Intergraph has been pursuing the solutions space for at least the last four years, as opposed to developing and selling their platforms. I learned in the Security, Government and Infrastructure (SG&I) technology roadmap that Intergraph is now undertaking a considerable consolidation of their GeoMedia and G/Technology platforms, which will benefit their public safety solutions offering and enhance the ability of their customers to take full advantage of all of Integraph’s geospatial capabilities.
Benefits of Consolidation
- Seamlessly take advantage of all Intergraph geospatial tools – new capabilities and efficiencies
- Future display and data model enhancements done one time and available to all users
- Consolidated development frees Intergraph resources for subsequent enhancements and innovation
- Improved metadata configuration tools reduce system management costs
- Public Safety, GeoMedia and G/Technology all gain LDAP based identity and access management
- Dramatically eases bringing information together
Following are some of the areas where each platform stands to gain functionality:
G/Technology
- improved integration with GeoMedia and InService
- Improved symbolization
- OGC data access
GeoMedia
- high performance display
- role-based enterprise configuration
- wider use
Public Safety
- linear and point symbology
- image display improvement
- data access (OGC, shape files, etc.)
- Dynamic mapping
- Access to complete spatial analysis platform
The emphasis will be placed on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) with the platform redesign, with higher-level objects that perform clear business-level functions as opposed to lower-level technical functions. The SOA approach will help fuel Intergraph’s extension into the business intelligence market, which is a target of theirs. The standardization and consolidation should also serve as a good foundation for all Intergraph customers, as well as assuring them that investments are being made to update the technology.
