| Digital Planimetrics Inc. - NEWS RELEASE |
Providing clients with advice and services for computerized mapping is the work being done by Digital Planimetrics Inc. (DPI) in Innovation Place. This new company opened at Innovation Place in mid May. It is owned and operated by Peter Unger, who has worked in the area of geographic information systems (GIS) for the past 12 years. Digital Planimetrics provides consulting services in conversion project design and trouble shooting; data integration strategies; risk management; quality control process and software assessment. DPI also provides strategies for data acquisition, integration, quality, cost and alternate sources. |
Many government departments, agencies, private sector companies and municipal governments are in some stage of using or evaluating GIS. Downsizing, re-engineering or what ever you want to call the trend for reducing the size of the organization, means more work for fewer people. The only way to do that is to get more efficient. Computerization of mapping and drafting tasks is one very good starting point. GIS allows you to build a computer model of the world, whether that world is a city, a utility company, forestry company or a provincial agency. They all have large amounts of information to process, and analyze in order to make good decisions. Putting their information on computer, together with digital maps, allows them to get the information they need quickly and efficiently. |
The computer also allows them to run ‘what if’ scenarios to test new ideas before they are implemented. It then becomes feasible to do things you would never have done before. With a few clicks on the computer, you can bring up all the layers of information that you need to work with.” Most of the software for use in GIS is off the shelf. Knowing how to use it and integrate the different packages is where Digital Planimetrics comes in. There has been so much development in this area that there is a really wide range of software products available. The innovation comes in tying these packages together. Some are good at some tasks; others are good in different areas. DPI’s role is to suggest or implement ways to tie the good points of the various packages together to provide the best results. |
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