PCI Geomatics’ Geomatica® and training services help
MAP: GAC with disaster planning

Richmond Hill , Ontario – May 3, 2005 : PCI Geomatics’ Geomatica software and training services are helping the Multinational Andean Project: Geoscience for Andean Communities (MAP:GAC) with disaster planning and prediction.  

The MAP:GAC project was established to provide people in the Andes with updated and integrated geospatial information on natural hazards like earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes. Geomatica software will be an integral part of this process.

“We are absolutely thrilled to be a part of the MAP:GAC project,” says John Roos , PCI Geomatics’ sales manager for Latin America . “Our software helps provide MAP:GAC with the tools needed to achieve their mandate.”

“We selected PCI Geomatics because they offer broad functionality, quality results, and they’re reasonably priced,” says Dr. Mark Stasiuk, sub-project leader of geophysical tools and techniques for MAP:GAC. “Their digital elevation models (DEMs) create and communicate information to non-technical land-use experts, which aids in our goal of saving lives otherwise jeopardized by poor practices and/or lack of knowledge.” 

Training services provided by PCI Geomatics include automatic DEM extraction, terrain analysis, pansharpening, and orthorectification of air photos and satellite data including, ASTER, QuickBird, and EROS. Training also allows users to  monitor and analyze a larger area of land than would otherwise be possible with ground surveys.

“We have found the training from PCI Geomatics to be practical, applicable to our project, and very convenient,” says Malaika Ulmi, a scientific support officer for MAP:GAC. “We have increased our investment in Geomatica licenses in-part because PCI Geomatics offers training in Spanish, and because their technical support has been great.” 

For more information on this release, PCI Geomatics software solutions, or PCI Geomatics corporate information, please visit www.pcigeomatics.com.

For more information about MAP:GAC, please visit www.pma-map.com.

About PCI Geomatics

PCI Geomatics is a world leading developer of image-centric geomatics software solutions. PCI Geomatics’ flagship solution, Geomatica, meets the growing demands of the remote sensing, GIS, cartography, and photogrammetry worlds. PCI Geomatics is celebrating the beginning of its third decade as an industry-leading geomatics solution provider, and has long been recognized for offering high-value geomatics software solutions, advanced algorithms, excellent customer assistance, and product support for the widest range of spatial data formats in the industry.

About MAP:GAC

The Multinational Andean Project: Geoscience for Andean Communities began June 28, 2002 and includes Argentina , Bolivia , Canada , Colombia , Chile , Ecuador , Peru , and Venezuela . Funding for the project comes from the eight participating nations and is expected to exceed $35,000,000 CDN over the six years of the project. The Geological Survey of Canada has been named the executing agency of the project by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the primary source of funding.  

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