ESRI Press Release
May 26, 2005
BusinessMAP 4 Now Shipping
New Data and User-Requested Features Improve Business Decision-Making
Redlands, California—BusinessMAP 4, the latest version of the affordable and easy-to-use database mapping solution from ESRI, is now shipping. Designed for busy professionals, BusinessMAP transforms information from databases, contact managers, and spreadsheets into color-filled maps for making better business presentations and decisions.
BusinessMAP 4 enhancements include
Ring Study Analysis—Analyze and reveal the demographics of an area surrounding a location. For example, aggregate demographics and other data within one, three, and five miles around a prospective store site.
Drive-Time Analysis—Create up to three drive zones around a location that are defined by the time it takes to drive to or from a given location. Analyze the zones by aggregating demographics data for applications such as targeted advertising campaigns, new store locations, or best location for a regional sales office.
Print Preview—Visualize how maps will print including various legend options and various sizes from wall charts to day planner sizes.
New Wizards—Color code or customize a map with new easy-to-use wizards.
Canadian Maps Now Included—Use Canadian or North American maps to create territories, add databases, analyze demographics, calculate routes, and more. Canadian data includes provinces, municipal and regional boundaries, streets, roads, highways, lakes, rivers, parks, and landmarks.
Shaded Relief Data Now Included—Add depth and richness to maps with shaded relief data.
Updated Links—Plot a database, group, or current contact on a map by linking to the latest versions of ACT!®, GoldMine®, Microsoft Outlook®, or Excel.
ODBC Database Support—Use any ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) supported database in addition to the numerous database file formats supported by BusinessMAP.
Sort and Calculate Totals in the Database Window—Sort the database by simply clicking on the field header in the database window. Sum or aggregate numerical database fields for easy analysis.
Free 30-Day Aerial Photo Subscription—Visualize buildings, trees, and other man-made and natural land features from one-meter orthophotos. Overlay other map and data layers for detailed, eye-catching maps.
BusinessMAP 4 includes existing features such as color-coded analysis, territory creation, searching by geography, and plotting database points from a variety of sources: ACT!, dBASE, Excel, GoldMine, and Microsoft Outlook. In addition to a comprehensive list of features, the included geographic, demographic, and business data has also been updated to include
States, counties, ZIP Codes, Census tracts, and other geographic boundaries
Tele Atlas Dynamap®/Transportation enhanced street maps for more than 35,000 U.S. towns
More than 500 U.S. Census 2000 demographic variables down to census tract-level geography with new 2004 estimates and 2009 projections
Consumer expenditure data at state and county levels from ESRI Business Information Solutions
More than 18 million U.S. business listings from Dun & Bradstreet
BusinessMAP 4 is available for Windows 95 (SP2)/98/2000, NT 4.0, or XP. For more information, visit ESRI at www.esri.com/businessmap, contact your local ESRI reseller, or call ESRI directly at 1-800-970-0033.
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