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The IntelligentMappingSolution forBusiness,Government,and Education.

Increase Your MaptitudeSM

Maptitude® Geographic Information Systemsoftware is the intelligent mapping solutionfor business, government, and education.Maptitude is a powerful combination ofsoftware and geographic data that provideseverything you need to realize the benefitsof desktop mapping and spatial analysis witha single, easy-to-use package. WithMaptitude you can:

■ Create beautiful, informative mapdisplays

■ Enhance reports and presentations withmaps that clearly illustrate your message

■ Find geographic patterns that cannot beseen in database tables and spreadsheets

■ Answer geographic questions that impactyour operations

■ Share geographic data with yourworkgroup, department, or organization

Maptitude has the richest feature set andhighest performance of any mapping system.Maptitude offers much more than thelimited functions of desktop mappingproducts, and provides many new andenhanced features that make it easier for youto create and edit maps, analyze geographicdata, and connect to corporate dataresources.

Maptitude gives you the tools, maps, and U.S.Census demographic data you need, plusspecial functions to allow you to tie in thedata you use every day in your work.Maptitude provides ways for you to use themaps you create to analyze and understandhow geography affects you and your business.With Maptitude you can visualize data innew and different ways, unearth geographicpatterns in your data, and convey thatinformation in a straightforward manner.

Features:• MapWizard®

thematic mappingtechnology

• Locating (Geocoding)by address, ZIP/PostalCode, and more

• Maps at any scale

• Feature selection/geographic queries

• GPS interface

• Customizable maps

• Statistics

• Shortest/fastest paths

• OLE support

• Built-in databaseengine

• Page layouts

• Band (buffer), area ofinfluence, densitygrid, district, desireline, and overlay tools

• Surface analysis and3-D mapping tools

• Native support forpopular GIS filesincluding ESRIShapefiles, OracleTables, and MapInfoTAB files

• Support for imagesincluding ECW,GeoTIFF, JPEG,MrSID, orthophoto,SPOTView, and TIFF

• GISDKTM programminglanguage

Data Included:(with U.S. version)

• U.S. Streets withaddress ranges

• States, counties,county subdivisions,places, ZIP Codetabulation areas, andCensus tracts withdetailed U.S. Censusdemographic data

• Highways andrailroads

• Rivers and water areas

• Landmarks

• Extensive worldgeography

Map Creation: Maptitude is the best softwarefor making maps. Maptitude brings data tolife with maps that impress and inform.Answer a few simple questions and Create-a-Map WizardTM makes a map at any scale fromall the countries of the world to streets arounda U.S. address, landmark, or intersection.

Maptitude provides astonishing flexibilityand power so you can enhance andcustomize maps in numerous ways. With afew clicks of the mouse, MapWizardautomatic mapping technology helps youcreate color and pattern maps, dot-densitymaps, scaled-symbol maps, and maps withintegrated pie or bar charts. You can choosefrom a wide selection of colors, patterns, andsymbols to enhance your presentation, anduse editing and drawing tools to customizemaps to match your needs.

Maptitude also provides a map library thatcontains over 100 pre-designed maps listed bycategory. These include thematic maps of theCensus profile data by Tract, County, andState, plus attractive default maps for theUnited States and the world. The MapLibrarian lets you open one or more of these

maps for a chosen location, allowing you toquickly analyze U.S. Census data for your areaof interest. In addition, you can create maplibraries to organize your own maps.

Tables: Maptitude lets you see the attributedata associated with map features inspreadsheet-like table from which you caneasily edit values, calculate new variables, orcompute statistics. You can also click on mapfeatures to see the information associatedwith them. You can also “tag” features, suchas customers, with the distance to or thename of the nearest feature in another maplayer, such as stores.

Output: Page layout tools help you designand create professional presentations thatcombine the results of your analyses into asingle powerful display. With OLE, you cancopy and paste maps, charts, figures, andlayouts into documents, spreadsheets, andpresentation software. You can print yourmaps and layouts on any printer or plotter,or save them to vector or raster formats. Youcan also save your work in a variety offormats, including HTML, JPEG, TIFF, EMF,and PNG files for use on a web page.

The Easiest Way to Make MapsQuickly create attractive, informative, and insightful maps

Mapping Features:• Color, pattern, bar

and pie chart,scaled-symbol, dot-density, contour,and 3-D prismthematic mapping

• Map locator

• Display managerfor customizing thestyle, visibility, andlabels of mapcontents

• Autoscaling oflayers and labels

• 100s of point styles,line styles, and areafills

• Interstate, U.S.highway, all 50state, and manyinternationalhighway shields

• Freehand mapannotation tools

• North arrows andscale bars

• Pie, bar, line, area,function, andscatter charts

• Formula fields andcoded fields

• Metadata support

Map Your Own DataTake a unified look at all of your data sources

Direct Data Access for:

Maptitude lets you create maps using yourown data. Whether you store your data inExcel worksheets, Access tables, dBASE files,or any ODBC compliant data source such asOracle or SQL Server, Maptitude can workwith your data. Create-a-Map Wizard givesyou start-to-finish assistance for locating,analyzing, and mapping your data. You canalso use the powerful database capabilities ofMaptitude to join your data to a map layer.You can then use your data to create themes,add labels, or perform geographic analysis.

Another way to use your data withMaptitude is to locate your information on amap by locating a point feature for everyrecord in your table. This pin mapping, orgeocoding, allows you to see the distributionof your customers, facilities, and otherresources. Maptitude has built-in, powerfuland versatile geocoding tools, offering sixmethods for locating your data on a map.

Maptitude also supports over 50 file typesand more than 100 GIS and CAD fileformats allowing you to easily migrate yourexisting geographic data. You can map ESRIShapefiles, MapInfo TAB files, and OracleSpatial tables directly, or use the built-intranslators to import geographic data from avariety of other software packages and publicsources. This extensive library of importersand exporters is one of the largest in theindustry and comes at no additional charge.

You can also use raster images such as satelliteor aerial photographs directly in your maps.Maptitude includes toolboxes for quicklyaccessing on-line images from OpenGISWeb Map Services and Google Earth. Theseimages can be used as a means of referenceor in conjunction with the map editing toolsto create or edit geographic files.

Finally, a built-in interface to GlobalPositioning System (GPS) devices lets youtrack and record your location, and buildgeographic databases as you work. With aGPS and a laptop, users in the field cancreate accurate geographic files of publicutilities, corporate facilities, geographicfeatures, and more.

•Comma-delimited text(.CSV)

•dBASE/FoxPro/X-base (.DBF)•ESRI ArcView 3.x Project

(.APR) and Legend (.APL)•ESRI Personal

Geodatabase (.MDB)•ESRI Shapefile (.SHP)•Fixed-format text (.ASC)

•GPS Playback (.GPS)•MapInfo TAB (.TAB)•Metadata (.MET)•Microsoft Access (.MDB)•Microsoft Excel (.XLS)•Oracle tables (.NTF)•Oracle Version 7 (Spatial

Data Option) and Version8i (Oracle Spatial) files

•All ODBC sources (such asAccess, DB2, Informix,Ingres, InterBase, NetWareSQL, Paradox, Progress, SQLBase, SQL Server, Sybase)

•Raster image files: ECW,GeoTIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000,MrSID, Orthophoto,SPOTView, and TIFF

Compatiblewith ArcView,MapInfo, andOracle Spatial

Import/Export Support for (Partial List):•AutoCAD (.DXF)•Digital Elevation Models•Digital Line Graph (.DLG)•Enhanced Metafile (.EMF)•ESRI Export (.E00)•ESRI Ungenerate (.LIN/.PTS)•ETAK MapBase (.MBS)•Google Earth (.KML/.KMZ)

•HTML•Intergraph Design (.DGN)•Interim Terrain Data (.SLF)•MapInfo Interchange (.MIF)•Portable Network

Graphics (.PNG)•Spatial Data Transfer

Standard (.DDF)

•Strategic Mapping (Atlas)Boundary (.BNA)

•TIGER/Line•USGS Land Use and Land

Cover (.GIR)•Windows Bitmap (.BMP)•Windows Media Video

(.WMV)

Geographic Analysis ToolsUnearth the trends and information hidden in your data

One of the best reasons to use a GIS is tounearth and analyze the geographiccomponents of your data. You can createbands (buffers) around map features, createdistricts, define areas of influence, find shortestpaths, create density grids, and much more.Maptitude also makes it easy to overlay andaggregate data and calculate statistics.

Ask and Answer Geographic Questions: Whereare areas with the highest population density?How many people live within one, two, andthree miles of this site? How many customersare located in this ZIP Code? What is theshortest route between delivery points?Maptitude answers these and many othertypes of questions. Maptitude lets youunderstand trends, evaluate sites, and defineoptimal routes. You can integrate censusstatistics with your own data to identifygeographic characteristics that impact you andyour operations. You will be amazed at howquickly you can enhance your decisionmaking using this easy-to-use GIS tool.

Bands: You can automatically create bandsaround any number of map features andthen analyze the characteristics of those areas.Find out how many customers live within acertain distance of a store, compute thedemographic characteristics around potentialstore sites, analyze the neighborhoods mostaffected by noise pollution from a highway,or determine accessibility to facilities.

Areas of Influence: You can determine theareas closest to each of your facilities bybuilding areas of influence, then estimate theattributes within each area to determineareas that are under- or over-served.

Districts: Maptitude lets you merge smallerareas into districts and compute the attributesfor each one. For example, you can groupZIP Codes or states together to create salesterritories. Your new zones can also overlap.

Desire Lines: You can illustrate the flow ofpeople or goods from point to point based onvalues in a dataview. For example, you couldshow the number of customers traveling to astore from their home ZIP Codes.

GeographicAnalysis Features:

•Measure areas anddistances

•Create bands bysize, by value, orbased on values ina network

•Create districts

•Create areas ofinfluence

•Create density grids

•Create desire lines

•Create lines fromgroups of points

•Aggregate anddisaggregateattribute data

•Find best routes

•Create 3-D maps,contours, viewsheds,and shortest pathsover terrain

•Compute adjacency

•Locate facilities anddetermine serviceareas

•Create areas fromline features or linesfrom area features

•Select features bycondition, by value,by location, ormanually

•Use multiple named,savable selection setswith unique displaysettings

•Generate statistics(count, sum, mean,minimum,maximum, andstandard deviation)

•Partition networks

Routes: Maptitude identifies routes betweenpoints and generates driving directions. Whena trip involves several stops, Maptitude caneven help you decide the best order in whichto visit them.

Network Partitions and Network Bands: Youcan divide line layers into zones or districtsbased on proximity to points on thenetwork, such as drive times to stores orwalking distance to schools. You can alsocreate bands based on distance, time, or othertravel costs.

Density Grids: Maptitude lets you visualizepoint data by transforming the points into aregular grid. This makes it easy to identifycustomer concentrations or crime hot spots.In addition, the grid can be weighted basedon a value you choose. For example, youcould analyze the pattern of clients around astore and weight them by the cost of theirpurchases, or find all retail employers andweight them by the number of jobs.

Surface Analysis: With Maptitude, you cananalyze and display surfaces on a two-dimensional map or as a 3-D map. You cancreate contour maps of elevations anddetermine the viewshed for any location,either at ground level or at a particularheight. For example, you can find areas ofweak service from a transmission tower. Youcan also create surfaces that represent datavalues, such as measures of air pollution orradon, over a geographic region.

A World of Data on Your DesktopGet started right away with the extensive data included with Maptitude

Streets & Highways:

• Streets for the entireUnited States (andterritories) withAddress and ZIP Coderanges for geocoding

• Highways includingU.S., State, andCounty Highways andFerry Routes

• Major roads with traveltimes and speed data

Nationwide BoundaryFiles with 2000 U.S.

Census Data:

• States

• Counties

• County Subdivisions(MCD/CCD)

• Metro/MicropolitanStatistical Areas (MSAs)

• Census Places (Cities)

• 3- and 5-Digit ZIP CodeTabulation Areas(ZCTAs)

• Census Tracts

• Census Demographic,Social, Economic, andHousing Profiles forStates down to Tracts

Other U.S. Data:

• Cities and Towns

• Indian Reservations

• Points of interestincluding airports,hospitals, parks,restaurants, retailstores, and schools

• Landmark Areasincluding state andnational parks,cemeteries, golfcourses, and airports

• Populated Places

• Railroads

• Rivers and Water Areas

• State Plane CoordinateZones

• Time Zones

• ZIP Codes

World Data:

• Country Boundaries

• Cities and Capitals

• Populated Places

• Place Gazetteer

• Airports, Highways,and Railroads

• Landmarks

• Elevations andContours

• Digital ElevationModels (DEMs)

• Rivers, Lakes, andGlaciers

• Provinces for Australia,Brazil, Canada, China,Colombia, Japan,Mexico, the UnitedKingdom, and most ofNorthern Europe

Unlike other mapping and GIS packagesthat require users to purchase data separately,Maptitude includes extensive geographicand demographic data so that you can getstarted as soon as you open the box. Data areprovided in a compact geographic dataformat that reduces data storagerequirements and network traffic.

Maptitude includes the latest nationwidestreet data. The U.S. Streets file providedwith Maptitude includes address ranges andZIP Codes so that you can locate your dataon over 43 million street segments across theentire United States.

Nationwide U.S. geographic files withupdated 2006 population estimates andCensus demographic, social, economic, andhousing profile data let you createinformative maps from the state level downto census tracts. You can also aggregate theCensus data to determine the characteristicsof your own districts, trade areas, or markets.

A world gazetteer lets you locate and mapalmost any place in the world, and digitalelevation data let you create contour and3-D elevation maps for anywhere on theglobe.

Application Development PlatformLeverage the power of Maptitude in your own applications

Maptitude includes the GeographicInformation System Developer’s Kit(GISDK). GISDK gives you the tools thatyou need to create a wide variety ofproducts for delivering mapping andgeographic analysis capabilities to yourcustomers. Over 850 functions can be calledfrom Caliper Script, a completeprogramming language for designing menusand dialog boxes (including toolbars andtoolboxes) and for writing macros. TheCaliper Script code is stored in resource filesthat you can edit with your favorite texteditor. With GISDK you can:

■ Create add-ins that extend the standardinterface to provide new capabilities or thatautomate repeated operations

■ Build custom applications that focus theuser on the capabilities needed for aparticular purpose by extending orreplacing the standard Maptitude interface

■ Access Maptitude from .NET to integrateit into a .NET desktop application

■ Access Maptitude as a COM Object toadd maps or analysis functions to your ownprograms

GISDK contains both a debugger and acompiler.

Add-Ins: Add-ins are macros or dialog boxesthat are launched within Maptitude. You cancreate add-ins to provide end-users witheasier access to existing software functions; toadd new capabilities to the GIS engine; or tocreate hooks to your own applications. Add-ins can be freely distributed to anyMaptitude user without restriction.

The simplest add-ins are macros that runwhen they are selected by the user. Asophisticated add-in can display dialog boxesthat let the user choose the settings oroptions to use when the macro is executed.The most flexible and powerful add-ins arecustom toolboxes that provide users withpush-button access to tools that you haveprogrammed. These toolboxes look like thestandard toolboxes used in all Windowsapplications.

Custom Applications: GISDK lets you createa mapping application program with acustom user interface to appeal to aparticular audience. You design the menus,toolbars, toolboxes and dialog boxes, andprogram the application to respond to useractions in any way you want. You can evencreate applications that are dynamic and thatadapt to the capabilities and authorizationlevel of the user.

Custom applications are executed like otherWindows programs. Add your own programicon to any program group and double-clickto launch your application.

Accessing Maptitude from .NET or as a COMObject: GISDK allows you to call mappingfunctions and macros from anotherapplication, written in another programminglanguage. The .NET classes included withMaptitude allow you to access the GISDKenvironment from a Windows desktopapplication (Windows Forms) written in any.NET language. GISDK also allows you tocall GISDK functions and macros fromanother application using COM. Maptitudecan provide map, data, and geographicanalysis services when accessed as a COMObject. You write your application in aprogramming language that can make COMcalls, and when you need map services youcall the Maptitude object to supply thoseservices. If, instead, what you need is a webserver application, you should use Maptitudefor the Web. Contact Caliper or visit ourweb site for more information.

Caliper Corporation1172 Beacon Street, Suite 300 • Newton, MA 02461-9926Telephone: (617)527-4700 • E-mail: [email protected]

©2010 Caliper Corporation. Caliper, Maptitude, MapWizard, and TransCAD are registered trademarks, and Create-a-Map Wizard, “Increase Your Maptitude,” GISDK, Caliper Script, Maptitude for Redistricting, and Maptitude for the Web are trademarks of Caliper Corporation.All other brand, product, or corporate names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Maptitudeapplications

• Banking

• Business

• Cartography

• ClientManagement

• CommunityPlanning

• Crime Analysis

• Data Publishing

• Decision SupportSystems

• Demographics

• Education

• EmergencyResponse

• Engineering

• EnvironmentalManagement

• FacilitiesManagement

• Health Care

• InsuranceUnderwriting

• Land Use

• Law Enforcement

• Market Research

• Marketing

• Planning

• Public Health

• Public Safety

• Public Works

• Real Estate

• Redistricting

• RegulatoryCompliance

• Retail Management

• Sales Analysis

• Site Selection

• Telecommunication

• Utilities

Maptitude User ServicesCaliper provides a comprehensive programof technical support, training, andconsulting services to ensure the success ofyour Maptitude applications. Caliper offershands-on training classes for Maptitude inclassroom settings, or on-site at yourlocation. Our training can be customizedfor your specific needs and user group.

Maptitude includes comprehensivedocumentation with backgroundinformation, step-by-step instructions, and aseries of hands-on tutorials that let you tryout features. On-line help with tooltips andother on-screen visual cues also makeMaptitude easy to learn and use.

Caliper offers a full range of GISimplementation services. Our GISprofessionals will assist you in assessing datarequirements, database strategy and design,database development, and analyticalmodeling. Caliper also provides customapplication and turnkey systemdevelopment services, including web sitecreation.

About CaliperCaliper Corporation is the technologyleader in the development of GeographicInformation System software applications.Tens of thousands of successful individualsand organizations around the world useCaliper GIS software products to enhancetheir operations. For more information onour complete range of GIS softwareproducts, data, and technical services, pleasevisit our web site, WWW.CALIPER.COM.

Also Available from Caliper:

Maptitude for Redistricting™ is a special edition of Maptitude that includeseverything you need to build and analyze redistricting plans. For moreinformation please visit WWW.CALIPER.COM/REDISTRICTING.

Maptitude for the Web™ has all of the tools you need to create compellingmaps, plus special capabilities for designing and running interactive mapapplications and location-based services on the World Wide Web. For moreinformation please visit WWW.CALIPER.COM/WEBMAPTITUDE.HTM.

TransCAD® is the first and only Geographic Information System (GIS) designedspecifically for use by transportation professionals to store, display, manage,and analyze transportation data. TransCAD provides an integrated set of state-of-the-art methods for solving key analytical problems in transportationplanning, management, and operations. TransCAD is used extensively fortransportation database development and maintenance, demand forecasting,operations management, and vehicle routing and scheduling. For moreinformation please visit WWW.CALIPER.COM/TRANSCAD.

Data Discs offer a large and expanding collection of geographic anddemographic data, including:

• Census Blocks• Census Block Groups• Congressional Districts

For more information on all of the available Data CDs and DVDs, please visitWWW.CALIPER.COM/DATACDS.

System Requirements: • Personal computer

running MicrosoftWindows XP, Vista, or 7

• DVD-ROM drive • 32MB RAM • Hard disk with at least

340MB free space(excluding geographicand demographic data)

New Features in Maptitude 6.0 (partial list):

• Enhanced Create-a-Map Wizard now enables start-to-finish assistance forlocating, analyzing, and mapping your data.

• Enhanced default maps take advantage of new label, style, and featuredisplay options.

• The most detailed U.S. geographic data ever included with Maptitude,including detailed streets with direction and travel time, points of interestwith over 2-million named locations including commercial buildings andretail stores, and 2010 ZIP Code boundaries.

• Enhanced labeling capabilities that allow for moving, customizing, rotating,and calling out individual labels, adding halos or shadows to labels, usingdifferent colors for multi-field labels, and much more.

• New Wizard for creating districts from tables or selection sets, includingoverlapping, non-topological districts.

• New file support for geographic/tabular data including Microsoft SQL Server2008 Spatial, Microsoft SQL Server Table, and GPS Exchange Format (GPX).

• Enhanced editing tools for working with non-topological area layers.

Please visit WWW.CALIPER.COM/MAPTITUDE/NEWFEATURES.HTM for more information.