New Release of GIS Software Allows System Administrators To Link Databases to ESRI Arcims Allowing for New Uses of Web Mapping Applications.

Breakthrough Release of GIS Web Mapping Software allows users to work with external databases in conjunction with their Web Maps. Now, without programming, system administrators can link external databases to ESRI ArcIMS, opening up new uses for Web mapping applications.

Dayton, OH (PRWEB) August 8, 2004 -- Freeance Release 3.0 brings to ArcIMS the power of linking live, external databases and relating records to Web mapping features. This makes it possible to use ArcIMS for many of the same GIS operations as desktop ArcGIS.

Implementing Freeance with ArcIMS allows for quick and easy database feature linking, understandable database searches and custom formatted result reports building whether for display, mailing labels, spreadsheets, or other specialized formats.

Phil Connell, Vice President of TDC Group, comments that "Government agencies have information related to map features in many databases, such as permitting, property taxes, utilities, public safety, etc. Now, Freeance allows them to combine this data with their Web mapping, thus reducing the need for costly desktop applications on every computer."

Debbie Reddington, in charge of Freeance customer services and support states, "We are most proud of our ability to enable non-programmers to easily construct professional mapping applications using enterprise databases integrated with map features on an IMS Web platform."

The target market for Freeance is GIS and IMS administrators in local, state and federal government who are looking to create and distribute powerful GIS applications without incurring the cost and time of programming or maintaining desktop GIS applications. These administrators understand the power of allowing end-users to search and report on mapping and enterprise databases from a Web platform.

Freeance also includes a set of mapping tools normally found only in desktop GIS and not in ArcIMS out-of-the-box. Freeance users report that they have found more uses for ArcIMS than they ever thought possible and that they are able to implement Freeance/ArcIMS applications almost as fast as they design them.

About Freeance
Freeance has become a leading solution for building Web mapping applications using ArcIMS. Freeance Release 3.0 is now available for delivery starting at $5,000 for a complete server application license.

About TDC group
TDC Group was incorporated in 1989. TDC Group is a software development and sales company located in Dayton Ohio, serving customers throughout the United States.