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Cadcorp to implement spatial data warehouse at Oldham Council.

New system will provide council with a corporate GIS data store.

Digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software developer Cadcorp has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Oldham Council to provide a spatial data warehouse. Cadcorp will supply its spatial data warehouse utilities, and associated consulting services together with a licence of Cadcorp SIS Map Modeller to assist with data management.

The new spatial data warehouse will be Oracle based and builds on an existing Cadcorp installation at the council. The warehouse will provide an open, standard, corporate GIS data store for the council, its existing Cadcorp software, and applications based on other GIS software.

Nicki Strudwick, GI manager at Oldham Council said, “The council’s GIS infrastructure was fragmented, with departmental GIS applications and limited data sharing. The Cadcorp Spatial Data Warehouse Utility offers a cost-effective solution, which will enable the council to build on its existing GIS investment. The tool will enable data to be shared more easily between different GIS applications, saving time and improving data management whilst the Oracle-based data warehouse will provide a sound platform for future GIS development.”

“We are delighted that Oldham Council has selected Cadcorp technology as the basis of its new spatial data warehouse,” said Mike O’Neil, managing director, Cadcorp. “We look forward to working with the council to help it to realise its ambitions.”

About Oldham

The Borough of Oldham is 55 square miles and is home to 219,000 people in approximately 90,000 households. It lies seven miles from the City of Manchester, with around half of the borough being open moorland and protected landscape.
Oldham Council provides a wide range of services for the people of the Borough and manages an annual budget totalling about £500 million.

The work of the council is undertaken by five directorates which are answerable to the Cabinet of the Council. An Arms Length Management Organisation is responsible for the management and upkeep of the council's housing stock.

About Cadcorp

Established in 1991, Cadcorp is a leading UK developer of digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software. With offices in the UK and the USA, Cadcorp's distribution and value-added reseller (VAR) network stretches worldwide. The company also plays a pivotal technical role in the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.® (OGC®).

The Cadcorp SIS - Spatial Information System product family is fully integrated digital mapping and GIS software that uses OGC certified compliant interfaces. Cadcorp technical director Martin Daly is an OGC Gardels Medal holder for his contribution to the OGC, and was one of the original members of the OGC Architecture Board. Cadcorp is an ISO9001:2000 and ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certified company, an Ordnance Survey GB Licensed Partner and Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland Licensed Partner. Cadcorp SIS applications exist in local government, central government, emergency services, insurance, oil & natural gas, mapping and surveying, commerce, utilities and many other markets.

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For further information contact:

Julia Smith, Tel: +44 (0)1438 747996, e-mail: julia.smith@cadcorp.com or
Neil McLeod, Tel: +44 (0)1666 504293, e-mail: neilmcleod@btopenworld.com.

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