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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. |
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“Maptitude has extensive functionality...and a significantly flatter learning curve than other GIS packages.... 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 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 ------------------------------ “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 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 |
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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 GeoVue include:
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. |
