June 2002 eNewsletter

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

Top News

What's New from Spatial Vision

1. Spatial Vision awarded ESRI New Business Partner of the Year 2002

2. Other News

New Projects

3. Regional Vegetation Mapping helps NSW LGAs with Strategic Planning

4. SV to undertake update of Victorian CFA Rural Map Books

Coming Events

5. NewTech Forum, July 18, Swan Hill, Victoria

6. OZRI 2002 National Conference, August 27-28, Brisbane

Project Outcomes

7. How do you manage 4,000 Land Improvement Projects?

Technical Tips

8. Map Production in ArcGIS

The stories in more detail ...

1.  ESRI New Business Partner of the Year 2002

Spatial Vision was recently awarded the ESRI New Business Partner of the Year for 2002 by Jack Dangermond at ESRI's International Business Partner Conference, Palm Springs USA. For more information visit http://www.spatialvision.com.au/sv-news1.htm

2. Other News

Spatial Vision attended the NSW State AWA Conference (Waterscape 2002) in Parramatta on May 23/24. The major focus of the conference was environmental management. This inaugural conference was well attended and set a good precedence for next year. Spatial Vision participating in the very well supported NSW AURISA State of GIS Forum in Sydney on May 23. Over 230 other delegates were informed of the progress made by the major NSW government agencies over the last 12 months. For more information visit http://www.aurisa.asn.au/WhatsHappeningNSW/viewnews.asp?ID=77

3. Regional Vegetation Mapping helps NSW LGAs with Strategic Planning

As a vital input into local land use planning, the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service has recently completed a review of significant vegetation and conservation areas of the Cumberland Plain region (from Western Sydney out to the Blue Mountains). Spatial Vision has been commissioned to develop a series of maps capturing the findings of this review for dissemination to affected local authorities. For more information visit http://www.spatialvision.com.au/sv-news3.htm

4. SV to undertake update of Victorian CFA Rural Map Books

The Country Fire Authority of Victoria produces a series of detailed map books for the entire State of Victoria.  These books are used by CFA crews to respond to fire incidents throughout the state. Each map book is updated every 5 years.  Spatial Vision has recently won the contract to produce some 13,000 books for two of the CFA's rural fire management districts. For more information visit http://www.spatialvision.com.au/sv-news4.htm

5. NewTech Forum

To assist users come to grips with the new ESRI ArcGIS environment, Spatial Vision will be delivering a paper entitled 'Developing a Spatial Data Model is Not Rocket Science' and taking a trade booth at the NewTech Forum, July 18 at Swan Hill, Victoria. For more information visit http://www.spatialvision.com.au/sv-news5.htm

6. OZRI 2002 National Conference

Spatial Vision will be participating at ESRI's Australian user forum, the OZRI 2002 National Conference, at Brisbane Convention Centre, August 27-28. Ian Miller will present a paper entitled: "Integrated Spatial Data Capture via a Web Application". Spatial Vision will also be taking a trade booth. For more information visit http://www.spatialvision.com.au/sv-news6.htm

7. Project Outcomes

Significant state and federal funding is spent on geographically dispersed natural resource projects. The Catchment and Water Division of the Department of Natural Resources in Victoria recognised the need to improve the tracking of expenditure and progress on these projects. They contracted Spatial Vision to implement a web based application that enables project managers to map project sites and record relevant details. Since implementation 18 months ago, over 4,000 works projects across Victoria have been recorded via CAMS by users in over 30 regional offices. For more information visit http://www.spatialvision.com.au/sv-news7.htm

8. Map Production in ArcGIS

Setting up the production of consistent, high quality maps for a range of paper sizes can be problematic.  However, these tips will help you utilise ESRI's owerful template features to streamline map production. For more information visit http://www.spatialvision.com.au/sv-news8.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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