BroadMap
Encyclopedia
BroadMap is a full-service GIS company based in Lebanon, New Hampshire
. The company specializes in providing government, non-profit and commercial business partners with custom-fit, turnkey geospatial products and services.
customers. This enterprise-focused product provides a base map
platform that incorporates up-to-date census
and postal
boundaries
.
MapConnect Broadband is used by five States and three Territories for broadband mapping purposes.
BroadMap's MapConnect Clearinghouse is a product for government agencies to manage their GIS assets.
BroadMap's Service Bureau team focuses on providing customers with customized GIS services based on their specific needs and is used by five States and three Territories.
BroadMap focuses on boundary data methods and capabilities by addressing data currency, enhancing geocoding
accuracy and automating conflation techniques that improve the speed-to-market of boundary changes and updates.
Company Office:
BroadMap followed the developments of the Broadband Data Improvement Act (BDIA) and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act legislation. Initially, there were only a few companies with the expertise needed to meet the requirements detailed in the legislation; market leaders had experience in the demand-side of the solution, but outsourced the supply-side efforts.
After the purchase of Tele Atlas
by TomTom
, the company decided to focus primarily on navigation which has been used extensively for years for business geographics. BroadMap aims to fill the gap for enterprise-oriented mapping data as a platform for business.
BroadMap enables U.S. states and territories to fully deliver the detailed requirements of the BDIA.
MapConnect Enterprise is BroadMap's new flagship product and the centerpiece of BroadMap's MapConnect portfolio. Launched at the 2010 Esri International User Conference
, MapConnect Enterprise is a GIS map data platform built especially for enterprise users and based upon industry-leading Navteq
map data. MapConnect Enterprise enables rich map display and geocoding results in an enterprise data format, supporting third-party datasets, including census, postal, municipal, insurance and tax boundary data.
MapConnect Service Bureau helps businesses achieve established geospatial objectives. Typical MapConnect Service Bureau offerings include consulting, cartography and base map development, geocoding, mapping, custom boundary creation and data maintenance, feasibility studies and prototype/pilot development.
The MapConnect Solutions deliver virtual and on-premise solutions for geospatial and business challenges.
1 - MapConnect Clearinghouse - A program with four parts: Data File Catalog; Applications Catalog; Print-Ready Maps; Common Services. MapConnect Clearinghouse provides both public and secure-access portals. Common portal services incorporate a permissions-based user approach to include: read, contribute, edit, download, delete. The portal incorporates secure dialog/interaction services to enhance its utility (e.g., comment blog, remediation request and knowledgebase).
2 - MapConnect Broadband is industry focused. MapConnect Broadband delivers detailed street maps, digital elevation model data (DEM), postal codes and address information. Key Community Anchor Institutions such as schools, emergency responders, fire departments, health care providers, law enforcement and local governmental buildings are mapped and broadband data is collected. Telecommunications fiber and wireless network data and associated attributes are gathered, including cell towers and satellite and aerial imagery of assets.
Lebanon, New Hampshire
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,568 people, 5,500 households, and 3,178 families residing in the city. The population density was 311.4 people per square mile . There were 5,707 housing units at an average density of 141.4 per square mile...
. The company specializes in providing government, non-profit and commercial business partners with custom-fit, turnkey geospatial products and services.
Overview
BroadMap focuses its strategy on a three-pronged approach to the market. BroadMap developed and launched MapConnect Enterprise, a GIS platform for enterpriseBusiness
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
customers. This enterprise-focused product provides a base map
Map
A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes....
platform that incorporates up-to-date census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
and postal
Postal
Postal may refer to:* Mail, the postal service* The Postal Service, a band* "Going postal", the U.S. slang phrase meaning a killing spree* Going Postal, a 2004 Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett...
boundaries
Border
Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, sovereign states, federated states and other subnational entities. Some borders—such as a state's internal administrative borders, or inter-state borders within the Schengen Area—are open and...
.
MapConnect Broadband is used by five States and three Territories for broadband mapping purposes.
BroadMap's MapConnect Clearinghouse is a product for government agencies to manage their GIS assets.
BroadMap's Service Bureau team focuses on providing customers with customized GIS services based on their specific needs and is used by five States and three Territories.
BroadMap focuses on boundary data methods and capabilities by addressing data currency, enhancing geocoding
Geocoding
Geocoding is the process of finding associated geographic coordinates from other geographic data, such as street addresses, or zip codes...
accuracy and automating conflation techniques that improve the speed-to-market of boundary changes and updates.
Company Office:
- Corporate Office: *Lebanon, New HampshireLebanon, New HampshireAs of the census of 2000, there were 12,568 people, 5,500 households, and 3,178 families residing in the city. The population density was 311.4 people per square mile . There were 5,707 housing units at an average density of 141.4 per square mile...
History
The company was founded in 2009 by Daniel Perrone.BroadMap followed the developments of the Broadband Data Improvement Act (BDIA) and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act legislation. Initially, there were only a few companies with the expertise needed to meet the requirements detailed in the legislation; market leaders had experience in the demand-side of the solution, but outsourced the supply-side efforts.
After the purchase of Tele Atlas
Tele Atlas
Tele Atlas is a Netherlands-based company founded in 1984 which delivers digital maps and other dynamic content for navigation and location-based services, including personal and in-car navigation systems, and provides data used in a wide range of mobile and Internet map applications...
by TomTom
TomTom
TomTom NV is a Dutch manufacturer of automotive navigation systems, including both stand-alone units and software for personal digital assistants and mobile telephones. It is the leading manufacturer of navigation systems in Europe. TomTom's customer service is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
, the company decided to focus primarily on navigation which has been used extensively for years for business geographics. BroadMap aims to fill the gap for enterprise-oriented mapping data as a platform for business.
BroadMap enables U.S. states and territories to fully deliver the detailed requirements of the BDIA.
Products
BroadMap uses MapConnect to refer to its family of products.MapConnect Enterprise is BroadMap's new flagship product and the centerpiece of BroadMap's MapConnect portfolio. Launched at the 2010 Esri International User Conference
ESRI International User Conference
Produced by the Environmental Systems Research Institute , the Esri International User Conference is the world's largest event dedicated to geographic information system technology. It is held annually in the United States, usually for one week in July at the San Diego Convention Center in San...
, MapConnect Enterprise is a GIS map data platform built especially for enterprise users and based upon industry-leading Navteq
NAVTEQ
Navteq is a Chicago, Illinois-based provider of Geographic Information Systems data and is a dominant company in providing the base electronic navigable maps...
map data. MapConnect Enterprise enables rich map display and geocoding results in an enterprise data format, supporting third-party datasets, including census, postal, municipal, insurance and tax boundary data.
MapConnect Service Bureau helps businesses achieve established geospatial objectives. Typical MapConnect Service Bureau offerings include consulting, cartography and base map development, geocoding, mapping, custom boundary creation and data maintenance, feasibility studies and prototype/pilot development.
The MapConnect Solutions deliver virtual and on-premise solutions for geospatial and business challenges.
1 - MapConnect Clearinghouse - A program with four parts: Data File Catalog; Applications Catalog; Print-Ready Maps; Common Services. MapConnect Clearinghouse provides both public and secure-access portals. Common portal services incorporate a permissions-based user approach to include: read, contribute, edit, download, delete. The portal incorporates secure dialog/interaction services to enhance its utility (e.g., comment blog, remediation request and knowledgebase).
2 - MapConnect Broadband is industry focused. MapConnect Broadband delivers detailed street maps, digital elevation model data (DEM), postal codes and address information. Key Community Anchor Institutions such as schools, emergency responders, fire departments, health care providers, law enforcement and local governmental buildings are mapped and broadband data is collected. Telecommunications fiber and wireless network data and associated attributes are gathered, including cell towers and satellite and aerial imagery of assets.
External links
- BroadMap – Official website