Geocomp Ltd.
Established in 1989, GEOCOMP Ltd. is the Hungarian representative and authorised distributor of Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (ESRI, California, USA) Present owners are KFKI Számítástechnikai Rt. (Computer Division of the Central Research Institute for Physics in Hungary) and the Dangermod's (founders and president of ESRI).
GEOCOMP consists of three small divisions: a Sales/Marketing Department, a Technical Division, and Administration. Among Geocomp's line of equipment are workstations (including RISC processors) connected by an Ethernet network with Windows-based PCs, and virtually all accessories needed for delivering GIS related services: digitizer tables, large size scanners, plotters and printers.
Geocomp's activities are designed to meet every need related to the use of ESRI products in Hungary, including consulting services, technical support, basic and customised GIS training, application development, database design, data entry, and sales/marketing. Among the market-leaders of the Hungarian computing industry, KFKI Group subsidiaries perform a wide array of activities, granting GEOCOMP B a member B the capability of carrying out tasks of great complexity requiring system integration. In addition, ESRI's world-wide network offers numerous opportunities for international Cupertino with other participating organisations.
Among GEOCOMP's on-going activities are:
- Exclusive Representation of ESRI in Hungary as an Authorised International Distributor;
- Participation in the EGIS project (in international Cupertino) for the EU;
- Participation in the COPESTAT project (in international Cupertino) for the EU.;
- IT consultation for Public Administration;
- Support for the Hungarian Electoral Systems;
- Informational System for the Hungarian Central Government and MPs, co-ordinated by the Ministry for Environment and Land Development, with the Cupertino of the Ministry for Infrastructure and Water Management and the Central Statistical Office.
- GIS application design and development for Local Governments:
- XIV. District (Zugló), Budapest,
- IV. District, Budapest;
- GIS components of various Urban Planning projects, consultation and expert analysis: Urban Development Division of the Budapest Local Government, BUVÁTI Inc., VÁTI Inc., URBANCONSULT Ltd.;
- Data conversion from earlier records of ARC/INFO Digital Base Map Data into Caddy programs for the Budapest Land Office;
- Design System for Cordless Microwave Connections, Hungarian Telecommunication Company;
- Public Utility Register System for Csepel Works, Budapest;
- Emergency Break-down Information System Pilot Project for the Budapest Gasworks;
- Feasibility study for an AM/FM of the Hungarian State Railway Company;
- Feasibility study for the application of GIS in the project management of transportation;
- Support for the Research Program of the Boda Aleurolite Formation;
- Multitemporary analysis of air pollution in Budapest;
- Sample Information System of Urban Environment for Human Health in the VIII. district of Budapest;
- Data conversion services for the Hungarian Army's Mapping Agency;
- Conversion of 1:50 000 Digital Topographic Maps (DTA-50) to ESRI's `SHAPE@ format.
Contact information:
Mail address: 1016 Budapest, Gellérthegy u. 30-32. (new from 01/04/99: 1066 Budapest, Teréz krt. 46.)
Telephone: (361)-202-3178; (361)-156-9122/361, 362 (new from 01/04/99: 428-8040)
Fax: (361)-202-3178 (new from 01/04/99: 428-8042)
Contact persons:
György Domokos, CEO
András Németh J. CEO
János Hárs GIS executive
Ágnes Bernáth marketing executive
E-mail: geocomp@ind.eunet.hu
WWW: www.geocomp.hu
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