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PlanGraphics Enters into Multi-year Project with the World Bank and China to Develop Decision Support Systems

FRANKFORT, Ky.—PlanGraphics, Inc., a provider of professional spatial information technology services, has entered into a multi-year $1.28 million contract with the Sichuan Urban Environment Project Office (SUEPO) to provide consulting services to undertake the development of an Urban Management Information System-Geographic Information System (UMIS-GIS).

As part of a World Bank-supported project, PlanGraphics will provide consulting services for development of a UMIS-GIS to improve urban infrastructure and environmental information management in western China through development and operation of Urban Management Information Systems for participating agencies. The project will also include, in a subcontractor capacity to PlanGraphics, Jinkecheng Geospatial Information Technologies Company of Chengdu, one of PlanGraphics' Business Partners in China.

The objective of the World Bank funding is the provide a safe environmental setting for the sustainable long-term economic growth of urban areas in the Sichuan Province. The UMIS-GIS entails development and implementation of institutional, administrative, and technical frameworks as the basis for development of a network of shared information systems and data between provincial and local government agencies.

The project has five major systems. PlanGraphics will provide system development and technical training for a Provincial Decision Support System and Office Automation System (OAS) for the Sichuan Provincial Construction Bureau; an Environmental Management Information System and OAS for the Sichuan Environment Protection Bureau; an Urban Decision Support System for the municipalities of Deyang and Luzhou; a Wastewater Infrastructure Operations System (IOS) for the city of Leshan; and a water supply IOS for the city of Luzhou.

PlanGraphics, Inc., is a full life cycle systems integration and implementation firm that provides a broad range of services in the design and implementation of information technology in the public and commercial sectors. PlanGraphics' experience with spatial information systems and assets provides a critical discriminator among other IT consulting and integration firms. PlanGraphics' headquarters are in Frankfort, Ky.; regional offices are in Maryland, California, Rhode Island, New York, and New Jersey. PlanGraphics' Web site is www.plangraphics.com.