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Route Optimisation - Oakover maps out a vintage year in new market
Updated 1-October-08
MapData Sciences Pty Limited announces the release of the Oakover Wines Route Optimisation case study:
James Blake says it was a major hassle planning which bottle shops he would have to visit each day to win new business in the fiercely competitive Victorian wine market. “It was a daily grind,” says Mr. Blake, the national sales manager of Oakover Wines who is spearheading the company’s first marketing thrust outside its home state of Western Australia.
Click here to read more about how MapData Sciences made a difference to Oakover Wines - Route Optimisation Case Study PDF.
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Route Optimisation - Your Roadmap To Greater Productivity
Updated 1-September-08
MapData Sciences Pty Limited announces the latest release of their Route Optimisation service. If you have a workforce that drives vehicles to provide a service or distribute a product and you want to get a better return on investment you need to know about route optimisation. Click here to read more Route Optimisation White Paper.
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Mapping the connections between churches and communities
Updated 1-August-08
NCLS Research is providing user-friendly Community Connections Packs based on customised 2006 Census data to over 7,000 churches from 22 denominations across Australia. A key feature of the pack is data visualisation and mapping
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Weather is news - ABC News Story
Updated 1 February-08
Following the extreme weather conditions experienced by the east coast of Australia (storms, fires, floods) during January 2008, the ABC ran a story that featured the street address lever Nature Hazards Risk Rating System jointly developed by MapData Sciences and Risk Frontiers.
"Scientists have established an environmental disaster rating system for home dwellers using 15 years of environmental data."
"Storms, fires and floods, it's been a month of extreme weather around the nation but just how safe from disaster is your property? "
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Click here to rate your property
Latest Census Data Underpins Popularity Of Online Marketing and Advertising Service.
Updated 2-November-07
MapData Sciences Pty Limited announces the latest version of the online marketing and advertising system Tactician Online Australia which includes data on Australian roads and Census data on Internet usage and day and night time population statistics. Customers in the franchise, fast moving consumer goods, finance, manufacturing and distribution sectors use the Internet based computer service to plan the location of new stores, manage sales territories and develop targeted media strategies.
Click here to read more. Tactician releases new Census Data
MapData Sciences and Risk Frontiers provide "threat by peril" rating.
Updated 15-October-07
To raise public and corporate awareness of natural hazard threats to property and life, MapData Sciences and it's newest partner, Risk Frontiers, have launched two new street address based online services – a Natural Hazard Risk Profile Application and a Natural Hazards Risk Web Service. Both services provide "threat by peril" risk ratings for individual Australian properties as they pertain to bushfire, earthquake, hailstorm, tropical cyclone, and, where available, riverine flood. They also provide other contextual information such as elevation above mean sea level, aspect and distance from the shoreline.
Click here to read more about the service. Natural Hazard Risk to property
Microsoft Appoints MapData Sciences as Virtual Earth reseller
Updated 20-June-07
There has been a lot of interest in Australia and New Zealand for MapPoint/Virtual Earth Webservice. Up until recently, contact was to be made through the UK office and now there is a local contact and support. On the 2nd April 2007, MapData Sciences Pty Ltd (MDS) was appointed reseller for MapPoint/Virtual Earth Webservice for Australia and New Zealand. MDS was appointed to this position due to the 20 years experience they have in the Australian and New Zealand marketplace and has made the investment in providing the local sales and support. Microsoft is providing the mapping service and MDS is responsible for establishing each customers MapPoint Web Services account and all end user support.
Click here to read more about the partnership. Microsoft and MapData Sciences
Department of the Environment and Water Resources (DEW)
Updated 24-April-07
DEW (formally Department of the Environment and Heritage -DEH) has been a customer of MapData Science for some time now "enabling both departmental staff and the public to have internet access to sophisticated digital maps and reports, the Department has underpinned its role as a key player in helping protect Australia's heritage and environment".
The user story shows how one MDS customer is enjoying the benefits of improved analysis and service delivery by using MDS' Australian RoadNet, CadLite, GNAF, Postcode boundaries, Suburb/locality boundaries, ABS Administrative boundaries & Commonwealth Electoral boundaries.
Read the brief story..........(Their Story)
This story was followed up with an article that was printed in the The Australian, IT Section, 24th April 2007.
Lane Cove Tunnel and Falcon Street Gateway - Opening 25th March
Posted 10-March-07
The Lane Cove tunnel and the Falcon Street Gateway will open on the 25th March, with a one month toll-free period for motorists. The tunnel will significantly cut down travel times to and from the city, connecting the M2 motorway with the Gore Hill freeway. MapData Sciences has made the appropriate changes to the road network, with online customers accessing this information immediately and as a data product update for all customers under subscription maintenance of our RoadNet product.
To read more about the Tunnel and the Gateway, please select one of the links below.
NRMA , Owner and Operator or Lane Cove Tunnel Project
Department of the Environment and Water Resources
Posted 8-March-07
The department formally known as DEH (Department of Environment and Heritage) has been a customer of MapData Science for some time now "enabling both departmental staff and the public to have internet access to sophisticated digital maps and reports, the Department has underpinned its role as a key player in helping protect Australia's heritage and environment".
The applications built internally by DEW made such a good story that an article was written, highlighting what our data customers are able to produce, and in this case, provide back to the community, protecting our scarce resources and precious environment.
