Cambridge, MA - October 24, 2005 - MetaCarta, Inc., a leading provider of geographic-based business intelligence, today announced general availability of GTS 3.0, GeoTagger 3.0, and GTS-geOdrive 3.0. This release represents a significant leap forward in technology, while at the same time enhancing enterprise requirements for connectivity and time-to-value. At the core of the latest release is next-generation machine learning technology that allows MetaCarta’s products to improve performance. In addition, the release includes a Connector Framework. This plug-and-play framework facilitates integration of MetaCarta’s map-based search system with enterprise document repositories.
About Machine Learning
MetaCarta’s computational linguistics leverage machine learning technology to identify geographic references in text. Specifically, each MetaCarta system learns to recognize linguistic patterns that point to geographic references. This greatly improves the speed and precision of placename identification in documents and provides customers with improved recall and more accurate search results.
For example, MetaCarta’s systems understand places with ambiguous names, such as an oil field named “Mad Dog”, and can also identify linguistic patterns that typically indicate a geographic location, such as “30 miles southwest of Cambridge, Massachusetts”. MetaCarta products can then locate these location references on maps, which helps end-users to visualize patterns and relationships which is critical for solutions in intelligence analysis, oil exploration and real estate development.
MetaCarta’s approach to machine learning also improves the company’s ability to quickly and efficiently produce new, more accurate Geographic Data Modules (GDMs), which are MetaCarta knowledge bases used to identify and disambiguate geographic references and assign latitude/longitude coordinates.
“GDMs differentiate MetaCarta by providing unique capabilities to identify industry-specific names and locations,” mentions Dave Sonnen, consultant to International Data Corporation (IDC) for Spatial Information Management Research. “This has proven to be an important requirement for government, emergency response, energy, utilities and construction applications.”
About the Connector Framework
The connector framework is included in the GTS and GTS-geOdrive solutions. This framework enhances the ability to create connections to external third-party document repositories such as EMC Documentum reducing the cost and time required for development and maintenance of repository connectors. The connector framework makes it easy to quickly geo-reference documents from third-party document management systems so that they can be easily searched and mapped by MetaCarta’s solutions.
Its Web-based user interface enables administrator to configure plug-ins as well as schedule geo-referencing updates and synchronization.
About MetaCarta
MetaCarta, a leading provider of geographic intelligence, offers comprehensive analysis tools to enable better business decisions. Founded by a team of MIT researchers in 2001, MetaCarta provides groundbreaking technology that bridges the gap between Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and text search. The company presents innovative solutions that improve decision-making by making it possible for customers to place documents on a map. The company is privately held, with offices in Cambridge, MA, Vienna, VA, and Houston, TX. To learn more about MetaCarta, please visit www.metacarta.com.
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