August 11, 2006

Timmons Group Contracts with VDOT to Integrate Linear Referencing and SOA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information contact:
Lowell Ballard, Director of Advanced Technology
Timmons Group
804.200.6951
lowell.ballard@timmons.com

Richmond, VA – August 11, 2006 - Timmons Group is pleased to announce the company’s Technology sector has been awarded the OneMap Phase 2.0 contract with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).

The OneMap Phase 2.0 contract comes at a time when Timmons Group continues to lead the geospatial services industry in the implementation of innovative Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications.

The goal of the OneMap 2.0 project is to develop a simplified design-time control for displaying GIS data across various non-homogenous applications in an enterprise, while maintaining a consistent look and feel for map presentation. It expands upon Phase 1.0 in that the user will have the ability to create points, lines, polylines and polygons through ESRI ArcGIS Server against an ESRI ArcSDE data source. Phase 2.0 integrates VDOT’s linear referencing system (LRS) and provides the user with the ability to create point and linear-based events.

“OneMap is unique because its base behavior is developer controlled and can be tailored to as many different VDOT Divisions as is needed to maintain and operate the state’s roads, bridges and tunnels, but it will look and respond the same way for each employee. A user with little or no GIS background can be very productive while operating the OneMap interface,” said Lowell Ballard, director of Advanced Technologies for Timmons Group.

Phase 2.0 will also expand on the host of web services to support the OneMap control, adding advanced querying and selection capabilities while remaining true to the SOA model.

About Timmons Group
Timmons Group is a leading provider of geospatial, information architecture, engineering and consulting services across the United States. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Timmons Group has offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic. As a privately held ENR 500 company, Timmons Group maintains a strong business partner relationship with ESRI and 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 the DSS application or Timmons Group services, contact Lowell Ballard at lowell.ballard@timmons.com.

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