“Ruka Mapping, Ltd.” was established on 13th March 2009 in Tbilisi. 25 full-time officers and up to 15 invited specialists are involved in the company’s activities. The Company operates in the followings fields: High class geodesic surveys; Composing the topographic and thematic maps in different scales; Cadastre works; Commissioningthe buildings and structures and carrying out all the related works; Geoinformation systems; Remote sensing; Spatial and satellite photography; Creation of the geological databases; Studies of the environment and the natural resources through the advanced geoinformation methods; Monitoring the environment and the processes taking place in the nature. The company distributes in Georgia the equipment, devices, and the software products of the American company Trimble. The Company provides consulting services in the above mentioned fields both in Georgia and various foreign countries Our partners are the well-known foreign firms such as OFEKaerial photography (Israel), Guelle&Fuchs (France), Phoenics GmBH (Germany), Trimble (USA), INTA SPACETURK (Turkey).
“Ruka Mapping, Ltd.” is the representative in Georgia of the American company “Space Imaging” (USA) in Georgia, which carries out the satellite photography throughout the world. “Ruka Mapping, Ltd.” is also the representative in Georgia of the American company “Trimble” – the world leader in production of the survey equipment. So,“Ruka Mapping, Ltd.” canoffer to potential clients the high-rate advanced equipment and tools, through “Trimble”.
“Ruka Mapping Ltd.”, as the official representative,holds a full information on the archived photo-materials made by the IKONOS and Geoeye Satellites on the territory of Georgia. This information contains the areas covered by images, theX, Y coordinates of points in UTM Coordinate System, and WGS-84 Projection, as well as the exact times of the photography and the metadata base of these images
Besides, the Company received on a daily basis the information about the exact location of the satellite on the orbit, as well as the information about the clouds over the territory of Georgia, in order to determine an optimal time for photography.The company has high-qualified specialists, which have been participating in various geoinformational and surveys projects, such as the projects of the World Bank, KFW Bank, GTZ and BP in Georgia. These specialists are trained in different European countries. The knowledge and experience gained by our specialists, as well as the available advanced technologies hardware and software products enable us to implement successfully any kind of activities in the aforementioned fields.
The organizational structure of the company consists of the following working groups: