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eMapSite
selects Level 3 for bandwidth and colocation services
Issue
date:26 September 2000
eMapSite.com,
the leading provider of online digital mapping solutions, today
announced that it has signed a bandwidth and colocation agreement
with Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT).
Under
the terms of the agreement, eMapSite
will use Level 3's international broadband network and gateway
facilities to deliver the UK's first seamless online digital
mapping service to large commercial digital map users and website
owners.
eMapSite
provides users with online access to information from a growing
list of leading map and image publishers, including Ordnance
Survey, getmapping.com, Bartholomew Mapping Solutions, Geographer’s
A-Z, and Cities Revealed.
Users
can select maps such as town plans and street maps, aerial photography
and satellite pictures and the service enables users to search,
browse, zoom, view, buy and use the available map data over
the internet to suit their specific requirements.
“Through
Level 3’s innovative, high quality, IP-based network, we will
have access to the bandwidth and colocation services that we
need to ensure speed and efficiency of our service,” said Justin
Saunders, Technical Director, eMapSite.
“Level
3 is committed to providing the infrastructure and facilities
that will help web centric companies, such as eMapSite,
deploy innovative services and content, efficiently and at a
low cost. We are
pleased to be selected by eMapSite
and have the opportunity to
support them in their ambitious expansion plans,"
said Les Johns, UK managing director, Level 3 Communications
International.
For
further information, please contact:
Justin Saunders
Email: justin.saunders@emapsite.com
Office Tel: 0118 973 6883
Note
for Editors
eMapSite.com
is a UK registered company based in Hampshire, England,
and established by James Cutler and Justin Saunders,
who share over 30 years GIS experience, the last 7 years with
their own consultancy, GISL Limited. eMapSite is the
first commercial service to deliver large-scale georeferenced
maps and images in real time over the Internet. eMapSite
uses Image Web Server technology that also allows the user to
interactively roam and zoom over imagery.
The new eMapSite service brings benefits to two
distinct markets: commercial map users, such as utilities, telcos,
the public sector and professional GIS users, who need easy,
affordable access to digital map data for their GIS applications;
and website owners who wish to add informative and compelling
mapping content to their websites. The eMapSite website
at www.emapsite.com went live on 30 June 2000. eMapSite
is enabled by Level 3 Communications. Image Web Server is a
product of Earth Resource Mapping (www.ermapper.com).
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