Stevenage, Herts, UK– Digital mapping and GIS software developer Cadcorp has announced that Preston City Council has selected Cadcorp SIS – Spatial Information System desktop and Cadcorp GeognoSIS Web-based software for its new corporate GIS. Supplied in partnership with Supporta TerraQuest the Cadcorp software will replace existing GIS facilities used by the council.
According to the company’s release, it has supplied a number of licences of its 3D-enabled Cadcorp SIS Map Modeller desktop software for use by expert users. Cadcorp GeognoSIS has also been provided to allow access to GIS facilities by more casual users via the council’s corporate intranet. GeognoSIS also provides appropriate access for citizens to map-based data through the council’s web site via the Internet. In addition, Cadcorp is to provide managed services for the council’s new PostGIS open-source spatial database management system. This acts as the single source for all geospatial information used in the council’s desktop, intranet and Internet GIS systems.
Improved delivery of front-line services through systems integration, along with improved availability of mapping and associated information for the public via the council’s web site, both of which will enable it to fulfill various government requirements, are among the benefits that Preston City Council expects from its new Cadcorp SIS-based GIS.
