Autodesk Infrastructure Solutions Division Helps Local Governments Boost Response Time, Reduce Inefficiencies.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN RAFAEL San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2003 Autodesk MapGuide Software Broadens Availability of Mapping Information to City Officials, Emergency Workers, and Residents Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ), the world's leading design software company, is significantly improving San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay municipalities' response times to the public's inquiries about zoning, maintenance, and other local government services with its Autodesk MapGuide(R) software product. Community development agencies, police and fire departments, and front-desk clerks are using Autodesk MapGuide via the Web to access information about local services, and to provide faster notice to the public about hearings and meetings. Autodesk MapGuide software helps organizations develop, manage, and distribute GIS (1) (Geographic Information System) An information system that deals with spatial information. Often called "mapping software," it links attributes and characteristics of an area to its geographic location. and design applications on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the or on intranets, broadening access to mission-critical geographic data Geographic data is about much more than electronic pictures of maps. The geographic data that describes our world allows for city planning, flood prediction and relief, emergency service routing, environmental assessments, wind pattern monitoring and many other applications. . Because local governments can use the product's Web-based maps to save hours in responding to public queries or producing reports, valuable employee time is re-captured for other projects, and local residents are served more efficiently. Autodesk MapGuide Streamlines Public Notification Processes In Foster City, Calif., using Autodesk MapGuide software has reduced the time spent in processing community development notifications -- i.e., notices mailed to residents about proposed development projects in their neighborhoods -- from several hours each, to just minutes. Because Autodesk MapGuide brings together data from disparate sources and municipal departments to create interactive maps, community development employees no longer need to spend hours researching the proper parcels within a development area. "Our community development department creates well over 100 notifications each year," said Randy The name Randy generally derives from the names Randall or Randolph (meaning wolf with a shield). Randy is used as a given name primarily in the US and Canada. Men known as Randy
Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. , Calif., uses Autodesk MapGuide software not only to distribute maps to police, fire, utility and community development employees, but also to broaden the availability of city services The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. information to the general public. The city's GIS maps Web site (imaps.ci.santa-rosa.ca.us) allows visitors to view interactive maps based on layers they select, including pending development, zoning, and street sweeping street sweep An investment strategy in which large amounts of a company's stock are quickly purchased. Street sweeps generally occur in the stock of a company involved in a takeover attempt. Also called market sweep. schedules. "We selected Autodesk MapGuide because we wanted to make our GIS data available to as many employees in the city as possible, without the need to install expensive software on every desktop," said Mike Hargreaves, GIS coordinator for the city of Santa Rosa. "We also wanted to extend this information to the public, providing them with answers to routine questions, thus reducing the number of incoming calls to our public counter employees." About Autodesk Autodesk is the world's leading design software and digital content company, offering customers progressive business solutions through powerful technology products and services. Autodesk helps customers in the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media, and wireless data services fields increase the value of their digital design data and improve efficiencies across their entire project lifecycle management processes. For more information about the company, see autodesk.com. Autodesk and Autodesk MapGuide are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. |
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