OSP Consultants chooses SPATIALinfo's SPATIALnet technology for GIS needs.
SPATIALnet, Autodesk, and Microsoft SQL Server provide technology foundation for analyzing and solving business issues related to communications projects.
Denver, Colorado, and Sydney, Australia, July 7, 2000 – SPATIALinfo, a leading developer of geo-spatial information technology solutions, today announced that it has been selected to provide a spatially enabled engineering design solution to OSP Consultants of Sterling, VA (OSP) by implementing its SPATIALnet™ and SDM™ solution.
"OSP Consultants was looking for a very flexible and open system which we could use on various types of customer work", says OSP Project Manager, Mr. Jamie Wile. "We looked at several of the competing products in the market place and SPATIALinfo offered the most features and the most flexible system we have seen. We initially need the system for our current Strand Mapping project, but, we can easily have it configured to do other customers work by changing the Data Modeler business rules. Because of the way SPATIALinfo has structured its software we can very easily deliver data to a customer without having to worry about bits of proprietary information that might get left behind in some other system. Everything we put into the system comes directly out of the database no matter which format we want to deliver in, or which application we want to interact with", says Mr. Wile.
According to Wes Clain, US Vice President of Business Development for SPATIALinfo, "OSP's needs and directions are very typical of today's industry; everyone wants a system where you can change as the business dictates, not as the software vendor dictates. SPATIALinfo's approach to AM/FM/GIS is to enable the best component software on the market to do a job of work without having to re-learn new software or drastically change business processes. OSP wanted to use its existing AutoCAD® and SQL Server® investment, and we can do the same for people needing to use Microstation® or Oracle®, or combinations. OSP's choice of SPATIALinfo's technology underscores the data access and application integration power of the SPATIALnet and Spatial Data Manager (SDM) platform. The need to seamlessly support an enterprise repository such as SQL Server or Oracle, as well as other legacy formats, represents reality for most organizations today. We are pleased that our technology can serve their needs now and into the future and that OSP will achieve their business goals with SPATIALnet."
"The communications, utility, and network design and construction markets have a critical need for solutions which spatially-enable engineering design, allow integration of spatial information with corporate applications, and facilitate seamless enterprise access to spatial information. As the business re-engineering processes continue, companies need systems which seamlessly handle the information and recording cycle of complicated network and GIS data; both within and outside the organization." said Mr. Peter Mitchell, SPATIALinfo's Chief Executive Officer.
SPATIALnet is a comprehensive AM/FM/GIS application for capturing, editing and displaying communications and utility inside and outside plant networks, modeled and stored in a relational database. The software can integrate with a wide range of other systems, for superior enterprise access to spatial data from all reaches of the organization. SPATIALnet presently uses the AutoCAD Map 2000® client from Autodesk for graphics manipulation and display, and can be readily integrated with other client applications, such as Bentley's Microstation. Database support currently includes Oracle and Microsoft® SQL Server.
About OSP Consultants:
OSP is a telecommunications firm specializing in providing innovative technology solutions to design, to build, and to manage telecommunications infrastructure projects worldwide. OSP Consultants is headquartered in Sterling VA and has over 2000 employees.
Visit OSP Consultants Web Site at: www.osp.com
About SPATIALinfo:
SPATIALinfo is a software company with global partners and a long history of providing geo-relational products and technologies, consulting, applications development, data migration, and systems integration services into AM/FM, GIS, and Enterprise Information Systems markets world-wide. SPATIALinfo's U.S. headquarters are located in Denver, Colorado with worldwide headquarters based in Sydney, Australia.
Visit the SPATIALinfo Web Site at: www.spatialinfo.com
SPATIALinfo, SPATIALnet, and SDM are trademarks of SPATIALinfo Pty Limited. SQL Server is a trademark of Microsoft. Oracle is a trademark of Oracle Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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