Autodesk Integrating GIS Products With Oracle Spatial Cartridge Database Technology.SAN RAFAEL San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 1998--Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ), announced today that it is working closely with Oracle Corp. to integrate Autodesk's family of mapping and GIS products with Oracle's Spatial Cartridge technology. The technology combines attribute and spatial data Data that is represented as 2D or 3D images. A geographic information system (GIS) is one of the primary applications of spatial data (land maps). See spatial analysis, spatial resolution and GIS glossary. into a single database. "Developing an interface to Oracle's Spatial Cartridge is part of our emphasis on supporting one of our customers' main business drivers -- data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse ," said Joe Astroth Joseph Henry Astroth (born September 1, 1922 in East Alton, Illinois) was a Catcher for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics (1945-46 and 1949-56). In 10 seasons he played in 544 Games, 1,579 At Bats, 163 Runs, 401 Hits, 51 Doubles, 10 Triples, 13 Home Runs, 156 RBI, 6 , Ph.D., vice president of GIS at Autodesk. "As the GIS industry's leading company focused on offering integrated technology solutions, Autodesk is moving forward aggressively on this and other related projects. Our customers have told us that the scalability and security that Oracle's technology offers is very important to their long-range IT plans." Autodesk expects to integrate its Autodesk World(TM), AutoCAD Map(R) and Autodesk MapGuide(TM) software with Oracle's Release 8.33, which is due to be released this summer. "We're focusing on Release 8.33 because we believe it will be a superior solution for our customers in terms of performance, security and transaction management," said Astroth. GIS at Autodesk With more than 200,000 users of its mapping and GIS products, Autodesk is a leader in supplying mapping and GIS software This is a list of notable GIS software applications. See also the comparison of GIS software. Open source software Most widely used open source applications:
About Autodesk Autodesk is the world's leading supplier of PC design software and multimedia tools. The company's 2D and 3D products and data management tools are used in many industries for architectural design This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. , mechanical design, mapping and GIS, film and video production, video game development and Web content development. Its Kinetix(R) division is the leader in PC-based 3D modeling and animation software, providing a full range of products for digital media and design professionals. The fifth largest PC software company in the world, Autodesk has three million customers in more than 150 countries. For more information, contact any Authorized Autodesk Dealer, call Autodesk at 800/964-6432, or fax requests for information to 415/507-5100. Outside of North America, fax requests for information to +1 415/507-6110 (Latin America), +1 415/507-6117 (Asia Pacific), or +1 41-22-788-21-44 (Europe). For more information on Autodesk, call 415/507-5000, type GO ADESK on CompuServe, or log in with a World Wide Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. at http://www.autodesk.com. Autodesk shares are traded on the Nasdaq national market under the symbol ADSK. -0- Note to Editors: The Autodesk name and logo, AutoCAD Map and Kinetix and registered trademarks of Autodesk in the United States and in certain other countries. Autodesk World and Autodesk MapGuide are trademarks of Autodesk. All other trademarks belong to their respective companies. CONTACT: Autodesk Inc. Andrew Carothers, 415/507-6568 andrew.carothers@autodesk.com |
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