FOR INMEDIATE RELEASE
May11th, 2005

PLTS for ArcGIS 9-Mapping Agency Solution Now Available

Includes GIS Tools for EuroRegionalMap Production and Maintenance

May 11th 2005, Redlands, California-ESRI, the leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, announced today that PLTS for ArcGIS 9-Mapping Agency Solution is now shipping. Mapping Agency Solution provides tools to reduce cost and improve the efficiency of creating and maintaining high-quality topographic databases for publishing professional map products and data analysis. PLTS for ArcGIS leverages the object-relational ArcGIS technology to streamline production in a consistent process, enabling national, regional, provincial, and natural resource mapping agencies to do more with fewer resources.

Mapping Agency Solution allows for rapid creation and maintenance of topographic datasets ranging from large scale to small scale. It uses topographic geodatabase models, a user-definable knowledge base, single-click editing, attribution, and quality assurance/quality control tools, which combine to offer a tightly integrated production flow.

Included in this release is the EuroRegionalMap geodatabase model, which enables European mapping agencies to create and maintain data that meets European Spatial Data Infrastructure specifications. "With Mapping Agency Solution, our users can achieve significant time savings when performing large-scale database production and maintenance projects that meet mapping agency specifications," says Daryl Smith, PLTS product manager. With Mapping Agency Solution, users can:

Produce topographic basemap products.
Use the EuroRegionalMap geodatabase model for 1:250K data and cartographic production.
Make edits more efficiently with single-click editing tools.
Batch export and print map sheets.
Coordinate the data review effort by logging error information easily and accurately.
Organize, standardize, and streamline project work flows to provide a consistent user experience, reduce repetitive setup tasks, and automate key processes.

Mapping Agency Solution also includes PLTS for ArcGIS 9-Foundation, a suite of PLTS components for quality control, cartographic product generation, single-click editing, and workflow management. Users can leverage Foundation to create their own customized solution by implementing their own business rules in data modeling, attribution, validation, and output.
Mapping Agency Solution requires ArcInfo and operates on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Aeroterra S.A. is a privately held organization that since its creation in 1973 has been a leader of the geo-processing field in the Latin American market. As an exclusive distributor of ESRI Inc. and LEICA Geosystems in Argentina and Uruguay, Aeroterra has an installed base of over 8,000 licenses in more than 1,000 sites. According to market researches from the Inter-American Development Bank (1995) and the Government of Canada (1997/98), Aeroterra accounts for more than 80% of the GIS software market in Argentina. The company is composed by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals fully dedicated to tasks related to geo-processing using the most advanced tools available for providing geo-related solutions to clients throughout the world. The company has several strategic alliances with international organizations and a wide network of distributors and business partners.

ESRI - Founded in 1969, ESRI is the leading developer of GIS software with more than 300,000 clients worldwide. ESRI software is used in all 200 of the largest cities in the United States and in more than 60 percent of counties and municipalities nationwide. Headquartered in California, ESRI has regional offices throughout the United States, international distributors in more than 90 countries, and more than 1,700 business partners. ESRI's goal is to develop comprehensive tools that enable users to efficiently manage, use, and serve geographic information to make a difference in the world around them. ESRI also provides consulting, implementation, and technical support services. ESRI can be found on the Web at www.esri.com. ESRI, the ESRI globe logo, GIS by ESRI, PLTS, ArcGIS, ArcInfo, www.esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of ESRI in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Other companies and products mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.