| California Department of Transportation
Adopts MapText's Label-EZ |
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Plainsboro,
New Jersey - July 10, 2007
The The California Department of Transportation
successfully integrated MapText's labeling software, Label-EZ, into its
mapping workflow that allows users to map and analyze transportation
information quickly and efficiently.
The California DOT has been producing California Road System maps, which
consist of 1715 individual maps, each showing functional classification of
roads based on Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) guidelines. Every map
goes through a rigorous FHWA approval process before getting certified and
published.
Name placement on these maps is one of the most time-consuming tasks. It used
to take the DOT team up to a week to produce an aesthetically labeled map. A
high-performance and high-cartographic-quality labeling software was needed to
speed up production while preserving superb map quality. After rigorous
evaluation and testing, California DOT decided to integrate Label-EZ in their
workflow. Map finishing averaged two days per map with their old method;
MapText's solution catapulted them to less than a half hour per map – a huge
productivity gain.
MapText's high-end Label-EZ product caters to the needs of transportation
departments to generate high-quality paper maps in all major GIS environments.
It provides the users with provides the highest cartographic quality, great
flexibility, and advanced capabilities such as leadering, key-numbering,
stacking, route shield placement, and much more.
"Using Label-EZ we recently completed 170 maps in about 30 net hours.
Editing time for congested maps is taking minutes compared to hours or days",
Alan Kepler of the California DOT, commented.
"MapText is proud of the fact that the prestigious California DOT has
selected Label-EZ for their map production. We know that the agency has
rigorous mapping requirements and we are glad to hear that they have saved
enormous amounts of time and money by using our text placement software,"
added Shailesh Chanekar, MapText's Sales Manager.
About MapText, Inc.
MapText is the leading label-placement solutions
provider for local, state, and national government mapping agencies
worldwide. Its software places text automatically for virtually any kind of
map or chart - to high cartographic standards and at incredible speed. The
software is in use worldwide for making city street maps, highway maps,
cadastral maps, soil maps, utility maps, as well as nautical and aeronautical
charts. For more information, visit MapText's website at
www.maptext.com.
About California DOT
The California Department of Transportation has been active in moving the
people and commerce of California for more than 100 years from a loosely
connected web of footpaths and rutted wagon routes to the sophisticated system
that today serves the transportation needs of more than 30 million residents.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, contact:
MapText Sales Department
T. +1 609-716-7552 Email.
sales@maptext.com
