By Elizabeth J. Marshall, President

As "pioneers" in the field of GIS, we need to look carefully at the appropriate use of GIS on light weight (i.e., Windows Mobile) devices. We are stepping into a domain that is new for us, but not for others, e.g., mobile phone companies. The phone and internet industries are able to serve out "stupid" maps blazingly fast - with an intuitive interface that users require. Mobile users have become accustomed to, and often demand, the performance rates associated with these cached map image methodologies as opposed to more traditional "smart" map technology. We must ensure that our "smart" maps meet user requirements while maintaining a high level of performance.

We've designed GeoResults Mobile Compact to support:

   - Smart phones and GPS handhelds (Windows Mobile devices)
   - Enterprises with a large number of mobile workers requiring map      interoperability, i.e., 250 or more users
   - Field operations that require precise and accurate GPS locations, i.e., sub foot
   - Field operations that require editing of their own secure enterprise GIS data
   - Enterprises that desire mobile interoperability with both their business      systems and GIS

This places GeoResults Mobile Compact, in a position that is uniquely different from, say, smart phones with Google map mashups. We believe GeoResults Mobile Compact will be the product of choice among large enterprises needing to support "spatially enabled" mobile operations in a consistent, reliable manner.