Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
ESRI Canada today announced that the company has signed an agreement to become the exclusive Canadian distributor of TDC Group’s Freeance Mobile for BlackBerry. The solution helps organizations maximize their investment in ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology by pushing out GIS data and applications to field workers using BlackBerry smartphones. Users can search, view and
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
ESRI Canada today presented the Township of Langley with an Award of Excellence for its outstanding achievement in the application of ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology. In 2010, the Township developed and deployed an innovative Mobile Fire Application that is expected to significantly enhance fire protection and rescue operations in the municipality. The application allows
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
ESRI Canada has presented J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) with an Award of Excellence for enhancing forestry operations and management using ESRI’s geographic information systems (GIS). JDI is a family-owned company based in Saint John, New Brunswick that provides diverse products and services from forestry, transportation, shipbuilding, retail and agriculture. They were the first forest products
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Interdisciplinary Research Consultants (IdRC) and ESRI Canada today announced that the companies have been selected to provide consulting services on the design of a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) for the Kingdom of Jordan. This will help Jordan develop a national strategic plan that will enable broad sharing of geographic information to monitor and support the
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
ESRI Canada today presented the City of Toronto with an Award of Excellence for its outstanding achievements in the application of geographic information system (GIS) technology. The award was presented at the 2010 ESRI Canada User Conference in Toronto. Since 1985, GIS has been an integral part of many of Toronto’s business processes – from map
Friday, October 1st, 2010
ESRI Canada today presented an Award of Excellence to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture’s Geomatics Services Group for improving access to the province’s agricultural spatial data using ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology. In 2008, the Ministry launched the Agricultural Crown Land Map Viewer, an online mapping application that allows the public to search and view
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Strengthening its support for Canadian technology businesses, ESRI Canada announced that the company has become a gold sponsor of the York Technology Alliance (YTA). John Kitchen, Vice President and General Manager of ESRI Canada, has also been appointed the alliance’s Vice Chair. Established in 1983, the YTA is an economic development cluster that fosters a
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
ESRI Canada today announced the addition of Voyager software to its portfolio of geographic information system (GIS) solutions. Developed by US-based company VoyagerGIS, Voyager is a powerful search and indexing software that allows users to quickly find spatial data resources on their desktops, servers or across the Internet, using simple intuitive Web-style searches. This helps organizations
Friday, September 24th, 2010
ESRI Canada congratulates the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development (MEDT) on receiving the Judges’ Choice Award at Showcase Ontario 2010 for its online investment attraction tool, Select Ontario. The application leverages ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology and provides site selectors with easy and quick access to valuable information for finding ideal investment sites in over
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
ESRI Canada today presented RONA with an Award of Excellence for its exemplary use of ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology to optimize flyer distribution and maximize return on the company’s marketing investment. Previously, RONA used the same promotional flyer for all of its 700 stores. The company developed a GIS application that has enabled it
