News     November 2007   26/11/2007 : Consortium leads NERVE project to successful conclusion A consortium of companies including Imass Ltd, 1Spatial, Newcastle University and Ordnance Survey, have completed this 2 year research and development project. The project called (NERVE) North East Regional Visualisation Environment was part-funded by the DTI under its Technology Programme. The aim of the project was to construct an innovative software solution enabling organisations to share an interactive real-time digital model of any geographic region, within a web-services environment, a requirement of the recent civil contingencies bill and traffic management act. In order to prototype the solution and demonstrate its abilities for a number of scenarios the North East area was selected by the consortium. To read the full story behind the project and to see how it was achieved a two-part article is being published in Vector Magazine. Part 1 can be read here Part 2 – can be read here     October 2007   11/10/2007 : The Nerve project is now complete The project closed on 30th September 2007, final reports and updates will appear here soon.     August 2006   15/08/2006 : 1Spatial User and Partner Conference Presentation Dave Curry (Imass) and Richard Sunderland (1Spatial) gave a presentation of the project at the 1Spatial User and Partner Conference. To view the presentation slides please click Here     March 2006   08/03/2006 : North-East Project Wins Government Funding A consortium led by North East IT business solutions provider Imass, has been awarded a substantial grant in excess of £0.6m by the Department of Trade and Industry under its 'Collaborative Research and Development Technology Programme'. The grant will help to fund the research and development of an innovative software solution, which will enable organisations to share an interactive, real-time digital model of any geographic region, within a web-services environment. In order to demonstrate the benefits of this approach the team will build a detailed digital model of the North-East of England, although the results of the project could be applied nationally. The model will be based upon the Digital National Framework that is championed by the Ordnance Survey. “The project, named NERVE (North East Regional Visualisation Environment) will help regional organisations share data efficiently for both planning and operational purposes.” Stated Dave Curry, Imass Project Director. “In light of recent national legislation, such as the Civil Contingency Bill and Traffic Management Act, the benefits of this software will be substantial.” This real-time model will have many uses; for example, when coordinating response to a major incident, emergency response organisations including Fire, Police and Ambulance services will be able to share information about the incident as it progresses. Additionally, Highways Authorities and Utility Companies will be able to get a shared view of planned street works to help reduce disruption to the road network. The consortium partners are Imass, 1Spatial, the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Ordnance Survey. The project has the support of North Eastern Fire and Police organisations, Northumbrian Water, NEXUS and Government Office for the North East. Bryan Rees, Director for Regional Intelligence and Resilience at Government Office for the North East said: “There is an increasing need for agencies such as Fire, Ambulance, Police, Local Authorities and Utilities to be able to share and visualise geographic information in real-time, and I believe this research could make a meaningful contribution to the removal of technical barriers that make this difficult to achieve at present.” The project will last two years and is scheduled for completion at the end of 2007.     January 2006   09/01/2006 : Project Team start gathering requirements We are contacting relevant stakeholder groups and users in our task to create real life scenarios. Please contact angela.morgan@imass.co.uk if you are interesting in contributing to this task.     October 2005   01/10/2005 : Nerve Project Initiated The Nerve project was initiated today. Partners will meet in the following weeks to formally kick off the project with the DTI monitoring officer and to produce a detailed project plan.     September 2005   23/09/2005 : Nerve project wins Grant funding We have received official notification that the DTI will provide a grant for this project, and confirmation of a 1st October 2005 start date.

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