SYSTEM UNIFIES SPATIAL DATA.Versant 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 :VSNT), Fremont, Calif., an industry leader in specialized data management and data persistence software has announced that it is being used in the Award winning ENDOR (Encoded Neighborhood Data Object Repository) application, a geospatial information system (GIS) built and delivered by Jefferson County Jefferson County is the name of 25 counties and one parish in the United States. The following are named for Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States:
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"When we designed this system we chose Versant for its powerful object-oriented database," said Martin Hartley, Technical Manager. "We needed to build a Parcel Object component that would maintain both spatial and tabular data while tracking spatial changes over time to provide historical versioning as well as provide the ability to view changes to parcel geometry/attributes. This historical data is critical in land use and property assessment. We chose Versant and its object technology based on price and performance, support of Linux, and their compatibility with BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. WLI WLI Weblogic Integration (Bea Systems) WLI Weekly Leading Index WLI Whole Life Insurance WLI Buoy Tender, Inland (USCGC) WLI Work Load Indicator WLI World Learning Incorporated WLI Where Lines Intersect ." With this system the county links a variety of information to the parcel address and then augments that data with historical data. Because all data is persisted in the Versant object database the county can make spatial objects persistent as ready-to-use actual objects and avoid the overhead in dealing with object-to-relational methods. "Geographical applications with complex relationships are ideal for our data management solutions," said Nick Ordon, president and chief executive officer of Versant. "We are pleased with how Jefferson County is trailblazing trail·blaz·ing adj. Suggestive of one that blazes a trail; setting out in a promising new direction; pioneering or innovative: trailblazing research; a trailblazing new technique. what other local and state governments can realize using object-oriented systems to cut costs and deliver better information to their officials and residents. " About Jefferson County Jefferson County is one of the major metropolitan counties within the State of Colorado. It is home to over half a million people. About Versant Corporation Versant Corporation is an industry leader in specialized data management and open data access software. Using Versant's solutions, customers cut hardware costs, speed and simplify development, significantly reduce administration costs and deliver products with a strong competitive edge. Versant's solutions are deployed in a wide array of industries including telecommunications, financial services, transportation, manufacturing, and defense. With over 5,000 installations, Versant has been a highly reliable partner for over 15 years for Global 2000 companies such as British Airways, US Government, Financial Times, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , and MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. . For more information, call 510/789-1500 or visit http://www.versant.com. |
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