Luciad announces LuciadMap V8.0 which integrates with Oracle Spatial 11g. The new ‘Oracle Spatial’ database connector in LuciadMap V8.0 contains functionality corresponding to the Oracle Spatial extension of the Oracle Enterprise Database product. LuciadMap’s ‘Oracle Spatial’ database connector comes with support for vector data and GeoRaster objects while the ‘Oracle Locator’ database connector contains vector support functionality.

"We have been very pleased with the short time and effort it has taken to integrate our solution with more and more of the Oracle stack based on customer requests...."—thincSoft Chief Operating Officer Jim Kowalski.

"thincSoft has expanded its integration with Oracle products and solutions to include: Oracle WebCenter, Oracle Spatial 10g, Oracle Coherence, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, Oracle Data Warehouse, and Oracle's security solutions including Label Security and Identity Management."

Interoperation Streamlines Workflows and Enables Spatial Analyses on Airport Site and Building Space.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated announces "...Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) has chosen Oracle® Spatial integrated with Bentley Geospatial Server, including ProjectWise Connector for Oracle, to efficiently store, edit, and maintain spatial data used in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of Toronto Pearson International Airport. The diverse data will reside in an enterprise-wide geospatial database on Oracle Database 10g Release 2...."

TatukGIS announces support for Oracle Spatial/Locator database coverages in:

• GIS Developer Kernel .NET
• GIS Developer Kernel ActiveX
• GIS Developer Kernel VCL
• GIS Internet Server
• GIS Editor

Farallon Geographics' GIS PavePlan application takes advantage of Oracle Spatial reduce decision making time from several months to only days.

DigitalGlobe announces that Oracle and DigitalGlobe will offer satellite imagery to Oracle® Database 11g customers. Using Oracle Spatial, DigitalGlobe will provide real-time access to its extensive image library. To help customers test-drive imagery in their image applications, DigitalGlobe allows advanced access to sample imagery through OTN.

With this announcement, DigitalGlobe's high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery is now available to customers' mission-critical applications and decision support systems.

Leica Geosystems announces its newest version of Leica ADE will be Oracle 11g compatible.

“With Oracle 11g compatibility, Leica ADE is empowered to offer a broader collection of applications with real time visualization, query and synchronous editing of both geospatial and business data.”—Mladen Stojic, Senior Vice President, Product Management and Marketing

EDINA and Snowflake Software announce that academic users in higher and further education institutions now have access to Ordnance Survey MasterMap through the EDINA Digimap service.

Hull City Council's (HCC) iSMART based application is built on a foundation of trusted data residing in a single Oracle Spatial database. During recent flooding in the city eSpatial quickly extended the application to add flood information. A live feed of information relieved incident room pressure and allowed sharing of critical geographic information such as flooded or blocked street instantly with the public.

PSMA Australia’s LYNX receives an Exemplary Systems in Government award from the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA).

The Florida Turnpike Enterprise recognizes the need to migrate their data into Oracle Spatial to create a foundation for deploying enterprise-wide spatial information systems, then selects Leica ADE to provide web-based and wireless location-based applications. The comprehensive solution provides the same data access and analysis in that field as in the office while improving data currency and accuracy.

Safe Software, makers of the FME® spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) platform announce plans to support Oracle® Database 11g and Oracle Spatial 11g. Support for enhanced GeoRaster capabilities in Oracle Spatial 11g will be followed by support for Oracle's new 3D spatial type.

EXOR's commitment to Oracle's open Spatial technology fits South East Water's long term GIS connect strategy and is key to their appointment to deliver new noticing systems which will utilize the National Street Gazetteer (NSG), meet Traffic Management Act (TMA) requirements and improve South East Water's business processes.

eSpatial announces that the existing Military Installations LBS application for the US DoD: MilitaryHOMEFRONT can now be accessed on the move via mobile/handheld devices.  The application was developed on an Oracle Spatial 10g platform.

eSpatial announces the launch of the latest version of its leading Geospatial iSMART® product suite, iSMART 5.2.  iSMART 5.2 provides increased support for Oracle Spatial 10g GeoRaster GRID data and integrated support for Oracle Workspace Manager within iSMART Maps.

GE Energy announces a collaboration with Oracle to develop a network design and maintenance application which will meet the needs of the small- to mid-size North American electric distribution market and expand GE's geospatial product portfolio.

"...In order to meet our customer's needs around IT standardization, our new utility geospatial product line based directly on Oracle Spatial is developed and deployed on a supported industry model without the need for proprietary abstraction layers."—Bob Gilligan, General Manager of GE Energy's transmission and distribution business

PCI Geomatics and eSpatial Solutions Ltd., announce their technology in use as part of the Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) National Mapping Centre. The system automatically ingests and corrects the best available satellite imagery, stores the images in an Oracle 10g database, and outputs digital maps and satellite images maps.

eSpatial Solutions Ltd., announces that Hull City Council has selected eSpatial to deliver a Web Based GIS built on its iSMART Xtra for Local Governments solutions framework. iSMART Xtra for Local Government will form an integral part of Hull's data strategy, managing data residing in Oracle and complementing existing technologies.

eSpatial Solutions Ltd., announces that the US Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel & Readiness, Military Community & Family Policy has deployed an Installation and Directories of Services application. The MilitaryINSTALLATIONS LBS (Location Based Services) application provides a web-based central point of access to information for the military community and was developed using eSpatial's iSMART product on an Oracle 10g Spatial platform including location services.

LizardTech, announces the release of GeoExpress 6.1. This version enables users to easily load imagery directly into Oracle Spatial via the GeoExpress GUI. Through its integration with LizardTech's Spatial Express, customers are able to optimize their Oracle 10g investment by storing raster imagery natively in MrSID and JPEG 2000 formats. This means customers can now store, manage, and access images that are hundreds of gigabytes in size more efficiently from within their Oracle database.

eSpatial Solutions Ltd., announces iSMART 5.1 which provides even deeper support for Oracle functionality, including integration with Oracle 10g MapViewer. This integration allows data rendered by MapViewer to be combined with other data managed by iSMART, provides iSMART's end user tools for data management, visualization, and editing to Oracle MapViewer, and increases the range of data types that may be viewed using iSMART tools and custom applications.

Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc. announces that it was named 2006 winner of the Oracle® Spatial Excellence "Innovator of the Year" Award in recognition of its Gradient Analysis Tool. The award is one of Oracle's annual Spatial Excellence Awards and acknowledges Guy Carpenter & Company for contributing to the advancement of mainstream enterprise solutions using geospatial technology.

PCI Geometrics® announces their attendance at the 29th GITA Annual Conference and the integration of PCI Geomtrica® Image Management System (GIMS) with eSpatial iSMART. "GIMS is a robust and effective, enterprise-wide solution that can store, process, and access geospatial data. Built using PCI Geomatics, Oracle, and eSpatial technology, GIMS is a solution for organizations looking to go one step further in integrating and managing geospatial data in the enterprise environment.