Dear all, Attached details of free one day VISTA seminar jointly organised by GRACE, University of Nottingham http://www.grace.ac.uk/ and UK Water Industry Research Limited (UKWIR) This would be of interest to local authorities, mapping companies, utility companies etc. More details and registration information at http://www.grace.ac.uk/events/vista09/index.php Places are strictly limited on a first come first serve basis. Best wishes, Suchith Dr Suchith Anand Centre for Geospatial Science Sir Clive Granger Building University of Nottingham Tel: (0)115 846 8408 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs/cgs_suchith_anand.html http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/ From: Bhatia Paul [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 13 May 2009 13:08 To: Suchith Anand; Stella Fuller Subject: Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. <http://www.grace.ac.uk/events/vista09/email/vistahtmlbrowser.html> <http://www.grace.ac.uk/events/vista09/index.php> VISTA Seminar, June 11th 2009 A free one-day seminar Using satellite navigation technology linked to existing asset records to produce 3-D images of utilities' underground assets. Find out: * How satellite technology can be more widely applied to allow buried asset information to be collected more quickly, easily and accurately from the field. * What technology has been developed to integrate and access any buried asset records in a uniform way Sessions include: * Developing better ways to collect buried asset data * Developing better ways to display data * Interactive demonstrations and workshops * VISTA - the future VISTA is a project jointly funded by the British Government and industry, set up to develop improved technology to collect and exchange buried asset records. This one-day seminar will feature an interactive workshop with VISTA Project Outputs and hands-on demonstrations of technologies developed - Speakers from National Joint Utilities Group (NJUG), National Underground Assets Group (NUAG), UKWIR and GRACE - Register on-line <http://www.grace.ac.uk/events/vista09/booking.php> now. When and where is VISTA? 11th June 2009 10.00am - 4.00pm (lunch included) Sir Colin Campbell Building, University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus Who should attend? Utilities - water, power, gas companies, Local Authorities, highways contractors, consultants engaged in street works and records management. Associated supply chain companies, staff, supervisors and managers involved in the preparation, dissemination and use of buried asset records and in the application of the Traffic Management Act. Anyone interested in exhibiting at the event, should contact Gemma Patel <mailto:[log in to unmask]> on +44 (0) 1509 265890. You have received this email because you have had previous contact with GRACE or the University of Nottingham. GRACE, IESSG Building, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD tel: +44 (0) 1509 265890 fax: +44 (0) 8707 060941 email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> web: www.grace.ac.uk <http://www.grace.ac.uk> Copyright (C) 2009 GRACE All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Singh Bhatia General Manager, GRACE t: 0115 823 2332 f: 0115 823 2330 m: 07825 753 940 www.grace.ac.uk <http://www.grace.ac.uk/> This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.