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July Newsletter 2009
 
 
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COMPASS09 – MAPPING TECHNOLOGIES IN ACTION – PRESENTATIONS ON-LINE
Thank you for reading our newsletter once again!

The proceedings of our annual conference - COMPASS09 - are now available from www.compass.ie. Over 150 people from a diverse range of organisations came to COMPASS09 at the Alexander Hotel, Dublin, on Thursday June 25th. We hope that more will get value from the event via the on-line presentations. 

Read below about our INSPIRE Master Classes, the National Biodiversity Data Centre Recorders' Event, the Bioenergy GIS currently under development, and expanded survey solutions from Compass.

Regards and safe travelling for those taking holidays,

Gearóid

Gearóid Ó Riain, Managing Director, Compass Informatics
 
 
 
 

INSPIRE MASTER CLASSES PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON THE WHAT, WHEN AND HOW OF THE DIRECTIVE
Following two recent INSPIRE Master Classes we are now taking reservations for upcoming classes in September & October - with classes in August by request.

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 class will include the standard one day class with another day providing details of 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.

Read more about the INSPIRE Master Class » 
  
 
 
 
ANNUAL RECORDERS' EVENT AT THE NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY DATA CENTRE
The National Biodiversity Data Centre’s 3rd Annual Recorders’ Event is titled "Ireland’s Freshwater Habitats – priorities for biodiversity data" and will be held on Thursday 20th & Friday 21st August 2009.  The National Biodiversity Data Centre is Ireland's hub for biodiversity data and is operated by Compass Informatics on behalf of the Heritage Council, Ireland.

Read more about the Recorders' Event » 
 
 
 
AERIAL AND VEHICLE SURVEY SOLUTIONS EXTENDED VIA COMPASS-INFOTERRA PARTNERSHIP
 
Compass have been designing and undertaking field and aerial surveys since 1997 and have been working with the National Centre for Geocomputation, Ireland, to continually expand our available survey technologies.  With the active partnership between Compass and Infoterra this capability is further expanded at an operational level - and includes full service aerial LIDAR, aerial photography, and ground and vehicle based LIDAR/photography.  We now have an excellent combination - NCG as a research partner, with an expanded operational capacity via our association with Infoterra.

Selected recent survey work includes a street furniture inventory for the Railway Procurement Agency, Ireland, and support to a range of land management companies in field survey design.

Contact us to discuss your requirements » 
  
 
 
BIOENERGY GIS TO BE DEVELOPED BY COMPASS
Sustainable Energy Ireland have recently appointed Compass Informatics to design and deliver a GIS based system for mapping and modelling bioenergy actiities and potential.  The system will deal with agriculture, forestry, and industrial waste streams as sources of biomass suited to energy generation, and will also assess demand for bioenergy material.  The system will seek to utilise many of the core spatial datasets for Ireland in an innovative manner, integrating them with project designed models, and models already being designed in a range of organisations.  The overall system will seek to support the country's efforts to expand bioenergy use in a sustainable and appropriate manner.

Contact us to discuss » 
 
 
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