PlanGraphics Assists District of Columbia with Emergency Web Site.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2003 PlanGraphics (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :PGRA PGRA Plant Growth Regulator Abstracts (database) ) has collaborated with the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). to create an Emergency Information Center Web site providing a broad array of emergency and homeland security information to the general public. The site can be accessed through the District's Internet home page at http://www.dc.gov/, or directly at emergencycenter.dc.gov. PlanGraphics provided project management and technical development services to the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO OCTO Office of the Chief Technology Officer OCTO Orange County Transporter Organization ) and coordinated a team that included District personnel and various contractors. The site was developed within five months and was officially rolled out on Sept. 30. A preliminary version was made available in time for Hurricane Isabel. "The team really worked hard to get this site up and running in such a short time," said Marina Havan A Havan is a sacred purifying ritual (yajna) in Hinduism that involves a fire ceremony. It is a ritual of sacrifice made to the fire god Agni. After lighting a Havan Kund (sacrificial fire), objects such as fruits, honey, or wooden goods are put into the sacred fire. , PlanGraphics' project manager. "The combination of strong leadership from the District and a top-notch technical team really made it happen." The site uses ArcIMS technology from ESRI, supported by an Oracle database. PlanGraphics, founded in 1979, is a full life-cycle systems integration and implementation firm providing a broad range of services in the design and implementation of information technology in the public and commercial sectors. PlanGraphics' experience with spatial information systems and e-services capabilities provides a critical discriminator dis·crim·i·na·tor n. 1. One that discriminates. 2. Electronics A device that converts a property of an input signal, such as frequency or phase, into an amplitude variation, depending on how the signal differs from a among other IT consulting and integration firms. PlanGraphics is headquartered in Frankfort, Kentucky, and has regional offices in Maryland, Colorado, California, Rhode Island, and New York. On the Web: www.plangraphics.com. |
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