REDLANDS, Calif., May 2, 2012 — (PRNewswire) — Retail and commercial real estate professionals using Android smartphones can now access demographic data anywhere with the Esri Business Analyst Online (BAO) application. The application is designed for anyone who needs access to population and consumer marketing data on the go.
The BAO application enables users to access up-to-date facts on demographics, lifestyle, and consumer spending for any region in the United States. With it, users can compare any address with another or with the county, state, or United States and analyze an area within one mile of a prospective location. Unlike traditional market research, users can quickly compare and contrast regional information with the regional average and show that data to clients in the field. Reports created in the mobile BAO application can also be e-mailed to share with a broader audience. More extensive data, capabilities, and reports are available through the application with a subscription to the BAO web application.

The BAO application is free and can be downloaded directly from Android Marketplace.

To learn more, visit esri.com/BAOapp.

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Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS technology, Esri software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at esri.com/news.

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John Copple, Chief Executive Officer of Sanborn stated, “Our clients are demanding very accurate best – value products and the A3 testing we performed verified the performance of the system will meet those requirements. After an intensive review, we choose the A3 from VisionMap because it presented the best value for Sanborn and our customers.” He added, “The A3 camera system provides high resolution imagery from a significantly higher altitude than the standard aerial mapping cameras and it delivers the largest footprint of aerial cameras available today. This translates into cost savings for our customers.”

“We are very excited that such a prestigious, world-class company as Sanborn has chosen the A3 System to meet their critical needs for their demanding customers. It is a large step forward for VisionMap in proving to the US market that the A3 and its processing software is a technology leader in the world-wide aerial mapping industry. With a wide field of view, the A3 collects multi-directional images in both vertical and oblique angles at higher altitudes. This translates into quality images with less flight time and costs,” stated William Perkins, VisionMap LLC’s General Manager.

Sanborn is a full-service company offering quality solutions in the mapping and GIS industry. With technology centers across the US and abroad, Sanborn offers a complete suite of photogrammetric mapping and GIS services backed by a strong commitment to customer service. Founded in 1866 as a fire insurance mapping company, Sanborn has progressively achieved levels of excellence around the US and internationally. See Sanborn’s website at www.sanborn.com for more information. VisionMap LLC is a US company wholly owned by VisionMap LTD of Tel Aviv, Israel. Learn more about VisionMap, the A3 System and its multiple lines of products at www.visionmap.com.

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• Search places and favorites: The application has millions of places and points of interest to choose from – either by category or name – including restaurants, ATMs, hotels, hospitals and more. Users can then select and navigate to the destination chosen and save frequent destinations as favorites.

•  India’s best maps: Search and navigate to house numbers in 18 cities, reach any of the 579,000 towns and villages and navigate at street-level across 1,200 cities.

• Turn-by-turn voice guidance: The application turns your iPhone into a full-fledged GPS navigator, including voice instructions for each turn, speaking street names as well in an Indian accent.

•  Automatic re-routing: The application automatically generates a new route if the driver misses a turn.

• Shake-to-Go™: Users can shake their phone to instantly start navigation to their home address from wherever they are.

• Speed limit alerts: On major highways, the application notifies drivers when they exceed the posted speed limit.

•  Night-time mode: The application switches to night-time mode automatically, allowing for safer viewing conditions while driving at night.

Today’s military commanders working in digital battlefield environments need intelligent maps derived from geospatial data and map-accurate imagery to make effective command and control decisions in the field. Rolta is exploring opportunities to leverage GeoEye’s imagery service and predictive analytics’ expertise to develop defense and homeland security solutions served from its Geospatial Fusion Platform to help users see, understand and anticipate change when lives are at risk.

Preetha Pulusani, Rolta’s chief strategy officer, said, “Rolta has been engaged in providing geospatial solutions for over two decades. Imagery plays a critical role – especially for defense and homeland security – to enable users to rapidly analyze change, visualize impacts and make informed decisions in the field in a timely manner. We are pleased to have the opportunity to work with GeoEye to provide our customers with tools and content to meet their most challenging needs.”

Rolta also plans to develop intelligent 3-D city solutions for commercial users in urban planning, construction and infrastructure development. Ninety percent of the fastest-growing metropolitan economies are located outside North America and Western Europe and in regions such as Southern Asia. Rolta intends to offer these high-growth global markets financially accessible 3-D model solutions developed from GeoEye satellite imagery.

Tony Frazier, GeoEye’s senior vice president of Marketing, said, “Geospatial intelligence has become crucial to decision making. We are excited about this partnership and believe that our world-class imagery, information service capabilities and expertise, coupled with Rolta’s product development and IT services track record, will produce innovative geospatial solutions that deliver clear, deep and timely insights to global government and commercial users.”

About Rolta

Rolta is a leading provider of innovative IT solutions for many vertical segments, including Utilities, Governments, Transportation, Process, Power, Banking and Insurance. These enterprise level solutions are built around Rolta’s intellectual property and domain expertise to offer unique business intelligence for impactful insights for effective decision making. Rolta’s solutions framework includes Geospatial FusionTM, a suite to integrate disparate spatial and business data; Rolta OneViewTM, a BI solution for operational excellence; and Rolta iPerspectiveTM, a unique platform for SOA and “Cloud” enablement. Rolta’s intellectual property repository contains cutting-edge software for mapping and earth sciences, providing the foundation for Defense and Homeland Security solutions including C4ISTAR information systems, Military Communications, Digital Soldier, and Vehicle Systems. Rolta is a multinational organization headquartered in India, which has executed projects in over 40 countries. Rolta has a countrywide infrastructure and international subsidiaries across the globe. Forbes Global ranked Rolta amongst the “Best 200 under a Billion” four times in six years. The Company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange in cash and F&O segment, and forms part of various indices on BSE/NSE. The Company’s GDRs are listed on the Main Board of London Stock Exchange and its FCCBs are listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

About GeoEye
GeoEye is a leading source of geospatial information and insight for decision makers and analysts who need a clear understanding of our changing world to protect lives, manage risk and optimize resources. Each day, organizations in defense and intelligence, public safety, critical infrastructure, energy and online media rely on GeoEye’s imagery, tools and expertise to support important missions around the globe. Widely recognized as a pioneer in high-resolution satellite imagery, GeoEye has evolved into a complete provider of geospatial intelligence solutions. GeoEye’s ability to collect, process and analyze massive amounts of geospatial data allows our customers to quickly see precise changes on the ground and anticipate where events may occur in the future. GeoEye is a public company listed on NASDAQ as GEOY and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia with more than 750 employees worldwide. Learn more at www.geoeye.com.

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