Veteran GIS User Selects Open Spatial and Munsys

AUSTRALIA, Sydney, Sep. 26, 2005 - Open Spatial Australia today announced that Tweed Shire Council, located in Australia's fastest growing region, has selected Open Spatial Australia to supply its Spatial Solutions. These solutions are based on the premise of Data Quality, Data Accuracy, and Data Integrity.

The Open Spatial solutions are based on the popular Munsys spatial data capture and management software. Using pervasive, risk-averse technologies from Oracle and Autodesk as a foundation, Open Spatial Australia delivers accurate spatial data management to Local Government and Utilities.

Bridging the gap between Engineering (CAD applications) and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) has been a priority for all GIS users looking for improved productivity. Recognition that it (CAD and GIS) is all spatial data is a key differentiator in the Open Spatial offering that will deliver direct productivity gains for Tweed Shire Council staff. The ability to process the drawings from development sub-divisions automatically will reduce the time needed to validate As-Built drawings and incorporate them into the corporate database for access by all staff throughout the organisation.

Russ Merry Chief Information Officer at Tweed Shire Council commented that; “Tweed Shire Council is a third generation GIS user with a savvy user audience. Installing a traditional GIS solution was not going to deliver any added value to the business beyond that already delivered by the existing products. We found that Open Spatial was the only vendor that stood out head and shoulders above the others with focus on data quality and real world applications that deliver productivity improvements to tired and repetitive business processes.”

Open Spatial's solution places total emphasis on the quality and integrity of the data, delivering all the functionality that a mature GIS customer would require. Moreover the CAD heritage of Autodesk delivers a level of accuracy and precision that is unprecedented to the GIS community.

“Open Spatial spoke our language and proved that their solutions best fitted our business problems,” added Merry.

“Tweed Shire Council, has evaluated our solution exhaustively constantly looking for innovative products and processes to improve efficiencies. To be selected over multi-national traditional GIS vendors in our industry is testament and recognition that innovation continues to survive in this difficult IT landscape. This is another great achievement for our company,” said Managing Director of Open Spatial Australia, Anthony Jahshan.

“Tweed Shire Council is a committed Microsoft SQL Server site however we recognised that the spatial functionality of Oracle Locator complements the information held within our corporate databases. Our research from existing Open Spatial customers indicates that Oracle will have no additional maintenance impact to what we currently have in place for Microsoft SQL Server. An important facet of the project with Open Spatial is to seamlessly integrate our spatial and corporate applications including integration to ADI Dataworks and Tech One Proclaim which both run on Microsoft SQL Server,” added Merry.

About Open Spatial

With offices on three continents the Open Spatial companies distribute and provide first level technical support for the Munsys suite of products. Open Spatial delivers desktop and web-based geospatial solutions to governments and utilities. It bases its solutions on OpenGIS standards and is committed to bridging the gap between engineering and GIS using proven applications with well defined benefits.

For more information please visit www.openspatial.com

About Munsys

Munsys Technologies (Pty) Ltd is a leading software development company offering geospatial solutions that are specifically tailored to the growing needs of utility and government organizations. Founded in 1993, Munsys Technologies applies its industry expertise to offer database driven applications for the management of cadastral, drainage, electricity, roads, sewer, and water infrastructure.

For more information please visit www.munsys.com

Munsys is a trademark of Munsys Technologies (Pty) Ltd in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders.