Black Coral Launches Black Coral LIVE Release 2.0

Black Coral LIVE 2.0 enables distributed teams to make dynamic decisions based on constant situation picture" updates from multiple sources. The product is seamlessly integrated with the Groove Virtual Office platform.

Ottawa, Ontario, (PRWEB) October 16, 2004 -- Black Coral Inc., a pioneer in geospatial data fusion, today announced the immediate availability of Black Coral LIVE release 2.0.

Black Coral LIVE (formerly known as Black Coral GIS) enables distributed teams to make dynamic decisions based on constant situation picture" updates from multiple sources. The product provides a common view of layered geospatial information by fusing geographic data – digital maps, photos, remote sensing imagery – with live updates such as hot spots", weather conditions, oil spills, incoming satellite images, unit positions or location changes.

Black Coral LIVE is seamlessly integrated with the Groove Virtual Office platform, which provides a secure workspace environment for global cross-enterprise cross-agency projects connecting people across space and time zones.

Black Coral LIVE has been successfully deployed at government agencies in Canada with major benefits: easy real-time tracking of geospatial data from multiple sources, including satellite feeds, and live" situation briefings.

"Black Coral LIVE was first tested as a single visualization interface that supports fusion of data from multiple GIS databases at the JWID 2004 in June," says Darrell ODonnell, CTO of Black Coral. "Over the last few months organizations testing our beta version have deployed the software as the only product that enables easy sharing of live" geospatial information with the rest of the organization. The ability to instantly share expert insights with anyone on the team, and to leverage existing data infrastructure is incredibly empowering."

Key features include:
-Easy to Use. User interface designed for people with no prior knowledge of manipulating geospatial systems.
-Simple. Focus on browsing and fast query, no complex tool overhead.
-Native data formats support. Large number of geospatial data formats are supported natively, no need to convert data.
-Data fusion on-the-fly". Real-time situation overlays" displayed over the background of geospatial data from any source.
-Enhanced integration with Groove. Seamless integration with the Groove platform through Groove Web Services. The integration provides resilient peer-to-peer (P2P) collaboration platform for teams on the go.

Pricing, Availability and System Requirements

Black Coral LIVE version 2.0 is available immediately through Black Coral sales at sales@blackcoral.net. Black Coral LIVE release 2.0 client software is priced at US $495.

Black Coral LIVE 2.0 runs on Microsoft® Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional, integrated with Groove Virtual Office v.2.5 or higher. The software requires a PC with Intel® Pentium® 4.3 GHz processor with a minimum of 256 MB of RAM (1GB of RAM preferred), 80GB of hard disk storage, a 128MB video card, and a 56 kbps modem.

About Black Coral
Founded in 2001, Black Coral Inc. is a pioneer in geospatial data fusion. Our technology enables distributed teams to make dynamic decisions based on constant situation picture" updates from multiple geospatial information sources. Traditionally geospatial data has been the domain of experts. Our software provides any decision maker with a geospatial perspective on evolving situation dynamics.

Based in Ottawa, Canada, Black Coral provides solutions for global enterprises and government. For more information, visit www.blackcoral.net.

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