Awards will be presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of almost 3,000 entrants worldwide. Geodan was recognized for superior technology and innovation in Public Sector, Public Safety & National Security Partner of the Year. The Public Sector, Public Safety, and National Security Partner of the Year Award acknowledges partners who have exhibited excellence in providing innovative and unique services or solutions based on Microsoft technologies to public safety and national security customers. This award recognizes Geodan for demonstrating industry knowledge and expertise, as well as consistent, high-quality, predictable service or solutions to their public safety and national security customers.

“Recognizing our valued partner, Microsoft is pleased to award Geodan as the Public Sector, Public Safety & National Security Partner of the Year,” said Linda Zecher, corporate vice president, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft Corp. “Geodan’s Eagle solution uses software and infrastructural components to foster communication between organizations in extreme situations and facilitates complex geospatial analyses on available data. As a result of the solution’s success in the market, the Eagle team is developing the new generation of disaster management software in close cooperation with a European country’s Ministry of Defense.”

The Microsoft Partner Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the last year.

Press release (PDF) Geodan Honored in the 2010 Microsoft Partner Awards as Public Sector, Public Safety & National Security Partner of the Year

Eagle has been selected by Microsoft to be their worldwide solution within the Microsoft Citizen Safety Architecture. Eagle will deliver a suite of applications and services that allow multiple agencies to collaborate seamlessly. The purpose is to increase responsiveness and realize a single Common Operational Picture to support fast and effective decision-making in a highly complex environment.

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Dr. Henk J. Scholten has received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his significant contribution to advancing the science and technology of geographic information systems (GIS) throughout his career. The award is an ESRI-initiative and is presented for the 29th time. Dr. Henk Scholten has received the award on 13 July 2009 at the ESRI User Conference in San Diego, CA, from ESRI president Jack Dangermond.With this award, ESRI recognizes dr. Scholten’s accomplishments as “one of the first adopters of GIS in the world and a prolific author of books on spatial analysis.” ESRI also pays tribute to his prominence in the field, and his research work as scientific director of the Spinlab, the Spatial Information Laboratory at the Free University of Amsterdam.

How it all started

Dr. Scholten studied mathematics and geography at the Free University of Amsterdam and obtained his Ph.D. in 1988. Since 1990 he has been professor in spatial informatics at the Faculty of Economics of the Free University of Amsterdam and director of the Spinlab. Henk Scholten brought GIS from the USA to Europe and developed it further.

Books and publications

Dr. Scholten has written various articles about GIS for publication in international books and journals. His latest book ’Geospatial Technology and the Role of Location in Science’ is about bringing together the expertise of leading GI-Scientists. The book traces the adoption and dissemination of Geospatial Technology in a range of disciplines. It examines the impact this technology has had, and is likely to have, on the explanation of spatial behaviour, phenomena and processes.

Co-founder Geodan

Dr. Scholten is co-founder and CEO of Geodan in Amsterdam, one of the largest European companies specialised in Geospatial Information Technology. Since its foundation in 1985 Geodan has grown into an independent group of companies with more than 130 employees, giving form and contents to all the aspects of the Geographical Information Systems. In his role as director of Geodan, dr. Scholten has been supervisor on a large number of national and international GIS projects. Dr. Scholten is advisor for several ministries in different countries.

• Press release (PDF) Henk J. Scholten receives Lifetime Achievement Award

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Since the start of 2009, Eagle has been operational in the Middle Gelderland Emergency Service Region (HGM), an agency responsible for coordinating fire & health safety issues in the central Gelderland region. Eagle CMS is being used in the ROT room (Regional Operational Team) with the Police, GHOR (accident and disaster relief), Fire Services, Local Authorities, the Ministry of Defence, Logistics and other third parties. Additionally, Eagle has been installed in the control room at all COPIs (operational incident coordination), in 35 fire tenders and 10 special intervention teams have also been equipped with Eagle Mobile.Geodan is currently responsible for installing the Eagle CMS system in 16 local authorities in Gelderland. The Middle Gelderland Emergency Service Region has equipped the Regional Management Team with special boxes (with various connection options), as a result of which Eagle CMS can be used anywhere. Even for local authorities which are not connected, HGM Eagle has made special boxes available with an internet connection, so that these can be brought to the local authority in the event of an emergency.

Eagle in day-to-day work

Eagle is operational in the control room for controlling minor incidents on a day-to-day basis and has also been successfully used for a number of major incidents over the last few months. These are so-called GRIP2 situations (coordination of regional incidents). These may include fire-fighting incidents where Eagle is used by the ROT, the COPI and the special intervention teams. Eagle mobile has been used on fire tenders this year for combating several heathland fires in the Veluwe region.

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Are you looking for digital map backgrounds for your web application or digital maps for your GIS system? Then you have come to the right place! Geoserver.nl is Geodan's portal for online geographical map services.At Geodan Geoserver.nl, you can easily use maps such as street maps, route calculations or address coordinates through the Internet in your own application.

Geoserver.nl is ideal for applications within Service Oriented Architectures, the perfect new standard for geo-systems. But also for users of desktop GIS systems such as MapInfo Professional, ArcGIS and GeoMedia who are looking for additional map material.

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Time is one of the most crucial factors in emergency situations. Efficient coordination and sharing of information are essential in a multi-disciplinary emergency response.This shared information is known as the Common Operational Picture. A Common Operational Picture can enhance operations, assist in faster and more effective decision making, and control and minimize damage and possibly even save human lives.

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Geodan Movida is the most sophisticated platform available on the market to create real-time location awareness applications for business and enterprise customers.

With Geodan Movida, organizations can:

• Identify and locate in real-time people or assets, seamlessly, wherever they are: on the road, in buildings or warehouses;
• Generate information and alert-based intelligence to support the most demanding mission-critical applications;
  Generate extensive reports, to analyze assets use, resource allocation and operations efficiency;
• Provide rich visualization capabilities, including 3D, for coordination and supervision.
  
  
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Geospatial Technology and the Role of Location in Science “At last, long held but unverified hypotheses about the importance of locational and spatial variable can be tested. We are at the dawn of a revolution in a spatially oriented social science”This quote by Norman M. Bradburn (NSF, USA, 2004) has given the journey of
the three authors a special dimension. Technological developments in the location industry are so fast now that no one blinks an eye. At the same time the use of this technology in social traffic is growing at a very quick pace. Scientists have also discovered these tools – with more than 100 disciplines using Geospatial Technology.

Over the last three years Henk Scholten, Rob van de Velde and Niels van Manen
(SPINlab, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) have studied the role of Geo‐ICT in science. This book is the outcome of a special explorative journey.

Bringing together the expertise of leading GI‐Scientists, the book traces the adoption and dissemination of Geospatial Technology in a range of disciplines. It examines the impact this technology has had, and is likely to have, on the explanation of spatial behaviour, phenomena and processes. At the same time, stressing innovative usage, it explores scientific contributions to technology advancement and how Geo‐ICT helps to build bridges to partners outside academia.

The book will be presented at the GSDI World Conference in Rotterdam on June 19th by two of the editors: Niels van Manen and Henk Scholten.

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Book published by: Springer

April 2009 Geodan Mobile Solutions has released a new version of Movida, version 1.5. This new release extends visualization and search capabilities, introduces support for new location technologies, improves performance and makes the installation of Geodan Movida easier.Geodan Movida 1.5 drills down and organizes location information based on any attribute of the asset of person tracked, simplifying even the most complex location analysis. The visualization and playback of this information has been enhanced and graphically extended. The release provides full support for the Motorola Wi-Fi infrastructure, allowing organizations to exploit existing wireless networks for location services.

XML client

Geodan Movida can now use any XML client, such as Google Earth of Virtual Earth. A new importer module also facilitates the integration of Geodan Movida with enterprise systems, such as access control.

Movida is now capable of handling tens of thousands locations per second. The architecture is now more robust and extremely scalable.

Release 1.5 introduces new functionality for industrial safety, including work zones and permit of work management as well as tools for managing temporary staff and visitors. It also supports additional tracking devices with ATEX functionality.

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The weeklong geographic information system (GIS) conference in San Diego (USA) offers sessions, exhibits, and unique highlights, such as the multimedia Map Gallery, special displays, unbeatable networking and collaboration opportunities, and preconference seminars held the weekend prior. Prof. dr. Henk Scholten is invited as keynote speaker at this event and will give several presentations. For more information, please visit the event's website.

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