Intergraph Selected by Direccio General de Carreteres of the Catalan Ministry of Public Works to Manage Corporate GIS Initiative

GeoMedia's open architecture and data integration capabilities key to project implementation

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - November 20, 2001 - Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions today announced that the Direccio General de Carreteres (DGC) in Barcelona, Spain has chosen Intergraph's GeoMedia technology as the platform for its new corporate GIS. Project implementation will be a joint venture between Intergraph Spain and SYSIGSA, a local engineering company and a Team GeoMedia Registered Solutions Provider partner.

The DGC's corporate project is the first component of a larger planned GIS system within the Catalan Public Works Ministry and Land Planning. The Web-based and client/server-based GIS will assist DGC with road management mobility planning, security traffic assessment, pavement maintenance, and road network planning. The current project comes in four modules and is in development. The first module is scheduled for the beginning of 2002 with the remaining modules operational by year's end.

DGC's choice of GeoMedia technology supports the need for accurate data model definition following the GTF (Geo Transportation Format) and GDF (Geo Data Files) standard Transportation Models. Several GeoMedia products will be used including GeoMedia Professional, GeoMedia Transportation, GeoMedia Transaction Manager, and GeoMedia WebEnterprise as well as Intergraph's Dynamo product for cartographic generalization and what-if analysis.

"Our primary objective is to develop a corporate GIS that provides general, as well as sophisticated, integrated information and is readily available to our expert engineers to enhance their decision making," said Xavier Baulies, deputy director of technology and information systems for DGC. "We are confident that the collaborative efforts between the Intergraph Barcelona and SYSIGSA team gives us assurance for a successful project."

The new system will accommodate a wide range of users including engineers, administrative technicians, road guards, and maintenance crews. The DGC anticipates the corporate GIS will improve sharing of information and applications, result in a better work environment, and increase employees' knowledge about road networks, security, and mobility. In addition, the system will optimize public investments with the delivery of more efficient and effective services to citizens.

Joan Ignasi Herrera, responsible for DGC's GIS technology, comments, "After comparing different systems, we selected Intergraph's GeoMedia products for their maturity, quality, open architecture, and development capabilities in a Web environment. GeoMedia's integration with Oracle databases further strengthened our decision."

The DGC directly manages more than 5,500 km of roads in Catalonia and is responsible for their mobility, security, quality, and maintenance and is further responsible for a total of 12,000 km of roads regionally for their mobility planning.

Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions

Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions brings together geospatial and information technology to help customers achieve their business goals. A technology innovator with more than 30 years of market leadership, Intergraph serves government agencies and commercial enterprises worldwide with end-to-end geospatial solutions for cartography and map production and enterprisewide mapping and GIS. The company provides superior customer support and services ranging from project implementation to production. Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions is a division of Intergraph Corporation, (NASDAQ: INGR), Huntsville, Ala., and does business in more than 60 countries through its wholly owned subsidiaries and global distributor and partner network.

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