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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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