Cadcorp

Cadcorp's first product was a Microsoft Windows-based CAD system called Wincad. All rights to the product were sold in 1994. Wincad development and maintenance, carried out latterly by Informatix Inc,[http://www.informatix.co.jp Informatix Inc., developer of MicroGDS (Wincad)] Japan, through their UK subsidiary[http://www.informatix.co.uk Informatix Software International] under the brand name MicroGDS, was stopped in March 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://microgds.co.uk/|title=MicroGDS|website=microgds.co.uk|access-date=2018-04-25}} After selling Wincad, Cadcorp moved on to developing geographic information system (GIS) software. The first version of Cadcorp SIS – Spatial Information System ("Cadcorp SIS") was released in 1995.

The leadership team successfully completed a management buyout of the company in May 2015.[http://www.cadcorp.com/news-events/changing-hands-at-cadcorp Changing hands at Cadcorp]

Cadcorp SIS has applications in the following UK markets{{Cite web |title=Cadcorp case studies |url=https://www.cadcorp.com/about-us/case-studies/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=}}

• Government (local, municipal and central)
• Emergency Services
• Land and Property
• Insurance
• Oil and Gas
• Utilities
• Maritime
• Environment
• National Mapping Agencies

In July 2020, Cadcorp SIS continued its support for data items of the Ordnance Survey (OS). Cadcorp SIS links directly to the Ordnance Survey Data Hub. It has dedicated guides for linking to the OS Features API, the OS Maps API and the OS Vector Tile API. Both the OS Maps API and the OS Vector Tile API are used in the British National Grid and the coordinate database structures for "Web Mercator".{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=31 July 2020|title=Cadcorp SIS 9 service release enables direct link to Ordnance Survey Data Hub|url=https://gisuser.com/2020/07/cadcorp-sis-9-service-release-enables-direct-link-to-ordnance-survey-data-hub/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802013558/https://gisuser.com/2020/07/cadcorp-sis-9-service-release-enables-direct-link-to-ordnance-survey-data-hub/ |archive-date=2020-08-02 |access-date=28 August 2020|website=GISuser}}

Cadcorp has been a member{{Cite web|url=http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/members|title=OGC Members |website=www.opengeospatial.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-25}} of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) since 1997. In 2004, Cadcorp's technical director, Martin Daly was awarded[http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=9498 Kenneth G. Gardels Citation for Martin Daly] the OGC Kenneth G. Gardels Award,[http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/awards Kenneth G. Gardels award] made annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to advancing the OGC vision of geographic information fully integrated into the world's information systems.

Several versions of the Cadcorp SIS product suite are certified OGC compliant[http://www.opengeospatial.org/resource/products/compliant/#Cadcorp Cadcorp OGC compliance records] in the categories of:

• Simple Features for OLE/COM[http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfo OGC Simple Features for OLE/COM]
• Grid Coverage Service[http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/gc OGC Grid Coverage Service]
• Coordinate Transformation Service[http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/ct OGC Coordinate Transformation Service]
• Web Map Service
• Web Feature Service

Cadcorp SIS also implements support for:

• Web Map Context Documents[http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wmc OGC Web Map Context]
• Geography Markup Language
• Simple Features
• Web Coverage Service

Cadcorp SIS is available in different forms:

• desktop[https://www.cadcorp.com/products/desktop-gis/ Cadcorp desktop products]
• server[https://www.cadcorp.com/products/server/ Cadcorp server products]
• web mapping[https://www.cadcorp.com/products/web-mapping/ Cadcorp web mapping products]
• [https://www.cadcorp.com/products/cloud-hosting/ cloud hosting]{{Cite web |title=Cloud Hosting |url=https://www.cadcorp.com/products/cloud-hosting/ |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=GIS & Web Mapping Software for Sharing Spatial Data {{!}} Cadcorp |language=en-GB}}
• developer tools[https://www.cadcorp.com/products/developer-tools/ Cadcorp developer tools]
• specialised applications[https://www.cadcorp.com/products/applications/ Cadcorp applications]

In February 2020, Cadcorp SIS ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) is the newest contribution to a broad variety of vertical technologies unique to Cadcorp.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=3 February 2020|title=Cadcorp launches GIS data management tool|url=https://gisuser.com/2020/02/cadcorp-launches-gis-data-management-tool/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630042234/https://gisuser.com/2020/02/cadcorp-launches-gis-data-management-tool/ |archive-date=2020-06-30 |access-date=30 June 2020|website=gisuser}}

In May 2020, Cadcorp also expanded its cloud services to include SIS Desktop, with the increasing growth of cloud computing technologies.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=11 May 2020|title=Cadcorp launches desktop GIS capability in the cloud|url=https://www.directionsmag.com/pressrelease/9789|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519190619/https://www.directionsmag.com/pressrelease/9789 |archive-date=2020-05-19 |access-date=30 June 2020|website=directionsmag}}

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• [https://www.cadcorp.com Cadcorp website]

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Category:Software companies of the United Kingdom