Touring Club Italiano Streamlines Mapmaking using Data-centric Approach Based on Intergraph Solutions 

Internationally acclaimed European mapmaker to transition from CAD-based mapping to speed production and maintain high-quality appearance 

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 8, 2004 -- Intergraph <NASDAQ: INGR> Mapping and Geospatial Solutions today announced Touring Club Italiano (TCI) (Milan, Italy), an Italian association for tourism development, is transitioning its cartographic production processes to a data-centric workflow using Intergraph solutions. The transition will streamline mapmaking by migrating processes from a traditional approach based on CAD systems to a new workflow using a centralized database system. Touring Club Italiano, active in mapmaking since 1914, produces as many as 700 total European and country maps and guidebooks in various languages annually, which includes detailed tourist maps of towns and cities, geographical and thematic maps and street maps.

Touring Club Italiano's new workflow, based on Intergraph's GeoMedia(R) technology and Oracle Spatial, will capitalize on the use of a homogenous data set. The new workflow is completed by Dynamo technology for data validation, cartographic generalization and cartographic output. The organization chose Intergraph's complete Digital Cartographic Suite for its cartographic production, taking advantage of the flexibility and openness of a geographic information system (GIS) while maintaining a high cartographic appearance. Using the new approach, TCI can now pull geospatial data from a database, deriving cartographic products at different scales from large-scale data.

"The main benefit of this new approach is the introduction of GeoSpatial DataBase MultiScale and MultiProducts," said Andreina Galimberti, Director of Cartographic Department, Touring Club Italiano. "This means TCI will update geospatial data, such as graphics and attributes once, and these updates will automatically be used for multiple products regardless of the differing scale."

The new workflow will be useful in TCI's upcoming creation of a new geospatial database of Italy at 1:50K scale that will also be generalized into two different products at 1:100K and 1:200K scales. The new workflow will also position TCI to meet future goals, such as selling digital data on the Internet for online trading.

Final implementation of the new workflow is expected to be completed before the end of the year. For more information about Intergraph's solutions, visit http://imgs.intergraph.com/solutions/. 

About Intergraph 

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions is a leading geospatial solutions provider for the following markets: local, state and federal government; transportation; utilities; communications; location-based services; photogrammetry; remote sensing; cartography; and military and intelligence. 

http://imgs.intergraph.com

 

Sponsored Links

AnyDWG Offers DWG to PDF, DWG to DXF, PDF to DWG, DWG to JPG, PDF to DXF Converters

AutoDWG offers DWF to DWG, DWG to PDF , PDF to DWG, DWG to Flash Converters, DWG Viewer.

eCampus.com Get your stuff for College... Cheap! Textbooks, Greek Gear, DVD's, University Clothing, Computers and MORE!

Access Your PC from Anywhere Free Trial plus 10% Off!