SpatialNews Press Release
Autodesk Announces Autodesk MapGuide 6 for Fast,
Easy Distribution of Mapping, GIS, and Design Data to Thousands of Users
Simultaneously
www.autodesk.com/mapguide
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Nov. 1, 2001--
Enables Fast Deployment of Interactive Mapping Applications, Helping
Local Governments, Utilities, and Communications Firms Extract
New Value from Legacy Spatial Data
Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK), the world's leading design software and digital content company, today announced Autodesk MapGuide(R)
6, the latest version of its market-leading web distribution solution designed to help local governments, utilities, and communications firms
leverage their years of legacy investment in mapping, GIS, and design data into new and innovative uses. With Autodesk MapGuide software,
these organizations can increase the value of this data by deploying specialized web-based applications to distribute critical information in real
time to non-technical users, helping improve customer service and streamline operations. The new version includes faster data delivery, easier
data management, and shorter application development time.
For organizations with large amounts of spatial data, distributing that data beyond the source is essential to improving operational productivity.
Autodesk MapGuide software's powerful, easy-to-implement client/server technology assembles spatial and attribute data from multiple sources
and delivers it in real time where it is needed via the Web to thousands of simultaneous users inside or outside the customer's organization.
Applications that have been built with Autodesk MapGuide include fleet management, customer service, infrastructure management, marketing,
sales support, and emergency management. Applications built with Autodesk MapGuide software can be developed by in-house developers,
Autodesk's services group, or by an Autodesk(R) authorized partner.
Autodesk MapGuide provides the critical web-distribution function in Autodesk's end-to-end GIS solution. Autodesk MapGuide software
enables organizations to create mapping, GIS, and design data and integrate it with "mainstream" business applications, allowing GIS spatial data
and systems to become part of an organization's core IT infrastructure. The solution consists of Autodesk MapGuide, which works in conjunction
with the data creation, design, and mapping capabilities of Autodesk(R) Map, and the enterprise-level integration capabilities of Autodesk(R)
GIS Design Server.
"Many organizations have vast amounts of mapping, GIS, and design data in multiple files and locations that are disconnected, idle, or only
being partially utilized," said Larry Diamond, vice president, GIS Solutions Division at Autodesk. "Autodesk MapGuide allows these users to
integrate that data into one application, thereby unlocking its value. This results in significant advantages in operational efficiency, better-informed
decisions, and stronger customer relationships, which directly advances an organization's business objectives."
"The City of Los Angeles is a world leader in providing public works government services over the Internet," said Clark W. Robbins, Deputy
City Engineer, Constituent Services, City of Los Angeles. "To accomplish this we needed to provide plans, maps, and other information about
existing public infrastructure over the Internet to citizens, planners, developers, engineers, and contractors for use in designing and constructing
new bridges, streets, utilities, sewers, drains, and other facilities. Other products we tested simply cannot display important annotations, and are
not as functional, fast, and easy to use. Autodesk clearly saw the way of the future in GIS and provided the City of Los Angeles with a powerful
tool in MapGuide to take us there."
Autodesk MapGuide 6
Autodesk MapGuide 6 comprises three main software components: Autodesk MapGuide(R) Author for composing maps, Autodesk
MapGuide(R) Server for combining information from multiple sources and delivering maps over a network, and Autodesk MapGuide(R) Viewer
for viewing highly interactive maps with only a browser. Highly scalable and secure, Autodesk MapGuide software directly connects to multiple
spatial data sources simultaneously, streaming information to end users.
The software provides an intuitive and easy-to-use interface for object selection, query for attributes, search capability, and markup and
redlining, empowering nontechnical end users to easily use spatial data. The software has the broadest support for major GIS and CAD data
formats, making data distribution easy, regardless of the data type. Supported formats include Oracle9i, Autodesk(R) DWG, ESRI(R) shapefile
and coverage, Intergraph DGN, MapInfo Interchange, Atlas BNA, and Comma Separated Values. It also supports the widely used MrSID(R)
from LizardTech and Earth Resource Mapping's Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ECW) for sharper and more accurate images.
New Features and Benefits
-- Support for Oracle9i: Enables enterprise customers using Oracle9i to easily distribute spatial data wherever it's needed -- over the Internet,
an intranet, or an extranet.
-- Dynamic Map Authoring: Empowers the non-technical end user to dynamically edit existing maps and create new maps.
-- XML Support: Enables developers to work with XML representations of maps, making them easier to integrate and manage.
-- Expanded Raster Support: Now supports widely used Earth Resource Mapping's Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ECW) and
LizardTech's MrSID for higher-quality maps and a broader range of maps that can be distributed.
-- Symbol Manager: Improves data organization; adds the flexibility to use existing symbols as well as to create custom ones for more effective
symbol usage.
Visit www.autodesk.com/mapguide for more information about Autodesk MapGuide software.
Availability
Autodesk MapGuide 6 is currently available from Autodesk and Authorized Autodesk Resellers worldwide in international English. French,
Japanese, Italian, and German versions are expected in the next quarter. Autodesk MapGuide is a part of the Autodesk Subscription Program.
For more information on this program, visit www.autodesk.com/subscription.
About Autodesk
Autodesk is the world's leading design software and digital content company. Founded in 1982, Autodesk provides design software, Internet
portal services, wireless development platforms, and point-of-location applications that help more than 4 million customers in over 150 countries
to drive business and remain competitive. For more information, contact any Authorized Autodesk Reseller, call Autodesk at 800/964-6432, or
visit www.autodesk.com. Discreet(TM) product information is available at 800/869-3504 or on the Web at www.discreet.com.
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