A global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, RAND Worldwide®, announced that its IMAGINiT Technologies division has released the IMAGINiT GIS Assets application (http://www.rand.com/imaginit/GISAssets ), helping clients regain control of their storm, sanitary, parcel, road, water, and electric assets.

GIS Assets is the tool mappers, engineers, and technicians can use to streamline the daily process of maintaining infrastructure asset and real property data. While adding the property and utility features of a full geospatial system, it takes full advantage of the AutoCAD® design and drafting features, being built on AutoCAD® Map 3D.

GIS Assets benefits include:

    * Tighter integration of CAD and GIS.
    * Georeferenced service territory.
    * Technology which improves asset budgeting, operations, tracking, and customer service.
    * Highly configurable, adaptable, and easy-to-use application.
    * Flexible application across many utility disciplines - storm, sanitary, parcel, road, water, and electric.
    * Cost effective software maintenance, initial deployment, and daily operations/usage.

IMAGINiT GIS Assets is supplemental part of the IMAGINiT suite of GIS and asset management products and services (http://www.rand.com/imaginit/AssetManagement ). Unique skills to assist their clients in the management of assets over wide geographical areas and optimize resources that enable them to remain competitive, are held by IMAGINiT's technology experts. Through proven methodologies and a phased approach to provide cost-effective solutions, their global project management team helps their clients realize their goals.

A RAND Worldwide Company, IMAGINiT Technologies, is a leading provider of design and engineering solutions to the building, manufacturing and infrastructure, media and entertainment industries. IMAGINiT, with over 40 offices in North America and Asia-Pacific, is a leading provider of Autodesk software solutions and the largest North American Autodesk Authorized Training Center (ATC) partner. Through proven technical support, training and consulting services, IMAGINiT delivers knowledge, expertise and design processes to clients.