Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tap MapInfo for eGovernment Solution Creating Web-Based Mapping System.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TROY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2003 Maps Used by Health Professionals, Policy Makers and Students for Designing and Implementing Injury Prevention Programs MapInfo
Pitney Bowes MapInfo Corporation is a Location Intelligence / GIS company, headquartered in Troy, New York, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes. Corporation (Nasdaq: MAPS) today announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Injury Center used its MapInfo(R) MapXtreme(R) mapping technology to create Injury Maps, an interactive Web-based mapping application of injury-related mortality in the U.S. Its location-based technology gives users the capability to create customized, interactive online maps that can be used by a wide range of organizations and individuals, such as other federal agencies, state and local health departments, policy makers, research institutions and students. Injury Maps relies on MapInfo MapXtreme to display state and national geographic patterns geographic pattern A general descriptor for lesions in which large areas of one color, histologic pattern, or radiologic density with variably scalloped borders sharply interface with another color, pattern or density, fancifully likened to national boundaries in injury deaths. Users are able to select specific parameters to create the exact map that will suit their needs. For example, a health worker can use Injury Maps to create state or county maps that depict de·pict tr.v. de·pict·ed, de·pict·ing, de·picts 1. To represent in a picture or sculpture. 2. To represent in words; describe. See Synonyms at represent. the death rates from several broad categories of injuries as well as create a map of a specific injury cause and compare this to state and national death rates. "A Web-based mapping application such as Injury Maps is an effective tool for public health officials to sort and analyze information when making important decisions about education and prevention programs," said Sabby Nayar Nayar Hindu caste of the Indian state of Kerala. Before the British conquest in 1792, the Nayar caste supplied Kerala's royalty and nobility, militia, and land managers. During British rule, Nayars became prominent in politics, medicine, education, and law. , strategic industry manager, government, MapInfo. "We are pleased that the CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation selected MapInfo to power its first interactive Web-based mapping system and that our technology may help to develop programs that could help to reduce injury-related deaths." Injury Maps includes mortality rates for the years 1989-1998. The data includes injuries from drowning drowning /drown·ing/ (droun´ing) suffocation and death resulting from filling of the lungs with water or other substance. drowning, n asphyxiation because of submersion in a liquid. , poisoning Poisoning Politeness (See COURTESY.) Politeness, Excessive (See COURTESY, EXCESSIVE.) Randall, Lord killed by eating eels poisoned by his sweetheart. [Br. Balladry: Lord Randall] , motor vehicle accidents motor vehicle accident Public health A morbid condition that kills 45,000/yr–US; 60% are < age 35; MVAs account for 500,000 hospitalizations and most 20,000 spinal cord injuries, at a cost of $75 billion/yr , homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. and five other injury causes of death. The application can be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/maps/default/htm. About MapInfo MapInfo Corporation is a global software company that integrates software, data and services to help customers realize greater value from location-based information and drive more insightful decisions. MapInfo solutions are available in 20 languages through a network of strategic partners and distribution channels in 60 countries. Headquartered in Troy, NY, MapInfo Corporation is on the World Wide Web at www.mapinfo.com. Note to Editors: For more information about CDC's Injury work, contact 770-488-4902 or visit the Website at www.cdc.gov/injury. MapInfo and its products are registered trademarks of MapInfo Corporation. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. Of Note This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties. For this purpose, any statement that is not a statement of historical fact is a forward-looking statement, including without limitation statements concerning market demand for MapInfo's products and solutions, the potential benefits of MapInfo's software to customers, and the integration of MapInfo's software offerings with existing solutions. Factors that may cause these statements not to be true or to differ materially from the manner in which they are presented include potential difficulties related to third party integration of MapInfo's software, market acceptance of MapInfo's MapXtreme offerings, decreased spending by customers or potential customers on technology solutions and the impact of economic trends that affect generally the market for MapInfo's software and other product offerings. 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