Intergraph's Geospatial Solutions Selected for NIMA Softcopy Search Program.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2003 Collaborates with Kodak and other industry leaders to provide solution that efficiently manages and exploits large imagery datasets Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial 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) announced today that it is a part of a contract awarded by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, (NIMA NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; US government) NIMA never in mitosis gene a (molecular biology) NIMA North Idaho Mycological Association ), for Phase II of its Softcopy Search project. The contract team led by Eastman Kodak Company also includes Hewlett Packard/Compaq, Paragon Imaging and Idelix Software. NIMA's Softcopy Search research and development program is designed to demonstrate the capability of commercially available off the shelf Win/Intel-based hardware and software to provide a more efficient and effective way to conduct broad area search over large geographic areas. Intergraph's GeoMedia Image Professional product is the center piece of the team's softcopy search solution. Based on Intergraph's award-winning GIS product GeoMedia Professional and Paragon's tried and true ELT ELT English Language Teaching ELT n abbr (Scol) (= English Language Teaching) → Englisch als Unterrichtsfach 5500, GeoMedia Image Professional was developed as a commercial product by the two companies prior to this competition. This software allows analysts to fuse various forms of geospatial data without translation, providing a single view of the data and imagery of interest. Using Intergraph's TerraShare imagery management system as a separate server application, the analyst can retrieve imagery, ADRG ADRG ARC Digitized Raster Graphic ADRG Arc Digitizer Raster Graphic ADRG Advanced Digitized Raster Graphics , CADRG CADRG Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphic CADRG Compressed Arc Digitized Raster Graphics , CIB CIB abbr. Latin cibus (food) (R), and other raster products using the power of GeoMedia's spatial and feature query capabilities. Intergraph's Executive Manager and Softcopy Search Program Manager, Andrew Mitchell, said today, "NIMA's Softcopy Search program is a perfect showcase for our image exploitation capabilities and demonstrates our ability to fuse various forms of data into a single seamless view and to smoothly roam over large virtually mosaicked sets of imagery. "Intergraph is proud to be part of the Kodak team and especially proud that our GeoMedia Image Professional COTS product is such a superb fit for NIMA's Softcopy Search program. We feel the team's solution will substantially increase analysts' productivity while using economical Windows-based off-the-shelf hardware and software." 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; photogrammetry photogrammetry: see aerial and satellite photography. ; remote sensing; cartography; and military and intelligence. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com/imgs. Intergraph and GeoMedia are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. Controlled Image Base Controlled Image Base or CIB is unclassified digital imagery, produced to support mission planning and command, control, communications, and intelligence systems. CIB is used as a map substitute for emergencies and crises in the event that maps do not exist or are outdated. (CIB)(R) is a registered trademark of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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