OS selects ESRI (UK) for next generation of UK map

21 February 2008, 12:13pm

Ordnance Survey (OS), Britain’s national mapping agency, has renewed and extended its Enterprise Licence Agreement (ELA) with ESRI (UK), the market leader in geographic information systems (GIS).

The extended ELA will provide Ordnance Survey with organisation-wide access to ESRI server, desktop and developer products for a further three years, underpinning its ability to create, edit and publish the most accurate and up-to-date geographic data relied on by government, business and individuals.

The ELA gives Ordnance Survey the flexibility to tailor its GIS software to match evolving business demands and will help achieve efficiencies in software administration.

“The Agreement gives us certainty of cost and the flexibility to roll-out ESRI software to teams who have not previously benefited. For example, a team of 300 will use ESRI’s ArcEditor manipulation software to collect and edit geospatial features for use in all of our paper maps and electronic geospatial information. The revised arrangement is a commercial platform from which to maintain the high quality of our maps,” said Paul Harris, Supplier Relationship Manager, Ordnance Survey.

“Ordnance Survey has been an ESRI corporate technology user for more than three years and remains at the forefront of mapping advances in the UK. This updated Enterprise Licence Agreement gives Ordnance Survey an enterprise GIS technology platform with premium support services and web-based training as part of a long-term strategic partnership with ESRI (UK) and a shared vision for GIS use in the UK,” said Richard Waite, Managing Director, ESRI (UK).

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