Wednesday, June 10, 2009

NWS Goes Mobile (Mapping that is)

National Weather Service To Use BlackBerry for Field GIS



June 9, 2009 - Dayton, Ohio - The National Weather Service Southern Region has purchased Freeance Mobile for the purposes of pushing ESRI map services out to BlackBerry Smartphones. The Southern Region plans on utilizing BlackBerry Smartphones for storm damage mapping and other related field events that require map viewing and GPS map point logging. Freeance Mobile will allow the National Weather Service to combine two existing platforms, ESRI ArcGIS and BlackBerry in-house with easy-to-use plug-and-play configuration software.

Now you have the chance to win Freeance Mobile software and BlackBerry Smartphones for your organization. Enter your concept or plan on how your organization can mobilize GIS on BlackBerry and win $15,000 worth of Freeance Mobile software and BlackBerry Smartphones. It's the first annual GIS on BlackBerry Awards and you could be announced as the winner at the 2009 ESRI User Conference in San Diego. You don't need to attend the User Conference to win and you don't need to be current users of Freeance Mobile or BlackBerry. All you need is your initiative and drive for mobile efficiency. Use the online entry format at www.freeance.com/wirelessaward and enter your dream for GIS mobility on BlackBerry today.

Freeance Mobile 2.0 for ArcGIS Server 9.3 will be on display in the BlackBerry booth at the 2008 ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, booth #2223.

About Freeance Mobile Software
Freeance Mobile is innovative, easy-to-use location software for efficiently making mobile applications. You can now make your ArcGIS available to anyone, anywhere, anytime. It is hassle-free software for users and IT administrators alike. Designed for the ESRI and BlackBerry environments, Freeance Mobile starting at $999 for unlimited users and combining off-the-shelf simplicity with the ability to make your own custom applications. Visit http://www.Freeance.com/mobile for more information.

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