GIS-Sofia Data Base
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October 26-29, 2015, Yucatan, Mexico GIS-Sofi a Data Base Vanya Petrova GIS-Sofi a Ltd., Sofi a, Bulgaria Founded seven thousand years ago, Sofi a is the location, boundaries and features of the property. second oldest city in Europe. It has been given In the family of geographical information several names in the course of history and the system one of the main positions holds remains of the old Thracian and Roman cities can photogrammetry — the fastest and the most still be seen today. The city became known as Sofi a modern way to acquire uptodate information of from the beginning of the 15th century. In 1879 the Earth’s surface. Photogrammetry Department Sofi a became capital of Bulgaria. at GIS SOFIA applies digital photogrammetric Nowadays the territory of Sofi a Municipality is software PHOTOMOD in projects based on aerial 1349 sq. km and includes the areas of 4 towns — City and satellite images. During the years 20002013 of Sofi a (around 200 sq. km), three other towns: different kind of sources were used — analogue Bankya, Novi Iskar, Buhovo and 34 villages. The fi lm cameras (RMK A 15/23, RMK TOP 30), City of Sofi a with 1.3 million population includes digital cameras (DMC, UltraCamXp), various high 24 administrative and territorial districts. resolution satellite sensors (IKONOS, QuickBird, The main function of creation and maintenance KOMPSAT, GeoEye1). of the cadastral information system of Sofi a The fi rst of its kind, in Bulgaria, orthophotoatlas of Municipality is in charge of GIS SOFIA Ltd. Sofi a Municipality at a scale of 1:5000 was printed, (Geographical Information System – Sofi a), using aerial images with 10 cm GSD — a luxurious, established in 1999, as a Sofi a Municipality limited edition. In 2013 on the celebrating of company. Starting with 25 persons the staff of GIS the World GIS Day in Bulgaria, GIS SOFIA SOFIA has grown to 130 highly qualifi ed, proven Ltd. was awarded in category of successful GIS specialists in the fi eld of geodesy, cadastre, spatial projects within local authorities for "Applying of planning, photogrammetry, cartography and a innovative GIS approach in the development of an team of lawyers, specialized in the fi eld of property Ortophotoatlas of Sofi a Municipality". relationships. GIS SOFIA Ltd. is one of the largest Cartography Department at GIS SOFIA surveying companies in Bulgaria. The company is produces cartographic products in various formats, certifi ed according to International Standard ISO size and content for the territory of Sofi a and Sofi a 9001:2008. Municipality. There are lots of interesting thematic GIS SOFIA Ltd. has created own geographic maps - map of polling stations and voting sections information system SOFCAR including cadastral within an administrative area; with the location of and urban plans, as well as other geographical data sirens for warning of the population; with stations also orthophotoplans, from aerial and satellite for protection of the population in case of disasters images, over the territory of the municipality. The or emergencies; with places for walking pets etc. SOFCAR information system meets all modern One of the recent activities in GIS SOFIA requirements and trends in this area, allowing is the Professional Training Centre, established effi cient use and management of the data. This is in 2010. The Centre organizes courses and the most signifi cant project and achievement of the seminars for increasing qualifi cation levels in the company. several occupational areas - Cadastre, Regulation There is an internet application on our Planning, Digital Photogrammetry, Remote site through which you get reliable realtime Sensing, Cartography and Legislation related to information about the cadastral plan of Sofi a — geodesy. The main goal of the centre is to organize IsofMap. For the territory or property you have very specialized training that meets the specifi c chosen the system enables you to load additional needs and requirements of participants. The center thematic maps with information on regulation, is licensed by the National Agency for Vocational spatial development zones, noise sources, cultural Education and Training. monuments, orthophotoplan also data on the 24.