MIKE URBAN does not provide direct build-in tool for registering raster images by defining 3 or more reference points with known X and Y coordinates. In order to do this, it is necessary to use ArcMap and follow these steps:

1. Open empty map in ArcMap and use “Add data” tool to select the raster image. Select “Zoom to full extent” in case that the raster map does not display

Illustration: Step1 – raster image is loaded into ArcMap

2. Select View | Toolbars and select “Georeferencing” from the main ArcMap menu

Illustration: Georeferencing toolbar

3. Add the control points. The control points are used to build a polynomial transformation that will convert the raster dataset from its existing location to the spatially correct location. Repeat the steps below them for specifying at least 3 control points:
   1. Click the Add Control Points tool.
   2. Click the mouse over the known location in the unreferenced image to add the first coordinate in the link.
   3. Right-click the image and click Input X and Y. Enter the reference coordinates on the Enter Coordinates dialog box.
   4. Click OK.

Illustration: Enter the reference coordinates on the Enter Coordinates dialog box

4. Click Georeferencing and click Update Georeferencing to save the transformation information with the raster dataset. This creates a new file with the same name as the raster dataset but with an .aux file extension
5. Now, you can add this raster image into MIKE URBAN and the world file .aux will automatically be used to position the image within your project.

More information: p.ingeduld@dhigroup.com

Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) owns and operates an interceptor sewer system consisting of both gravity and force mains, and nine sewage treatment plants (STPs) servicing the Hampton Roads area in Virginia. The regional system covers an area of 2,000 square miles, serves a population of over 1.6 million, and conveys and treats an average of more than 165 million gallons of sewage each day.

Due to a combination of aging infrastructure and a continually growing population HRSD and the localities have entered into a State Order by Consent (Consent Order) to evaluate the existing collection and conveyance systems and to develop a Regional Wet Weather Management Plan to minimize sanitary sewer overflows. In order to do so modelling is required.

MIKE URBAN met all of the technical requirements in terms of simulation processes and system performance, particularly with respect to the way it handles combined gravity main and force main systems with complex real-time operation of pumps and valves for controlling inflow rates and pressures. These were key considerations because these are the key processes influencing the behavior and responses of the HRSD system.

The full article is available here.

For further information please contact Mr. Patrick Delaney at pad@dhigroup.com

Our regional and national software conferences, user group meetings, round-tables and workshops are popular meeting places for our current, new and potential users around the globe.

Every year hundreds of modellers join our events in order to

• Exchange experiences and ideas with fellow users and colleagues in an informal spirit;
• Discuss user case studies and applications;
• Learn about and discuss the latest developments of our software – and beyond;
• Follow the training sessions that are commonly arranged in connection with our events.

Our Global Events Calendar and your local/regional DHI office will always tell you where and when the next user group meeting, workshop or software conference will take place in your country or region.

Water Across Europe”
13 - 15 October 2008, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Under the Patronage of “Croatian Waters”!

Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 1 June 2008!
Deadline for Early Bird Registration: 20 June 2008!

We invite users who are interested in sharing their modelling experiences and know-how with fellow colleagues to submit abstracts (max 500 words) in English and in MS format no later than 1 June 2008 by email to: croatia2008@dhigroup.com and croatia2008@proneko.hr

Abstracts should include:

• Title (and subtitle)
• Authors (please specify designated contact author)
• Company/organization of all authors
• Details of all authors (telephone and email)
• Key words

Conference Highlights

• User presentations covering the themes of:
  • Water Resources Management and Planning
  • Flood Management and Control
  • Urban Water Management
  • Environmental Modelling
  • Coastal/Marine Water & Environment

• Presentations of DHI’s MIKE software:
  • What's new in 2008
  • Upcoming features

• Share experiences with other software users
• Interactive software demos and training sessions
• Conference dinner
• Icebreaker Reception

Venue and Accommodation

We have chosen the beautiful and historic city of Dubrovnik – this “Pearl of the Adriatic” in the extreme South of Croatia - as the location to celebrate this important milestone in our strong tradition of regional conferences.

The Conference will take place at Hotel Dubrovnik President. A number of rooms have been reserved for DHI Conference attendees.

Further Information & Registration

Conference Secretariats:

DHI, Hoersholm, DK
Email: croatia2008@dhigroup.com

PRONEKO – DHI Agent, Croatia
Email: croatia2008@proneko.hr

Official Conference websites (on-line registration):

www.dhigroup.com/croatia2008
www.proneko.hr/croatia2008

Water Related Emergencies in Urban Areas
17-18 April, Bucharest, Romania
Workshop is co-organised by DHI a.s. and Bucharest Technical University (UTCB)
For more information contact DHI a.s., Evzen Zeman and/or Radu Drobot

Technologies, Solutions, Applications
23 April, Budapest, Hotel Platánus, Hungary
Conference is co-organized by DHI a.s. and VITUKI CONSULT Zrt
For more information contact DHI a.s. or Zsuzsanna Nagy and/or Janos Feher

MIKE by DHI User Group Meeting, US
28 April 28, Tampa, Florida
For further information contact Ms. Barbara White, DHI Canada, or visit upload the User Group Meeting Flyer here.

10th DHI UK User Group Meeting
16-17 September, Lion Quays, Oswestry, Shropshire, England
For further details contact Mr Simon Matthews, DHI UK

3rd MIKE by DHI User Group Meeting in Denmark, 2- 3 April 2008.

The third Danish MIKE User Group Meeting was recently held in the beautiful surroundings at Rungstedgaard, which is situated close to the coastline of Øresund. The meeting attracted more than 75 users from various parts of the water sector in Denmark.

Presentations were given both by the users and by DHI staff from Germany, Sweden and Denmark.

On the second day, which had two parallel tracks - urban and water resources, a substantial number of users attended the activities. Each track consisted of a combination of News & Views (with active discussions) and a detailed walk-through on how to use the various features (among these some of the interesting new 2008 features).

We look forward to arranging the 4th Danish MIKE User Group Meeting next year. More information will follow.

For further information please contact Ms. Loni Skov Madsen at lsm@dhigroup.com

5th Asia-Pacific DHI Software Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 16-18 March 2008.

The 5th Asia-Pacific DHI Software Conference was recently held in Auckland and was a huge success!
It was well attended with over 100 people from 5 different countries. With more than 40 presentations the conference once again extended the strong tradition and reputation of this event in the Asia-Pacific region.

The conference programme included four streams covering: Catchment Management / Environment, Flood Hazards, Urban Water, and Coasts and Seas. Over 60 keen users attended the training sessions in MIKE FLOOD (river and urban), MIKE 11/MIKE 11 GIS and MIKE 21 Flexible Mesh.
There was a lot of enthusiasm for the new release 2008 software and especially notable was the interest in the new release of MIKE URBAN.

Following the conference delegates have provided very positive feedback and expressed great interest in a similar conference style user group meeting next year:

• "Thank you for the conference. It was really educational and good to catch up with people and see new faces. Well done and we are looking forward to an annual New Zealand DHI event" - Rene van Lierop, Connell Wagner
• "Thanks for putting on a great conference. It was a good chance to get to meet everyone and hear some interesting papers. Well Done!" - Craig Goodier, Hawkes Bay Regional Council
• "Thanks for organising such a successful conference. We had a great time in seeing what can be done using the DHI tools. Discussions and exchange of ideas with other modellers working in the same area were also tremendously useful. I hope this kind of forum can happen more often in New Zealand" - Larry Shui, Papakura District Council
• "Thanks very much for a great conference. There was a good range of presentations. It was very well organised and the dinner was great" - Megan Wood, Environment Waikato

For further information contact Mr. Pierre Høvelt at pih@dhigroup.com

2nd MIKE by DHI Software User Group Meeting, Lyon,France, 12-14 March 2008.

Also this year DHI France arranged a very successful User Group Meeting, which took place in Lyon during the days 12-14 March 2008.

The event was attended by 25 highly experienced MIKE URBAN, MIKE FLOOD, MIKE BASIN and FEFLOW users from France and Switzerland and representatives from DHI France, DHI DK, DHI-WASY and MOSTforWATER.

The Conference consisted of a combination of presentations of the new features of Release 2008; specialized sessions on WEST, FEFLOW, LAWR radar and DSS in general as well as a number of user presentations of advanced applications of the MIKE Software. In addition, one-to-one expert meetings were organised as well as training courses in MIKE URBAN, MIKE FLOOD and MIKE 11.

The Conference gave an excellent opportunity to exchange experiences and know-how in specialized fields.

Comments from the event:

• “Thank you so much for organising this event. It has given me an excellent chance to exchange ideas and views with fellow users and to expand my knowledge of the application of the MIKE tools”. By Béatrice Pipart, Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg.
• “We really appreciate the supreme organisation of the meeting, which has given us the chance to know the splendid features of WEST, meet other users and to get to know the staff of DHI France very well!” By Denis Vanneste, MOSTforWATER
• “We sincerely appreciate the efforts that DHI and all its collaborators have done to make this event so great”. By Raymond Garcia, Cabinet Merlin

The DHI France team would like to thank all participants for coming and sharing their experiences, know-how and knowledge! The User Group Meeting was a great success and we assure that it will be repeated regularly. À bientôt!
For further information contact Marianne Malicet, DHI France .

DHI User Conference, Stockholm, Sweden 13-14 March 2008.

The annual DHI gathering was held in Hässelby, Stockholm March 13-14, with about 40 participants. The meeting was attended by Software Users from the Swedish water sector (municipalities and consultants) and government agencies, as well from the Swedish government administration.

The programme of the first day was focused on how DHI Sweden in cooperation with others can offer different tools to adjust urban planning in general, and drainage systems more specifically to climate changes in the future. 14 presentations on different subjects were given by DHI and external lecturers – from actual and probable future trends in rainfall intensities, future sustainable systems for sewerage and drinking water quality protection, urban area flooding and surface bathing water quality.

On the second day, the programme was more focused on Software and methods, with examples given from new 2008 version features and applications in urban (WD and CS), Water Resources and Coasts and Seas areas.

For further information contact Gilbert Svensson, DHI Sweden.

DHI Days, Oslo, Norway, 26-27 February 2008.

DHI days 2008 held in Oslo, Norway, 26-27 February was a huge success. More than 40 representatives from various parts of the water sector in Norway attended the conference.

On the first day presentations on urban modelling were given by users, scientists and DHI. On the second day, we had a MIKE URBAN user group meeting with detailed presentation of some of the new features in release 2008.

Following the conference the participants have provided very positive feedback.

We wish to thank all participants for positive engagement and feedback – and a huge thanks to the lecturers for interesting and informative presentations!

All presentations can be uploaded from DHI Norway’s website here.

For further information contact Merethe Døsvik, DHI Norway

DHI User Conference, Madrid, Spain, 13 February, 2008.

Around 50 MIKE by DHI Software users from the Spanish water sector including representatives from governmental agencies, regional and local water bodies, research institutions and universities, professional bodies and engineering companies, attended the “DHI Software User Conference - Spain” on 13 February 2008.

DHI Spain was the organizer with the collaboration of an expert from DHI Denmark.

The “DHI User Conference - Spain” combined a large number of different activities throughout the whole day:

• Overview of the new features and potentialities of releases 2008 in urban, water resources, flooding and marine areas.
• Presentation of applications using MIKE SHE, MIKE URBAN, MIKE FLOOD, MIKE 21 SW and NS3 technology.
• Special demonstration: the “Mesh Generator” in the marine area.

18 presentations illustrating real-life applications of the MIKE software formed the successful contents of the Conference.

The attendees congratulated us on the event and expressed their wish to organize such events every year in order to present the annual innovations and new features of the MIKE by DHI software every year.

For further information contact Mª Castellar Roldán, DHI Spain,

Strong focus on software courses worldwide in 2007

Almost 2.000 experienced, new and potential users chose to attend our MIKE software courses worldwide in 2007! The large number of participants can to a great extent be attributed to the significant efforts that have been put into developing training, capacity building and skills development as key components in the activities in recent years.

The trainees came from governmental agencies, regional and local water bodies, research institutions and universities, professional bodies and engineering companies, urban water utilities, coastal and harbour authorities throughout the world.

The participants' main reasons for attending the courses were:

• quick and efficient mastering of the software and accordingly project work; cost-effectiveness;
• upgrading of company teams' productivity, modelling skills and expertise;
• significant interest in coupling of models and products and mastering 1D & 2D integrated modelling;
• in-depth knowledge of products before final purchase.

For further information:

All existing, new and potential users are always welcome to contact us and to have a talk with our trainers. They are all highly experienced DHI modellers, who will discuss and advise you which training scheme will meet your specific needs and preferences most efficiently.

A good starting point will also be to consult our Global Course Calendar 2008:

www.dhigroup.com/Software/Training.

It will always tell you when, where and in which products the DHI office in your country has scheduled public enrolment courses - in your language and in your region!

Courses held in April - May 2008 are listed below.