Bentley Web-enables MicroStation GeoGraphics; In expanding the reach of GeoEngineering, company also adds translators for popular GIS formats.SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1996--URISA '96-- Bentley Systems, Inc. (Exton, PA) announced that it has Web-enabled its MicroStation GeoGraphics(TM) product with a series of built-in Internet features. Specifically, MicroStation GeoGraphics now includes an integrated 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. , URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. support, and 2D/3D Web publishing tools. As a result, users can easily access Web-based GeoEngineering data, establish links between map features and Web pages, and publish data as Web-content. Jean-Baptiste Monnier, vice president of GeoEngineering at Bentley, comments, "Nowhere in engineering is the potential of the Web bigger than in GeoEngineering. Already, we see government organizations publishing related data on their Web sites. It is the responsibility of the software vendors to incorporate transparent Web-access into their tools so that users can realize the full benefits of the Web." Monnier adds, "As data sharing on Intranets and the Internet becomes more natural, productivity will improve and capabilities will explode." MicroStation GeoGraphics is Bentley's integrated computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive (CAD) and GIS product. The new Web-enabling also allows project managers to centralize information by creating home pages for GIS projects. Participants access all types of design information over the Web using simple browser paradigms. In expanding the reach of GeoEngineering and MicroStation GeoGraphics, Bentley also announced a new suite of GIS translators. These translators will allow users to read and write other industry standard GIS formats from within MicroStation GeoGraphics. The suite will support SDTS SDTS Spatial Data Transfer Standard SDTS Self Defense Test Ship SDTS Spatial Data Transfer Specification SDTS State Diplomatic Telecommunications System , VPF/Digest, SAIF, and GIF GIF in full Graphics Interchange Format Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. as well as native file formats used by ArcInfo, MapInfo, and Autodesk. (No translation is required between MicroStation GeoGraphics and Intergraph's MGE Mge Mycoplasma Genitalium MGE Minneapolis Grain Exchange MGE Madison Gas and Electric Company MGE Mobile Genetic Elements MGE Maintenance Ground Equipment MGE Microstation Graphics Environment MGE Modern Gun Effectiveness Model MGE Modular Gis Environment .) The new Web capabilities of MicroStation GeoGraphics can immediately run with existing copies of MicroStation GeoGraphics. Supported Web publishing formats include CGM (1) (Computer Graphics Metafile) An ISO/IEC standard format for 2D graphics images introduced in 1987. Primarily a vector graphics format for technical illustrations and geophysical visualizations, CGM also supports raster graphics and text. and VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) A 3D graphics language used on the Web. After downloading a VRML page, its contents can be viewed, rotated and manipulated. Simulated rooms can be "walked into." The VRML viewer is launched from within the Web browser. . Subscribers to the Bentley SELECT(SM) service and licensing program receive this Web-enabled upgrade at no additional charge For more information on Bentley or MicroStation GeoGraphics, please contact the company at 1-800-BENTLEY, +1 610-458-5000 (US), +31 2356-85588 (Europe), +61 3-9699-8699 (Asia), via e-mail at jen.mcwilliams@bentley.com, or through the World Wide Web at www.bentley.com. More on Bentley Bentley Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in engineering software products and user services. The company now serves over 220,000 professionals in building/plant engineering, GeoEngineering, and mechanical engineering. Its MicroStation products are proven at over 70% of the largest U.S. engineering firms and are the software foundation behind the engineering of well-known buildings, airports, hospitals, highways, machines, bridges and industrial plants throughout the world. With annual revenues of over $95 million in 1995, Bentley has risen to number three in the AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission software segment and become one of the world's fastest growing software companies. -0- MicroStation is a registered trademark; MicroStation GeoGraphics and Bentley are trademarks; and Bentley SELECT is a service mark of Bentley Systems, Inc. Other brands and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Michelle Allard Boston Communications 617/247-1112 mallard mallard: see duck. mallard Abundant “wild duck” (Anas platyrhynchos, family Anatidae) of the Northern Hemisphere, ancestor of most domestic ducks. The mallard is a typical dabbling duck in its general habits and courtship display. @bcomm.com |
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