
02 August 2007, 10:12am
Intergraph Team Selected as the Preferred Supplier for Ordnance Survey’s New Geospatial Database and Data Management System
Following an intensive tender process, conducted under the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, Competitive Dialogue Procedure, Intergraph has been selected as the Preferred Supplier by Ordnance Survey of Great Britain for the provision of its new Geospatial Database and Data Management System. Ordnance Survey’s decision marks an important stage in the selection process although it does not yet constitute a contract award. The system will provide centralised planning and management of Ordnance Survey’s production activities in addition to managing the large-scale data holdings that are used to generate products such as OS MasterMap. The Intergraph team includes 1Spatial and Snowflake Software and includes Oracle’s database and application server technologies.

Each month we select a hot topic and a leading figure in the industry to write about it.HAVE WE REALLY LEARNT THE LESSONS FROM LAST YEAR’S FLOODS?
Flooding costs associated with extreme weather, both financial and emotional, have increased considerably over the last decade, and experts have predicted this trend is set to continue.
Paul Livett, Chairman of GroundSure looks into how increasing the use of flood risk information in property transactions can help to ensure both residential and commercial transactions are conducted on a truly informed basis, with buyers being made aware of environmental risks prior to purchase.
Over 2.2 million homes and small businesses in the UK are located in areas considered at risk of flooding, and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said that 570,000 of these face a high risk of flooding. The floods in June and July last year left approximately 48,000 households… More…
Paul Livett
Chairman of GroundSure