Hungarian GIS Market Survey 1997.
Rudas & Karig
Software Development and Consulting Ltd.

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Rudas & Karig Private Business Partnership was founded on 1 January 1989. As a result of its successful operation the company grew beyond the limits of a private business partnership, and the Rudas & Karig Software Development and Consulting Ltd. was established with continuity of right in October 1990. On 1 December 1994 the name-giving co-founder Pál Rudas left the company, and his ownership stake was partially bought by Miklós Hidvégi, one of the founding members of the company.
Even since its foundation, the company profile has been designing and developing geographical information systems, designing and building spatial databases and digitizing.
Currently there are 11 graduate software developers working at the company, a ten-strong team performs the digitizing, and we employ 15-20 regular external staff for database filling. Concerning regular external staff we employ not only programmers, but graphic artists, cartographers and surveyors. We concluded skeleton agreements with several companies for undertaking large and integrated projects.
The company is one of the co-founders of polyGIS Térinformatikai Társulás Ltd. which was established in 1994. Rudas & Karig Ltd. has had a 75% ownership stake in this company since July 1995.
Our returns have been growing by 40-70% for many years. The returns of our main activity were 36 million HUF in 1995 and 50 million HUF in 1996. Our export returns have been rising for many years; we produce geographical information systems and digitize mainly for the German market. We have gained good practice and great experience in the use of several geographical information systems (e.g. MicroStation, Arc/Info). Working applications prove our ability to develop high quality systems.

1989-1990, The Beginning
The Rudas & Karig Private Business Partnership is founded. The founders determine the company profile as designing and developing of geographical information systems, creating spatial databases and filling up them, and digitizing. As subcontractor we do the designing and programming of the geographical information systems for the two biggest Hungarian public utility companies. Continuous, successful working relations with Budapest Waterworks come into existence and it still goes on. The Rudas & Karig Software Development and Consulting Ltd. is established.

1991-1992, MicroStation Development
We immerse in the science of GIS more and more. We make use of ten-year-long knowledge of computing. We work hard for the attainment of development in MicroStation environment and we use it up to this time. Standard MicroStation MDL development tools have evolved. Through the continuous updating of these tools, now high-class automated, efficient system development is possible.

1993, Windows Development B The Beginning of Export
On behalf of Markt und Technik GmbH. we begin the development of popular geographical information multimedia systems, which have a very wide circulation. The co-operation has been fruitful up to this time. A Windows based geographical information library comes into being, which take full advantage of most recent technology (DDE, OLE, ODBC, and multimedia); we use it for several system developments. We participate in national and international exhibitions and conferences with success.

1994, Starting Up The Development for Local Government and Digitizing Line of Business
The development of an integrated modular geographical information system for local governments starts up forcefully. We begin a new line of business through digitizing cadastral maps and maps for public utilities. The company is a founder of polyGIS Térinformatikai Társulás Ltd., whose goal is the completion of complex projects. One of the company's name-giving founders, Pál Rudas leaves the company, and his portion of property is partially bought by Miklós Hidvégi.

1995, Dynamic Evolution
This year is the most successful period for the company because of winning and successfully undertaking several large volume tenders. We break in new fields; we start geographical information system developments for tourism and nature conservation. Our contacts increase with a new German partner; our export returns reach 25%. The importance of the digitizing line of business grows with undiminished energy, its returns exceed 30%. We conclude important professional agreements with Oracle, Microsoft and Bentley.

1996, The Year of Vigor, General Spreading of GIS
We strengthen our position in the acquired fields; our net returns are 50 million HUF. We move in a larger, more attractive and comfortable office. This serves not only for the convenience of our staff, but for the better service of our clients. We have 11 graduate software developers working within the company, a ten-strong professional team performs the digitizing, and we employ 15-20 regular external staff for occasional tasks. We build up regular working relations with graphic artists, cartographers and surveyors.

1997, The Present
Stewart keep working hard to serve our customer interests better.

Contact information:

Mail address: 1024 Budapest, Szilágyi E. fasor 5. I/3.
Telephone: (361)-316-0506, 316-1096, 316-1097
Fax: (361)-316-0506, 316-1096, 316-1097
Contact persons:
Gábor Karig CEO
Gábor Nagy GIS executive
Zoltán Suhajda marketing executive
E-mail: emailer@rudaskarig.datanet.hu

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