Dotted Eyes News

Dotted Eyes, data and information specialists to the UK public sector and commercial business, today announces that Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Partnership (BHWP) has selected its Health Portal solution to facilitate unprecedented information sharing at every level of the Partnership organisations.

Hot-on-the-heels of the new NHS White Paper release, which focuses heavily on shared information for patients, local authorities and healthcare professionals, the BHWP announcement marks the formal launch of Health Portal, developed by Dotted Eyes to meet the burgeoning need of healthcare professionals to access, visualise and share data through a simple and cost-effective system; freeing up the resources of data analysts and decentralising cumbersome data hubs to deliver access at the point of need.

“In many ways, the key imperatives of the new healthcare reform are already established principles of Birmingham Health & Wellbeing Partnership,” said Jim McManus, Joint Director of Public Health at BHWP.
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Dotted Eyes has launched a new solution to enable customers to set up an open source environment quickly and easily. The Open Source Spatial Starter Kit was developed in response to frustrations voiced by attendees at Dotted Eyes’ open source roadshows who were keen to implement open source but struggled to find the resource to investigate the range of software available.

Dotted Eyes’ Open Source Spatial Starter Kit enables organisations to implement spatial open source without spending valuable time researching and specing a technology stack. The Kit includes pre-selected software, installation, datasets and training. It offers a low risk opportunity to evaluate and deploy a low cost web mapping, spatial data storage and publishing application.  A launch offer includes free technical support for a year for any customers ordering before 1st October 2010.

Dotted Eyes has deployed many open source projects for customers, and uses open source software in some of its own solutions. It has recently expanded its open source capability by launching its first open source training course on GeoServer.

For more information on the Starter Kit, visit www.dottedeyes.com/opensource or call Alistair on 01527 556920.

We’re delighted to announce that Dotted Eyes is again co-hosting the free UK FME User Group. It will be held on 29th April 2010, at Ordnance Survey’s offices in Southampton.

Don Murray, Co-Founder of Safe Software, who was described as ‘fantastic, approachable and enthusiastic’ will be joining us once again to give a lively overview of FME 2010.

Over 100 attendees joined us in 2009, and all of them rated the event as being excellent or very good in terms of usefulness. The event is suited to existing users, and those who want to find out more about FME before purchasing.

This year, the event is flanked by optional training on FME Desktop (£800 ex VAT for 2 days)  and FME Server (£400 ex VAT for 1 day).

To find out more view the invitation or the agenda. Registration is available online.

We hope to see you there!

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Now’s the time to buy the additional licences you need or upgrade to the latest versions as Dotted Eyes is offering 10% off FME licences and MapInfo Professional purchases until January 25th 2010, even if your current arrangements don’t expire until the end of March 2010! The offer includes:

• New licences
• Upgrades
• Maintenance

And just in case you think you might get a better offer elsewhere, we also guarantee to beat any other offer you’ve had! As long as we can verify it, of course…

To benefit from this offer call 01527 556920 or email us outlining your requirements. Please quote “WEBSEASON” to receive the special pricing. Terms and conditions apply.*

*Terms and Conditions

The customer must quote “WEBSEASON” at the time of placing an order. The promotional code cannot be retrospectively applied. Orders must be received and acknowledged before the closing date of 25/01/2010. Dotted Eyes reserves the right to terminate this offer without notice. This cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer, and only applies to direct sales.

CAD users can now access spatial data without the need to convert GIS information to DWG,  using AutoCAD Map 3D. This frees up GIS staff resources, as they no longer need to translate data, and allows CAD and GIS teams to share the same core data sets.

Until April 15th,  Local Government users can upgrade from AutoCAD LT to Map 3D with Subs and save 30%.For more information, call the Commercial Team on 01527 556920 or email us.

We will be co-hosting the 2009 UK FME User Group, to be held at Ordnance Survey’s Southampton head office on April 1st 2009.

The event will build on the success of last year’s inaugural user group, when over fifty delegates heard case studies from FME users across the UK. Don Murray, Co-founder and President of Safe Software, will once again lead the sessions, having received a rapturous welcome in 2008.

Don comments, “With the great success of last year’s UK FME User Group, I’m looking forward to being part of this year’s expanded event. I always enjoy meeting our users, both learning about the great challenges they are solving and receiving feedback on the ways we can make our product even better.”

The agenda will be packed with both informative and interactive sessions, including an under the bonnet look at FME 2009 and beyond, FME best practices, tips and tricks, user case studies and an opportunity to network with other FME users.

Both existing FME users, and those interested in using FME’s market leading translation, transformation and integration capabilities, will be made most welcome by Safe, Dotted Eyes and four other participating FME partners.

This year’s user group will be preceded by two days of intensive complimentary training on FME Server, delivered by Safe Software’s own trainers. Training places are strictly limited, and delegates should apply to the Commercial Team to enquire about availability.

Visit our FME user group page to register for the user group by the 12th March 2009. If you require more information, please call our Commercial Team on 01527 556920.

This one day seminar for councils and NHS organisations, hosted by Dotted Eyes in conjunction with Autodesk, will help attendees maximise their return on investment in CAD software. Autodesk will outline a user case study on behalf of a local council, showcasing how AutoCAD Map 3D brings together design and geographic information, and Dotted Eyes will present on key issues such as configuration, optimisation of data storage and future proofing.

For more information, view the attached seminar invitation.

Two Dotted Eyes data sets, InterestMap and MarkerMap, have been chosen by Communities and Local Government for inclusion in the Pan-Government Agreement. The products, which were part of a successful bid placed by Exeter-based Landmark Information Group, in conjunction with Dotted Eyes, will be available under the Agreement from 1st April 2009.

Dotted Eyes Chairman Jamie Justham comments: “We’re delighted that the British Government has selected Dotted Eyes products as part of the Pan-Government Agreement. This decision cements our reputation for adding value to the high quality datasets produced by Ordnance Survey, a standing strengthened in 2008 by the award of a major agreement to supply digital maps to the NHS in England and Wales. ”

For more information, visit our PGA2b web pages.

MapInfo today released an upgrade for MapInfo Professional 9.5.

9.5 users can update their software by clicking on Help > Check for Update from within MapInfo Professional.

9.5.1 is a major, yet free, patch release. It brings improved display capabilities, such as a translucency feature which allows you to see through a thematic map to the base map below. Labels can also be set at various levels of translucency and anti-aliasing can now be applied to them to smooth the text edges.

9.5.1 also addresses problems experienced when printing, especially to PDF.

Tom Probert from Pitney Bowes MapInfo is running a one hour webinar on 11th December 2008 from 10AM to introduce the new features in MapInfo Professional 9.5.1 and Vertical Mapper 3.5.

You can register online at https://mapinfoevents.webex.com/mapinfoevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=669011131

Don’t forget to check our other news items for information about MapInfo special offers in the run up to Christmas, or call our Commercial Team on 01527 556920.

This offer applies to local authorities, PCTs, SHAs and housing associations only. It is split into 2 parts: existing VLP customers and new VLP customers:

Existing VLP customers:

Until December 19th 2008, organisations can add 4 MapInfo Pro licences to their VLP and get 1 free!

New customers:

New customers can also buy 5 MapInfo Pro licences for the price of 4 until December 19th.

Terms and conditions:

Only one set per customer. The licences must be part of a single serial number and activation code, so the offer does not stand for individual seats. Maintenance/MATS is not discounted & MATS is mandatory for new customers (the usual maintenance rules apply for existing users).Purchase orders must include the text ‘B4GOF Offer’ to quality for the special rates.

For more information: call Paula Holdstock on 01527 556930 or email paula.holdstock@dottedeyes.com