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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Meraka Institute - South Africa
The Meraka Institute facilitates national economic and social development through human capital development and needs-based research and innovation, leading to products and services based on Information and Communication Technology. The Institute supports regional initiatives under the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), collaborating with ICT organisations through staff and student exchange, and the establishment of co-operative programmes. In addition, the Meraka Institute leverages international science and technology collaboration and establishes global links to international programmes to contribute to and take advantage of international efforts in redressing the Digital Divide.
The Meraka Institute addresses three critical areas: Human capital development in ICT (Information Communication Technologies) forms a critical thread throughout the Institute’s activities and ensuring continued development, growth and sustainability. Second, the innovation in ICT leading to applications that address development challenges facing South Africa, the Continent and the developing world thereby directly contributing to addressing the challenges faced by the second economy. Third, advanced technical research enabling indigenous ICT leadership, through a critical mass of high quality research and development.
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Institute for Geoinformatics at the University of Münster
The Institute for Geoinformatics (IfGI) at the University of Münster, Germany was set up in 1994. Its general aim is to develop methods and software systems for processing spatial data and making it available to all users. As an applied information science, geoinformatics constitutes an important bridge between the fields of environmental and geosciences on the one hand and information technology on the other. The research activities of the Institute for Geoinformatics comprise geospatial data and service infrastructures, sensor networks, processing of geospatial data, geo statistics, mobile computing as well as semantics.
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52°North
The 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH is an international research and development company whose mission is to promote the conception, development and application of free open source geo-software for research, education, training and practical use. 52°North backs an open initiative, which is driven by leading research organizations and individuals in the international GIS field. Cooperation partners participate in research and development with focii on Sensor Web Enablement (SWE), Web Security and Geo-Rights Management, as well as Geo-Processing.
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Mississippi State University
The Information Systems Technology (IST) group at Mississippi State University is focused on increasing the capability to create, manage, and understand diverse digital content data and information and the transition of these into operational agency research, planning, and decision-support programs. IST is active in several projects related to information processing dealing with critical infrastructures and earth remote sensing. Projects within IST are developing new tools and capabilities in intelligent information systems, standards-based interoperability frameworks, sensor networks, control systems, image information mining, applied Artificial Intelligence, and knowledge discovery. The group is currently developing an Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) compliant and OGC standards-based sensor web pilot for Gulf of Mexico coastal buoys-based marine and meteorological sensors (NOAA-NGI funded). Also, rapid information mining systems for disaster management are under development. This project is working closely with ESA's MarCoast services framework. Other research projects involve information systems for the electric grid and transportation systems.
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International Geospatial Services Institute
The International Geospatial Services Institute GmbH is a limited company, based in Emden, Germany, which addresses core topics of information service interoperability and to advance appropriate industry standards according to European requirements.
The portfolio of the International Geospatial Services Institute is designed to provide vendor-neutral consultancy and support to organisations interested in capturing the benefits of open standards based information services. This includes the transfer of knowledge generated through research activities, development of plans, budgets and procurement definitions to implement such solutions and operational elements consistent with return on investment expectations and mission objectives.
To provide optimal knowledge transfer, iGSI undertakes directed and multidisciplinary research as well as industrial and scientific development to improve interoperability within the information society. The focus lies on the domains safety & security and natural resources & the environment.
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Alkante
Alkante company is one of the French leaders in geoInformatics, it is specialized in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Alkante's double core business consists in GIS technologies consulting and GIS solutions development and integration. In particular, Alkante develops applications making data capture, treatment and geographic data diffusion easier. It actually focuses on the development of a broad range of services and encoding implementations related to Sensor Web Enablement (SWE).
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