Hexagon Geospatial's (a division of
Intergraph Corporation
Intergraph Corporation was an American software development and services company, which now forms part of Hexagon AB. It provides enterprise engineering and geospatially powered software to businesses, governments, and organizations around the w ...
) GeoMedia Professional is a
geographic information system
A geographic information system (GIS) is a type of database containing Geographic data and information, geographic data (that is, descriptions of phenomena for which location is relevant), combined with Geographic information system software, sof ...
(GIS) management solution for map generation and the analysis of geographic information with smart tools that capture and edit spatial data. GeoMedia is used for: creating geographic data; managing geospatial databases; joining business data, location intelligence and geographic data together; creating hard and soft-copy maps; conduct analysis in 'real-time'; base platform for multiple applications, geographic data validation, publishing geospatial information and analyzing mapped information.
The GeoMedia family consists of 17 applications tailored for regional and local government, national and federal government, military and intelligence, utilities, communications, photogrammetry and transportation markets.
The system does not rely on proprietary data, but rather accesses and uses data sources directly or data that adheres to open standards such as those defined by the
Open Geospatial Consortium and others. It is an enterprise-based system, providing an organization the ability to access, conduct analysis and distribute information through the organization or over the Web.
GeoMedia includes the following
Windows
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desktop software:
* GeoMedia Viewer, a free application which allows for map display, simple analysis and output of GeoMedia GeoWorkspace data. It is intended as a distribution mechanism for data created using GeoMedia products;
* GeoMedia is licensed under three functional tiers:
** GeoMedia Essentials, allows for dynamic, complex and ''ad hoc'' query and perform basic
spatial analysis of vector geospatial data across various data sources as well as create layered
maps;
** GeoMedia Advantage, adds to the functionality of Essentials by adding terrain and grid functions which will allow for additional analysis on
digital elevation models, flow analysis and
contour line
A contour line (also isoline, isopleth, or isarithm) of a function of two variables is a curve along which the function has a constant value, so that the curve joins points of equal value. It is a plane section of the three-dimensional grap ...
generation; or
** GeoMedia Professional, includes added capability to collect features,
linear referencing management, quality assurance and validation tools as well as
database schema
The database schema is the structure of a database described in a formal language supported by the database management system (DBMS). The term "schema" refers to the organization of data as a blueprint of how the database is constructed (divide ...
mapping and management.
Besides the desktop platform, there are also server-based GeoMedia products as well as GeoMedia products for various
mobile devices to include
smartphones
A smartphone is a portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, which ...
and
tablet computers. Optional extensions can be acquired separately to increase the functionality of GeoMedia.
References
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GIS software