City of Plymouth, England, Selects Intergraph's Web Mapping Solutions to Help Solve Socioeconomic Problems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2003 Plymouth Informed provides easy online access to Web-based geostatistics Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Geospatial is a term widely used to describe the combination of spatial software and analytical methods with terrestrial or geographic datasets. The term is often used in conjunction with geographic information systems and geomatics. Solutions (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 :INGR) today announced that Intergraph UK has been chosen to develop and implement Plymouth Informed, the City of Plymouth's Web-based spatial visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all and analysis system, using Intergraph's Web mapping solutions. Integrating socioeconomic information from the city partnership's various agencies and organizations, Plymouth Informed will provide the partners and, eventually, the public easy Web-based access to extensive indicators and geostatistics - such as unemployment, education, drug use and crime - displayed as maps, histograms or tables. The system will streamline information access and analysis, thus resulting in better planning by community leaders to solve the city's socioeconomic problems. Built using Intergraph's GeoMedia WebMap, Plymouth Informed fills a gap for accurate and reliable citywide intelligence that the local strategic partnership, Plymouth 2020, requires in its quest to develop the economy of the city and renew urban and neighborhood areas. Plymouth Informed aims to combine individual organizations' social and economic information to allow city and partnership leaders to gain fuller insight. This new insight is expected to help better identify and target problem neighborhood areas and subsequently provide coherent responses to the underlying causes of problems rather than individual effects. "As a truly 'citywide' partnership project, Plymouth Informed is innovative and certainly one of the most accessible systems of its kind," said Gerald Willis, Plymouth Informed project manager, Plymouth City Council. "The problems with data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. projects must never be underestimated, and the selection of the right system to support these factors is essential. GeoMedia WebMap is allowing us to enter the world of open systems and data interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. ." "We are delighted to be working with the Plymouth partnership as their vision has great synergy with our own," said Phil Elias, sales and marketing, Intergraph UK. "By approaching the project from the point of view of IT and processes rather than 'GIS,' we can deliver a solution that is far more flexible and cost effective. Both are vital considerations given the rapidly changing and expanding requirements placed on government." Previously, the partnership made up of eleven community and government organizations and the city council, all worked on disparate systems with no common information technology or network between them. Lacking the resources to easily bring different data sets together, officials exchanged copies of data which then had to be translated and imported into each individual organization's system, often causing data to be displayed using inconsistent views or baselines. This problem was compounded as agencies and organizations were working with different boundary definitions for areas and neighborhoods within the city. GeoMedia(R)'s robust capabilities to integrate and directly access a broad range of 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. formats will streamline the task of bringing together all the various organizations' data sources into a single, coherent view. GeoMedia WebMap will allow users to interact with data and analyze information with new insight. Users can zoom in on a map of the city, select the information and area of interest and then view statistical reports of the area or export the data as a delimited de·lim·it also de·lim·i·tate tr.v. de·lim·it·ed also de·lim·i·tat·ed, de·lim·it·ing also de·lim·i·tat·ing, de·lim·its also de·lim·i·tates To establish the limits or boundaries of; demarcate. text file for use within their own systems or documents. Initially available internally, the system's planned debut for public use is September 2003 and will include information about Plymouth 2020's neighborhood renewal strategy and progress. Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions is a leading geospatial solutions provider for the following markets: local, state and federal government; transportation; utilities; communications; location-based services See mobile positioning. ; photogrammetry photogrammetry: see aerial and satellite photography. ; remote sensing Deriving digital models of an area on the earth. Using special cameras from airplanes or satellites, either the sun's reflections or the earth's temperature is turned into digital maps of the area. ; cartography cartography: see map. cartography or mapmaking Art and science of representing a geographic area graphically, usually by means of a map or chart. Political, cultural, or other nongeographic features may be superimposed. ; and military and intelligence. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com/imgs. Intergraph and GeoMedia are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. 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