GeoGraphs and Urban Explorer Announce CensusTrax, a Google Maps/Flash GIS Mashup

San Francisco, CA, March 28, 2006 --(PR.com)-- Géographs Corporation and Urban Explorer are proud to announce the release of CensusTrax. CensusTrax is an on-line interactive web GIS service to quickly retrieve, map and export US Census data. It will be available as an inexpensive on-line subscription service in the near future. For now, while it is still in this beta version, it is freely available to anyone who wants to use it: http://www.censustrax.com.

For this Beta version, detailed statistics (SF1 Tables) are available for California, but will soon have a Nationwide coverage. SF2, SF3, and SF4 Tables will follow in subsequent releases of the software.

The géoflash Explorer CensusTrax system is a hybrid (or Mashup) of Google Maps, the géoflash Explorer system (an Open Source Flash web GIS), YaHoo's National Geocoding service, and the entire block level US Census. The system seamlessly overlays translucent, interactive géoflash demographic maps on top of a Google map. The overlaying “intelligent” géoflash maps can perform thematic analysis, be clicked-on for information retrieval, display mouse-over tool tips and query a dynamic geo-relational database. The Google base map, in turn, provides seamless national coverage and smooth dynamic panning and zooming. YaHoo's geocoding service provides accurate and lightening-fast address location.

The system can also be customized for unique needs and sold as a “turn-key” solution. The underlying block-level Census MySQL geo-relational database can be supplemented by any number of layers and the Flash Interface can be completely re-configured based on a user’s needs. Bundling development costs and software together reduces both development time and cost relative to other commercially available web GIS systems.

CensusTrax brings the full power of GIS, a Nationwide geo-relational database, and YaHoo’s National geocoding service to Google Maps, enhancing a very popular web service with powerful functionality and customizability. Yosri Diab of Géographs and Cheryl Parker of Urban Explorer believe strongly that software has to be easy to use and not geared towards GIS professionals, but to a broad community of users.

“Our goal is not only to provide colorful, easy-to-use and eye-pleasing web mapping applications to professionals, but to combine our tools with national data depots like the Census Data and Google Maps to be able to quickly deliver intelligent, data driven maps to a broad community, regardless of the size of a geographic area or a user’s knowledge of GIS”.

Please join us in Booth 24 at Direction Magazine’s “Location Intelligence” Conference in San Francisco, CA April 4 and 5, 2006.

About Géographs Corporation and Urban Explorer
CensusTrax and géoflash Explorer are products offered through the strategic alliance of Géographs Corporation and Urban Explorer. This unique team combines a GIS software manufacturer, Géographs, with a web GIS interface designer and Flash developer, Urban Explorer, to produce highly robust, user-friendly and unique web GIS system.

Géographs Corporation
Géographs Corporation is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and develops high performance Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software for the Internet and desktops. Géographs Corporation has set the industry standard for reliability and total cost of ownership.

For more information about Géographs, please contact:
Yosri Diab, Founder and Chief Technical Officer
619-602 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1P2
Canada
info@geographs.com
Phone: 604.694.1945
Fax: 604.694.1947
www.geographs.com

Urban Explorer
Urban Explorer's expertise lies in developing highly interactive, user-friendly Flash-based GIS web interfaces. Urban Explorer has developed a specialty in interactive GIS-based web tools for cities and neighborhoods. The firm’s services are especially appropriate for City Planners, Urban Designers, Economic Development Professionals, Real Estate Professionals and neighborhood groups and is lead by its principal and founder Cheryl Parker.

For more information about Urban Explorer, please contact:
Cheryl Parker, Principal
Urban Explorer
916 Kearny St
San Francisco, CA
USA
info@theurbanexplorer.com
Phone: 415.362.4122
Fax: 415.989.7910
www.theurbanexplorer.com

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