In KB "Panorama" the Databank of digital maps and remote sensing data version 7.2.0 has been developed. In the new version a search and display on a map-scheme of large volume of geodata are optimised. Acceleration is achieved through improved protocols of data exchange with service the GIS WebService SE and use of unique algorithms of search. Users are provided with the ability to search by a rectangular area, circle, polygon and object boundaries. The program quickly processes and displays the results of search queries containing more than 100000 data sets. All selected data is displayed on a map-scheme and automatically scaled for obtaining a clear picture.

Visual presentation of data on a map-scheme has been improved due to change of a view of displaying the geodetic points. Each point is displayed with a certain sign, depending on its class. The sign view is set automatically when importing metadata. The search for geodetic points using selected documents, lines of the state leveling network, geodetic networks for special purposes has been implemented. Possibility has been added to recalculate the coordinates of the points of the planned-altitude base from state coordinate systems into local ones and vice versa. The results of the recalculated values are stored in the database and in an Excel file.

All user actions related to editing metadata are logged. The program provides the ability to view archived records. In the Databank a search of duplicating values for directories, including archival ones is provided.

Data security is ensured by the differentiation of access rights based on security tools included in the operating system. Basic authentication, digest authentication, system authentication (via web server), and domain authentication (Kerberos or ActiveDirectory) are supported. Additional security is provided by the use of pass-through authentication when working with the database. Connection to the database occurs with the rights of the user working with the system. The complex is adapted to work on a wide range of operating systems (Astra Linux SE, ALT Linux, Elbrus, Ubuntu, CentOS, MS Windows and others) and architectures (Intel, Elbrus, Baikal). The program is registered in the register of domestic software under the number 1862.

The databank of digital maps and remote sensing data is the basis for building infrastructure of spatial data of federal, regional and municipal levels, in corporate information systems. Within the framework of a single geoinformation space, the Data Bank of digital maps and remote sensing data realises gathering, storage, quality control, search and delivery of the spatial data in exchange formats. The spatial data selected by means of the program can be placed for the multiuser access on the GIS Server and be published according to the international standards OGC WFS, WFS-T, WMS, WMTS, WCS on application server the GIS WebService SE. Users can access data from both a thin client (by means of GIS WebServer SE) and from desktop applications (GIS "Panorama", GIS "Operator"). The databank of digital maps and remote sensing data provides construction of cloud warehouse of spatial data, provision of access to these data, the automated formation and updating of geocovers.

The current state of spatial data is displayed by means of maps-schemes that are maintained for each type of stored data: vector maps, remote sensing data, elevation matrixes and terrain models. It provides remote placing the sets of spatial data into file warehouse, keeping versions of stored sets, updating maps-schemes of data availability, the automated collection and formation of metadata, and the formation and updating of geocovers. Automated collection and formation of metadata is performed according to the standards of ISO 19115: 2003, Geographic information - Metadata and ISO/TS 19139, Geographic information - Metadata - XML schema implementation. The reduced copies of data images are automatically formed, checksum of files and completeness of data sets are checked. Placement of spatial data into file storage is performed with integrity check, control of data structure and content. The results of the work are recorded and are entered into the metadata base. Automatic backup of metadata and spatial data storage with integrity control and data recovery has been provided. Multilingual interface is supported.

The "Bank of spatial data" portal demonstrates the possibilities of organizing storage, accounting and and issuance of vector maps, remote sensing data, matrixes of heights and the terrain models. The portal contains vector maps in SXF format, generated on the basis of data from open sources (OpenStreetMap, VMap0). The spatial data includes maps of: subjects of the Russian Federation, countries and cities of the near and far abroad. In total, over 250 vector maps and 6700 matrix data with a total volume of 60 GB. Specialists of KB "Panorama" weekly update and refresh the content of the information on the portal. All published data is distributed free of charge under a free license.

The new version of the program is available for download on the Download page.

As part of the development of the state information system "Regional geoinformation system of the Ryazan region", the module "Accounting for agricultural land" was adapted in terms of performing the work of the first stage of creating a service for informing about land cultivation with plant protection products. Work is being done to prevent the death of bees.

One of the main reasons for the death of bees in many countries of the world, including Russia, is the steady increase in the use of pesticides in agriculture. According to the appraisal of management of the Russian Union of Producers of Chemical Plant Protection Products (PPPs), recently the volume of pesticide use in Russia has increased annually by 6-8% and this trend will continue for a long time. The list of pesticides and agrochemicals registered in Russia includes more than a thousand items. However, today no one knows exactly what preparations and in what quantities are applied by agricultural producers.

The RGIS RO has implemented a unified directory of plant protection products in accordance with the current State catalog of pesticides and agrochemicals approved for use on the territory of the Russian Federation, containing: the name of the active substance, the hazard class for humans, the hazard class for bees in the field. The UZSHN module has built-in tools for accessing of crop growers in the Ryazan region to geospatial data on agricultural land with the ability to enter data on the current use of PPPs on the fields of their farm, including the date of start and end of processing, the name of PPPs with a choice from a single directory of PPPs.

The beekeepers registered in the system are provided with tools that allow them to independently indicate on the map the current location of the apiary and the description of the apiary, including: the name of the apiary, the name of the owner, the status of the beekeeper (LPH, IP, KFH, SHO), the number of the veterinary passport for the apiary, the address of the apiary, the date of installation and the number of bees.

Based on the entered information, the system automatically calculates and color-codes the dangers for bees at each apiary in connection with the use of plant protection products. As part of the UZSHN RGIS RO module, the thematic map of processing PPPs is daily updated, displaying in system a traffic light of the land contour. Fields that are not planned to be processed are displayed in green. Fields that are planned to be processed within the next 1-3 calendar days are displayed in yellow. Those fields are displayed in red, the PPP processing of which is carried out on the current date, and during the period of the restriction of the bees flying. The calculation of the time of limitation of bees flying is carried out depending on the hazard class for bees of the active substance of PPP. For PPP of the 1st hazard class, restrictions on the bees flying are valid on the dates of processing and 6 calendar days after its completion. For plant protection products of the 2nd hazard class - the dates of processing and 3 calendar days after its completion. For plant protection products of the 3rd hazard class - the date of processing.

Other news on the development of the Regional geoinformation system of the Ryazan region has been published on our website:

- Geoinformation solutions of KB "Panorama" are used for legal education of the population of the Ryazan region;

- "Mobile application as part of the Regional GIS of the Ryazan region provides access to dozens of thematic layers on various smartphones";

- "GIS WebServer AGRO is presented at the webinar "Software and services in agro-industrial complex ";

- Governor of the Ryazan region has highly appreciated development of Regional geoinformation system;

- RGIS of the Ryazan region is used in the state cadastral assessment;

- Portal of open data of regional geoinformation system of the Ryazan region works under control of OS Astra Linux SE;

- Specialists of KB "Panorama" have held training seminar for representatives of administration of the Ryazan region on use of a modernised regional GIS.

JSC "Institute of economics and development of transport" (JSC "IERT") is carrying out full-scale work on digitalization of the circulation of documents of territorial planning of railway transport. All work is performed using domestic software. The geoinformation web-application created on the basis of GIS WebServer SE provides access for employees of the institution to documents and information of territorial planning for viewing, comparative analysis and printing images of graphic and text documents. With the participation of specialists of KB "Panorama", web services were introduced to automatically create and update map layers that reflect the existing infrastructure, promising and implemented measures for the development of railway transport in the context of the administrative-territorial division of the Russian Federation.

A feature of the architecture of the automated system "Territory" is the embedding of the usual means of entering and editing information used by the specialists of JSC "IERT" to maintain a digital database of promising and implemented measures for the development of the railway transport infrastructure. At the same time, the developed means of information interaction of geoinformation modules with the above databases automatically provide request and receipt of information, creation and updating of cartograms by methods of thematic mapping, web-publication of maps and documents for viewing and analysis in the form of a single information resource of the institution. When generating cartograms, there is used the OKTMO of borders of objects of administrative-territorial division of the Russian Federation, including federal districts, subjects of the Russian Federation, municipal districts, urban districts, urban and rural settlements.

In the course of its activities, JSC "IERT" conducts an examination of documents of territorial planning, socio-economic development in conjunction with information on promising and implemented measures for development of the infrastructure of railway transport. The computer-aided system "Territory", which was created, automates the processes of distributing information and documents for constituent entities and municipalities of the Russian Federation. Creation of thematic cartograms reflecting the territorial distribution of activities for the development of existing and planned facilities of railway transport infrastructure is carried out on the scheme of the railway network, with reference to the Centralized Regulatory and Reference Information (CNSI). Works on preparation of railway transport schemes and cartograms of actions for infrastructure development are carried out in the GIS "Panorama" environment with use of additional module developed on the basis of MAPAPI.

In KB "Panorama" the GIS Constructor version 14.1.0 has been developed for the operating system "Astra Linux Special Edition" (Release "Smolensk"). In the new version the display of clusters used for grouping the point conventional symbols on a map has been improved. Into the cluster description the property "Display the first character in the cluster" has been added. When it is set, in the position of the cluster sign the first object in the cluster will be displayed first, and then the cluster sign. In this case, the cluster sign can contain only the number of objects or other complementary elements of the conventional symbol. When drawing an object, various semantics can be taken into account, including links to graphic files, which makes the generalized sign more complex and informative. The initial opening and display of large sets of vector maps and spatial databases containing several million objects and more, has been accelerated. Construction of the objects tree when opening the datasets has been accelerated. The new version of the program is adapted to work in the OS "Astra Linux Special Edition" release "Smolensk" version 1.7.

To display various tabular information on the map, a new graphic symbol "Table" has been developed. To display the table in the desired position, a point object is created that has a link to the CSV file in the semantics and a conventional symbol of the "Table" type. A CSV file is a set of lines containing the values of one or more table fields (columns) separated by symbols - comma, semicolon, tab. The name of the CSV file is specified in the object semantics the "Text file". The table can contain from 1 to 256 columns. Each column allows you to place data of the selected type: text and numerical data, pictures in PNG, JPG, BMP format, colored figures and percentage scales. The table can consist of one or more pages. The number of pages is set in semantics "Number of table pages". The table width is calculated automatically based on the column widths, taking into account the number of pages and the distance between the pages. To display a part of the data of the CSV file in the table, the semantics "First table row" and "End table row" are specified.

The map with the created tables will have one view in desktop, mobile, web-applications on any platforms, with local placement or on the GIS Server and at printing. A layer with tables can be opened on top of any other data - spatial databases, geoportals, remote sensing data. The map, together with CSV files and background data, can be packed into one file of SITZ/MAPZ/MPTZ formats. With the help of objects of the new "Table" image the various statistical data on financial, environmental, economic, medical, tax, meteorological, demographic topics can be presented, which can be obtained on the websites of the Federal State Statistics Service. Statistical data can be displayed both for Russia as a whole, and for various indicators for municipalities in the Database of indicators of municipalities.Different layers of the map can contain tables for different themes and years. Tables, like other objects, can have visibility scale ranges. At updating the table the data will change accordingly on a map.

The user interface of the program has been improved for use in operating systems with a high density of displaying images on the screen. This expands the range of application of the software product on devices with reduced screen sizes - portable laptops, specialized tablets and other similar devices. The program interface of the dialogs makes the most of the opportunities provided by the layout system of the elements of the visual design environment. This allows you to get the design of dialogs adapted to the display parameters in accordance with the settings of the operating system.

The interface of the dialog for importing graphic files into RSW format has been modernized at using files of a binding. The user selects the possibility of using data from the binding's file by setting the appropriate checkbox in the dialog. The program carries out search of a binding's file by coincidence of its name with raster file name. If a single file of binding is found in a search result, data from this file is automatically loaded. If there are several binding files of the same name in different formats, then the choice of the file used when loading graphic data is provided to the user. The structure of storing arrays of colors for primitives of 3D-models of the DB3D format has been improved. Import of a cloud of points from MTD format into format DB3D has been changed. Display of DB3D-models with use of new possibilities of a format was improved. In the QDMapPointAcces component there is added a support for converting coordinates in the map coordinate system to geodetic coordinates in the WGS84 coordinate system and vice versa.

GIS Constructor is a set of geoinformation components for use in the visual programming environment of Qt Designer, which allows you to develop your own GIS applications. The visualization of the contents of digital maps is made in conventional symbols adopted for topographic, geographical and various special maps. Geoinformation system has ample opportunities for performing calculations, for providing display of spatial data on various graphic devices in standard and user systems of conventional symbols. The main functions can be executed in multithreaded mode. It supports automatic optimization of used memory for processing large amounts of data (tens of gigabytes) on limited resources (hundreds of megabytes).

The toolkit is adapted for work on a wide range of operating systems (Astra Linux SE, ALT Linux, Elbrus, Ubuntu, CentOS, QNX) and architectures (Intel, Elbrus, PowerPC, SPARC, ARM). The toolkit includes components of visual designing the GIS applications and library of a multiplatform multithreaded GIS core. GIS Constructor provides a cross-platform MAPAPI interface that allows a programmer to implement development in an operating system convenient for it. The developer can release GIS applications for a set of operating systems by simple assembly with minimal changes to the program source code.

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

In KB "Panorama" the digital geographic maps of scale 1: 1 000 000 in format SXF onto territory of Romania and the Republic of Bulgaria have been prepared. As a source for preparation of the map the VMap0 data obtained from the information from the site www.gis-lab.info has served. The maps contain information on the number of inhabitants for cities and the name of settlements in Russian. As additional materials the World map of scale 1: 5 000 000 and OpenStreetMap data were used.

The maps were led to the classifier of geographic maps of scale 1: 1 000 000 (1mogk13g.rsc). It can be used for a general assessment of the area and the study of natural conditions, to ensure the educational process, as a basis for the creation of geographic maps of a smaller scale, thematic and special maps, and solving other tasks. The map is distributed free of charge under a free license.

Digital geographic maps of scale 1: 1 000 000 in SXF format are available for download on the page "Digital maps".