Hexagon Geospatial's (a division of Intergraph Corporation) GeoMedia Professional is a

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(GIS) management solution for map generation and the analysis of geographic information with smart tools that capture and edit spatial data. GeoMedia is used for: creating geographic data; managing geospatial databases; joining business data, location intelligence and geographic data together; creating hard and soft-copy maps; conduct analysis in 'real-time'; base platform for multiple applications, geographic data validation, publishing geospatial information and analyzing mapped information. The GeoMedia family consists of 17 applications tailored for regional and local government, national and federal government, military and intelligence, utilities, communications, photogrammetry and transportation markets. The system does not rely on proprietary data, but rather accesses and uses data sources directly or data that adheres to open standards such as those defined by the

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and others. It is an enterprise-based system, providing an organization the ability to access, conduct analysis and distribute information through the organization or over the Web. GeoMedia includes the following

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desktop software: * GeoMedia Viewer, a free application which allows for map display, simple analysis and output of GeoMedia GeoWorkspace data. It is intended as a distribution mechanism for data created using GeoMedia products; * GeoMedia is licensed under three functional tiers: ** GeoMedia Essentials, allows for dynamic, complex and ''ad hoc'' query and perform basic

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of vector geospatial data across various data sources as well as create layered

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s; ** GeoMedia Advantage, adds to the functionality of Essentials by adding terrain and grid functions which will allow for additional analysis on

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s, flow analysis and

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generation; or ** GeoMedia Professional, includes added capability to collect features,

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management, quality assurance and validation tools as well as

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mapping and management. Besides the desktop platform, there are also server-based GeoMedia products as well as GeoMedia products for various

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to include

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and

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. Optional extensions can be acquired separately to increase the functionality of GeoMedia.

History

GeoMedia was developed under the Intergraph Corporation. However, on December 2, 2013, Intergraph Security, Government and Infrastructure split its divisions and rebranded as Hexagon Geospatial. The GeoMedia software and resources are currently hosted on the Hexagon website.

References

{{Hexagon AB GIS software