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  • Geospatial World
  • Geospatial World 2002... Monday June 10

    Where: Renaissance Waverly Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
    When: June 9 - 12

    On Monday, June 10, in Atlanta, GA, the second annual GeoSpatial World kicked off with a welcome address delivered by Preetha Pulusani, President, Intergraph Mapping & GIS Solutions, and Intergraph CEO Jim Taylor. Pulusani, a 20+ year Intergraph veteran is responsible for the global strategic direction of the decision and overall business development.

    In her address to the audience, Pulusani set the tone for the week by offering up a review since the 2001 UC and offered up a look at the company’s vision as well us it’s perception of current industry trends. The tone for day #1 was quite upbeat, and rightfully so when you consider some of the announcements that Intergraph executives gladly share with conference attendees:

  • the GIS division exceeded profit expectations in 2001
  • the first quarter of 2002 has also been profitable
  • IntelliWhere has just release OnDemand (field mapping solution)
  • GeoMedia, now 5 years old was just released in it’s 5th version
  • GeoMedia WebMap and WebMap Pro updates will come this summer
  • … oh yeah, the company has $300 million in the bank thanks to successful litigation against Intel, and may be looking at an additional $250 million in the near future if all goes well with a similar Texas-based litigation.

    Intergraph CEO, Jim Taylor, took the stage for a short time and reaffirmed my optimism for the GIS division’s continued success by providing a review of the company’s history (dating back to 1969) . Always of interest, were historical accounts of old contract with NASA and Intergraph’s first mapping contract with the City of Nashville. Actually, that first contract resulted in the loss of a couple of hundred thousand dollars, however, you can see what it finally led to! Taylor seemed quite content with the company’s current direction - after all, the 5 vertical business units were all profitable last year - and reaffirmed how glad he is to be out of the hardware business. He compared selling hardware to trading a commodity… something that even IBM doesn’t want to do any longer! Taylor’s “New Intergraph” is best described in a nutshell as:

  • Profitable business units
  • Focused
  • Strong market leadership
  • A stronger Intergraph

    FYI, Intergraph Corp. also owns 30% of Bentley Systems as well as 30% of 3D Labs.

    So, what’s the current state of the GIS Community according to Intergraph IMGS? Pulusani made this quite clear:
  • data is the most valuable asset
  • many data formats are commonly used
  • ownership is often unclear
  • making data available is a challenge
  • metadata is critical
  • data and application interoperability are critical
  • the OGC is a catalyst for information sharing.

    This should give you some idea about Intergraph’s focus!

    Finally, regarding Intergraph’s business philosophy, I definitely get a feeling that business partnerships play a critical role in the company’s success. Pulusani referred to a number of partners in her welcome address (as did others is their sessions) and I felt this gracious and visible mention confirmed how important these partners are to the company. Business partners include Oracle, HP/Compaq, IBM, Microsoft, Hansen, Keigan Systems, Paragon Imaging, and MapText Inc. For more information about business partners visit www.teamgeomedia.com

    Also from the Floor

    Michael Baker of IntelliWhere gave a very informative and humorous presentation of OnDemand - perhaps best described as Intergraph’s solution to ArcPad! Mike showed how easy it is to load a large SHP coverage on his PDA, collected data from the field (so to speak), populated attributes, redlined, then connected OnDemand to his GeoMedia session “back in the office”. Some “cool stuff” about OnDemand at first glance:
  • one toolbar (results in a clean display with lots of available real estate)
  • symbology is carried over
  • has its own API
  • simple to relate images and voice (WAV) files to data elements
  • redlining (with attributes)
  • not device dependant

    Stay tuned for more from GeoSpatial World 2002 including a look at GeoMedia 5, GeoMedia WebMap and WebMap Pro, & OnDemand! PS... I still haven't found the "Nirvana woman" [you know, from the GeoMEdia 5.0 ad] but I'll be sure to keep on searching!

    If you have news, announcements, or comments from the event, please be sure to tell us about it. Send details to Glenn (editor@geocomm.com)

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