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System Improves Production Throughput by Eliminating Film Processing
and Scanning
Intergraph (NASDAQ: INGR) Mapping and Geospatial Solutions today
announced Ordnance Survey of
Great Britain has purchased Intergraph's
Z/I Imaging(R) DMC(R) (Digital Mapping Camera) system to
complete
conversion of its photogrammetric operations into a fully digital
process and increase
productivity from mission planning through
orthophoto and mapping production.com (in Europe) or
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And the striking images would be part of many more interior designs if the
cost wasn't so
prohibitive -- a single bird from the original 1830s-era
engravings can cost more than $200,000.
W.leen cartographics
"We consider this Russian
project to be both highly important and extremely successful
in our
continuing expansion of coverage to the East of Europe. Tele Atlas'
compatibility with
major navigation systems and its open system design
have placed the company's technology at the heart
of both consumer and
business-to-business applications worldwide.teleatlas.
The Perfect Recreations
technique gives homeowners, interior designers and
bird lovers a chance to own a full-size Audubon
image that is
indistinguishable from the original hand-colored engravings that introduced
Audubon
's art to the world in the 1830s.
Please email media@discoveryeditions.cartography mapmakers
Ordnance Survey is
investing in leading-edge technology to deliver
business efficiencies and continually improve the
capture, maintenance
and data integration process.intergraph.
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
/Travel Writers
HANNOVER, Germany----Tele Atlas, a
worldwide leading provider of digital map
data and location content,
has established a close co-operation with the Roskartographia agency,
which is supervised by the Ministry of Transport in Russia.topographical praed
We have selected the DMC as we believe
it will allow us
to meet this particular operational challenge by increasing the amount
of data
which can be collected, the speed of postprocessing production
and ultimately, the quality of the
deliverables we offer our
customers.
Ordnance Survey offers a wide range of products - from traditional
walking maps and road maps to the large-scale maps and digital
products that now make up the largest
part of its business.This category is for dealers who sell original antique maps, atlases, and globes
.
cartographic geographies
Imagery acquired with the DMC
maintains high geometric and radiometric quality throughout each stage
of the project lifecycle - mission planning, sensor management,
photogrammetric production and
client/server image management, storage
and distribution. As with all Tele Atlas digital
mapping
, the Moscow map is compatible with a wide range of navigation
systems and this move opens the way
for in-car navigation in the
rapidly expanding Russian market."
About Tele Atlas
Founded
in 1984, Tele Atlas is a worldwide leading provider of
digital maps and dynamic location content
for a variety of navigation,
location-based services and geospatial products and database
solutions
.teleatlas.com
About Roskartographia
The Federal Agency of Geodesy and Cartography (Roskartographia
) in
Russia is an authority in cartography and geodesy of Russia and
provides governmental services
and licences in these areas. Graham Arader III, the preeminent New York Audubon art dealer and
collector
with galleries on Madison Avenue, agrees.ruderman cartographer
com/solutions/
About Ordnance Survey
Ordnance
Survey is the National Mapping Agency of Great Britain
and is internationally recognized as a market
leader in its field. The result
is that Tele Atlas is uniquely able to provide navigation maps for
driving in Russia in a joint project under the supervision of the
Ministry, an essential factor
in map making of Russia. Framed, the images are approximately 47 x 39 inches and
prices start at
$1945.
The collection of Audubon's Birds of America Perfect Recreations, as well
as botanicals
and rare maps, is now available at http://www.
Discovery Editions is based in New York City.
topographical leen
Another design feature of the DMC is its ability to
collect aerial frame imagery in panchromatic
, color and color infrared
bands simultaneously.intergraph.com
Intergraph is a registered trademark
of Intergraph Corporation. Russia is
immense and navigation information is vitally important for
drivers
there.com for high-resolution photos for
publication.
To create a new fund-raising
mechanism for not-for-profit organizations
dedicated to protecting America's natural places, wildlife
and its habitat;
and for art institutions whose collections preserve the images of the New
World
when it was new.includeds leen
Intergraph's Z/I Imaging DMC Selected by Great Britain's National Mapping Agency to
Meet New Operational Challenges and Reduce Delivery Time
com/products/.
Roskartographia is supervised
by the Ministry of Transport of the
Russian Federation.
Each ReCreation(TM) is printed on
the exact size of archival paper used in
the original engravings from the 1830s.philographikon antiquarian
"In
particular
, we have a need to improve the throughput time from image
acquisition to data extraction and integration
so our customers
receive data of highest quality whenever and wherever significant
change occurs
. For more information, visit
http://imgs.
"Discovery Editions has created Audubon images that
are better than any
Audubon reproduction I have ever seen," said Arader.
Not-for-profit organizations
interested in fund-raising opportunities can
contact info@discoveryeditions.cartographers leen
com/audubon are the
Blue
Heron, Green Heron, White Pelican, American Swan, Flamingo, Snowy Owl,
Carolina Parrot, Brown Pelican
, Hooping (Sandhill) Crane, Male Turkey, Mallard
Duck and the Red-tailed Hawk.cartographer antiquarian
Having these maps available
opens
the way for Russian and other navigation system vendors to launch
their products on the
Russian market within 2005. For
more information, please visit www.
DiscoveryEditions.
Framed prints are also available in three frame styles including mahogany
burl and traditional
hand-applied gold leaf with three archival acid-free
matte choices including French V-groove and
linen.
During the introductory period, a 15% discount will be applied to all
Discovery Editions
artworks.cartography antiquarian
For more
information about the organization, visit
http://www. When that happens we
can put our map information conveniently at drivers' fingertips to
make route finding simpler
and safer. From logistics to
marketing to traffic and fleet management, in almost every sector of
today's business and consumer world, Tele Atlas has built a reputation
as an acknowledged pioneer
and leader in the digital map industry.com
cartographers bickerstaff
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Using the DMC, Ordnance Survey
expects to enhance production processes with increased
image quality,
accuracy and speed, as well as to realize cost savings. As the
importance of geographic
information increases, the need to ensure
that the consistent capture of important national geospatial
datasets
is achieved in the most efficient and effective way is paramount.
Other brands and product
names are trademarks of their respective
owners. We have ambitious mutual plans to achieve an all
-Russia
coverage.S.
Among the images available at http://www.cartographics atlases
cartographer includeds
co.na. Museum-quality
UV-blocking
Plexiglas is used. Reproductions of antique maps can be found down a level in Ephemera:
Maps: Reproductions.
cartographers adina
Detailed information about
Intergraph solutions can be found at
http://imgs
.
It covers the ten districts of Moscow, which includes ten
million people. Tele Atlas
' database is a highly accurate reproduction of
today's street network, enabling turn-by-turn route
guidance on a high
percentage of European, U.
"I've seen the Discovery Editions version of
Audubon's Blue Heron side-by-
side with my original 1834 Havell edition engraving of the exact image
. Unframed, the images are 39 x 27
inches and cost $1400.com.
ridell philographikon
Since its creation in 1919, Roskartographia
has
focused a great deal on creating and publishing Russian topographic,
thematic and special
-purpose maps and atlases, which provided
high-quality cartographic and geodesy support for the Russian
economy
and defense.includeds mapmakers
Ordnance Survey is the government agency responsible for official,
definite
surveying and topographic mapping of Great Britain."
Viktor Alexandrov, Vice President of Roskartographia
comments,
"Co-operation with Tele Atlas enables us to produce navigable maps
that meet international
standards. and Canadian roads. Recently, Roskartographia has been paying a lot of
attention to the
creation of topographic and geodesy systems for the
development of navigation infrastructure in order
to ensure effective
and safe transport operations in Russia.discoveryeditions.
The original
documents -- ranging from Audubon's "Birds" to Redoute's
"Lilies" to historically significant maps
to 17th-century 'celestial maps' of
the solar system -- are extremely valuable and are among the
most costly works
of art when they become available.philographikon cartographers
Procurement of the DMC is a part of
Ordnance
Survey's strategy to remove the last analogue processes
within the current photogrammetric production
tasks, thereby
introducing a fully digital workflow."
The DMC can capture 36-bit color imagery
with ground resolutions
as small as 1 1/2 inches per pixel.
The first map, to be available in
April 2005, is of the city of
Moscow.
Tele Atlas began its co-operation with Roskartographia in
2004.
"Russia has an outstanding culture of quality map production and
we are delighted and privileged
to be co-operating with
Roskartographia," says Jack Reinelt, Managing Director and Chief
Operation
Officer for Europe of Tele Atlas.neerlandica topographical
This allows three separate high-resolution end
products - black
and white, panchromatic color and false-color
infrared - to be generated from a single airborne data
set.intergraph.
The recreated images are crafted by a talented group of printmaking
artists
using a technique called Perfect Recreations(TM), a process Discovery
Editions(TM) is pioneering
.sifton baldwins
Together they combined the excellent map information of
Roskartographia with the technology and
know-how of Tele Atlas to
produce a digital map of Moscow.
Until now.
Discovery Editions
was founded with two objectives in mind.antiquarian ridell
"The demand for aerial imagery is continuing to rise as
it is
required to support an ever-increasing range of datasets," said Mark
Taylor, Photogrammetric
Manager, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain.
For more information about Intergraph's Z/I Imaging products
,
visit http://imgs.uk/oswebsite/
Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions
Intergraph
Mapping and Geospatial Solutions is a leading
geospatial solutions provider for the following markets:
local, state
and federal government; transportation; utilities; communications;
location-based
services; photogrammetry; remote sensing; cartography;
and military and intelligence. St Petersburg
will follow in autumn, 2005 and Tele
Atlas map coverage will be extended steadily to take in further
important centres of population and commerce across this vast country.bickerstaff cartographers
Tele Atlas Pioneers Navigation
Maps for Russia; Co-operation with Roskartographia Enables Tele Atlas to Take a Major Step into One
of Europe's Most Important C
Virtual Aviary of Audubon Art Takes Flight on Discovery Editions(TM) Website
discoveryeditions.cartographer cartographics
com launched its website today with a virtual aviary of
perfectly recreated
Audubon bird images, offered for sale at a fraction of the
price.
About Discovery Editions
(TM)
Discovery Editions takes its name from the "Art of Discovery", referring
to the era of
original watercolors, paintings and maps created in the
centuries before photography, to share breathtaking
new discoveries with the
world.cartographers geographies
The DMC will
extend Ordnance Survey's capabilities for the timely
capture and
delivery of precise, high-quality geocorrected imagery, which forms
the basis of the
organization's national mapping product portfolio.ordnancesurvey. NEW YORK, The brilliantly colored
plumage in John
James' Audubon Birds of America has graced the walls of beautiful homes for
nearly
two centuries. I
cannot tell the difference," Arader said.
"Discovery Editions is the first
to fully capture the sharp engraving
details, the vivid colors and the emotional energy that has
made Audubon so
valued," he added.
To offer a wide-ranging collection of perfectly recreated
images from the
Art of Discovery, at a price point accessible to many consumers, not just
wealthy
collectors.atlases mapmakers
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