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Tele Atlas North America Joins Geography Network
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(Menlo Park, CA, July 9, 2001)- Tele Atlas North America announces it
has
joined the Geography Network (www.geographynetwork.com) to provide ESRI customers with
direct
access to Tele Atlas' highly accurate street level database, Tele Atlas
MultiNet (USA), and to its real-time, Internet-based geocoding service,
EZ-Locate Online.
Tele Atlas MultiNet (USA) provides highly accurate street level data,
highly
accurate geocoding services and pre-configured road themes. Tele Atlas
North America EZ-Locate Online is a real-time, online geocoding
interface
that is configurable to adapt to a users' geocoding input file. By
using a
combination of postal standardization software, highly accurate digital
maps
and advanced geocoding techniques, the EZ-Locate Online service
generates
the high match rates that businesses require.
"Joining the Geography Network is another great opportunity for Tele
Atlas North America to provide its superior data and services in the
most
convenient "user friendly" way to Geo Spatial Industries," said Richard
Selmeier, president and chief operating officer, Tele Atlas North
America.
"We expect direct access to Tele Atlas MultiNet (USA) and EZ-Locate
Online,
will enable ESRI users to develop and integrate their ESRI applications
in a
more cost effective and efficient manner," Selmeier added.
The Geography Network is a framework for sharing data, services, and
solutions over the Internet. Built using ArcIMS, ESRI's Internet
mapping
software for publishing geographic content, the Geography Network is a
place
where people can go to publish, share, and use geographic data and
services.
It is an Internet marketplace where users can search and preview
information
and includes a commerce engine that manages subscription access. As
industry
moves closer to the integration of the Internet and the desktop, the
Geography Network provides a direct link between the user and service
providers offering maps, value-added data, and industry-specific
applications and solutions.
ESRI, the world's leading provider of geographic information system
(GIS)
software products, builds technology to support the Geography Network,
as
well as maintaining the Geography Network portal, metadata catalog,
digital
marketplace, and search engine. Browse, download, or use data by using
the
free viewer on the Geography Network.
Tele Atlas North America, headquartered in Menlo Park, CA, is a wholly
owned
subsidiary of Tele Atlas NV, the world leader in digital map data.
Tele
Atlas North America had its beginnings in 1983 as Etak, Inc, with an
innovative vision to provide geographic information in digital form.
Today,
the company enables its customers' success through unsurpassed
leadership in
delivering both high-quality data and, in an alliance with Westwood
One,
real-time traffic information for business and consumer applications.
The
company focuses on three key areas in the geo-referencing market
including
Location Based Services (LBS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and
Navigation. For more information on Tele Atlas products and services,
please visit .
For more than 30 years, ESRI has been the leading developer of GIS
software
with more than 300,000 clients worldwide. ESRI also provides
consulting,
implementation, and technical support services. In addition to its
headquarters in California, ESRI has regional offices throughout the
United
States, international distributors in more than 90 countries, and more
than
1,200 business partners. ESRI's goal is to provide users with
comprehensive
tools to help them quickly and efficiently manage and use geographic
information to make a real difference in the world around them. ESRI
can be
found on the Web at www.esri.com.
ESRI, ArcIMS, and the ESRI globe logo are trademarks of ESRI,
registered in
the United States and certain other countries; registration is pending
in
the European Community. GIS by ESRI is a trademark and www.esri.com,
www.geographynetwork.com, Geography Network, and @esri.com are service
marks
of ESRI. Other companies and products mentioned herein are trademarks
or
registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.
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