CAD Overlay Integration Technology, a scanning service bureau in Schenectady, New York. In January 1988 Bob Godgart, David Chassin and Michael Mayernik formed Image Systems Technology in Troy, New York. The first version of CAD Overlay was demonstrated at A/E/C trade show in Chicago in May 1988. Subsequent versions include CAD Overlay ESP, CAD Overlay GSX, and CAD Overlay LFX. In 1995, Softdesk Inc. acquired Image Systems Technology and in 1996 Autodesk acquired Softdesk. CAD Overlay was subsequently rebranded as Autodesk CADOverlay. CAD Overlay CAD Overlay is a commercial software application for raster-to-vector translation in 2D computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting —
Computer-assisted reporting edition of which was written in 1969, Philip Meyer argues that a journalist must make use of databases and surveys, both computer-assisted. In the 2002 edition, he goes even further and states that "a journalist has to be a database manager". In 2001, computers had reached a critical mass in American newsrooms in terms of general computer use, online research, non-specialist content searching, and daily frequency of online use, showing that CAR has become ubiquitous in the United States. The techniques expanded from polling and surveying to a new opportunity for journalists: using the computer to analyze huge volumes of