Paragon Imaging Announces Strategic Partnership With Intergraph Corporation.Business Editors & Technology Writers WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 1, 2001 Paragon's ELT ELT English Language Teaching ELT n abbr (Scol) (= English Language Teaching) → Englisch als Unterrichtsfach Series Software Will be Integrated With Intergraph's GeoMedia Products Paragon Imaging, the leading developers of Image Processing/GIS Software, announced today a strategic partnership with 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, a division of Intergraph Corporation. Paragon's ELT Series software will be integrated with Intergraph's GeoMedia(R) software and offered to both Paragon and Intergraph's worldwide customer base as a seamless GIS/image exploitation solution. The ELT functionality offers high-powered exploitation features such as: Gigabyte-sized image handling, precise image quality, geo-registration, mensuration mensuration /men·su·ra·tion/ (men?ser-a´shun) the act or process of measuring. , and image/map comparison tools. This functionality, combined with the GIS support that GeoMedia already offers, will provide a complete package for imagery analysis Imagery analysis is the extraction of useful information from bi-dimensional graphic formats, including screen shots. This includes color and black & white photographs, infra-red photographs and video, radar screens and synthetic aperture radar formats, ultrasound, EKG, EEG, MRI, in a geospatial context. The Paragon ELT functionality also provides support of over 25 image file formats Image file formats provide a standardized method of organizing and storing image data. This article deals with digital image formats used to store photographic and other image information. , including the DoD based NITF NITF News Industry Text Format (XML Format; International Press Telecommunications Council) NITF National Imagery Transmission Format NITF National Insurance Task Force NITF Nuclear Instrument Test Facility NITF National Imagery Test Facility and NSIF NSIF NATO Secondary Imagery Format NSIF NATO Special Intelligence Facility NSIF Network and Service Integration Forum (ATIS) NSIF Network Services and Integration Forum formats. GeoMedia's open architecture provides an environment in which Paragon's image exploitation solution becomes a seamless add-on capability and its intuitive interface makes it is easy to use. With GeoMedia's innovative data server technology, users will now be able to incorporate advanced image and image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished capabilities into their geospatial work environment. While in the process of imagery analysis, users can access and manipulate disparate GIS data in its native format, including many of the popular database industry formats. GeoMedia enables users to perform multiple queries, access and analyze data, and make smarter analytical decisions, all in a single environment. "Paragon Imaging has worked diligently over the past 14 years with the `Best of Breed' software developers in this industry," said John Connors John Joseph Connors VC (October 1830–January 29, 1857), was born in Davaugh, Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and , vice president of Paragon Imaging. "This partnership underscores what we've known for a long time... that our ELT Series is a world-class solution, and that it would best serve a larger market. We are pleased to know that its feature-rich functionality will be an integral part of Intergraph's GeoMedia product offerings and that their universal customer base will utilize this technology. The geospatial community now has a state-of-the-art solution that combines the best in imagery and mapping functionality." Preetha Pulusani, executive vice president, Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions, commented, "The combination of GIS and image processing is not a new idea, but bringing together GeoMedia and the ELT Series in a unified environment truly provides a world-class integrated product and offers the best of both worlds. We foresee that it will significantly increase productivity in many workflows and industries. While these tools have traditionally been targeted at image analysis in military GIS and intelligence workflows, we also see many application benefits for users with imagery data in transportation agencies and local government." About Paragon Imaging Headquartered in the northern Boston suburb of Woburn, Massachusetts Woburn (/'wu.bə(r)n/) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. The population was 37,258 at the 2000 census. Woburn is the birthplace of Anglo-American scientist Benjamin Thompson, a.k.a. , Paragon Imaging is a leading provider of image processing and presentation software for government, defense, and related markets. Their suite of products provide analysts with tools to exploit critical information from digital images, to link other associated information with these images, and to support sharing the processed analysis with decision makers and other information consumers. About Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions, 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), delivers comprehensive geospatial solutions to government, commercial, and international markets. The company provides core and industry-specific software products, solutions for map production and enterprise-wide 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. enterprise-wide. For More Information: To learn more about Paragon Imaging, please call them at 781/937-9800 or visit their website at www.paragon.com. To learn more about Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions, please call 800/791-3357, email gis@ingr.com or visit their website at www.intergraph.com/imgs. |
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