First American Real Estate Information Services (Houston, TX), a provider of business information including data on title insurance, specialty insurance, mortgages, properties and risk mitigation, has acquired Harvard Design and Mapping Company (HDM; Cambridge, MA), a provider of geographic information systems (GIS) technology to businesses and federal, state and local governments.

First American Real Estate Information Services (Houston, TX), a provider of business information including data on title insurance, specialty insurance, mortgages, properties and risk mitigation, has acquired Harvard Design and Mapping Company (HDM; Cambridge, MA), a provider of geographic information systems (GIS) technology to businesses and federal, state and local governments. No terms of the deal were given. First American said the purchase will strengthen its ability to use GIS solutions to help clients handle their flood risk and data management needs.