At the AGI2004 exhibition in Chelsea Village, 12-14 October, Snowflake will be breaking new ground by launching an unprecedented offer - "the GO Loader Guarantee" - a no risk guarantee to complete your migration to OS MasterMap® in Oracle using GO Loader.

All new customers for GO Loader Standard Edition will benefit from the Guarantee - Snowflake's unique promise to get you up and running with OS MasterMap, or your money back.

Ian Painter, MD of Snowflake Software said:

"We are aware that there are still potential users of OS MasterMap who are struggling to get their data loaded, and some who even find the whole migration process quite intimidating. However, our extensive customer base shows that GO Loader is a proven solution for both initial load as well as reliable change-only updates and connecting to all the mainstream GIS packages. We are confident enough to say, 'buy GO Loader and complete your project in hours, not weeks'. We want people to be in control of using OS MasterMap, and not spending all their time managing it."

The GO Loader Guarantee applies to all purchases of GO Loader Standard Edition (suitable for regional and county-level data holdings) made between the AGI2004 Exhibition (12th October) and December 31st 2004. Come and visit Stand 40 to find out more.

Snowflake launches GO Publisher

In a second major development, Snowflake will be inviting you to unlock your data with the launch of GO Publisher Desktop at the exhibition. GO Publisher Desktop is a fast, off-the-shelf tool that lets you share information held in your database with people outside your organization. You can publish direct from your database into open internet data exchange standards such as XML and GML. Furthermore, GO Publisher will even help you to define your own schemas to provide the best possible communication between you and your partners.

Eddie Curtis, CTO at Snowflake said:

"We have long been aware of the challenge our customers face when they need to exchange data. GO Publisher Desktop is a cost-effective solution that works with all mainstream databases from Oracle and SQL Server to MS Access and Excel, requiring no changes to your database and with full built-in support for geographical data using OGC and ISO standards."

GO Loader selected by Warwickshire CC

Snowflake Software is pleased to announce that Warwickshire County Council has selected GO Loader for the implementation of their OS MasterMap project.

David MacNiven, Education Officer at Warwickshire CC commented:

"We are looking forward to working in partnership with Snowflake and completing our migration to OS MasterMap. Mapping data is increasingly important in a number of key business areas, so we need a solution that guarantees flexibility and reliability, which we expect from GO Loader. At present the County are working towards a central warehouse approach for the managing of OS data within Warwickshire, so Snowflake will be providing additional support and advice to keep this project on schedule."