Tele Atlas and ESRI Celebrate Twenty Years of Innovative GIS Collaboration
Written by Tele Atlas
15 July 2009
ESRI Expands Longstanding Agreement with Tele Atlas for Global Digital Maps and Content, Powering over One Million ESRI Users
ESRI International User Conference
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location based solutions, and ESRI today announced an expanded agreement that makes Tele Atlas digital maps and content available in a growing number of ESRI’s leading geographic information system (GIS) applications. This includes content for more than 24 million points of interest (POIs) available through ArcLogistics Navigator as well as additional map enhancement products that can further enrich GIS development. The agreement marks an expansion of the companies’ longstanding industry partnership, which began in 1989.
ESRI technology is used across a range of industries and businesses, including education, enterprise, government, health and human services, public safety, transportation, utilities and communications. Tele Atlas map data serves these markets through a number of ESRI products including Address Coder, ArcGIS Online, ArcLogistics, ArcLogistics Navigator, ArcPad and ESRI StreetMap Premium. Tele Atlas map data is also available through ESRI’s Small Utility Enterprise License Agreement and ESRI’s Small Government Enterprise License Agreement. Notably, every ArcGIS desktop customer – over one million worldwide – has access to Tele Atlas maps through the ESRI Data & Maps DVDs provided with each ArcGIS software license.
“When we began working with Tele Atlas we were still considering the possibilities of GIS technology. Through our partnership we have forged many of the GIS industry’s developments by ensuring that ESRI users around the world have access to high quality geospatial content,” said Jack Dangermond, ESRI. “We are excited to continue our relationship with Tele Atlas as a valued partner for digital maps and location content. Their stringent processes and content enhanced with community input bring even more value to ESRI users.”
“Since we began our collaboration with ESRI 20 years ago, we have worked together to help the industry develop and deliver powerful solutions that address social, economic, business and environmental concerns at local, regional, national and global levels,” said Bill Henry, Tele Atlas CEO. “With ESRI’s leadership position in the GIS market and commitment to quality, we are proud to expand our relationship and look forward to continuing to enable game-changing business applications that rely on location information.”
To learn more about Tele Atlas digital maps and location based content, please visit Tele Atlas in Booth #1301at the ESRI International User Conference, July 13-17, in San Diego. Tele Atlas is a sponsor of the conference as well as the Business GIS Summit, the European Regional User Group meeting, the Insurance Special Interest Group meeting and Canada Night.
To hear from Tele Atlas on GIS trends and the enterprise application market, download the latest episode in Tele Atlas’ Digital Mapping Podcast Series, titled “Using GIS Technology In Tough Economic Times,” visit www.teleatlaspresskit.com.
About Tele Atlas
Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic content that power many of the world’s most essential navigation and location-based services (LBS). Through a combination of its own products and partnerships, Tele Atlas offers map coverage of more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. The company was founded in 1984 and has offices in 27 countries around the world. Today, Tele Atlas products are developed with the insight of a community of millions of digital map users worldwide, who are adding to the company’s unmatched network of sources to track and validate changes in real time, and deliver the best digital maps and dynamic content. For more information, visit www.teleatlas.com. Tele Atlas is a subsidiary of TomTom N.V.
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