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Project Tiger, now the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has been in the process of refining the All India tiger estimation since 2002. A pilot project was undertaken in the Satpura landscape of Madhya Pradesh, and the estimation protocol was jointly finalized as collaborative initiative with the State Government and the Wildlife Institute of India. The process was totally funded, implemented and monitored by the NTCA, in collaboration with Wildlife Institute of India and all the 17 tiger States. To complement the process, assessment of tiger habitat status in the country was done at Taluka level in the GIS domain, in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India. Further, a comparative appraisal of forest cover status in and around tiger reserves (up to a radial distance of 10 kms), in collaboration with the Forest Survey of India for evolving reserve specific restorative strategies involving local people in the peripheral / buffer areas, was undertaken.

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Jeddah forum on GIS technology

The Jeddah Municipality is organizing a forum on the role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in municipality services on November 14.

Al-Harthi, head of the GIS centre at the Jeddah Municipality, said that the municipality has invited officials from across the Kingdom, government firms and GIS-related companies to attend the one-day forum.

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GIS system for oil and gas

Interactive Net Mapping has launched a new system for oil and gas companies to view their wells, seismic surveys and related information online. The service, called Oilelefant, is aimed at companies which do not want to spend money on a fully comprehensive GIS.

The software can take input data in various different formats, and transfers them to a geographical projection in WGS-84 standard. It uses a map of the world with water depths and mountain heights, and limited civil infrastructure, such as roads, railways and cities. Oil companies can find out about nearby relevant civil infrastructure, such as storage terminals, refineries and ports.

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amAze launched!

LocatioNet Systems Ltd., a leading provider of mobile mapping and location applications, launched ‘amAze’ – the UK’s first free mobile mapping, navigation and local search solution for regular mass-market mobile phones. amAze has been tailored to the UK market following on from the successful worldwide beta launch announced by LocatioNet in February, 2007.

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New 3D Land Management Information System

Abaco Srl, leader in the research and development of GIS tools and applications, today presented at Top-Cart 2008 the new integrated Land Management Information System under the name of “SITI Project”, designed to make it easier for Central and Local Authorities to get an integrated web-based solution to manage Land, Urban Units, Hydrograph and Streets, incorporating the market recognized products DbMAP ASJ and DbMAP Web 3D.
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3D Laser Mapping equips Scantech International

Scantech International, a specialist 3D laser scanning service company, has selected a state of the art laser scanning system from 3D Laser Mapping. The system is based on a Riegl LMS Z390 scanner and was chosen after extensive field trials that impressed with the speed and accuracy of data capture; the device can capture up to 12,000 measurements per second to 5mm accuracy.

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Intermap Technologies Corp. today announced that Harris Corporation, a major supplier of commercial, government and defense communications systems and geospatial solutions, has extended its agreement to distribute Intermap’s high-resolution digital elevation and orthorectified radar images.

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3D Laser Mapping, laser-scanning company, has developed a mining industry version of its StreetMapper system. MineMapper uses the latest mobile laser scanning technology combined with high precision positioning systems to capture highly accurate and detailed measurements on the move.

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Urban 3D mapping technology

Earthmine will unveil its mapping technology to collect, deliver and utilize accurate street-level three dimensional geospatial information for urban environments at the DEMO fall 07 Conference.

earthmine integrates hardware, software and workflow technologies to deliver accurate street-level geospatial data through a web-based interface. The core technology, coined reality indexing, manages the entire flow of information, from streamlined data collection and data processing, to web-based dissemination. The three dimensional, high resolution, panoramic images are collected through an automated vehicle-based camera array, with the ability to capture entire metropolitan areas in a few weeks.

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3D mouse for GIS users

3Dconnexion, a Logitech company, announced its SpaceNavigator 3D mouse is now supported by the ESRI ArcGIS Desktop products. Using the SpaceNavigator device, GIS professionals, can simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate camera views to better visualize geographic information when navigating 3D maps and models. The freedom of navigation provided by the SpaceNavigator 3D mouse enhances map and spatial analysis, collapsing the time between viewing and understanding.

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