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News – Page 11 – Urbasofia

I-LOCATE, Rijeka Conference and next Review Meeting in Luxembourg

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The I-Locate Project, “Indoor/outdoor location and asset management through open geodata” http://www.i-locate.eu/, is now passing through the second year of activity. URBASOFIA as full partner is following each steps for the final and successful conclusion of all the tasks and work we are involved.

 

Since September 2015 Urbasofia is pursuing its main task in the “Pilot Phase” of this project, which will identify the economic and technical impacts of the pilots during the operational phase, for this purpose the Urbasofia team has carried out the necessary tools in order to extract the first survey for the so-called ”Mid-term pilots evaluation, assessment an recommendation for improvements” which will describe the project evaluation during the first 6 months of operations.Alba Iulia Hospital

Currently, the project is performing with good results in almost every 14 pilot sites, placed in 8 countries along EU.

During 2015 I-Locate has gained even much international attention and curiosity:

  • participating with an important workshop on “Hybrid (indoor and outdoor) location based services and mapping” held at the Geospatial World Forum / INSPIRE in Lisbon on Thursday, 28 May 2015,
  • appearing in the official Blog of OGC (http://www.opengeospatial.org/blog/2263),
  • realising the JOSM plugin for IndoorGML (along with the the I-Locate consortium)

Sustaining the overall process, the meeting agenda has been as follows:

  • Annual I-Locate Meeting in Rijeka, Croatia, during the 4th and 5th of November 2015
  • Review Meeting in Luxembourg, for the 3rd and 4th of February 2016, hold at the Technoport SA

CENTRIC WORKSHOP in Bucharest

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On October 16th 2015, at the INCD URBAN-INCERC premises, the Workshop “Education and training plan of the centre of excellence in territorial management and cadastre – CENTRIC took place, an event organized by URBAN-INCERC, together with the National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration (CENTRIC project coordinator) and SC URBASOFIA S.R.L. (subcontractor of URBAN-INCERC).

The event had a significant representation from both the public and the private sectors:

  • Universities and research centres: the Faculty of Geodesy (Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest), Centre for Integrated Analysis and Territorial Management – Faculty of Geography (University of Bucharest), Centre of Excellence in Urban Planning (University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu”, Bucharest), INCD Delta Dunarii – Tulcea
  • Central Public Institutions: National Centre for Mapping, ANCSI – National Contact Point Horizon 2020 (Ministry of Education and Scientific Research)
  • Private companies: Integraph Romania, ESRI Romania, TeamNet, GEA Strategy & Consulting
  • Professional Associations: Surveyors Union of Romania

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The meeting was a good opportunity to present the CENTRIC project to key actors working in the field of cadastre and territorial management and to lay the foundations for cooperation with these actors to define an educational and training plan for the future centre. In this regard, the participants declared their readiness to participate in future meetings more focused on issues related to education and training, and to provide the necessary information regarding their educational offer, consistent with the needs identified for the future centre.

Press release: http://www.incd.ro/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Comunicat%20post-eveniment.pdf

SUNSHINE Technical meeting in Zagreb, Croatia

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On 3-5 March 2015, the SUNSHINE Project consortium met at HEP ESCO’s headquarters in Zagreb, Croatia, to assess the state of the art of the project and to visit the implementation sites for the Building Energy Awareness and the Remote control of public lighting scenarios. The meeting represented an opportunity for the partners to get up-to-date with the proceedings of the project, especially in what concerns the starting of the pilot phase in the 8 SUNSHINE cities across Europe.
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SUNSHINE Technical Meeting Athens

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Last week’s fourth technical meeting of the SUNSHINE consortium has been successfully held in Athens, Greece, between 6-7 October 2015. For us all it was an opportunity to align agendas and plan out the very final stages of the project, which will end in January 2016. We have quite a lot of interactive demos, trainings, conferences and events planned out, so make sure you keep in touch to find out when the three smart solutions of SUNSHINE will be presented in your city! For more information, visit http://www.sunshineproject.eu

 

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