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Breaking News - Storage:
USACE Selects EarthWhere Spatial Data Provisioning Application
SANZ Inc, a leading storage consulting and system integration company,
announced that it has been awarded a contract for its EarthWhere Spatial Data
Provisioning Application software with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE), Albuquerque District. The EarthWhere application will assist the
Corps' Albuquerque District office with the management and dissemination of
geospatial data used in the Bosque Wildfires Project. This multi-agency
project includes clearance, construction, restoration, fire prevention and
planning activities in areas of Albuquerque burned by fires in the summer of
2003.
"Data was scattered and difficult to obtain in a timely manner, and we wanted
to share information between many different stakeholders in the project," said
Clay Mathers, GIS coordinator for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "We
selected EarthWhere for its ability to manage and expedite data to the field
for planning or in the case of a fire or other emergency. EarthWhere allowed
us to share data between our city, county, state, tribal and federal partners,
as well as private contractors."
The USACE provides quality, responsive engineering services to the nation,
including civil works projects, construction of military facilities, and
design and construction management support for other defense and federal
agencies. In addition, the USACE has key roles in homeland security and
natural disaster management and is made up of approximately 34,600 civilian
and 650 military men and women. Military and civilian engineers, scientists
and other specialists work hand-in-hand as leaders in engineering and
environmental matters.
EarthWhere delivers real-time access to geospatial data in the format,
projection and datum required by the user's application, delivering on-demand
custom spatial imagery in minutes directly to the desktop. The easy-to-use,
Web-based user interface provides an expert system for combining spatial data
to meet the specific requirements of each end user without the need for
specialized remote sensing skills. EarthWhere supports a wide variety of
imagery formats aggregated from distributed sources to deliver
mission-specific datasets.
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