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Caliper Corporation was founded in
1983, and first released Maptitude Mapping Software in
1995. Maptitude is used successfully by tens of
thousands of users worldwide. Maptitude enables both
private and public organizations to achieve their
mapping requirements with ease and at-low-cost. We feel
strongly that Maptitude is one of the highest quality
mapping software products on the market. To help you and
your organization make the most informed mapping
software purchase we list below several user
testimonials and a selection of notable clients.
Maptitude
Testimonials:
“I have been extremely happy with the
purchase of Maptitude. I must admit, I was a little
skeptical at first when comparing Maptitude to MapInfo
due to the large price difference. But after researching
both platforms I felt that Maptitude's functionality
gave us the most bang for the buck.
Creating maps is very easy, not only
because the user's guide that comes with the software is
helpful, but the training offered is top notch. I was
able to receive one on one training without leaving the
office. My training sessions were also available
via download to reference when ever I needed.
All in all we couldn't be happier
with our purchase.”
David Ugarte, Motorola, Inc.
“Caliper offers Maptitude...as one of
the cheapest and easiest-to-use desktop GIS software
products available. Maptitude includes a lot of compact,
compressed GIS data on CD ROM; a powerful geocoder; and
interactive editing and topology maintenance tools. The
GIS SDK (software development kit) allows users to
customise and add their own applications. GIS SDK
routines are accessible via OLE automation with Windows
development products, setting up a pathway for users to
implement a Web server.”
GeoEurope
“Maptitude has extensive
functionality...and a significantly flatter learning
curve than other GIS software.... You get a fully
functional GIS and extensive data for 1/3 the price of
other GIS products”
Dr Richard E Hoskins, WA State Dept
of Health
“I've had the good fortune, or
misfortune, to use quite a few GIS software packages
over the past few years and can assure you that
Maptitude is streets ahead when it comes to ease-of-use.
The trick with any GIS is to understand the terminology,
and Maptitude communicates it's functionality through a
common-sense menu structure. The result is that a new
user is up and running with an extensive range of
capabilities within a very short time”
Nick Nicholas, The Demographer's
Workshop
“I highly recommend Maptitude. When I
want to get something done RIGHT NOW, I use Maptitude,
as I have since 1998”
Fred C. Dilger, PhD, Black Mountain
Research
“If you need to create data sets,
Maptitude is the way to go; with the book and tutorials
a normal person can do wonders with the program. Also,
training the non-GIS casual user is easy”
Carl L. Chance, City of Lake Charles
Planning Department
“As far as ease of use goes Maptitude
takes the prize, Maptitude is definitely easer to use
right out-of-the-box and the learning curve for advanced
functions is shorter than with MapInfo. As for
presentations, Maptitude takes the prize again over
MapInfo. The folks at Caliper took great pains and
effort to make a GIS software application that is as
user friendly as possible. They took the cartographic
prep-work out of the equation, so that the user can
spend less time trying to make the map look pretty and
can focus on doing the actual analysis and presentation.
A few years back I did a cost
comparison analysis of Maptitude vs. MapInfo and the
result was a difference of over $20,000, I imagine this
figure has only gone up since than. This took into
account not just the cost of software but the cost of
the data included with Maptitude that you have to
purchase separately from MapInfo. Although in my current
position, I'm not overly concerned with current economic
or demographic statistics. I have used demographic and
economic statistics from MapInfo vendors and Caliper’s
data sets are more complete and better organized. Both
Maptitude and MapInfo offer some nice thematic mapping
wizards that utilize very nice color gradients but given
a choice, the Maptitude wizards are easier to select
from and the legends are easier to customize than
MapInfo”
Viktor Keenan de la Hoz, Senior GIS
Technician, City of Phoenix
"The Detention Standards and
Compliance Division (DS&CD) of the Office of the Federal
Detention Trustee (OFDT) would like to commend the
Technical Support Manager for providing outstanding
technical guidance in the application of the “Maptitude”
Software Program."
Claudia Hill, U.S. Department of
Justice, Office of the Federal Detention Trustee
Maptitude Clients:
Maptitude is the basis for the
U.S. Census Bureau's software for
state, local, and tribal governments to update
geospatial data for the 2010 decennial population
census.
The Legow Management Company
uses Maptitude for the Web to enable the general public
to locate the company’s real estate assets. Their
Maptitude application includes local maps and tools to
quickly and easily identify properties relevant to
potential customers.
The ESL Federal Credit Union
uses Maptitude for the Web as a free service for their
customers. Maptitude enables the general public to
appreciate the quality and size of ESL’s physical
financial network and allows searches on nearest branch
or ATM, based on distance and services provided.
The Massachusetts High
Technology Council MassTrack web site provides
a ranking of Massachusetts communities in terms of how
"technology friendly" they are. Working with data
provided by Virtual Media Resources and Maptitude for
the Web, the MassTrack mapping application was
developed. The site shows how communities are doing in
terms of tax rates, construction permits, education
levels, and other factors of interest to high-tech
businesses seeking to recruit employees or locate
facilities.
The Small Business
Administration (SBA) uses Maptitude to
determine if a location qualifies as a Low Income
Geographic Area for the purposes of the New Markets
Venture Capital Program or whether an address is in a
Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUB Zones)
The Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) uses Maptitude for the
Web as a Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Census
Tract (QCT) Locator
The Department of
Transportation Federal Highways Administration (FHWA)
uses Maptitude for the Web for the Office of
Planning, Environment, and Realty Executive Geographic
Information System (HEPGIS). The HEPGIS is an
interactive, web-based GIS that enables users to access
in-depth transportation-related geo-spatial data using
only their web browser
Maptitude is used by a broad range of
commercial organizations, some of which utilize the
services of Maptitude application developers. A
selection of these Maptitude users is listed below.
Maptitude clients listed by Maptitude application
developer eSite include:
Maptitude clients listed by Maptitude application
developer Marquis include:
Maptitude for Redistricting users
include the majority of the state legislatures, both
political parties, county and regional governments, city
and local governments, elected officials, educational
institutions, and many public interest groups.
Maptitude for Precinct & Election Management
users include: Alaska Division of Elections; El Paso
County Elections; Johnson County Kansas Elections
Office; Maryland State Archives and State Board of
Elections; New York City Board of Elections; Orange
County California Registrar of Voters; Rose Institute at
Claremont McKenna College.
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