ESRI is pleased to announce that PLTS for ArcGIS 9-Foundation is now available. Foundation provides the PLTS components found within each of the PLTS solutions (Aeronautical, Defense, Mapping Agency, and Nautical).

Foundation allows users to define their own geodatabase model, map series, and symbology definitions while providing editing tools universally required. Business rules are implemented in valid value tables and condition tables that provide rule-based attribute capture and validation, quality assurance, and map symbology. Database driven cartography allows symbolization from feature attributes and provides sophisticated and repeatable map templates.

Foundation includes the following components:

• Job Tracking for ArcGIS (JTX), an enterprise work flow management application that provides tools for tracking and streamlining work flow.
• Foundation Tools that provide single-click editing tools and enable users to implement their own business rules in data modeling.
• GIS Data ReViewer, a data quality control management application that simplifies many aspects of automated and visual spatial data quality control tasks.
• Map Production System-Atlas, a cartographic production application that provides tools for the production of high-quality, high-volume map products; automated map book and atlas creation; and grid creation based on product specifications.