Distributor News Releases

ESRI Distributors Worldwide provide products, support, and services to GIS users in over 135 countries. These news releases and announcements are an example of how they are helping to make a difference.

Second Quarter, 2008

April 11, 2008
Mapping software breathes new life into Geography lessons
New geography mapping software for the classroom has been launched across 60 secondary schools engaging "digital native" children throughout the UK.

April 4, 2008
International demand grows for ESRI (UK)'s CrimeAnalyst
ESRI (UK) announces that its CrimeAnalyst software has been selected by the City of Zurich Police to deliver best-in-class crime mapping and analysis functionality.

First Quarter, 2008

March 31, 2008
Tapping into ESRI (UK)
ESRI (UK), the market leader in geographic information systems (GIS), has become the only GIS business in the UK to partner with the Training Foundation for the TAP Quality Standard, incorporating their training delivery and assessment programme.

March 6, 2008
ESRI Holdings acquires GeoWise Ltd
ESRI Holdings, a group of companies including ESRI (UK), ESRI Ireland and Helyx SIS, has acquired GeoWise Ltd, a leading provider of visualisation software for location-based statistical data, complementing the group’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) capabilities.

January 30, 2008
GLA to Deliver Enhanced Services for Londoners with ESRI (UK)
ESRI (UK), the market leader in geographic information systems (GIS), has won a contract with Greater London Authority (GLA) to provide a corporate GIS solution that will help provide London’s citizens with better access to local information and improve data information sharing between its primary stakeholders.

January 21, 2008
ScottishPower Signs £1.7 Million Contract for ESRI (UK) GIS
ESRI (UK) has signed a £1.7 million contract with leading electricity provider ScottishPower to provide an enterprise-wide Geographic Information System (GIS) based on ESRI’s ArcGIS 9.2 technology.

January 2008
ESRI Australia—Queensland Government Shares Location Intelligence Across the Enterprise
The Queensland Government has implemented ESRI server GIS technology at an enterprise level, making the technology available to all users of GovNet, the Queensland Government’s intranet site. The server-based technology allows all staff members from Queensland Government to access the Information Queensland (IQ) online atlas through a map viewer.

Fourth Quarter, 2007

October 16, 2007
Doncaster MBC Improves Local View with ESRI (UK)
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council has launched 'My Doncaster', an online tool to provide citizen access to local information and improve sharing between partners of the Doncaster Strategic Partnership.

October 4, 2007
ESRI (UK) Launches TrafficFlow to Ease Pressures of Parking Enforcement
ESRI (UK), has announced the launch of TrafficFlow, which enables local authorities to manage the entire traffic order process and realise the full benefits brought about by Decriminalised Parking Enforcement.

Third Quarter, 2007

October 11, 2007
Town of Oakville recognized for using GIS to improve customer service
The Town of Oakville was presented with an Award of Excellence at ESRI Canada's Regional User Conference in Toronto today.

October 2, 2007
Capital Regional District receives award for their enterprise GIS and web mapping applications
The Information Technology and GIS Services Division at the Capital Regional District (CRD) was presented with an Award of Excellence at ESRI Canada's Regional User Conference in Victoria today.

September 25, 2007
ESRI (UK) tracks Edinburgh to Paris charity cycle ride
A group of 20 cyclists will set off from the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh today on 220 mile charity bike ride to Paris.

September 3, 2007
ESRI (UK) appoints Non-Executive Director
ESRI (UK), the leading provider of enterprise Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software and services, has appointed Brig (Retd) Nick Rigby as a Non-Executive Director.

August 18, 2007
Informi GIS Releases ArcGIS Business Analyst in Denmark with Danish Data [PDF]
Danish companies can now take advantage of goespatial business intelligence and analysis using data in their own language.

August 8, 2007
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water improves asset management with GIS from ESRI (UK)
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has selected ESRI (UK) to provide a new Geographic Information System (GIS) to help optimise customer service, operations, asset management, business performance and regulatory compliance.

August 1, 2007
Powerco Charges Ahead with Eagle and ArcGIS [PDF]
Powerco, New Zealand's second largest utility company and noted for its growth and innovation, selects ESRI ArcGIS technology to streamline their business processes.

First Quarter, 2007

January 8, 2007
South Yorkshire Police Fights Crime with Intelligent Maps
South Yorkshire Police saves over £600k per year with new mapping technology from ESRI (UK).

Fourth Quarter, 2006

November 16, 2006
ESRI Northeast Africa Wins Enterprise GIS-Based Command and Control System for Bahrain Ministry of Interior
"Applying GIS in Command and Control systems at Bahrain MOI aims at significantly maximizing the emergency response efficiency and accuracy," declares Brigadier Bassem El-Hamer, Ministry of Interior, Bahrain.

Third Quarter, 2006

October 11, 2006
BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands: Integrated Land Management Bureau (ILMB) Receives an Award of Excellence for Innovative Map-based Web site
The Award is in recognition of the ILMB's innovative iMapBC Web site, an ambitious, Web-based discovery and access tool that provides staff and the public with a rich set of tools to interact with over 300 spatial data sets from a number of different organizations.

October 5, 2006
The City of Surrey receives an Award of Excellence for their Enterprise GIS
The City of Surrey was recently presented with an Award of Excellence at ESRI Canada's annual user conference in recognition of the City’s enterprise GIS that improves service delivery to staff, residents, and the business community.

September 22, 2006
ISC Recognized for Its Innovative GIS Solutions
The Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan (ISC) was recently presented with an Award of Excellence at ESRI Canada's ESRI Regional User Conference in Regina.

September 18, 2006
The World at Your Fingertips
Interactive mapping is demonstrated on the TouchTable at the thirteen annual ESRI South Asia Conference in Subang Jaya, Malaysia.

Second Quarter, 2006

July 3, 2006
con terra GmbH ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH Announce Affiliation
Effective July 1, 2006, ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH in Kranzberg, Germany, has acquired a majority interest in con terra GmbH of Münster, Germany. At the same time, Dr. Albert Remke has joined ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH as additional shareholder.

Second Quarter, 2006

May 9, 2006
Eco-Nova Productions Ltd. / Ghostship Studio ShipwreckCentral.com Named as Finalist in Six-Annual Canadian New Media Awards
"Using ESRI's ArcIMS solution for internet mapping, Eco-Nova and the Shipwreck Central team have built a unique web experience that lets users 'hunt the globe' for shipwreck sites, dive locations, view historical data, and program locations," said Chris Davey, Account Manager, Atlantic Region, ESRI Canada.

April 10, 2006
The Town of LaSalle Receives Award for Their Application of GIS Technology
The Town of LaSalle was presented with an Award of Excellence at ESRI Canada's Regional User Conference in London, Ontario, today.

First Quarter, 2006

March 30, 2006
ESRI Aims To Double LatAm Weighting with More Mainstream Focus
ESRI's manager for Latin America operations Merrill Lyew talks with Business News Americas about the growing markets for GIS technology.

March 9, 2006
Integrated Asset and Work Management System in an Electric Distribution Company
ESRI Canada is pleased to announce the implementation of an integrated Asset and Work Management System for Wirebury Connections Inc. that combines a Work Management System (WMS) with their geographic information system (GIS). The integrated system is hosted by ESRI Canada and is based on Cityworks and ArcFM which both leverage core ESRI ArcGIS technology

March 2, 2006
Town of Whitby selects ESRI Canada's GIS-Based solutions for Customer Relationship Management
The Cityworks solution will take advantage of the already existing ArcGIS foundation to provide the municipality's Operations Centre with a spatially-enabled system.

January 3, 2006
ESRI Canada Limited Bolsters Presence in Pacific-Canada
ESRI Canada's new office in Kelowna, BC will provide existing clients with support including consulting and training, and will enable ESRI Canada to promote and support the use of GIS in other organizations.