The specialists of the "Panorama" Design Bureau have prepared a video tutorial on the task "Slicing and bordering selected fragments", which is available in the GIS "Operator" and GIS "Panorama". The discussed mode is intended for the automatic preparation of a set of formatted map fragments in accordance with accepted conventional symbols for printing. The formatting of a fragment is carried out using standard conventional symbols for topographic maps that are accepted for the scale of the formatted map, following the samples of formatting nomenclature sheets.

The video tutorial demonstrates an example of formatting a map fragment with a pre-selected closed linear object, which will be used as a frame for the formatted fragment. The result of adjusting the parameters for frame formatting is shown. When the following options are enabled:

- "Decoration only", the selected fragment will be formatted; if multiple fragments are selected, frame formatting will be performed, but the cutting of fragments will not take place. Upon completion of the procedure, the formatted maps are automatically added to the open map.

- "Without rectangular grid", elements of the rectangular grid (exits and line labels) will not be generated.

- "Group", separate objects related to one formatting element (all exit lines of the rectangular grid, geodetic grid, points of the geodetic frame for large scales) will be grouped into one object with sub-objects. If this option is disabled, all separate strokes will be generated as independent objects.

When formatting fragments at scales of 1:500,000 and 1:1,000,000, containing several original nomenclature sheets, square numbering can be performed either within the original nomenclature sheets or as continuous numbering from the boundaries of the fragment using the "Continuous numbering of areas" option.

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

Geoportal "Bank of spatial data" has been supplemented with a map of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on the Spatial Data Bank geoportal, 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".

The "Panorama" Design Bureau has developed GIS "Panorama Mobile" version 1.6 for the domestic mobile OS Aurora. The new version includes a search feature for map objects by name and a specified set of object criteria, along with an updated interface for viewing search results.

The implemented functionality allows users to search for map objects based on specified criteria: by the inclusion of a specified string in the object's name (for example, the word "Mir" to find the object "Mir Street"), by object type (such as forests or lakes), by layer (such as hydrology or buildings), or by localization (for example, linear or vector). The display mode for search results has been enhanced to simultaneously show brief information about the found object and its outline on the map, allowing for interactive browsing of the list of found objects.

The brief information display panel supports both gesture-based navigation (switching between found objects using standard swipe gestures) and button controls ("previous"/"next"). To simplify the selection of an object from a large number of found items, a list view of results is available. When selecting from the list of found objects, users can switch to a detailed view of the object's characteristics. The detailed information mode displays the object's attributes and characteristics. Additionally, users can cycle through search result objects using standard gestures and switch to the object display mode on the map. The currently active object is retained across all result display modes. Object selection for editing modes ("Delete" or "Change point") utilizes the search results display interface, allowing users to select an object based on its outline on the map or its attribute characteristics.

"Panorama Mobile" allows users to open and edit the main formats of digital maps from the GIS "Panorama" and popular geoportals on mobile devices based on the Aurora OS. It processes information from the built-in GPS/GLONASS receiver. Users can prepare a necessary set of spatial data in one of the desktop products (GIS "Panorama", "Panorama-Editor", GIS Panorama Mini) and transfer it to the mobile GIS "Panorama Mobile". The data processing occurs offline, without an internet connection. As the user moves, their current position is dynamically displayed based on coordinates obtained from the GPS/GLONASS receiver. For convenience, there is an option to synchronize the map position with the current location. To save the coordinates obtained during movement, a track recording mode is available, which creates a separate map and marks the trajectory of movement. Basic information about all map objects is provided during work. The program is developed using the GIS Constructor toolkit, which offers components for creating mobile applications that work with digital maps in the C++ programming language using Qt.

The Aurora OS is a Russian mobile operating system developed by "Open Mobile Platform". The operating system is designed to build a trusted mobile infrastructure and protect sensitive information in government organizations and large to medium-sized commercial companies. It contributes to ensuring the technological sovereignty of the state through a secure mobile environment and complies with all regulatory requirements in the field of national security and information protection. The Aurora OS allows for centralized management of mobile device fleets and applied mobile software through Aurora Center. The current version of the Aurora mobile OS has been certified by the FSTEC of Russia and fully meets the requirements for operating systems of type "A" with a protection class of 4 and a trust level of 4.

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

The international oil and gas chemical exhibition "TATOILEXPO" concluded in Kazan, during which the conference "Current Issues in Geodesy and Geoinformation Systems" was held. The event took place from August 26 to 28, 2024, organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization "Kazan Expo".

At the conference, specialists from the "Panorama" Design Bureau presented a report on "The Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Creation of Spatial Objects". Company representatives shared their experiences and answered questions regarding the use of neural networks in the fields of cadastre, geodesy, cartography, forestry, agriculture, and other areas. During the event, the main capabilities of the automatic recognition and vectorization system "Panorama Vision", which is based on artificial intelligence utilizing deep neural networks with an attention mechanism, were demonstrated.

Leading analysts, speakers, and industry leaders participated in the conference. The international exhibition serves as a significant discussion platform for exchanging experiences and addressing current issues in the development of geodesy, geoinformation systems, and fostering a favorable business environment.

The "Panorama" KB has developed GIS "Panorama" version 15.3.1. The new version includes enhanced tools for managing the digital classifier RSC, formatting topographic maps, performing overlay operations, and viewing user connection statistics to the GIS Server. Support for the webp format has been added when generating tile pyramids.

The task "Classifier Editor" has been updated. When displaying the object table in list mode, the ability to customize the display of object properties has been added. The table can be sorted by any object property in both ascending and descending order. To apply sorting by a specific column, you need to click the left mouse button on the header of that column. A repeated click on the same column header will sort the data in reverse order. The selection of displayed properties and the table view is retained when switching between tabs in the task window.

By default, the object table is displayed as a matrix of conditional signs. To display the list of objects, you need to click the "Displaying the characteristics of objects" button at the bottom of the table. The property display settings are configured in the context menu, which opens by right-clicking in the table area. The menu allows you to add or remove columns with object properties, except for the columns indicating row selection and localization icons, as well as the "Code" and "Key" columns. Columns with additional object properties are always added to the right of the non-removable columns and to the right of the column where the context menu was invoked. If the context menu was opened outside of the table columns, the new column will appear to the right of all existing ones. The updated program saves the composition, order, and widths of the table columns and restores the table view upon reopening the Classifier Editor. Support for displaying groups of closely located small objects, such as polygons or lines, as clusters—conditional signs with a count of generalized objects at corresponding points—has also been added.

The task "Map Editor" has been improved. In the "Merging objects" mode, the quality of stitching area objects has been enhanced: a preliminary alignment of contours has been added before stitching objects. In the "Cutting of polygon object" mode, the ability to select the saved shape of the object has been introduced. When cutting the original polygon into two or more parts, the result is saved as a single multipolygon: the outer parts of the object are recorded as one object. An option "Create Multipolygon" has been added to the context menu of the mode; when disabled, the outer parts of the cut object are saved as separate area objects.

In the "Alignment of selected objects" toolbar, a mode for "Formation of a combined symbol" has been added. A combined symbol is a set of vector objects selected from the map classifier, sharing a common anchor point and arranged vertically. After being applied to the map, the combined symbol can be edited as a single object.

The task "File - Export to tile pyramid - Mbtiles" has been enhanced. An option to save tiles in the webp format has been added.

The webp format supports both lossy and lossless compression algorithms. On average, a compressed image takes up 30% less space compared to png. The webp format supports transparency like png and can contain metadata for the image.

The functionality of the "View attributes from database" task, invoked by a button on the main panel, has been expanded.

This task provides the display of object attributes from spatial databases connected via DBM files, as well as arbitrary attribute tables. For each table selected from the database, a tab has been added to display its contents. Up to three user-selected tables can additionally be placed under all tabs.

A filter can be applied to select records from the table based on attribute values or through a specified SQL query. The sorted and filtered records can be saved in a text file in CSV format using the "Export to CSV" mode. The "Location on map" mode ensures synchronization between the table record and the map object, linked through the DBM file or service fields.

?The task "View passport" has been updated. In the "Create map" mode, when creating topographic maps, an automatic selection of the RSC classifier from the service list has been added. The list of classifiers and the correspondence between the classifier and the scale of the topographic map is stored in the file toporsclist.xml.

In the "Current projection" mode, a button "Center of map dimensions" has been added for quick calculation of the axial meridian based on the map dimensions. The calculation is performed for the map type Topographic Universal Local.

In the GIS Server connection dialog for users with administrative rights, a "Statistics" button has been added in the Monitoring tab. When the button is pressed, a protocol of the GIS Server's operational statistics for the current month is displayed. The protocol contains records of user connections and disconnections, indicating the current number of active users, as well as records of data opening and closing, specifying the number of users working with that data. The protocol is intended to facilitate server load analysis. The statistics request is supported on GIS Server version 11.1.3.1 and higher.

The "Cadastral documents" task has been enhanced. The "Base of cadastral works" mode has been enhanced, allowing XML and ZIP files to be attached to documents. A button "Add with copying" has been added to the main form of the mode, enabling users to add new list items by copying information from existing records in the database. This approach allows the same foundational document to be used when creating several different cadastral documents.

The "Land survey plan", version 9 mode has been improved. The order of processing multi-contour parts of land plots when generating text reports has been changed. Report templates have been corrected to eliminate duplication of the text "The boundary plan was prepared as a result of cadastral works related to". In "Land survey plan, version 9", XML file generation is temporarily carried out according to version MP_v09_R03 due to the extension of its validity until September 1, 2024, established in Rosreestr letter No. 18-6325-TG/24 dated July 8, 2024. Elements related to version MP_v09_R04 have been temporarily removed from the form. The path to the schema for verification has also been changed according to version MP_v09_R03. In the "Land survey plan" dialog, the outdated field "Purpose of cadastral works" has been removed from the "General data" tab.

In the "Territory map-plan" mode, file names for geodetic construction schemes and land plot boundaries are recorded in a shortened form without specifying the full path in the XML file. When correcting boundaries for multi-contour plots (key S_PLOT_ERROR), processing of coordinates for all contours has been added, with information recorded in XML and in reports.

The "Correction of registry errors" mode has been improved. The check for the presence of an original contour for the corrected object has been changed. This algorithm ensures processing of cadastral objects that previously did not have coordinate descriptions of boundaries. In this case, only corrected coordinates are recorded in the XML file without the originals.

The "Geodetic Editor" task has been refined. A variable algorithm for identifying characteristic points of cadastral objects to establish their affiliation with a cadastral object has been implemented. When forming plots, it is permissible to omit checks for cadastral and accounting numbers for point markers. For cadastral objects, the recording of semantics with type TCODE has been corrected, and the order of saving repeated semantics has been changed to consider the type of cadastral object.

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