Mexico national water commission selects Cadcorp’s software services

Mexico national water commission, Comisión Nacional de Agua (CONAGUA), has selected UK-based geographic software developer Argeomática to supply its GIS software and services for a nationwide water management project.

Under the contract, Argeomática will develop and manage the spatial information systems to solve problems related to the increasing pressure on river networks due to the fast and uncontrolled land-use development in the country.

The company will use a wide range of products and technologies from Cadcorp’s spatial information system (Cadcorp SIS) to deliver the project.

Argeomatica general manager Jaime Montesinos said the company has been using the Cadcorp SIS to deliver geospatial projects for federal, state, and municipal governments.

"The software suite not only provides the powerful geo-processing functionality that we require as professionals to support our work in creating and analysing spatial information; it also allows us to share the spatial information we have generated with those agencies, organisations, and individuals that have an interest in sustainable development," Montesinos added.

The geotechnical specialists of Argeomática will first develop a geospatial portal to record building applications and appeals and then use the Cadcorp SIS to develop permit and cadastral database.

Argeomática will finally use the technologies and products to support land survey and spatial analysis related tasks such as GPS, LIDAR, 3D visualisation, topographic, soil surveys, photogrammetric, bathymetric, maps, plans and other tasks.

The technologies will also be used to complete the task of satellite surveying, integration with hydraulic modelling applications; and the production of orthophotos.

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