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Ministry of Transportation of Quebec Chooses Intergraph's GeoMedia
Technology to Manage Road Networks
GeoMedia and Oracle8i provide technology foundation for analyzing and
solving business issues related to road networks
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 11, 2000 - Intergraph Corporation
today announced that the Ministry of Transportation of Quebec (MTQ) has
chosen Intergraph's GeoMedia(R) technology to help manage the provincial
road network in Quebec. MTQ's mission is to ensure the efficient circulation
of people and products throughout the province using the transportation
infrastructure. To accomplish this mission, MTQ is responsible for planning,
developing, and exploiting roadways and integrated transport systems in
Quebec. During MTQ's evaluation for a corporate GIS database they reviewed
Intergraph's product and service offerings as well as those of other GIS
vendors. At the end of their benchmark effort, MTQ selected GeoMedia based
on its open architecture, its flexible development environment, and the fact
that they can continue to use approximately 150 seats of MapInfo that are
already installed.
MTQ has an enormous amount of data related to the provincial road network.
This information will be stored and analyzed using Oracle Spatial in an
Oracle8i(TM) database. MTQ will use GeoMedia Professional to maintain the
road base maps and GeoMedia and GeoMedia Objects to access information and
analyze and solve business issues related to maintaining the road network,
including inventory systems. MTQ selected Intergraph's GeoMedia technology
because it meets the main technological concerns of the Ministry (ORACLE
read/write data servers, existence of different graphic file formats, and
three-tier architecture for spatial data). The Intergraph solution will be
used for the development of GIS applications in the organization.
According to Mark Doherty, national GIS manager for Intergraph Canada Ltd.,
"MTQ's choice of Intergraph's GeoMedia technology underscores the data
access and application integration power of the GeoMedia platform. The need
to seamlessly support an enterprise repository such as Oracle8i, as well as
other legacy formats, represents reality for most organizations today. We
are pleased that our technology can serve their needs now and into the
future and that MTQ will achieve their business goals with GeoMedia."
Intergraph Background Information
Intergraph Corporation is a worldwide provider of technical solutions and
systems integration. Its vertically focused business units develop, market,
and support software and services for local and national governments and for
the following vertical industries: transportation, utilities,
communications, process, marine, and public safety. Other business units
deliver software, hardware, and services across multiple industries. Built
on 30 years of technology innovation, Intergraph is consistently ranked by
industry analysts as a leading vendor in the global markets it serves.
Intergraph common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol
INGR. Visit www.intergraph.com for more information.
Intergraph and GeoMedia are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation.
Oracle 8i is a trademark of Oracle Corporation. Other brands and product
names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Shelley T. Miller
Media Relations Manager
Mapping/GIS
Intergraph Corporation
256.730.7631 (v)
256.730.2080 (f)
stmiller@ingr.com
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