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A new version of HTML ImageMapper has just been released a few days ago. Now, you can also use the extension with ArcGIS for Desktop 10.1. With the new release you can now create your GIS-maps with Esri ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop and publish them in the web or in Google Earth^TM.

Additionally, ImabgeMapper 13.1 solves some bugs, so that working with the new version is getting even better. You find more information about the new release at the following URL http://www.alta4.com/eng/products_e/im/builds.php

You need more information about HTML ImageMapper or your maintenance contract has expired?

Please contact our sales team at sales@alta4.com or via telephone at +49-96626-29.

In the annual alta4 Reseller-Meeting, distributors from all over europe came to visit Trier and get to know Best Practises and how to make the most out of the Photo-Asset-Management solution. With 17 distributors in europe, we managed to build a strong network over that view years, that now helps to vreate synergies and improve each others business.

The day after the welcome dinner, the meeting started with a first technical workshop showing the latest developments, regarding software and hardware. The camera for instance, is now able to use the laser rangefinder TruPulse 360B as a remote shutter and as a input source for compass data. These and more functions are available since firmware version 1.09

By inviting our distributors, we enable our customers to get acess to know-how and a high level of service quality in terms of product-support all over europe.

The Reseller Awards handed over by alta4 CEO Ole Seidel:

-          Best Marketing:  GISplus/Netherlands– Egbert Griffioen

-          Runner Up:  ProGea/Poland – Barbara Lewandowska

-          Most Valuable Partner:  KOREC/UK – Andrew Blogg

A special thank you goes to Ricoh Japan. Harrison Tajima especially came to join for the alta4 reseller meeting and sponsored 3 digital Ricoh cameras for the alta4 award winners.

We thank all Resellers for join this event, and now look forward to a successful business year 2011

From now on, alta4 is one out of 4 ESRI Gold Partners of the ESRI Deutschland GmbH. With the Gold-Partnership, alta4 shows the broad range of competencies in terms of GIS and ESRI Software know-how. In order to be eligible for the Gold-Partner network, ESRI Deutschland GmbH and ESRI Inc. rate possible candidates based on certain criteria. High customer satisfaction, broad market reach, kind and numer of solutions provided based on ESRI software, as well as the number of employees involved in the companies overall ESRI business activities.

As a part of the ESRI Gold-Partner network, alta4 will support the international cooperation of ESRI partners with capatious knowledge to serve specific industries will suitable solutions.

With a network containing 17 distributors all over europe, alta4 already positioned itself in the first row of GIS businesses regarding location based solutions. With a shared business plan for the upcoming busisness year, alta4 will foster the strategic partnership with ESRI to an international business environment and therefore support growth of the european GIS sector.

Another reseller now part of the alta4 network. With GISDATA from Croatia participating, we are now able to offer the GPS+Compass Camera G700SE and matching GIS-software solutions in 17 countries all over europe.
The following alta4 products are now offered by all our resellers:

Find all the products in our alta4-Shop

The user manual was even especially translated for our croatian reseller. The spread of reseller shows how popular this product has become over the last few years. And now with the new camera model, the G700SE GPS+Compass, more and more markets needs to be served every day.

Ricoh recently released the latest firmware version 1.07 for the G700SE. This update adresses several issues and equippes the camera with a few new functions at the ame time.

New Functions:

• Add Folder: the camera can create several destionation folders on the SD-card
• GP-1 refresh: Enables a manual reset of the GPS-Modul
• Images can now be sent to mobile phones via Bluetooth

Issues fixed:

• When GP1 has no GPS data, the signal sign is changed to orange
• WPA-PSK connection trouble in manual setting by camera menu
• Bluetooth divice name is changed to ‘Caplio G700SE’ to ‘G700SE’
• FTP server connection trouble
• Failure when sending files via IIS FTP server.
• Part of the file breaks when it’s sent via FTP.
• In some case, cannot be connected with Bluetooth device.
• Cannot send image files by Bluetooth to Trimble GeoXM/ProXH (Windows6.1)
• When Barcode modul (BR-1) is connected to G700SE, 1 dimension barcode from interleaved 2 to 5 cannot be read.

We highly recommend customers with a firmware version lower than 1.05 updating the G700SE to latest firmware in order to ensure GPS functionality. Proir versions caused unkown memory issues within the camera software, which caused the loss of GPS reception.

Download firmware v1.07

Please contact our Support-Team for further questions

+49(0)651 96626166

support@alta4.com

A patch for ArcGIS 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is now available which addresses several critical issues including the most frequently occurring error reports. We recommend customers using ArcGIS 9.3.1 Service Pack 2 download and install this patch at as soon as possible.

This includes users of:

• ArcGIS Desktop (ArcInfo, ArcEditor, ArcView, and ArcReader)
• ArcGIS Engine
• ArcGIS Server

See all solved issues and donload the latest patch here.

alta4 is proud to announce that Jens Kügl has recently been awarded Esri Technical Certification which recognizes superior skill levels utilizing Esri’s software for geographic information systems.  Jens Kügl was awarded the ArcGIS Desktop Associate Certification.

“We’re very proud. His accomplishment demonstrates the level of GIS knowledge and professional expertise that alta4 stands for.” Ole Seidel, CEO alta4

To earn Esri Technical Certification, candidates have to successfully pass an examination that assesses knowledge and skills cultivated through years of experience as a GIS professional.  Since Esri launched the program within the past year, Jens Kügl is among the first earn this honor.

The 2011 ESRI CAHINV regional User Conference started with the plenary session of Jack Dangermond, founder and CEO of ESRI in Redlands, California. The message sent out is clear: “The world will move towards a collective geographical understanding.” Jack Dangermond motivated GIS enterprises and users to “open our world to everyone” and share geospatial infrastructures. In order to involve citizens in GIS, it will not only be necessary to make data available, it will be more important to figure out what maps will be needed.   Therefore it is important to use broadly accepted data sources, like social media platforms, in order to enrich GI-Systems with diverse observations, perceptions and opinions. Going theses paths, will allow web based geospatial frameworks to get more collaborative, transparent and integrative.

Jack Dangermond further explained how ArcGIS 10 was developed to server these qualities. The development of ArcGIS 10 was an 350M Dollar investment in the future. ArcGIs is already available as a free iPhone app with a complete coverage of 1975, 1990, 2000, 2005 and 2010 data. The online Platform ArcGIS Online is growing rapidly at the same time, in fact 30% per month with more than 100.000+ Users already. This way sharing models will become easier.

The 10.1 Version of ArcGIS will go into the beta this summer and be released late fall in 2011. While waiting for new developments to come, alta4 will already shows one of the latest products in the GIS industry at next week’s Partner conference in Palm Spings. Contact us for a scheduled meeting to get a first impression of the webmapping tool atlasFX.

Location: Palm Springs Convention Center, Booth 808

Time: March 7^th, 2011 | 10AM-7PM PST

Make an appointment: info@alta4.com

Meet alta4 at the ESRI User Group Conference in Redlands. We will be showing our latest online mapping tool for ArcGIS© Server. Creating tangible flex based online maps hast just become easier. Just drag & drop your map service using atlasFX as the central configuration tool. Within minutes you can create different online maps for different needs and different audiences. No programming required.

The Geoinformatics magazine published in its Jan/Feb issue 2011, an article about alta4.

See how the GPS-Compass-Camera is used in Doha,Qatar and what opportunities rise from this imaging solution

The whole article can be read here

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