GIS technology is frequently used to examine spatial changes in social and economic development in a geographic region over time. Focusing on social sciences and humanities, the GIS Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan is responsible for undertaking basic GIS-related research, building cross-domain integration with spatiotemporal data, and creating application environment for analysis and map metaphor.

Taiwan population statistics contains all the census statistics from Japanese colonial era to the present. However, the traditional digital data were only presented the information with tables or records and it is difficult for the government departments and the public to access the temporal and spatial distribution of demographic data across Taiwan’s districts.

To fulfill the needs of research applications, the GIS Center, Academia Sinica developed a GIS system statistical graphics which performs statistical data integration, map display, and management functions to conduct diverse scientific research such as Health Care and Environment Change, Socio-economic conditions, Historical Population, etc.

In addition to achieving seamless spatial data integration, the GIS platform helps update and manage the Taiwan's historically demographical data with the Socio-economic indicator data, allowing users to easily find the hidden information of spatial distribution. Furthermore, the portal website offers URL of map websites in Statistical GIS that enables users to easily utilize website functions to carry out GIS applications.

In the project, Microsoft Windows Server R2 was used to build statistical data table and fill Metadata into the database. SuperGIS Server allows to publish common-used Taiwan map as map services, to integrate statistics, and to display the results on map website with layering tinting. The map website provides users with statistics querying and georeferencing functions to quickly receive needed historical data.

Serving as the powerful gateway, the GIS platform allows users to query Taiwan’s population research for academic research and general educational use. The GIS system also added interactive functions to enhance operational efficiency of the system and respond to the growing system demand. As a result, users are able to accurately identify relation between statistics data and spatial distribution through spatiotemporal visualization.

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that SuperSurv 3.1, the latest mobile GIS software for Android devices, supports the use of Web Maps as Basemap to complete efficient data collection with OpenStreetMap.

Integrating with GIS and GPS technologies, SuperSurv 3.1 performs accurate data collection, real-time positioning, map display, and the waypoint tool. Through working with GPS, SuperSurv 3.1 allows field surveyors to collect data of point, polyline, and polygon, as well as recording and managing waypoint and GPS tracklog.

With SuperSurv 3.1, surveyors are able to display basemap in different types, collect spatial data with basemap from different sources, and apply the pre-generated map (cache map) or the map service published by SuperGIS Server as basemap to their mapping applications.

Besides, the customizable project file allows easy connection with OpenStreetMap to enhance the efficiency of data collection without generating cache map or accessing SuperGIS Server service. The customized project file (SuperSurv Online Map Tool) and the usage instruction are available on SGDN website.

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has been dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

SupergeoA, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, renews the business contract with Geoconnect, to collaboratively promote SuperGIS software and services in Australia and New Zealand. This new partnership agreement will encourage a closer cooperation between the two parties, and therefore make SuperGIS GIS solutions more accessible to local users with spatial application needs.     

Headquartered in Victoria, Australia, Geoconnect is the leading GIS software and hardware supplier who offers GPS, GNNS, rugged computers, and GIS software to help surveyors precisely carry out surveying and efficiently collect field data. Moreover, the company also provides equipment planning and asset management services for industries.

The main clientele of Geoconnect is from utilities, mining, natural sciences and environment, public safety, etc. “Featuring the easy-to-use user interface, powerful GIS functions, and reasonable pricing, the SuperGIS mobile and desktop GIS solutions could help local governments and enterprises greatly save the operational cost and increase the productivity”, the company announced after a comprehensive software evaluation. Geoconnect is confident of the future sales in the local GIS market.

As the global geospatial industry grows steadily year by year, Geoconnect plans to conduct more promotional campaigns which aim to market the latest SuperGIS innovations and successful GIS applications to the target users via its distribution channels. By working in collaboration with Geoconnect, Supergeo hopes to achieve new market penetration in the Oceanian market.

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

- New high-quality MAPublisher tutorial videos available now -

Toronto, ON, May 29 - Avenza Systems Inc., producers of the PDF Maps app for iOS and geospatial plugins for Adobe Creative Suite, including Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop, and Red Geographics, a cartography, training, and consulting company based in The Netherlands, are pleased to announce the release of a complete set of MAPublisher tutorial videos. The tutorial videos, offered in English only, contain more than four hours of content and are divided into 11 sessions, ranging in length from 15 to 45 minutes. The sessions cover MAPublisher fundamentals and advanced features including map theme styling, geoprocessing, and exporting data to formats such as geospatial PDF.

“We have revised the MAPublisher tutorial videos to include new content and features while maintaining a high-quality level of instruction, comparable to that of an in-class session. We're excited that users will now have another training resource to use and work through at their own pace and repeat if necessary”, said Hans van der Maarel, owner of Red Geographics. “These videos will be a great asset for beginner MAPublisher users as well as experienced users who want to refresh their skills”, he added. “Red Geographics continues to be a leader in MAPublisher training and these high-quality instructional videos demonstrate their level of commitment and professionalism”, said Ted Florence, President of Avenza. “The instructional content of these videos provide the perfect self-learning environment and is bound to turn anyone into a MAPublisher expert very quickly”, he added.

The complete MAPublisher training video set is available immediately at US$129 from Avenza and Red Geographics, with a US$30 discount being offered to MAPublisher Maintenance Program members. The videos are also available from Avenza resellers. Delivery is via download only.

More about MAPublisher for Adobe Illustrator

MAPublisher for Adobe Illustrator is powerful map production software for creating cartographic-quality maps from GIS data. MAPublisher tools leverage the superior graphics design capabilities of Adobe Illustrator to manipulate GIS data and to produce high-quality maps with accuracy and efficiency.

More about Avenza Systems Inc.

Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools to make better maps. In addition to software offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services, as well as the PDF Maps app for purchasing and using maps on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices.

More about Red Geographics

Red Geographics, founded and based in The Netherlands, operates in the fields of GIS, geographical data, Spatial ETL, 3D visualization and digital cartography, offers consultancy and training, performing data translation and transformation services as well as creating both 2D and 3D maps and visualizations. Red Geographics is also a distributor of software products aimed at the GIS/Cartography market.

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, provides SuperGIS Server Mobile SDK samples through instruction text, sample code, video, etc. to assist developers in comprehending the usage of SDK.

The new-launched SuperGIS Server 3.1a offers Value and Standard editions to your requirements in diverse projects. The Value edition supports to publish map services, feature services and basic geoprocessing services. Not only serving all functions offered by Value edition, the Standard edition also performs advanced geoprocessing services and Mobile SDK which enables users to customize their mobile applications to access SuperGIS Server services.

The Mobile SDK Samples supports iOS, Windows Mobile, Android platforms. Supergeo provides Windows Mobile users specifically with a sample, demonstrating how to develop an application to access SuperGIS Server services, directly edit features directly, and enable simultaneous editing by multiple users via the Internet.

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has been dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

During the last weeks several posts about the gvSIG Desktop novelties have been published at the gvSIG Blog. With them we try to make known all these novelties with more details. Until now, the posts that have been publisher are:

• Scripting, exploit your gvSIG (III): Generate a polygon from a course
• Symbols library “OSM”
• “Google” symbols library
• Scripting, exploit your gvSIG (II). Creating a buffer
• Mirrors for downloads
• Add-ons manager
• How to create symbol libraries (II)
• Raster data tile cache and WMTS
• gvSIG 2.0 on 64 bits or Java 1.7 systems
• Additional feature for managing CRS
• gvSIG 2.0: Scripting, exploit your gvSIG
• How to create symbol libraries (I)

In the last weeks new posts will be published, as well as the translation of the last ones in Spanish. Some of them will be related to the new add-ons that will be available for this version. They will be able to be installed from the Add-ons Manager.

SupergeoRY Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that SuperSurv 3.1, the mobile GIS software for Android devices, has chosen by Regie Dignoise des Eaux to carry out efficient field data collection and surveying for local water and sanitation service improvements and to ensure safe drinking water in Digne-les-Bains, France.

Established by the city council of Digne-les-Bains, Regie Dignoise des Eaux focuses on conducting the operation of local drinking water and sanitation services. GIS technology allows the municipality to fully integrate the hydrological and environment data to continually monitor groundwater quality in the adjacent areas for sustainable development of water resources.

With SuperSurv 3.1, the Regie Dignoise des Eaux personnel are able to adjust the policies using the up-to-date spatial data, as well as further promoting the operational efficiency in long-term water pipeline monitoring and water quality management. As a result, the residents could live healthier with the adequate access to safe water and sanitation facilities.  

Géo.RM is the professional GIS consulting company which specializes in offering GPS and GIS mapping solutions to fulfill a variety of industry applications. Through collaborating with Géo.RM, it enables Supergeo to satisfy the French-speaking clients’ needs with the innovative SuperGIS software and services.

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

- New ability to export web tiles compatible with online map services -

Toronto, ON, May 21 - Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher® cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator® and the popular PDF Maps mobile app, is pleased to announce the release of Geographic Imager 4.2 for Adobe Photoshop. New formats are supported, including writing to the DEM TIFF format which saves raw DEM values and exporting web tiles to Google Maps or Microsoft Bing Maps format. In addition, there are a number of new and exciting product features and enhancements. This release also is also available at the Geographic Imager Basic license level which provides support for the geospatial framework in Adobe Photoshop as well as limited import and export abilities at an introductory price level. Also new in this release is the addition of the Georeference feature with the Geographic Imager Basic license.

“We've been working on some very innovative features lately, one of them being the ability to export web tiles using Geographic Imager from Adobe Photoshop,” said Ted Florence, President of Avenza. “The web tiles are compatible with several online map services which allows our users to spend less time worrying about image referencing and more time creating online mapping solutions,“ he added. “Another great feature in this release is the new ability to save to the DEM TIFF format, which is interoperable and can be reopened in Geographic Imager or in other geospatial software packages. There has been a demand for extended format support and we're continuing to listen to our users’ needs.”

Additional Geographic Imager 4.2 features

• Available Geographic Imager Basic license
• DEM TIFF write support, format saves raw DEM values
• Ability to Export Web Tiles to Google Maps or Microsoft Bing Maps format
• Geographic Imager panel improvements, including new Survey and Ruler tabs
• Crop by Vector File Extents, use the geographic extents of a vector file to crop an image
• Streamlined user interactions with command boxes and simpler messages
• Various bug fixes and user experience enhancements.

More about Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop

Geographic Imager is software for Adobe Photoshop that leverages the superior image editing capabilities of raster-based image editing software and transforms it into a powerful geospatial imagery editing tool. Work with satellite imagery, aerial photography, orthophotos, and DEMs in GeoTIFF and other major GIS image formats using Adobe Photoshop features such as transparencies, filters, and image adjustments while maintaining georeferencing and support for hundreds of coordinate systems and projections.

Geographic Imager 4.2 is immediately available and free of charge to all Geographic Imager Maintenance Program members and at US$319 for non-maintenance upgrades. New fixed licenses start at US$699. Geographic Imager Basic licenses start at US$199. Academic and volume license pricing are also available. Geographic Imager 4.2 is compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS5, CS5.1 and CS6.

More about Avenza Systems Inc.

Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools for making better maps and for working with spatial imagery. In addition to software offerings for Mac, Windows and Apple mobile device users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services.

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that SuperGIS Online for Excel Add-in will be released to help Taiwanese users integrate statistical data with geographic features and obtain expected theme maps with statistics.

SuperGIS Online, a spatial data on-demand service, is designed for professional GIS experts, general GIS users, and value-added application users to effortlessly create their own infographics by subscribing SuperGIS Online service.

SuperGIS Online for Excel Add-in performs a value added function that worked on Microsoft Office Excel, allowing users to diversify data display instead of displaying data with bar chart or pie chart only. SuperGIS Online for Excel Add-in enables users to easily create theme maps to improve data visualization and reporting through integrating with statistics with geographic features.

With SuperGIS Online for Excel Add-in, users are able to create charts and get corresponding information like the names of the counties, cities, and towns and specific coordinates, as well as displaying data visually with unique values, graduated colors, graduated symbols, etc. on the map. This service, SuperGIS Online for Excel Add-in, is available only to clients in Taiwan.

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has been dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

Cloud computing, the prevailing and rapidly emerging technology, has become mainstream in most of the industries. Developed by the Information Center, Ministry of The Interior, Taiwan Geospatial One-Stop (TGOS) is the portal which enables users to search, view, query, and access the geospatial data and the web services in Taiwan.

Serving as the geodatabase and web service provider, TGOS contains comprehensive query catalog, Metadata database of national spatial data, and web services, helping government, organizations, academic institutions, and citizens to find information like contents, data providers (departments), and usage limits of the required geodata through searching Metadata on TGOS.

The public spatial data in Taiwan are owned by different departments. To effectively lower the cost of repeated service maintenance of the systems for government institutes, TGOS Cloud is developed to collect, store, and process the spatial data from local governments and then publish diverse APIs such as TGOS MAP API to integrate with their own data.

The existing TGOS only served to collect spatial data and offer physical files. In response to the recent expansion of system requirements, TGOS Cloud aims to fully support the original systems, to demonstrate the functionality such as membership database, browsing authority of spatial data, and service registration management, and to enable users to integrate the spatial data that will be processed and served as APIs on the TGOS portal.

In this project, SuperGIS Server 3 allows TGOS users to create, manage and distribute spatial data as GIS services including map services, feature services, and OGC services and unify map tile types to reduce labor cost in data preparation for government departments. Moreover, the server GIS ensures that new GIS services can be overlaid with the existing ones and easily applied to various mobile applications using Map API.

TGOS MAP API is classified into five elements, including the basic and advanced Web-controllers, stacking for map elements, data structures, and other located services. Users can use frequently-used essential base maps and manipulation tools to display the map data.

TGOS Cloud provides end-users with the ability to query data or employ application with pre-generated base maps. By accessing the TGOS Cloud system for TGOS MAP API and Network Service, users can develop their own map services using TGOS MAP API and achieve seamless data fusion in TGOS database for Web GIS and Mobile GIS applications.

With the development of TGOS Cloud, it facilitates organizations to integrate and publish spatial data as diverse services via connecting with TGOS services. Consequently, users are not only able to apply Map API offered by TGOS Cloud to conduct various analyses such as route analysis and buffer analysis but also to effectively manage their map websites without paying huge costs to publish maps.