Intermap Wins Oracle Spatial Innovator Award

Intermap Technologies announced that it has been named by Oracle, during the 2009 Oracle Spatial User Conference, as this year's winner of the annual Oracle Spatial Excellence Innovator Award for innovation in the use of geospatial technology.

Intermap said it used Oracle Spatial to create a secure storage environment that has reduced error of data loss and corruption. The company said its spatially enabled database infrastructure has also created a foundation for integration with other enterprise systems.

"This is great recognition for the outstanding results of our technical teams and the use of Oracle Spatial as a core element in the storage and management of our massive digital mapping database," said Mark Frank, Intermap's senior VP of technology. "Our digital map data management production workflow merited this recognition and serves as an exemplary approach for other mapping organizations. Over the past year, we've ingested and managed more than 13 terabytes of digital mapping data as part of our worldwide NEXTMap 3D mapping program."

Intermap is a digital mapping company creating 3D digital elevation models (DEMs) of the Earth's surface. The company said it is proactively remapping entire countries, building uniform national datasets, called NEXTMap, that enable geospatial specialists in private industry and government agencies worldwide. Intermap's digital maps are used in applications, including geographical information systems ("GIS"), engineering, automotive, consumer electronics, risk management, oil and gas, renewable energy generation, hydrology, environmental planning, wireless communications, transportation, and 3D visualization.

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