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SpatialNews.com Press Release
Oregon State Chooses ER Mapper to Develop High-speed Orthoimagery Portal
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San Diego, 18 April 2007 -- Oregonians will soon have access to high-quality aerial and satellite
imagery via a state-of-the-art orthoimagery portal developed by ER
Mapper's Enterprise Services Division. The portal will be used to serve
the 2005 half-meter orthoimagery that the State has obtained in
cooperation with the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), along
with other aerial and satellite imagery datasets. The portal will be
capable of delivering a staggering 46,000 WMS map requests per hour. ER
Mapper has been pioneering Geospatial Imagery Solutions since its
inception in 1989.
The portal will be built on core ER Mapper technology including Image
Web Server and the Image Integration Framework. ER Mapper Image Web
Server is a high-speed application specifically designed to make
geospatial imagery more accessible and more versatile. Image Web Server
works in tandem with GIS to provide faster access to a complete
geospatial information picture. The portal's interface allows
integration with the web-based Oregon ExplORer natural resources digital
library at Oregon State University and navigatOR, the GIS Utility for
the State of Oregon.
Oregon agencies receive many requests from organizations throughout the
state for geospatial data, particularly orthoimagery and aerial
photography. User needs typically go beyond simple viewing to include
such features as clipping data for an area of interest, compressing
these data, and shipping them to the user, as well as seamlessly
integrating with other geospatial internet applications. A Web-based
Internet portal application providing access to and distribution of
public domain, statewide orthoimagery will meet the majority of users'
needs.
"Oregon has a diverse collection of clients, each with targeted needs
and application for imagery," says Renee Davis-Born, Oregon State
University project manager for the Oregon imagery portal. Users need
access to high-quality data and products that can be obtained in a
timely fashion. We are excited to be working with ER Mapper to develop
the Oregon imagery portal. It will provide the geospatial data needed
for important tasks such as natural resources planning, emergency
response, and maintenance of Oregon's transportation infrastructure.
The portal also will enable coordination among state, Federal and local
government agencies and will make imagery available to the public in a
user-friendly way."
According to Cy Smith, Oregon Statewide GIS Coordinator, "The State of
Oregon has taken an innovative approach to obtaining and making
available high-resolution imagery at the statewide scale. The imagery
portal being developed for us by ER Mapper will be a foundational
component of navigatOR, our geospatial utility that will provide
integrated, regularly maintained government data to the public, to
government agencies at all levels, and to private sector companies.
Making this base data available to all via the web will eliminate the
need for duplicated data development and will save taxpayers millions of
dollars every year. The extensive functionality of the imagery portal
provides great advantages for government users in comparison to standard
commercially available imagery portals, such as GoogleEarth. This
portal was financed through a collaborative effort among over a dozen
Oregon counties, two regional organizations, ten state agencies, four
federal agencies, a timber company, a private electric utility, and
several other companies."
Chris Ribbel, President of ER Mapper Americas commented, "Our solutions
are ideal for rapid serving of large amounts of imagery. With several
terabytes of new NAIP aerial photography, the State of Oregon faced
challenges in how they manage, store, and distribute this data. Our
solutions offer unparalleled performance for the users, with minimal
hardware requirements."
About the Oregon Explorer:
The Oregon Explorer natural resources digital library
(www.oregonexplorer.info) is envisioned to use the power of today's
cutting edge information technology to create a state-of-the-art
web-accessible natural resources digital library by way of accessing and
integrating data from state and federal agencies, local governments,
university scientists and citizens to support informed decisions and
actions by people concerned with Oregon's natural resources and
environment. It is a joint effort between the Oregon University System's
Institute for Natural Resources and the Oregon State University
Libraries.
About the Oregon Geospatial Enterprise Office:
The Geospatial Enterprise Office (GEO) provides statewide GIS
coordination for state agencies and is the main point of contact for GIS
with other agencies and organizations. GEO relies heavily on a
collaborative effort between state, federal, and local governments to
ensure the completeness and accuracy of shared data. GEO provides
statewide leadership in promoting the use of GIS technology and ensures
the availability of easily accessible, high quality geographic
information.
About ER Mapper:
ER Mapper has been pioneering advances in the processing, storage and
distribution of geospatial imagery since its inception in 1989. ER
Mapper develops both Desktop and Enterprise Geospatial Imagery
applications. The company's innovative solutions are used across a broad
spectrum of industries including; Local, State and Federal Government,
Defense, Construction, Mining and Oil & Gas.
ER Mapper is a global organization with offices in San Diego, Denver,
Washington, New York, London, Madrid, Singapore, Perth and Melbourne.
The company also has a large network of resellers around the globe. For
more information about ER Mapper and the ER Mapper suite of products
please go to www.ermapper.com.
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