Finnish Mapmaker selects MapText's Label-EZ for its Text Placement needs

Plainsboro, New Jersey - September 30, 2004

Commercial mapmaker Karttakone of Helsinki, Finland selected MapText’s Label-EZ™ automated label placement product for its mapping operations, MapText, Inc. announced today.

Karttakone has integrated Label-EZ into their map production process, where street maps are generated fully automatically at two different scales and delivered in PDF format. The company’s product suite will be expanded to include a road map series in the future.

Karttakone selected MapText’s software primarily because it provides extremely high cartographic quality for various types of maps. With MapText’s technology, Karttakone’s staff is now able to prepare complex maps that previously took weeks to be labeled, in a matter of minutes.

“One of the fundamental selection criteria for MapText’s software was the ability to integrate it into our automated production line. As the label placement process can be configured using text files, we were absolutely amazed how smoothly the integration actually could be done. What really makes the difference is the straightforward, logical definition of the text placement rules in the software as well as the outstanding calculation performance”, said Mikko Sippo, the President of Karttakone.

“MapText is proud to provide high-quality text placement technology for the ambitious plans of Karttakone and at the same time strengthen our presence in the European Cartographic market”, Dr. Herbert Freeman, President of MapText, Inc. commented.