Intergraph Introduces Long Term Transaction Workflows for GeoMedia and Oracle8Iovation

Intergraph Introduces Long Term Transaction Workflows for GeoMedia and Oracle8I

New industry product integrates GeoMedia and Oracle Workspace Manager Technology

Oracle Open World - Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions, a division of Intergraph Corporation introduced long term transaction (LTT) workflows capability for GeoMedia(R) and Oracle8i(TM) with a new industry product, GeoMedia Transaction Manager. GeoMedia Transaction Manager integrates GeoMedia, Oracle Spatial, and the Oracle Workspace Manager feature of the Oracle database to provide a robust LTT management system that supports the capture and maintenance of geospatial data in a multi-user environment. Organizations, such as government and transportation agencies, that have multiple users building and maintaining geospatial data models within a department or across departments will especially benefit from this new product. With GeoMedia Transaction Manager, these organizations can manage the lifecycle of data changes while safeguarding the integrity and validity of their valuable enterprise geospatial information. This industry product is being previewed at the Intergraph kiosk in the Oracle Partner Pavilion this week at Oracle OpenWorld(R) in San Francisco, October 1-6.

GeoMedia Transaction Manager provides unique "Just-in-Time Locking" Unlike most traditional long term transaction approaches, GeoMedia Transaction Manager provides a unique "Just-in-Time Locking" capability using the Oracle Workspace Manager feature of the Oracle database. Records are locked at the time of the edit instead of requiring a pre-extract processing step as done in traditional long term transaction management workflows. As a result, geospatial features are not artificially locked just because of their proximity to a project area. This allows multiple users to work on projects in the same geographic area, which maximizes communication during collaborative projects, minimizes project conflicts, and saves time and money.

Other key capabilities of GeoMedia Transaction Manager that leverage the capabilities in Oracle Workspace Manager include:

Managing Change - Geospatial data capture and editing are made in a long term transaction mode during which the corresponding feature records are locked to prevent conflicting changes from other users. Once edits have been approved, they can be posted to the database, versioned, and unlocked for subsequent editing.
Collaborating on Projects - Users can see the changes made by others during the design/editing sessions. For example, on collaborative projects involving people in multiple departments or agencies, a new right-of-way project could have one department focused on water, one on wastewater/ drainage, one on right of way, one on signage, and one on utilities. Users can view the progress of the changes made by the others prior to any of the changes being committed to the data model.
Providing Temporal History - The product maintains a full temporal history of the data. This enables users to query the system to show views of the geospatial data model at particular points in time. For example, persons responsible for parcel management can view and analyze the history of a particular area over the past 10 years. They can easily create map views of the data reflecting different time intervals with each interval symbolized to portray the changes.

Customers enthusiastic about LTT capabilities The city of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada is enthusiastic about GeoMedia Transaction Manager. The City is currently in the process of implementing a Spatial Land Inventory Management (SLIM) system. SLIM uses Intergraph's GeoMedia technology and Oracle Spatial. The goal of SLIM is to provide a true enterprise approach for the creation, maintenance, and use of spatial information within the City of Edmonton.

Joni Mines, director of Land Information Systems for the City of Edmonton, comments, "After reviewing GeoMedia Transaction Manager, I am confident that this software will meet our requirements for deploying a non-proprietary and open information infrastructure in our enterprise data management environment. The fact that GeoMedia Transaction Manager is built upon Oracle Workspace Manager is of major significance. All of our land applications will now access and update our Oracle data - both spatial and non-spatial - through the exact same open, non-proprietary long transaction management and versioning component. We are extremely excited about the benefits we stand to gain when the deployment of GeoMedia Transaction Manager with Oracle Spatial and Oracle Workspace Manager is completed. By using these products, we will be able to manage historical spatial data as easily as we manage our non-spatial data. That will be a huge step forward for us." Intergraph's GeoMedia software has supported Oracle Spatial since its introduction as part of the company's initiative to integrate geospatial information into the IT mainstream. According to Preetha Pulusani, executive vice president of Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions, "Our support of Oracle Workspace Manager technology is a natural fit with our strategy of developing and delivering solutions based on open industry standards. Long term transaction management is critical in many geospatial workflows, and for many of our customers. GeoMedia Transaction Manager builds on the Oracle database technology to provide the full solution needed for our users."

For details visit www.intergraph.com