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SpatialNews.com Press Release
Major European Generalisation Project Boosted by Collaboration in UK and Germany
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Cambridge, UK, 24th March 2005. Laser-Scan has been involved in one of the largest European generalisation projects to improve business efficiencies at several state mapping agencies in Germany. This project has been aided significantly by the involvement of a German partner organisation called GEFAS.
The project is to develop a standard software module based on Laser-Scan's LAMPS2 for model generalisation. The generalisation starts with the base data model and derives a coarser digital landscape model (DLM50). Included in the project is the development of transfer facilities using the existing EDBS Format (Einheitliche Datenbankschnittstelle).
Laser-Scan and GEFAS have been working together since the beginning of the project in 2002. GEFAS developed the EDBS plug in that is used to import EDBS data; the export facility was added specifically for Laser-Scan. GEFAS and Laser-Scan have jointly improved the EDBS plug in to enable spline interpolation.
Laser-Scan's Managing Director, Duncan Guthrie, commented:
"We are delighted to be continuing our excellent relationship with GEFAS. It was difficult to find the correct partner to accomplish this significant task. Their expertise and local knowledge have been invaluable in the delivery of major milestones and we look forward to a successful conclusion of this project."
The seven German states participating in the project are: Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Schleswig-Holstein and Thüringen. These state mapping offices are responsible for Land Surveying; they co-operate within the Working Committee of the Surveying Authorities of the States of the Federal Republic of Germany (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Vermessungsverwaltungen der Länder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland -AdV).
GEFAS will be joining Laser-Scan for the launch of the DLM50 data at the offices of the Landesvermessungsamt Nordrhein-Westfalen in Bonn-Bad Godesberg at the end of April 2005.
For more information on this project or to find out more about generalisation please visit:
http://www.laser-scan.co.uk/solutions/generalisation/index.htm
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