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Intergraph's Open Interoperability Grant Program Awards Initial Grants
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Award recipients benefit from expanded interoperability and improved
operational efficiency
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 14, 2003 - Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial
Solutions announced it has awarded the first 20 among 100 available grants
to qualifying organizations through the international Intergraph Open
Interoperability Program, established to promote and emphasize the use of
OpenGIS(R) specifications from the geospatial industry standards body, the
Open GIS Consortium (OGC). The program, valued at more than $5.5 million
(U.S.), enables organizations to leverage disparate data from multiple
sources - regardless of vendor brand, format or platform - to easily and
dynamically publish data in open, industry-standard formats to the Web.
Organizations maximize the reuse of spatial data while eliminating
time-consuming data translation and reducing integration requirements and
associated costs.
"The Royal Thai Survey Department, a major producer of Thailand's map data
and distributor of geospatial data, is pleased to be a recipient of the
Intergraph grant," said Col. Krith Bunthid, Chief of Map Information Center,
Royal Thai Survey Department. "Currently, queries for map and spatial data
can only be done in person or over the phone. With the help of Intergraph's
technology, we can provide unlimited access through an open standards-based
Web portal, saving time and costly delays."
The program focuses on development and deployment of open standard spatial
data infrastructures based on internationally accepted best practices.
Grants awarded to organizations that want to increase public access to
geospatial information, provide a national center for mapping excellence,
develop a national spatial data infrastructure and increase access to
critical spatial data help bring the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
organization's goals for worldwide spatial data sharing closer to reality.
Focusing on the development and deployment of compatible spatial data
infrastructures based on internationally accepted best practices, grant
recipients will benefit from expanded interoperability and improved
communication enterprisewide. Organizations from all over the world are
among the initial grant recipients, including:
- National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, Philippines
- Cartographic Institute of Catalonia, Autonomous Government of Catalonia,
Spain
- Multnomah County, USA
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough, USA
- Dallas County, USA
- Jo Daviess County Government, USA
- The National Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping (BAKOSURTANAL),
Indonesia
- Royal Thai National Survey Department, Thailand
- Geographic Information Management, Belgium for the European Space Agency
- Geo-informatics and Space Technology Development Agency, Thailand
- Forest Management Institute, Czech Republic
- East Midlands Development Agency, United Kingdom
- Runder Tisch Geoinformationssysteme e.V., Germany
- Stadt Bochum Vermessungs- und Katasteramt, Germany
For more details on the projects being undertaken for the grants, please
visit http://imgs.intergraph.com/interop/grant.asp.
"We are delighted with the quality, depth and geographic distribution of the
applications received to date," said Fiona McKee, Interoperability program
manager, Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions. "The initial grant
recipients are involved in projects that will make a significant impact on
building open interoperability standards within national and international
communities. The grant program confirms Intergraph's commitment to the
advancement of OGC interoperability standards for immediate access to
up-to-date spatial data for daily business decisions or in crisis
management."
For more information on the Intergraph Open Interoperability Grant Program
or to submit an online application, visit
http://www.intergraph.com/gis/ogc/interop.asp or
http://imgs.intergraph.com/interop/documents/Interop_ApplicationForm.doc.
Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions
Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions is a leading geospatial
solutions provider for the following markets: local, state and federal
government; transportation; utilities; communications; location-based
services; photogrammetry; remote sensing; cartography; and military and
intelligence. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com/imgs.
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