Private company

Caliper Corporation

Logo: Caliper Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

US-based mapping software developer

Caliper Corporation was founded in 1983 as a developer of mapping software and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts. Caliper develops geographic information systems (GIS) and transportation software. Caliper is also a consulting and R&D provider offering professional services in quantitative management consulting, transportation, and decision support systems development.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 23, 1983Founded1

Caliper Corporation was founded in 1983 as a developer of mapping software and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.2

The story

TransCAD was first released as a MS-DOS-based transportation GIS package in 1985. TransCAD 3.0, the first Microsoft Windows version, was released on May 28, 1996. TransCAD 4.8 was replaced by TransCAD 5.0 on January 2, 2008, and later TransCAD 6.0 and TransCAD 7.0. The most current version is TransCAD 8.0.

From Wikipedia’s article on Caliper Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

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Timeline

  1. Sep 23, 1983Founded Founded in Newton1

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