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Cadcorp SIS V6 now shipping

Cadcorp, the developer of the popular Cadcorp SIS – Spatial Information System range of GIS software is now shipping Cadcorp SIS V6.

Cadcorp SIS V6 is the latest version of an integrated line of GIS products first introduced to the market in 1995. As before, the Cadcorp SIS product suite will cover desktop, Web and developer offerings. All originate from one single installed executable guaranteeing across the board product compatibility.

Product range structure

The established product mix of Cadcorp SIS 'off the shelf' modules, namely: Map Viewer, Map Manager, Map Editor and Map Modeller remain.

Owing to their great success, the ActiveX modules for Map Viewer, Map Manager and Map Modeller will also continue as runtime platforms for third party developers keen to embed SIS capability into their applications using the Cadcorp SIS Software Developers Kit (SDK).

The Cadcorp SIS Active Server Component (ASC) has been implemented widely around the world, including installations for Factory Mutual Global, Ernst & Young, Medway Council and Belgian utility company WVEM. This flagship Web product stays in the Cadcorp SIS inventory.

OpenGIS conformance

By acting as a leading player on the OpenGIS Technical Committee, Cadcorp SIS is the only complete GIS product family in the world which is OpenGIS certified compliant for Simple Features (vector data) Coordinate Transformation, and Grid Coverages (raster) across the board. Recently obtained OpenGIS certification for OLE-DB Provider has been added to Cadcorp V6 along with support for the Web Map Service (WMS - serving raster images of maps); Web Feature Service (WFS - serving vector data in GML format); Web Terrain Service (WTS - serving raster images of 3D views); and Gazetteer Service (finding geographic locations based on attributes). All are included as standard as part of the Cadcorp SIS Map Modeller package, once again placing Cadcorp at the leading edge of OGC standards implementation. For further details see www.opengeospatial.org

New product highlights

As well as the functionality Cadcorp users have come to know and rely on:

native support of over 50 graphic and database formats
seamless product integration
flexible and powerful GIS query
analysis and editing tools
industry leading OpenGIS conformance
Wizards
MapTips
the Roamer

Highlights of Cadcorp SIS V6 include continuous panning, allowing a smooth rolling scroll from one data view to another, support for Active Data Objects (ADO), a slick new database connection wizard to streamline database connectivity and the support for user defined ‘plug-in’ gazetteers. Furthermore users can now input and output user defined naming conventions for Index Datasets. This means for one, that any datum changes experienced over time can be accommodated in Cadcorp SIS.

New dataset capabilities include improved support for Oracle 9i data stored in the object relational model, the German transfer format EDBS, a GML 2 plugin dataset enabling support for reading, amongst others, the new OS MasterMap data from Ordnance Survey, an updated ECW plugin to support ER Mapper Image Web Server, S57 - the hydrographic charting standard, PDF export, updated SHP file support, and the popular raster formats TIFF LZW and GIF. In addition, a new datasource to allow data to be loaded into Cadcorp SIS using the Feature Manipulation Engine from Safe Software (FME) has been added to cover other formats not directly supported by Cadcorp.

About Cadcorp SIS

Cadcorp SIS - Spatial Information System - is a suite of Windows-based and Web-enabled end user and developer digital mapping and geographic information system (GIS) software products. The desktop suite comprises: Map Viewer, which provides support for over 50 graphic and data formats, thematics and hard copy; Map Manager, which provides the mainstream user the ability to view, explore, query, symbolise and print digital map and associated tabular data; Map Editor, which in addition to the facilities provided by Map Manager, provides the GIS data custodian with tools to view, manage and edit map and tabular data; and Map Modeller, which adds 3D modelling, terrain analysis and several thematic and analytic mapping tools.

ActiveX based developer toolkits and Viewer, Manager and Modeller based runtime licences are popular products for the development and implementation of bespoke applications by third parties that take advantage of Cadcorp’s GIS know-how.

Cadcorp ASC (Active Server Component) extends the functionality of Cadcorp SIS for use over the Internet or a company-wide intranet. It is a dynamic, server-side Web-based GIS, not merely a map-publishing tool for pre-authored images. Cadcorp ASC provides a true, interactive Web-based solution for real time map creation and analysis.

Cadcorp SIS MasterMap Loader is supplied with Map Modeller for the loading and management of OS MasterMap data in relational databases.

Cadcorp apSIS is programmable component software for the development of geospatial applications for the desktop and Pocket PC platforms.

Cadcorp mSIS is a data collection package that incorporates a desktop data capture management application and a Pocket PC based data collection tool.

About Cadcorp

Established in 1991, Cadcorp is a leading developer of digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software. With offices in the USA and UK, Cadcorp’s distribution and VAR network stretches worldwide. The company also plays a pivotal technical role in the OpenGIS Consortium. Cadcorp SIS is currently the only complete product family to attain OpenGIS conformance certification.

Cadcorp SIS applications exist in local government, central government, emergency services, insurance, oil & natural gas, mapping and surveying, commerce, broadcasting and many other markets.

ENDS

For further information, contact: Chris Holcroft, Tel: 01438 747996, e-mail: chrish@cadcorp.com

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