CH2M HILL and Information Patterns Enhancing GIS Solutions for Emergency Responders.DENVER -- CH2M HILL CH2M HILL is a global provider of engineering, construction, and operations services for corporations, nonprofits, and federal, state, and local governments with regional offices worldwide. and Information Patterns today announced a teaming arrangement to provide collaborative Geographic Information Systems geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (GIS) solutions for emergency response to municipal, state and federal agencies. The teaming arrangement enhances both companies' abilities to respond to the nation's growing need for effective collaborative response during emergency situations. Information Patterns, a leader in the field of geo-collaboration solutions, has developed Toucan toucan (t  kăn`, t`kän), perching bird of the New World tropics, related to the woodpeckers. Navigate -- the GIS map navigation tool for Groove Virtual Office, which provides real time data updating, location awareness Location awareness, or more commonly "location-aware", is a general term used for something that can show that it is aware of your current location. An example is a GPS. There are also certain websites that use user locations, such as show what other users live nearby the current and shared map viewing for teams. CH2M HILL, a global leader in enterprise spatial solutions and integrator for Groove, provides incident management solutions through its iCIT(TM) offering. iCIT(TM) will leverage Toucan Navigate to significantly enhance operational capabilities for the emergency responder community. "Our incident management philosophy centers on collaboration between participating agencies and effective use of GIS," said Greg Quirk quirk n. 1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe. 2. , Vice President of CH2M HILL. "Information Patterns shares this philosophy with us. We're anxious to serve the emergency response community with them." Gabriel Coch, President of Information Patterns, said: "Information Patterns is excited about working with CH2M HILL. Together, we provide a very compelling solution to assist government agencies with situational awareness Situation awareness or situational awareness [1] (SA) is the mental representation and understanding of objects, events, people, system states, interactions, environmental conditions, and other situation-specific factors affecting human performance in . InfoPatterns' collaborative GIS, coupled with CH2M HILL's iCIT solution and vast resources and project delivery expertise, provides clients with the necessary software tools to effectively address critical situations." CH2M HILL is an employee-owned global firm providing engineering, construction, operations, and related information technology and GIS services to public and private clients in numerous industries. The firm's work is concentrated in the areas of water, energy, environment, transportation, communications, construction, and industrial facilities. Headquartered in Denver, CH2M HILL has more than 14,000 employees working in 200 offices worldwide. For more information about CH2M HILL's services, visit www.ch2m.com/cis. With locations in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chapel Hill is a town in North Carolina and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), the oldest state-supported university in the United States. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 48,715. As of 2004 its estimated population was 52,440. , and Scotland UK, Information Patterns LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (InfoPatterns) is a pioneer in the development of geo-collaboration products for distributed teams. Its mission is to improve the effectiveness of geographically distributed teams by providing best-of-breed tools and technologies. For more information, visit http://www.infopatterns.net. |
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