GeoComp Ltd.
Map-based computer information systems.
- György Domokos, Managing Director
- András J. Németh, Managing Director
- Boran Loncaric, Managing Director from 2023
- Vesna Loncaric, Managing Director from 2023
- Laszló Toth, Managing Director from 2023
It was the exclusive domestic distributor of the American company ESRI's ArcGIS product line: Arc/Info; Arc/Info Editor; ArcView; ArcExplorer; Browser. By the end of 1992, 65 installations of the ESRI software had been completed.
Projects: One of the most successful small GIS companies in the early 90s. Their main areas of operation are environmental protection, state administration, national defense. Important references: Metropolitan Gas Works (disaster response), Csepel Works (public utility registration), State Forest Management Service (forest registration), Budapest Mayor's Office, Budapest 14th District Mayor's Office, National Directorate General of Water Management, National Directorate General of Disaster Management, Lechner Knowledge Center, National Geodetic Center... etc.
In 1994, the company was acquired by KFKI and ESRI, and in 1997, the Dangermond family (founders of ESRI) bought out KFKI's share of the business, and the company was then registered as ESRI Hungary Ltd. In 2004, the Croatian GISDATA (GDi) purchased most of the Dangermonds' ownership, making the company 82% Croatian-owned. This company was later (2017) renamed GDi Hungary Ltd., and the previously established GDi Budapest Ltd. was renamed ESRI Hungary Ltd., owned by Boran Loncaric and Esri LLC. Today, GDi Hungary Ltd. is the sole, exclusive distributor of Esri ArcGIS products and related services in Hungary. Their two classic markets are public administration and telecommunications.
- Szilárd Szabó - Ágnes Kummert: Interview Interview with Boran Lončarić, the majority owner of ESRI Hungary. Source: Geographic Information Systems 2005/1
- A brief history of the applications of GIS in Hungary
- Sourcebook of Hungarian GIS 1994
- Chapters from the history of GIS in Hungary
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