ESRI Canada is pleased to announce that the following Canadian business partners, I.S.M. - International Systemap Corporation, MDSI - Mobile Data Solutions Inc., and Latitude Geographics Group Limited, received awards from ESRI Inc. on March 19th at the 2006 ESRI Business Partner Conference in Palm Springs, California. Awards were presented to business partners recognizing their important contribution to the success of the Business Partner Program.

I.S.M. International Systemap Corporation - New Partner of the Year
"This award was presented to I.S.M for their work in developing an innovative photogrammetric solution that will be valuable for organizations that need to view and edit imagery data in stereo," said Alex Miller, President, ESRI Canada.  "I.S.M.'s PurVIEW suite of products will simplify the process of feature extraction and reduce the cost of editing data in stereo. We are excited to have I.S.M. as an ESRI Canada business partner and see their application as having real benefits for our users ."

PurVIEW is a fully integrated stereoscopic image display and viewing extension for ArcGIS. With the suite of PurVIEW products, geodatabase feature objects can be superimposed with terrain data to reveal mapping errors and omissions or natural changes in data. PurVIEW can also be used to digitize 3D features from geo-referenced stereoscopic image models directly. For more information visit: www.mypurview.com

MDSI - Mobile Data Solutions Inc. - Partner of the Year
"This award honours and recognizes the strong and long standing relationship which exists between MDSI and ESRI Canada," said Myron Doherty, Pacific Region Manager, ESRI Canada. "Over the past twelve years, MDSI has been committed to the advancement of mobile workforce solutions. With their Advantex product, MDSI has helped clients throughout North America deploy successful mobile workforce solutions."

MDSI is a Richmond, British Columbia, based firm specializing in the development of mobile workforce management software. MDSI's flagship product, Advantex®, schedules, assigns, and wirelessly dispatches work orders to technicians in the utility, communications, and field service industries. It is a field-proven, industry-standard solution that allows companies to provide optimal service delivery, meet customer commitments, reduce costs, and deliver new services and products with ease. For more information visit: www.mdsi.ca

Latitude Geographics - Foundation Partner of the Year
"Latitude Geographics has continued to build a strong strategic relationship with ESRI Canada", said Myron Doherty, Pacific Region Manager, ESRI Canada. "They have been an integral part of many projects with ESRI Canada across the country and we look forward to continuing to work with them in the future."

Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. is a Victoria, British Columbia based Internet geography firm specializing in helping their clients use geographic information and the Internet to improve communication and make better decisions. As an ESRI business partner that specializes in Internet geography, they offer a number of turn-key solutions for their clients and business partners who wish to provide interactive maps online to the public or to users within their organizations. For more information visit: www.latitudegeo.com

About ESRI Canada:
Established in 1984, ESRI Canada is a Canadian owned company specializing in geographic information systems (GIS) solutions. We distribute the world's leading GIS software solutions from ESRI Inc., Miner and Miner, and Azteca. In order to provide organizations with complete industry-specific solutions we have established an extensive business partner program that includes more than 125 Canadian organizations. ESRI Canada also provides professional services including consulting, training, technical support, and enterprise GIS implementation. We are leaders in providing world-class enterprise GIS solutions for many industries including local government, utilities, public safety and defence, business demographics, education, natural resources, and transportation. ESRI Canada has thirteen regional offices across the country, with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. For more information, please visit www.esricanada.com or call 1-800-447-9778.

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