GeoDecisions and IntelliWhere™ Partner to Deliver Logistics Solution
May 23, 2002/Huntsville, Ala.: GeoDecisions and IntelliWhere™ have teamed to deliver a logistics solution to assist in the real-time deployment of military and emergency personnel for the Military Traffic Management Command, Transportation Engineering Agency (MTMCTEA), based in Newport News, Virginia. GeoDecisions is a software independent information technology company, specializing in geographic information systems, and IntelliWhere™ is a division of Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions.
GeoDecisions is developing an advanced Intelligent Road & Rail Information Server (IRRIS) that is built using IntelliWhere™ products - IntelliWhere™ LocationServer, IntelliWhere™ OnDemand, and a soon-to-be-announced IntelliWhere™ tracking product. IRRIS will supply personnel with timely information for mission-critical decision support during situations, such as deploying troops in the event of a national emergency. With its pre-defined road conditions and traffic and weather parameters, IRRIS can support homeland security planning in activities, such as the creation of evacuation routes and providing a common operating picture for emergency responders.
IRRIS is designed for ease of use and supports a Web portal model for MTMCTEA to access infrastructure information, render maps, conduct analyses, and generate reports. IRRIS uses IntelliWhere™ LocationServer, an XML-based server product, as a location-based services development platform to support Web and wireless requirements of the MTMCTEA project.
IRRIS also includes a secure fleet management subsystem that will use the IntelliWhere™ tracking product, enabling authorized users to track military assets, such as convoys, personnel, and freight. Also part of the subsystem, IntelliWhere™ OnDemand is a vector-based mapping software product for personal digital assistant (PDA) devices, which provides, occasionally, connected capabilities. The IntelliWhere™ OnDemand product enables data capture in the field, while effortlessly linking the information back to the enterprise information system.
"We chose IntelliWhere™ from a field of competitors because of their ability to meet our project requirements, allowing us to provide intelligent point-to-point driving directions and location-based services to the army transportation community," said Alan Beiagi, senior manager for GeoDecisions. "By implementing IntelliWhere™ products, IRRIS functionality is extended to PDA and wireless devices, enabling military command and control centers to track mobile vehicles, assets, and users within a specific workflow in real time."
"We are very pleased GeoDecisions recognizes IntelliWhere™ as a provider of quality solutions in the wireless and location-based services arena," said Majdi Zahran, executive manager for IntelliWhere™. "We are working with GeoDecisions to advance essential homeland security planning for MTMCTEA and to enable access to enterprise information, regardless of place and time, so that data is available when and where it's needed."
The IRRIS application will be featured at GeoSpatial World 2002, June 10-12, in Atlanta, Ga. A presentation by Marc Barthello, a highway engineer at MTMCTEA, and Jonathan Pollack, vice president of advanced technologies at GeoDecisions, will be given on Wednesday, June 12, at 10 a.m. For more information about this presentation and GeoSpatial World 2002 visit www.intergraph.com/geospatialworld.
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