committed to support users in France and French speaking African countries.
Patrice Lemire, managing director of GEOSYSTEMS France, with many years experience as Leica Geosystems support engineer, stands for a continued personal contact to Leica Geosystems users in France. Located in Montigny-le-Bretonneux near Paris, GEOSYSTEMS France is authorized distributor for ERDAS IMAGINE®, Leica Photogrammetry Suite, ArcGIS Extensions by Leica Geosystems and complementary software modules. In addition GEOSYSTEMS France offers a complete range of services like technical support, individual training, software customization and project consulting. GEOSYSTEMS France will clearly benefit from the outstanding experience of its mother companies GEOSYSTEMS in Germany and MFB-GeoConsulting in Switzerland. Both companies are proven experts in the earth observation and geoinformatic business since more than 17 resp. 7 years.
“With the foundation of GEOSYSTEMS France, Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging will have a strong and competent representation for all of their products in France and French speaking Africa. We are looking forward to a fruitful co-operation with the highly motivated staff at GEOSYSTEMS France and are excited about this opportunity to expand our network in Europe” underline both, Dr. Ludwig Abele, managing director at GEOSYSTEMS in Germany and Dr. Michael Baumgartner, managing director MFB-GeoConsulting in Switzerland.
For further information please call or send a mail to Geosystems France
Patrice Lemire
12 avenue des Prés
78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux
T: +33 (0)674 536 457
E: contact@geosystems.fr

About GEOSYSTEMS GmbH Germany
GEOSYSTEMS is a private sector enterprise, founded in 1989 and located
in Germering on the outskirts of Munich, Germany. As authorized and
exclusive distributor of Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging, LLC.
GEOSYSTEMS is a true representative of an expert in geospatial imaging.
Its software products power the Geospatial Imaging Chain – the
definitive industry workflow of capturing, referencing, mapping,
analyzing and presenting geospatial information. In addition to Leica
Geosystems software we also offer Definiens Professional, the
innovative software solution for object oriented image analysis.
GEOSYSTEMS is ESRI Business Partner and completes its competence and
product range with the ArcGIS product line. As a company dedicated to
selling solutions and not just software modules, GEOSYSTEMS is very
active in consulting customers about their projects, in customer
specific training and application oriented software development. For
further information please see http://www.geosystems.de
GEOSYSTEMS GmbH
Heike Weigand
Riesstrasse 10, 82110 Germering, GERMANY
T: +49 (0)89 – 89 43 43 -11,F: -99
E: h.weigand@geosystems.de
About MFB-GeoConsulting GmbH
MFB-GeoConsulting GmbH – on marked since in 1999 – is specializing in
“Solutions in Geographic Imaging” for optical and radar earth
observation. The company’s services do cover a complete range of
distribution services including the full range of earth observation
data as well as, software solutions for image processing,
photogrammetry, 3-D visualizations (exclusive sales partner for Leica
Geosystems in Switzerland) and 3-D hardware components. Furthermore we
provide advanced services for project management and realization,
training and education. The integration and interfacing of image and
auxiliary geo data with geographic information and database management
systems including the data transmission (field-to-office) is one of the
strength of MFB-GeoConsulting. Depending on the customer’s need, we
offer customer-adapted solutions. Our highly specialized team has a
long-term experience in applied remote sensing and earth observation.
For further information please contact www.mfb-geo.com
MFB-GeoConsulting GmbH
Dr. Michael Baumgartner
Eichholzstrasse 23
CH-32545 Messen
SWITZERLAND
T: +41 (0)31 765 5063,
F: +41 (0)31 7656 6091
E: baumgartner@mfb-geo.com

GAF is a partner within the German national DeCOVER project on actualisation and production of land use and land cover data, aimed at serving national authorities’ needs.

It builds on innovative and cost-efficient remote sensing technologies and is strongly linked to other GMES-related activities. On 19th and 20th September, the DeCOVER partners will hold a workshop in Dessau at the German Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) bringing together decision-makers from national, member-state and regional administrative levels. This workshop offers the unique possibility to be informed about, comment on and also influence the development of the DeCOVER process. Registration will be possible till the start of the workshop.
The workshop information brochure can be found here.
Please also visit the DeCOVER project website.
(Source GAF AG)

ESYS represented the European Commission Framework Programme 6 (EC-FP6)’s Wide Information Network (WIN) for Risk Management at an international conference dedicated to Disaster and Risk Reduction, 27thAugust-1st September 2006.

During the week, several poster sessions enabled the public to learn about the new Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) of WIN, which is aimed at enhancing the European information infrastructure for risk management. In the context of new open-architecture initiatives being developed to ultimately blend into the GMES information infrastructure service (INSPIRE), WIN has been focusing on the oil spill, flood and fire domains to illustrate this capacity. A specific and challenging objective of the project is to improve the interconnectivity of the various EU systems and players currently involved in disaster mitigation.
ESYS, as part of a 16-partner consortium led by Alcatel Alenia Space (France), is in charge of devising the organisational model and roadmap for the project, which enters its final year in September.
Contact: Lucie Viciano
Email: lviciano@esys.co.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1483 304545
Fax: +44 (0)1483 303878
(Source ESYS)

On the first semester of 2007, project Ocean Eye led by EDISOFT shall begin the supply of ocean monitoring data to the United States, using a facility that shall be installed next to ESA’s satellite station in Santa Maria, Azores.

Ocean Eye is thus the embryo of a fixed satellite station in Santa Maria, an initiative that shall bring to Portugal considerable scientific and economic advantages.
To observe, to monitor and to survey the entire North Atlantic is, indeed, Ocean Eye’s primary goal that, by ensuring the ocean’s permanent watch, allows an effective management of ocean resources, including the detection of maritime pollution in Portuguese waters and, in a broader reach, the monitoring of fishing activities, the detection of illegal ship activities and the mapping of wind and sea currents and temperature, especially in the North Atlantic.
Another Ocean Eye’s goal is to supply information to Santa Maria’s satellite station and several research and development programmes in this field.
Contact
Edisoft, S.A.
Rua Quinta dos Medronheiros-Lazarim
Apartado 382 Monte de Caparica
2826-801 Caparica
Portugal
Tel.: (+351) 212 945 900
Fax: (+351) 212 945 999
Mobile: (+351) 93 235 1618
E-mail: barbara.manso@edisoft.pt
(Source Edisoft, S.A)

The Spanish aerospace engineering company DEIMOS Space and the Remote Sensing Laboratory of the University of Valladolid (LATUV) have founded the new company DEIMOS Imaging for the design, implementation, operation, and commercial exploitation of a complete Earth Observation space system in Valladolid (Spain).

The system is based on a satellite with a multispectral optical instrument with a spatial resolution of 22 m and a wide swath of more than 600 km. The satellite records Earth images on board for a later downlink via the ground station under construction in the Technological Park of Boecillo (Valladolid, Spain).
DEIMOS Imaging is developing the new satellite system in collaboration with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) based in Guilford (UK), European leader in the construction of small satellites, with an impressive record of over 30 launched satellites. One of them is the first experimental satellite of Galileo, the new European navigation constellation. This satellite was successfully launched in December 2005, and has secured the frequency assigned to Europe for the operation of this Constellation.
The planned launch date for the new satellite is the first quarter of 2008. The operational lifetime of the satellite is five years. The new company DEIMOS Imaging will provide Earth imagery at different processing levels to the European and global Earth Observation value added companies. In addition, it has the capability to develop applications leading to commercial products and services for final institutional and private users. The main applications of the system are targeted to agriculture, forest, land use, environment, hydrology, monitoring natural resources and disaster monitoring such as fires or flooding.
The processing, archiving and distribution centre will be located at the R&D Building of the University of Valladolid. In this University, LATUV has been developing its Remote Sensing activities during the last 18 years.
The new satellite provides a unique imaging capacity and revisit time at this level of resolution. Due to its large swath, it allows a double full coverage of Spain and Portugal every week, and a full coverage of Europe every 10 days. The regions of special interest for the new system are: Spain (and especially the region of Castile and Leon) where the system is located; Portugal where the sister company DEIMOS Engenharia will commercialise the system, and the rest of Europe, where DEIMOS Imaging would like to contribute to the development of the GMES (Global, Monitoring, Environment and Security), a joint Programme of ESA and the European Union (EU).
DEIMOS satellite will be integrated into the international constellation DMC (Disaster Monitoring Constellation), which is composed of satellites from the UK, China, Nigeria, Algeria and Turkey. The combined use of the constellation satellites provides a unique capacity for Earth Observation, with more than one daily image of any place in the world.
The DMC is a unique international collaboration of member nations and, through this satellite, Spain joins the existing countries in the consortium (Algeria, China, Nigeria, Turkey and the UK). Each member of the consortium owns and operates a satellite whilst co-operating with the other members of the consortium. The model of co-operation has significant benefits – it allows information generated on-board one satellite to be used by other members of the consortium.

More Information
Deimos Space S.L.
Miguel Belló Mora, Managing Director
Tel: +34 918063450
(Source Deimos Space)