NOAA Blanket Purchase Agreement:  In partnership with IM Systems Group, IIC Technologies is please to announce that it has been selected by NOAA to supply electronic chart consulting services, ENC QA activities, and ENC harmonization analysis and upgrade services.  This contract is the latest realization of the successful relationship that IIC has enjoyed with NOAA dating back to 2001.
  

IIC is proud to be a sponsor at CARIS's 12th International User Group Conference in Bath UK, to be held from Sept 22-26. IIC will be doing two presentations at this conference - one on Emergency Management Overlays in conjunction with US Army Corps, and one on using CARIS BASE & HPD to create ENCs from bathymetric source data in conjunction with the Canadian Hydrographic Service. Click here for more information on the conference. We hope to see many of our colleagues there.  

IIC and Allied GIS have been awarded a contract extension by NOAA for the ENC Maintenance Contract which the team started in 2004.  This highly successful contract, which involves applying both Notices to Mariners as well as new survey source directly to the charts, involves approximately 500 ENCs which are updated continuously.  

AML Production: IIC has successfully produced 200 Additional Military Layer (AML)   datasets for the UKHO over the past four months as part of an ongoing contract signed in August of 2007. This effort involved the rapid source processing, data production, and product validation of CLB, ESB, MFF, LBO, SBO, and RAL AMLs, 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.  

 Feb 2008:

IIC is pleased to invite you to MAP INDIA 2008 at India Expo Centre, Expo XXI, Greater Noida , India, 6-8 February 2008. Come and meet us at booth number 36 in the exhibition hall. http://www.mapindia.org

Jan 2008:

ENCs for Brazil:  IIC is pleased to be selected as the provider of S-57 cells to the Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center.  This two year project will result in ENC coverage for the entire coastal area of Brazil.  With the addition of this new valued customer in South America, IIC has initiated or renewed projects with a dozen hydrographic offices in 2007 alone.

Nov 2007:

IIC will be in attendance at Hydro 2007 in Cairns Australia, to be held November 21st to 24th at the Cairns Convention Centre.  We hope to see many of our friends and colleagues at the IIC booth.  Click here for more information on the conference.

Oct 2007:

IIC Technologies is pleased to announce the signing of a Framework Agreement with the UKHO for Data Sourcing & Manipulation. IIC will be able to provide a variety of services, including: data collection, data validation & verification, advisory and consultancy services, and data transformation for improved consistency and usability. This agreement further enhances the close relationship that IIC has developed with the UKHO.

Sep 2007:

Electronic Charting Workshop: IIC will host its 3rd Biennial Workshop on Electronic Charting, January 24-25 2008, in N. Vancouver, Canada.
Building on the success of previous workshops, this event will connect hydrographic representatives from around the world in a constructive forum to discuss and explore current issues and the latest advances in electronic charting. Topics will include the development of hydrographic database systems, the harmonization of ENCs, the latest in product standards, and the distribution and coverage of ENC data. Click here for more information.

Aug 2007:

IIC Technologies is pleased to announce the final delivery of its portion of the NATO Bi-SC AIS Core GIS data contract. Working with Tenet Technology, IIC scanned, rectified and transformed a large portion of paper map and aviation charts as part of the extensive NATO initiative to create an open and shareable mapping database. IIC digitized 3300 sheets which will be transformed into a GML-encoded JPEG format (GMLJP2) and combined with processed geospatial data from many other sources.

Jul 2007:

Excellent ENC news: IIC Technologies has recently been awarded a contract to produce ENCs for the French national hydrographic office (SHOM) in partnership with CARIS BV. Using a variety of source data, including SHOM’s hydrographic database, IIC will produce a new series of ENCs with the option to deliver an additional set of ENCs at a future date.  In 2003, IIC and CARIS were awarded the first SHOM contract for ENC production.

May 2007:

IIC secures A&E prime contract: IIC is pleased to announce its first Architectural and Engineering (A&E) contract with the US Government. This contract, with the US Army Corps of Engineers, is for the continual maintenance of Inland ENCs (IENCs) for the US inland waterways. Continual maintenance will consist of the regular application of local Notices to Mariners in addition to the application of new survey sources, which will make IENCs the most up-to-date navigation product on the inland waterways.  Including options, the contract will run for five years. Contact the US office for more information.

Apr 2007:

IIC is proud to announce it has subcontracted to HSA Systems Pty Ltd in a major contract to assist the Australian Hydrographic Office achieve full ENC coverage by 2010.  The team will compile from source data 82 new paper charts and 322 ENCs, and will also perform conversion and remediation work on 38 existing charts. Click here for the official news release.

Mar 2007:

IIC is proud to continue our support of the North American series of Hydrographic Conferences by sponsoring US Hydro 2007 at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel  in Norfolk, Virginia, from May 14th to 17th 2007. Click here for more information. We look forward to seeing everyone at Booth 15.

Feb 2007:

The UK Hydrographic Office has selected IIC Technologies to be its supplier for the capture of ENC datasets. This key contract includes ENC production services with options to extend the work for up to 4 years in the future. IIC has been a proud supplier to the UKHO since 2000 when IIC was awarded the UK’s first ENC data capture contract.  Over 500 ENCs have been provided since that time.

Jan 2007:

NATO contract: Along with TENET and Galdos, IIC is part of a team awarded a large GIS Data Preparation contract by NATO involving the scanning and conversion of several thousand maps and charts to GMLJP2. Click here for the official news release.

IIC is pleased to invite you to MAP WORLD FORUM at Hyderabad International Convention Center India, January 22nd to January 25th 2007. Come and meet us at  booth number 17A in the main exhibition hall. http://www.mapworldforum.org

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