ESRI announced that ArcWeb
for Developers now includes Geographic Data Technology (GDT) North American
street data.
http://www.esri.com/software/arcwebservices/index.html
ArcWeb for Developers now includes Geographic Data Technology (GDT) North American
street data. With the inclusion of this data source in the ArcWeb for
Developers suite of ArcWeb Services, users can easily find routes not only
within the United States and Canada but also between the two countries.
The new street data comes from Dynamap/Canada and Dynamap/2000, GDT’s
premiere street network databases for Canada and the United States,
optimized for routing. They include detailed street data along with
administrative boundaries, landmarks, water features, and more.
ArcWeb for Developers is a suite of GIS Web services that ESRI offers to
developers and is part of ESRI's family of ArcWeb Services.
Frederiksberg Forsyning is
newest member of Intergraph’s 100 Percent Club.
http://www.frb-forsyning.dk/
This honor is bestowed upon utility
companies that have achieved full digital conversion of their geofacilities
data and recognizes their dedication, teamwork and achievement of a
long-term goal. An electrical utility company that distributes electricity
to the City of Frederiksberg, which is part of the greater Copenhagen,
Denmark, region, Frederiksberg Forsyning completed its full digital data
conversion in less than 17 months, one of the fastest conversion times in
club history. To achieve full conversion, Frederiksberg converted 4,500 electrical map
sheets containing attribute information, including cables, conductors,
substations, junction boxes, dimensions, materials and more. For more information about the 100 percent club: http://imgs.intergraph.com/customers/hundredpercent.asp
Avenza Announces MAPublisher 6.0 for Illustrator
http://www.avenza.com
Avenza Systems Inc. released MAPublisher 6.0 for Adobe Illustrator. MAPublisher 6.0 is powerful mapmaking software used to produce high quality maps from GIS data.Ê Significant new functionality in MAPublisher 6.0 includes support for Adobe Illustrator CS, new floating MAP Views palette, improved drag-and-drop projecting, support for Illustrator symbols and styles and import/export support for additional map data file formats. “This is an impressive upgrade,” said David Nelson of J.D. Nelson Mapping Services, ’It makes MAPublisher much more productive. And moving MAPublisher to AICS is going to make a huge difference.” he added.
har*GIS Announces Staff Expansion
www.har-gis.com
har*GIS LLC, provider of mobile Field
Information Systems(tm),announced the expansion of its staff in
support of the company’s growth. har*GIS has added a new director of sales,
as well as a director of industry applications, and expanded the role of a
consulting partner. “As we continue to develop enhanced software offerings and provide solutions
to a growing list of clients, it became critical to provide this added
expertise to our customers,“ said Jim Hargis, president of har*GIS.
Mark Vollinger is the company’s new director of sales. He has extensive
experience in the GIS industry, working on projects to support and improve
the collection and use of geo-data by utility companies around the world.
Most recently, he held client services director positions for Oracle
Corporation and then Autodesk, Inc. Ron Bereit is the company’s new director of industry applications. He has
more than 30 years of experience working in business and utility operations
and the use of customer information and work flow management systems, as
well as GIS and design tool applications, to solve business problems. Consultant Harold Schuch is now acting as director of project fulfillment,
and will manage all aspects of project fulfillment for har*GIS.
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