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Welsh government support body selects Cadcorp for health estates GIS

Welsh Health Estates (WHE), a government support body for the National Assembly for Wales (NAW) has just selected Cadcorp SIS - Spatial Information System for a project aimed at exploiting the benefits that GIS can bring to the analysis of health service facilities.

WHE provides support to the Welsh Government in all health estates issues and assists National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in developing and maintaining their facilities. The data and information supplied to these bodies is central to the strategic health planning process at all levels.

Both the government and WHE have recognised that the effectiveness of this role can be greatly strengthened through the use of GIS. By displaying estate information on a map, strategic health planners will be provided with powerful visual information which is easy to interpret and manipulate according to different estate attributes in order to provide particular analyses of interest.

So far, data and information collected and disseminated by WHE, relates solely to NHS properties. Recent broader ranging health policies, however, require a better understanding of the wider health estate. This includes facilities and resources that are not completely part of the NHS, but which may have an impact on the delivery of health services. Examples of such facilities are Private Hospitals, GP Practices, Pharmacies, Dentists, Local Authority Nursing Homes, Private Residential Care Homes and others.

At present WHE’s primary interest relates to estates data and information, focused on the location, physical condition, energy performance and statutory compliance of NHS properties. It is planned that this interest should be extended to cover health related non-NHS properties and it is also possible that WHE will include a limited amount of health services data.

Longer term, social statistics could be included in the system, which would enable the distribution of health facilities in general to be mapped and analysed in conjunction with the characteristics and requirements of the communities served.

Richard Giblin, Business Development Executive, Cadcorp added: "Cadcorp was successful in winning the competitive tendering process to supply the Welsh government with desktop GIS software against all comers. This is the first stage of an ongoing project which Cadcorp is very proud to be associated with. Cadcorp SIS is a leading player in local government GIS and now, in conjunction with other recent successes at DEFRA, Cadcorp are making impressive inroads into central government projects”.

About Cadcorp SIS

Cadcorp SIS - Spatial Information System - is a suite of Windows-based and Web-enabled end user and developer digital mapping and geographic information system (GIS) software products. The suite comprises: Map Viewer, which provides support for over 45 graphic and data formats, thematics and hard copy; Map Manager, which provides the mainstream user the ability to view, explore, query, symbolise and print digital map and associated tabular data; Map Editor, which in addition to the facilities provided by Map Manager, provides the GIS data custodian with tools to view, manage and edit map and tabular data; and Map Modeller, which adds 3D modelling, terrain analysis and several thematic and analytic mapping tools.

Cadcorp ASC (Active Server Component) extends the functionality of Cadcorp SIS for use over the Internet or a company-wide intranet. It is a dynamic, server-side Web-based GIS, not merely a map publishing tool for pre-authored images. Cadcorp ASC provides a true, interactive Web-based solution for real time map creation and analysis.

About Cadcorp

Established in 1991, Cadcorp is a leading developer of digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software. With offices in the USA and UK, Cadcorp’s distribution and VAR network stretches world-wide. The company also plays a pivotal technical role in the OpenGIS Consortium. Cadcorp SIS is the only complete product family to currently attain OpenGIS conformance certification.

Cadcorp SIS (Spatial Information System) is a range of software modules covering spatial data viewing, data management, data editing, data modelling and analysis. Cadcorp SIS ActiveX components are available for embedding into third party systems. Cadcorp ASC is an Internet/intranet developer toolkit designed for Web based GIS solutions.

Cadcorp SIS applications exist in municipal government, central government, emergency services, insurance, Oil & Natural Gas, mapping and surveying, commerce, broadcasting and many other markets.

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For further information, contact: Chris Holcroft, Tel: 01438 747996, e-mail: chrish@cadcorp.com

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