Esri Adds Maptel

Esri, USA, has announced that Maptel, Australia, has joined its organisation. The addition of Maptel, who has been the developer for Esri’s ArcPad software for several years, will strengthen Esri’s field data collection capabilities and its overall mobile platform.

Maptel has worked side-by-side with Esri for many years, according to Elvin Slavik, lead developer and co-founder, Maptel. Euan Cameron, Esri’s CTO of Apps and Runtime development added that merging the teams will contribute to better serve ArcPad users and advance the entire range of mobile solutions.

Maptel staff will supplement Esri’s global development team from their existing facilities in Melbourne, Australia. They will continue to develop and support ArcPad with a focus on enhancing integration with the ArcGIS system.