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Builds, Updates and Performs
Organisations are increasingly facing the challenge of managing massive amounts of GeoMedia combines geospatial resources to provide a clear understanding of real-world
geospatial data. As the sheer volume and variety of data grow, the need for effective scenarios. You can generate smarter maps and reports to gather unique insight or deliver
management and distribution grows with them. useful applications to streamlined web portals and mobile devices. GeoMedia’s open
architecture allows access to multi-source data in one comprehensive solution that can
Hexagon Geospatial solves your big data problem using analytics through the cloud, deliver a signifi cant return on your investment.
delivered to mobile. GeoMedia makes real-time connection from the fi eld a reality and
allows you to create customised solutions in a way that’s fast and user friendly while For more information;
reducing IT costs and improving operational effi ciency. hexagongeospatial.com
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Making
Big Data
Management
Powerful GIS Management that
a Reality
Builds, Updates and Performs
Organisations are increasingly facing the challenge of managing massive amounts of GeoMedia combines geospatial resources to provide a clear understanding of real-world
geospatial data. As the sheer volume and variety of data grow, the need for effective scenarios. You can generate smarter maps and reports to gather unique insight or deliver
management and distribution grows with them. useful applications to streamlined web portals and mobile devices. GeoMedia’s open
architecture allows access to multi-source data in one comprehensive solution that can
Hexagon Geospatial solves your big data problem using analytics through the cloud, deliver a signifi cant return on your investment.
delivered to mobile. GeoMedia makes real-time connection from the fi eld a reality and
allows you to create customised solutions in a way that’s fast and user friendly while For more information;
reducing IT costs and improving operational effi ciency. hexagongeospatial.com
Producer. Provider. Platform.
A simpler way to see your world
Coming December 2014
powerportfolio.com
© Copyright 2014 Hexagon. All rights reserved. HX2100-AD-0419
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November 2014 • Vol 5 • Issue 4
Inside
THEME: Energy
44 Energising the Utility Data Paradigm Special Focus: Environment
Jeffrey Pires and G. Ben Binger
54 Monitoring Weather
Interviews and Climate from Space, EUMETSAT
31 John McDonald 57 Monitoring and Preserving
Chairman, Smart Grid Interoperability Mexico’s Biodiversity, Rainer Ressl
Panel (SGIP)
Interview
46 Wolfgang Eyrich
Managing Director, Entegra 60 Aurelie C. Shapiro, Remote
Sensing Specialist, WWF
Cover Story
Case Studies
Executive Space
24 Smart Power, Spatial Power 43 For Uninterrupted Transmission
Geoff Zeiss 62 Jouni Kamarainen, Chairman,
Remi Myers and Josh McCurry
In-Location Alliance (ILA)
34 Infographic: Powered up 48 Integrating GIS
07 Editorial
ERP and SCADA at Alliander
Articles Loek Bakker and Jan van Gelder 08 News
36 A Fast Changing Landscape Corner Office 14 Vertical Focus
Peter Batty 18 Product Watch
20 Bernhard Brenner
40 Cloning the Negawatt Model Head of GeoIntelligence 64 OGC Column
Reji Pillai and C. Amritha Airbus Defence & Space
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n December 23, 1924 an international cartel of systems. As Geoff Zeiss mentions in his cover article,
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incandescent light bulb manufacturers named the role of geospatial systems has been tactical but is
Phoebus was formed in Geneva. One of the now becoming more foundational.
significant moves by the cartel was to build in The electric power industry has another challenge
obsolescence in to the light bulb such that it would last to face and that is environmental conservation. For
for only 1,000 hours. Luckily for us, the cartel expired in long the industry has been running off non-renewable
1930 due to the World War. Today we have LED lamps resources. Quite apart from the fact that, at present rate
guaranteeing us life of 50,000 hours. Consumers have of usage, these resources are likely to run out by the
always looked for more and more options to be able to next century, they also contribute significantly to the
reduce their power costs. A new trend is the move to opt carbon loading in the atmosphere and therefore global
for captive power sources in their control which entails warming. While it is a fact that economically coal is
a capital outlay but reduces their dependence on power the cheapest source of energy, it is also true that it con-
companies, which raise tariffs from time to time, as the tributes to environmental degradation through open-
cost of power generation and distribution increases. In cast mining, land degradation through the creation of
fact, stories abound about residences and communities unsightly dumps, forest degradation, loss of habitat for
which have ‘gone off the grid’ to the extent that they wildlife and loss of livelihood for tribal communities.
at times actually feed power to the grid. In the US, the Renewable energy sources like solar, wind and hydro
Public Utility Regulatory Act actually dictates that elec- power are better options but do carry their own environ-
tric utilities on a traditional power grid must purchase ex- mental risks. Non-conventional sources like tidal and
cess electricity that renewable energy systems generate. geothermal are still in their infancy and their impact
Over a period of a century, the power industry, which when upscaled to commercial level is as yet unknown.
is really a ‘managed’ monopoly, in which the consum- What is known is that all these efforts will require
er pays and the industry collects, has made only incre- considerable data and much of that data will be location
mental changes to meet these customer requirements. based. Hence, whether it is distribution planning and man-
Now, technologies like smart grid have evolved to agement, forest conservation, location of wind farms or
meet the challenge effectively by putting the consum- trade-off analysis between conventional and non-conven-
ers in the centre and allows them a degree of choice in tional sources of energy, geospatial technologies and sys-
terms of their use of power and includes features like tems will have to play a major role. This role will not be
dynamic pricing, prepayment, line loss analysis that independent but will be in conjunction with other ICT sys-
help improve bill accuracy, grid reliability and there- tems and under an overarching sustainable socioeconomic
fore customer relationships. Grids become smart when model of growth and development.
they employ ICT to automate and manage their opera-
tions. Crucial to this is location and therefore geospatial
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News
BUSINESS
3D Robotics, Intel partner
for more drone power
Qualcomm buys 3D Robotics has teamed up with Intel
GPS chip-maker CSR in developing a new microcomputer
In a bid to strengthen its efforts in Edison, adding more power to drone
Internet of Things (IoT) and con- operations. Edison is a new microcom-
nected cars market, Qualcomm has puter that basically packs PC power
agreed to buy chip company CSR. in postage stamp size, at an almost
Cambridge-based CSR develops Polarimetric RADARSAT-2 for monitoring universally affordable price. The
wireless communications, audio Canadian wetlands integration of Edison into company’s
and GPS chips for the automotive to develop innovative features that next-generation autopilot will result in
and consumer products markets. It will enable its use in detecting forest incredible leaps forward in on-board
also makes chips for indoor loca- disturbances. The results of this image processing, sense and avoid,
tion services. In order to become an project could improve the Canadian new classes of sensors, and artificial in-
important player in the two afore- Forest Service’s current practices telligence. With the additional comput-
mentioned fields, Qualcomm has of- for disturbance mapping, provid- ing power from Edison, the company’s
fered CSR a value of £9.00 per share. ing added value to their activities, 3PV Follow Me technology can now
The acquisition such as maintaining a national-scale track people and objects with vision
$2.5 bn
of the entire carbon budget. instead of relying on a GPS signal.
issued and to be
Deal
issued ordinary Juniper, Effigis to offer Autodesk appoints Scott
value
share capital of sub-metre GPS accuracy Herren as new CFO & Sr. VP
CSR is valued Juniper Systems and Effigis have Autodesk has appointed R. Scott
at approximately £1.6 billion ($2.5 teamed up to offer inexpensive but Herren as Senior Vice President
billion). The deal is expected to close powerful sub-metre GPS accuracy. and Chief Financial Officer, effective
by the end of the summer of 2015. Effigis’ OnPOZ Precision Position- November 1, 2014. Herren, who is
ing Software suite leverages the currently serving as Senior Vice Pres-
MDA grabs three superior GNSS performance Juniper ident of finance at Citrix, will bring
CSA R&D contracts Systems’ Archer 2 rugged hand- 30 years of financial, strategic and
The Canadian Space Agency held to gather high-accuracy GPS operational experience to Autodesk.
(CSA) has awarded three research data. Jim Benson, Utilities & Public Herren has spent the past 14 years at
and development contracts to Services Market Manager at Juniper Citrix, a leader in mobile workspaces,
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Systems said, “The OnPOZ suite virtualisation, networking and cloud
(MDA). Under the first project, MDA is powerful, yet comes at a price services.
will evaluate how radar and optical people are comfortable with, and it
images can be combined to detect takes care of all the post-processing PrecisionHawk raises
and track ships more rapidly. Under for you.The Archer 2 handheld really $10 mn in financing
the second project, MDA aims to finishes off the whole package. The PrecisionHawk, imagery and data
improve the solution to monitor Archer 2 handheld really finishes service providing company that uses
geohazards in pipeline corridors. off the whole package. Its GNSS a small, lightweight UAV and cloud-
For the third project, MDA intends receiver is outstanding, performing based software to collect, process
to demonstrate the added value of reliably even under trees, and the and analyse aerial data, has closed a
RADARSAT-2 in the monitoring of handheld is so well designed, you Series B financing round of approxi-
forest areas by providing information can count on it to work well in any mately $10 million. The funding will
on forest clear or partial cut, and environment.” enable the company to further invest
8 / Geospatial World / November 2014
Americas
News
in product development, engineering on the International Space Station across a grid. It uses the distance data
and expand its sales and marketing (ISS). The instrument will monitor to make a 3D image of about 1 million
activities. PrecisionHawk also an- ocean winds for climate research pixels in under 8.5 minutes at the cur-
nounced its plan to nearly double its as well as weather predictions and rent scanning rate.
employee base and increase hardware hurricane monitoring.ISS-RapidScat
production on its UAV platform and in- instrument was launched aboard the Venezuela, China sign
tegrated plug and SpaceX CRS-4 mission September 21. EO satellite agreement
play sensor suite, $10 mn Two additional NASA earth science Venezuela has signed an agreement
which includes instruments are also scheduled to be with state-owned China Great Wall
over 15 data col- Funding launched in 2016. Industry Corporation to build and
received
lection sensors. In deliver the country’s third satellite.
partnership with NIST’s new LiDAR system The agreement, which was inked in
Texas A&M University, the company to map surfaces remotely the presence of Venezuelan president
will also open a new office in Texas The research team of National Nicolas Maduro, was signed between
that will focus on the needs of the in- Institute of Standards and Technology the Venezuelan government and
surance industry as well as emergency (NIST) has demonstrated a laser-based China Great Wall Industry Corpora-
response applications. imaging system that produces high- tion (CGWIC), China’s sole commercial
definition 3D maps of surfaces from as satellite launch service provider. The
Dr. Stephen Volz to far away as 10.5 meters. The new map- satellite, Sucre, has been named after
head NESDIS ping method can be used for forensics, the independence hero Antonio Jose
Dr. Stephen Volz, a top NASA official, precision machining and assembly. de Sucre. Venezuela launched its other
has been appointed to lead NOAA’s Operating with laser power of just 9 two remote sensing satellites, Simón
Satellite and Information Service milliwatts, the 3D mapping system Bolivar and Francisco de Miranda, in
(NESDIS). Volz replaces Mary E. can scan a target object point-by-point 2008 and in 2012, respectively.
Kicza, who retired earlier this year as
the NESDIS assistant administrator.
His new role will be effective from US to collaborate on Earth,
November 2. As assistant administra- Mars missions with India
tor, Volz will lead NOAA’s programmes The Indian Space Research Organisation’s
to build and launch the next genera- (ISRO) Chairman K. Radhakrishnan and
tion environmental satellites: the Joint NASA Administrator Charles Bolden
Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and the recently signed two documents to launch
Geostationary Operational Environ- a joint satellite mission to observe earth
mental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R), and and set up a pathway for joint missions to
other missions, including the Deep explore Mars. The two agencies also inked
Charles Bolden (left) and
Space Climate Observatory, known as a deal to work together on the NASA-ISRO K. Radhakrishnan
DSCOVR. Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, which is scheduled for launch in
2020. NISAR will be the first satellite mission to use two different L and S band
Miscellaneous
radar frequencies to calculate changes in earth’s surface less than a centimetre
across, and will help in observing a wide range of changes from the dynamics
NASA activates first EO of earthquakes and volcanoes to the flow rates of glaciers and ice sheets. The
instrument on the ISS joint mission will also make global measurements of the causes and conse-
NASA has installed and activated its quences of land surface changes. Potential areas of joint research include ice
first earth-observing instrument ISS- sheet collapse, ecosystem disturbances and natural hazards.
RapidScat (ISS Rapid Scatterometer)
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News
delivering radar scans for an array
of operational services and scientific
Germany
research, and will be monitored,
operated and controlled from ESA’s
Intergeo 2014: Geospatial industry is ready Space Operations Centre in Darm-
for a networked world stadt, Germany.
UK
Regulations at EU level for
civil use of drones
The House of Lords, EU Commit-
tee recently held its first evidence
session for investigating the need for
regulations at EU level for the civil
use of drones. The Committee noted
that while basic national safety rules
apply to the use of drones, rules
differ across the EU and a number
The Intergeo 2014 was held in Berlin amid much fanfare from October 7–9. of key safeguards are not addressed
The mega event clearly confirmed that the geo industry is ready for a digital, in a coherent way. During the ses-
networked world, and that geoinformation has evolved from a niche to be- sion, government officials from the
come a part of mainstream IT. This year’s figures show an increase of around Department of Transport, and the
10% in overall visitor attendance (over 17,000 in 2014) and in the number of Department for Business, Innova-
visitors from outside Germany (around 35% of the total). Prof Karl-Friedrich tion and Skills, gave evidence and
Thöne, President of the German Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation and answered questions on safety, EU
Land Management (DVW) in his keynote address said that activating market regulation, economic benefit and
potential for geoinformation was a top priority. The co-located INSPIRE national security. The witnesses of
Germany conference also attracted 1,400 delegates globally. The key topics the session included Paul Cremin,
of the conference were shaped by current trends that are influencing society, Head of UK Aviation Safety, SAFA
with presentations and discussions focusing on subjects such as mobility, & Permits Branch, Department for
energy, and land and urban development. As an up-and-coming technology, Transport; Adam Simmons, Deputy
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) was a particular point of interest. The UAV Director, International Aviation
Flightzone at Intergeo provided UAS manufacturers a chance to showcase Safety and Environment, Department
their flying surveying devices whose main purpose is to supply current aerial for Transport; and Andrew Horton,
imagery and video information to assist the decision-making process. The 21st Senior Technical Policy Advisor,
Intergeo will be held in Stuttgart from September 15 to 17, 2015. Department for Business, Innovation
and Skills.
First Copernicus satellite starts operating World’s first private eye for
ESA has handed over the charge of Sentinel-1A from its project management satellite imagery launched
to mission management team. This marks the beginning of the satellite’s Satellite imaging specialist Raymond
operational life, delivering radar coverage for an array of applications in the Harris and space lawyer Raymond
areas of oceans, ice, changing land and emergency response. Launched on 3 Purdy have launched world’s first
April, Sentinel-1A completed commissioning on 23 September. It will now begin space detective agency, Air & Space Ev-
10 / Geospatial World / November 2014