HSGT Announces Any*GIS™ Version 3.5 

Enterprise GIS Solution Continues Support for Open Standards While Incorporating Additional Functionality 

Westminster, Colorado - February 20, 2004 - Hitachi Software Global Technology (HSGT) announces the March 1st release of its open spatial data integration solution, Any*GIS Version 3.5. This release includes a document management extension, GPS support on the Any*GIS mobile client, and several new functions within the Spatial Information Module (SIM) and Network Information Module (NIM). 

Any*GIS is a Geographic Information System that allows organizations to adopt open standards while preserving legacy spatial data and work flows. Any*GIS is based on Open GIS Consortium standards that include the OpenGISÆ Simple Features Specification (SFS), Coordinate Transformation Services (CT), and Geography Markup Language (GML). It also employs open industry standards, including Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), eXtensible Markup Language (XML), and Structure Query Language (SQL). 

New Key Features of Any*GIS Version 3.5:

* A robust document management extension that allows geographic features to link to multiple document sources such as Office documents, CAD drawing files, graphics files, and scanned images.

* GPS support for the Any*GIS mobile client with location tracking and automatic map orientation to indicate directional heading. 

* An improved Network Information Module (NIM) that includes support for the GIS interface of the MultiSpeak Version 2.2 specification. 

* An enhanced Spatial Information Module (SIM) with expanded relationship query that performs value calculations from attribute data. 

* Native support of IBM DB2 Spatial Extender datastores.

* Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 3 operating system.

ìAny*GIS has always supported open standards and the integration of disparate GIS data sets,î stated Mr. Robert Carroll, Vice President of Hitachi Software Global Technology. ìWith the release of Version 3.5, we are expanding our solution to support customer challenges - including facility and resource management and field data access.î 

Any*GIS Version 3.5 Enterprise Server, GeoAdapters, and clients will be generally available in March 2004. 

About Hitachi Software Global Technology
Hitachi Software is a leading software, data, and solution provider for companies seeking to maximize their potential through spatial information. Hitachi Software solutions combine Open GIS Consortium standards; imagery and vector data products; and award-winning automatic vectorization software. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and with operations in Colorado, USA and Orleans, France, Hitachi Software continues to pioneer new technologies and services for customers such as utilities, telecommunications companies, and governments. 

Hitachi has been a technical member of the Open GIS Consortium, Inc. since 1997. For more information about the company, please visit www.hsgt.com. 

About Any*GIS
Built on Open GIS Consortium standards and open systems architecture, Any*GIS is a multi-tiered interoperable framework that integrates multiple GIS data sources. Any*GIS supports spatial data access and updating to OpenGIS Simple Feature Specification datastores in Oracle and SQL Server, as well as proprietary formats from Autodesk, ESRI, Intergraph, MapInfo, and GE Power Systems (Smallworld). 

Trademark and Copyright Information
Information contained herein is subject to change without notice.

Any*GIS is a trademark of Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. (parent company of HSGT)

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