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GeoLeaders & CubeWerx Announce Emergency Mapping Solution Washington, DC, May 20, 2004 --GeoLeaders, an international network of providers of standards-based geospatial technology products and services, announced today the availability of an Emergency Mapping solution that enables organizations to rapidly communicate and easily understand complex emergency management situations.The Emergency Mapping solution is based on CubeWerx software, Open GIS Consortium, Inc.standards and implements the U.S.Federal Geographic Data Committee's (FGDC) emerging standard for emergency mapping. "Lack of easy-to-understand map symbols can quickly degrade communications during emergency situations.As more applications are deployed to support emergency management, interoperability between mapping platforms and standardized emergency map symbology becomes a major issue," said Edric Keighan, President & CEO of CubeWerx Inc."CubeWerx is pleased to provide this Emergency Mapping solution to enable the Homeland Security community to benefit from the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) work of the FGDC.The solution offers a common enabling environment for widely used desktop platforms including ESRI ArcGIS, MapInfo and others and will enhance the ability of geospatial community to support Homeland Security operations." "Accelera Solutions, Inc.is a recent GeoLeaders' Partner focused on providing access to critical data that is pulled together from disparate sources to provide a "situational snapshot".The GeoLeaders solution provides unique capabilities that no other geospatial software company provides today.We look forward to implementing GeoLeaders products to enrich our "situational snapshot" solutions", said Joe Brown, President of Accelera."We believe that this type of emergency mapping solution will be vital to providing situational awareness for Homeland Security." "Thanks to the hard work of the FGDC and early adoption by our Technology and Channel Partners, GeoLeaders can now provide organizations the ability to rapidly communicate and easily understand complex emergency management situations," said Jeff Harrison, Executive Director for GeoLeaders."Even though work on this new standard continues, this type of emergency mapping solution represents an important first step towards enhancing emergency management and first responder mapping and communications." About CubeWerx Inc. Founded in 1996, CubeWerx has been developing standards-based off the shelf software products in response to requirements for interoperable Spatial Data Infrastructures.CubeWerx is an innovative software company whose products support the most demanding requirements for the integration, access and management of very large volumes of spatial data over the web.CubeWerx products were developed using open specifications from the Open GIS Consortium (OGC).More information on CubeWerx is available at www.cubewerx.com. About GeoLeaders, LLC GeoLeaders was founded on the principle that geospatial solutions built on open standards are not only viable, but offer a better long-term return on investment and meet requirements for interoperability more appropriately than proprietary, single vendor solutions.Through its Partner Network, GeoLeaders unites providers of OGC standards-based technology products with professional services companies to deliver on customer requirements with standards-based technology.Software solutions distributed through GeoLeaders meet guidelines established in the United States Federal Geographic Data Committee's geospatial interoperability reference model, and other standards for geospatial interoperability.For information on upcoming Emergency Mapping seminars, GeoLeaders or to join the GeoLeaders Partner Network visit www.geoleaders.com. ESRI and ArcGIS are registered trademarks of Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.MapInfo is a registered trademark of MapInfo Corporation. ABOUT CUBEWERX INC. About GeoLeaders, LLC GeoLeaders was founded on the principle that today geospatial solutions built on open standards are not only viable, but offer a better long-term return on investment and meet increasing requirements for interoperability more appropriately than proprietary, single vendor solutions. Through its global Partner Network, GeoLeaders is uniting providers of OGC compliant technology products, with professional services companies to more effectively deliver on customer requirements with standards based technology, and to reinforce the momentum built by the OGC and its members. In helping address the increasing need for interoperability and multi-vendor support, all software solutions distributed through GeoLeaders will meet guidelines established in the United States Federal Geographic Data Committee's (FGDC) geospatial interoperability reference model, the OGC, and other standards for interoperable geospatial systems. For more information on GeoLeaders or to join the GeoLeaders Partner Network please visit www.geoleaders.com. For more information please contact: |
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