Official recognition for map conversion software

The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) will present the National New Product Award - Small Company division to Uclid at the annual NSPE conference, July 27 in Detroit, Michigan.

The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) will present the National New Product Award - Small Company division to Uclid at the annual NSPE conference, July 27 in Detroit, Michigan.

Uclid received the Best-of-State Governor's New Product Award - Small Company division from the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers (WSPE) in May 2000 and advanced to the national competition.

The NSPE New Product Award program recognizes exceptional engineering research and design as well as a product's impact on the national economy.

"Receiving this award is the ultimate display of peer recognition," explained Christine Sloat of WSPE.

"It signifies that fellow engineers throughout the country believe this is a well-designed product with innovative technology." Uclid's IcoMap software uses a patented Text-to-Vector technology to read text at any angle and recognize the unique text strings found in legal descriptions, parcel maps and other land records.

IcoMap is the only software in the world that can recognize the angled text associated with land measurements.

Converting paper maps, deeds and legal descriptions into digital vector maps is the most tedious, expensive and time-consuming part of establishing a basemap for a Geographic Information System (GIS).

Many communities establish a GIS to increase the efficiency of managing geographically related files.

A GIS has many uses in county government, helping with tax assessment, zoning and emergency vehicle routing.

A county's GIS can also produce valuable mapping information which can be used by public agencies and private sector companies.

IcoMap streamlines the conversion process, making it easier and more economical for counties to establish a GIS.

"I'm so proud of our engineering department," exclaimed Curt Szymanski, CTO and one of the founders of Uclid Software.

"They've taken a unique technology and built a robust mapping product.

It's great to have their efforts recognized by a national organization - this award means a lot to us!".

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