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Caliper Corporation, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Newton, MA, is a technology leader in the development of geographic information systems (GIS) and transportation software. Caliper is also a highly regarded consulting and R&D provider offering professional services in quantitative management consulting, transportation, and decision support systems development. Caliper software products are supported with extensive technical services in GIS applications and training, database development and software customization. Caliper is the developer of the TransCAD® and Maptitude® commercial geographic information and analysis software packages. TransCAD Transportation GIS Software is the only GIS designed specifically to support transportation applications such as transportation planning, facilities management, public transit, and logistics. TransCAD is used extensively for transportation database development and maintenance, demand forecasting, operations management, and vehicle routing and scheduling. TransCAD is widely used in both the public and private sectors, with a very large user base among branches of the US DOT, state DOTs, and many statewide and regional planning agencies. Since its release in 1988, TransCAD has grown to become the dominant GIS in many of its specialized application areas. Maptitude is the most capable, accessible, and affordable full-featured mapping package for Windows. Designed for data visualization and geographic analysis, Maptitude surpasses other desktop mapping products by providing expanded functionality, unequaled technology, and incomparable ease of use at a fraction of the price of other products. Maptitude comes with a comprehensive library of nationwide and worldwide maps, including complete US street maps, Census tract and ZIP Code Tabulation Area boundaries, and 2000 Census demographics.