Geodesy started developing Encompass in 1998 with the City of Palo Alto (CA), Wake County (NC), and the City of Raleigh (NC).  Since that time, a number of other local government agencies around the U.S. have contributed time, money, and expertise to Encompass.

The City of Palo Alto and Cochise County, for example, use Encompass applications with the Encompass map engine as their GIS.  Others use Encompass applications to view and manage their ESRI SDE data through MapObjects and ArcObjects.

The consortium is informal – the participating local government agencies have no direct financial interaction or formal agreement.  Each benefits from the other’s enhancements to the Encompass set of components and applications by making their contributions available to the others through Geodesy.

Joining the consortium can be as simple as having Geodesy create or customize an Encompass application for you.