SpatialNews Press Release
DMTI Spatial Announces Bold New Canadian Government Mapping Initiative
MARKHAM, ON December 13, 2000 - DMTI Spatial is pleased to announce a bold
new initiative titled 'The Canadian Government Mapping Solution'. This
program provides the Government of Canada, and all its departments and
agencies, with access to DMTI Spatial's CanMap® street-map and routing
logistics database for use within Canadian Government geographic
information systems (GIS) at significantly reduced cost.
GIS technology helps increase service to Canadian citizens and improves
operational efficiencies in such areas as: emergency preparedness,
elections preparation and enactment, census planning and execution, route
logistics planning, and resources management. Critical Government roles in
public safety and disaster management, public health, environmental
assessment, demographics, socio economics, land ownership, plus many other
areas, are better understood and managed using a GIS and accurate
street-map data.
Recognizing that the Government is committed to improving its online
information services to all Canadians, DMTI Spatial is taking a leadership
role with its 'Canadian Government Mapping Solution.' This program offers
all Government departments a cost-effective means of using a continually
updated national street-map database.
"We're proud to be known as an energetic, high-technology company that
specializes in innovation," said John Fisher, President and CEO, DMTI
Spatial. "And this innovative approach assures Canadians that the
Government will realize significant cost reductions in developing a
national street network data file. In addition, our program will
significantly reduce the Government's ongoing costs related to maintaining
and updating its national street-map database."
CanMap, the company's flagship product, is a suite of precision-built
street-map and routing logistics data files. The CanMap product is widely
used by leading Canadian and US corporations in the transportation,
telecommunications, utilities, and Internet industries. CanMap is also
deployed in many federal and provincial Government departments, such as
Public Works and Services Canada, Health Canada, Industry Canada, Transport
Canada, and Department of National Defence. And, as more and more
Government departments use GIS to provide services and measure performance,
access to accurate, up-to-date street-map data becomes mission critical.
By embracing this DMTI Spatial initiative, the federal Government will be
able to provide Canadians with a very cost-effective approach to managing
and delivering GIS services. DMTI Spatial's program also provides a GIS
training component to assist with systems deployment and the development of
online applications. Additionally, the plan supports the establishment of
an interdepartmental committee to act as a forum for information exchange,
and for DMTI Spatial to address new product developments and announcements.
"Canadians are the real winners here," said John Fisher. "The Canadian
Government is continuously striving to improve services to its citizens and
reduce costs. Our initiative will assist the Government in rapidly
achieving these goals."
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