schools, other facilities
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 /-/ -- ESRI Federal User Conference -- Tele Atlas (FSE: TA6, EUNV: TA), a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, and MCH GeoPoints, a leading compiler of geospatially-enabled institutional databases, announced today an agreement to integrate MCH GeoPoints' data within Tele Atlas' digital maps and points of interest (POI) products. Through the agreement, federal, state and local governments and commercial enterprises such as insurance and utility companies will have access to the highly accurate and up-to-date information for their mission-critical, map-based applications.
The agreement strengthens Tele Atlas' leadership position in the emergency services sector, where the vast majority of 911 calls to 911 centers already are routed using Tele Atlas maps, and demonstrates the companies' commitment to providing the highest quality digital map information for applications designed to ensure public safety and facilitate emergency response and disaster preparedness.
MCH GeoPoints will provide key content from places2protect(TM), the company's exclusive database of location, feature attribute and key contact information for more than 1.3 million institutions, emergency medical services and critical access facilities, including hospitals, schools, daycare centers and government offices. These facilities are accurately positioned on the map using Tele Atlas' proprietary Point Address database, which is designed to pinpoint street addresses to a physical building, site or parcel.
"Our enterprise and public service partners deliver some of the world's most essential navigation applications for emergency, business fleet and infrastructure services," said Jay Benson, vice president, business planning, Tele Atlas. "Combining the strength of our map database with the proven track record of MCH GeoPoints' critical institution data, we enhance the industry- specific POI data our partners need to deliver their vital services and products."
"Tele Atlas has a superior ability to provide pinpoint geocoding with Address Points, and ensure emergency services personnel know exactly where they need to go," said Mary English, MCH Director of Strategic Alliances. "Working with Tele Atlas furthers our commitment to rapidly provide critical location information in a user-friendly format. Customers in need of highly accurate and fresh map and POI data benefit from the powerful combination of places2protect and Tele Atlas digital map data."
About Tele Atlas
Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic content that power some of the world's most essential navigation and location-based services. The information is the foundation for a wide range of personal and in-car navigation systems and mobile and Internet map applications that help users find the people, places, products and services they need, wherever they are. Tele Atlas also works with business partners that deliver critical applications for emergency, business fleet and infrastructure services. Founded in 1984, the company provides maps covering 54 countries around the world. Tele Atlas has approximately 2,300 full-time employees and contract cartographers at offices in 20 countries and uses a sophisticated network of professional drivers, mobile mapping vans and more than 50,000 data resources to continually update its maps. Tele Atlas is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TA6) and on Euronext Amsterdam (TA). For more information, visit http://www.teleatlas.com.
About MCH GeoPoints
MCH GeoPoints provides geospatially-enhanced data built on the institutional databases compiled by MCH. The MCH GeoPoints database is the first comprehensive, national database on critical facilities and is a continuous, cost-effective, and sustainable GIS resource for institutional information. MCH GeoPoints is a division of MCH, Inc. and is based in Kansas City, Missouri. For more information, visit http://www.mchgeopoints.com.
