Meridian World Data releases enhanced and updated Global Cities geo-coded database

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 09, 2008 – Meridian World Data, the leading geodata provider to corporate and ecommerce businesses, announces the availability of the updated and enhanced Global Cities database.

Extremely detailed county-level, time-zoned and Geo-enabled database of cities containing more than 3,008,000 entries in 270+ countries, territories and sovereign lands, with names, latitude/longitude coordinates, type classifications, state-level & county-level information (1st & 2nd level administrative divisions), time zones, daylight saving times, region information and extended country data.

Meridian World Data’s Global Cities database is the best data available for corporate-level solutions wishing to maintain high levels of productivity and customer satisfaction.

Excellent data for applications requiring –
   *Calculate global distances between cities, you and your customers
   *Find the nearest city to your location
   *Locate all cities within a specified radius from a central point
   *Place points of cities in a custom mapping solution
   *Accurate county-level listings for major countries
   *Global time based calculations
All features database products include a dynamic link library (DLL) object that automatically calculates distances between two data points. This greatly simplifies your programming task and speeds up execution at runtime. Use this distance calculation component with Windows programs, database applications, and within your websites.
Meridian World Data has experts that can provide you with customized programming packages to go with your World Data purchase. Let our trained staff go to work to streamline your project:
   *Custom data processing
   *Custom distance calculations
   *Custom web development
   *Outsourcing of database administration
   *Windows and Unix platforms
   *Internet or intranet
   *SQL Server, Oracle, ASP, and more

Please visit us at www.meridianworlddata.com for a free sample download or call us at 1-800-388-5287.