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Envitia received four Gold Stars at DI2E Plugfest 2016

26 Aug 2016
Defence, GEOINT, Open Source, Uncategorized

Envitia attended the Defence Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E) Plugfest which was held on 1-2 June 2016, Fairfax, VA. The event provided an opportunity for vendors to collaborate and demonstrate technology interoperability to meet various sponsor challenges. Among these, Payton Oliveri and Robin Parrish, Envitia’s US Office staff, participated in the Navy’s Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-N) Mashup Challenge, focused on showcasing how dozens of vendors could come together to solve Navy cloud analytics problems.

 

To recognize the participants and the degree to which they were able to demonstrate and contribute back to the DI2E framework, plaques with Gold Stars were awarded to participants and placed on stands. Gold Stars were awarded for aligning technology with DI2E capability visions, integrating with other vendors to solve problems, illustrating standards compliance or proposing additional standards for DI2E to encompass into their definitions, and for acknowledging cyber awareness constraints.

 

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Envitia received recognition for all four objectives. On our booth table, we proudly displayed the four Gold Stars, as well as technology integration through Envitia’s GeoRegistry and Horizon with a video highlighting Envitia’s analytics and solutions experience on various programs.

 

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The event was a fantastic opportunity to illustrate Envitia’s technology and expertise in this space, as well as to demonstrate our solutions and capabilities to US Navy personnel involved.

 

Payton Oliveri, Lead Technologist – North America

 

 

Enhancing geospatial content through data conflation

13 Jul 2016
Applied Research, OGC, Open Source, OSM

The July/August 2016 issue of Geoconnexion magazine features an article on data conflation, authored by consultants from the Applied Research group at Envitia. The article explains how crowdsourced geoinformation can be conflated with authoritative datasets to realise enhanced products.

The article concludes that the benefits that data conflation of crowdsourced and authoritative information bestows can be summed-up as:

  • Lower survey costs per sq. km of data
  • Potential for near real-time updates
  • High density observations from a large number of sensors (users)
  • Coverage of global regions where authoritative data is sparse, or not available
  • A growing crowdsourcing community
  • The ability to enrich authoritative datasets with information pulled-through from crowdsourced sources

The article will be of interest to anyone looking to get the best out of their data assets and the wealth of volunteered geographic information that is available from crowdsourcing sites such as OpenStreetMap.

Click here to register and download the full article.

Envitia and guests enjoy the Army v Navy Rugby Finals

23 Jun 2016
Corporate

The annual rugby match between the Army and Navy first XV took place at Twickenham Stadium in April. Geospatial intelligence experts Envitia sponsored an executive box, inviting along valued clients and contacts for a fantastic day out at this prestigious and popular event.

 

Our hand-picked guests included representatives of the following clients, whom we support in making better operational decisions through actionable geospatial intelligence:

  • BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
  • HP
  • Ultra Electronics Sonar Systems
  • Blighter Surveillance Systems
  • Thales
  • MOD
  • VTOL
  • CGI
  • General Dynamics
  • Selex

 

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The day began with a fantastic three-course meal, accompanied by fine wines, before the game started. This took place against the backdrop of the under 23s Oxbridge vs Combined Services match, which was also taking place in the stadium as a warm-up to the main event. By dessert, we could hear the 82,000-strong crowd gathering in the stadium for the Babcock Trophy match.

 

Pre-match

 

At the 15:00 kick-off, the spectators quietened to a dull roar. The Navy scored first, adding the conversion to take the score to 7-0. However, the Army didn’t let the celebrations last too long, scoring and converting to equalise soon after, then romping ahead to bring the half-time score to 19-7. We spent half time back in the box, conversing both about the match and the latest developments in the geospatial intelligence arena over cheese and biscuits.

 

During match

 

At the beginning of the second half, the Army pushed ahead further, taking the score to a seemingly-untouchable 26-7, leaving the Navy crowd silent. However, the Navy soon took back control in dramatic fashion, bringing the score to 29-26 with just two minutes left of the game. After the Army conceded a penalty, Jon Humphrey kicked to leave the final score a draw at 29-29. The draw was enough for the Navy to regain the Inter Services title they last won in 2010.

 

After the match, Envitia and guests enjoyed some afternoon tea and discussed the eventful game. We would like to thank all who attended and made it a thoroughly enjoyable event.

 

Sophie Phillips, Sales Executive