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- New ability to export web tiles compatible with online map services -

Toronto, ON, May 21, 2013 - Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher® cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator® and the popular PDF Maps mobile app, is pleased to announce the release of Geographic Imager 4.2 for Adobe Photoshop. New formats are supported, including writing to the DEM TIFF format which saves raw DEM values and exporting web tiles to Google Maps or Microsoft Bing Maps format. In addition, there are a number of new and exciting product features and enhancements. This release also is also available at the Geographic Imager Basic license level which provides support for the geospatial framework in Adobe Photoshop as well as limited import and export abilities at an introductory price level. Also new in this release is the addition of the Georeference feature with the Geographic Imager Basic license.

“We've been working on some very innovative features lately, one of them being the ability to export web tiles using Geographic Imager from Adobe Photoshop,” said Ted Florence, President of Avenza. “The web tiles are compatible with several online map services which allows our users to spend less time worrying about image referencing and more time creating online mapping solutions,“ he added. “Another great feature in this release is the new ability to save to the DEM TIFF format, which is interoperable and can be reopened in Geographic Imager or in other geospatial software packages. There has been a demand for extended format support and we're continuing to listen to our users’ needs.”

Additional Geographic Imager 4.2 features

• Available Geographic Imager Basic license
• DEM TIFF write support, format saves raw DEM values
• Ability to Export Web Tiles to Google Maps or Microsoft Bing Maps format
• Geographic Imager panel improvements, including new Survey and Ruler tabs
• Crop by Vector File Extents, use the geographic extents of a vector file to crop an image
• Streamlined user interactions with command boxes and simpler messages
• Various bug fixes and user experience enhancements.

More about Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop

Geographic Imager is software for Adobe Photoshop that leverages the superior image editing capabilities of raster-based image editing software and transforms it into a powerful geospatial imagery editing tool. Work with satellite imagery, aerial photography, orthophotos, and DEMs in GeoTIFF and other major GIS image formats using Adobe Photoshop features such as transparencies, filters, and image adjustments while maintaining georeferencing and support for hundreds of coordinate systems and projections.

Geographic Imager 4.2 is immediately available and free of charge to all Geographic Imager Maintenance Program members and at US$319 for non-maintenance upgrades. New fixed licenses start at US$699. Geographic Imager Basic licenses start at US$199. Academic and volume license pricing are also available. Geographic Imager 4.2 is compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS5, CS5.1 and CS6. Visit www.avenza.com/geographic-imager for more information.

More about Avenza Systems Inc.

Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools for making better maps and for working with spatial imagery. In addition to software offerings for Mac, Windows and Apple mobile device users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.

For further information contact:
Tel: 416-487-5116
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.avenza.com

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that SuperGIS Online for Excel Add-in will be released to help Taiwanese users integrate statistical data with geographic features and obtain expected theme maps with statistics.

SuperGIS Online, a spatial data on-demand service, is designed for professional GIS experts, general GIS users, and value-added application users to effortlessly create their own infographics by subscribing SuperGIS Online service.

SuperGIS Online for Excel Add-in performs a value added function that worked on Microsoft Office Excel 2010, allowing users to diversify data display instead of displaying data with bar chart or pie chart only. SuperGIS Online for Excel Add-in enables users to easily create theme maps to improve data visualization and reporting through integrating with statistics with geographic features.

With SuperGIS Online for Excel Add-in, users are able to create charts and get corresponding information like the names of the counties, cities, and towns and specific coordinates, as well as displaying data visually with unique values, graduated colors, graduated symbols, etc. on the map. This service, SuperGIS Online for Excel Add-in, is available only to clients in Taiwan.

More information about SuperGIS Server GIS solutions, please visit http://www.supergeotek.com/products_ServerGIS.aspx

The free trial is available at http://www.supergeotek.com/download_6_server.aspx

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has been dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

Cloud computing, the prevailing and rapidly emerging technology, has become mainstream in most of the industries. Developed by the Information Center, Ministry of The Interior, Taiwan Geospatial One-Stop (TGOS) is the portal which enables users to search, view, query, and access the geospatial data and the web services in Taiwan.

Serving as the geodatabase and web service provider, TGOS contains comprehensive query catalog, Metadata database of national spatial data, and web services, helping government, organizations, academic institutions, and citizens to find information like contents, data providers (departments), and usage limits of the required geodata through searching Metadata on TGOS.

The public spatial data in Taiwan are owned by different departments. To effectively lower the cost of repeated service maintenance of the systems for government institutes, TGOS Cloud is developed to collect, store, and process the spatial data from local governments and then publish diverse APIs such as TGOS MAP API to integrate with their own data.

The existing TGOS only served to collect spatial data and offer physical files. In response to the recent expansion of system requirements, TGOS Cloud aims to fully support the original systems, to demonstrate the functionality such as membership database, browsing authority of spatial data, and service registration management, and to enable users to integrate the spatial data that will be processed and served as APIs on the TGOS portal.

In this project, SuperGIS Server 3 allows TGOS users to create, manage and distribute spatial data as GIS services including map services, feature services, and OGC services and unify map tile types to reduce labor cost in data preparation for government departments. Moreover, the server GIS ensures that new GIS services can be overlaid with the existing ones and easily applied to various mobile applications using Map API.

TGOS MAP API is classified into five elements, including the basic and advanced Web-controllers, stacking for map elements, data structures, and other located services. Users can use frequently-used essential base maps and manipulation tools to display the map data.

TGOS Cloud provides end-users with the ability to query data or employ application with pre-generated base maps. By accessing the TGOS Cloud system for TGOS MAP API and Network Service, users can develop their own map services using TGOS MAP API and achieve seamless data fusion in TGOS database for Web GIS and Mobile GIS applications.

With the development of TGOS Cloud, it facilitates organizations to integrate and publish spatial data as diverse services via connecting with TGOS services. Consequently, users are not only able to apply Map API offered by TGOS Cloud to conduct various analyses such as route analysis and buffer analysis but also to effectively manage their map websites without paying huge costs to publish maps.

For more information about the application story, please visit http://www.supergeotek.com/Library_2_201305.aspx

For more product information about SuperGIS Server, please visit http://www.supergeotek.com/ProductPage_SGS3.aspx

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, today announced that SuperGIS solutions are adopted by RASA Surveying, Philippines to have comprehensive spatial data collection, integration and visualization of land and minerals for sustainable natural resource management.

Headquartered in Quezon, Philippines, RASA Surveying mainly provides geomatic engineering and GIS consulting services such as topographic surveying. In this procurement, SuperPad 3 and SuperSurv 3.1, the mobile GIS applications for Windows Mobile and Android platforms, were used to help field workforce accurately measure, store, and upload real-time information from anywhere.

Featuring powerful GIS functions and friendly user interface, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a, the latest desktop GIS software, allows RASA Surveying to develop a custom GIS system to integrate large environmental data such as geography and soil and offer more informative information for better decision making.

In addition, SuperGIS analysis extensions including 3D Analyst, Network Analyst, and Spatial Analyst were employed to perform more sophisticated and objective analysis to satisfy diverse project needs. RASA Surveying will attend the 12th South East Asian Survey Congress to promote SuperGIS software. Welcome to visit the team during 18-20 June 2013 in Manila!

More information about SuperGIS software, please visit http://www.supergeotek.com/products_all_product_list.aspx

Download free trial here http://www.supergeotek.com/download_6.aspx

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

SupergeoM Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that DGPS post-processing tool will be introduced to assist SuperPad users in post-processing the collected field data using SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a to improve data accuracy.

SuperPad 3, a full-function mobile GIS application field survey and mapping, allows surveyors to collect, edit, and measure spatial data. Working with GPS, SuperPad 3 performs waypoint guidance and creation with GPS, etc. Therefore, the field workforce is able to promptly identify current position and collect spatial data.

When surveyors collect spatial data with GPS, interferences form ionosphere, atmosphere, anthropogenic factors, and electrical noise may result in positioning error during process of transmitting satellite signal. To avoid such errors occurring frequently, SuperPad 3 will offer an extension to help users accurately collect spatial data and record satellite signals simultaneously. As a result, the data collection can be imported to SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a and rectified with the post-processing tool.

More new product features about Superpad 3, please visit http://www.supergeotek.com/ProductPage_SP3.aspx

The free trial is available at http://www.supergeotek.com/download_6_mobile.aspx

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has been dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

Supergeo announced that the Rural and Regional Development of Kedah State Development Corporation, Malaysia purchased SuperSurv 3.1, the Android-powered mobile GIS software, to improve field operations for facilitating long-term land use and agricultural plans and the balanced development.

GIS enables Kedah State Development Corporation to collect, integrate, manage, and report spatial data about the local population, industries, land, natural resources, etc; meanwhile performing advanced analysis for more informed decision and policy making in proper budget and resource allocation .

Supporting multi-language user interface, global coordinate system and common vector layer file such as GEO or .SHP, SuperSurv 3.1 improves field productivity with enhanced feature editing and layer management functions, providing land planers with detailed information of geographic distribution of land use change to plan sustainable economic development.

With an ambitious aim of increasing the market share in ASEAN, Supergeo will attend at Asia Geospatial Forum 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It will be a great opportunity for Supergeo to facilitate direct communication among local governments, enterprises, and education institution and further increase more market share in this region.   

For more information about SuperSurv 3.1, please visit: http://www.supergeotek.com/LandingPage_SS3.1.aspx

Download free trial here http://www.supergeotek.com/download_6_mobile.aspx

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

- Open to all map makers who use Avenza mapping products -

Toronto, ON, May 1, 2013 - Avenza Systems Inc., producers of geospatial plug-ins for Adobe Creative Suite, including MAPublisher for Adobe Illustrator and Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop, and the PDF Maps app for iOS, is pleased to announce the return of its Annual Map Awards. The competition is open to all mapmakers from around the world who use Avenza products in the creation of their maps which were completed or published during 2012 or 2013. The various category awards recognize achievement in the art and science of cartography and promote the advancements and innovation made in mapping. Both professional mapmakers and students are encouraged to apply for the awards.

"In a few short years, we have witnessed the dramatic improvement in design and quality of maps,” said Ted Florence, President of Avenza. “The visualization of information and how it is conveyed on a map is becoming more and more innovative. Mapmakers are living in a very fortunate time when map creation technology and the availability of high quality data sets are easily attainable,” he added. “We're constantly trying to push the creativity of our users with new geospatial tools available in our products. We now want to see the incredible maps created with those tools.”

Category winners will receive their choice of a one year license of MAPublisher or Geographic Imager and will be featured in the Avenza Map Store. Both winning and notable entries will also be displayed in a map gallery on Avenza.com. Avenza is currently accepting map submissions until June 30, 2013. There is no fee for map submissions. Visit http://www.avenza.com/map-awards for more information about map categories, submission guidelines, and judging criteria.

More about Avenza Systems Inc.

Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools to make better maps. In addition to software offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services, as well as the PDF Maps app for purchasing and using maps on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.

For further information contact:
Tel: 416-487-5116
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.avenza.com

The new Geogratis portal is now online. http://www.geogratis.gc.ca

This release comes with new features including a a dynamic extraction data tool (Clip, Zip & Ship), a new cached Basemap and a new version of the research and discovery API for Geogratis.

SupergeoQ Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced the newest SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a now supports Indonesian and Turkish user interfaces.

Delivering plentiful GIS tools, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a provides users with a professional GIS platform to efficient accomplish diverse GIS tasks such as spatial data analysis, display, editing, management, query, etc.

Not only featuring the improved attribute table, map query, and map navigation functions, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a offers SuperGIS Toolkits to perform hundreds of GIS analysis functions. Through employing Process Designer, users can easily define the functions and workflows of geoprocessing according to their requirements to process single or the mass of data directly.

The latest SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a supports Indonesian and Turkish user interface for Indonesian-speaking and Turkish-speaking users to carry out GIS tasks more effectively. The desktop GIS software now provides multilingual user interface, such as Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, French, German, Arabic and Italian for a user-friendly manipulation environment.

More new product features about SupeGIS Desktop 3.1, please visit http://www.supergeotek.com/productpage_SG3.aspx?Type=Key%20Features

The free trial is available at http://www.supergeotek.com/download_6_desktop.aspx

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has been dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a was selected by Department of Human Settlements and Spatial Planning, Indonesia to improve data integration and management for stimulating sustainable human settlements development locally.

Well infrastructure plays an importance role in facilitating sustainable development for developing countries. Serving as the key administration for establishing national development programs, the department employed GIS technology in formulating effective strategies to improve the quality of life of local residents and achieve a balance with regard to the social, environmental and economic goals.    

Taking the advantages of VBA tool and plentiful GIS functions by SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a, the policymakers of Department of Human Settlements and Spatial Planning can benefit by having a custom GIS platform to develop and implement various infrastructure and environment programs such as highway construction, flood control and regional development.

Serving as one of Supergeo’s business partners in Indonesia, Datascrip focuses on providing clients with integrated GIS solutions to fulfill their application needs. The two parties plan to organize GIS education seminars to widely promote SuperGIS solutions and GIS experience in the local market and create more sales opportunities in the near future.  

For more information about SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a, please visit: http://www.supergeotek.com/productpage_SG3.aspx

Download free trial: http://www.supergeotek.com/download_6_desktop.aspx

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.