Bentley Systems Inc, Exton, Pennsylvania, is adding a geographical information system extension to its MicroStation design system as Mapper, for managing computer aided design-related geometry alongside geographic information systems data. Mapper has its own tools and an Open Database Connectivity gateway and goes into beta test in August. MicroStation 5.5 with Mapper starts at $5,000, upgrades are $1,650. Bentley has also developed a set of tools for its PowerDraft drafting environment, in conjunction with Geopak Inc, IdeaGraphix Inc and Jacobus Technology Corp, for civil engineering, architectural drafting and process and pipe drawings respectively. They cost from $1,250 each, or $3,000 each with PowerDraft. A new TeamMate technical document management system is $500 per client. Meanwhile Intergraph Corp’s software solutions division has announced that its MicroStation I/RAS B raster editor I Plot client is now up under Hewlett-Packard Co’s HP-UX.
