Strategic Partnership with HERE

RNS Number : 3692L

1Spatial Plc

11 January 2016

 

11 January 2016

1Spatial plc (AIM: SPA)

("1Spatial" or the "Group")

Strategic Partnership with HERE

The Board of Directors of 1Spatial, the global spatial software, service and data quality company which manages the world's largest spatial data, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic partnership with HERE, a leader in navigation, mapping and location experiences to deliver high grade map content to the enterprise market (the "Strategic Partnership").

As part of the Strategic Partnership, formed to fulfil key enterprise account requirements and market opportunities, HERE is working with 1Spatial to provide data quality and processing solutions incorporating selected high quality map data from HERE.

The Strategic Partnership will bring multiple benefits to clients and the market. These benefits will include the utilisation of 1Spatial's technology, which will facilitate the automated integration of HERE's data with clients' own spatial and asset based information. This will enable clients' current data holdings to be embellished quickly and easily with the high grade HERE datasets. The Strategic Partnership will also allow HERE to offer a more tailored version of their data, through the use of the 1Spatial technology in an automated and repeatable process through change only updates.

Marcus Hanke, CEO of 1Spatial plc commented:

"We are delighted to be partnering with HERE and welcome this significant partnership. We believe that the combination of our software and services and HERE's high grade maps and content will enable customers to yield significant operational excellence.

1Spatial are uniquely positioned to be at the forefront of every increasing data demands ensuring quality, accuracy and real time update of geospatial data to drive cross industry opportunities" 

Roy Kolstad, vice president of Enterprise sales for at HERE commented:

"We are pleased to announce this partnership with 1Spatial and believe that customers and the market will benefit from the combined capabilities that this partnership will bring. We look forward to working together," said Roy Kolstad, vice president of Enterprise sales for at HERE."

For further information, please contact:

1Spatial plc	0203 427 5004
Marcus Hanke / Claire Milverton
FTI Consulting	020 3727 1000
Dwight Burden/Alex Le May/ Karen Tang
N+1 Singer	020 7496 3000
Shaun Dobson / Lauren Kettle

About 1Spatial

1Spatial manages the world's largest spatial big data and works with users and creators of the largest geospatial databases, helping them collect, store, manage and interpret location-specific information,

1Spatial's clients are global and include national mapping and cadastral agencies, utility and telecommunications companies, and government departments including emergency services, defence and census bureaus.

A leader in the field, 1Spatial has over forty years' experience and a record of continual innovation and development. Today, with an ever increasing reliance on accurate spatial and location-critical data, which enables control, consistency and compliance across an enterprise environment  the demand for our expertise and solutions is growing rapidly.

1Spatial operates globally, and has a portfolio of customers both in the Commercial and Government sector, with headquarters in Cambridge, UK and offices in France, Belgium, Ireland and Australia. To find our more, visit www.1spatial.com

About HERE

HERE is the leading company in the location intelligence industry, delivering highly precise and up-to-date maps, a location platform, and location experiences across multiple screens and operating systems. Built on 30 years of experience in cartography and drawing on more than 80 000 sources of data, HERE offers maps for more than 190 countries, voice guided navigation for 131 countries and territories in more than 50 languages and live traffic information for 50 countries.

 

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