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National Maps of Switzerland - Automated Production Using FME and axpand

Swiss national maps are high-quality topographic maps at 1:25000 to 1:1 000 000 scales. In order to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for vector GIS data, the Federal Office of Topography swisstopo is working on changes to their production process ranging from the compilation of topographic base data to the production of maps. Over the course of the past 10 years, swisstopo has launched a number of projects to enable this transition.

Axes Systems Recognized with Top 3 on Demand Innovation Prize

Small- and medium-sized companies build the backbone of most economies in the world. For this reason, IT system solutions that allow small- and medium-sized companies to function optimally within their time and budget limits are more and more critical. Since 2004 the German ‘Initiative Mittelstand’ (initiative for small- and medium-sized businesses)  has been providing information about the best systems available for small- to medium-sized companies enabling them to make informed decisions about solutions for their needs.

Automation of Map Production and Updating Processes - Why it Matters

Over the past several years, there has been a lot of discussion about why automation in cartography is important or whether or not it is even possible to automate important, recurring tasks in the production and updating of maps. The main reasons why a further exploration of automation in cartography makes sense is twofold: one, because it offers a possibility for timely and consistent creation and updating of map and data products in a landscape of rapid change and two, because it opens up the potential for new uses of location-based data and maps.

axpand City Map

axpand City Map makes the production of city maps simple and efficient. axpand City Map has been specifically developed to enable German cities to use NAS/ ATKIS data at scale. High levels of automation significantly cut down the number of steps from data import or migration to map production or data export. 

axpand - Special Anniversary Offer for Publishers

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Axes Systems, we are making a special anniversary offer to publishers and map makers. This offer includes all of the axpand modules and functionality necessary to produce high quality maps easily and efficiently.

We are offering the following special axpand anniversary packages to publishers and map makers:

5 Big Mistakes - Choosing a New System

Sooner or later, serious map-makers need to make serious decisions about the tools and systems they are using to create their map products.

Print, Web and Mobile Maps with axpand

Maps made in axpand can be made available to customers and end-users in several different ways including:

 

Printed maps in any format (examples are courtesy of customers) and standard web maps

axpand Collaborate

axpand Collaborate is designed to provide users with only the features and functionality required to complete tasks they've been assigned by an axpand Professional administrator.

Content providers and service providers can access axpand Collaborate over the internet using a conventional browser.  axpand Collaborate users can view, digitize and edit geo-data directly in the geo-data base.

Products

axpand is available as the following packages:

axpand automated updating process - produce and update maps in varying scales from multiple data sources.

Increasing Your Sales with axpand

axpand is designed to help increase your sales. Here's how:

♦ Sales teams need to depend on timeliness and quality of the products they sell. axpand empowers the teams responsible for this timeliness and quality, by simplifying the production and updating processes. This allows for easy implementation of last minute change requests which used to take significant amounts of time.

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