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CubeWerx Receives Prestigious Kenneth G. Gardels Award From OpenGIS® Consortium
CubeWerx recognized for its contribution towards the development and adoption of interoperable specifications for a 'geo-enabled' Web
Gatineau, June 16th, 2003 – CubeWerx, a world leader in the development and commercialization of interoperable technologies for the storage, management and distribution of geospatial data on the Internet, announced today that three of its directors had been recognized by the OpenGIS® Consortium for their contributions.
Edric Keighan, President and CEO, William Lalonde, Director of Product Development, and Peter Vretanos, Senior Database Developer, were awarded the Kenneth G. Gardels Award at a special reception, held on June 11, 2003, in Dulles, Virginia. The Gardels Award, a gold medallion, is awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to advance the OpenGIS® Consortium’s vision of geographic information fully integrated into the world’s information.
OGC is an international industry consortium of more than 250 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications. OpenGIS® specifications support interoperable solutions that “geo-enable” the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.
Since joining OGC in 1999, CubeWerx has demonstrated an unwavering commitment towards the development of Open Web Services specifications to free up the exchange of geospatial information on the Internet. CubeWerx has taken on the editorship of several key OGC specifications: the Web Map Server, the Web Feature Server, the Style Layer Descriptor and the Filter Specifications.
“Working with the OpenGIS® Consortium towards the establishment of truly interoperable spatial data infrastructures as always been a source of great pride and motivation for CubeWerx”, said Edric Keighan, President & CEO, “And the growing acceptance and adoption of OGC specifications—the Web Map Server specification alone has been implemented in over 55 GIS-related software products—definitely validate the vision shared by all OGC members”.
“CubeWerx also recognizes the important role played by some of its partners and clients: GeoConnections, Centre for Topographic Information - Sherbrooke (Natural Resources Canada), Space Imaging, US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC - Topographic Engineering Center (TEC), Health Canada, Department of National Defence (DND) and Canadian Forestry Services. They have all acknowledged the enhanced functionality and the additional cost-benefits that have resulted from the deployment of CubeWerx OGC-compliant technologies.”
ABOUT CUBEWERX
Founded in 1996, CubeWerx is recognized internationally for its expertise in the development of sophisticated relational database management systems (RDBMS) for the integration, storage, management and distribution of geospatial data types. Its spatial data warehousing and interoperable web server technologies have been implemented by leading geospatial data providers.
More information on CubeWerx is available on the Internet at www.cubewerx.com.
For more information please contact:
G. Daniel Houle
Tel.: (819) 771-8303 x208
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