Columbus, OH— Digital Data Technologies, Inc. (DDTI®) launches today the free download of its AccuGlobe® Desktop 2007 software at www.ddti.net.  DDTI distributed beta versions of the program to clients attending its annual Users’ Group Conference last month.

 “I am so impressed with AccuGlobe 2007.  It was already a really user-friendly program, but now the added features have made my job so much easier,” said Holmes County GIS Director Erik Parker.  “I love that 2007 allows me to reproject my map layers on the fly so I don’t have to bother with manually reconfiguring my projects.”

 Other new editing features include an undo/redo feature and the ability to modify multiple layers at the same time.  Users can create shortcuts to frequent views with a new Hotspots feature, eliminating repeated zooming and panning to find the ideal frame.  AccuGlobe Desktop 2007 also supports new data formats including ECW and JPEG2000.

 “I recently attended DDTI's annual user group conference and once again DDTI has hit one out of the park.  What most impresses me about DDTI is their ability to strive to make their products and services exceed their clients’ needs,” said Erie County GIS Coordinator Mark Wroblewski.  “AccuGlobe 2007 and the other applications that DDTI is developing are providing the solutions that allow local government to work together and maximize our resources, which results in cost savings for all the participants.  Erie County is making great strides thanks to DDTI."

 While its users have raved over the many new features, one change that goes undetected is the engine behind the application. 

 “When we developed AccuGlobe 2004, we collaborated with a third-party agency, so the nuts and bolts of application weren’t entirely our own,” said DDTI Partner and Chief Software Developer Chris Santer.  “We knew we wanted to change that for this upgrade, and are thrilled that Desktop 2007 runs solely on DDTI-developed programming.  Our team of developers and programmers has done a great job building the foundation for this upgrade, and we’re excited to release our efforts to the GIS community.”

 DDTI’s existing base of more than 25,000 AccuGlobe 2004 users will enjoy the flexibility of installing AccuGlobe Desktop 2007 on the same computer as AccuGlobe 2004.  However, in order to download the upgrade, users must follow the step-by-step process.  AccuGlobe 2004’s convenient built-in web updater function will not achieve the program upgrade; instead, it will simply offer the latest version of 2004.  Users who participated in the AccuGlobe Desktop 2007 preview also need to download, rather than running the web updater.

 Users must operate on Windows 2000 or XP platforms in order to run the AccuGlobe upgrade, and should run setup.exe after the initial download.  Like its predecessor, AccuGlobe Desktop 2007 also features a web updater function, which users should run upon installation to obtain the most recent version.

 All inquiries for assistance with AccuGlobe Desktop 2007 should be directed to DDTI’s online community forum located at http://forums.ddti.net.

 Digital Data Technologies, Inc., is a premier full-service vendor specializing in the creation and dissemination of Geographical Information Systems data.  For more information on AccuGlobe Desktop 2007, visit www.ddti.net