Interactive Maps for BlackBerry

BlackBerry smartphone users in the UK will soon be able to view and edit map and location data on the move, as ESRI UK becomes the official exclusive distributor for TDC's Freeance Mobile Software in the UK. The application allows public and private-sector organisations already using BlackBerry smartphones to maximise their investment in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), opening up live dynamic maps, data collection and location services to their staff.

Freeance software allows any organisation running ESRI's flagship ArcGIS Server to publish their maps live to an unlimited number of BlackBerry smartphones. This is another opportunity for public sector customers to realise efficiency savings, delivering more for less from their IT investment. This is achieved, for example, through staff not needing to return to the office to access or record collected information. Freeance delivers the means to solve this for public sector field workers collecting information on anything from potholes, street furniture and graffiti to emergency response data like flooding extents, emergency planning surveys, intelligence or crime-related information.