GEO World articles from August 2001

GEO World archives from August 2001

Enterprise Deployment Signals Dramatic Benefits.(geographic information systems)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Thanks to the combined efforts of leading GIS software and commercial database management system vendors, enterprise-class geospatial databases have created fundamental changes in the way geographic data are accessed and used in organizations...

LH Systems Acquires Azimuth Corp.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... San Diego-based LH Systems LLC acquired Westford, Mass.-based Azimuth Corp., which manufactures the AeroScan system for airborne laser mapping. Azimuth will operate as a division of LH Systems, and AeroScan--enhanced and rebranded as the LH...

Microsoft Flight Simulators Use Geographic Imaging Software.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. will use geographic imaging software to help create highly realistic ground cover and landscapes for its "Flight Simulator" and "Combat Flight Simulator" computer games, which rank among the best-selling...

Location-Based Services May Defray Infrastructure Costs.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Despite a Federal Communications Commission mandate to location-enable wireless handsets by October 2001, location-based technology may not be a reality for most American consumers until 2002, according to Newton, Mass.-based Cahners In-Stat...

Geospatial Firm to Map "The Rock".(HJW GeoSpatial Inc. to creat map of Alcatraz Island, California)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Oakland, Calif.-based HJW GeoSpatial Inc., a provider of aerial photography, digital mapping and remote sensing data, was selected to create a photogrammetric map of the infamous Alcatraz Island, which is also known as "The Rock." The project...

South America's Highest Peak Accurately Measured.(Mount Aconcagua)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2001... Maps with the elevation of South America's highest peak, Mount Aconcagua, will have to be corrected and increased by two meters, according to the results of a recent Italian-Argentinian scientific expedition led by geologist Giorgio Poretti....

Earth Resource Mapping, San Diego http://www.ermapper.com.(makes software development kit available on Web site)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... To increase support for its patented Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ECW) image-compression format, Earth Resource Mapping released via its World Wide Web site a free, downloadable ECW Software Development Kit for Macintosh, which provides...

Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y. http://www.kodak.com/go/earthimaging.(Eastman Kodak Co.'s Commercial & Government Systems unit )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Kodak Earth Imaging Products, a business segment within Eastman Kodak Co.'s Commercial & Government Systems unit introduced on its Web site federal pricing, which allows federal customers and prime contractors to order orthorectified and...

Geospatial Information & Technology Association.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... http://www.gita.org In June 2001, Aurora, Colo.-based Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) introduced a newly designed World Wide Web site. Prompted by the desire to provide members with additional benefits, GITA...

ESRI Inc., Redlands, Calif.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... http://www.geographynetwork.com The company's Geography Network users now have direct access to Tele Atlas North America's Tele Atlas MultiNet USA) database, which provides highly accurate street-level data, geocoding services and...

The Geomatics UK Network, Peterborough, United Kingdom.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... http://www.geomatics.uk.net The Geomatics UK Network established a Web site to allow customers to contact United Kingdom-based geomatics businesses via one central location, presenting the information by geographic location and/or...

GlobeXplorer Inc., Walnut Creek, Calif.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... http://www.globexplorer.com GlobeXplorer redesigned its corporate Web site to showcase its aerial images, highlighting the growing demand for aerial images in industries ranging from residential and commercial real estate to insurance and...

Kingswood MapMechanics, Brentford, United Kingdom.(offers catalog on Web site)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... http://www.mapmechanics.com Kingswood MapMechanics added to its Web site an online catalog that lists all of the company's data products, providing users with detailed textual descriptions, sample pictures and examples. The catalog lists a...

Maporama SA, Paris.(street-level maps for 92 Greek municipalities)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... http://www.maporama.com The company extended the coverage of its Maporama.com Internet portal to include street-level maps for 92 Greek municipalities. Eratosthenes, a Greek consultant specializing in GIS and spatial data, provided the map...

SRC LLC, Orange, Calif.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... http://telecom.demographicsnow.com SRC developed and launched Telecom.DemographicsNow.com, a Web-based demographic data retrieval service for the telecommunications industry that's designed to help users reduce marketing research time as...

PEOPLE LINK.(appointment news)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Holtgrewe Joins GEOWorld Editorial Advisory Board GEOTec Media, a division of Adams Business Media, announced that GEOWorld magazine added BJ Holtgrewe, technical evangelist/senior product manager in Microsoft Corp.'s Business Tools...

Landsat 5 Stays Alive.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Landsat 5, an important but aging satellite that was scheduled to be decommissioned on June 30, 2001, will continue to collect earth-science information for at least several more months. According to a recent announcement from the U.S....

Men and Heart Disease Atlas Released.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... According to Men and Heart Disease: An Atlas of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality, the greatest burden for heart disease exists among African American men and men residing in parts of the rural south. The atlas, developed and recently...

U.S./Canadian Project Opens Access to Standardized Data.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... An international effort called the Trans-boundary Framework Dataset Project is making standardized geographic information ranging from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to the Yukon Territory in Canada accessible to scientists, land managers...

Scientists Monitor Global Air Pollution from Space.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... An Earth-orbiting satellite is providing the most complete view to date of the world's air pollution as it churns through the atmosphere, crossing continents and oceans. For the first time, policy makers and scientists can identify the major...

ESRI Creates a Global Community in San Diego.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Promoting GIS as a technology for creating communities among and within organizations around the world, the 21st Annual ESRI International User Conference lived up to its theme as more than 11,000 attendees from about 110 countries gathered at...

Intergraph Bolsters Success at GeoSpatial World.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... The past year has been one of radical change at Intergraph Corp., and the positive results were evident at the company's inaugural GeoSpatial World event held June 18-20 in Atlanta. Divesting Intergraph of its loss-making hardware operations...

GITA's Oil and Gas Conference Slated for September.(Geospatial Information & Technology Association)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Aurora, Colo.-based Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) will host the 10th annual GIS for Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition Sept. 17-19, 2001, in Houston. The conference's purpose is to introduce GIS technology applications...

URISA Introduces Caribbean GIS Event.(Urban and Regional Information Systems Association)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Park Ridge, Ill.-based Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) will host its First Annual Caribbean GIS Conference Sept. 9-12, 2001, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The event's theme is "GIS-the Currency for Modern Governments," and...

San Francisco to Host Airborne Remote Sensing Conference.(Veridian Corp.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Arlington, Va.-based Veridian will host the Fifth International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and Exhibition to be held Sept. 17-20, 2001, in San Francisco. The event will provide attendees with a forum to exchange ideas and information...

Geospatial Event to Focus on Wireless and Mobile Applications.(Pennsylvania State University School of Information Sciences and Technology)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... The Pennsylvania State University School of Information Sciences and Technology, along with the university's Conferences and Institutes department, will host the Third Annual WebGIS/GeoWireless Conference Oct. 22-23, 2001, in State College, Pa....

Portugal Welcomes ESRI's EMEA User Conference.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... More than 800 GIS professionals worldwide are expected to attend Redlands, Calif.-based ESRI Inc.'s 16th ESRI European, Middle Eastern and African User Conference (2001 ESRI EMEA UC) to be held Oct. 17-19, 2001, in Lisbon, Portugal. According...

Use Exposure Maps and Fat Buttons to Assess Visual Impact.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Last month's "Beyond Mapping" column described several considerations in deriving visual exposure maps. Approaches ranged from a simple viewshed (locations seen) and visual exposure (number of times seen) to weighted visual exposure (relative...

GIS and Ethics: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
August 1, 2001... Delivering a keynote speech at a GIS conference is one of the most enjoyable tasks that I'm occasionally asked to perform. Thus I was delighted when John Thomas, a transportation planner with the city of Rochester, N.Y., and Jeff Volpe, a...

OGC Aims to Enable Information Communities.(Open GIS Consortium Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Open GIS Consortium Inc. (OGC) has a new Interoperability Initiative, the Information Community Enablement Testbed (ICE/T), which will take the consortium into new and exciting activities. In OGC's parlance, geographic "information communities"...

From the Back Room to the Glass Room--Spatial Databases Break Computing Barriers Enterprisewide.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Recent developments have created fundamental changes in the way geographic data are accessed and used in organizations around the world. For example, enterprise-class geospatial databases from vendors such as IBM, Informix and Oracle are...

Tennessee DOT.(Tennessee Roadway Information Management System)
August 1, 2001... Streamlines Roadway Management The Tennessee Roadway Information Management System has dramatically improved how the Tennessee Department of Transportation does business. When a needed technological transformation of the Tennessee...

Transforming Data Conversion--Drivers, Demands and Players Trigger Wholesale Change.
August 1, 2001... The geospatial industry has witnessed some dramatic changes in recent years, but no single area of GIS implementation has undergone such fundamental and wholesale change as data conversion. The technology that "crunches" data has changed, as...

Data Delivery--Census 2000 Will Change the Demographic Landscape.(Interview)
August 1, 2001... Census 2000 data are starting to be released to the general public, and the new information will have a profound effect in several geographic and demographic arenas. To find out more about the census and its related products, GEO World Editor...

CACI International Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... CACI International Inc., Arlington, Va., announced its U.S. Marketing Systems Group launched CACI One data reports, which combine Census 2000 and geographic boundary data with a software tool to extract and correlate data, allowing users to...

Landmark Graphics Corp.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Landmark Graphics Corp., Houston, released its DataStar database, which allows users to access information for business evaluations of potential oil and gas ventures and divestitures via the company's Microsoft Windows-based GeoGraphix geologic...

Space Imaging.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Space Imaging, Thornton, Colo., released one-meter-resolution IKONOS satellite imagery showing the severe flooding in the Quad Cities area in and around Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Ill., that occurred in spring 2001. Imagery collected...

Autodesk Inc.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... Autodesk Inc., San Rafael, Calif., released Autodesk Map version 5.0, a map-creation and GIS-analysis product that now features direct connection to Oracle 8i spatial databases, streamlined thematic mapping using wizards, an improved interface,...

Autometric Inc.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... Autometric Inc., Springfield, Va., released Kork Digital Mapping System (KDMS) version 13.0, a vector collection product that features a variety of enhancements, including improved macro programming capabilities and image backdrop for...

Claritas Inc.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... Claritas Inc., San Diego, released iMark version 2.0, a customer-, site- and market-analysis tool that combines the company's demographic databases with clients' proprietary information to deliver rapid access to "actionable, real-time"...

Descartes Systems Group Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Descartes Systems Group Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, released e-Dispatch Manager, a World Wide Web-based tool that uses real-time data communications to monitor and manage remote transportation resources across local service areas;...

[0] ERDAS Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... ERDAS Inc., Atlanta, released ERDAS IMAGINE version 8.5, including enhancements such as advanced 3-D visualization and scene-creation capabilities, space-saving features using LizardTech Inc.'s MrSID compressor, and upgrades to the mosaicking...

ESRI Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... ESRI Inc., Redlands, Calif., released ArcGIS version 8.1, a complete, scalable system of software for geographic data creation, management, integration, analysis and dissemination that contains updated versions of ESRI's ArcView and ArcInfo...

GcoCom TMS Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... GcoCom TMS Inc., Quebec, released TMS ZoneDesigner, a planning tool that uses detailed routing constraints and optimization techniques to help businesses establish efficient distribution territories and manage changing customer demand, allowing...

GeoConcept.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... GeoConcept SA, Paris, released SmartLabel Editor for GeoConcept, an intelligent driver for label and symbol display that provides legibility of place names, street names, street numbers, one-way indications and associated symbols by relocating...

Intermap Technologies.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Intermap Technologies, Denver, released TerrainFit, which allows users to create a digital terrain model from a digital surface model and run the data through contour packages for immediate map production.

The Laboratory of Plant Sysrematics.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... The Laboratory of Plant Sysrematics, Leuven, Belgium, released iMap, a free Macintosh-based mapping tool that's designed to operate with large amounts of latitudinal and longitudinal biological specimen data. The product supports TIFF, JPEG,...

Macon AG.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Macon AG, Waghausel, Germany, released the Perpetrator Pursuit Module, a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications-based module for Macon's RegioGraph GIS product that allows law-enforcement agencies to generate customized, interactive map...

MapFrame Corp.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... MapFrame Corp., Dallas, announced its FieldSmart products now are available for the Microsoft Windows CE operating environment. FieldSmart applications allow utilities, telecommunications companies and other organizations to use facility maps...

MapInfo Corp.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... MapInfo Corp., Troy, N.Y., released MapInfo Professional version 6.5, which allows users to perform detailed data analysis to better understand business patterns and trends in areas such as telecommunications, customer-relationship management...

PCI Geomatics.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... PCI Geomatics, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, introduced Geomatica Fundamentals, a package of image geocorrection, data visualization/analysis and cartographic map production tools that allow users to view, enhance and examine remotely sensed...

Polexis Inc.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... Polexis Inc., San Diego, released the Extensible Information Systems technology platform version 1.4, an application integration platform that now includes an open and interoperable World Wide Web Mapping Server Client based on Open GIS...

Telcordia Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... Telcordia Technologies Inc., Morristown, NJ., released Telcordia Network Engineer version 2.0 (co-developed with subsidiary MESA Solutions), a facilities-management application built on ESRI Inc.'s ArcGIS platform that allows users to design,...

Vectiv Corp.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... Vectiv Corp., Berkeley, Calif., announced the commercial availability of its Strategic Real Estate Solution, a package of collaboration and data management technologies that uses GIS to help businesses more effectively identify, evaluate,...

Trimble Navigation Ltd.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... Trimble Navigation Ltd., Sunnyvale, Calif., introduced the Pathfinder Pocket receiver, a lightweight, portable Global Positioning System receiver designed for use with a variety of handheld devices, including pen-based and laptop computers. The...

Cquay Inc.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... Cquay Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, announced the commercial availability of Common Ground, a service platform that enables location intelligence in any corporate database, legacy system, World Wide Web solution or wireless application....

Integral Technologies LLC.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... Integral Technologies LLC, Allison Park, Pa., now offers, via its strategic partnership with Maptuit Corp., a route-optimization service to help businesses that rely on motor-vehicle travel and route-based structures to plot the best course of...

LocatioNet Systems.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... LocatioNet Systems 2000 Ltd., Netanya, Israel, released via its World Wide Web site a free book for application and content developers interested in designing location-specific applications and services.

Syncline Inc.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2001... Syncline Inc., Boston, added to MapCiti--its World Wide Web-based mapping service for cities, towns and government agencies--high-resolution printing capabilities and other enhancements that allow users to view detailed information typically...

Vicinity Corp.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Vicinity Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., launched Wireless Business Finder, a business-locator service for users of almost any Internet-enabled wireless device (e.g., personal digital assistants, telephones, pagers, etc.).

Z/I Imaging Corp.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Z/I Imaging Corp., Huntsville, Ala., released ImageStation Automatic Triangulation 2001, which features Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System data processing, "footprint" selection that allows users to graphically select...

Airbiquity Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Airbiquity Inc., Bainbridge Island, Wash., won contracts from Wingcast and Agere Systems, and formed an alliance with Cellport Systems, to develop in-vehicle, voice-activated, location-enhanced digital wireless communication systems.

Analytical Surveys Inc. (ASI).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Analytical Surveys Inc. (ASI), Indianapolis, won contracts from Reliant Energy and American Electric Power to provide geospatial data services and solutions.

Avenza Systems Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Avenza Systems Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, announced its MA Publisher product was used by the Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid Committee and members of the committee's "bid-book team" to prepare and design maps for the 600-page, three-volume...

Cadcorp Ltd.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Cadcorp Ltd., Stevenage, United Kingdom, announced IGN France International purchased 30 Cadcorp Spatial Information System software licenses, which primarily will be used for the company's data cleansing contract with Ordnance Survey.

Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. (CDM).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. (CDM), Cambridge, Mass., developed for JEA (an electric, water and wastewater utility) an enterprisewide GIS that allows users to manage and access utility information via a single database.

CAPS Logistics Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... CAPS Logistics Inc., Atlanta, announced E3 Corp. will resell CAPS Logistics' enhanced transportation and supply chain management products as a complement to E3's demand-planning, forecasting and inventory-management offerings.

Cell-Loc Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Cell-Loc Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, successfully tested the interoperability of its Austin Cellocate network and LocationBroker middle-ware platform with Nortel Networks Corp.'s voice-navigation system and national directory-assistance...

Centre for Topographic Information.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Centre for Topographic Information in Sherbrooke (CTIS), Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, issued citations of recognition to two Canadian companies for their contributions to the geospatial data marketplace: Gendron Lefebvre Tecsult Inc., which was...

EarthScan Network Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... EarthScan Network Inc., Albuquerque, N.M., won a contract from SPOT Image Corp. to develop and manage a World Wide Web-based business system (as part of a strategic business relationship) to facilitate the commercial deployment of SPOT Image's...

Earth Watch Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Earth Watch Inc., Longmont, Cob., agreed to incorporate its proprietary QuickBird sensor model into PCI Geomatics software packages, which will provide users with QuickBird imagery that are compatible with their existing systems and software...

ERDAS Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... ERDAS Inc., Atlanta, and the Universidad Distrital partnered to create the first Spanish translation of ERDAS manuals to increase usability for ERDAS' Spanish-speaking customers. Also, Microsoft Corp. purchased ERDAS IMAGINE geographic imaging...

Geographic Data Technology Inc. (GDT).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Geographic Data Technology Inc. (GDT), Lebanon, N.H., was selected by Cquay Inc. to supply U.S. street and address data for Cquay's Common Ground service platform, which allows information technology professionals to add location intelligence...

IntelliWhere.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... IntelliWhere, Huntsville, Ala., a division of Intergraph Corp.'s Mapping and GIS Solutions business, partnered with Co Traveller to deliver message-service-enabled, location-based service offerings for "business-to-business-to-consumer" use....

Intergraph Corp.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala., announced Intergraph Public Safety won a contract from the Sonoma County Law Enforcement Consortium to provide a regional, multiagency, multi jurisdictional system for computer-aided dispatch, mobile...

Intermap Technologies Corp.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Intermap Technologies Corp., Denver, and EarthWatch Inc. won a contract to supply high-accuracy mapping data for a NASA-sponsored aviation safety project. Intermap will gather digital elevation mapping data for 11 mountain passes on heavily...

LizardTech Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... LizardTech Inc., Seattle, announced that its MrSID file format will be supported natively for viewing in Autodesk Inc.'s Autodesk Map version 5.0 and Autodesk Land Desktop version 3.0.

Maps a la carte Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Maps a la carte Inc., North Chelmsford, Mass., launched a national reseller program for its TopoFactory topographic map download service, which provides subscribers with unlimited access to custom topographic maps of the entire United States...

Navigation Technologies Corp. (NTC).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Navigation Technologies Corp. (NTC), Rosemont, Ill., announced that its newly created Internet/Wireless Division signed four location-based service providers as clients: Paradigm Advanced Technologies Inc., Kivera Inc., AirFlash Inc. and Xmarc...

Navitrak International Corp.(to use digital data from Navigation Technologies Corp.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Navitrak International Corp., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, will use Navigation Technologies Corp.'s NAVTECH NAVSTREETS digital data to enhance the real-time response, search and location capabilities of Navirrak's AeroNavitraker products....

NovaLIS Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... NovaLIS Technologies Inc., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, opened regional offices in Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania to provide safes support and customer service for the central and southeastern United States.

Open GIS Consortium Inc.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Open GIS Consortium Inc. (OGC), Wayland, Mass., announced IBM Corp. joined OGC as a principal member and will participate in OGC's planning and technical committees as well as collaborate with OGC and its members to achieve the consortium's...

Orbital Sciences Corp.(first-quarter 2001 financial results)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2001... Orbital Sciences Corp., Dulles, Va., released first-quarter 2001 financial results, including a net loss of $21.6 million ($0.57 per share), compared with a $26.5 million net loss ($0.71 per share) for the same period in 2000, and $174.7...

Ordnance Survey.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Ordnance Survey, Southampton, United Kingdom, and its partners will create a seamless, digital image covering all of Great Britain to complement the national mapping agency's existing data.