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Thursday, April 20, 2006

Timmons Group Completes ArcGIS Server Homeland Security Application

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information contact:
Mandy Bartell, Marketing Coordinator
Timmons Group
804.200.6368
mandy.bartell@timmons.com

Richmond, VA – Timmons Group, a leading provider of geospatial services, recently deployed Phase I of the Virginia Readiness Response and Recovery (VR3) application.

The VR3 application provides a common operating platform for the management of homeland security events. The VR3 application allows for the management and display of GIS layers and the creation of ArcSDE-based events. Concentric and custom impact rings are built in the ArcSDE-managed portion of the reporting module. Users are also able to visually deploy response assets through a web based portal. All impact analyses are based on ring groups (e.g., site, local, regional, custom) and impact packages (e.g., infrastructure, population). Impact reports are developed dynamically and delivered in PDF format. User access to site functionality and data display are controlled through LDAP based user management services, providing a scalable and extensible mechanism to control both users and functionality. Many other ArcGIS Server based web services, such as geocoding, support the VR3 application.

The VR3 application is hosted by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) on the Geospatial Enterprise Platform (GEP) which was architected and constructed by Timmons Group to support this and other initiatives. The GEP contains multiple, redundant ESRI ArcIMS, ArcGIS Server and ArcSDE servers configured for high availability and scalability. The VR3 is built on .NET and utilizes Service Oriented Architecture methodologies to promote cost savings, return on investment (ROI) and code reuse.

About Timmons Group

Timmons Group is a leading provider of geospatial, information architecture and engineering services headquartered in Virginia with offices in North Carolina, the Washington DC area and Pennsylvania. Timmons Group is a privately held ENR 500 company and maintains a strong business partner relationship with ESRI. Timmons Group has been a recipient of both the ESRI Business Partner of the Year award and the ESRI Foundation Partner of the Year award.

For more information about Timmons Group services, contact Lowell Ballard at lowell.ballard@timmons.com.