CARIS

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CARIS Ltd. is a company which produces Geographic Information System (GIS) and hydrographic data processing software.

Universal Systems Ltd. (USL) was founded in 1979 as a spin-off from GIS research conducted at the University of New Brunswick and was initially focused on marketing CARIS GIS (an abbreviation for Computer Aided Resource Information System) in terrestrial applications. The company was renamed to CARIS from USL several years ago in recognition of its first product and most-recognized brand. It is based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

CARIS operates in direct competition with companies such as ESRI and Intergraph. USL also cooperated with the Canadian Hydrographic Service in pioneering the development of 'ping-to-chart' applications for the hydrographic industry. Other important markets include GIS for the cadastral and geological industries, and a range of other applications are also produced including a web map server. CARIS is a member of the Open Geospatial Consortium and is a proponent of interoperability between different GIS systems.

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