Toronto, ON, December 13, 2005 - Avenza Systems Inc., producers
of MAPublisher cartographic software and
Geographic Imager spatial tools for Adobe Photoshop, and The XYZ
Digital Map Company Ltd., specialists in Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) and cartography and resellers of Avenza products in the
United Kingdom, announce that the
Royal
School of Military Survey (RSMS) and Royal Engineers (Geographic)
Regiment (REGR)
have chosen MAPublisher for their cartographic needs.
"We have been working with the Royal School of
Military Survey for some years, providing training and the occasional
guest
lecture, so it is very pleasing to see things develop in this way,"
said Tim
Rideout, Director of The XYZ Digital Map
MAPublisher is powerful
map
production software for creating cartographic-quality maps from GIS
data.
Developed as a suite of plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator and Xtras for
Macromedia
Freehand, MAPublisher leverages the superior graphics editing
capabilities of
these applications with the strength and power of GIS data. Full details and downloadable demo versions
are available at www.avenza.com
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The
role of
the Royal Engineer Regiment (Geographic) is to provide field deployable
geographic support to Defence. This support is provided by the use of
specially trained geographic staff embedded within major Army
Headquarters and
by the deployment of specialist teams on operations. Geographic
support
is provided in 7 key areas. All Royal Engineer geographic specialists
are
trained at the Royal School of Military Survey. Officers attend the
Army Survey
Course and, if successful, are awarded a Master of Science degree in
Defence
Geographic Information.
Avenza
Systems Inc. is a privately held, award-winning supplier of powerful
map-making
software and affordable geodata products. Led by its flagship
MAPublisher
product for Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Freehand and new
Geographic Imager
suite for Adobe Photoshop, Avenza has brought GIS and geographic
workflows to
the mainstream graphics and imaging environments. The Company also
offers
product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more
details.
The XYZ
Digital Map Company was established in 1998 to provide high quality
affordable
map data for use in Geographical Information Systems (GIS), such as
MapInfo,
ArcView and ArcInfo, and for use in Internet applications. The company
has
grown to become specialists
in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), cartography and digital air photography, and have been
the
Avenza
Systems ● 416-487-5116 ● [log in to unmask] ● www.avenza.com
The XYZ
Digital Map Co. Ltd. ● +44-(0)131-454-0426 ● [log in to unmask] ● www.xyzmaps.com
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