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2007 Fourth Quarter
ESRI's New Director of Product Management to Expand Enterprise GIS Strategies Redlands, CA - Dirk Gorter, formerly of Symantec Corporation, has joined ESRI's senior corporate management team in the newly created position of director of product management. His charter is to implement new processes that will help ESRI create innovative geographic information system (GIS) software products that integrate into the wider business IT solution. Latitude Geographics Releases Geocortex IMF 5.2 for ArcIMS Victoria, BC - Latitude Geographics, in partnership with core IMF development partner Moxi Media Inc., has released Geocortex Internet Mapping Framework (IMF) 5.2. Geocortex IMF is the market leading software for extending the power of ESRI's popular ArcIMS web mapping engine, and version 5.2 provides a variety of new features and tools for customers to continue maximizing the potential of ArcIMS. York University validates the effectiveness of Canadian 6 digit postal code boundaries in new study Markham, ON - DMTI Spatial (DMTI), a leading provider of Location Intelligence, has commissioned an independent research study conducted by York University that has concluded the use of 6 digit postal boundaries provides a significant increase in the discriminating capabilities of marketing analytics when compared to commonly used census dissemination areas. The analysis, conducted by York University's Spatial, Environmental and Action Research (SpEAR) Laboratory, compared measures of central tendency and variation among popular demographic variables typically used in market segmentation and trade area analysis applications. The findings validate that market analyses conducted and represented at the 6-digit postal code level provide a framework that yields the highest precision results and ultimately a better return on investment. DHL Express Selects DMTI Spatial to Streamline Delivery Routes with Location Intelligence Markham, ON - DMTI Spatial (DMTI), a leading provider of location intelligence for the enterprise, has been selected by DHL Express, a global market leader of the international express and logistics industry, to provide comprehensive mapping data to optimize its facility and driver routing of its packages by moving from an address-based routing system to a 6 digit postal code boundary framework for its more than 100 locations across Canada. DHL Express Canada picks up and delivers over 300,000 packages on a daily basis. Using DMTI's Platinum Postal SuiteT, DHL can apply national postal code information with unmatched precision down to the neighborhood level ensuring accuracy and reliability in pick-up and delivery services for their customers. Avenza Announces MAPdataCanada - a complete royalty-free library of Canada-wide data in Shape file format Toronto, ON - Avenza Systems Inc., the developer of MAPublisher map production software, Geographic Imager spatial imaging software and MAPdataUSA, announces the release of MAPdataCanada, a new library of royalty-free Canada-wide data in Shape file format based on source Canadian, Provincial and Territorial data files. Enhancements include a joined road layer with concatenated road names to a single column for easier labeling and selecting, proper name directory and file structure of all provinces and territories in a convenient DVD package. |
