DENSO and GDT Sign License Agreement; DENSO Selects GDT Data to Enhance Top-Rated Navigation System.Business/Technology Editors LEBANON, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2000 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. Technology, Inc., a developer of premier map databases, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with DENSO, one of the world's largest automotive parts suppliers, to offer GDT's street and address data within DENSO's navigation systems, which have been top rated by J.D. Powers & Associates. DENSO will use GDT's Dynamap(R)/Transportation database, which includes both urban and rural areas, to provide detailed street and address information for regions not previously covered in the DENSO navigation system. Dynamap/Transportation provides a multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective U.S. street network database to serve demanding applications. Compiled from a vast network of sources, Dynamap/Transportation provides street and address coverage, highly accurate one-way and restricted turn information, accurate representation of limited access highways, preferred routing names, and exit point layers. "We believe there is tremendous synergy between the goals and products of our companies," said Mike Gerling, 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 president. "GDT's primary goal is to maintain a nationwide, routable database with complete addressing information to serve the needs of digital map users in a variety of market segments. Our database provides a solid foundation for DENSO's navigation software and hardware products." About DENSO Japan-based DENSO Corporation, a global supplier of advanced technology, systems and components, employs more than 72,000 people in 26 countries. Worldwide sales total $14.5 billion for fiscal year 1998. In North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , DENSO employs 13,000 at 21 companies and 5 engineering centers. North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales for 1999 totaled $3.6 billion. About GDT Geographic Data Technology, Inc. develops premier map databases that provide the foundation for location-based applications. With 20 years experience in data management and compilation, GDT excels at bringing together a myriad of data resources to create usable spatial products and services that help businesses and consumers manage, understand and analyze geographic relationships. GDT provides cartographic car·tog·ra·phy n. The art or technique of making maps or charts. [French cartographie : carte, map (from Old French, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus data to major GIS vendors and is the data provider for leading software and web mapping programs. GDT data is used for routing, web mapping, emergency response, site selection, risk analysis, facilities management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. , and a host of other applications. With a focus on nationwide coverage, GDT offers customers the most complete, current and comprehensive geographic products on the market. Rated one of the 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). , GDT employs 400 people at its Lebanon, NH headquarters. For more information, visit the GDT web site at www.geographic.com. Dynamap is a registered trademark of Geographic Data Technology, Inc. |
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