Says, Rajesh Kalra, Executive Vice President, RMSI “The customized cartographically enabled geo-database enhances visual presentation, increases usage, and enables easier management of updates, editing, text placement, cartographic styling and product development for publishing of road atlases”.

The project demanded deep-domain technical expertise and the effective integration of popular GIS and software platforms such as ESRI ArcGIS, AutoDesk, Adobe, Coreldraw etc. Different sources both vector and paper, and reference material were used for selective integration and creation of an accurate GIS database. Since the project involved developing a very large amount of spatial data with many data layers using a variety of GIS platforms, automation and customization of processes was done to meet the timelines and maintain the accuracy levels.  Customization was done using Arc Objects, ARX, VB, Auto Lisp and C++ technologies. The entire project was subdivided into pre-production, data development, cartography production, layout / print-ready file production and edit proofs.

The project involved multiple-step processing of inputs received from the client such as topology cleaning to correct hanging/ overshooting segments and incorrect common boundaries between adjacent area polygons, attribute data linking, edge matching to facilitate seamless geo-database development etc. Data from more than 1500 layers was cleaned and organized into approximately 100 data layers.

Apart from cartography enabled geo-database, print-ready files in PDF and EPS formats were prepared and delivered to the client. Universal Map received a versatile cartography enabled geo-database which with slight modifications, can be re packaged as wall / fold / flip maps, regional map products and country map products. Because of extensive process automation techniques, RMSI ensured that the client benefited in terms of reduced costs, improved quality and quick turnaround time.

About RMSI

A Daily Mail Group company, RMSI specializes in providing end-to-end Software/IT services and digital asset management solutions, under one roof. Over last 12 years, RMSI has been serving leading UK and US based organizations in the Media, B2B Information Provision, E-business, IT and Public Sector space.

RMSI’s owner, Daily Mail and General Trust, is one of the largest and most successful media companies in the UK with interests around the world in national and regional newspapers, television, radio, exhibitions and information publishing.
RMSI helps its partners and clients align, integrate and transform their organization assets through value creating process e-enablement for achieving sustainable customer value propositions, financial productivity and growth.  The RMSI-GDT relationship has been recently awarded the ‘Second Most Collaborative Outsourcing Relationship 2004’ title by Outsourcing Center, Forbes and Wharton Executive Education.

For more information, visit www.rmsi.com