If you need to capture geo-tagged imagery in the field, including video, with your SmartPhone, to share with friends or colleagues for pleasure or business purposes, then Ubipix can meet that challenge! Synchronising video and navigation devices can be accomplished using a novel optical method developed by iGeotec (patent pending), who have extended the concept with Ubipix – a geospatial technology enabling geocoded imagery and full-motion video to be captured by...

To access all our latest news, please follow the ‘read more’ link to our latest articles. At Compass we seek to keep you informed of our own activities – across our Systems Services, GIS & Data Analysis, Survey Solutions, and National Biodiversity Data Centre teams; those of partner companies including iGeotec and the Ubipix location-tagged video innovation; and key events across the information and mapping technologies industries.

Compass Informatics are licensed to provide Astrium GEO-Information Services imagery products from the SPOT satellites (including SPOT DEM Precision and Reference3D), PLEIADES, FORMOSAT-2 (from the National Space Organisation in Taiwan), TerraSAR-X, and DEIMOS-1. High resolution imagery is available today! Explore the ability to buy from a substantial back catalogue. Able to capture a specific area, in a specific month with specified resolution. Imagery parameters...

Mapping Web Map Viewers are used to present spatial data in user-friendly plan form, via the user’s ownweb browser, typically providing some spatial information querying and reporting capabilities. Compass offer two tools for implementing Web Map Viewers – based on an Esri/Microsoft Silverlight framework or with a full open standards product using well-supported open source toolsets.  Our HTML5 version is also out soon.  We provide these typically...

In September 2012, Compass Informatics  hosted its annual conference in Dublin, Ireland. More than two hundred clients, partners, and staff attended and benefited from interesting and challenging presentations of our information and mapping technologies work, plus a series of workshops  on Compass’ field and surveying solutions. Conference presentations are now available for viewing – videos & PDFs. A useful resource we hope. Compass12...

Our Survey Solutions team provide excellent solutions to meet a wide range of surveying, mobile mapping, and positioning requirements.  We provide: Positioning and GPS/GNSS hardware solutions from Spectra Precision, Construction instruments from Spectra Precision, Site survey and prep instruments from Seco, Ruggedised computers and smartphones from Handheld Europe, Surveyor specific MicroSurvey software, and Software from the Compass mobile apps collection,...

Land Information Systems (LIS) A Land Information System (LIS) is a Geographic Information System for cadastral and land-use mapping, typically consisting of  an accurate, current and reliable land record cadastre and associated attributes. An LIS comprises spatial data that represent the legal boundaries of land tenure and provides a vital base layer for integration into other spatial information systems or as a standalone solution that permits users to retrieve,...

Natural Resources Management Supporting the optimal management of natural resources is a core focus at Compass Informatics, whether for water, forestry, agriculture, marine, energy or other elements of the natural environment. Historically, development of geospatial technologies has been driven by the need for tools to better manage and conserve our natural resources, from the earliest GIS to remote and in situ sensing technologies....

At Compass Informatics we work with the best products on the market while offering a vendor independent perspective to our clients. Our non-exclusive developer and reseller agreements with leading software and hardware vendors – such as Esri, Spectra, Trimble, Seco, Handheld – in the data analysis, mapping, surveying and mobile sectors mean we can provide clients with the most appropriate solutions. When needed, our experienced management and...

Water Resources Management Compass have a long history and very strong presence and skills base in the development of datasets and tools for the analysis and management of water resources. The range and potential complexity of these applications vary but share the same benefits of having solid information on which to base decision making. Building on the foundation of strong data management, advanced analytical tools have been developed complemented by user...

Planning & Transport Systems & Solutions Planning activities, whether for urban or rural development or transport systems, now require ever wider use of geospatial technologies, from GIS tools to imagery collection and processing, and data integration from multiple data sources. Planning encompasses a wide range of areas, including: local neighbourhood planning and design, rural planning for agriculture and environmental protection, regional economic and...

The National Biodiversity Data Centre is the national hub for biodiversity data and information in Ireland. At its core is an information resource comprising a knowledge base, national datasets, and Biodiversity Maps, the Centre’s mapping and data discovery portal from which data can be searched and retrieved. Compass Informatics operates the National Biodiversity Data Centre under a service level agreement on behalf of the Heritage Council, Ireland. The Centre...