FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KorTerra, Inc. and MapFrame Announce Participation in Underground Focus Live!
Minneapolis, MN – July 10th, 2003 – Strategic partners KorTerra, Inc. and MapFrame Corporation announced today their participation at Underground Focus Live! The two companies will showcase their software interface, exhibiting in side-by-side booths at the show July 23rd and July 24th.
Underground Focus Live! is based on the concept that through live demonstrations, underground infrastructure professionals are able to learn more about their industry in a real-site setting as opposed to a classroom or conference. This is the first time this event is taking place.
KorTerra, Inc. plans to have demonstrations of their KorTerra™ software in their booth. The KorTerra product suite is specific to the damage prevention and workforce management within the utility industry. Their software has many components including: ticket receiving, dispatch, claims management, billing, positive response and payroll. They will be demonstrating mapping capabilities the software has through integrated MapFrame functionality. Using the KorTerra/MapFrame interface, at a click of a button, a user is able to display electronic map data for a particular locate ticket.
“We are excited to be participating in an event of this nature,” said Chris Stendal, President, “Through our demonstrations, the attendees will be able not only to see how our software works, but also see the benefits of bringing electronic mapping together with the KorTerra software suite through our MapFrame interface.”
MapFrame’s FieldSmart software compresses and converts maps and data from core office systems – such as GIS, dispatch and work management – to the FieldSmart format. FieldSmart delivers this information to the field for immediate access to the latest mapping data. Throughout this event, MapFrame’s demonstrations will focus on using FieldSmart map viewing capabilities as a foundation for damage prevention initiatives.
“This is an opportunity to highlight FieldSmart’s capabilities in the environment for which it was designed: the field,” explained Ted Eynon, Vice President Sales & Marketing for MapFrame. “In addition to the KorTerra interface for spatially-based ticket receiving, we will demonstrate FieldSmart’s operational functionality for data collection, inspection, line locates and more.”
About Underground Focus Live
Underground Focus Live is an outdoor event based on the ideas of live demonstration and practical application, UFL will be held July 23 & 24 in Manteno, IL on the Illinois Diversatech Campus. Underground contractors, utility companies, municipalities, and engineers will all be able to experience live demonstrations of a wide variety of product and systems. Attendees will be invited to walk down actual city streets where they will see utility locators, vacuum excavation crews, horizontal drilling machines, high-tech GPS and GIS systems, cable pulling derricks, sewer inspection systems, and much more. In addition educational seminars will be offered on topics ranging from utility locating to horizontal directional drilling. Admission is $25.00 at the gate, but is free to all pre-registered attendees.
About MapFrame Corporation
MapFrame Corporation leads the industry in developing mobile mapping technology and field automation processes for utilities nationwide. By spatially displaying data from core systems such as GIS, CIS, dispatch, and work management, MapFrame’s FieldSmart® software brings greater efficiencies to the field. FieldSmart converts this data to a single, easy-to-use viewing package, streamlining mobile operations. With MapFrame’s proprietary compression and data flow capabilities, utility crews have fast field access to the latest maps and information. FieldSmart applications include View™, Sketch™, Collect™, Inspect™, Repair™, Design™, Route™ and Field Flow Manager™.
About KorTerra, Inc.
Since 1990, KorTerra has been the damage prevention industry’s most trusted partner in providing quality and comprehensive One Call ticket management software solutions. KorTerra works with Pipeline Companies, Utilities, Municipalities, Contract Locators, and One Call Centers to help them operate as efficiently as possible through the use of our industry-leading technology, while cutting costs by eliminating unnecessary manual processes. KorTerra’s unique position of collaborating directly with these companies in the damage prevention industry has allowed us to build a compilation of industry-wide knowledge and best practices that few companies possess. KorTerra's current One Call ticket management operations process over 25,000,000 tickets annually. In addition to One Call ticket management software, KorTerra provides process consulting and software training services to ensure operations are streamlined and functional throughout all areas of an organization. To learn more about KorTerra, please visit www.korterra.com, or contact via telephone at 952.368.1911.
For additional information contact:
Press Contact(s):
Aimee Wendland, Marketing Manager
KorTerra, Inc.
18946 Lake Drive East
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Tel: 952.368.1911 ext. 3157
Fax: 952.697.3141
Email: marketing@korterra.com
