Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions recently announced that GeoMedia Grid 5.0, an advanced, fully integrated grid analysis toolkit for GeoMedia, is now shipping worldwide.

Built as a collaborative effort with Keigan Systems, the new product combines the strengths of GeoMedia's vector GIS capabilities and the power of grid analysis tools within a single GIS environment. An integrated GIS environment provides an efficient setting to explore spatial relationships dynamically and enables mapping, GIS, and IT professionals to produce more insightful results as they compare, combine, and relate vector and grid data.

In addition, GeoMedia Grid's capability to move seamlessly from a vector to grid environment and back to vector allows users to easily apply the analysis and modelling method that is best suited to any given stage of an analysis workflow in applications such as crime mapping, incident mapping, business planning, hydrologic engineering, spill mapping, habitat modelling, least cost routing, troop movement, corridor mapping, field of fire mapping, and tower locating.

GeoMedia Grid is suitable for solving geospatial analysis problems for hot spot (spatial cluster) analysis, flow characterisation analysis, surface analysis, viewshed analysis, relationship modelling and data visualisation.

Key new features available in GeoMedia Grid 5.0 include:

* Conversion between grid and vector features.

* Grid/raster reprojection and rubbersheeting.

* Grid overlay analysis.

* Surface creation and analysis functions.

* Improved interpolation utilities.

* Zonal, focal, and regional features for measurement, characterisation, and statistics.

* 3D visualisation.

* Grid classification facilities.

* Grid data editing.

* Hydrological data processing (watershed delineation and stream segmentation).

* Support for all standard formats - DEM DTED, remote sensory imagery, and scanned images.

Further, GeoMedia Grid enables developers to:

* Build a customised raster/vector GIS.

* Create pushbutton solutions for clients.

* Add map viewing and manipulation facilities to existing applications.

* Combine grid tools with GeoMedia functionality.

* Build tailored spatial models.

The new product also comes with an extensive MS HTML Help feature that defines the methods and properties of each object and control.

For more information contact Pat Thomson, Intergraph Systems, 011 313 1222, pthomson@intergraph.co.za