Intergraph Provides Educational Package to University of the South Pacific, Fiji

GIS students and Telecom Fiji staff to receive benefits of GeoMedia software and training

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 24, 2002 - Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions today announced that the University of the South Pacific (USP), Suva, Fiji, will integrate GeoMedia technology into the classroom with a full range of GeoMedia software and training services. Telecom Fiji, the largest user of GIS software in the South Pacific region, is funding the software and training for USP. Intergraph will also provide training support to the staff of Telecom Fiji.

With this educational package, USP will use GeoMedia software in advanced GIS coursework, helping students gain valuable practical experience in a commercial GIS software package prior to entering the workforce. The university has also established a software lab of 20 workstations with the full GeoMedia suite installed on each computer. Future uses of GeoMedia software include creating maps of the USP campus on the Internet and enabling students to access resources and projects on the Internet from remote USP campuses.

Dr. Michael Govorov, the director of the USP Geography Department's GIS Unit said, "Telecom Fiji's funding of GeoMedia software and training for USP shows how two organizations from different sectors can benefit from cooperating with each other in the development of their people power. With this support, educational institutions such as USP are able to considerably improve their hardware and software base for teaching GIS courses. In addition, the establishment of a GIS teaching lab, which is now equipped with modern GIS software, can be seen as a further example of cooperation between Telecom Fiji, Intergraph NZ and USP in the South Pacific region".

About the University of the South Pacific (USP) 

The University of the South Pacific, Fiji, is the premier provider of education for the Tertiary Period in the Pacific Region, and an international center of excellence for teaching and research on all aspects of Pacific culture and environment.

For the past five years, the GIS Unit of the Geography Department at USP has included basic and intermediate GIS and introductory remote sensing (RS) courses within its undergraduate curriculum. As a result, more undergraduate students and regional GIS users have basic GIS/RS training, and the program is continuing to expand rapidly with demand often surpassing the resources of the Geography Department's GIS Unit. USP hopes to continue developing its academic programs to support the growing interest in GIS and remote sensing globally.

Established in 1968, the university has 12 member countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. 

www.usp.ac.fj/~gisunit

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. 

www.intergraph.com/imgs

 

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