The International Exhibition and Scientific Congress "Interexpo GEO-Siberia 2025" has started in Novosibirsk. The event will run through May 22 at the "Novosibirsk Expocentre" venue. This year, the main theme of the forum is "Spatial Data Economy," highlighting the importance of geoinformation technologies for solving global challenges and developing the state's economy.

We invite everyone interested in innovations in the field of geoinformatics and spatial data to visit the KB "Panorama" booth. Our experts will demonstrate an innovative development created using artificial intelligence technologies - the "Panorama Vision" complex. It allows for the recognition of hydrographic objects (rivers, lakes, and others), contours of agricultural lands, paved and dirt roads, as well as buildings and structures in terrain images. The source data can be obtained in the "Panorama Photo" software product, which is designed to process digital information about the terrain based on aerial photography materials from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or aircraft.

As part of the scientific congress, KB "Panorama" specialists will present a report on "Geospatial basis for geoinformation systems of various purposes," which will examine the new capabilities of the "Panorama Vision" complex for automated recognition of urban infrastructure objects. Our experts will share experience in applying innovative solutions, talk about the possibilities of their use in various industries - from construction to environmental monitoring, and outline prospects for further technology development.

All visitors who register at the KB "Panorama" booth will receive a 20% discount on the "Panorama Vision" automatic recognition and vectorization complex. The discount can be used until July 31, 2025.

We invite you to personally get acquainted with our developments, discuss current industry issues, and exchange opinions with KB "Panorama" experts. We are confident that dialogue and cooperation will help us move forward together in creating the technologies of the future. We look forward to seeing you at the KB "Panorama" booth at the international exhibition and scientific congress "GEO-Siberia 2025"!

Geoportal "Bank of spatial data" has been supplemented with a map of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, formed according to OpenStreetMap data. To work with the map, you can use the GIS Panorama Mini program or other software products of KB "Panorama".

The map was led to the modernised classifier of large-scale plans of scale 1: 5 000 (map5000m). 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".

KB "Panorama" specialists have prepared a video tutorial on applying dynamic labels using the "Object Lists" task in GIS "Panorama", "Cadastral Engineer Workstation", "Agronomist Workstation" and other software products. The reviewed mode allows applying labels over the map, taking into account the current map display composition and object visibility. When scaling the map image, the label automatically shifts so that its text completely fits into the client area of the window.

The video tutorial demonstrates the process of creating object lists with subsequent formation of dynamic labels. In the "Label Parameters" window, you can configure the display of the generated object labels by height, thickness, and font style. Additionally, on the "Highlighting" tab, you can specify a background or line contour. For curvilinear labels, it is not recommended to choose a background; instead, you should select a contour around the symbols. The label is formed when the "Label objects" flag is set and a semantic characteristic is selected, which will be used to apply the label.

When creating dynamic labels for linear objects, the ability to apply "Repeating labels" has been added to display multiple labels along the length of the object. You can specify minimum and maximum intervals between the generated labels (in mm on the map). These intervals affect the distance between labels. To display dynamic labels, you need to set the "Label objects dynamically" flag.

You can familiarize yourself with the training materials in the "Video Lessons" section.

KB "Panorama" has developed GIS "Panorama" version 15.3.7 for "Astra Linux Special Edition" OS, "Alt Linux" OS, "RED OS" and Ubuntu (20.04, 22.04). The new version implements Keycloak authorization support when accessing geoportals and adds new geoportals. The capabilities for dynamic object labeling, map calculations, and tile export have been expanded. Support for executing scripts for different Python versions, map and matrix conversion, and a task for forming the mathematical basis of aeronautical charts have been added. Coordinate systems have been updated and additional restrictions on working with data in GIS Server have been introduced.

The geoportal connection task has been improved. Support for authorization through the Keycloak identity broker has been implemented, allowing the use of single sign-on technology when working with geoportals and services. The ability to connect to sources transmitting data in PBF format—a compressed binary format for cartographic data—has been added. The list of supported geoportals and layers has been expanded, including ESRI (Sentinel-2, Agriculture, infrared and geological layers, NDVI and other indices), SOOI of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources (base map, thermal points, protected area boundaries, fire hazard and vessel data), as well as layers from the Federal Forestry Agency and regional resources, such as the GISOGD portal of the Chelyabinsk Region and the geoinformation subsystem of FGIS TP.

The geoportal connection task now includes the ability to obtain information about terrain objects via the WMS protocol. Now, from the National Spatial Data System geoportal, users can request information such as registration date, cadastral number, land category, value, and other characteristics of land plots and buildings. When information query support is enabled, object metrics, semantics, and metadata are displayed in the "Object Selection" dialog, with the ability to copy to exchange formats. Support for displaying new layers—"Land plots (labels)" and "Buildings (labels)"—has been added, and semantic mapping with the classifier through correspondence files has been implemented. A new search dialog has been introduced, allowing address searches through OpenStreetMap, cadastral number searches through the National Spatial Data System, and cross-portal searches through KB Panorama geoportals and others supporting OGC WFS. Results are displayed with geometry, semantics, and highlighting on the map.

The dynamic labeling mode for object lists has been improved. Labels now automatically account for the current visibility of objects on the map and move within the window when scrolling to remain fully visible. Label placement algorithms for linear objects have been improved, including alignment by upper, central, or lower line as specified in the label style parameters. The ability to automatically move labels below or above a line has been added if there is no space for placement in the original position. Long label wrapping to multiple lines without breaking words has been implemented—with the ability to set line length. It is now possible to set minimum and maximum distances between repeating labels on long linear objects for more even placement.

In the "Map Editor" task, the "Length and Distance" mode has been improved, adding the display of node point distances from the beginning of the measured route. The ability to save measurements on the map for subsequent printing has been implemented. Changing the current map in the parameters dialog box can now be done without interrupting the measurement process. The "Create circle of arbitrary radius" mode has been improved. By selecting the creation mode on the auxiliary panel, popup menu, or using a hotkey, the following is supported: creating an arc (sector) using three points, creating an ellipse with specified radius lengths, and creating a circle or ellipse with alignment by center or left edge. The ability to specify values in radians when creating new objects by entering geometry point coordinates from the keyboard has been added. In the "Length and Distance" mode, the display of distance values from the beginning of the object and the ability to save measurements on the map as objects have been added.

The "Map Calculations" mode has been improved. When building zones around objects, multipolygons, multilines, and multipoint objects are automatically processed with the formation of common zones around object parts. For linear objects with a longitude span of more than two zones (12 degrees), division into segments within two zones is performed. For each segment, a zone is built on the ellipsoid with subsequent stitching into a common contour, which ensures accurate calculation of zone boundaries on the terrain. A more precise zone construction algorithm is applied if the "Refine area and length" option is enabled in the "Parameters" menu. The "Find point on object" mode has been improved. The ability to search for a single point or a section between two points specified by distances from the beginning of the object with display parameter settings has been added.

The "View attributes from database" task, called by a button on the main panel, has been improved. The ability for multiple data insertion into table cells has been added. A mode for configuring and displaying subordinate tables (additional button on the main task panel) has been added. Configured subordination rules are interpreted as a data source and opened in a standard way as a tab from the corresponding dropdown list in the main task window. When selecting a row in the main table, the rows of the subordinate table are automatically filtered according to the specified rules. The ability to confirm/cancel changes has been added. A status bar with information about the number of rows has been added. The data set opening dialog is divided into "tables" and "query" tabs with support for new connections.

In the "Object Lists" dialog, modes for merging and intersecting lists according to selection conditions have been added. These modes allow creating a resulting list based on selected lists by combining selection conditions by localizations, layers, classes, and objects. A mode for simultaneous display of a thematic layer and labeling of the object list has been added. This mode allows simultaneously highlighting objects in the list thematically and labeling them according to the selected semantics. The "Copy object view to clipboard" and "Paste object view from clipboard" modes have been added. Copying the object view is performed both for all localizations and for a single one. To do this, right-click on the object view and select "Copy object view to clipboard" from the menu. The graphical description of an object can also be copied in the "Object Selection" dialog.

The "Export to mbtiles tile pyramid" task has been improved. The speed of tile creation has been increased through the implementation of a thread pool and optimization of data processing, taking into account the number of cores and available RAM.

Support for various versions of Python interpreters has been added for writing scripts executed from the "Run Applications" dialog in the "Scripts" tab or through assigned buttons on user panels. If several Python versions are installed on the computer, the active version can be selected through the main menu "Parameters - Data Location" in the "Path to Python interpreter" field. A script "Edit coordinate list in tabular form" has been added to the basic script set to demonstrate writing scripts that call standard GIS dialogs.

In the main menu "Tasks - Coordinate Systems", the items "Standard Raster Transformation" and "Standard Matrix Transformation" have been added to the "Standard Map Transformation" item. When selecting a menu item, a dialog is called for transforming a map, image, elevation matrix, or quality matrix from the original coordinate system to a specified one. Output system parameters can be set by EPSG code, read from the list of coordinate systems in XML, or from selected data files according to their format.

A new task "Formation of the Mathematical Basis for Aeronautical Charts" has been added, designed for automatic creation of mathematical basis elements and map frame design in accordance with established standards and conventional signs. In the task dialog, design parameters are configured: line thickness and color, grid step, height and color of labels. The composition of the elements being formed can be managed. By default, four frames, a geodetic coordinate grid, and frame labels are created. Highlighted area or closed linear objects of arbitrary shape on the map are used as frames. For each selected fragment, a set of maps with design is created and saved in the specified directory. All elements are created as graphic objects, allowing them to be transferred to maps with any classifier without distortion.

In the main menu "View," the item "Label View" has been added, allowing you to set one of two label display modes: "Quality" or "Simplified." When the quality mode is enabled, precise calculation of label elements is performed, which allows displaying labels in accordance with the requirements for font style on topographic maps. Using the quality mode for displaying labels on the screen requires more computational resources. If there is no need for exact font compliance with the requirements for conventional signs of topographic maps when displaying a map on the screen, you can use the fast label output in simplified mode.

The "Data List" dialog has been improved. For vector maps, context menu commands have been added to manage the editing flag, copying, changing object composition, passport data, exporting, and deleting data. For rasters and matrices, the context menu commands for data georeferencing have been expanded.

The "Object Selection" dialog has been improved. On the "Metrics" tab, a context menu has been added with modes: managing the multi-object flag, closing an object, changing the digitization direction, setting the first selected point, creating a multi-scale object, assigning the selected contour as the main one, deleting sub-objects (one or all), updating the object and its metrics, saving the object, saving coordinates in EPSG:3857, saving coordinates and metadata, as well as commands for working with metric points: copying, pasting, and deleting the current point.

In the map object search/display dialog on the "Measurements" tab, the ability to select measurement units when specifying conditions has been added: meters, kilometers, or millimeters on the map.

The lists of parameters for supported coordinate systems from the EPSG database have been updated. EPSG codes for GSK 2011 coordinate systems (20901 - 20960) have been added. Support has been added for the Qazaqstan Terrestrial Reference Frame 2023 (QazTRF-23) coordinate system and the Qazaqstan Vertical Reference Frame (QazVRF) height system. QazTRF-23 system parameters can be selected when creating maps from the crslist.xml file.

The list of restrictions for users on managing data opened from the GIS Server has been expanded: restrictions can be set on copying (exporting to other formats, transferring objects to other maps), printing, viewing coordinate system parameters, editing coordinates, storing copies of edited objects, accessing cache on the client without registration on the GIS Server, editing the digital RSC classifier, and others. Restrictions are set by the program administrator through the web interface and saved in the GIS Server settings. The prohibition on editing coordinates allows changing only the attributive data of map objects (semantics) without changing the coordinates or coordinate system parameters in the map passport (metadata).

GIS "Panorama" is a universal domestic geographic information system. The program is designed for accumulation, storage, automated processing and display of data, calculation results and forecasts with geospatial reference. GIS "Panorama" contains tools for displaying and processing vector, raster and matrix maps. The application provides users with tools for solving specialized tasks of modeling the movement of special objects against the background of a 3D model, forecasting the consequences of emergency situations at hazardous facilities, monitoring the movement of aircraft, conducting geodetic and topographic work, processing data from GPS/GLONASS navigation devices, printing displayed spatial data to various output devices, and many others.

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

KB "Panorama" specialists have prepared and placed a map of the Novosibirsk Region on the "Spatial Data Bank" geoportal. The map is formed based on OpenStreetMap data. To work with the map, you can use the GIS Panorama Mini program or other KB "Panorama" software products.

The map has been converted to a modernized classifier of large-scale plans at a scale of 1:5,000 (map5000m.rscz) and saved as a packed project (MPTZ). The MPTZ format project includes a digital map of the region's territory (country, federal subject, administrative district) and a digital classifier. Updates to the spatial data bank were made using the Digital Maps and Remote Sensing Data Bank program. Publication of the spatial data bank content on the geoportal and access to downloadable data are implemented using GIS WebServer SE.

Free maps based on OpenStreetMap data are available for download on the "Digital Maps" page.

In Novosibirsk, during May 21-22, the XXI International Exhibition and Scientific Congress "Interexpo GEO-Siberia 2025" will be held. We invite everyone to visit the KB "Panorama" stand, where we will demonstrate an innovative product created using artificial intelligence technologies - "Panorama Vision". All users who register at the KB "Panorama" stand will receive a 20% discount on the "Panorama Vision" automatic recognition and vectorization complex. The discount can be used until July 31, 2025.