The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina has purchased multiple copies of R2V software from Able Software for their map digitizing and GIS data capture applications.
UNDP is the United Nations’ principal provider of development advice, advocacy and grant support. Its core programs focus on the countries that are home to 90 percent of the world’s extremely poor people. UNDP helps governments in developing countries to improve policies and build a greater institutional capacity for delivering basic services and reducing poverty.
GIS and computer mapping technologies have played an import role for program planning, progress monitoring and effective management of UNDP projects.
In April 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina was recognized as an independent sovereign state and became a member of the United Nations. From 1992 to 1995 there was war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was brought to an end with the signing of the Dayton Accords in Paris, December 1995. In July 1996 UNDP opened a Country Office in Sarajevo. Working with the people and government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other members of the International Community, this office’s goal was and is to help build peace, stability and prosperity in the place of war.
R2V is an automated raster to vector conversion software developed by Able Software for mapping and GIS applications. R2V converts images stored in TIFF, GeoTIFF, BMP, JPEG, GIF and RLC image formats to a vector file format, such as Arc/Info generate, ArcView Shape file, MapInfo MIF/MID file, AutoCAD DXF, IGES, MapGuide SDL and others. Raster images can be registered to another image to correct geometric distortions and geo-referenced to a real world coordinate system. Raw uncompressed image formats, such as formats used by satellite imagery, can be opened using R2V’s new raw image import function. Image regions of interest (ROI) in any shape are used for cropping and automatic vectorization. Color image classification function separates colors into vector data layers for easy editing and management. 3D DEM (digital terrain model) is created from labeled contour lines for 3D visualization and analysis.
