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GeoMatters, PCI Geomatics Newsflash, February 2001

Title: GeoMatters - PCI Geomatics' Newsletter

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February 2001                                                                                                            

Welcome to GeoMatters – The PCI Geomatics Newsletter! GeoMatters is an
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In this Issue:
News from PCI Geomatics...

 

PCI Geomatics Training and Events...
 
PCI Geomatics Joins Team Canada Mission to China
From February 9 ? 18, 2001, The Honorable Prime Minister Jean Chrétien will lead the Team Canada Trade Mission to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.  PCI Geomatics is delighted to be part of the official delegation joining the Prime Minister.  The official delegation is made up of ?provincial premiers and territorial leaders and more than 300 business people and young entrepreneurs, heads of educational institutions and municipalities.? * 


With the assistance of its strategic partners and friends in both Canada and the Peoples Republic of China, PCI Geomatics hopes to help bring forth a new level of participation and mutual collaboration in the scientific field of geomatics.

As part of the Trade Mission, on February 14th-15th, 2001, PCI Geomatics will be participating in a workshop hosted by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).  
Mr. Trevor Taylor, Director of PCI Geomatics Customer Services, will conduct a presentation on "DEM Extraction, Orthocorrection, and Mapping from RADARSAT Stereo Pairs."  The workshop will also include presenters from NOETIX Research, Atlantis Scientific, AERDE Environmental Research, RADARSAT International Inc., Hatfield Consultants Ltd. and LARSIS and will be attended by government agencies such as the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) and the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications. 

*Excerpt taken from a Press Release issued by the Office of the Prime Minister:  http://pm.gc.ca/default.asp?Language=E&page=newsroom&sub=newsreleases&doc=
teamcanada.20001201_e.htm
PCI Geomatics Signs Agreement During Team Canada Mission

Richmond Hill, Ontario - February 13, 2001:   PCI Geomatics is pleased to announce that the National GIS Key Lab of the China Scientific Academy has selected PCI Geomatics to become their principle geomatics software solution provider. PCI Geomatics will supply the academy with a full complement of their image processing software products in order to satisfy their wide-ranging geomatics needs. Among the requirements for making their decision were the abilities to effectively function with a diverse selection of data formats, provide strong product support, and offer general compatibility with a wide range of other software. 

The National GIS Key Lab of the China Scientific Academy is the leading institute for geomatics applications and research in China. With over ten years of experience in remote sensing, cartography, photogrammetry, and GIS applications, they found that PCI Geomatics software solutions and customer support services best met their overall requirements.  

Read the full press release at:  http://www.pcigeomatics.com/pressnews/2001trademission.htm

Environment Canada Uses PCI Geomatics Software to help Map Species at Risk in Canada
Environment Canada has built a website "Map Search for Species at Risk in Canada" to help find species at risk in a given area in Canada.  The site maps the general distribution of species at risk in Canada as identified in the status reports prepared for the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). 

Learn more about the PCI Geomatics software used to help find species at risk!  Visit the SPANS WebServer product page at:  http://www.pcigeomatics.com/product_ind/spweb.html
Look what CCRS is doing with our Software!

The Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) has created an Image Showcase web page that highlights several image mosaics and maps of Canada.  The images were created using several of PCI Geomatics' highly acclaimed software packages.  Check out what CCRS is doing with our software!

Radar Mosaic of Canada:

CCRS and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have collaborated with contributions from RADARSAT International (RSI), to create an ortho-rectified RADARSAT-1 mosaic of Canada. The ortho-rectification, mosaicking and radiometric matching were carried out using PCI Geomatics' EASI/PACE image analysis software.  View the mosaic at: http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/imgserv/shwcse/rsatmosa.jpg. 
Read how the mosaic was produced at: http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/tekrd/radarsat/mosaic/methode.html.

Land Cover Map of Canada: 

CCRS together with the Canadian Forest Service, have produced a map of the land cover distribution of Canada. ?Generated using 1995 NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer data, the new map shows the distribution of 31 different land cover types across Canada: 12 classes of forest, 10 of open land, 6 for mosaicked and developed land, and three other types. The nominal map resolution is 1km.?  PCI Geomatics' EASI/PACE and Image Works Software was used to derive the data for the classification of the Land Cover Map.  View the map at:  http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/imgserv/shwcse/lc95v1.jpg.   
Read the technical notes at:  http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/tekrd/rd/apps/em/mape.html.

Montreal in 3D:

This RADARSAT-SAR 3D chromo mosaic over Montreal used 
PCI Geomatics' Orthoengine software for ortho image generation, mosaicking, radiometric transformation and colour-coding integration.  View the mosaic at:  http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/imgserv/shwcse/mont.jpg.
Read the technical notes at:  http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/tekrd/rd/ana/chromo/chromoe.html.

Terrain Relief of Canada: 

?Chromo-stereoscopy? was used to create the 3-D display. ?Depth is encoded into an image by means of colour, and depth perception is produced by means of thin optics, the Chroma-DepthTM glasses, which decode the colour and act like thick glass prisms.?  PCI Geomatics software technology was used to radiometrically transform and colour-code the integration of the NOAA-AVHRR and DEM.  View the image at:  http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/imgserv/shwcse/chromcan.jpg.
Read the technical notes at:  http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/tekrd/rd/ana/chromo/chromoe.html. 

The Great Lakes Watershed:

CCRS developed a proto-type mosaicking workstation to generate the Great Lakes Watershed Mosaic. The workstation proto-type contained many generic components including the auto mosaicking capability found within PCI Geomatics' OrthoEngine Software.  View the mosaic at:  http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/imgserv/shwcse/glkmosi.jpg.
Read the technical notes at:  http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/imgserv/shwcse/tnmsse.html.

Vancouver Island, British Columbia:

The geocoding of the radar scenes for the Vancouver Island mosaic was done using a simulation-based procedure developed at CCRS. This procedure is part of PCI Geomatics' RADARSOFT package.   View the mosaic at:  http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/imgserv/shwcse/vanmosi.jpg.
Read the technical notes at:  http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/imgserv/shwcse/tnsare.html.
PCI Geomatics Announces New Leadership Appointments

Following a very successful year, Dr. Robert Moses, President and CEO of PCI Geomatics, is pleased to announce two new leadership appointments as the company prepares to accelerate its growth in 2001.

Richard Nasmith has accepted the challenge of directing a new PCI Geomatics Business Development department and will be responsible for increasing corporate involvement in new areas through joint ventures, strategic alliances, and other means, as well as identifying unique avenues of expansion. This position is offered to Richard due to his record of accomplishment in new revenue generation while directing International Sales for PCI Geomatics. Richard_N.jpg (3958 bytes)

Arnold Hougham has accepted the position of Vice-President of Sales and will be leading the overall worldwide sales efforts, excluding India, for PCI Geomatics. Arnold Hougham, a Geography Masters graduate of the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), has been with PCI Geomatics since 1989 and has been involved in product sales for over 11 years. Before joining PCI Geomatics, Arnold Hougham headed up the remote sensing image analysis function for the Provincial Government of Alberta in Canada. Following this, he traveled to the neighboring province of Saskatchewan to perform remote sensing data analysis at the Saskatchewan Research Council. At the same time, Arnold lectured geography and remote sensing courses at the University of Saskatchewan.

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Read the full press release at:  http://www.pcigeomatics.com/pressnews/2001appointments.htm
PCI Geomatics FREE Vancouver User Group Meeting
Vancouver User Group Meeting
The Pan Pacific Hotel
Vancouver, British Columbia
Monday, February 19, 2001 (1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

Join us at The Pan Pacific Hotel in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia for the PCI Geomatics User Group Meeting. In conjunction with the upcoming GIS 2001 Conference, the seminar is presented so that users of PCI Geomatics software may meet to discuss important issues and exchange information on how Geomatics technologies can help solve complex problems within your industry.
Those in attendance will be given a special sneak preview demonstration of our new Geomatica™, a totally integrated remote sensing, GIS, and cartography tool. Other products that will be showcased are PCI Geomatics’ EASI/PACE® version 7.0, OrthoEngine® version 7.0, and eCognition, the new object-oriented, knowledge-based image classification tool from DEFiNiENS.

We will also be holding a draw at the end of the meeting for your chance to win a  prize!

For complete agenda and on-line registration visit: http://www.pcigeomatics.com/news/vancouver_ugm.html.    Limited seating is available.  Register today!
PCI Geomatics/DEFiNiENS FREE Seminars 
PCI Geomatics, in conjunction with DEFiNiENS, invites you to attend a series of free informative seminars.  Learn more about PCI Geomatics? soon to be released Geomatica? Prime software solution and DEFiNiENS eCognition object-oriented image analysis technology.  Other topics to be discussed include PCI Geomatics? OrthoEngine® and EASI/PACE® highly successful geomatics (Remote Sensing, GIS, Photogrammetry, Cartography) technologies.

  • February 14, 2001 ? 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
    Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Suites~ Richmond Hill, ON
    Topics:  eCognition, Geomatica, OrthoEngine, EASI/PACE

  •  February 15, 2001 ? 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
     PCI Geomatics ~ Hull, QU
     Topic:  eCognition

  •  February 16, 2001 ? 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
     PCI Geomatics ~ Arlington, VA
         Topics:  eCognition, Geomatica

For complete agenda and on-line registration visit: http://www.pcigeomatics.com/news/pci_ecog_seminars.html.    Limited seating is available.  Register today!
Year 2001 Training Schedule
The PCI Geomatics Education Center is your learning partner. Our instructors provide you with the knowledge you need in order to take the guesswork out of your analysis and to allow for smoother and more efficient project management. With courses ranging from general theory to specific software operation and custom application development, we provide a full spectrum of hands-on instruction to the Geomatics community. 

Find out more about the training courses available to you. For complete course descriptions visit: http://www.pcigeomatics.com/education/descrALL.html.

Find a training course available in YOUR area! Visit:  www.pcigeomatics.com/education/schedALL.html.
Where to Find Us this Year!
Visit us this fall at one of the Year 2001 Conferences and Tradeshows. We'll be exhibiting at:
  • GIS 2001~ Vancouver, B.C. ~ February 19 - 22 ~ BOOTH #413/415
  • CalGIS 2001~ Sacramento, CA ~ February 21 -23 ~ BOOTH #B25 
  • CONSAS 2001 ~ Cape Town, South Africa ~ March 12 -14 
  • ASPRS 2001~ St. Louis, Missouri ~ April 23 -27 ~BOOTH # 419/421
  • MARI ~Paris, France ~ April 24 -26 

A complete schedule is available at:
http://www.pcigeomatics.com/news/tradeshows.html. Come by for a visit!
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