Descartes Acquires GeoMicro
February 15, 2012 By: Janice PartykaDescartes Systems Group, a provider of global leader in logistics technology, has acquired GeoMicro, a California-based provider of advanced geographic information systems (GIS) and commercial turn-by-turn navigation.
GeoMicro's GIS platform enables advanced routing, navigation, field service, and spatial data business intelligence solutions. It supports a full range of advanced GIS services, including high performance map display, geo-location, commercial vehicle route calculation, spatial data querying, and turn-by-turn navigation suitable for commercial and hazardous material route use. GeoMicro's solutions help customers to locate mobile assets and resources in motion
"Geographic location is fundamental to logistics and a key element of many business decisions," said Edward Ryan of Descartes. "By adding GeoMicro's technology and services to our Logistics Technology Platform, our customers can access the advanced geographical information processing that is critical to efficient logistics operations."
"Logistics-intensive businesses face complicated challenges that require GIS functions to be deeply embedded within the location-based services their preferred technology partners provide," said Arthur Mesher of Descartes. "Working closely with customers, we recognized the need to extend our cloud-based Logistics Technology Platform's GIS capabilities to provide solutions that not only meet today's geographic information needs, but also scale to address future technology opportunities such as crowd-sourced location traffic and road network services."
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