City of Bowlin Green, United States, Chooses Geomap's SIGim To Manage Its Infrastructure
Written by GEOMAP
26 August 2008
After a thorough evaluation of the available options, Bowling Green Municipal Utilities (BGMU), located in Kentucky, in the United States, has chosen the SIGim solution from GEOMAP GIS America to integrate all of its infrastructure management activities through a geographic information system (GIS).
Now that it has purchased the SIGim solution (Municipal inventory and information Management System), the city of Bowling Green, with a population of more than 60,000, will benefit from the integration of all the functions necessary for managing the infrastructure of a city. Based on AutoCAD Map, Autodesk MapGuide and GEOMAP GIS technology, SIGim will allow BGMU to build an information system that will bring together all the assets that the city wishes to manage in a spatial database. These graphic objects will have a bi-directional link to the databases containing the infrastructure data (waterworks and sewers systems). SIGim will allow users to create new spatial entities in an AutoCAD Map environment or on the web and enter their attribute data through the GEOMAP solution. Using real time synchronization, the information will be automatically updated in the different environments and published via the web interface (Autodesk MapGuide), thereby eliminating the need for duplicate data entry. “SIGim allows for information interoperability. Using an Internet or intranet access the different municipal services, elected officials and citizens can share, view, add and update information, no matter where they are located. Each participant can trace his area of interest and access the most up to date information in total confidentiality and in real time”, said Danick Venne, President and CEO of GEOMAP GIS America.
About GEOMAP GEOMAP has been developing and integrating systems based on Autodesk since 1989. The company is an Autodesk Systems Center, an Autodesk Registered Developer and an Authorized Autodesk Solution Provider. Oracle, Microsoft and Business Objects are also GEOMAP business partners. GEOMAP’s European headquarters are located in the French Alps. GEOMAP also has offices in Paris and Lyon in France and in Luxemburg and Africa. GEOMAP’s American headquarters are located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Expert in deploying GIS applications in large organizations, municipalities and government institutions, GEOMAP integrates multiuser architectures using Internet and web technologies. The GEOMAP GIS unique technology, built on AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map and Autodesk MapGuide, allows for the building of an information system that brings together all the assets that an organization wishes to manage in computerized plans. These solutions allow users to create, update, change and distribute graphic and alphanumeric information in order to help managers, technical and non-technical users with their daily maintenance operations and strategic planning.
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