Dublin Bus streamlines maintenance and cuts costs by spatially enabling data from 5,000 bus stops.

“Oracle Spatial has enabled us to build a highly effective, low-cost, multi-user solution for managing our 5,000 bus stops and helping us improve the efficiency of the services we offer to the public.” – Donal Keating, Operations Support

Patrick Prepares With GIS—Military Geospatial Technology, October 12, 2006 (HTML)

The 45th Space Wing, headquartered at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida is using crisis management software and a newly developed damage assessment tool. The software enables the facility to meet 48-hour damage assessment requirements and helps responders identify where vital areas such as buildings/areas where people would likely be located.

The assessment system is the third integrated CAD/GIS implemented by the 45th Space Wing, using an Oracle Spatial database. Oracle Spatial's open architecture has enabled this integration helping eliminate stovepiping of data.

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Where2GetIt, Inc's Web and phone-based locator services help manufacturers and retailers connect consumers to places to buy, both online and locally, driving more traffic to dealer or retail stores.

"Oracle Spatial provides full, broad-based functionality for our full range of geospatial services."—Manish Patel, CEO, Where2GitIt, Inc.

The database of databases: Evolution In Warehousing Means Better Information Sharing—Government Computer News, June 2006 (HTML)

Drew Rob, writing for Government Computer News, describes how the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) uses Oracle Database technology for its data warehouse supporting its National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program.

"We stayed with Oracle because of its support for a wide array of functionality including Oracle Spatial, text search, and indexing....We had to bring in data from SQL Server and Ingress databases was well as text data."— Nathaniel Booth, IT Specialist, Geological Survey Data Center, Middleton, Wisconsin

"We were looking for a central repository to share information....By having a central database where people can publish their data, we can provide users with a one-source shopping point."—Tim Pudoff, GIS Manager