Ordnance Survey of Great Britain Selects Intergraph for the Nation's Geospatial Data Management System

National mapping agency will leverage Intergraph's geospatial information management expertise to drive production efficiency, improve data consistency and support the creation of new products

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 16, 2007 – Ordnance Survey, Great Britain's national mapping agency, has selected an Intergraph Corporation-led team, including 1Spatial and Snowflake Software, to provide its next generation geospatial database and data management system. This selection followed an extensive tender exercise under the European Union Public Procurement Regulations, Competitive Dialogue Procedure.

Ordnance Survey maps are internationally renowned and its data are essential to the country’s government, business and individuals. The agency’s national geographic database describes more than 440 million individual features – such as every house, road and field. Each year more than a million changes to the British landscape need to be measured and assimilated into this database. This equates to 5,000 changes every day, and it requires efficient planning and control.

The system will provide enterprise-wide capabilities for the management, planning, coordination, and control of data capture and production activities. Ordnance Survey’s large-scale data holdings will be managed in a centralized geospatial database, and a standards-based interface will integrate field and office-based editing tools as well as those from external contractors. The system will ensure consistency between Ordnance Survey products and enable it to develop new ones.

Ordnance Survey selected the Intergraph-led team after a rigorous six-month competitive evaluation in which potential suppliers worked to develop detailed proof of concepts.

“This is an important step forward on the development of our seamless data management system,” said Bob Goodrich, Ordnance Survey’s Director of Information Systems. “As a result of this implementation, we will have a truly modernized system that will provide the nation with unprecedented access to current, accurate data.”

“We are honored to expand our relationship with Ordnance Survey and to support its vital mission with a world-class geospatial data management solution,” said Reid French, chief operating officer and executive vice president, Intergraph. “The scope and scale of this endeavor are extraordinary, and we are proud of the confidence Ordnance Survey has demonstrated in us to help deliver a solution of national importance to Great Britain.”

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About Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey is Great Britain's national mapping agency, providing the most accurate and up-to-date geographic data, relied on by government, business and individuals. Ordnance Survey and the OS Symbol are registered trademarks of Ordnance Survey.

About Intergraph

Intergraph Corporation is the leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software. Security organizations, businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on the company’s spatial technology and services to make better and faster operational decisions. Intergraph’s customers organize vast amounts of complex data into understandable visual representations, creating intelligent maps, managing assets, building and operating better plants and ships and protecting critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com

About 1Spatial

1Spatial has 35 years of experience in providing operational solutions to organisations with large spatial databases. With leading expertise in transforming data from CAD and GIS, quantitative data quality control, and spatial database technologies we also enable reuse and repurposing of such data and access through both internal and external portals. The modern era demands the unconstrained sharing of spatial data between systems, business areas, organisations, and the public. We are the specialists in enabling such cooperative infrastructures. For more information, visit www.1spatial.com

About Snowflake Software

Founded in 2001, Snowflake Software provides a range of software solutions that help put GML/XML to work. Based on open standards, the solutions enable corporate and government customers to benefit from their data with off-the-shelf, proven, reliable technology. Snowflake supports an international user base with a wealth of experience, offering consulting and training and tools for the loading, translating and publishing of XML and GML. For more information, visit www.snowflakesoftware.com

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