Devel-Tech Inc.
COMPANY PROFILE
Devel-Tech was incorporated in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada,
on January 9, 1986.
As Geo-Information Managers, the company provides a full range of
integrated services in Geomatics and Information Management.
These services consist of the following activities:
Project Planning
Feasibility Study
Systems Design and Engineering
Application Development
Project Implementation
Training Services
Maintenance Services
Our areas of expertise, for which we have undertaken hundreds of
projects conducted on behalf of a range of public and private
sector agencies, include the following sectors:
Digital Mapping and Data Conversion
Remote Sensing
MIS/GIS Systems Development and Implementation
Automated Mapping and Facility Management
Research and Development
Data Distribution
Devel-Tech is an independent and experienced consultant with many
years of industry experience in addition to strong academic
backgrounds in the vast capabilities of GIS and mapping.
Devel-Tech is totally independent of any hardware, conversion, or
other vendors in the disciplines of GIS, MIS, and Remote Sensing.
In order to leverage our Geomatics expertise into specific
application areas or to integrate emerging technologies,
Devel-Tech actively pursues cooperative partnerships with private
industry organizations. A number of such joint initiatives are
currently underway and Devel-Tech is open to discussing all such
mutually beneficial undertakings.
DIGITAL MAPPING AND DATA CONVERSION
Devel-Tech is an experienced industry leader in Digital Mapping
and Data Conversion. Our experience covers a full range of data
acquisition sources including hard copy map conversion, global
positioning systems (GPS) and remote sensing. We have a
proven record working with both public and private sector
agencies including the Department of National Defense (DND),
Geomatics Canada, the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), and
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
This expertise covers the following areas:
Topographic and Cadastral Mapping
Hydrographic Mapping
Digital Elevation Modeling
Hardcopy Document Conversion
Data Format Conversion
Custom Mapping Applications
Land Use/Land Cover Mapping
In order to provide these services Devel-Tech is licensed for all
of the predominant commercial softwares used in the GIS market
today, as noted below. These softwares have been augmented with
an extensive array of in-house developed applications to
assist in data manipulation, format conversion, and quality
control.
CARIS (GIS and Object Oriented GIS)
ARC/INFO (GIS)
MAPINFO (GIS)
PAMAP (GIS)
AutoCAD MAP (GIS,CAD)
Intergraph MicroStation (CAD)
PCI Easi/Pace (Remote Sensing)
ORACLE (RDBMS)
MapObjects Internet Map Server (IMS)
REMOTE SENSING
Since 1990, Devel-Tech has been actively involved in the field of
data acquisition via Remote Sensing (RS), utilizing aerial
photography and satellite imageries. Devel-Tech provides data
acquisition from satellite imagery via the following media:
LANDSAT - TM
SPOT
RADARSAT
RADAR (ERS1, JERS, Airborne SAR)
IRS-1C
We offer consulting services to environmental and natural
resource managers in the public and private sectors. These
services are provided in data gathering and map updating for the
resource industry (i.e. mining, agriculture, forestry, hydrology,
environmental) by Remote Sensing; including acquisition of remote
imagery, geo-referencing and geometric correction,
ortho-rectification, classification and analysis, and porting to
GIS environments and database implementation.
Use of RS and GIS technologies, in many cases, is the only
realistic and cost effective method to collect and analyze basic
land-based information, such as mineral potential and
mine-development planning, land capability, soil erosion, forest
fire and forest reserve management, and slope stability.
MIS/GIS
Devel-Tech provides a complete range of MIS/GIS System
Development services, from Needs Analysis, to System
Specification & Design, to System Implementation and Maintenance.
We strive to provide the most effective solutions to clients'
needs, whether using off-the-shelf software or developing custom
made programs and solutions. In an environment of rapidly
changing technologies, we provide the services necessary to meet
the client's needs in the on-going struggle to improve
productivity and profitability.
Our expertise in systems development includes:
System Design and Engineering
Development of custom GIS application software
Data Access and Database Generation
Development of Web-based Mapping solutions
Development of Client/Server Distributed Management Systems
Quality Control and Quality Assurance systems
GIS Training
Being independent of any commercial software vendor allows us to
provide our clients with the most suitable, cost effective,
expandable and operational systems by considering the various
hardware, software, operating philosophies, training, and
maintenance procedures required for their specific GIS
application needs.
We provide these services in the following environments:
Computer Platforms: UNIX, Windows/NT, Linux
Databases: ORACLE, FoxPro, ACCESS, dBase, Paradox
Development Environments: CARIS++, Visual C++, Visual Basic,
Visual FoxPro, Visual InterDev, Visual J++ (JAVA), HTML/XTML,
Delphi, MapObjects,
GIS Softwares: CARIS, ARC/INFO, MAPINFO, AutoCAD MAP, Intergraph
MicroStation, PAMAP
AM/FM
The first AM/FM/GIS project carried out by Devel-Tech was on
behalf of the Saskatchewan Power Corporation from 1989 to 1990.
Today, we provide services in:
Data Conversion
Data Quality Assurance/Control
System Design and Engineering
Application Development
Devel-Tech is presently working with several utility companies in
the formulation, design and implementation of Systems as applied
to AM/FM/GIS for their operations.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Since 1992, Devel-Tech has been undertaking Research and
Development projects aimed at applying advanced technologies to
the Geomatics and Resource Management Sectors. These projects
have been based upon the following themes:
Better resource management through the integration of optical and
radar satellite imagery; for Agriculture, Forestry, Geology and
Mining.
Image Processing and Analysis applications utilizing Artificial
Intelligence (i.e. Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic).
Application of Hyper-spectral Imagery to Monitoring and Resource
Management applications.
DATA DISTRIBUTION
Devel-Tech is an Imaging Network Partner for Space Imaging's
CarterraTM Products. As part of this network, Devel-Tech provides
access to the full range of Carterra image products.
We are particularly excited to announce the arrival of imagery
from Space Imaging's IKONOS Satellite. IKONOS is the world's
first commercial satellite capable of obtaining 1 meter
panchromatic (black and white) and 4 meter multispectral (color)
imagery.
A 'pan sharpened' product is also available that combines the
spatial content of the 1m pan and the 4m multispectral data.
IKONOS has a flexible image collection system that allows for
efficient data collection over specific target areas.
Contact us to learn more about these products, or enquire about
pricing and availability.
IKONOS FACTS: Spectral Resolution
Panchromatic: 0.45 - 0.90 microns
Multispectral: #1: Blue 0.45 - 0.52 microns
#2: Green 0.52 - 0.60 microns
#3: Red 0.63 - 0.69 microns
#4: Near IR 0.76 - 0.90 microns
Devel-Tech is a distributor of National Topographic Data Base
and Canadian Road Network vector data products from Geomatics
Canada.
The National Topographic Data Base (NTDB) is a digital data base
developed by Geomatics Canada. It covers the entire Canadian
landmass and contains the features normally found on topographic
maps at the scales of 1:50,000 and 1:250 000: hydrography,
hypsography (contours), vegetation, the road network, the rail
network, the electric power network, designated area, land form,
wetlands, and manmade features. Click here to view the available
NTDB topographic maps at the 1:50,000 and 1:250 000 scales.
The Canadian Road Network (CRN) is the name of the national
digital information base of Canada's road infrastructure. The
CRN was created by extracting and reclassifying road
infrastructure data from the National Topographic Data Base
(NTDB). The CRN only contains structured data relating to roads,
which means it omits the topographic details normally seen on
maps. Additional attributes, such as road numbers and highway
exit numbers, have been added. The CRN contains structured data
that can be of use to shippers, courier companies, and emergency
measure organizations among others.
For quick price quotations leave us an e-mail at
dti@develtech.ca, or call us at (306) 933-1020.
Company Details
Year Established:
1986
Total Sales ($CDN):
$1 - $100,000
Number of Employees:
15
Company Information
Shane Long
Title:
Vice President
Area of Responsibility:
Management Executive
Telephone:
(306) 933-1020
Fax:
(306) 933-0180
Email:
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Bob Bennetto
Title:
President
Area of Responsibility:
Management Executive
Telephone:
(306) 933-1020
Fax:
(306) 933-0180
Email:
Click Here
Products
Qc Software For S-57 Production
Image Segmentation Software
This software is a utility that was developed to improve on
current image analysis systems' ability to identify regions of
commonality within an image. Many of the existing image
classification methodologies do not account for the spatial
distribution of common feature types, for example the uniform
crop type that would grow within a given agricultural field. The
image segmentation algorithm will split an image into coherent
components based upon the intensity variation between neighboring
pixels. The result is an image map defining the regions of more
or less homogeneous values of an image property. The software is
usually used in conjunction with typical image classification
techniques that are being used for interpretation of image
content, and have been found to improve in the overall
classification and delineation of feature classes. The program
can be utilized on both Radar and Optical imagery.
Services
Digital Cadastral Mapping
Digital Topographic Mapping
Cartographic Editing And Digital Map Production
Digital Ortho-photos And Photogrammetry
Systems Software Development
Systems Design Engineering
Digital Scanning And Conversion
Object-oriented Gis Applications
Remote Sensing
Data Acquisition And Verification Using Global Positioning Systems (gps)
Generation Of Digital Elevation Models (dem) And Digital Terrian Models (dtm/Tin)
Implementation Of Gis Systems
Gis Design, Demonstration And Implementation Through Multi-platform Gis Networking
Geomatics
Electronic Navigation Charts (enc)
S-57 Hydrographic Maps
Drawings, Preparation
Map, Digital, Conversion
Mapping, Digital
Maps, Cadastral, Preparation & Updating
Pattern Recognition Capabilities Using Remote Sens
Photogrammetry, Digital
Topographic Maps, Preparation