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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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Nov
2007:
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IIC will attend the Hydro 2007 Conference in Cairns, Australia, to be held
November 21-24 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.
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Oct
2007:
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IIC Technologies is pleased to announce the signing of a Framework
Agreement with the UKHO for Data Sourcing
& Manipulation. IIC will provide a
variety of services, including: data
collection, data validation &
verification, advisory and consultancy
services, and data transformation to improve
consistency and usability. This agreement
further enhances the close relationship that
IIC has developed with the UKHO.
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Sep
2007:
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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.
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Aug
2007:
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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.
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Jul
2007:
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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.
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May
2007:
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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.
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Apr
2007:
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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.
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Mar 2007:
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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.
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Feb
2007:
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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.
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Jan
2007:
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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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December
2006:
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IIC
is proud to be a sponsor for the 2007 CARIS
International Users Group in Kuala Lumpur,
March 5-9th. We look forward to seeing
many of our valued clients there! http://www.caris.com/conferences/caris2007/
IIC wins another important ENC Validation and
Verification contract. Several HO’s now trust IIC to
perform final checking of ENC datasets.
Please contact the Vancouver office
for more information.
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June 2006:
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IIC
is pleased to announce our first contract for validation services
under the Multinational Geospatial Co-Production Program.This
is an important milestone for our MGCP team and it's strong
indication of the confidence that defence geospatial agencies
place in our abilities. This project compliments the several MGCP
production contracts that IIC has already secured. Please contact
our
Vancouver
for the official news release.
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May
2006:
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Look for our booth at the Canadian Hydrographic Conference (CHC 2006),
June 5-9 in Halifax. Since 2001, IIC's offices in Vancouver and Ellicott City
have been actively involved in providing S-57 ENCs and other digital
hydrographic services for government and industry. We hope to see all of our
valued clients in Halifax!
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April
2006:
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As a long-term, enthusiastic contributor to the Hydrographic information
Harmonization Working Group (HIHWG), IIC helped prepare the final report that
was recently submitted to the Digital Geospatial Working Group (DGIWG) in
April, 2006. HIHWG was established to promote the interoperability of
hydrographic vector data and reduce the resources required to produce
electronic charts. The report describes many key deliverables, including
the development of a common content model, a specific metadata profile, XML
validation schemas and a common ENC/DNC feature data catalog.
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February
2006:
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Printing paper charts from ENCs: IIC is pleased to announce the
publication of an article in the December issue of Hydro International
magazine. Co-authored with the US Army Corps of Engineers, the piece discribes
the innovative process behind utilizing an Inland ENC file to print a fully
illustrated river chart.
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January
2006:
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Building on Success: IIC is pleased to announce a sole-source contract
from the UK Hydrographic Office for the production of Additional Military
Layers. Having worked closely with the UKHO on ENC production, IIC is proud to
expand its role with the delivery of AMLs designed specifically for the defence
community. Based on high resolution source data, the Contour Line Bathymetry
(CLB) AMLs will greatly enhance the situational awareness capability of sea
elements.
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December 2005:
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IIC
exhibited at Euromold 2005 at Frankfurt, a major European Engineering trade
fair. Our stand (hall 5, stand A 132) attracted several visitors. Apart from
present and prospective customers, we were also pleased to receive Mr. Ashok
Kumar, the Consular of India at Frankfurt.
IIC
continues to support digital chart production in Canada with the award of three
contracts from the Canadian Hydrographic Service. These contracts, for
ENC Production, ENC consulting, and Digital Chart Production, are for a
duration of three years if all options are exercised.
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| October
2005: |
IIC
attends and sponsors the 2005 CARIS Conference, held from September
26-29th in Halifax. This conference was one of the largest hosted by
CARIS and was attended by a broad cross section from industry. The
IIC team enjoyed meeting up with old friends and making new
acquaintances. Click <<here>>
for a couple of pictures. Contact the Vancouver office for many
more..... |
| September
2005: |
IIC
continues to help map the world: New Zealand has contracted IIC to provide
satellite mapping as part of the Multi-National Geospatial Co-Production
Program (MGCP). This data production leverages IIC's existing expertise
in photogrammetry and VPF-based formats, resulting in a highly detailed
and valuable spatial data product. This exciting project further establishes
IIC's reputation as a high-quality supplier of MGCP data. |
| August
2005: |
IIC
is very pleased to announce it has been awarded a contract from
Canada's Dept.
of National Defence for AML production, DNC maintenance and data
conversion.
As the sole supplier to DND, IIC will work closely with various
department
elements to deliver complex digital chart services and technology
solutions
over the next five years. Please contact our Vancouver office for
more
information. |
| July
2005: |
More ENC Maintenance Contracts! 3001
Inc. and IIC have been awarded a contract to continuously maintain
Inland Electronic Navigation Charts (IENCs) for the Army Corps of
Engineers. This project builds on the success of our other
maintenance contracts with a growing number of hydrographic
agencies. Contact our US office for more information. |
| June 2005: |
IIC has won its third, large Asian telecom mapping project, using Ikonos stereo imagery. We have also just been awarded an extensive, 3-month contract in Africa for mapping over a dozen cities. |
| April 2005: |
IIC Technologies has established a world class, international academy in Hyderabad to cater to the terrestrial and marine GIS industry (www.iicacademy.com). With the growing need for 'industry ready' personnel, IIC Academy will focus on teaching and training excellence. The first courses on CAD applications and photogrammetry begin May 5th. Register today!
New mapping contracts announced: using innovative 3-D models from Quickbird imagery, IIC Technologies and a local partner will map the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. IIC has also won another telecom project in Jordan, using IKONOS stereo
pairs.
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| March 2005: |
IIC wins its second substantial contract to support the Telecom industry in Africa. Using IKONOS stereopairs, IIC is extracting planimetric and topographic features to be used by several customers. |
| February 2005: |
The second IIC Workshop on ENCs was a great success, and we want to thank everybody who participated for helping create the interesting and engaging discussions. For those who did not participate, but are interested in the proceedings, please contact our Vancouver office. Click here for the group photo! |
| January 2005: |
IIC is pleased to announce that Mr. Mike Casey has joined IIC as the VP of Geospatial Systems. Mr. Casey brings a wealth of geospatial experience to IIC, and he will help support our hydrographic and terrestrial business units from Ottawa. Mr. Casey directed the CHS R&D program for many years and was involved in international hydrographic activities through the IHO CHRIS committee. Most recently, he directed the national marine cartography program CHS from 1999 to 2003. |
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December 2004:
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ENC Maintenance Contract: In partnership with Allied GIS, Terra Surveys LLC, and 3001 Inc., IIC has been awarded a five year contract to continuously maintain NOAA ENCs. With hundreds of ENCs involved, the contract includes the application of critical corrections and new survey source data as it becomes available. Contact our US office for more information on this exciting project.
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| October 2004: |
IIC is pleased to announce it's 2nd Workshop on Hydrographic Charting, Jan. 27-28, 2005. Click here for the agenda.
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| September 2004: |
Expanding our international reach: IIC has been awarded a mapping contract in Africa using 1 meter pixel resolution stereo images.
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| July 2004: |
Join us at NAVO's Mulitbeam Visualization workshop in Gulfport, MS, and at the USACE Geospatial Technology conference in San Antonio, TX in August |
| June 2004: |
IIC Launches SCO tool, It is a productivity tool to convert Courses in Word format into multiple SCOs (Sharable Content Object) on the fly. These SCOs can now be easily uploaded into any Learning Management System.
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| May 2004: |
IIC produces some of the first NATO Additional Military Layer (AML) products for Canada
IIC
launches MeritScholar 6.3, the most advanced enterprise e-Learning Management System to date. This latest version includes an enhanced student study window, on-the-fly list editing, XML import/export and survey style test questions. It is also compatible with Oracle DB and Linux operating systems
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| April 2004: |
IIC attends Hydro Ind 2004 in Mumbai, and presents several papers on ENCs, Additional Military Layers (AMLs), and Coastal Zone Management
(CZM).
IIC attending the GITA conference in Seattle, April 25-27: look for us there.
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| March 2004: |
IIC develops an ENC to DNC Conversion Process for the Canadian Navy. This is the first semi-automated process of it's type in the world.
IIC receives a GSA IT Schedule Award. Federal clients now have another way to easily contract for services. Contact the US office for more information.
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| February 2004: |
Photogrammetry division continues to grow as IIC delivers work for 9 US states and several international projects. |
| January 2004: |
IIC U.S. office performs updates to digital nautical charts
(DNCs).
IIC sponsors the Canadian Hydrographic Conference (CHC 2004). Plan to visit us in Ottawa, May 24-27, for all the latest in hydrographic news.
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| December 2003: |
Navigation safety promises to leap ahead as IIC wins bid to integrate "Sailing Directions" / "Coast Pilots" into S-57 format.
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| November 2003: |
IIC wins French hydrographic office (EPSHOM) contract with CARIS BV for electronic chart
production.
CARIS 2003 conference in St. Louis, MO, is sponsored by IIC: visit our exhibit booth!
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| October 2003: |
IIC wins contract award from BSH, the German hydrographic office, to produce electronic charts. |
| September
2003: |
Papers
on ECDIS e-learning and Inland ENCs are presented by IIC at
Singapore ECDIS conference.
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| August 2003: |
IIC expands its ZI Softcopy photogrammetry capability. |
| July 2003: |
ESRI International Users Conference attended by IIC's Chairman and senior terrestrial staff, San Diego, CA. |
| June 2003: |
IIC presents paper on Inland ENCs for US Army Corps of Engineers at the COMPRIS workshop, The Netherlands. |
| May 2003: |
Maryland office expands production capacity; please check back for future job opportunities.
Technical session & special committee on ENCs chaired by IIC President, RTCM Conference, St. Pete Beach, FL.
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| April 2003: |
IIC makes presentation on AMLs and MIOs to the NATO Hydrographic Working Group, Vancouver, BC. |
| March 2003: |
IIC presents paper on geospatial data conversion at the U.S. Hydro conference, Biloxi, MS. |
| January 2003: |
MeritScholarTM, IIC's state-of-the-art Enterprise e-learning management system, is SCORM-certified by ADL. |
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