"We are pleased to announce a distribution agreement with I.S.M.," said Alex Miller, President, ESRI Canada. "This agreement with allow ESRI Canada to provide our customers with a remarkable extension for ArcGIS that will give them the ability to quickly view and edit digital imagery data in stereo."

PurVIEW is a photogrammetric solution that is inherently useful in any thematic application including environmental assessment, geology, and urban engineering. With digitized features stereo-superimposed on the original mapping image model, geodatabse quality assurance is immediate and unambiguous. Within the ArcMap window, geodatabase contents can be directly accessed and reviewed superimposed on standard georeferenced three dimensional image models, revealing errors and omissions, or natural changes.

"I.S.M. is very pleased to be strengthening our relationship with ESRI Canada," said Patrick Wong, Director I.S.M., "We see enormous synergies between I.S.M. and ESRI Canada. This agreement allows us to leverage the superior service and delivery of GIS solutions offered by ESRI Canada, giving us the opportunity to reach a greater number of customers and expand our leadership position in the photogrammetric mapping industry."

I.S.M. is well-noted in photogrammetry in Canada and abroad. From a solid background in photogrammetric workstation implementation, the PurVIEW product suite was engineered from the ground up as an extension for ArcGIS 9.x. Within the ArcMap window, one mouse-click launches an intuitive stereoscopic image viewing and 3D geodatabase-direct QA and digitizing environment familiar to all ArcGIS users, using hardware that is likely already owned.

For more information about PurVIEW, visit http://www.mypurview.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 http://www.esricanada.com/ or call 1-800-447-9778.

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