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SpatialNews Press Release
Ministere de Ressources naturelles du Quebec - Mining Division Honored at
Hommage 2001
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Intergraph's GeoMedia WebMap enables access to mineral rights records over
the Internet saving the Ministry over a million dollars
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 16, 2001 - At the recent Hommage 2001 awards
ceremony held in Quebec City, Province of Quebec, the Ministere de
Ressources naturelles du Quebec (MNR) - Mining sector was awarded first
place in the Ministries category for their innovative Gestion des titles
Miniers Title Management (GESTIM) system. MNR was also awarded the Jury
Grand prize given to the best project among all category finalists.
Launched in November 2000, the GESTIM system is powered by Intergraph's
GeoMedia WebMap 4.0 product and enables access to mineral rights records
over the Internet. MNR provides the public access to the mining title
register, which contains thousands of records including information about
lapsed claims, active titles, and details about assessment work
declarations.
Hommage 2001 is an annual provincial event celebrating the best IT projects
in the province of Quebec that aid the government in cutting costs and
improving services to their clients. The Hommage awards are considered the
"Oscars" for the Quebec government IT industry.
GESTIM saves time and money
One of GESTIM's most innovative aspects is the distribution of geomatics
data over the Internet. Clients who want to access or acquire mining titles
can call up sectors that will appear with basic reference data such as
surveying, topographic, hydrographic, and toponymic information. The areas
covered by the titles appear on this reference background with an accuracy
of a few centimeters, complete with descriptive data from the public
registry of mineral titles. The maps are assembled in MicroStation, tagged
through MGE, and loaded into an Oracle8i database. They are then viewable on
the Internet with GeoMedia WebMap 4.0.
Prior to the system revision, registering a claim could take from 60 to 100
days, involved eight steps, and required a 15-point verification. When the
system is fully loaded using the GeoMedia WebMap registry, issuing a mining
claim will take as little as three days and the process will be reduced to
five steps and a four-point verification. After one year of operation, it is
estimated that the revision will save in excess of a million dollars in
travel, postal, and communication expenses.
Denis Fortin, department head, Mining Titles Management Systems Service,
comments, "What impressed the jury was the esthetic interest of the
application and the volume of information we could process on one single
request. But the key factor in winning the award was the autonomy granted to
the titleholders by using e-commerce and the Internet. Intergraph's GeoMedia
WebMap proved to be the right choice in helping us achieve the success we've
realized with GESTIM."
"This award demonstrates an exemplary implementation of GIS and Internet
technologies and we applaud the creativity of MNR in improving services
offered by the Quebec government," comments Preetha Pulusani, executive vice
president, Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions.
For more information about the MNR visit www.mrn.gouv.qc.ca. For more
information about Intergraph's GeoMedia and MGE product suites, visit the
company's Web site at www.intergraph.com/imgs.
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