With the acquisition of The Mapping Place Ltd. (TMP), COWI is ensured a strengthened local position in the aerial surveying, mapping and digital map products market in Great Britain.
TMP will supplement COWI's international mapping business and contribute to realisation of COWI's new Strategy 2010, which emphasises strengthened local presence in selected markets.
The British mapping company undertakes complex international mapping tasks to strict timetables, and is located in Gloucestershire. TMP will support COWI's strategic focus on the mapping market in Great Britain.
"With the acquisition of TMP, COWI will now be focusing on developing closer relations with our customers by having a local presence in Great Britain. Furthermore, TMP will strengthen our core competencies within mapping," says Vice President, Rasmus Ødum, COWI Geographical Information and IT. COWI has appointed Mike McKay as Managing Director.By Tina Grønholdt Hansen, tgh@cowi.dk and Janne Toft Jensen jaje@cowi.dkPublished: 29.11.06
About The Mapping Place
The Mapping Place is a survey and mapping company based in Stroud, Gloucestershire. The staff consists of project managers, photogrammetrists, and surveyors. The Mapping Place was established in September 1999 and specialises in the processing of digital imagery within photogrammetric mapping according to the standards set by leading large survey companies and mapping agencies in Europe.
About COWI's mapping services
COWI is a Danish leading international consulting group. COWI provides high quality, dependable geographical information to a wide variety of customers including the Ordnance Survey United Kingdom and the European Union. COWI Geographical Information and IT represents a market leading business within aerial photography, vector maps, orthophotos, terrain models, laser scanning, 3D models and visualisation.