GeoDATA 2008: partners
Please find below a list of all the partners involved in the GeoDATA 2008 seminar series along with their company description.
Training4GIS
Training4GIS is the training and consultancy division of The GeoInformation Group. It has over a decade of experience in providing training and education programmes as well as consultancy solutions to thousands of customers throughout the UK and overseas.
Our team of expert trainers gives the optimum solution for career development through a diverse range of solutions including; customised training programmes, awareness events and a comprehensive GIS distance learning programme. Our flexible approach to developing training programmes on GIS technology endeavours to provide students with knowledge to deliver practical solutions to real-life problems.
The GeoInformation Group
The GeoInformation Group is a leading provider of high-resolution aerial photography and geospatial information products, consultancy and training services. Its clients cover a broad array of professionals and undertakes contracts to provide bespoke mapping and image databases worldwide. Its image and imagery derived products, including; land use, height data and thermal mapping, are published under the Cities Revealed brand.
The GeoInformation Group has been appointed as OSNI's first Licensed Commercial Partner enabling the Group to expand its geographic information portfolio into the Northern Ireland market. With a shared commitment to achieve consistency in the accuracy and delivery of geographic information, clients will benefit from high quality spatial data that both compliments and is consistent with OSNI mapping.
STAR-APIC
STAR-APIC is a leading supplier of software for creating and managing maps and managing, publishing and sharing information about location. We help government, utilities and the private sector to make the best use geographic data to improve efficiency and derive real business benefits. We offer software products for web, desktop and enterprise platforms, and a range of complimentary services.
Our customers are local and central Government, utilities, mapping agencies and private companies. These include The Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey Ireland, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (NI), Northumbrian Water, the Scottish Executive, and more than 30 local authorities.
Cadcorp
Cadcorp is a leading UK developer of digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software. With offices in the UK and the USA, Cadcorp's distribution and value-added reseller (VAR) network stretches worldwide. The Cadcorp SIS® - Spatial Information System® product family encompasses desktop GIS modules, web-based GIS software (GeognoSIS.NET™), software developer kits and a mobile data capture solution (mSIS®). Cadcorp is an ISO9001:2000 certified company, an Ordnance Survey GB Licensed Partner and Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland Licensed Partner, and plays a pivotal technical role in the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.® (OGC®). Cadcorp SIS applications exist in local and central government, emergency services, insurance, mapping, commercial and many other markets.
Intermap
Intermap Technologies™ is creating uniform 3D digital maps of the earth's surface and building a library of affordably priced digital elevation data and geometric images of unprecedented accuracy. The Company is proactively remapping entire countries and building uniform national databases, called NEXTMap®. The NEXTMap program is well underway with complete data being placed on-the-shelf for the remainder of Europe in 2008 and the U.S. through 2009. Innovative applications for NEXTMap data are rapidly emerging within the GIS, engineering, automotive, personal navigation device, insurance risk assessment, environmental planning, wireless communications, transportation, and 3D visualization markets.
Innogistic
Innogistic is an independently owned software company who specialise in providing public and private sector organisations with innovative geospatial IT solutions.
Innogistic has a proven track record with a range of customers from Central Government Departments, Government Agencies, Local Authorities (Districts, Unitary and County), Emergency Services, Utilities, Charities, and Higher Educational establishments. We also have a bespoke solutions team dedicated to the development of bespoke applications for any market sector.
Making geography work for these organisations requires effective tools for analysing geographic information and managing spatial data.
Innogistic provide:
- Commercial Off the Shelf GIS software:
- Customised GIS software development
- Bespoke GIS application development
- Information systems with embedded GI
Association for Geographic Information (AGI)
The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) exists to represent the interests of the UK's geographic information (GI) industry; a wide-ranging group of public and private sector organisations, suppliers of GI software, hardware, data and services, consultants, academics and interested individuals. The AGI, by way of its unique membership forum, brings together this previously disparate GI community to share ideas on best practice, experience and innovation, and offers access to unparalleled networking opportunities and events with significant business benefits.
British Geological Survey (BGS)
The British Geological Survey (BGS) is the national centre for geological information, providing impartial advice and data to clients in the UK and overseas. Many BGS databases are now available under licence in digital format, ready for GIS applications, in addition to a range of interpreted data delivered through the GeoReports service. Digital information available includes geology maps, ground stability datasets, and minerals resource information, alongside a wide range of other datasets. BGS also designs detailed 3D geological models to meet customers' specifications which show geology in an easily understandable format. BGS aims to provide users of Geoscience data with relevant, comprehensive, and up-to-date information in a timely manner, to the highest professional standards.
Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI)
The Geological Survey of Northern Ireland GSNI), founded in 1947, is an office of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment for Northern Ireland (DETI). The Survey is responsible for providing a wide range of geological advice and information in support of planning, land use, environmental protection and natural resource assessment. The office is staffed by scientists from the British Geological Survey (BGS) under contract to the DETI.
Environment Systems
Environment Systems is an innovative and enthusiastic geographic information consultancy. Our work is carried out within the environment, agriculture and land/property sectors, and includes; consultancy and research, data capture and analysis, and development of innovative solutions using 3D and remotely sensed data.
CENTREMAPS®
Since 1975 Laser Surveys has been providing a unique pre-contract survey service to the Construction Industry. Our experience and in-house technical expertise have enabled the design and development of our new on-line mapping portal - centremapslive.com.
As Licensed Partners to Ordnance Survey® and British Geological Survey we are able to offer a broad range of mapping and geographic information including planning location maps, height information, environmental and planning reports, historical and geological mapping, aerial photography and the 'UK Land Survey Register'.
centremapslive.com provides fast access to data, easy account management and a customer service guarantee with free training and technical support.
KOREC
KOREC is one Trimble's largest distributors worldwide; providing single source supply for advanced GPS solutions to the Construction, Surveying and GIS Mapping Industries. For more information on our products and services please visit www.korecgroup.com.
The GIS Mapping team have products and solutions that are used across a wide variety of Applications including Utility As-laid, Tree Mapping, Highway Inventories, Fire Hydrant surveys, Golf Course Management, Mobile GIS. We offer a comprehensive range of Trimble GPS Data Capture solutions ranging from a simple handheld GPS to professional high-accuracy GPS systems.
With Regional Service and Training Centres across the UK and Ireland we are able to offer our customers a highly responsive local service with the full backing and resources of an international company.
Autodesk
Founded in 1982, Autodesk, Inc., is the world's leading design and digital media creation, management, and distribution company. The company serves a diverse portfolio of markets, including building design, geographic information systems, manufacturing, digital media, and wireless data services. By delivering tools that foster innovation and creativity, Autodesk helps customers throughout the value chain leverage digital design data to work better, faster, and smarter, and is one of the largest global software companies.
Autodesk Geospatial software and services are used by mappers, civil engineers, land planners and other professionals who deliver critical services in the utilities, communications, building, and government industries. With their tools, customers use location-based information to enhance customer care, increase operational efficiency, and create new revenue opportunities. Unlike GIS or engineering-only software vendors, they address all phases of the workflow, from planning and designing infrastructure, to building and managing physical assets.
Pentagon Solutions
Pentagon Solutions offer clients a wide range of CAD, GIS and Engineering Data Management solutions, which improve efficiencies in their Design, Build, Collaboration and Maintenance processes. Pentagon Solutions is the number one provider for Autodesk, SolidWorks and BlueCielo products in Ireland and provides solutions for over 300 customers throughout the UK and Ireland. Pentagon Solutions has extended its relationship with Land & Property Services (formerly OSNI). Already Business Partners, Pentagon and LPS have signed a Distributor Agreement. The Agreement encompasses the distribution of a full range of Geospatial datasets including large scale vector and raster mapping, Digital Terrain Models, Pointer data and Digital Orthophotography.
Pentagon Solutions is a solutions-driven company, in that we believe the purchase of software no longer provides our clients with the efficiency that their business requires in order to grow profitably. The solutions that we provide collaborate with the customer specific business processes. This invariably leads to a much more efficient and effective Design process and helps generate a quicker return on their investment.
