Europa Technologies announces immediate shipping of its digital world map Global Insight, version 3.0. The new release includes a number of updates and enhancements that extend across the global product family: Global Discovery, Global Insight Plus and Global Insight. Enhancements include:

* Updated political map
* Increase to over 532,000 named places
* Population estimates for over 48,000 places
* Country & ocean names in French, German, Italian, Spanish & Dutch
* Time Zone updates now with Daylight Saving (DST) information
* 1st level administrative areas for Japan, South Korea & Afghanistan
* 2nd level administrative areas for USA (counties) and Puerto Rico
* Flag graphics at two resolutions

Global Insight is the leading world map and gazetteer featuring up-to-date political mapping (1:1M & 1:3M scale, with quarterly updates) and over 532,000 named places. Place names are spelled in local and alternative form (English conventional, second national language, foreign language and long/short) and include accented characters. The extensive gazetteer provides superior hit rates when searching or global geocoding by place name.

A major enhancement in the new version of Global Insight is the addition of Daylight Saving Time (DST) to the Time Zone layer. This details the exact period when DST is observed (if at all) and allows precise time differences between locations to be calculated. The Time Zone (with DST) map layer is available separately.

Global Insight Plus builds on the strength of Global Insight to form the premier digital reference map of the world. The product consists of all Global Insight layers plus roads, railways/railroads, airports (including IATA code), ports (including UN/LOCODE) and drainage features.

Global Insight products are an ideal data set for any organisation with an international focus and requirement to utilise state of the art GIS / desktop mapping. The product has a proven track record in many market sectors including telecommunications, insurance, media, aviation, and satellite based asset tracking. Attractive licensing has resulted in Global Insight having particular strength in applications deployed on the Internet or corporate Intranet. Europa Technologies also promotes OEM type arrangements where data products are subsumed into bespoke systems.

About Europa Technologies Ltd.

Europa Technologies is a leading digital map data manufacturer and our flagship product, Global Insight, is widely recognised as the premier world reference map. Specialising in global mapping and LBS point data, our products are now used by over 120 of the worlds Fortune 500 companies plus several missions of the United Nations. The company also offers professional services including software and data development, international geocoding and consultancy.

Europa Technologies can be found on the World Wide Web at: www.europa-tech.com

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