Intergraph's GeoMedia Technology Chosen by City of Winnipeg for Mapping and Parcel Maintenance Solution.Business Editors & High Tech Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2002 GeoMedia provides needed capabilities to further city's enterprisewide GIS (1) (Geographic Information System) An information system that deals with spatial information. Often called "mapping software," it links attributes and characteristics of an area to its geographic location. objectives Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions today announced the City of Winnipeg has chosen GeoMedia(R) technology to address their mapping and parcel maintenance requirements. The Planning, Property & Development Department will implement GeoMedia Parcel Manager, GeoMedia Transaction Manager, and GeoMedia WebEnterprise for sharing and integrating geo-referenced municipal services This article or section deals primarily with the United Kingdom and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. information, including parcel mapping, assessment, zoning, addressing, and underground structures. These solutions will enable the department to easily maintain the city's databases for base map, addressing, and assessment parcel data as new information is received, all within a single environment. The city also uses Oracle Spatial Oracle Spatial forms a separately-licensed option component of the Oracle Database. Oracle Spatial aids users in managing geographic and location-data in a native type within an Oracle database, potentially supporting a wide range of applications — from automated (R) for its enterprisewide database. GeoMedia technology proved the right choice to meet the city's three primary requirements for a GIS solution: preserve the accuracy and integrity of existing and new data, store the data efficiently in a non-proprietary format using an industry standard database, and perform a variety of data analysis functions. Brian Lund, land information services See Information Systems. administrator, City of Winnipeg Planning, Property & Development Department, comments, "The City of Winnipeg will reap the benefits from a full-function, single-source GIS solution. Implementing Intergraph's GeoMedia products helps us further our goal of integrating and sharing critical data enterprisewide with city employees and making data publicly available to city residents." Using GeoMedia WebEnterprise and a staff-developed intranet application called iView, city employees can access virtually all spatial information in a format customized for each city department, and the public can view their property assessment information using the Internet. At the core of this system is GeoMedia Parcel. It will be used to replace the existing VAX-based GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards system currently used for parcel mapping and addressing and will be integrated with the assessment department's computer-aided mass appraisal (CAMA (Central Automatic Message Accounting) See AMA. ) system and the city's current permitting and licensing system from CSDC CSDC Circuit Switched Digital Capability CSDC Commonwealth Spatial Data Committee CSDC Code Segment Descriptor Cache CSDC Charter School Development Center CSDC Computer, Signal Data Converter CSDC Combat System Display Console CSDC Central Signal Data Converter Systems Inc., a provider of enterprise transaction systems for government. Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions brings together geospatial and information technology to help customers achieve their business goals. A technology innovator with more than 30 years of market leadership, Intergraph serves government agencies and commercial enterprises worldwide with end-to-end geospatial solutions for 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 map production and enterprisewide mapping and GIS. The company provides superior customer support and services ranging from project implementation to production. Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions is a division of Intergraph Corporation (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), Huntsville, Ala., and does business in more than 60 countries through its wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. and global distributor and partner network. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com/imgs. Intergraph and GeoMedia are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. EDITORS: For contact information about Intergraph, please use 800/791-3357 (U.S.), 256/730-7191 (international), or Intergraph's Web address: www.intergraph.com/imgs. |
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