Spatial Vision eNewsletter

April 2005 eNewsletter

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SV News is your guide to what's new at Spatial Vision, our services and solutions.

What's New from Spatial Vision?

1. 2036 Panel Contract

Spatial Vision has been successful in seeking appointment to the NSW Government's 2036 Panel Contract for Software Development Services.

The 2036 Panel Contract is intended to provide an efficient mechanism for NSW Government agencies to engage reliable and proven providers of software development services.

For further information http://www.spatialvision.com.au/html/r_nsw2036.htm

2. Melbourne Water GDA Strategy

The day to day business operations of Melbourne Water are significantly reliant on spatially related information represented in various business systems and the corporate GIS. The process of migrating Melbourne Water's extensive spatial data holdings and applications to GDA94 presents a number of challenges.

For further information http://www.spatialvision.com.au/html/r_melbwater-gda.htm

3. 2005 Graduate Cadet

Spatial Vision is pleased to announce the appointment of Elizabeth Marasco as our new Graduate Cadet for 2005. Elizabeth graduated from RMIT's School of Geospatial Sciences in 2004.

Spatial Vision established the graduate cadetship to assist graduates secure significant practical commercial experience in the geospatial industry.

For further information http://www.spatialvision.com.au/html/r_2005graduate.htm

4. Accessing the Murray River

The first in a series of Murray River Recreational User Guide Booklets. Designed for visitors touring the area, the booklet has information regarding recreation facilities including camping, boating and fishing within NSW and Victorian Parks and Forests, and major walks.

The A4 booklet covers both banks or the Murray River between Ulupna Island and Yarrawonga at a scale of 1:25,000.

The map book has a recommended retail price of $4.95.

For further information http://www.spatialvision.com.au/html/r_murray.htm

5. Wildlife Atlas

Spatial Vision has been commissioned to redevelop the Atlas of Victorian Wildlife application for the Biodiversity and Natural Resources Division (BNR), part of the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE).

Spatial Vision has worked with BNR staff to develop a new data model for the Atlas to be held in an Oracle RDBMS and is now developing a new client/server application in PowerBuilder to enable the entry, validation, management, querying and reporting of the Atlas information.

For further information http://www.spatialvision.com.au/html/r_wildlifeatlas.htm

New Projects:

6. NSW Fisheries Mobile Application

To ensure compliance with environmental, health and safety regulations, oyster leases are regularly inspected by NSW Department of Primary Industries Fisheries Officers.

To improve the efficiency of recording and reporting of inspections, NSW Department of Primary Industries contracted Spatial Vision to develop a mobile solution enabling officers to store inspection details (while in the field) and for these details to then be easily integrated with the Fisheries corporate database.

For further information http://www.spatialvision.com.au/html/projects.htm#oyster

Project Outcomes:

7. Assisting Lower Murray Water Implement New GIS

In 2004 Sunraysia Rural and Lower Murray water authorities were merged to form Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water (LMW). The challenge for IT Consultant Bob Cook, was to coordinated a team to establish an integrated asset management system. There were two fundamental issues to address: what GIS & Asset Management System combination to adopt and how the bring the two organisations asset data into one system.

For further information http://www.spatialvision.com.au/html/success-story-10.htm

Technical Tips:

8. Python - Scripting in ArcGIS 9

With the release of ArcGIS 9, ESRI has added support for the Python language. Python scripts can be written and added as Tools to ArcEditor or ArcView to perform the type of processing tasks previously written in AML or Avenue. Tools can be configured to easily pass one or more arguments to the Python script.

http://www.spatialvision.com.au/html/tips-python-arc9.htm

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Regards

Glenn Cockerton
Chief Executive

SPATIAL VISION

Innovative Geospatial Solutions
Level 2, 170 Queen Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Phone: +61 3 9691 3000 Fax: +61 3 9691 3001
E-mail: info@spatialvision.com.au
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