Case Studies Illustrate how City of San Jose Benefits from Using MapText’s Labeling Software

Plainsboro, New Jersey - July 20, 2006

MapText's MapText, Inc., in collaboration with several departments of the City of San Jose (CA), prepared case studies illustrating how the City benefits from an integrated suite of MapText's automatic text placement products.

Participating city departments include:
• Public Works Department
• Public Safety Department
• Planning Department

The various mapping requirements of the departments demanded different text placement solutions; all of which could be satisfied by one MapText product.

For example, the City's Public Works Department was using the built-in text placement technology of their GIS systems for producing maps. It averaged 16 to 24 working hours to generate the simple maps that needed to be produced. The quality was also not up to cartographic standards; therefore, maps needed to be improved by time-consuming manual labor. The City was actively looking for a solution that could automate the map labeling process and at the same time ensure cartographic quality output within their GeoMedia environment. MapText's multi-GIS flagship product, Label-EZ, satisfied all of their requirements.

Label-EZ also proved invaluable for the City's Public Safety applications. Emergency crews need to have the latest maps available and Label-EZ's high performance guarantees quick map production for such time-critical applications for the City's Computer Aided Dispatch System.

The Planning Department, a long-time user of MapInfo, required a high-quality and cost effective labeling solution for their GIS, and they found one in SmartLabel. Now they can create new street name labels derived from 40,000 street centerline segments within minutes. SmartLabel has yielded the quickest and highest return on a GIS-related investment that they've ever seen.

The case studies can be found at http://www.maptext.com/casestudies.shtml

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.

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