Corporate Profile for Geographic Data Technology, Inc. -GDT-, dated August 24, 2001.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: August 24, 2001
Company Name: Geographic Data Technology, Inc.
Address: 11 Lafayette Street
Lebanon, NH 03766
Main Telephone
Number: 800-331-7881
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.geographic.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Michael Gerling
Chief Financial
Officer: Ilse Ramsey
Public Relations
Contact: Tonya McMurray
Business number: 800-331-7881, ext. 1160
E-mail address: (optional) tonya_mcmurray@gdt1.com
Industry: high -tech
Company description: GDT GDT Global Descriptor Table GDT Geographic Data Technology Inc. GDT Gas Discharge Tube (energy, electrotechinical and electronics) GDT Getting Things Done GDT Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing GDT Ground Data Terminal provides the street, address and other geographic referencing information that enable a variety of software applications to display computer maps. With more than 20 years experience in data management and compilation, GDT brings together a myriad of data resources to create spatial products that help businesses and consumers manage, understand and analyze geographic relationships. GDT data is used on web mapping sites such as MapQuest, MapBlast and Expedia to provide driving directions and visual map display to millions of Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f . GDT data helps Sears deliver new appliances and pizza companies deliver pizzas in the promised time frame. GDT provides the map foundation for Microsoft's Streets and Trips and for DeLorme's consumer mapping products. In-car navigation systems A GPS-based electronic system in a car or truck that provides a real time map of the vehicle's current location as well as step-by-step directions to a programmed destination. See GPS and vehicle tracking. for Toyota and Lexus vehicles depend on GDT data to provide driving directions across 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. . Mapping programs for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). ) devices rely on GDT to provide map display, address matching and directions for consumers on the go. Package delivery companies use GDT data to ensure on-time delivery of packages to homes and businesses across the United States. Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. and utilities rely on GDT data to help manage their facilities and infrastructure and to provide better service to customers. Nearly all of the nation's top insurance companies use GDT data to help assess risk, determine insurance rates, and dispatch claims adjusters after natural disasters. And the U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census used GDT data to help update information in preparation for the 2000 Census. The diversity of its customer base and the ever expanding uses for mapping technology have helped GDT become one of the ten fastest growing private companies in New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). . |
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