Disaster Planning Scenario At GITA Conference Showcases Safe
Software's Web-Based Spatial ETL Technology
Vancouver, B.C. - May 8, 2006 - Safe Software Inc. - the world's
leading supplier of interoperability tools for exchanging spatial data
- today announced that the company had the pleasure of participating
in a unique interoperability demonstration held on April 24 as part of
the opening session of the Geospatial Information and Technology
Association's (GITA) Annual Conference 29.
The demonstration took the form of an entertaining and informative
stage production that highlighted the effectiveness of the Open
Geospatial Consortium's (OGC) open web services standards for sharing
spatial data. OGC Web Map Service (WMS), Web Feature Service (WFS) and
GML standards were employed in a scenario that required real-time data
sharing between Safe Software and nine other product vendors including
Applied Science Associates, Autodesk Inc., Bentley Systems Inc.,
eSpatial Solutions Ltd., ESRI, IONIC Enterprise Inc., Intergraph
Corporation, Oracle, and TELUS Geomatics.
In the first stage of the scenario, officials from the City of Tampa,
Florida - the location for the GITA conference were required to
rapidly construct a proposal presenting Tampa as an alternative venue
for the 2012 International Games. Safe Software's FME®-based
SpatialDirect® was used to read infrastructure and transportation data
for the City of Tampa from the IONIC WFS server and distribute this
data in GML, XML, and other formats required by the various map
applications used by other participants. Using data provided by
SpatialDirect in XML format, ESRI's ArcGIS® Explorer was able to
display existing infrastructure and roads. This served as the starting
point for further analysis of the City's water and road infrastructure
to identify upgrades that may be required to host the 2012 Games.
SpatialDirect also played a key role in providing critical data during
the second stage of the demonstration and showed the important
contribution Spatial Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) technology can
make to disaster response coordination. In this part of the scenario,
an oil tanker collision supposedly occurred in Tampa Bay, resulting in
an oil spill and toxic gas cloud which threatened coastal Tampa
communities. This time, SpatialDirect made electronic navigation,
logistics, and transportation data from the IONIC WFS server available
to the other map application vendors. The data helped analysts to
assess the disaster situation as it unfolded, provided a context
within which to display their gas plume model projections, and allowed
them to evaluate which evacuation routes and hospitals might be
affected by the toxic plume.
"Safe Software was pleased to play a part in this innovative and
successful demonstration," said Don Murray, President of Safe
Software. "Exercises such as this show how critical
standards-compliant Spatial ETL technology is as a vehicle for sharing
data between diverse systems."
More about SpatialDirect
SpatialDirect is available as a stand-alone product or as a plug-in
that enables spatial data to be delivered via web-mapping
applications. Visit www.safe.com/spatialdirect for more information or
a free product evaluation.
More about Safe Software
Safe Software Inc. is the industry leader in Spatial ETL (Extract,
Transform, and Load) technologies, providing spatial data sharing and
transformation solutions, and professional services. Since 1993, Safe
Software has focused on helping organizations enhance access to
spatial data by providing software solutions that deliver seamless
data format translation. For more information, visit www.safe.com.
FME and SpatialDirect are registered trademarks of Safe Software Inc.
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For More Information:
Karen Liu
Director of Marketing
Safe Software Inc.
Suite 2017 - 7445 132nd Street
Surrey, B.C., Canada V3W 1J8
(604) 501-9985
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Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or SpatialDirect via our
Professional Services team. Visit www.safe.com/services for details.
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