Thank you for taking a minute out to read our newsletter once again!

In this issue we invite current and prospective users of ERDAS imagery analysis, cataloging and SDI solutions to join us at the GeoImaging User Group Conference to be held in St. Anne's College, Oxford, on the 28th and 29th of August.  Our strategic software & survey partners, Infoterra, will host this two day residential conference to enable ERDAS imaging software users to receive information on product updates and future developments, as well as participate in workshops.

Compass will cover costs for a limited number of attendees with a travel bursary also available.  Oxford is readily accessible from Heathrow/Gatwick and by train or bus.

Pick up the phone to us to discuss this offer and any of our other activities at Compass - +353 1 2104580.

We look forward to meeting you over the coming months at Irish & European events - see listing below, with more announcements pending on seminars and training courses.

Gearóid

Gearóid Ó Riain, Managing Director, Compass Informatics

KEY NATIONAL DATA REPORTING & MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

We are now taking reservations for both standard and advanced INSPIRE Master Classes in September & October.

The EU INSPIRE Directive places obligations on all public bodies creating spatial data.  Our Master Classes deal with the questions - What is required of me?  When ?  And how do I do it?  These are practical workshops allowing discussion of the particular concerns of those attending.

Upcoming scheduled classes include 25th September (Limerick) and 8-9th October (Dublin).  The October 8th class will be the standard one day class, however a more advanced techniocal class on October 9th will  deal with aspects of data transformations, latest data specifications, and technical aspects of web services development.  Days can be attended separately or together.  Classes are also being scheduled for Belgium and the UK.

Technology Solutions...
You may also be interested in Open Source metadata editors and network services typically based on GeoServer & GeoNetworks.  Our staff have developed such INSPIRE compliant tools ready for your use.

Read more about the INSPIRE Master Class » 

We look forward to seeing you at the following events & seminars:
See our events webpage for more details. For training course details including scheduled GPS/GIS and ERDAS courses see our training webpage.

Ireland & Northern Ireland -
ERDAS Apollo Seminar - a solution for cataloging, serving, and SDI-ing your enterprise - Compass offices, Dublin, October 13th
GIS Ireland - October 14th
AGI Northern Ireland - October 15th
GeoDATA Northern Ireland - November 18th

Europe -
Contact our European principal, Roger Longhorn, or MD Gearóid Ó Riain, to arrange separate meetings at your offices.
Intergeo, Karlsruhe - September 24-25th
FP7 Information Days (Marine, Environment & Africa calls), Brussels - September 16-18th.  Contact us to discuss collaboration on proposals.
ESRI European User Conference - October 14-16th, Vilnius

UK -
AGI Annual Conference, Stratford-on-Thames - September 23-24th
ERDAS GeoImaging User Group Conference, Oxford - September 28-29th 

Contact us to arrange a meeting » 

As part of our survey & data management services we have completed or are undertaking the following projects:

• Street furniture survey of parts of Dublin city and suburbs to support the planned Metro development, and to safeguard heritage aspects of the streets impacted (Railway Procurement Agency). This work has been further enhanced by an internal CCTV street survey - showing added value in these survey datasets.
• Urban and suburban trees survey, using GPS data loggers and following a methodology developed in house by Compass, building on BS and ISO standards (Dublin City Council).
• Management of a national butterfly monitoring survey, at the National Biodiversity Data Centre.
• Detailed digitisation of field and hedgerow details to support pilot nutrient management modelling in agricultural catchments.
• Management and coordination of data on invasive species, at the National Biodiversity Data Centre / Compass.
• Citywide cycle & buslane surveys using GPS data loggers, video and photography.

Note that workshops in GPS assisted field survey will be held in the Autumn including a training course on October 7th. 

For details on the Magellan GPS range including the MobileMapper 6 and MobileMapperCX (very well suited for GIS type mapping) please see the Magellan Professional site, then contact us for further details.  Watch this space for news on tablet data capture solutions...

Contact us to discuss »