Geodan Mobile Solutions has recently launched Geodan Movida version 1.4. Movida is the leading Real-Time Location System for the professional market. The new version is the result of the operational experience Geodan Mobile Solutions has gained during implementations nationally and in other countries. Reporting options and playback of situations have vastly improved. The user interface has become more intuitive. In addition, screen combinations enable users to create their own dashboard. Stability has also been taken care of. Geodan Movida 1.4 is now able to handle expansions up to 10,000 users.

An old GIS project carried out by Geodan in Egypt recently had its sequel. During the nineties of last century Geodan made a GIS in collaboration with Rijkswaterstaat RIZA [Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management] to be used for the design of underground drainage systems in Egypt. This system was called DrainGIS. The drainage of agricultural land is an important aspect of water management in Egypt – it is necessary in order to be able to reuse water effectively and to keep the soil in good condition. For many years the department for drainage projects in Egypt (EPADP) successfully used DrainGIS that uses such systems as UNIX and ArcInfo. However the time has come for the system to be replaced. Thanks to modern technology, many improvements have been made possible. ESRI North East Africa will make a new GIS for EPADP with the aid of ArcGIS server 9.2. Geodan went to Cairo to act as consultant. Research was carried out together with users and developers to establish the best way of translating the existing and new system requirements into an efficient new design. The new system is expected to be finished next year.

Geodan is participating in the creation of Eurogeonames (EGN), a European internet service for geographical names. Quite a number of topographical and land registry services in various EU countries are making these names and associated attributes directly available. In the new service that is being created for geographical names, the gazetteer service, people will be able to search using exonyms. These are the foreign variants of names, e.g. The Hague and La Haye for The Hague. EGN will have a central portal and will be distributed to participating countries. The service will be available free for occasional interactive use. EGN is different from other gazetteer services because it draws names directly from official sources. The service also uses standards for exchanging geographical data, as laid down in the European INSPIRE directive. This directive was adopted in April to promote the exchanging and sharing of geographical data between EU countries. Geodan is responsible for developing the service software and is involved in such matters as defining the data model, refining the communication interfaces, the construction of conversion modules for the participating organisations and finding user applications.