In 1986 the Royal Netherlands Navy became CARIS' (then known as Universal Systems Limited) first international customer when the Navy's Hydrographic Service purchased CARIS for their nautical paper chart production. Now, 25 years later, CARIS is the preferred solution for hydrographic offices…
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Latest news and announcements
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The Royal Netherlands Navy and CARIS Celebrate 25 years of Cooperation
2011/04/29
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CARIS launches Spatial Fusion® Enterprise 5.4 with OGC® Web Coverage Services
2011/04/29
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The latest release of Spatial Fusion Enterprise is building on its support of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards by implementing the Web Coverage Service (WCS) standard for bathymetric data. This is a continuation of CARIS’ commitment to provide organizations with the latest tec… -
Processing Efficiencies Realized with Latest HIPS and SIPS
2011/04/15
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CARIS, the world's leading marine GIS organization, has today released a 64-bit version of its comprehensive hydrographic processing software HIPS and SIPS.HIPS and SIPS 7.1 with 64-bit support will provide users who have access to a 64-bit computer the ability to handle large multibeam sonar…
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CARIS and RiChi's Collaboration Benefits the Geospatial Community in Taiwan
2011/03/25
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CARIS and RiChi are pleased to announce their partnership to help provide the best possible geospatial solutions for the Taiwanese market.CARIS had partnered with the RITI Technology Group in the Taiwanese market for more than 15 years before the spin off by RITI of their Geospatial Products …
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Canadian Federal Minister Visits CARIS HQ
2011/03/18
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CARIS welcomed the Honourable Keith Ashfield, Canada's Minister of National Revenue, Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, to their headquarters last week.Minister Ashfield's visit to CARIS had been initially arranged following a bu…
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CARIS' LOTS Featured in IBRU Newsletter
2011/03/18
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CARIS' LOTS software was featured in the International Boundaries Research Unit's (IBRU) newsletter, Borderlines.
LOTS is a mapping software package developed to address coastal states' territorial claims. The CARIS software was used by IBRU researchers to map the contested maritime space arou…
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CARIS Releases GIS Professional 4.5
2011/03/18
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This month CARIS released GIS Professional 4.5. The software is designed to provide a comprehensive spatial information management tool that addresses the GIS needs of a marine operational environment. The new version is now compatible with Windows 7.
If you’re interested in learning mor…
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CARIS launches Bathy DataBASE 3.1 with support for Oracle® Spatial
2011/03/04
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CARIS, with its latest Bathy DataBASE 3.1 software release, continues to solve the demands for robust and scaleable data management for the storage and analysis of ever-expanding volumes of sonar and LiDAR data.Bathy DataBASE now works with Oracle® Spatial 11g utilizing the GeoRaster and …
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Conversion from ENC to DNC Made Easier with the Launch of S-57 Composer 2.2
2011/01/28
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With a brand new year, CARIS is introducing a revolutionary solution to the problems of converting Digital Nautical Charts (DNC's) to Electronic Nautical Charts (ENC's) and vice versa.CARIS, with S-57 Composer 2.2, now offers a DNC Plug-in available through an optional license. The DNC Plug-i…
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CARIS HIPS and SIPS Plays an Integral Part in EGS Group Expansion
2011/01/21
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In recent years the EGS Group (EGS) has gone from strength-to-strength, and the adoption of CARIS HIPS and SIPS has played an integral role in this expansion.As recently as 2007 EGS had only one HIPS and SIPS license. But as EGS has expanded its operations to include new regional offices and …
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CARIS Offers Free Workshops on Latest Releases at Ocean Business 2011
2011/01/07
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The Ocean Business exhibition at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, England has quickly established itself as one of the premier events for showcasing the latest in ocean technology. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that CARIS is playing an active role at the exhibition … -
CARIS Academic Program promoted in San Francisco
2010/12/17
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CARIS is currently exhibiting at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco (ends December 17). The focus for CARIS is the promotion of the highly successful Academic Partnering Program, which currently provides over 60 universities and other academic institutions with the most c…
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HIPS and SIPS training
2010/12/17
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CARIS is organizing HIPS and SIPS training in Fredericton, Canada on January 10-14. The main focus of the training will be on data processing, visualization, quality control and product creation techniques. The latest technology in the software will be covered to enable participants to improv…
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CARIS' expertise highlighted at Chilean exhibition
2010/12/16
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CARIS' Andy Hoggarth and Alejandro Gerones with Rodolfo Sabonge, VP of the Panama Canal Authority and Keith Ashfield, Canada's ACOA Minister at EXPONAVAL 2010
CARIS was recently invited to take part in a business mission organized by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to EXPONAVAL 2010 i…
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Connect with CARIS
2010/12/03
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Connect with CARIS
Would you like to keep up-to-date with what is happening at CARIS?
Would you like to be involved in exchanging information, ideas and opportunities with the CARIS community?CARIS now has an active and regularly updated presence on a number of social media platforms where you…
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Panama Canal Safer thanks to CARIS Solution
2010/09/22
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The Panama Canal Authority has successfully completed the first round of tests in the installation of its new Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) system utilizing CARIS software at the Simulation Center, Research and Development Maritime in Panama. This new system will make navigation in the …
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CARIS measures improved performance with Spatial Fusion Enterprise 5.3
2010/08/31
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CARIS is pleased to announce the release of Spatial Fusion Enterprise (SFE) version 5.3 featuring the new Web Map Tile Service (WMTS). SFE allows an organization to deliver its geospatial information to the Web using open standards and the latest technology.
WMTS is an Open Geospatial Consorti…
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CARIS Announces Bathy DataBASE 3.0 with seamless land and sea integration
2010/06/16
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CARIS is pleased to announce the release of Bathy DataBASE 3.0.
A robust and efficient data management system is considered essential by those progressive organizations who have a desire to manage, visualize and analyze their ever-expanding volumes of bathymetry data. This need is now becoming…
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CARIS Conference Attracts Record Numbers
2010/04/16
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CARIS hosted its 13th International User Group Conference, CARIS 2010, at the Four Seasons hotel in Miami, Florida, USA on March 22 - 25, 2010.
Stronger Together - People, Products, Infrastructure was this year's conference theme that brought together delegates from a record number of Nations.…
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CARIS Launches Spatial Fusion Enterprise 5.2 at Oi10
2010/03/03
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CARIS, a leading developer of marine GIS and hydrographic software, announced today the release of Spatial Fusion Enterprise (SFE) 5.2 as part of its well known Ping-to-Chart™ product suite.
SFE is Web-enabling technology for geospatial information that aims at leveraging the investment …
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CARIS and University of Southern Mississippi Partner for Tenth Year
2010/01/13
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CARIS, leading developer of marine GIS and hydrographic software, announced today the renewal of its Academic Partnership with the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for the tenth consecutive year.
Through the Program, USM has access to multiple CARIS software products, quality technical…
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CARIS Ping-to-Chart Workshop a Success in Sweden
2009/11/18
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Fifteen representatives of academia, hydrographic offices and private survey companies from across Northern Europe joined CARIS and the University of Stockholm at the University on 12-16 October 2009 to learn about the CARIS Ping-to-Chart workflow.
Through the five-day workshop, participants g…
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CARIS Announces Call for Papers for International Users Conference
2009/10/21
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CARIS is accepting submissions for papers for its annual International User Group Conference, "CARIS 2010: Stronger Together - People, Products, Infrastructure". The five-day event will be held from March 22-25, 2010 in Miami, Florida, United States.
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CARIS Releases Version 7.0 of its Industry-Leading HIPS and SIPS Software
2009/08/05
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CARIS announced today the highly anticipated release of its comprehensive hydrographic processing system, CARIS HIPS and SIPS v.7.0. in tandem with an extra special discount offer on new licenses.
Long recognized as a flagship CARIS solution, HIPS and SIPS v7.0 will not disappoint. Version 7.…
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CARIS® Ping-to-Chart™ Workshops in Sweden and United Kingdom
2009/07/22
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CARIS is pleased to announce Ping-to-Chart Workshops to be hosted at Stockholm University in Sweden on October 12-16, 2009 as well as at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom on January 18-22, 2010.
The workshops will explain the workflow stages involved in taking acquired hydrog…
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CARIS® Appoints Horst Hecht as Scientific Advisor
2009/05/25
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CARIS, leading developer of marine and hydrographic software, announced today that Mr. Horst Hecht has joined the team as Senior Scientific Advisor.
Mr. Hecht recently retired as Head of the Department of Nautical Hydrography and Vice-President of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency o…
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Flemish Hydrography to Host CARIS HPD User Group Meeting
2009/04/15
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The Flemish Hydrography have extended an invitation to the worldwide community of CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) software users to a User Group Meeting being hosted in the beautiful city of Oostende, Belgium on May 26-27, 2009.
HPD User Group Meetings deliver a unique opportunity…
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CARIS Delivers its Most Advanced Bathymetric Data Management Solution
2009/03/06
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CARIS is pleased to announce the release of Bathy DataBASE 2.2, implementing the very latest technology available to address the obstacles of storing and managing large volumes of multi-dimensional data.
With the ever-expanding volume of multibeam survey data and the large number of archived h…
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Final Acceptance by UKHO of Hydrographic Database Project
2009/02/09
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Project team members EDS (an HP company), CARIS and LSC Group are proud to announce the final acceptance by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) of the Hydrographic Database (HDB) Project.
Through the HDB Project, EDS and CARIS have delivered workflow management technologies from EDS…
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Kongsberg Maritime and CARIS Renew Memorandum of Understanding
2008/12/19
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Kongsberg Maritime and CARIS today announced the renewal of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate in delivering Ping-to-Chart solutions.
Kongsberg Maritime is a leading supplier of acoustic instrumentation for precision seabed mapping and inspection. Correspondingly, CARIS develop…
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CARIS Survey Processing Software for Italy
2008/11/25
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The Italian Hydrographic Institute has selected CARIS HIPS and SIPS software for its hydrographic survey processing.
The Italian Hydrographic Institute (IIM) located in Genova, has been the official nautical charting agency of the Italian Navy since being founded in 1872. Its tasks include the…
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CARIS Bathymetric Data Management for Port of Tyne
2008/11/07
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The Port of Tyne in Newcastle, United Kingdom is the latest port to adopt CARIS software for bathymetric survey management and analyses.
The Port of Tyne is a key player in the Tyne and Wear region encompassing over 20 miles of river frontage supporting closely grouped industries dependent upo…
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CARIS Bathymetric Data Management System for Geoscience Australia
2008/10/23
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Geoscience Australia in Canberra has selected CARIS Bathy DataBASE software for management of large bathymetric data sets, interoperability and distribution.
Geoscience Australia is Australia's national agency for geoscience knowledge and geospatial information. Its knowledge and information c…
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CARIS VP Named Chairman of PAIGH ITIC Commitee
2008/07/29
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CARIS is please to announce the appointment of Paul R. Cooper, Vice President of CARIS USA as Chairman of the Institutional Strengthening and Technical Cooperation Committee of the US National Section of the Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH).
The PAIGH (www.ipgh.org) is a…
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REMED Joins CARIS Alliance Program
2008/07/07
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REMED srl has joined the CARIS Alliance Program and is now responsible for the marketing and promotion of CARIS software in the Italian territory and in other Adriatic and Mediterranean countries.
Through the Alliance Program, REMED will provide sales and marketing support for CARIS software f…
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CARIS Bathymetric Data Management System for Taiwan
2008/07/02
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The Institute of Harbor and Marine Technology (IHMT) in Taiwan has selected CARIS Bathy DataBASE software for management of large bathymetric data sets, interoperability and distribution.
The major duties of the IHMT include: research and development of harbor and ocean-related engineering tec…
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CARIS Releases Target Tracking in Web-Mapping Software
2008/06/23
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CARIS is pleased to announce the release of version 4.3 of its web mapping software, Spatial Fusion Enterprise, featuring real-time target tracking.
Spatial Fusion Enterprise is a web mapping engine for the integration of existing data from many sources, formats and locations and introduces ge…
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CARIS Announces UKHO Chief Executive to Deliver Keynote Address at User Group Conference
2008/06/17
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CARIS is pleased to announce Mike Robinson, Chief Executive of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) will deliver the Opening Keynote Address at CARIS 2008, 12th International User Group Conference and Educational Sessions 22-26 September in Bath, United Kingdom.
Under the theme Make a…
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Minister launches Brunei's unique Spatial Data Infrastructure
2008/04/24
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The Minister of Development, Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awg Hj Abdullah Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Hj Bakar, launched the 'Brunei Spatial Data Infrastructure' (BSDI) at Dewan Betabur of the Ministry of Development yesterday morning.
According to Surveyor General Hj Mohd J…
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CARIS Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Solution for France
2008/04/01
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Heeswijk, The Netherlands - March 31, 2008 - CARIS, a leading developer of geomatics software, is pleased to announce it has been awarded a contract by the Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM) to deliver a Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) to access its hydro…
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CARIS Welcomes Delegation from MSA for HPD Training
2008/02/01
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CARIS, a leading developer of geomatics software, hosted sixteen delegates from the China Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) at its global headquarters in Canada for two intensive weeks of training on CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) in January.
The training is part of a sale mad…
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CARIS Releases Next-Generation Desktop Software for Electronic Chart Production
2008/01/21
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CARIS today announced the worldwide availability of S-57 Composer, the next-generation desktop software application for electronic chart production.
S-57 Composer represents the future in desktop production of S-57 Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC), Additional Military Layers (AML) and Inla…
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CARIS Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Certification
2008/01/07
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CARIS, a leading developer of geomatics software, has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification. NSF International, an independent leader in ISO certification processes and services, conducted the audit.
A globally recognized quality management standard developed by the International Organization f…
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CARIS Appoints Senior Business Developer Manager in Asia Pacific
2007/11/16
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CARIS, the leading provider of marine and hydrographic software, has appointed Mark Matthews as Senior Business Developer to focus on fostering business opportunities for the company's complete Ping-to-Chart product line across Asia Pacific.
Prior to joining CARIS, Mark began his career as a H…
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CARIS Appoints Senior Business Developer in Latin America
2007/10/09
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CARIS, the leading provider of marine and hydrographic software, has appointed James (Jim) Page as Senior Business Developer to focus on fostering business opportunities for the company's complete Ping-to-Chart product line across Latin America.
Prior to joining CARIS, Jim began his career in …
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CARIS Awarded ENC Production Contract from SHOM
2007/09/13
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In partnership with IIC Technologies, India, CARIS is pleased to announce it has been awarded a contract for ENC production for the French National Hydrographic Office (SHOM).
Using CARIS electronic chart production software, the current project will involve the compilation of a number of data…
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CARIS Selected for Brunei $6.3 Million NSDI Project
2007/05/11
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Brunei Darussalam has awarded a US$6.3 million project for delivery of the country's National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).
Through the project, geomatics software company CARIS will deliver its spatial database and web-mapping technology.
The primary contractor for the project is Selecti…
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Core Production Database Version 2.5 Now Available
2007/04/30
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CARIS is pleased to announce the release of Core Production Database (CPD) version 2.5.
Using Oracle® data processing, CPD is a seamless, geospatial database that enables stakeholders to consolidate their data into a single source, thus removing redundancy and establishing more efficient u…
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CARIS Opens Asia Pacific Office
2007/04/16
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Fredericton, NB, Canada - April 16, 2007 - CARIS has established a regional office in Australia to maximize support of its rapidly growing Asia Pacific customer base and expand its presence in this market.
CARIS, a leading developer of geomatics software, recently opened its first office in th…
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EDS and CARIS Selected for UKHO Hydrographic Database Solution Contract
2007/03/20
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EDS, as a prime contractor, CARIS and LSC Group, as the sub-contractors, today announced their selection for the supply and support of a Hydrographic Database (HDB) system to the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).
Through the HDB Project, EDS and CARIS will deliver a workflow managemen…
