Avineon Wins Geospatial Technology Innovation Award for Avineon 3D Trace - Visualization Software

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Avineon, Inc., a successful provider of IT, geospatial, engineering and program management services, has been awarded 2010's Geospatial Technology Innovation for 3D Modeling by the Geospatial World Forum. This award recognizes Avineon's breakthrough efforts in developing 3D tracing software. Avineon was selected for this award by an international panel of geospatial experts out of 173 submissions in various GIS related categories.

Bringing the best in the geospatial industry under one roof, the Geospatial World Forum is an international conference held every two years to recognize the latest developments shaping the geospatial industry's future. Avineon accepted the award for 3D Modeling on January 18th and gave a presentation on the award winning Avineon 3D Trace – Visualization software.

The Avineon 3D Trace – Visualization technology provides a dynamic visualization of inside plant utility data modeled using Telvent's ArcFM. It is a plug-in for ESRI's ArcMAP application and provides 3D visualization functionality for utilities such as electric, gas, compressed air, telecommunications, water, and sewer. Software features include data analysis for inside plant utility networks, improved location data for plant maintenance, 3D symbol rendering, "fly through" building views, and 360 degree building views.

"Avineon is honored to receive this award," said Karlu Rambhala, the company's president and CEO. "This award highlights our commitment to innovation by recognizing 3D Trace as a valuable visualization tool that lets users see their data in a new light. This allows them to make business decisions with greater precision than their competitors and improve productivity."

About Avineon

Avineon, Inc. was founded to help you Visualize IT and See IT Through. Since 1992, our customers have relied on us to deliver technically sound information technology, geospatial, and engineering support solutions. More recently, we have leveraged our experience to develop Avineonics®, a state of the art emergency management process suite. With headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia and offices in Florida, Canada, Europe, and India, we stand ready to apply our CMMI Maturity Level 3 and ISO 9001:2008 compliant processes for the benefit of your organization. For more information, please visit www.avineon.com.

About The Geospatial World Forum

The Geospatial World Forum is an international conference held once every two years to bring GIS professionals together while honoring standout achievements in business and technology. This year's forum included seminars, workshops, technical sessions, and panel discussions. The 2011 forum took place on January 18th through the 21st in Hyderabad, India. For additional information please visit www.geospatialworldforum.org

SOURCE Avineon, Inc.