Intergraph Selected by ACEFHAT to Modernize Administration of Barcelona's City Services.Business Editors & Technology Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala ALA aminolevulinic acid. Ala alanine. ala (a´lah) pl. a´lae [L.] a winglike process. .--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2001 GeoMedia technology used for new E-GIOS Web-based public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. management system Intergraph Mapping and 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. 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 ACEFHAT in Barcelona, Spain, has chosen Intergraph's GeoMedia(R) technology for its new E-GIOS System, a Web-based public works management system. ACEFHAT has contracted with Intergraph Spain for the development of a comprehensive GIS solution to support the system. The solution includes GeoMedia WebMap for Web-based, real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. communication and decision making and GeoMedia Professional for managing various GIS data provided by service companies such as water, gas, electricity, and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. in Barcelona. "Our primary objectives with E-GIOS are to speed up the process for approving permits and to make project information readily available for better and quicker decision making," said Jose M. Miranda, general manager of ACEFHAT. "We are confident that the Intergraph GIS solution will enable us to successfully achieve these objectives." ACEFHAT, created in 1990, coordinates and manages the public works projects on public thoroughfares in the city of Barcelona. The company manages more than 20,000 projects from several utility companies such as Aguas de Barcelona (water), Gas Natural (gas), Telefonica (telecommunications), and Fecsa-Enher (electric). The new E-GIOS system expands ACEFHAT's current GIOS GIOS Generalized Infinite Order Sudden program (integrated street service work management software) to allow quick and flexible management of public works requests from all local service companies. Decisions for projects are made by Barcelona's city hall departments or by ACEFHAT. The E-GIOS system will help the city save time and money on paper documentation and system administration. The system will also improve coordination between service companies by enabling them to share resources when projects occur in the same location. The service companies will know immediately through E-GIOS about new public works service requests and will have the option to join the project. The E-GIOS system is scheduled to be operational in January 2002. GeoMedia technology powers E-GIOS GeoMedia WebMap will integrate with E-GIOS for streamlining communication and decision making using the Internet and a company intranet. Juan R. Mesa, ACEFHAT technical manager, comments, "After comparing different systems we chose GeoMedia WebMap as the software for the Web environment. It will link with Oracle databases to manage all the graphic and nongraphic information of the public works system. We especially like GeoMedia WebMap's SmartStore capability for managing Barcelona's base maps." Service companies will access a portal site Noun 1. portal site - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. to submit their planning documents along with data and work plans and a request-for-permits form. Simultaneously, appropriate departments in Barcelona city hall will manage decision making using a company intranet, approving or rejecting permits requested through the portal and establishing the technical conditions for their execution. The portal site will also enable residents using a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. to learn about scheduled public works projects, such as street maintenance, from any Barcelona service company. For internal management, the E-GIOS system will use GeoMedia Professional to integrate disparate data in different graphic formats including ArcView, AutoCAD, MicroStation, GE SmallWorld, and files with UTM (Unified Threat Management) Refers to a stand-alone appliance or a software package that combines a firewall, antivirus, spam and content filtering as well as intrusion detection. See firewall, antivirus, antispam and IDS. coordinates. More information about ACEFHAT can be found on the Web at www.acefhat.com. Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions delivers comprehensive 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 to government, commercial, and international markets. The company provides core and industry-specific software products, solutions for map production and enterprisewide mapping and GIS, and services ranging from project implementation to production. A technology innovator and market leader, Intergraph helps customers merge their geospatial data with information technology and business process tools to meet their enterprise and operational goals and to enable 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. enterprisewide. Headquartered in Huntsville, Ala., Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions is a division of Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ: INGR) and is represented in more than 60 countries through its global distributor and partner network. Visit the company's Web site at 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 company contact information, please use 1-800-791-3357 (within the U.S.), 1-256-730-7191 (outside the U.S.), or Intergraph's Web address: www.intergraph.com/imgs. |
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