Safe Products used in GeoStor On-line Data Delivery System
Vancouver, BC - June 14, 2001 - Safe Software, the industry leader in spatial data translation solutions, announces that its FME® spatial data translation software and SpatialDirect® data server software are being used as key components in the GeoStor On-line Data Delivery System. The System, developed for the Arkansas State Land Information Board by the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies at the University of Arkansas, gives users seamless access to digital map data of any area in Arkansas with no subscription fee. FME is used to load diverse spatial data into the system's Oracle Enterprise Spatial Database. The SpatialDirect data extraction server is used to query data from the database and perform on-the-fly data format and coordinate system conversions in response to user requests.
"Safe's products are key components in the GeoStor development," said Robert Harris of the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas. "We've been very impressed by the capabilities of their solutions," he added.
"The State of Arkansas is aggressively pursuing enterprise level IT projects that lead to reduced costs, improved services for its citizens and improved quality of life. The GeoStor architecture provides a sharing mechanism through the use of spatial technology that government, academia and the private sector can exchange data and address all these issues," said Shelby Johnson, Arkansas State Land Information Coordinator
More about GeoStor
At the core of GeoStor is a massive Oracle Enterprise Spatial Database running on a SunMicrosystems Enterprise class server. Access to this data from the World Wide Web is accomplished via a variety of peripheral mechanisms.
GeoSurf is a Java-based product which allows the user to query and download geodata from GeoStor. The user can query the database with geographic and metadata constraints to find data layers of interest. These layers can then be downloaded to the user's machine. GeoSurf allows the user to specify geographic clip boundaries, projection, and data format (e.g. Arcview Shape, MapInfo, etc.) and packages the data layer as specified. GeoStor can be accessed at www.cast.uark.edu/cast/geostor/index.html
More about FME
FME (Feature Manipulation Engine) is spatial data translation software providing interoperability between GIS, CAD and database systems from many vendors including Autodesk, Bentley, Caris, ESRI, Intergraph, Laser-Scan, MapInfo, Oracle and GE Smallworld. FME's data processing environment enables users to perform many functions with their data including translation, transformation, integration, distribution, manipulation, validation, and reclamation.
More about SpatialDirect
SpatialDirect is a web-based data delivery system that integrates with web-mapping applications to enable end-users to retrieve data in a wide variety of popular GIS and CAD data formats.
About Safe Software
Safe Software Inc. is a privately held corporation founded to provide solutions in the area of data exchange. The Company offers a full range of data access solutions including stand-alone data translators, web-based data brokers and embeddable data reading/writing utilities. Visit www.safe.com for more details.
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Catherine Ducharme
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Safe Software Inc.
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FME and SpatialDirect are registered trademarks of Safe Software Inc.