ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered)"> <title>geomedia_mgtk</title> <link rel=Stylesheet type="text/css" media=all href="../../st.css"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;} @font-face {font-family:Consolas; panose-1:2 11 6 9 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} h1 {mso-style-link:"Heading 1 Char"; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:24.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; font-weight:bold;} p.MsoBodyTextIndent, li.MsoBodyTextIndent, div.MsoBodyTextIndent {mso-style-link:"Body Text Indent Char"; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText {mso-style-link:"Plain Text Char"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Courier New";} p {margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate {mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.Heading1Char {mso-style-name:"Heading 1 Char"; mso-style-link:"Heading 1"; font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:#365F91; font-weight:bold;} span.BodyTextIndentChar {mso-style-name:"Body Text Indent Char"; mso-style-link:"Body Text Indent"; font-family:SimSun;} span.PlainTextChar {mso-style-name:"Plain Text Char"; mso-style-link:"Plain Text"; font-family:Consolas;} p.body, li.body, div.body {mso-style-name:body; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; background:white; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} p.fo, li.fo, div.fo {mso-style-name:fo; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} p.p, li.p, div.p {mso-style-name:p; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt;} span.BalloonTextChar {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char"; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text"; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} /* List Definitions */ ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0> <div class=WordSection1> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td width=150 style='width:112.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><img width=172 height=48 src="../../img/Products.jpg" alt="Description: img\Products.jpg"></p> </td> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=topicd><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993366'>MRF GISNet  The Next-Generation GIS</span></b></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'>&nbsp;</span></p> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 id=Table3> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'> <tr> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3366FF'>1. Introduction</span></b></p> <p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MRF strongly believes that web-based GIS editing represents the future direction of GIS. MRF GISNet is the result of many years research and development. It is totally web-based and allows users to edit GIS features from web browsers. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MRF GISNet consists of Oracle Locator, MRF SVG Map Server, MRF Digital Submittal, and MRF GIS Editor. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The architecture of MRF GISNet includes three major components: The MRF GISNet Server, MRF GISNet Administrator, and MRF GISNet User. The MRF GISNet Server is mainly the MRF SVG Map Server, but it includes the newly added oracle transaction module, MRF Clean processing module and other modules; The MRF GISNet  Administrator includes the User Manager, Feature Class Manager, Application Manager, Display Manager, and Transaction Manager; The MRF GISNet User is a web-based application integrated with MRF GISNet Editor for users to do routine GIS data maintenance.   </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=426 height=404 src="GISNet_files/image002.gif" alt="Description: Products\GISNet\GISNet_files\image002.gif"></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>System Architecture</span></i></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#3366FF'>2. Major Capabilities of MRF GISNet</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2.1 Temporal GIS</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Every transaction is versioned using Oracle Workspace Manager. The user and the time of the transaction are also recorded. Versioning makes it possible for a user to find all the transactions that have occurred within a certain time period in a given geographic area.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2.2 Concurrent Multi-user Editing</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Each user will extract GIS objects from the enterprise GIS database. Only the un-locked GIS objects can be extracted and locked for editing. This approach prevents simultaneous editing of the same GIS objects by multiple users.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2.3 COGO Commands</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MRF GISNet supports many COGO commands for precise placement of GIS features. The currently supported COGO commands include:</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Point (X, Y) input</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Delta X, Delta Y input</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Distance, Bearing</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tangent Arc</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Non-Tangent Arc</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2.4 Advanced GIS Editing</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MRF GISNet Editor supports advanced snapping to grid, node, and line segments. When a node is moved, a user has the option to move all entities that are connected to the same node. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2.5 Closure Calculation and Least Squares Adjustment</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MRF GISNet  will perform closure calculation for each polygon based on surveyed distance and bearing information. It will also perform least squares adjustment of the surveyed distances and bearings. These capabilities will make it much easier for a user to integrate a new subdivision into the parcel layer.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2.6 Digital Submittal</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.0pt'><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Users can import a CAD drawing representing a new subdivision into MRF GISNet. MRF GISNet has the utilities to extract the entities occurring in the same area as the imported CAD drawing and update them with the contents of the digital submittal.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#3366FF'>3. Sample Screenshots of MRF GISNet</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.1 MRF GISNet User Manager</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=446 height=317 src="GISNet_files/image004.jpg" alt="Description: Products\GISNet\GISNet_files\image004.jpg"></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The user manager interface allows the administrator to add new users to the system. Each user or user group can be assigned different levels of access privileges (none, read only, extract, submit).</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.2 Feature Class Manager</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=446 height=334 src="GISNet_files/image006.jpg" alt="Description: Products\GISNet\GISNet_files\image006.jpg"></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MRF GISNet allows the administrator to create a new feature class and define its attributes.  </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.3 Main Graphical User Interface</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=481 height=361 src="GISNet_files/image008.jpg" alt="Description: Products\GISNet\GISNet_files\image008.jpg"></span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The user usually logs into GISNet and is presented with the above main user interface. The user usually zooms into an area of interest and extracts some GIS objects for editing.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.4 MRF GISNet Editor</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=622 height=491 src="GISNet_files/image010.jpg" alt="Description: Products\GISNet\GISNet_files\image010.jpg"></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A user extracts unlocked GIS objects into the Java editor to perform editing. The editing is done in a user s personal workspace, ensuring that  the corporate GIS database is not affected. When the user <i>checks-in</i> the newly created edits and the edits pass integrity checks, the changes will then be visible to the enterprise.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.5 View Area Transaction and View User Transaction</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Since each transaction is versioned in the database, a user can easily view all the transactions of any given area as shown in the following screenshot. Similarly, we can also view all the transactions committed by a user over a specified time period.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=629 height=446 src="GISNet_files/image012.jpg" alt="Description: Products\GISNet\GISNet_files\image012.jpg"></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#3366FF'>4. Major Benefits of Using MRF GISNet</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.1 Enterprise GIS:</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Most GIS users are using desktop GIS packages to do GIS data editing. Only a small elite group of  professional GIS people use the desktop packages to do GIS editing. Most of the staff can only view the GIS data through a web browser and some GIS applications may be available to them to do some queries and analysis. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>With MRF GISNet, any staff member can access the corporate GIS system and do viewing, querying, analysis, and GIS editing. In this regard, MRF GISNet is a true enterprise GIS.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.2 Flexible Access to the GIS</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MRF GISNet is server-based and is accessed through a web browser. This means that users can access MRF GISNet functionalities from anywhere as long as an Internet connection is available. Users could work from:</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Office</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Homes</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hotel Rooms</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Field with a wireless connection</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An enterprise can hire people living in a far away place to conduct GIS maintenance for the enterprise remotely. For example, the City of Los Angeles could hire some GIS people in New York City to work remotely. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.3 Emergency Coordination</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In the event of an unforeseen terrorist attack or natural disaster, there is an immediate need for coordination among federal, state/provincial, and local agencies. Using MRF GISNet, changes can be made by authorized people and all other system users will be able to view the latest information. MRF has presented its solution to City of New York and County of San Diego and received very positive feedback. City of New York felt that MRF s solution would be very useful for events such as the September 11 attack to the World Trade Center. San Diego County felt that MRF s solution would be a very effective communications tool for its wild fire disaster response effort.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.4 E-government</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Various levels of governments could use MRF GISNet to offer e-government services to its citizens. For example:</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><b><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>E-permit</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Residents could use MRF GISNet to submit a permit application for a proposed garage or deck. This will save residents from having to make trips to city hall and could be done during evenings and weekends.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><b><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>311</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Citizens could use a GIS to report a problem to a City. The problems could relate to a pot hole, a traffic light or sign, or some objects on city streets. Using a GIS is more  convenient than phones or emails since the location descriptions are best done through a GIS map interface.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.5 Interoperability</span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MRF GISNet s Oracle database is designed to interoperate with ArcSDE, GeoMedia, MapInfo, and MicroStation GeoGraphics.</span> </p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>If you would like a live demo of our GISNet, please <a href="mailto:mrfsales@mrf.com">click here</a> and send us your contact information or call <b>1-877-216-5515</b>.</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></h1> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> </body> </html>