Availability of Europe Map Data for ArcPad

28 May 2009, 12:44pm

Redlands, California — May 28, 2009 — ESRI and Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, announce the addition of Europe data to the ArcPad 8 StreetMap extension. ArcPad now includes both North American and pan-European data that can be accessed by users at no additional cost.

The ArcPad StreetMap extension includes ESRI StreetMap Premium data derived from the latest high-quality digital maps from Tele Atlas for use in ArcPad on a variety of mobile devices. Users can leverage ArcPad and the StreetMap extension to enable display, address geocoding, reverse geocoding, and routing. This extension supports Smart Data Compression (SDC) format.

"ArcPad brings GIS [geographic information system] capabilities into the field, providing easy and efficient capture, editing, analysis, and display," said Jian Lange, ArcPad product manager. "With the latest release, we are able to deliver comprehensive Tele Atlas data for 24 countries across Europe in addition to the North American offering, which, combined with ArcPad, delivers a compelling offering for government, utility, environmental, and public safety agencies for whom mobile GIS is an essential element of everyday work."

Todd Schmitt, Tele Atlas enterprise markets manager, said, "ArcPad provides an extensive set of tools for mobile GIS applications, and Tele Atlas provides the comprehensive digital map data and geographic content for Europe and North America. We are proud to team with ESRI to help meet the needs of ArcPad users around the world who require accurate, high-quality maps to power their applications and services."

With ArcPad, you can perform reliable field data collection, improve the productivity and accuracy of your GIS information, and share enterprise data with field staff for rapid decision making.

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