deCarta, the leading supplier of software and services for the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry, announced that Multimap, Europe’s number one online mapping and LBS provider, has deployed deCarta’s Drill Down Server geospatial platform technology in its most current suite of advanced mapping capabilities.
deCarta’s technology provides Multimap with improved performance and scalability to further accelerate the rate at which the company delivers new map coverage from over 30 map and data sources globally to its 1,200 business customers and 10 million unique users worldwide.
Multimap is technology and data agnostic. Its strategy is to select the best technology for the job, from creating global and local maps, to cross-border routing, and geocoding that follows local conventions. Commenting on the addition of deCarta’s technology to its B2B and B2C offering, Jeff Kelisky, CEO of Multimap, said, "We are delighted to welcome deCarta into the Multimap fold. We are unique in delivering a single global platform which leverages best of breed technology from the global and local leaders in the fields of mapping and geocoding. The DDS platform provided by deCarta enables Multimap to further accelerate the rate at which we deliver new map coverage to our consumers and business customers and helps us to build differentiation."
J. Kim Fennell, President and CEO of deCarta stated, "Building out additional performance-driven attributes to LBS mapping is a constantly challenging undertaking. We’re proud to be augmenting Multimap’s capabilities with our technology that can be quickly and seamlessly integrated into their solutions portfolio."