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Feb
2010:
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New Chart Compilation Contract: IIC is pleased to announce the compilation of paper charts for Brazil’s hydrographic office, Centro de Hidrografia da Marinha (CHM). Utilizing a variety of digital source data, IIC will compile a series of paper charts for the Paraguay River, a vital transport and commercial waterway. The Rio Paraguay project adds to the growing list of compilation work recently awarded to IIC.
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Jan
2010:
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New
directions in electronic charting: Mike
Casey, VP of Geospatial Systems, presented
an intriguing vision for the future of
navigation charts at the 3rd International
ECDIS Conference, held in Singapore in
November. Mr. Casey discussed how
'crowd sourcing' may well influence the
content and development of electronic
charts. The presentation is available here
and the paper is here.
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Dec
2009:
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New
European Contract: IIC is proud to
announce the award of a multi-year charting
project with the Norwegian Hydrographic
Service (NHS). This framework
agreement is designed to increase ENC
coverage of the Norwegian coast and to
modernize a selection of NHS paper charts.
The contract includes complex paper chart
compilation, utilizing a variety of
hydrographic and terrestrial sources.
IIC first began assisting the NHS with its
paper chart and ENC requirements in 2003.
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Nov
2009:
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Remote
Connectivity and Hydrographic Databases:
Many hydrographic offices are now adopting
database technology to help increase
efficiency. However, the initial
effort to load and produce chart products
within this environment can be demanding.
Leveraging years of experience, IIC has
established a range of services that use
secure, remote connectivity to assist with
your database work. Please click here
for our detailed brochure.
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Oct
2009:
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New
ENC Maintenance Services Contract for
NOAA: IIC has recently been awarded a
multi-year NOAA contract for the maintenance
& update of ENCs. Working
within NOAA's Nautical Chart System (NCS)
and the new, ESRI-based NCS,
IIC will retrieve, apply and document a wide
variety of source updates such
as hydro surveys, dredging reports, and
regular Notices to Mariners. This
program follows the successful completion of
the NOAA maintenance contract
awarded in 2004.
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Sep
2009:
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IIC is pleased to announce its ISO 9001:2008 accreditation, which encompasses marine
solutions, mapping services, engineering, and software solutions. The scope of certification
includes ENC production, chart compilation, photogrammetry, orthophoto and LIDAR processing, technical illustrations, as well as a full suite of software products and services. First certified in 1999, IIC is proud to offer high quality data
solutions based on our standardized design
and production procedures.
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Aug
2009:
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UKHO
Hydrographic Database (HDB) Program: IIC is
proud to announce its selection to provide
HDB population services to the UKHO. IIC
will help populate the UKHO's hydrographic
database using secure, remote connection
technology. From this seamless, harmonized
database, IIC will then remotely produce HDB
paper chart masters which are then used by
the UKHO to produce paper charts. The
program focuses on two of IIC's core
capabilities: CARIS HPD
and Citrix remote connectivity expertise.
The two year contract has an option
to extend for a further three years.
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July
2009:
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New
NOAA Charting Contract: IIC has partnered
with Lynker Technologies to provide NOAA
with a variety of hydrographic services,
including chart collection, chart
validation, and spatial database
preparation. The database groundwork
includes ENC data assessment, harmonization
and edge matching. This project is scheduled
to continue for the next three years.
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Mar
2009:
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IIC is pleased to sponsor the 2009 US Hydro Conference, May 11th-14th,
to be held in Norfolk, VA. The event will
include a technical session on the
development and standardization of Inland
ENCs. We look forward to seeing many of our
hydro colleagues at the show. Please click here for more information.
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Feb
2009:
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Norway News:
IIC is celebrating the
successful completion of a sophisticated
chart compilation and ENC production project
with the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS).
For over 5 years, IIC has created digital
chart products from a variety of complex
marine and terrestrial sources. The sources
included detailed bathymetry datasets,
survey data, nautical chart information and
several other databases. Digital paper
charts and tiled ENCs were the principle
products produced.
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Jan
2009:
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IIC
is pleased to invite you to MAP WORLD FORUM
at Hyderabad International Convention
Centre, HITEX, Hyderabad, India, between February
10th - 13th 2009. We hope to see you at booth number 23 in the exhibition hall.
http://www.mapworldforum.org
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Nov 2008:
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Charting New Zealand Waters: IIC has partnered with HSA Systems Pty Ltd
for the compilation of paper charts under a
challenging new contract with Land
Information New Zealand (LINZ). This award
is the latest in a stream of compilation
projects that IIC has secured with various
national hydrographic agencies,
demonstrating their strong trust in IIC’s
capabilities.
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Sep 2008:
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NOAA Blanket Purchase Agreement: In partnership with IM Systems
Group, IIC Technologies is proud to announce
its selection by NOAA to supply electronic
chart consulting services, ENC QA
activities, and ENC harmonization analysis
and upgrade services. IIC has been
working closely with NOAA since 2001 and we
look forward to delivering yet another
successful program of services.
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July 2008:
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IIC is proud to sponsor the 12th CARIS International User Group
Conference in Bath, England, Sept. 22-26.
IIC will deliver two hydrographic
presentations: “Emergency Management
Overlays” in conjunction with the US Army
Corps, and “Using CARIS BASE & HPD to
Create ENCs from Bathymetric Source Data”
in conjunction with the Canadian
Hydrographic Service. Click
here for more information. We look
forward to seeing many colleagues in Bath.
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June 2008:
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Continuing ENC Maintenance: IIC Technologies and Allied GIS have been
awarded an extension to their contract by
NOAA for the maintenance of approximately
500 ENCs. First initiated in 2004, this
highly successful contract involves applying
both Notices to Mariners and new survey
source data directly to NOAA’s electronic
charts, ensuring the charts are continuously
updated.
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Apr 2008:
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Additional Military Layer Production: IIC has successfully produced 200
AML datasets for the UKHO in the past four
months as part of an ongoing contract signed
last year. This effort involved the rapid
source processing, data production and
product validation of CLB, ESB, MFF, LBO,
SBO and RAL datasets and represents one of
the largest production efforts of its type
in the world. IIC has produced close to 500
AMLs over the past two years for several
agencies.
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Feb
2008:
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IIC
is pleased to invite you to MAP INDIA 2008
at India Expo Centre, Expo XXI, Greater
Noida , India, 6-8 February 2008. Meet us at booth number 36 in the
exhibition hall. http://www.mapindia.org
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Jan
2008:
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IIC is proud to sponsor the Canadian Hydrographic Conference and
National Surveyors Conference, May
5th-8th, 2008, in Victoria BC, Canada.
The conference theme is "Bringing
Land and Sea Together", and the event
aims to unite delegates from both land and
sea surveying and mapping disciplines. We
look forward to seeing you there. Please
click here
for more information.
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Dec 2007:
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ENCs for Brazil: IIC is proud to announce that it has been selected
to produce S-57 datasets for the Brazilian
Navy Hydrographic Center. This exciting
two-year project will generate ENC coverage
for the entire coastal area of Brazil.
With the addition of this valued
customer in South America, IIC has initiated
or renewed projects with a dozen
hydrographic offices in 2007 alone.
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