Specialists of KB "Panorama" prepared and placed on the geoportal "Bank of spatial data" the maps of the Leningrad and Kostroma regions. The maps were formed using OpenStreetMap data, source data was obtained from Geofabrik website. To work with the maps, you can use the GIS Panorama Mini program or other software products of KB "Panorama".

The maps were led to the modernised classifier of large-scale plans of scale 1: 5 000 (map5000m.rsc) and were saved into a packed project (MPTZ). The MPTZ format project includes a digital map of the region's territory (country, subject of the federation, administrative region), a map of the administrative-territorial division of the region and a digital classifier. Publishing of updates in bank of spatial data is made by using the program of Databank of digital maps and remote sensing data. Publishing contents of bank of spatial data on the geoportal and data access for downloading are implemented by means of GIS WebServer SE.

Free maps on the basis of OpenStreetMap data are available for download on the page "Digital maps".

On March, 17th, 2021, the I All-Russia scientific and technical conference "Geoinformation platforms for military purpose" was held in a remote format. Within the framework of this event, specialists of KB "Panorama" made the report "Geoinformation system of military purpose for planning and decision-making".

The report considered the issues of organizing collective work with terrain maps and the operational situation for planning and controlling troops and weapons in the GIS "Operator", creations of small-scale topographic maps using spatial data bases by means of the GIS "Panorama", creations of realistic three-dimensional terrain models, as well as issues of interagency interaction. The technologies for the formation of global coverage of digital maps and remote sensing data of the earth by means of the Databank of digital maps and remote sensing data were shown, as well as issues of operational automated creation and updating of digital topographic maps (DTM) and special maps based on national cartographic materials in various international coordinate systems have been considered. The software products of KB "Panorama" demonstrated in the report operate under the control of the domestic operating system Astra Linux SE.

The purpose of the conference was the exchange of information about new scientific and technical developments, uniting of leading scientific schools, search for partners for cooperation in the following areas: creation of a unified complex of astronomical and geodetic, navigation and geoinformation support for determining the initial geodetic data; research of the requirements for geoinformation support of actions of ground-based robotic systems for military purposes and ways of building a mobile geoinformation platform for their implementation; research of ways of improving the geoinformation systems and military platforms. The conference is organized by the ERA Military Innovative Technopolis.

You can get acquainted with the materials in the "Presentation" section.

In KB "Panorama" the "Workstation of cadastral engineer" version 13.6.4 has been developed. In the new version the new mode "Building a road profile" has been developed, included into the group of modes "Creation diagrams and drawings". The mode is intended for automatic building the longitudinal profile of the projected route of a motor or railroad according to the line object indicated on the map. The formed drawing contains two lines of a vertical profile, along the existing surface of a relief and a design line built by interpolation methods. The design line of the route profile contains extended linear sections with a selection of relief slopes that are optimal for their overcoming by transport. The profile also displays a plan of the route (a map image in a strip of a given width along the route), design elements and help information.

To analyze the project line of the road, information about bridge crossings and tunnels is collected along the route. The received information is displayed on the profile in the form of special conventional symbols. The prepared drawing can be saved as a separate map or as graphic documents with division into pages of a given size in JPG, PNG, TIF format or as a multi-page PDF document.

To perform computational and analytical tasks, the use of expressions describing formulas and mathematical operations on the values of object attributes has been expanded. The calculations use semantics and metric characteristics: area, perimeter, coordinates of the first point, coordinates of the center of the contour, object number and others. The "Object Search" dialog has been improved for entering mathematical formulas and the values to which the calculation result must correspond. In the "Classifier Editor" the list of mathematical operations for describing the semantics-formula used for updating the coordinates of an object or its conventional sign has been expanded.

The mode "Search by cadastral number or address" has been improved, the possibility has been added for a choice of a source of search: on a map or in Rosreestr. When using the search in the Rosreestr, the information found at the specified cadastral number or address is displayed in the "Information from State Real Estate Cadastre" dialog, with moving the map to the location of the found object.

The digital classifier of the forestry.v2 map has been improved, which is used to create annexes to the forest declaration, approved by the order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia) of July, 30th, 2020 N 539. To generate graphical annexes to the forestry declaration, new report templates have been developed and the processing of new markers has been added. The #Area_ga# marker provides the output into the report of the area of the object in hectares, and the #STR3BL# marker outputs the geodetic coordinates of the characteristic points of the boundaries into the report.

In KB "Panorama" the GIS "Panorama" version 13.6.4 has been developed. The new version expanded the use of mathematical expressions (formulas), including various mathematical operations on the values of the object semantics and its measuring properties when searching, editing objects, forming the view of conventional symbols of map objects and in other tasks. A bookmark for entering a list of mathematical formulas and a range of values that the calculation result must correspond to has been added into the "Object Search" dialog. When searching for objects, you can set the selection of objects according to the correspondence of calculations to the specified ranges of values for one of the formulas or all at once. For example, if there is semantics with the amount of saltpeter in tons applied to a given area, it is necessary to select areas where from 40 to 50 kg of nitrogen is applied per hectare. Let the semantics 123 contain the amount of saltpeter applied to the plot in tons. Since the area of the plot (S) is calculated in square meters, and ammonium nitrate contains 34.5% of nitrogen, the formula will look like: "#123*1000*0.345/(S/10000)" or simplified "#123*3450000/S". The limit values must be set to 40 and 50. For reverse sampling of areas where the fertilizer dose is less than 40 or more than 50, you need to change the limit values in places. There are supported the math operations ABS, ARM, SIN, COS, TG, CTG, MIN, MAX, POW2, POW3, SQRT2, SQRT3, LOG, LOG10 and others. Area, perimeter, coordinates of the first point, coordinates of the center of the contour, unique number and other properties of the object can be used in calculations.

The mode "Calculations on semantics of selected objects" in the Map Editor task has been improved. The time for calculating and filling the semantics of objects according to a mathematical formula specified by the user has been reduced by 7 times. More complex mathematical expressions are supported, including various mathematical operations on the values of the semantics of an object and its measuring properties.

In the "Classifier Editor", the list of mathematical operations for describing the semantics of the formula has been expanded. The value of such semantics is automatically calculated when updating the coordinates or semantics of the object and can participate in the formation of the conventional symbol of the object through a series of objects (a matrix of conventional symbols, depending on the combination of the semantics values) or based on programmable symbols.

The task "Geodesy editor" has been improved. In a mode "Search by cadastral number or address" the possibility has been added for a choice of a source of search: on a map or in Rosreestr. When using the search in the Rosreestr, the information found at the specified cadastral number or address is displayed in the "Information from State Real Estate Cadastre" dialog. If you have an access key to the Yandex.Maps API geocoder, the map is moved to the center of the found object. The tools have been implemented for the formation of graphic applications to the forest declaration, approved by the order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia) of July, 30th, 2020 N 539. "To print the summary report on the allocated objects" mode provides the formation of attachments 1 and 2 to the forest declaration, and the "To print the LAND-SURVEYING on semantics of object" mode of attachments 3 and 4 to the forest declaration. To generate reports, new report templates have been developed, located in the Geodesy.dot folder. There is added a processing of the #Area_ga# marker for displaying the area of the object in hectares in the report and the #STR3BL# marker for displaying the geodetic coordinates of the characteristic points of the object boundaries in the report.

The forestry.v2.rscz digital map classifier has been improved, which is used to prepare a digital map containing the information necessary for filling out a forest declaration. There is implemented a reading and saving a ZIP-package of a document, including an XML file with its details and attached PDF files, without using an external archiver.

A new mode "Building a road profile" has been developed, included into the group of modes "Creation diagrams and drawings". The mode is intended for automatic building the longitudinal profile of the projected route of a motor or railroad according to the line object indicated on the map. The generated drawing contains the profile line of the existing relief surface, the design line of the route profile containing extended linear sections with the selection of optimal slopes, the route plan (a map image in a strip of a given width along the route), design elements and help information.

Along the route line a gathering of data on bridges transitions and tunnels is carried out. The received information is displayed on the profile in the form of special symbols. The prepared drawing can be saved as a separate map or as graphic documents with division into pages of a given size in JPG, PNG, TIF format or as a multi-page PDF document.

The new version of the program is available for download in the Download section.

KB "Panorama" has developed a training program for the course "Geoportals and distributed (Cloud) GIS Technologies", which includes a series of lectures and practical exercises. Students of the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK) of the Faculty "Applied cosmonautics and photogrammetry" became the first listeners of the program. The course is included in the master's program of the Department of "Computing and the automated processing of aerospace information". Classes are conducted by specialists of KB "Panorama" with many years of experience in the industry.

Students are told in an accessible form about current knowledge in the field of distributed geoinformation systems: from their general characteristics to specific software and its real application. The lecture material is prepared in the form of presentations, the lectures itself are recorded on video. As the course progresses, materials will be published in the KB Panorama knowledge base. Lectures on the following topics are already available for viewing and downloading: "General characteristic of geoportals and distributed GIS-technologies", "Data organization in distributed geoinformation systems", "Architecture of distributed GIS".

KB "Panorama" and MIIGAiK are long-standing strategic partners. Joint activities are aimed at popularizing domestic cartographic and geodetic education and software for geoinformation systems. So on April, 12th, at the "Student science week 2021", the team competition for the practical application of professional skills "GEOSKILLS Cartography 2021" will take place. MIIGAiK together with KB "Panorama" invites students who want to apply their knowledge in this area in practice. The competition is open to full-time students of specialized universities and colleges in Russia.

Training materials are available for review in the sections "Video lessons" and "Presentations".