What's Happening in Mapping

GIS-based route optimisation is the science of computing the best path for a person or vehicle to take considering all of the potential constraints of the vehicle or person and taking into account conditions that must be met at load and unload point or points.

GPS-based vehicle (or asset) tracking is a process that allows mobile items to capture information from typically the Global Positioning System satellites and immediately relaying that information to a central site so that the assets position can be determined. If the asset is not connected to a central site the position data is collected on the device so that at a later time the historical position of that mobile asset can be reasonably accurately determined.

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MapData Sciences have been assisting clients improve business productivity and workforce visibility through route optimisation and vehicle tracking solutions for a number of years. Contact Steve Cronan by email or call +61 2 8436 2824 to discuss how our solutions can move your business forward.

Automated tracking and real-time fleet reporting from MDS

$0 sign-up FOR June 2010!

Final chance for you to act on this end-of-year offer.

The MDS FleetTrack service is a fully featured, web-based, automated tracking and reporting service designed to give you real business visibility of your fleet and your clients. MDS FleetTrack assists in streamlining fleet management with pre-formatted automated reports.

Don't hesitate, contact Steve Cronan today by email or call +61 2 8436 2824 and mention this newsletter.

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Product News

Points of Interest (POI) continue to grow

MDS continues to accurately identify locations based on different categories. Now there are over 4,000 newsagents across Australia that are added to the data set.

Work has now been completed on the education POI data set, where the MySchools URLs have been added.

Now's the time to contact us and enhance your applications. Get one data set, data by State or request all to be used across various applications and projects.

Is there one dataset we are missing that you would like to have? Let us know.

For further information, visit the website, contact Margreet on email or +61 2 8436 2812.

One stop shop makes MDS the experts

MDS has cemented its place as the expert in location based services and advice that delivers Geo Apps that enables business.

Utilise the feature rich MDS QuickMap API, a true development environment and the preferred platform for business applications. Try it today for FREE.

MDS can now provide clients with the option to utilise MDS' QuickMap API, ESRI ArcGIS API as well as the Google Maps API or the Microsoft Bing Maps API.

Why so many? What's the difference?

Answer is... Choice for you

To find out more or to discuss these options, contact Loretta today by email or +61 2 8436 2811.

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Customer Corner

Boat owners motor as new service puts wind in their sails

MDS has developed a new service for NSW Maritime, enabling commercial and recreational boat users to quickly and easily locate their nearest NSW Maritime service.

Enter a land address or waterway and the visitor is able to instantly locate their nearest NSW Maritime office, boat ramp, petrol pump or sewerage pumpout facility.

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Visit the service now - http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/locator.html

Our thoughts are with...

...and our sympathies go out to the family, colleagues and friends of Roy Leigh, Chief Risk Scientist at Risk Frontiers, who passed away on June 16th.

Roy was instrumental in the development of the street address natural hazard profiles and its implementation on the MDS Risk Frontiers Natural Hazards’ Risk Ratings online service for the insurance industry. These natural hazards have had a wide ranging impact on our society. Roy was also Risk Frontiers' flood and hail specialist.

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Did you know?

You can follow the soccer madness with Bing

The Bing Maps team at Microsoft have put together a clever application for the soccer world cup that covers the locations of each country, the ground locations and results.

The New World Cup map app highlights all the different countries participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Countries are pinned to the map with their respective flags as pushpin icons. Clicking a flag pin will tell you when their next game is and against who they play with links to the FIFA web site for the respective match. Additionally, we’re pushing down tons of information such as teams, stats and standings right in Bing Maps.

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