Bentley delivers CORBA and Java-based GIS interoperability for Open GIS Consortium.EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 1997-- Company Demonstrates Implementation to OGC OGC Office of Government Commerce (UK government) OGC Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. OGC Office of the General Counsel OGC Open GIS Consortium, Inc. , Cooperates with Genasys, Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. , Mitre, Oracle, Sedona Graphics, and Sun Microsystems A group of industry-leading GIS technology providers including Bentley Systems, Inc., today announced that they have developed a CORBA/Java-based method for interoperability of GIS data and systems based on object-oriented technology. The software architecture, including a live demonstration, was presented to the entire OGC technical membership community in response to their formal request for a CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global compliant implementation. Bentley's submission was developed in cooperation with Genasys, Lockheed Martin, Mitre Corporation, Oracle, Sedona Graphics, and Sun Microsystems. David Schell, president of the Open GIS(TM) Consortium (OGC), comments, "We are pleased that Bentley has been such an active and contributing participant in our specification activity. It was gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to see the working prototype of a CORBA-based interface put forward by Bentley." This implementation is also significant because CORBA could well become the preferred communication vehicle for sharing GIS information between systems. Its architecture of multiple platform support is compatible with existing GIS systems and the trend towards data-servers and Internet clients. If accepted by OGC, the implementation will become the industry's CORBA-based interoperability benchmark to be used between member GIS systems. OGC members include Bentley, Oracle (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 : ORCL ORCL Oracle (stock symbol) ), ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA, www.esri.com) The world's leading developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, including programs that plot ZIP codes and addresses, demographic information and detailed, color-coded data. , and Intergraph (NASDAQ:INGR). Jean-Baptiste Monnier, vice president of geoengineering at Bentley, comments, "As the center of gravity of GIS and geoengineering moves to servers, CORBA becomes an essential communications strategy. CORBA allows any server to talk to any client in this new world of the Internet. As an example, our team demonstrated GIS objects being shared amongst Unix servers, Web-browsers, and Java applications." The CORBA implementation was based on Bentley's ProActiveM(TM) technology and an objective version of MicroStation GeoGraphics(TM). The solution offers comprehensive interoperability of GIS data and systems. It includes specifications for translation of data, real-time sharing of data, and remote access to geospatial operations such as intersection and unions. The implementation also gives Java and other CORBA-supported applications full access to this functionality. "We are delighted to see Bentley's commitment to CORBA," said Steve Cooperman, director of spatial solutions for Oracle. "Bentley's response to OGC will help pave the way to making CORBA the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for developing and deploying open, network-centric spatial applications." OGC is creating the Open Geodata Interoperability Specification (OGIS OGIS Open Geodata Interoperability Specification (now OpenGIS) OGIS Office of Government Information Services OGIS Office of Government Information Services (US) OGIS Open Geographic Information System ), a set of software specifications for sharing geographic information across tools and organizations. Last summer, OGC issued a request for proposal (RFP (Request For Proposal) A document that invites a vendor to submit a bid for hardware, software and/or services. It may provide a general or very detailed specification of the system. 1. (business) RFP - Request for Proposal. 2. ) for interface standards in the areas of CORBA, OLE, ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. , and the Internet. Final decisions on these standards are planned for later in 1997. For more information on OGC, please contact Lance McKee at 508/655-5858 (US). For more information on Bentley or the CORBA implementation, please contact Bentley at 1-800-BENTLEY, +1 610-458-5000 (US), +31 2356-85588 (Europe), +61 3-9699-8699 (Asia), through E-mail at jen.mcwilliams@bentley.com, or through www.bentley.com More on Bentley Bentley Systems, Inc., is a worldwide leader in engineering software and user services. The company now serves over 250,000 professionals in geoengineering, building/plant engineering, and mechanical engineering. Its MicroStation(R) desktop products are proven at over 70 percent of the largest U.S. engineering firms and are the software foundation of well-known buildings, roadways, machines, and industrial plants around the world. Its new line of Internet/intranet-based ModelServer(TM) products are the first to unite engineering and the enterprise. With revenues now over $100M annually, Bentley was listed as the fourth fastest growing on the 1996 Softletter 100 and named 1996 Growth Company of the Year by the Eastern Technology Council. -0- MicroStation is a registered trademark; Bentley, MicroStation GeoGraphics, ProActiveM, and ModelServer are trademarks of Bentley Systems, Inc. Open GIS is a trademark of Open GIS Consortium, Inc. Other brands and product names and are trademarks of their respective owners. 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