GIS AND REMOTE SENSING

2026-02-24T13:11:00.000+02:00

Εδώ θα βρείτε το κανάλι μου στο YouTube.

Το κανάλι ασχολείτε, κυρίως, με πτήσεις Drone που κατά καιρούς εκτελώ, είτε για επαγγελματικούς, είτε για ερασιτεχνικούς σκοπούς. Σκοπός είναι να δείξω στον χρήστη όμορφα τοπία και γεγονότα. Ελπίζω να σας αρέσει και φυσικά περιμένω προτάσεις, είτε για τη βελτίωσή του, είτε για νέες βιντεοσκοπήσεις.

Οδηγός Θάσου (WebGIS of Municipality of Thassos)

2014-11-08T10:08:00.000+02:00

Είμαι πραγματικά στην πολύ ευχάριστη θέση να παρουσιάσω ένα έργο όπως ο τουριστικός, και όχι μόνο, Οδηγός της Θάσου. Το έργο πραγματοποιήθηκε από την Infoδημ και τον Δήμο Θάσου στα πλαίσια της Ψηφιακής Σύγκλισης. Είμαι πολύ περήφανος που πήρα μέρος σε αυτό το έργο και ευχαριστώ την Infoδημ που μου έδωσε την ευκαιρία να συμμετάσχω σε ένα τόσο πρωτοπόρο έργο για τον ελλαδικό χώρο.

Ο Οδηγός ανοίγει μέσω της ιστοσελίδας του Δήμου Θάσου κάνωντας κλικ στην παρακάτω εικόνα που θα βρείτε.

Στον Οδηγό θα βρείτε πλήθος σημείων ενδιαφέροντος, όπως Παραλίες, Εκκλησίες, Αρχαιολογικούς Χώρους κλπ.

Τα σημεία ενδιαφέροντος περιλαμβάνουν πανοραμικές εικόνες (360˚ photos) και εικονικές περιηγήσεις που μέσω πανοραμικών εικόνων ο χρήστης μπορεί να περιηγηθεί σε διάφορα σημεία του νησιού σαν να ήταν εκεί.

Ο χρήστης μπορεί να επιλέξει από τα βασικά υπόβαθρα το υπόβαθρο που επιθυμεί ώστε να προβάλει τα σημεία ενδιαφέροντος. Τα υπόβαθρα καλύπτουν σχεδόν όλα τα γνωστά υπόβαθρα όπως Google Hybrid, OpenStreetMap, Bing Aerial και Κτηματολόγιο.

Επίσης, υπάρχει η δυνατότητα ο χρήστης να προβάλει και διανυσματικές οντότητες που διαχωρίζονται σε τρεις κατηγορίες ανάλογα το είδος της οντότητας. Έτσι, υπάρχουν σημειακά, γραμμικά και πολυγωνικά επίπεδα πληροφορίας όπως Οικισμοί, Οδικό Δίκτυο, Περιοχές Natura κλπ., που ο χρήστης μπορεί να προβάλει μαζί με τα σημεία ενδιαφέροντος.

Από το Μενού ο χρήστης μπορεί να βρει πλήθος λειτουργιών όπως Μέτρηση απόστασης ή εμβαδού, τον Καιρό, την Τοποθεσία του πάνω στον χάρτη κλπ.

Η σημαντικότερη, ίσως, λειτουργία στο Μενού είναι η Περιήγηση Θάσου, όπου υπάρχει σε βίντεο ο γύρος του νησιού, το οποίο είναι συνδεδεμένο με τις παραλίες που βρίσκονται στο σημείο που δείχνει το βίντεο και αντίστοιχα ανοίγει η πανοραμική εικόνα της παραλίας.

Τέλος, στα Εργαλεία ο χρήστης μπορεί να βρει την Εικονική Περιήγηση στο μεταλλευτικό συγκρότημα στα Λιμενάρια.

Ένα εικονικό μονοπάτι το οποίο ο χρήστης μπορεί να ακολουθήσει είτε από τα σημεία στον χάρτη είτε από το μενού δεξιά, όπου θα βρει φωτογραφίες και πανοραμικές εικόνες για κάθε σημείο της εικονικής περιήγησης.

Επίσης, στα Εργαλεία υπάρχουν Μονοπάτια και Διαδρομές που έχουν τις ίδιες λειτουργίες με την Εικονική Περιήγηση, που περιγράφηκε παραπάνω, καθώς και βίντεο με το μονοπάτι ή τη διαδρομή.

Σας εύχομαι καλή "εικονική" περιήγηση στα 200+ σημεία που παρουσιάζονται στον Οδηγό της Θάσου και εύχομαι να σας έρθει η "όρεξη" να επισκεφτείτε το νησί, που πραγματικά είναι μοναδικό! Το λέω μέσα από την καρδιά μου, μια και επισκεύθηκα τα 200+ σημεία για να τα καταγράψω!

(Σημείωση: ευχαριστώ τους Νίκο Κουϊδή και Σταύρο Αργυρόπουλο για τη συνεργασία. Επίσης, ευχαριστώ τον Παντελή από τον Ορειβατικό Σύλλογο της Θάσου για τα Μονοπάτια από Ποταμιά προς το Καταφύγιο και την κορυφή Υψάριο, καθώς και για τις Διαδρομές.)

Πηγή: Αθανάσιος Δ. Σαπανίδης

ΤΕΧΝΙΚΗ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΦΩΤΟΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑΣ

2014-07-23T09:15:00.000+03:00

Σκοπός της παρούσας Τεχνικής Έκθεσης Φωτοερμηνείας είναι να εξετάσει τον χαρακτήρα της επικείμενης έκτασης διαχρονικά, από το 1945 ως σήμερα (2007 – 2009).

Πηγή: Αθανάσιος Δ. Σαπανίδης

Free GIS Course: Skills for the Digital Earth

2014-03-30T11:32:00.000+03:00

Skills for the Digital Earth
The Use of Location Technologies for All

Elmhurst College’s Skills for the Digital Earth MOOC (massive open online course) is a 4-week, online course designed to introduce how location technologies are used in society. The Digital Earth MOOC is being offered through Desire2Learn (D2L) Open Courses.

Run Dates: March 30 - April 26, 2014 (4 weeks)
Registration Opens: March 3, 2014
Cost per student: Free

Course Description
Ever stop to think about how important location is when using your smart phone? This educational MOOC begins with an elementary explanation of how society uses location in a myriad of disciplines. Geography, or rather, "where?" is important to all of us from various perspectives.

Within this MOOC, participants will learn what location technologies are used for, how the discipline developed and learn by doing via a series of scaffolded practical exercises. Online spatial software will be employed for any device using a browser which takes users through exercises and real world examples. It is appropriate for those with no prior experience with geographic information systems (GIS) software all the way to advanced users.

In this course, participants will:
Demonstrate fundamental basic geographic concepts and be exposed to the geospatial workforce.
Identify skills associated with the Geospatial Technology Competency Model (GTCM).
Display creative thinking skills, problem-solving, and decision making in geospatial technologies.
Use geospatial tools and technology and apply some business fundamentals using GIS.
Recognize employment opportunities in the geospatial industry.
Demonstrate the use of basic computer skills.
Demonstrate the use of business application software.
Demonstrate the use and interpretation of spatial data and data sources.
Demonstrate the core geospatial abilities which are consistent with those of someone working in the geospatial industry.

Completing the Course
Upon successful completion of Modules 1-6, participants will be issued a certificate of completion. Upon successful completion of Module 7, participants will receive an additional certificate.
Module 1-6’s certificate of completion may be used as a waiver to GIS 100 Introduction to Geospatial Technologies, the first course in the Online Undergraduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems at Elmhurst College.
Module 1-7’s certificate of completion may be used as a waiver to AGS 500 Fundamentals of Geospatial Technologies, the first course in the Online Master’s Degree or Graduate Certificate in Applied Geospatial Sciences at Elmhurst College.

Modules and Badges
Skills for the Digital Earth will incorporate video lectures, interaction opportunities and discussion forums. Each module will feature a quiz and activities, and participants will receive a badge after each completed module to be used to demonstrate skills mastered. Instructions will be provided on the process of adding badges to your backpack in the course.

Module 1: Fundamental Geography
Badge: Fundamental Geography Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrate and apply fundamental geographic knowledge and concepts.
Use ArcGIS Online to navigate an online map and use skills learned to create a functional map.

Module 2: Fundamental Computing Skills Associated with Geography
Badge: Fundamental Computing Skills of Geography
Successfully identify the skills of navigation online, including file management.
Recognize geographic communication skills.
Recognize skills associated with e-publishing, use of spreadsheets, presentation software, and use of databases.
Identify skills associated with fundamental computing as a means of communication in the discipline of geography and geospatial technologies.

Module 3: Creative Thinking
Badge: Creative Thinking in Fundamental Geography
Recognize logic, deductive/inductive reasoning and problem management skills.
Recognize geographic reasoning skills.

Module 4: Problem-Solving and Decision-Making in Geography
Badge: Problem-Solving and Decision-Making in Geography
Identify problem-solving and decision-making principles.
Identify the effective use of solution implementation and alternative solutions to a spatial problem.

Module 5: Geographic/Geospatial Tools and Technology
Badge: Geographic/Geospatial Tools and Technology
Recognize skills with gathering, storing, transforming, and manipulating spatial data to produce a desired outcome.
Evaluate other open source software and data sources.

Module 6: Business Fundamentals of Geography/Geospatial Environments
Badge: Business Fundamentals of Geography/Geospatial Environments
Identify the application of business fundamentals in several disciplines using GIS.

Module 7: Abilities in the Geospatial Field - Advanced Digital Earth
Badge: Abilities in the Geospatial Field - Advanced Digital Earth
Describe the fundamental concepts and applications of GIS&T, including problems and challenges of representing change over space and time.
Identify and describe the basic elements of cartography, including map interpretation, design principles, map projections, coordinates, and scale.
Describe the fundamental concepts and applications of remote sensing and global positioning systems.
Describe and discuss sources of data (including primary and secondary), the process of creating data, different data models (specifically, raster and vector models), and the fundamental concepts of data quality and uncertainty.
Explain location-based services (LBS) and identify LBS applications.
Describe the use of overlaying, buffering, and other analysis techniques to analyze spatial and temporal relationships.
Discuss the need for ethics and professionalism in GIS&T.
Explain datums, ellipsoids, and geoids.

Learn More: Watch a presentation on Skills for the Digital Earth.

Lead Instructor
Dr. Richard B. Schultz
Associate Director of the National Geospatial Technologies Center of Excellence (GeoTech Center)
Associate Professor and Staudt Endowed Chair, Department of Geography & Geosciences,
Elmhurst College

Source: http://public.elmhurst.edu/

ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΟΥ ΔΑΣΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΜΠΛΕΓΜΑΤΟΣ ΛΙΒΑΔΕΡΟΥ – ΜΥΡΣΙΝΕΡΟΥ – ΑΕΤΟΥ – ΞΗΡΟΠΟΤΑΜΟΥ – ΚΑΛΛΙΦΥΤΟΥ – ΜΟΝΑΣΤΗΡΑΚΙΟΥ Π.Ε. ΔΡΑΜΑΣ ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΥ 2014-2023

2014-01-25T13:46:00.001+02:00

ΣΥΝΤΑΚΤΕΣ: (ΔΑΣΑΡΧΕΙΟ ΔΡΑΜΑΣ)

ΚΑΡΑΓΙΑΝΝΙΔΗΣ ΑΒΡΑΑΜ, ΔΑΣΟΛΟΓΟΣ
ΛΕΠΙΔΗ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΑ, ΔΑΣΟΛΟΓΟΣ
ΤΣΙΡΙΔΗΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, ΔΑΣΟΛΟΓΟΣ

ΟΜΑΔΑ ΠΕΔΙΟΥ:

ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ ΒΑΛΣΑΜΙΔΗΣ, ΔΑΣΟΠΟΝΟΣ
ΣΑΒΒΑΣ ΚΑΖΑΝΤΣΟΓΛΟΥ, ΔΑΣΟΛΟΓΟΣ
ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΑΣ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ, Msc ΔΑΣΟΛΟΓΟΣ
ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΟΣ ΣΑΠΑΝΙΔΗΣ, Msc ΔΑΣΟΛΟΓΟΣ
ΑΝΔΡΕΑΣ ΣΟΦΡΑΣ, ΔΑΣΟΛΟΓΟΣ
ΑΝΕΣΤΗΣ ΤΣΑΚΙΡΙΔΗΣ, ΔΑΣΟΛΟΓΟΣ

ΠΕΡΙΛΗΨΗ

Οι εξελίξεις τόσο στο τεχνολογικό, όσο και στον επιστημονικό τομέα, δεν αφήνουν αδιάφορη τη δασική επιστήμη, μέρος της οποίας είναι και η δασική διαχειριστική. Η δασική διαχειριστική ασκείται σχεδόν 5 δεκαετίες και ορίζεται από προδιαγραφές που ισχύουν όλα αυτά τα χρόνια. Είναι επιτακτική ανάγκη να αλλάξουν οι προδιαγραφές αυτές και ήδη υπάρχουν νέες σκέψεις στο θέμα αυτό. Οι νέες προδιαγραφές θα πρέπει να στηρίζονται στην αειφορική διαχείριση των πολλαπλών χρήσεων ή σκοπών, όπως επιτάσσει η παγκόσμια τάση. Πλέον, η αειφορία της ξυλοπαραγωγής θεωρείται ξεπερασμένη και θα πρέπει να δίνεται σημασία στα υπόλοιπα προϊόντα του δάσους και τις λειτουργίες του. Στην κατεύθυνση αυτή κινείται και η παρούσα Μελέτη Προστασίας και Διαχείρισης. Θέλοντας να εφαρμόσει πολλαπλών χρήσεων διαχείριση στη περιοχή μελέτης, που είναι το Δημόσιο Δασικό Σύμπλεγμα Λιβαδερού – Μυρσινέρου – Αετού – Ξηροποτάμου – Καλλιφύτου – Μοναστηρακίου της Περιφερειακής Ενότητας Δράμας (Διαχειριστικής Περιόδου 2014-2023). Για να ολοκληρωθεί η διαχείριση, προτιμήθηκε η λύση των Γεωγραφικών Συστημάτων Πληροφοριών (ΓΣΠ). Οργανώθηκε με όλα τα απαραίτητα η Γεωβάση Δεδομένων, αφού προηγήθηκε συλλογή, επεξεργασία, ταξινόμηση και επέκταση των δεδομένων. Ακολούθησε η χρήση των χωρικών δεδομένων που προέκυψαν, στη λήψη διαχειριστικών μέτρων βάσει την αειφορία των πολλαπλών χρήσεων και την χωρική τους κατανομή.

Λέξεις κλειδιά: διαχείριση, πολλαπλές χρήσεις, πολλαπλοί στόχοι, αειφορία, Γεωγραφικά Συστήματα Πληροφοριών.

ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗΣ

Η περιοχή μελέτης είναι το Δημόσιο Δασικό Σύμπλεγμα Λιβαδερού – Μυρσινέρου – Αετού – Ξηροποτάμου – Καλλιφύτου – Μοναστηρακίου της Περιφερειακής Ενότητας Δράμας, συνολικής έκτασης 33287,238 Ha (332,872 τ.χλμ.).

ΒΡΟΧΟΜΕΤΡΙΚΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ

ΘΕΡΜΟΚΡΑΣΙΑΚΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ

ΓΕΩΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ

ΥΔΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ

ΓΡΑΦΗΜΑ ΠΛΗΘΥΣΜΟΥ

ΧΑΡΤΗΣ ΧΡΗΣΕΩΝ ΓΗΣ (CORINE LAND COVER 2000)

ΑΝΑΛΟΓΙΑ ΕΔΑΦΟΠΟΝΙΚΩΝ ΜΟΡΦΩΝ

ΧΑΡΤΗΣ ΚΑΤΑΝΟΜΗΣ ΛΑΤΟΜΕΙΩΝ

ΔΙΑΙΡΕΣΗ ΣΥΜΠΛΕΓΜΑΤΟΣ ΣΕ ΤΜΗΜΑΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΥΠΟΤΜΗΜΑΤΑ

ΕΞΑΠΛΩΣΗ ΔΡΥΟΣ

ΕΞΑΠΛΩΣΗ ΟΞΥΑΣ

ΕΞΑΠΛΩΣΗ ΛΟΙΠΩΝ ΦΥΛΛΟΒΟΛΩΝ ΠΛΑΤΥΦΥΛΩΝ

ΕΞΑΠΛΩΣΗ ΑΕΙΦΥΛΛΩΝ ΠΛΑΤΥΦΥΛΛΩΝ

ΕΞΑΠΛΩΣΗ ΧΟΡΤΟΛΙΒΑΔΙΚΩΝ ΕΚΤΑΣΕΩΝ

ΕΞΑΠΛΩΣΗ ΑΓΡΩΝ

ΚΑΤΑΝΟΜΗ ΔΟΚΙΜΑΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΙΩΝ

ΧΑΡΤΗΣ ΠΟΙΟΤΗΤΩΝ ΤΟΠΟΥ

ΑΝΑΛΟΓΙΑ ΞΥΛΑΠΟΘΕΜΑΤΟΣ ΚΑΤΑ ΚΛΑΣΗ ΔΙΑΜΕΤΡΟΥ

ΑΝΑΛΟΓΙΑ ΞΥΛΑΠΟΘΕΜΑΤΟΣ ΚΑΤΑ ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΚΛΑΣΗ

ΚΑΤΑΝΟΜΗ ΞΥΛΑΠΟΘΕΜΑΤΟΣ ΑΝΑ ΥΠΟΤΜΗΜΑ

ΠΡΟΣΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ (ΟΔΙΚΟΥ ΔΙΚΤΥΟΥ - ΥΔΡΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟΥ ΔΙΚΤΥΟΥ)

ΧΑΡΤΗΣ ΚΛΙΣΕΩΝ ΕΔΑΦΟΥΣ

ΧΑΡΤΗΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΕΩΝ ΕΔΑΦΟΥΣ

ΧΑΡΤΗΣ ΠΟΙΟΤΗΤΩΝ ΤΟΠΟΥ

ΧΑΡΤΗΣ ΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΩΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΩΝ

ΧΑΡΤΗΣ ΒΛΑΣΤΗΣΗΣ (ΔΑΣΟΠΟΝΙΚΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ)

Πηγή: Αθανάσιος Δ. Σαπανίδης

Webinar: 13 Ways to Avoid a Raster Disaster

2013-09-29T09:49:00.000+03:00

It can be difficult to master raster data and prepare it to your exact specifications. To avoid a raster disaster, join our webinar to see how you can:

Restructure raster data by clipping, mosaicking, tiling, and more
Create more valuable rasters by integrating data from other sources
Convert rasters into the format and coordinate system you need

Become a master of raster data. Discover how you can use FME to restructure raster data by clipping, mosaicking, tiling, and more. You'll also see how to create more valuable rasters by integrating data from other sources. Plus, see how to convert rasters into the format and coordinate system that you need.

Date: Wednesday, October 2
Time: 8:00-9:00am PDT, 11:00am-12:00pm EDT - check your time zone
Level: Introductory - no FME experience required

The Map Suite GIS Editor Has Been Released!

2013-09-06T11:12:00.002+03:00

The beta period for Map Suite GIS Editor has ended and we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their participation. As of today, we've launched an updated version of the GIS Editor that adds numerous new features, improves performance and squashes bugs. And, as a token of our appreciation, those of you who tested the GIS Editor during the beta will receive a free subscription to the new release of the GIS Editor good through the end of September.

To take advantage of the new release, we suggest that you first uninstall the beta version of the GIS Editor and then install the latest release by downloading it from http://download.thinkgeo.com/MapSuiteGISEditor.msi.

Here's what you can look forward to in the new release of the GIS Editor:

Cloud Layers, which allow you to easily display data from OpenStreetMap, National Atlas and other providers via the Data Repository
Enhanced rendering performance
FileGeodatabase format support
Microsoft SQL Server support
TinyGeo format support
Ability to export your map to Google Earth
Global bookmarks
Printing at exact scales
Integration of parcel data by Boundary Solutions
Simplified user interface
Advanced layer exporting options (including ShapeFile, delimited file, FileGeodatabase and TinyGeo)

For any questions, suggestions or enhancement requests please feel free to contact us directly or post them on the Map Suite GIS Editor support forum.

Sincerely,
The ThinkGeo Team

Download the New Version »

Source: www.thinkgeo.com

Webinar: Store, Manage, and Share Imagery More Easily

2013-08-20T13:27:00.003+03:00

Learn the Basics in Just One Hour

Learn best practices for designing mosaic datasets, as well as methods for automating your image management workflows. Watch the online seminar Workflows to Manage and Share Imagery in ArcGIS.

Instructions for Viewing the Seminar

Log in up to 30 minutes before the seminar begins.

You will need an Esri Global Account. If you don't have one, you can create one here.

If you're unable to attend the seminar, you'll be able to view it in the recorded seminars archive shortly after the live session ends.

Workflows to Manage and Share Imagery in ArcGIS
August 22, 2013
9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and
3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Source: www.esri.com

Webinar: ArcGIS Online – Transforming GIS and How You Do Your Work

2013-08-15T09:05:00.001+03:00

ArcGIS Online, Esri’s open cloud platform, brings together many of the unique capabilities of desktop, server, and mobile platforms enabling you to participate in using Web GIS and all the related new capabilities. Web GIS will help your organization become more flexible and agile, and transform how your organization works – how you plan, design, evaluate and communicate.

In this webinar you will learn
• How ArcGIS Online provides the practical means to GIS and non-GIS staff to create and share rich information products (maps, apps and other geographic content)
• How ArcGIS Online makes it easier to connect to desktop, server and mobile platforms
• How ArcGIS Online removes departmental barriers through sharing and collaboration

Key takeaways
You will learn everything you need to know about the latest ArcGIS Online capabilities for mapping, visualization, mobile data collection and analysis.

Speakers
Paul Ross, Product Manager, ArcGIS Online

Who should attend

Anyone who wants to learn how ArcGIS Online improves the speed and quality of mapping, visualization and analysis

Source: www.esri.com

Webinar: Multi-Language Discovery of Big Data for Mission Success

2013-08-11T08:51:00.000+03:00

Security threats and incidents can arise in an instant, and the availability of real time on-the-ground intelligence can mean the difference between life and death. In addition to leveraging traditional classified intelligence sources, responders and analysts often turn to Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) gleaned from news feeds, blogs and social media to help predict where an incident may occur, understand what’s happening on the ground and manage and mitigate repercussions.

However, as the Web contains countless sources of information in myriad languages, analysts and decision-makers rarely have the time or resources for manual translation processes. How can users sift through the Web’s vast, multi-language repository of open-source content to locate the intelligence that is most relevant to the mission at hand? A qualified Human Translator can translate up to 2500 words per day. Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) language engines can translate up to 2500 words per minute, per CPU.

Join SDL Government and TerraGo for a webinar on 22 August and see how to bring together location intelligence mining and automated multi-language translation to provide users across the enterprise with situational awareness for faster response times and improved decision making. Experience firsthand how to:
Swiftly search and intelligently filter internal and external Big Data sources, including OSINT news feeds, blogs, social media and RSS feeds, by place, time and topic
Translate large volumes of information into one or more languages at high speed and high accuracy
Deliver translated geographically relevant intelligence to users at the edge

Register to join us and learn how users across defense and intelligence, emergency management, public safety, energy, natural resources, transportation and commercial organizations can leverage these solutions for enhanced situational awareness, faster response times and improved decision making.

Source: http://www.terragotech.com/

WEBINAR: KML 101 – How to Create Amazing Maps in Google Earth and Maps

2013-08-08T19:23:00.002+03:00

Overview

Find out how to transform virtually any data into KML – regardless of format or structure – using FME. You'll see how to easily create and style balloons, customize icons and colours, as well as intelligently organize placemarks – all using repeatable processes that let you create amazing displays in Google Maps and Earth. Plus discover how to share real-time data by using FME with HTML5 WebSockets.

Date: Wednesday, August 14
Time: 8:00-9:00am PDT, 11:00am-12:00pm EDT - check your time zone
Level: Introductory - no FME experience required

ArcGIS 10.2 Brings Transformational Capabilities to Users

2013-08-02T20:08:00.002+03:00

ArcGIS Online Functionality Now Available On Premises

Highlights

ArcGIS Online capabilities become part of the on-premises platform.
Real-time mapping and GIS keep users synced with the real world.
Location analytics equals more accurate business intelligence.
New developer opportunities are available on the ArcGIS platform.

Portal for ArcGIS allows users to configure and deploy ArcGIS Online capabilities on premises—enabling organizations to easily integrate GIS everywhere.

It's a great time to be a GIS professional. Dramatic changes are taking place in the enabling computing and communication technologies that GIS relies on, and new software is leveraging these changes to evolve and transform GIS and our user community. Esri is working hard and is in the process of releasing many new capabilities in ArcGIS 10.2, such as real-time data integration, online analysis tools, spatial analysis in the cloud, location analytics, new templates and apps, and web story maps for everyone. There are also new capabilities enabling new opportunities for developers. These advances are giving rise to a change in the very way we position GIS, from a software system designed to unlock the power of geographic information to a comprehensive platform that promises to transform your work; your organization; and, ultimately, our world.

Portal for ArcGIS

Portal for ArcGIS becomes a full part of the on-premises infrastructure of ArcGIS. In the past four years, Esri has been significantly developing ArcGIS Online deployed in the public cloud. At 10.2, this technology has been engineered into a fully supported product that can be easily deployed on premises and integrated with users' existing technology.

Location analytics delivers the geographic context to major business intelligence systems.

This technology supports many capabilities:

Enterprise geospatial content management
Simple mapping
Esri Maps for Office
Integration with enterprise security
Sharing of data, maps, and apps
Groups
Mashups
Dozens of apps
Open enterprise integration with Office, SharePoint, SAP, and others

Portal for ArcGIS promises to enable users to easily integrate these mapping and Esri capabilities and to extend mapping and GIS across the organization.

This is a logical way to organize and make available via apps all the geospatial information in an organization. It provides the ability to easily share, integrate, and use information created by geocentric workflows, as well as desktop spreadsheets and enterprise databases across an organization. Apps include easy-to-deploy templates that are easily configured and leveraged.

Portal for ArcGIS Now a Standard Esri Server Product

Enables Users to Deploy ArcGIS Online Capabilities on In-House Server Platforms

Over the past year, Esri has installed a number of on-premises implementations of Portal for ArcGIS. These have been custom implementations done by an Esri Professional Services team. At 10.2, this technology has been turned into a standard product that can be easily set up by any user, immediately integrating ArcGIS server technology and providing complete geospatial content management for organizations. This technology provides a front end for ArcGIS for Server with dozens of easy-to-use apps and full integration with ArcGIS for Desktop. It also provides an open mapping and analysis platform integrated with standard enterprise IT infrastructure, including e-mail, search, business intelligence systems, SharePoint, and Office. It is accessible from any device platform or web client.

Esri is licensing this technology by a named user model similar to ArcGIS Online, permitting low cost and flexible deployment of the services.

Real-Time Mapping at Your Command

ArcGIS now brings real-time data into mapping applications, making it possible for people to stay synced with the quickly changing world. A number of new technologies enable the real-time collection and sharing of data with GIS, including the following:

ArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server, a new ArcGIS for Server extension, gives users the ability to connect to real-time data streams from a wide variety of sensors, perform continuous processing and analysis of those data streams, and send relevant information to users or other systems. This real-time capability transforms GIS applications into frontline decision apps, helping decision makers respond faster with remarkable accuracy whenever and wherever change happens.

Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS provides a common operating picture for monitoring events. Operations Dashboard integrates maps and a variety of data sources to create comprehensive operational views that can include charts, lists, gauges, and indicators that update automatically as underlying data changes. Operations Dashboard can be used with GeoEvent Processor to monitor unfolding events and generate geofences on the fly using areas determined by specified drive-time analysis, a simple hand-drawn polygon, or existing map features.

Web scenes provide 3D side-by-side views and fly-throughs of city models via WebGL browsers.

Collector for ArcGIS is an app for Apple and Android devices designed with field crews in mind. It's used to capture and update both tabular and spatial information via smartphones using the built-in GPS capabilities of the device or by tapping on the map. Data captured using Collector for ArcGIS can be displayed immediately in Operations Dashboard and ArcGIS Online web maps.

Web Maps Bring GIS to Everyone

Web maps have emerged as the primary instrument for generating and communicating geographic understanding across enterprises, businesses, and constituencies. They're easy to use and, with ArcGIS, increasingly powerful and dynamic. ArcGIS is designed to help people easily create, deliver, and use web maps. The following new capabilities in ArcGIS make web maps even more important:

Hosted analysis services are available through a set of online tools that let users perform analysis against their layers hosted in ArcGIS Online, as well as other layers users have access to. Users can also create new hosted layers and tables. These new tools are easily accessible to users who may or may not be familiar with ArcGIS geoprocessing tools, models, or services. Additionally, these online analytics are available as services that developers can use to build custom, workflow-specific apps for use within any organization.

Premium content services now give users the ability to aggregate demographic data on any geographic area from existing administrative, political, or postal boundaries to any arbitrary area defined by a polygon. These new demographic capabilities are available for more than 100 countries through the geoenrichment API. Users can now get demographic data through ready-to-use dynamic web maps that can be brought directly into web, desktop, and mobile applications.

The addition of new landscape services gives users access to incredibly rich biogeographic data that can be used to support natural resource management efforts, as well as land use and conservation planning at regional and national scales. Landscape services include dozens of ready-to-use image services to support analytical tasks, feature services, web maps, and geoenrichment services.

Dynamic image services provide the ability to set the properties on image services within web maps and further mine the information content of image services—particularly for very large collections of imagery. For example, a web map can be used to filter a service containing thousands of Landsat scenes so that only a selection of the relevant scenes are rendered with a selected band combination or use a function such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index to return a vegetation index. Configurable web map pop-up windows for dynamic image services provide not only metadata about the specified image but also information about the specific pixel or data values for any location on the map.

Web scenes for 3D presentations are available through Esri CityEngine Web Viewer. They now allow users to add and explore location-based comments in 3D space, compare side-by-side views, and create fly-throughs of city models, all available through any WebGL-enabled browser.

More Analysis Tools Online

Geographic analysis is the foundation of GIS, and this release of ArcGIS makes analysis more readily available. People working in a wide array of disciplines can make use of spatial analytics to reveal patterns in their data and create new map layers that can be added to web maps.

Advanced analysis tools have been added to ArcGIS Online for analyzing and measuring geographic relationships to uncover hidden patterns, assess trends, and make more informed decisions. These new tools include the following:

Overlay layers for combining two or more layers into one single layer to find which features are on top of other features, such as finding what land use is on top of what soil type
Hot-spot analysis to analyze incident data, such as traffic accidents, or the values associated with features (such as total sales for retail stores) and find statistically significant spatial clusters of high values (hot spots) and low values (cold spots)
Explore correlations to examine the strength of relationships among the numeric attributes of features, such as determining whether proximity to liquor stores has a strong and consistently positive relationship with crime
Find existing locations to select map features that meet a user's criteria either based on attributes (land value = vacant) or spatial queries (within one mile of a river)
Data enrichment to get information about the people, places, and businesses in a specific area or within a distance or drive time from a location

Location Analytics Empowers More Business Systems

ArcGIS already delivers solutions for business intelligence (BI) platforms, such as IBM Cognos and Microsoft Office, and productivity and collaboration tools, like Microsoft Office and SharePoint. Now organizations with MicroStrategy BI and Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management will have the ability to analyze their data in a geographic context.

While working within the systems they use every day, these users can do the following:

Make maps that put data in a spatial context
Uncover and analyze spatial relationships that charts and graphs cannot reveal
Enhance their data with Esri basemaps and demographic data

Esri Community Analyst and Esri Business Analyst Online also get productivity-enhancing facelifts and new capabilities, including the following:

Custom study areas can be either hand drawn across multiple geographies (counties, block groups, etc.) or combined with existing geographies, such as three counties, into a single new geography for analysis and generating reports.
Custom variables can be created by defining data ranges, such as "adults aged 55 to 75," to refine and focus analyses and color-coded maps.
Custom labels, as well as photos, captions, arrows, and flags, can be added to further enrich maps.

Enterprise Security Integration

ArcGIS includes new, improved integration with an organization's enterprise systems, as well as security enhancements, such as federated authentication for ArcGIS Online and public key infrastructure (PKI) authentication for Portal for ArcGIS.

Web maps bring mapping and GIS capabilities to everyone, on the web or on any device.

Federated authentication allows organizational account administrators to configure ArcGIS Online so that users can sign in using their enterprise user names and passwords that already exist within their organizations. This eliminates the need for multiple user credentials for separate applications and provides significant convenience to users in that they don't need to create and remember new user names and passwords. This type of authentication takes advantage of Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between end users, identity providers, and service providers. For example, an organization can set up ArcGIS Online accounts to leverage the enterprise Windows Active Directory users, which allows the users to sign in once (aka: single sign on [SSO]) to access many different software systems.

PKI authentication involves using pairs of public and private keys and a certificate authority to verify online identity. Security administrators use PKI to encrypt communication and transactions so that the information is only readable by authorized users and applications with valid digital certificates. For example, an organization can use PKI authentication to create tighter integration between on-premises implementations of Portal for ArcGIS; ArcGIS for Desktop; other ArcGIS applications; and the organization's enterprise security, data, and services to produce highly secure environments.

New Opportunities for Developers

More and more companies, consultants, and Esri Partners are delivering mobile, desktop, and web apps built on ArcGIS APIs and software developer kits.

A new pricing and licensing model will offer scalable plans based on anticipated volume of use per month. Developers can use their ArcGIS Online subscription to take advantage of hosted services, including geocoding and place search, directions and routing, data query, and a wide selection of ready-to-use basemaps.

Later this year, an online marketplace-style venue will be available for developers to showcase their apps and sell them. More details will be coming soon.

Geotrigger, also available with ArcGIS, allows developers to build smart location-aware apps that are ideal for mobile advertising, analyzing when someone is in a place for a given amount of time, and monitoring the density of mobile users in regions. Geotrigger can be used in combination with other ArcGIS Online services, such as geocoding, routing, basemaps, and geoenrichment services. This state-of-the-art technology is designed to have low impact on mobile device batteries.

ArcGIS: A Continuously Expanding and Sustainable Platform

ArcGIS 10.2 in another milestone in a constantly evolving platform. There are significant improvements in design and usability. It works on personal devices, such as smartphones and tablets, as well as on web and desktop apps, and is increasingly embedded in enterprise systems, large and small, within governments and businesses.

ArcGIS serves real people by helping them add location to their workflows and giving them easy access to powerful analytic capabilities so that they can make plans based on solid information; respond effectively to issues affecting their communities and the environment; and, if necessary, take action in real time to protect their investments, assets, and personnel in the field.

ArcGIS also opens up tremendous opportunities for developers to build integrated solutions for solving their customers' problems while growing their own business.

ArcGIS is becoming part of everyday worklife for many more people around the world. They're using it to make better decisions and boost productivity. The work of GIS professionals is also expanding and growing more important. GIS-based maps and geographic analysis are in high demand and are used in nearly every industry to strategize, respond to events, and engage with customers and citizens.

Source: www.esri.com

Webinar: How to Slice 'n Dice 10 Types of Data into Esri ArcGIS

2013-07-25T20:16:00.003+03:00

How to Slice 'n Dice 10 Types of Data into Esri ArcGIS

Wednesday, July 31
8am PDT, 11am EDT, 3pm GMT

Discover how to bring nearly any data into ArcGIS in a way that's usable to you.

You're invited to our upcoming webinar on using FME with Esri ArcGIS to see how you can:

Easily load data from CAD, Point Cloud, BIM, Raster and more into ArcGIS

Make ArcGIS data available to anyone, whether or not they're a GIS expert
Leverage ArcGIS Online's services without any coding including: drive-time polygons, GeoEnrichment, and geocoding

Register here.

Source: www.safe.com

ΣΥΝΕΧΙΣΗ ΔΙΑΔΙΚΑΣΙΑΣ ΥΠΟΒΟΛΗΣ ΑΝΤΙΡΡΗΣΕΩΝ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΑΡΤΗΜΕΝΩΝ ΔΑΣΙΚΩΝ ΧΑΡΤΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΤΟΠΙΚΗΣ ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΧΟΡΤΙΑΤΗ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΠΙΚΗΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΑΣΒΕΣΤΟΧΩΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΔΗΜΟΥ ΠΥΛΑΙΑΣ - ΧΟΡΤΙΑΤΗ

2013-04-30T19:03:00.000+03:00

Η Διεύθυνση Δασών Θεσσαλονίκης συνεχίζει τη διαδικασία υποβολής αντιρρήσεων κατά των αναρτημένων Δασικών Χαρτών της Τοπικής Ενότητας Χορτιάτη και της Τοπικής Κοινότητας Ασβεστοχωρίου, του Δήμου Πυλαίας - Χορτιάτη, που είχαν ανασταλεί προσωρινά στις 1-2-2013. Με το παρακάτω έγγραφο της (αρ. πρωτ. 35118/30-4-2013) καλεί όλους τους ενδιαφερόμενους στην υποβολή αντιρρήσεων, για τους κατοίκους εσωτερικού 8, 9 και 10 Μαίου 2013, για τους καοίκους εξωτερικού ως 30 Μαίου 2013.

Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες επικοινωνήστε με το Τμήμα Χαρτογράφησης της Δ/νσης Δασών Θεσσαλονίκης, στα τηλ: 2313 309544 - 555.

Οι παραπάνω Δασικοί Χάρτες δεν φέρουν καμία αλλαγή σε σχέση με αυτούς πριν την αναστολή (Ανάρτηση: http://forestry-gis-rs.blogspot.gr/2013/02/blog-post.html), οποτέ όσοι είχαν λόγους υποβολής αντιρρήσεων θα πρέπει να προσέλθουν στα παραπάνω χρονικά διαστήματα. Όσοι είχαν υποβάλει αντιρρήσεις πριν την αναστολή, ισχύει κανονικά η αντίρρησή τους και θα μεταβιβαστεί η υπόθεσή τους στις αρμόδιες ΕΠ.Ε.Α.

Πηγή: Αθανάσιος Δ. Σαπανίδης

WEBINAR: How to Efficiently Transform Non-Spatial Data

2013-03-07T14:52:00.000+02:00

Wednesday, March 13 at 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 3pm GMT

Overview
Level: Introductory

FME supports a wide range of non-spatial data, from spreadsheets (CSV, Excel) to databases (SQL Server, Oracle) and to key applications (Salesforce, Socrata). In this webinar, discover how to easily transform non-spatial data for use, even adding a spatial component to your non-spatial data. You'll also hear how SYNCADD has been using FME to solve non-spatial challenges in a variety of situations.

While FME is best known for its spatial proficiency, it's also a powerful solution for non-spatial, letting you solve a more complete range of data challenges with one tool.

Join our webinar on March 13th and you will:

Learn how to transform data from spreadsheets (e.g. CSV, Excel) , databases (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server), online applications (e.g. Salesforce, Socrata), etc

Integrate non-spatial data with your spatial infrastructure, and vice versa

Discover how SYNCADD is solving a variety of non-spatial problems with FME, including performing ETL and sending automated spreadsheet reports

Preview exciting new non-spatial capabilities to be added in FME 2013 SP1

Reserve Your Seat Now

Source: www.safe.com

ΑΝΑΣΤΟΛΗ ΥΠΟΒΟΛΗΣ ΑΝΤΙΡΡΗΣΕΩΝ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΔΑΣΙΚΩΝ ΧΑΡΤΩΝ ΤΟΠΙΚΗΣ ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΧΟΡΤΙΑΤΗ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΠΙΚΗΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΑΣΒΕΣΤΟΧΩΡΙΟΥ

2013-02-01T23:57:00.002+02:00

Η Διεύθυνση Δασών Θεσσαλονίκης αναστέλει την διαδικασία υποβολής αντιρρήσεων κατά των αναρτηθέντων Δασικών Χαρτών της Τοπικής Ενότητας Χορτιάτη και Τοπικής Κοινότητας Ασβεστοχωρίου, βάσει του εγγράφου της με αριθ. πρωτ. 9419/1-2-2013 (ΑΔΑ: ΒΕΥΗΟΡ1Υ-ΦΒ0) και παρουσιάζεται παρακάτω.

Η παραπάνω απόφαση προκλήθηκε από τη τροποποίηση Υ.Α. σύμφωνα με το ΦΕΚ 115/Β/25-1-2013 και οι επίμαχες σελίδες παρουσιάζονται παρακάτω.

Η παραπάνω συμπλήρωση - τροποποίηση της Υ.Α. 165387/410/3-2-2012 (ΦΕΚ 470/Β/2012), όπως αναφέρει το ΥΠΕΚΑ, προβλέπει τρίμηνη αναστολή της υποβολής αντιρρήσεων κατά των αναρτηθέντων δασικών χαρτών στους οποίους δεν έχουν απεικονιστεί τα όρια εγκεκριμένων πολεοδομικών μελετών και ρυμοτομικών σχεδίων (βλέπε 2, προσθήκη παραγράφου 12).

Μεγάλη ομοιότητα της παραπάνω συμπλήρωσης - τροποποίησης παρουσιάζεται με την απόφαση της Οικονομικής Επιτροπής του Δήμου Πυλαίας - Χορτιάτη με αριθ. 14/16-1-2013 (ΑΔΑ: ΒΕΙΩΩ1Ο-77Γ), όπου ζητείται "αναστολής της διαδικασίας υποβολής αντιρρήσεων". Η απόφαση του Δήμου παρουσιάζεται παρακάτω.

Προσοχή: οι ενδιαφερόμενοι για την υποβολή αντιρρήσεων κατά του Δασικού Χάρτη της Τοπικής Κοινότητας Εξοχής, θα πρέπει να καταθέσουν τις αντιρρήσεις τους στις υπάρχουσες ημερομηνιές, καθώς η αναστολή δεν αφορά το Δασικό Χάρτη Εξοχής (καταληκτική ημερομηνία 4-2-2013 για κατοίκους εσωτερικού και 25-2-2013 για κατοίκους εξωτερικού).

Το μπλογκ επιφυλάσσεται για τυχόν παραλήψεις, αλλαγές καθώς και για τις ενδικοφανείς διαδικασίες των παραπάνω και θα επανέλθει σε νέα ανάρτηση με περισσότερες πληροφορίες και τις θέσεις του σχετικά με το θέμα της αναστολής και το παρασκήνιό του.

Πηγή: Αθανάσιος Δ. Σαπανίδης

ΑΝΑΡΤΗΣΗ ΔΑΣΙΚΩΝ ΧΑΡΤΩΝ ΣΕ 3 ΟΤΑ ΣΤΗΝ Π.Ε. ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ

2012-12-01T10:13:00.000+02:00

Η Δ/νση Δασών Θεσσαλονίκης προχώρησε στην ανάρτηση 3 Δασικών χαρτών των ΟΤΑ Ασβεστοχωρίου, Εξοχής και Χορτιάτη και προσκαλεί τους ενδιαφερόμενους στην υποβολή αντιρρήσεων κατά των χαρτών. Παρακάτω παρουσιάζεται το διάγραμμα των ορθοφωτοχαρτών που αναρτήθηκαν, καθώς και η περίληψη της ανακοίνωσης. Στο τέλος παρουσιάζονται οι σύνδεσμοι, όπου οι ενδιαφερόμενοι μπορούν να δουν και να κατεβάσουν τους δασικούς χάρτες (οι συνδεσμοι ενημερώθηκαν, καθώς και οι προθεσμίες υποβολής αντιρρήσεων).

Αναλυτικά, το έγγραφο της ανάρτησης και των διαδικασιών που πρέπει να ακολουθήσουν οι ενδιαφερόμενοι, παρουσιάζεται παρακάτω.

Η υποβολή αντιρρήσεων ορίζεται από την τελευταία μέρα δημοσίευσης στον Τύπο και είναι 60 μέρες για κατοίκους εσωτερικού (4-2-2013) και 80 μέρες για κατοίκους εξωτερικού (25-2-2013).

Τους αναρτημένους δασικούς χάρτες μπορείτε να τους βρείτε στις παρακάτω συνδέσεις:

ΑΠΟΚΕΝΤΡΩΜΕΝΗ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ - ΘΡΑΚΗΣ

ΥΠΕΚΑ

ΚΤΗΜΑΤΟΛΟΓΙΟ Α.Ε. (υπηρεσία θέασης)

Πηγή: Διεύθυνση Δασων Θεσσαλονίκης, Αθανάσιος Δ. Σαπανίδης

Webinar: What's New in ERDAS IMAGINE 2013.

2012-10-10T19:46:00.000+03:00

Join us for a free webinar, What's New in ERDAS IMAGINE 2013.

ERDAS IMAGINE, the world’s leading geospatial data authoring system, incorporates geospatial image processing and analysis, remote sensing and GIS capabilities into a powerful, convenient package. During this webinar, we’ll highlight new point cloud features in ERDAS IMAGINE 2013 that provide 2D, 3D, and cross section views, as well as editing and many other operations; demonstrate a next-generation spatial modeler that enables you to build and execute both raster and vector processes in real time; showcase an updated IMAGINE Radar Mapping Suite that allows real-time ship tracking, on-the-fly georeferencing, and quick and easy detection of floods and spills; as well as provide an overview of the modernized, more user-friendly interfaces that you’ll see throughout the new portfolio.

Please join us for a live webinar as we unveil these new capabilities and demonstrate what they can do for you!

Source: www.intergraph.com

Webinar: Introduction to ArcGIS for Local Government

2012-10-03T18:06:00.000+03:00

Learn the Basics in Just One Hour

Introduction to ArcGIS for Local Government

Thursday, October 4, 2012

9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Join us for this online seminar to learn how to use the maps and apps in this new solution to meet your organization's business needs.

Instructions for Viewing the Seminar

Log in up to 30 minutes before the seminar begins.
You will need an Esri Global Account. If you don't have one, you can create one now.

Are you unable to attend the live seminar? View it in the recorded seminars archive shortly after the live session.

Presented by Scott Oppmann

Seminar Overview

This seminar will provide an introduction to ArcGIS for Local Government solution, as well as a set of maps and apps for local government users. In this seminar, you will learn how to use the maps and apps to meet specific business needs in your organization. It will emphasize implementation best practices and describe how you can participate in this user community.

Key Points
After viewing this seminar, you will understand how to:

Discover the maps and apps provided in Esri’s local government solution.
Leverage the Esri local government solution maps and apps in your organization.
Participate in Esri’s local government community.

Intended Audience

This seminar will be of interest to local government decision-makers and GIS professionals responsible for providing maps and apps to government employees and the citizens they serve.

Source: www.esri.com

Webinar: Maximizing the Power of Your Point Clouds

2012-09-08T11:12:00.000+03:00

Are you looking to leverage the wealth of information contained in point clouds, but need to know which tools will help you do the most with your data in the least amount of time? In the upcoming software release, Intergraph will release new photogrammetry, remote sensing, and server products that enable you to unlock the power of point clouds.

During this webinar, we’ll demonstrate how our new point cloud analysis technology can help you leverage LiDAR and software-synthesized point clouds for forestry management, power corridor monitoring, and flood planning. While detailing those workflows, we’ll showcase our new tools for editing, measuring, analyzing, detecting change, RGB encoding, and batch processing. For users without LiDAR resources, we will illustrate a cost-effective alternative – the generation of high-density point clouds using point correlation with stereo imagery. Finally, we’ll show you how to organize and share your point-cloud data for better collaboration.

Register Now - Tuesday, September 11 @ 10 AM, US EDT (GMT -4)

Source: http://www.intergraph.com

Webinar: Portray Your Geography to the World

2012-09-01T11:23:00.000+03:00

Geospatial organizations need to use and distribute volumes of geospatial data, but disparate legacy information systems may hinder data sharing. When departments use different geospatial software and data formats, data silos result, forming obstacles to effective collaboration within the enterprise. Additional problems arise when trying to share data with outside organizations.

Intergraph’s Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) solution removes the obstacles associated with distributing and using copied data. Adherence to industry standards, including INSPIRE, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®), and International Organization for Standardization (ISO), not only breaks down barriers, but also allows organizations to comply with government mandates. With Intergraph's Geospatial SDI and its powerful browser application, you can easily visualize and share accurate geospatial data to collaborate internally, and with government agencies, commercial businesses, and the public. During this webinar, we’ll demonstrate how this solution can benefit your organization.

Source: http://www.intergraph.com/

Release of the free GIS Cloud Publisher extension for Esri ArcMap

2012-07-19T09:49:00.000+03:00

A single click solution to get your maps from desktop to the Cloud!

The extension is free and compatible with Esri ArcMap 9.x and 10.x. You can download it from the following link: GIS Cloud Publisher for ArcMap (600kB)

Publishing GIS projects with traditional GIS tools is not easy. You have to set up your own server, being that a server from a commercial vendor or open-source, and follow that with maintaining the server and services, uploading your data from desktop, reconfiguring maps and generating tiles to be optimized for the Web, not to mention mobile and tablets. All these are, for the most part, daunting and/or expensive tasks.

A map in ArcMap

GIS Cloud already gives you a way to easily build and publish your maps on the Cloud, but there are still lots of maps and projects sitting on your desktops. Of course it is possible to upload all that data to GIS Cloud, but then you would have to go through the process of creating and setting up those maps once again.

We have always been focused on making your GIS workflows more efficient to save you time and money. Therefore we are releasing today a GIS Cloud Publisher extension for one of the most popular desktop GIS tools out there: Esri ArcMap

The GIS Cloud Publisher for ArcMap extension enables you to publish your maps from ArcMap to GIS Cloud with only one click. It automatically uploads your data, symbology, layer structure and spatial references. The idea is that what you see in your desktop GIS is instantly replicated on your GIS Cloud account. Once your maps and data are on GIS Cloud, they are easily published to the public or embedded into your website/blog without a need for having your own servers.

GIS Cloud Publisher Extension

Not everything is supported just yet. This is what we have so far:

maps and layers can be created and afterwards updated
you can choose which layers to export
your upload is secure through an SSL connection
all your vector data can be uploaded, regardless of the datasource
labels – these end up with a generic look only in GIS Cloud for now
point layer symbology support almost at 100%
simple line symbols – only solid lines
simple fill symbols – only single color fills
but! you’re free to use unique value categories or graduated color symbology

After one click your entire map with the data is in GIS Cloud:

Your desktop GIS map on GIS Cloud

The extension is free and compatible with Esri ArcMap 9.x and 10.x. You can download it from the following link: GIS Cloud Publisher for ArcMap (600kB)

Source: http://www.giscloud.com

QGIS 1.8 Release

2012-06-24T08:03:00.001+03:00

We are very pleased to announce the release of QGIS 1.8.0 'Lisboa', the next in our development release series. This release contains new features and extends the programmatic interface over QGIS 1.0.x and QGIS 1.7.0.

Binary and source code packages are available at:

http://download.qgis.org

If there is not yet a package for your platform on the above page, please check back regularly as packagers are still pushing out their work and they will update the download page to reflect the new packages. Along with the release of QGIS 1.8.0, the QGIS Community Team is hard at work on an updated QGIS Users' Guide version 1.8.0. The guide will be available in the near future - we will post announcements when it is available.

QGIS is a completely volunteer driven project, and is the work of a dedicated team of developers, documenters and supporters. We extend our thanks and gratitude for the many, many hours people have contributed to make this release happen. We would also like to thank our sponsors and donors for helping to promote our work through their financial contributions.

About the new release

This is a new feature release. Building on the foundation of QGIS 1.7.x releases, Lisboa introduces many new features, improvements and bug fixes. Here is a visual summary of some of the key new features.

QGIS Browser: a stand alone app and a new panel in QGIS. The browser lets you easily navigate your file system and connection based (PostGIS, WFS etc.) datasets, preview them and drag and drop items into the canvas.

Drag and drop layers with QGIS Browser

DB Manager: the DB manager is now officially part of QGIS core. You can drag layers from the QGIS Browser into DB Manager and it will import your layer into your spatial database. Drag and drop tables between spatial databases and they will get imported. You can use the DB Manager to execute SQL queries against your spatial database and then view the spatial output for queries by adding the results to QGIS as a query layer. You can also create, edit, delete, and empty tables, and move them to another schema.

Importing a layer into a database between QGIS Browser and DB Manager.

Importing a layer into a SpatiaLite database from a PostGIS database in DB Manager.

New symbol layer types: Line Pattern Fill, Point Pattern Fill.

Examples of point and line fills.

Terrain Analysis Plugin: a new core plugin was added for doing terrain analysis - and it can make really good looking colored relief maps.

Colored relief map created with the new plugin.

Ellipse renderer: a new symbol layer type to render ellipse shapes (and also rectangles, triangles, crosses) by specifying width and height. Moreover, the symbol layer allows you to set all parameters (width, height, colors, rotation, outline with) from data fields, in mm or map units.

Examples of symbols that can be rendered.

Support for nesting projects within other projects: embed content from other project files.

The menu item to embed content.

Select content from another project in this dialog.

Layer grouping: Option to add layers to selected or active group.

The new, convenient layer grouping method.

Message log: Lets you keep an eye on the messages QGIS generates during loading and operation.

New message log window.

Customization: Allows setting up simplified QGIS interface by hiding various components of main window and widgets in dialogs.

The list of elements to select from.

Action Tool: accessible from the map tools toolbar. It allows you to click on a vector feature and execute an action.

Configure an action

Activate the action tool and click on a feature ...

... to execute the action.

New scale selector: select from a list of predefined scales

Select a predefined scale, or enter your own as before.

Pan To Selected tool: Pans the map to selected feature(s); does not change the zoom level.

The toolbar icon for the new tool.

Copy and paste styles between layers

The menu item to copy a style.

Updated CRS selector dialog

The new dialog.

New plugin repository: Note that the old repository is now no longer supported by default; plugin authors are kindly requested to move their plugins to the new repository.

The new repository's pretty (inter)face!

Legend-independent drawing order: The order seen in the legend can be different from the display order. This allows you to order your layers in order of importance, for example, but to still display them in the correct order.

The new layer order list is optional. Checking the "control rendering order" box underneath the list of layers will cause a revert to default behavior.

Other noteworthy changes with this release

Action Tool - now there is a tool on the map tools toolbar that will allow you to click on a vector feature and execute an action.
MSSQL Spatial Support - you can now connect to your Microsoft SQL Server spatial databases using QGIS.
Composers - have multiple lines on legend items using a specified character
Expression based labelling
Heatmap tool - a new core plugin has been added for generating raster heatmaps from point data. You may need to activate this plugin using the plugin manager.
GPS Tracking - The GPS live tracking user interface was overhauled and many fixes and improvements were added to it.
Menu Re-organisation - The menus were re-organised a little - we now have separate menus for Vector and Raster and many plugins were updated to place their menus in the new Vector and Raster top level menus.
Offset Curves - a new digitising tool for creating offset curves was added.
Option to add layers to selected or active group
New tools in Vector menu - densify geoemtries, Build spatial index
Export/add geometry column tool can export info using layer CRS, project CRS or ellipsoidal measurements
Model/view based tree for rules in rule-based renderer
Improvements in Spatial Bookmarks
Plugin metadata in metadata.txt
Refactored postgres data provider: support for arbitrary key (including non-numeric and multi column), support for requesting a certain geometry type and/or srid in QgsDataSourceURI
Added gdal_fillnodata to GDALTools plugin
Support for PostGIS TopoGeometry datatype
Python bindings for vector field symbol layer and general updates to the python bindings.
Benchmark program
Row cache for attribute table
UUID generation widget for attribute table
Added support of editable views in SpatiaLite databases
Expression based widget in field calculator
Creation of event layers in analysis lib using linear referencing
Load/save layer style (new symbology) from/to SLD document
WFS support in QGIS Server
Option to skip WKT geometry when copying from attribute table
Support for zipped and gzipped layers
Test suite now passes all tests on major platforms and nightly tests
Set tile size for WMS layers

Source: http://qgis.org

ΑΝΑΡΤΗΣΗ ΔΑΣΙΚΩΝ ΧΑΡΤΩΝ ΣΕ 12 ΟΤΑ ΣΤΟ Ν. ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ

2012-05-10T08:54:00.000+03:00

ΠΕΡΙΛΗΨΗ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗΣ ΑΝΑΡΤΗΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΣΚΛΗΣΗΣ ΥΠΟΒΟΛΗΣ ΑΝΤΙΡΡΗΣΕΩΝ

Από τη Διεύθυνση Δασών Νομού Θεσσαλονίκης, που έχει έδρα την Θεσσαλονίκη, ανακοινώνεται ότι με το υπ’ αριθμ. 35508/8-5-2012 έγγραφό μας, αναρτήθηκαν την Τρίτη 8 Μαϊου 2012, οι δώδεκα (12) δασικοί χάρτες των Τοπικών Κοινοτήτων Αγίας Τριάδας, Περαίας και Ν. Επιβατών του Δήμου Θερμαϊκού, οι δασικοί χάρτες των Τοπικών Κοινοτήτων Θέρμης, Βασιλικών, Ταγαράδων, Ν. Ραιδεστού, Ν. Ρυσίου και Πλαγιαρίου του Δήμου Θέρμης, ο δασικός χάρτης του Δήμου Καλαμαριάς, ο δασικός χάρτης της Τοπικής Κοινότητας Ανάληψης του Δήμου Λαγκαδά και ο δασικός χάρτης της Τοπικής Κοινότητας Μοδίου του Δήμου Βόλβης , σύμφωνα με τις διατάξεις των άρθρων 13 και 14 του Ν. 3889/2010 (Φ.Ε.Κ. 182Α΄).

Με την παραπάνω ανάρτηση, η οποία έχει γίνει στους χώρους ανακοινώσεων της υπηρεσίας μας, των Δασαρχείων Θεσσαλονίκης, Λαγκαδά και Σταυρού, των Δήμων Θερμαϊκού, Θέρμης, Καλαμαριάς , Λαγκαδά και Βόλβης, απευθύνεται ταυτόχρονα πρόσκληση για υποβολή αντιρρήσεων κάθε ενδιαφερομένου κατά του περιεχομένου των αναρτηθέντων δασικών χαρτών, εντός αποκλειστικής προθεσμίας εξήντα (60) ημερών, η οποία αρχίζει από την τελευταία δημοσίευση της ανωτέρω ανακοίνωσης στον τύπο. Για τους κατοικούντες ή διαμένοντες στην αλλοδαπή, η παραπάνω προθεσμία παρατείνεται κατά είκοσι (20 ) ημέρες.

Το έντυπο υποβολής αντιρρήσεων είναι διαθέσιμο στα γραφεία της υπηρεσίας μας, των Δασαρχείων Θεσσαλονίκης, Λαγκαδά και Σταυρού, των Δήμων Θερμαϊκού, Θέρμης, Καλαμαριάς, Λαγκαδά και Βόλβης. Επίσης, είναι διαθέσιμο σε ψηφιακή μορφή στις ιστοσελίδες του Υ.Π.Ε.Κ.Α., της Αποκεντρωμένης Διοίκησης Μακεδονίας Θράκης, της Κτηματολόγιο Α.Ε. Για τον τρόπο υποβολής των αντιρρήσεων ισχύουν τα αναφερόμενα στις διατάξεις του άρθρου 16 Ν. 3889/10 και του αριθ. 115488/405/1-7-2011 εγγράφου της Δ/νσης Δασικών Χαρτών του Υπουργείου Π.Ε.Κ.Α..

Η υπηρεσία και ο χώρος συγκέντρωσης των αντιρρήσεων που θα υποβληθούν ή θα αποσταλούν, για την περαιτέρω επεξεργασία τους σύμφωνα με τα οριζόμενα στις διατάξεις του άρθρου 17 του Ν. 3889/2010 είναι τα γραφεία της Δ/νσης Δασών Ν. Θεσσαλονίκης, στη διεύθυνση Ναυαρίνου 28- Τ.Κ. 551 31 Καλαμαριά, γραφείο 407 τηλ.: 2313-309555 και 2313-309556.

Οι αντιρρήσεις μπορούν να κατατίθενται και ηλεκτρονικά μέσω της ιστοσελίδας της Κτηματολόγιο Α.Ε..

                                         Ο Δ/ΝΤΗΣ ΔΑΣΩΝ Ν. ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ

                                                       Δρ. Αϊναλής Απόστολος

                                                                   Δασολόγος

(Την πρόσκληση μπορείτε να τη βρείτε εδώ.)

Τους αναρτημένους δασικούς χάρτες μπορείτε να τους βρείτε στις παρακάτω συνδέσεις:

ΑΠΟΚΕΝΤΡΩΜΕΝΗ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ - ΘΡΑΚΗΣ

ΥΠΕΚΑ

ΚΤΗΜΑΤΟΛΟΓΙΟ Α.Ε. (υπηρεσία θέασης)

Πηγή: Διεύθυνση Δασων Θεσσαλονίκης, Αθανάσιος Δημ. Σαπανίδης

Επετειακή εκδήλωση «20 χρόνια LIFE» (14-15-16 Μαίου 2012)

2012-05-08T10:27:00.000+03:00

Π Ρ Ο Σ Κ Λ Η Σ Η

Επετειακή εκδήλωση «20 χρόνια LIFE»

Συμβολή του Προγράμματος «Life» στην Αποκατάσταση των Δασικών Οικοσυστημάτων
14 Μαΐου, 2012

&

Σενιμάριο
«Καινοτομίες στην Παραγωγή Δασοπονικών Φυταρίων »
15-16 Μαΐου, 2012

Η συντονίστρια και οι συμμετέχουσες ερευνητικές ομάδες σας προσκαλούν στην επετειακή εκδήλωση «20 χρόνια του «LIFE» και στην Επιστημονική Συνάντηση «Καινοτομίες στην Παραγωγή Δασοπονικών Φυταρίων »
που θα πραγματοποιηθεί στα πλαίσια του προγράμματος LIFE09 NAT/GR/000326 – VERENIKE (WWW.VERENIKELIFE2009.GR),

στην αίθουσα του Κέντρου Γεωργικής Έρευνας Βόρειας Ελλάδας (ΚΓΕΒΕ-ΕΘΙΑΓΕ), στη Θέρμη (βλέπε σχεδιάγραμμα).

Η παρουσία σας θα αποτελέσει για εμάς ιδιαίτερη τιμή.

Συντονίστρια & Επιστημονικός υπεύθυνος του προγράμματος LIFE09 NAT/GR/000326 – VERENIKE

Δρ. Καλλιόπη Ραδόγλου

Καθηγήτρια, Δ.Π.Θ.

e-mail: radoglou@fri.gr

Την πρόσκληση, το ενημερωτικό φυλλάδιο και το έντυπο συμμετοχής μπορείτε να τα βρείτε εδώ.

Πηγή: Ελευθερία Δάλμαρη, Αθανάσιος Δημ. Σαπανίδης