MapCiti, Web-Based Mapping Service for Cities and Towns, First to Offer High-Resolution Printing; MapCiti Reduces Administration Costs, Increases Ease of Access.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2001 Syncline, Inc., today announced the addition of high-resolution printing capabilities, as well as other enhancements, to MapCiti(TM), the company's fully automated Web-based mapping service for cities, towns, and government agencies. MapCiti(TM) is the first hosted mapping service to offer high-resolution printing capabilities on the Web, enabling users to see the detailed information typically contained in municipal maps. The new release also lets cities and towns link directly to their MapCiti(TM) maps, as well as provides them with richer graphic tools to build maps with more impact and clarity. Additions include hundreds of colors not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color and an expanded array of shapes, lines, and symbols. High-Resolution Printing MapCiti(TM)'s new high-resolution printing capabilities ("vector printing") allow people to clearly see critical local information, such as property lines, street names, and local precinct A constable's or police district. A small geographical unit of government. An election district created for convenient localization of polling places. A county or municipal subdivision for casting and counting votes in elections. PRECINCT. boundaries. Printouts from other online mapping services are limited to the resolution of the browser ("raster The horizontal lines (scan lines) displayed on a TV or computer monitor. This is the origin of the term "raster graphics," which is the major category that all bitmapped images and video frames fall into (GIF, JPEG, MPEG, etc.). output"), which is insufficient to portray the details found in dense urban areas. MapCiti(TM) provides subscribers with the continual improvements and upgrades they demand - such as the enhanced printing and graphics tools announced today - without any additional effort from subscribers. "Our customers asked for high-resolution printing and we responded in a matter of months," said Matthew M. Gentile, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President of Syncline. "Because MapCiti is a hosted service, we can respond to customer demands with new critical features much faster than the traditional software release model, which forces customers to wait as long as a year for much needed functionality." Reducing Costs for Municipalities MapCiti(TM) enables municipalities and government agencies to easily share Geographic Information Systems geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (GIS) data - such as property ownership, school districts, and zoning - internally, and with the public, using a browser-based interface. As a result, the costly and time-consuming practice of repeatedly printing and manually distributing municipal maps is greatly reduced. Instead, citizens, contractors, and municipal employees can use the Internet - either in their homes and offices, or at city hall - to view, explore, and print the professional-quality maps they want. Users can pan and zoom-in on maps, as well as click on features of interest - school districts, for example - for more detailed information, such as contact information, enrollment, or demographic data from the surrounding area. At the same time, municipal administrators retain complete control over their data. Administrators can update or change maps anytime and make them instantly available on the Web. Administrators can also upload additional "map layers" of spatial data Data that is represented as 2D or 3D images. A geographic information system (GIS) is one of the primary applications of spatial data (land maps). See spatial analysis, spatial resolution and GIS glossary. created in 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. ArcView, ESRI ArcInfo, and MapInfo Professional MapInfo Professional is a Geographic Information System software product produced by MapInfo Corporation. MapInfo Professional has the ability to combine and display, on a single map, data from a variety of sources that are in different formats and projections. . Other online mapping services fail to offer this degree of flexibility, charging cities and towns to change their maps, and implementing those changes on a limited, set schedule - monthly, for example. MapCiti(TM), a managed service, gives cities and towns a ready-to-use alternative to costly, complex, and time-consuming in-house Web development projects. More About MapCiti(TM) MapCiti(TM) leverages strong partnerships with industry leaders, including such as ESRI, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , to give subscribers a complete, reliable mapping service, including mapping software, databases, and system hardware. As a result, MapCiti(TM) is: --Scaleable - Hosted on Sun enterprise-class servers that are built to handle heavy user traffic. --Secure - SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. login Signing in and gaining access to a network server, Web server or other computer system. The process (the noun) is a "login" or "logon," while the act of doing it (the verb) is to "log in" or to "log on. support through VeriSign, different levels of management control and data access for each user. --Reliable - Built on proven technology, enabling service-level agreements that guarantee the highest reliability in the industry using dedicated system administrators and monitoring tools. The service, which is being adopted by a number of major metropolitan areas, is available by subscription. For more information and a demonstration of MapCiti(TM) visit www.mapciti.com or call 1.866.SYNCLINE (1.866.796.2546). About Syncline, Inc. Syncline provides Web-based mapping solutions for business and government organizations that can derive value from organizing their data based on location. Syncline's solutions connect databases to maps, revealing patterns, trends, and relationships not easily identified using other tools. The company's offerings also include Net-Q Online, a service provided in partnership with Telephia (www.telephia.com) that connects wireless carriers to competitive call-quality data, using a browser-based map interface; and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for building custom enterprise mapping solutions. Syncline's partners include Environmental Systems Research Institute, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. Clients include AT&T, Verizon, Excel Communications Excel Communications was founded in 1988 by Dallas entrepreneur Kenny Troutt as a long distance reseller in the US telecom sector at the birth of telecom deregulation. , USGS USGS United States Geological Survey (US Department of the Interior) , and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Syncline is located in Boston, Mass. For more information visit www.syncline.com. Copyright(c)2001 SYNCLINE, INCORPORATED. All Rights Reserved. Syncline and MapCiti.com are registered trademarks of Syncline, Inc. Oracle, ESRI, and Sun Microsystems are registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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