BusinessMAP 2.0 hits retail shelves nationwide.REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1996-- New version offers street-level detail for every city in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. The latest version of BusinessMAP -- developed by ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA, www.esri.com) The world's leading developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, including programs that plot ZIP codes and addresses, demographic information and detailed, color-coded data. , the leading developer of GIS software This is a list of notable GIS software applications. See also the comparison of GIS software. Open source software Most widely used open source applications:
BusinessMAP 2.0 is the most comprehensive PC database mapping software product available. This new version provides street-level detail for every city and town in the United States and includes American Yellow Pages, the leading phone book software product, with 14 million business listings of restaurants, hotels, rental car companies and more. Priced at $99.95, BusinessMAP 2.0 is positioned to compete strongly in the low-cost database mapping software market. BusinessMAP is available now at CompUSA, Computer City, Egghead Software This article is about historical United States software retailer. For other uses for the word "egghead", see Egghead (disambiguation). Egghead Software was founded in 1984 as a computer software retail company. , ElekTech, Fry's and Micro Center. "BusinessMAP 2.0 meets the increasing demand from our business customers for street-level detail," stated Bill McNeil, ESRI's manager of BusinessMAP products. "BusinessMAP is the first, and only, database mapping product that provides streets for every city and town in the United States. Whether you live in Chicago, Ill., or Evanston, Wyo., BusinessMAP locates all your business data by address, giving you the exact location of your important contacts. We have also included 14 million business listings from American Yellow Pages, making BusinessMAP, by far, the best value on the market." Mapping software is quickly becoming a necessary part of any business solution. Over the last year, a number of new PC mapping software titles have been released. BusinessMAP, as the name implies, is a business product providing business solutions. As opposed to travel planners, BusinessMAP is designed for business professionals wanting to visualize their data geographically. Using information from leading database, contact manager, spreadsheet and phone book applications, BusinessMAP creates pushpin and color-filled maps of the United States, individual U.S. states A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and , Canada, Mexico, Europe and the world. These maps, along with business data, allow you to quickly view information geographically to help with call planning, sales analysis, territory design, new site locations, service center location and much more. The user can also use numeric information to color-fill the map by state, county or ZIP code zip code System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities. and to analyze demographics, revenue, market concentrations and more. The new release of BusinessMAP provides more than 28 million street segments for every city and town in the United States. These streets can be added as another layer to the U.S. map or to individual state maps. The user then can find addresses one at a time, or can add a layer where symbols will be automatically placed on the map at each address location. This capability provides a user with the exact location of each contact in the database. BusinessMAP 2.0 also includes American Yellow Pages with 14 million business listings from American Business Information Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ABII). This is a powerful source of information giving the user virtually every business listing in the United States, including name, address and phone number. Now the customer can see where each contact is located in relation to restaurants, hotels, florists or any other type of business. These listings provide an extremely useful source of information to assist sales people making travel arrangements, marketers in creating targeted direct mail campaigns, real estate professionals in analyzing new site locations, and much more. BusinessMAP also provides extensive base map data for the world, Europe, Mexico, Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy. . In addition to these countries, BusinessMAP includes map data for major highways, waterways The list of waterways is a link page for any river, canal, estuary or firth. International waterways
district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes . Plus, census data by city, county, state and country is provided. BusinessMAP also has an improved charting tool in version 2.0 offering 27 different 2-D and 3-D charts, giving the user the capability to analyze numeric data Refers to quantities and money amounts used in calculations. Contrast with string or character data. geographically and through traditional charting methods. Another powerful feature of BusinessMAP is the ability to search the database layers geographically by drawing a circle, rectangle or polygon polygon, closed plane figure bounded by straight line segments as sides. A polygon is convex if any two points inside the polygon can be connected by a line segment that does not intersect any side. If a side is intersected, the polygon is called concave. around the desired area. This is a valuable feature for such tasks as creating targeted mailing lists An automated e-mail system on the Internet, which is maintained by subject matter. There are thousands of such lists that reach millions of individuals and businesses. New users generally subscribe by sending an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in it and subsequently receive all new , locating the closest doctor to a customer, analyzing store reach by market and dividing sales region by customer concentration. One can then save the search results to a new database file. With BusinessMAP, one can also export maps to a variety of graphic formats to be used in other software applications for generating reports, presentations and even large wall-sized maps. The user can also print and save any map created. BusinessMAP, priced at $99.95, is currently available at CompUSA, Computer City, Egghead Software, ElekTech, Fry's and Micro Center. Registered owners Registered Owner An individual or organization to whom certificates are directly issued and who, as a result, is recorded on the corporation's securityholder records (as maintained by the transfer agent). of BusinessMAP may purchase the upgrade to version 2.0 for $49.95 directly from the company by calling 800/465-8975. About ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (ESRI) was founded in 1969 as a research group devoted to developing methods of handling geo-referenced data. ESRI is the leading developer of GIS software, with more than 100,000 clients worldwide. ESRI also performs consulting and data automation services related to geographic information management. In addition to its headquarters in California, ESRI has a network of U.S. and international offices, as well as more than 300 distributors of its products around the world. About American Business Information American Business Information is a leading provider of information on businesses in the United States and Canada. More than 600,000 customers use American Business Information to generate sales leads A sales lead is the identity of a person or entity potentially interested in purchasing a product or service, and represents the first stage of a sales process. The lead may have a corporation or business associated with the person(s). , reduce selling costs, improve marketing efficiency and for business credit purposes. Founded in 1972, the company has headquarters at 5711 S. 86th Circle, P.O. Box 27347, Omaha, Neb. 68127-0347. -0- EDITORS ONLY: For more information or to receive a review copy of BusinessMAP, contact Paula Stone Paula Stone (January 20, 1912 - December 23, 1997) was an actress in theater and motion pictures from New York City. She was the daughter of Fred Stone, a stage actor, dancing comedian, and owner of the Fred Stone theatrical stock company. at 972/964-5899. NOTE: ESRI is a registered trademark, and BusinessMAP, GIS by ESRI and the ESRI Globe Logo are trademarks of Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Soft Touch Technology Inc. Paula S. Stone, 972/964-5899 Internet: pstone@onramp.net or BusinessMAP Products, ESRI Bill McNeil, 972/699-0010 |
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