Pacific Geodata to become official reseller of the OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition.
New York, New York, February 18, 2011 - Pacific Geodata, a GIS mapping and analysis firm located in Yountville, California today announced a reseller agreement with OpenGeo, a global leader in open source geospatial solutions. Through this partnership, Pacific Geodata will be able to offer the OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition to its clients.
The OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition is used by organizations worldwide to serve maps and data through web applications, mobile devices, and desktop clients. Its powerful stack of tested, integrated, and supported geospatial components includes PostGIS, GeoServer, OpenLayers, GeoWebCache, and GeoExt.
Located in the heart of the Napa Valley, Pacific Geodata (PGD) has a strong background in mapping and analysis solutions for agricultural producers. In a region of wine producers, they use GIS tools to compile and extract valuable information relating to microclimates and cooling patterns in local vineyards. PGD helps companies combine the power of commercial GIS software with open source solutions to extend the limited functionality of basic commercial GIS platforms for a fraction of the cost.
"Partnering with OpenGeo enables us to provide powerful open source web mapping technologies to our clients," said Matt Lamborn of PGD. "This partnership also provides a small firm such as ours with the resources and know-how to implement online, internet-based mapping applications."
Chris Holmes, President of OpenGeo, added, "We are excited to work with Pacific Geodata. Their experience creating open source geospatial tools for the agriculture sector will help us illuminate the needs of an important group of end-users."
About OpenGeo
OpenGeo is a social enterprise working to build the best web-based geospatial technology. The company brings the best practices of open source software to geospatial organizations around the world by providing enterprises with supported, tested, and integrated open source solutions to build the Geospatial Web. OpenGeo also supports open source communities by employing key developers of PostGIS, GeoServer, and OpenLayers. Since 2002, the company has provided successful consulting services and products to clients like the World Bank, Google, the UK Ordnance Survey, Portland TriMet, MassGIS, Landgate, and the Federal Communications Commission. OpenGeo is the geospatial division of OpenPlans, a New York-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that informs and engages communities through journalism and open source software. All of OpenGeo's revenue has been and will continue to be re-invested into innovative and useful software in support of the OpenPlans mission.
About Pacific Geodata
Pacific Geodata, LLC (PGD) is a full-service GIS consulting firm with experience in providing mapping and data services to numerous disciplines, including environmental, parks and open space, engineering, planning, design, and agriculture. PGD is a leader in combining the use of commercial off-the-shelf GIS software with open source GIS software. Ultimately, PGD seeks to empower its clients with robust geospatial technologies that are cost-effective, readily usable, and provide actionable results.
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