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PRESS RELEASE 5th September 2011 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

European LiDAR Mapping Forum Launch 2011 Conference Programme

The organisers of the 2nd European LiDAR Mapping Forum (ELMF) to be held in Salzburg, Austria from November 29-30, have today launched the 2011 programme. The programme promotes a truly international theme where speakers in the international LIDAR community represent nearly 20 countries from all over the world: UAE, Russia, Australia, USA, Canada and several European countries including Hungary, Poland, Denmark and Belgium.

With over 80 abstracts submitted following the Call for Papers, the committee were tasked with selecting a varied, high quality, topical and interesting programme. And with papers entitled ‘Terrestrial Laserscanning & 3D visualisation of the largest ice cave on Earth’, ‘LIDAR Scanning the Equatorial jungle of Central Africa’, ‘Monitoring the outmost islands of Indonesia using Airborne LIDAR Bathymetry’ and ‘Mobile Laser Scanning – railway data collection and automated feature extraction’ they have achieved just that.

The conference is supported by a Showcase of more than 50 of the world’s leading companies in the LIDAR industry market. Exhibitors include the LIDAR and complimentary sensor manufacturers, survey and mapping companies, data processing, GIS and management specialists and the latest mobile mapping vehicles.

Uniquely, this event is not all about the LIDAR experts, it also for novice operators, their managers and potential purchasers of equipment. There is a full series of learning workshops and demonstrations aimed at providing an understanding of the basic principles and fundamental benefits of LIDAR.

The recent advances in LIDAR and associated technologies, matched by a major shift in data processing and visualisation systems, are resulting in a whole new range of markets and applications, enjoying the cost benefits of LIDAR mapping. There is a growing trend in the way data is becoming available to a much larger user community through open sources and cloud services. This is presenting a whole new set of challenges not only to the existing industry players in terms of ensuring commercial viability of mapping projects, but these also flag up the need to educate a congregation of new users in the benefits and limitations, understanding and management of the LIDAR data they use.

ELMF11 Conference Chairman Alastair MacDonald noted: “We are at a watershed in the development of the LIDAR industry, where some sectors of the expanding LIDAR user community, intrigued by the easier access to acquired LIDAR data, are in danger of considering themselves experts, without the knowledge or education of the technology and its use in mapping. This is an issue the industry can not ignore.

There are important trends towards greater use of mapping data derived from LIDAR for intelligent mobile devices, and open sourcing and easy access to vaults of LIDAR data. These will have a fundamental effect on the way LIDAR mapping, data processing and management will be conducted in the near future and may well influence the survival of a number of technology and service companies. These key issues are to be debated in a Plenary Panel Session where experts from all sectors of the industry will put forward their opinions for debate with delegates.”

Event Manager Caroline Hobden commented, “As the world’s leading LIDAR focussed event, the ELMF offers a wealth of interest and benefits to all delegates, users and buyers at all levels. With world class speakers in two Conference tracks on airborne, bathymetry and mobile mapping, and all the key technology suppliers and service providers exhibiting, the ELMF is the unique event to visit which is relevant to all mapping sectors.”

The organisers of ELMF also run the International LiDAR Mapping Forum, an annual event in the US. The next ILMF will take place in Denver in January 23 – 25, 2012 http://www.lidarmap.org There is currently a Call for Papers for the event in the US with a deadline of Thursday September 7, 2011.

For further information please contact info@lidarmap.net or go to http://www.lidarmap.org
For more information contact:

Caroline Hobden, Event Manager
European LiDAR Mapping Forum
caroline.hobden@intelligentexhibitions.com

APPLANIX 2011 AIRBORNE USER GROUP MEETING REGISTRATION

“There’s a better way to reduce the cost of airborne mapping”
You are invited to attend our 2011 Airborne User Group Meeting being held Nov 1 – 3, in Toronto at the Toronto Rogers Centre / Renaissance Hotel. This meeting will focus on Advanced Product Training as well as on the latest developments in georeferencing technology, and will include special information sessions on:

· Optimizing Accuracy using the Various Methods of GNSS-Inertial Processing in Applanix POSPac MMS
· Advanced Flight Planning Techniques With Applanix POSTrack
· Advanced Techniques for Calibration and Quality Control of Directly Georeferenced Airborne Frame Imagery

In addition there will be a keynote address from Microsoft, user presentations, a customer Q & A session, and many networking and discussion sessions.

We believe this meeting will offer our customers, and ourselves, a valuable opportunity to share information, to hold in-depth discussions, to reconnect and strengthen relationships, and to explore issues of the day together. We hope that you can join us.

Below is the agenda and registration information:

Registration

Program

Hotel

Be sure to keep checking the web site (www.applanix.com) for hotel and other information as it becomes available.

PRESS RELEASE 16th August 2011 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EVER WANTED TO TAKE A DRIVE IN A MOBILE MAPPING VEHICLE?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take a drive in a Mobile Mapping vehicle and learn first-hand about this revolutionary, cost effective and ultra efficient technology?

As 3D laser scanning vehicles become an ever more frequent sight on our streets following the adoption of mobile mapping by local governments, environmental agencies, surveyors and consumer mapping websites – interest in the vehicles’ capability has surged in recent years.

Full access to this state of the art technology and more will be on show at the heavily anticipated 2nd outing of the European LiDAR Mapping Forum (ELMF) taking place in Salzburg, Austria from 29th – 30th November 2011.

Not only do visitors to ELMF 2011 benefit from a first rate international conference, a supporting exhibition, industry workshops and networking opportunities, but once again visitors have the opportunity to test drive various mobile mapping vehicles that will physically be parked outside the Congress Centre.

One of the vehicles on show will be Optech’s Lynx Mobile Mapper™ which is the latest generation in the rapid collection of survey-grade 3D data. Lynx collects engineering/survey-grade lidar data, with camera imagery, over large areas where static sensors are impractical, but where required accuracies and resolution exceed those of airborne technologies.

Other vehicles include MDL’s Dynascan an entry level system that combines a laser scanning module, GNSS receiver, and inertial navigation sensor all in one pod which is designed for the most rugged and harsh environments; 3D Laser Mapping will be demonstrating state of the art solutions such as StreetMapper the mobile mapping system and the monitoring system SiteMonitor; The IP-S2 Topcon that combines GNSS positioning and inertial measurements with 3D point cloud data and digital imagery and Sineco SPA (in collaboration with Optech and OGS) who have fine tuned the Lynx Mobile Mapper that to all effects, represents the new generation of laser scanner technology in that it completely revolutionises traditional surveying methods. For further information on all the vehicles on show at ELMF 2011, please go to http://www.lidarmap.org/ELMF/vehicles/

The ELMF 2011 is the premier event in Europe focussed on applying the technology of LIDAR and laser scanning to deliver outside mapping and imaging solutions in a timely and cost-effective manner across a variety of markets. The second ELMF 2011 is taking place at the Salzburg Congress, Salzburg, Austria. Last year’s inaugural event attracted 613 professionals from the mapping, surveying and GIS industries representing 46 countries. Salzburg is often quoted as being at the heart of Europe. Centrally located, Salzburg is easily accessible for northern, southern, eastern and western European countries with excellent flights, road and rail connections.

The ELMF 2011 conference committee are currently reviewing over 80 abstracts that were submitted following the Call for Papers. The programme will be announced at the beginning of September and updates can be found on the website http://www.lidarmap.org

For further information please contact info@lidarmap.net or go to http://www.lidarmap.org

For more information contact:

Caroline Hobden, Event Manager
European LiDAR Mapping Forum
caroline.hobden@intelligentexhibitions.com

PRESS RELEASE 4th August 2011 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2 MONTHS SINCE THE LAUNCH OF ELMF – ONLY 2 STANDS REMAIN!

The organisers of the European LiDAR Mapping Forum have been astounded by the response to the relatively recent launch of this event. Having promoted the new floor plan only 2 months ago this week, exhibitors have been signing up in their droves and now they only have 2 stands left!

For those not familiar with the event, The ELMF is the premier event in Europe focused on applying the technology of LIDAR and laser scanning to deliver outside mapping and imaging solutions in a timely and cost-effective manner across a variety of markets. The second ELMF is taking place in Salzburg, Austria from 29 – 30 November 2011.

Event Manager Caroline Hobden commented, ‘We are delighted to be leading the LIDAR charge in Europe. We are building on the phenomenal success of the first event last year and the market is supporting us all the way.’

Recent additions to the impressive exhibitor list include Bentley, Blom, and Iqsoft. To view the complete exhibitor list, please go to http://www.lidarmap.org/ELMF/exhibition/exhibitor_list.aspx

The ELMF team have also witnessed a fantastic response to the call for papers with over 80 abstracts submitted for consideration. The Conference Committee under the guidance of Conference Chairman Alastair MacDonald are currently reviewing all the abstracts and the programme will be launched at the beginning of September.

Last year’s inaugural event attracted 613 professionals from the mapping, surveying and GIS industries representing 46 countries. The conference programme heard 46 technical papers presented by leading authorities in their field, supported by a sold-out exhibition with 51 of the top international organisations in attendance.

The organizers, Intelligent Exhibitions, have a successful record of 10 years of the International LiDAR Mapping Forum [ILMF] the premier international conference for LIDAR and Mobile Mapping which is held annually in the USA. With growing acceptance in Europe of the benefits of LIDAR in low cost mapping, the European LIDAR community wanted a showcase for their fast growing number of applications, and so the ELMF was born. The next ILMF is taking place in Denver, CO, USA from January 23 – 25, 2012. There is a Call for Papers for this event, with a closing deadline of September 7th, 2011.

For further information please contact info@lidarmap.net or go to http://www.lidarmap.org

For more information contact:
Caroline Hobden, Event Manager
European LiDAR Mapping Forum
caroline.hobden@intelligentexhibitions.com

The Call for Abstracts deadline for the European LiDAR Mapping Forum being held in Salzburg, Austria is fast approaching – Monday 25th July 2011.

Authors wishing to submit a paper for the conference are requested to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words online at http://www.lidarmap.org/ELMF/conference/submit_papers.aspx

If you are thinking about visiting you’ll be interested to note that the response to the exhibition booths has been phenomenal

If you are planning to exhibit we encourage you to act fast as we only have nine exhibit stands remaining.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us or visit http://www.lidarmap.org/ELMF/ .