GEO World articles from July 2001

GEO World archives from July 2001

GEOWorld's Evolution Continues!(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... John R. Hughes When GEO World was launched under the title GIS WORLD in July 1988, it provided the geotechnology industry with its first publication--a 16-page hybrid between a magazine and a newsletter (a hybrid because it contained a...

LETTERS.
July 1, 2001... Slope as a Static Variable Proves "Too Easy" I just ran across Joe Berry's April 2001 "Beyond Mapping" column at http://www.geoplace.com/gw/2001/0501/0501bmp.asp (also see "Derive and Use Hiking-Time Maps for Off-Road Travel," GEOWorld,...

Etak Becomes Tele Atlas North America.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... In May 2001, following its acquisition by Netherlands-based Tele Atlas NV; Menlo Park, Calif.-based digital map data provider Etak Inc. changed its name to Tele Atlas North America Inc. Tele Atlas, Europe's market leader in digital mapping...

Yellowstone Volcano Observatory Established.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Yellowstone National Park and the University of Utah agreed to establish the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) to strengthen long-term monitoring of earthquakes and the slumbering volcano beneath...

Grant Recipient Map Makes Internet Debut.(Maine Technology Institute)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) published via the World Wide Web an interactive map of its grant awards to provide online visitors with a better perspective of the organizations and regions within Maine that are directly affected by the...

New Microsoft Release Brings MapPoint to the Enterprise.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... With the recent launch of MapPoint 2002, Redmond, Wash-based Microsoft Corp. is looking to enable users throughout organizations of all sizes and types to visually analyze and communicate business information using maps. "When MapPoint was...

Earth Resource Mapping, San Diego.(www.ermapper.com)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... http://www.ermapper.com To support its patented Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ECW) technology, Earth Resource Mapping added to its World Wide Web site several free plug-ins for ESRI Inc.'s ArcView, ArcInfo and ArcGIS products. Available for...

EarthScan Network Inc., Albuquerque, N.M.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... http://www.earthscan.com EarthScan Network, a remote-sensing data reseller and application service provider, expanded its online product offering to include five-meter-resolution imagery from the Indian Remote Sensing satellite (provided...

ESRI Inc., Redlands, Calif.(www.esri.com/arcexplorer)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... http://www.esri.com/arcexplorer ESRI released via its Web site ArcExplorer version 3.1 Java Edition, a free, downloadable GIS data viewer that allows users to display and query locally stored GIS data as well as "MapServices" from ESRI's...

Geospatial Multiagency Coordination Group.(offers mapping and public information regarding wildfires)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... http://wildfire.usgs.gov In response to the more than 64,000 wildfires that burned land, structures and natural resources across the western United States in summer 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) teamed with federal fire-fighting...

KOREM Inc., Quebec.(launches service for users of MapInfo Corp. software)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... http://www.mapWORKSPACE.com KOREM launched mapWORKSPACE.com, a subscription-based service that allows users of MapInfo Corp.'s MapInfo Professional product to publish, administer and consult MapInfo WORKSPACES via the Internet, helping...

Pixxures Inc., Arvada, Colo.(posts aerial and satellite images on Web site)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... http://www.pixxures.com Pixxures introduced via its Web site the Image Library, an online archive featuring 20 terabytes of aerial and satellite imagery. Image Library users can type in an address, county, ZIP code or major intersection to...

RBF Consulting (RBF), Irvine, Calif.(designs Web page for San Francisco waterfront development project)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... http://www.RBRcom RBF, in a joint effort with Catellus Development Corp. and the city of San Francisco, designed a Web page to monitor mitigation measure implementation and status tracking of the Mission Bay Project on the San Francisco...

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi, Kenya, Africa.(launches Web site)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... http://www.unep.net UNEP launched UNEP.Net, an environment network Web site that provides a forum for scientific and technical peer review as well as insights on environmental issues for the global community, facilitating the exchange of...

PEOPLE.(personnel appointments)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Analytical Surveys Inc., Indianapolis, named Allen Richard regional sales director, responsible for leading the company's market development and sales management effort, focusing on utilities and telecommunications markets in the southeastern...

USGS Scientists Show Detailed Underwater Features.(report from the United States Geological Survey on Crater Lake)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Ancient lava flows, volcanic cones and landslides are some of the features below the surface of Crater Lake that are depicted and explained in a new report available from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Using an Ocean-exploration technique...

NOAA Researchers Work to Improve Severe Weather Forecasts.(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Thunderstorms with lightning hail, strong winds and tornadoes can be devastating resulting in hundreds of deaths and millions of dollars in damage each year. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researchers and forecasters in...

USGS and Forest Service to Offer One-Stop Map Shopping.(United States Geological Survey)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... To provide greater access to maps of the nation's 192 million acres of national forests and grasslands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Forest Service agreed to make Forest Service maps available from USGS. The new agreement is...

Event to Explore Addressing and Related Technologies.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), Park Ridge, Ill., will present the Third Annual Street Smart and Address Savvy Conference to be held Aug. 12-14, 2001, in Milwaukee. The conference's main purpose is to provide a...

Rocky Mountain Event Features GIS/IT Convergence.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... About 1,000 students, employers and employees involved with business marketing, the oil and gas industry, local and national government, environmental services, surveying, utilities and related industries are expected to attend the 14th Annual...

Event to Highlight GIS in Conservation.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The Fourth Annual Society for Conservation GIS (2001 SCGIS) Conference will be held July 6-8, 2001, in Borrego Springs, Calif., during the weekend preceding ESRI Inc.'s 21st Annual ESRI International User Conference in San Diego. Under the...

GITA Announces 2001 Speaker Award Winners.(Geospatial Information & Technology Association )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Aurora, Colo.-based Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) recently announced the winners of its 2001 Speaker Awards, which recognize speakers who received the highest ratings for their presentations at GITA's Annual Conference...

Visual Exposure Is in the Eye of the Beholder.(geographic information systems software)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Last month's "Beyond Mapping" column introduced some basic calculations and considerations in deriving visual exposure (see "Identify and Use Visual Exposure to Create Viewshed Maps," GEC World, June 2001, page 24). An important notion was that...

Enterprisewide Geoscience Information Breaks Down Data Walls.
July 1, 2001... In the previous "Applied Geoscience Forum" column, I discussed how trends in several associated technologies are affecting geoscientists' potential GIS use (see "The Future Looks Bright (In Any Spectrum) for GIS Data," GEO World, May 2001, page...

Geography's Public Image Impacts GIS.
July 1, 2001... Despite the current boom in GIS and geographic information science, the Association of American Geographers and the American Geographical Society perceive an urgent need to improve geography's public image. Unfortunately, success in that...

Location-Based Services Require the Immediacy of Time and Location.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... There's been a lot of recent discussion about location-based services (LBSs) and the application potential they have for enhancing our daily lives and improving work practices. LBSs will provide these benefits through mechanisms that ultimately...

Preserving an Icon.(tracking Bald Eagle habitat)
July 1, 2001... GIS Helps Manage Bald Eagle Habitat Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) are an enduring symbol of freedom. However, the lives of these powerful birds haven't been as free as many people would like. Federal and state laws have been...

Data Management Solution.(geoimaging data)
July 1, 2001... Technology Advances Offer Effective Options for Geospatial Image Data Producers and Consumers As the geospatial industry evolves and expands, the production and consumption of geoimaging data (digital imagery, photogrammetric data,...

Steps for Success.(implementing geographic information systems program)
July 1, 2001... GIS Consultants Share Implementation Strategies Important decisions about a GIS program are made during the GIS planning process, and seasoned, practical experience is needed to make these decisions with confidence. That's where the...

The Climate Source LLC.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... The Climate Source LLC, Corvallis, Ore., announced the second release of its PRISM spatial climate datasets, which feature 27 new climate elements for the continental United States, including spring and fall freeze dates, degree days, record...

DMTI Spatial Inc.(street map data)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... DMTI Spatial Inc., Markham, Ontario, Canada, released CanMap version 4.2, a Canadian street map data package that contains Canadawide street names for communities of 1,000-plus people and addresses for communities of 4,000-plus people as well...

Earthstar Geographics.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... Earthstar Geographics, San Diego, released TerraColor World, a set of high-resolution, color-shaded terrain and bathymetry images of the entire Earth. The product is delivered in Earth Resource Mapping's Enhanced Compressed Wavelet image format...

Metria Satellus.(images of Europe)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... Metria Satellus, Kiruna, Sweden, and WorldSat International developed and released a 160-meter-resolution, cloud-free, satellite-image mosaic of Europe, which is designed for work at scales up to 1:500,000 in applications such as regional GIS,...

Orbital Imaging Corp.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Orbital Imaging Corp. (ORBIMAGE), Dulles, Va., introduced the ORBIMACE Maritime Information Service for the consumer market, allowing navigational software and hardware providers to offer additional data sources to their installed customer...

Ordnance Survey.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Ordnance Survey, Southampton, United Kingdom, released Internet Street Mapping, a raster dataset featuring detailed street-level mapping for the entire United Kingdom that's specifically designed for use on World Wide Web sites and corporate...

Avenza Systems Inc.(introduces MAPublisher v. 4.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... Avenza Systems Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, released MAPublisher version 4.0 for Macromedia Freehand version 9.x for Microsoft Windows and Apple MacOS platforms. MAPublisher consists of GIS and cartographic plug-in tools that allow users...

CarteGraph Systems Inc.(introduces CARTEfleet)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... CarteGraph Systems Inc., Dubuque, Iowa, released CARTEfleet, a Microsoft Windows-based fleet-maintenance and inventory-management program that allows organizations to track a range of public-works-related assets, including vehicles, vendors,...

Intergraph Corp.(introduces new software products)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala., announced its Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions business unit released two industry-specific products designed to help transportation organizations transform their GISs into spatially enabled...

M3i Systems Inc.(PragmaCAD module)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... M3i Systems Inc., Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, released the Complex Order Module, a PragmaCAD module designed to help utilities, telecommunications and other service providers simplify and better manage complex work-flow dependencies.

MapFrame Corp.(map-based data)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... MapFrame Corp., Dallas, released Field Flow Manager, a client/server product that allows users to manage the flow of map-based data between the office and the field by compressing and moving data in a mobile environment on an as-needed" basis...

[0] MapInfo Corp.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... MapInfo Corp., Troy, N.Y., released MapInfo MapMarker Plus Canada version 3.5, a Canadian version of its geocoding engine, allowing companies to accurately pinpoint Canadian street addresses (for towns of 3,000-plus people), intersections and...

ObjectFX Corp.(mapping product)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... ObjectFX Corp., St. Paul, Minn., released C-it Locate version 3.0, a location-based mapping product that allows service providers to deliver interactive map services (e.g., business locators, travel maps, "point-to-point" driving directions,...

Ramaker & Associates Inc.(Cemetery Information Management System)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... Ramaker & Associates Inc., Sauk City, Wis., released Cemetery Information Management System [CIMS] version 2.0, a mapping and data management ESRI ArcView extension that links management data directly to parcel databases of cemetery grounds....

RTSe USA Inc.(Spatial Meta-Data Management System)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... RTSe USA Inc., Redmond, Wash., released Spatial Meta-Data Management System [SMMS] version 3.2.1, a maintenance patch for the company's SMMS version 3.2, SMMS version 3.2 for GeoMedia and GeoConnect version 1.1 products. Featured enhancements...

VIDAR Systems Corp.(copying product)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... VIDAR Systems Corp., Herndon, Va., released CopySystems version 4.5, a color and black-and-white copying product that allows users to copy large-format documents up to 54 inches wide, including full-color photographs or posters and monotone or...

DAT/EM Systems International.(digital photogrammetric workstation)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... DAT/EM Systems International, Anchorage, Alaska, introduced its Summit Evolution digital photogrammetric workstation, a Microsoft Windows NT-based softcopy engine that compiles 3-D data directly into AutoCAD or MicroStation formats. Features...

Motient Corp.(hand-held PC)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... Motient Corp., Reston, Va., and Melard Technologies Inc. introduced the Melard SIDEARM all-terrain hand-held PC on the Motient network, which provides field-service personnel with immediate wireless access.

American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS).
July 1, 2001... American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRs), Bethesda, Md., and RAND published Commercial Observation Satellites: At the Leading Edge of Global Transparency, which brings together an international group of experts to analyze a...

Caimis Geo Inc.(IPMapper)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... Caimis Geo Inc., San Diego, introduced IPMapper, a subscription data service that maps Internet protocol addresses to geographic locations, allowing businesses to locate and target customers and users with increased transaction speed and...

Compaq Computer Corp.(Compaq Discovery Location System for emergency and 911 use)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, along with partners SignalSoft Corp., SnapTrack Inc. and Wireless Facilities Inc., introduced the Compaq Discovery Location System, an integrated, single-platform location product that allows carrier networks to...

ESRI Inc.(publishes GIS in Schools and GIS for Everyone)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... ESRI Inc., Redlands, Calif., announced that ESRI Press published GIS in Schools, an illustrated book that presents GIS software applications for the classroom, and GIS for Everyone, Second Edition, a practical handbook that explores digital...

GEO-3D Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... GEO-3D Inc., St. Hubert, Quebec, Canada, released Trident-3D, an inventory system that generates video imagery georeferenced with a Global Positioning System (GPS] receiver, providing roadside equipment managers with image-viewing and...

National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC).(introduces the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Toolkit)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC), Reston, Va., and the Federal Geographic Data Committee [FGDC] introduced the National Spatial Data Infrastructure [NSDI] Toolkit, a free set of interrelated briefing materials that...

StereoGraphics Corp.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... StereoGraphics Corp., San Rafael, Calif., introduced StereoEyes Wired, a stereoscopic visualization system for PC users that helps professionals in fields such as computer-aided design, GIS/mapping, chemistry and medical imaging review complex...

Airborne 1 Corp.(master distributor for Terrasold Ltd.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Airborne 1 Corp., Los Angeles, became an authorized master distributor for Terrasold Ltd.'s software products, including its TerraScan light detection and ranging data processing package. Airborne 1 will distribute Terrasold products to clients...

Applied Geographic Solutions (AGS).(and Experian Information Solutions Inc,. select SRC L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Applied Geographic Solutions (AGS), Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Experian selected SRC LLC to provide micromarketing applications to deliver the companies' marketing information content, including statistics from Experian's MOSAIC geodemographic...

Autodesk Inc.(Mobilocity Inc., SkyGo Inc. and TrafficStation Inc. contracts)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Autodesk Inc., San Rafael, Calif., announced Mobilocity Inc., SkyGo Inc. and TrafficStation Inc. will use the Autodesk LocationLogic platform to provide carriers/operators with a variety of "market-ready," adaptable, customizable,...

CompassCom Inc.(develops Global Positioning System-based vehicle location system for International Parking Management)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... CompassCom Inc., Englewood, Cob., developed and installed for International Parking Management Inc. (IPM) a Global Positioning System-based automatic vehicle-location system that has subtracted 600 miles from the daily mileage of IPM's...

Condor Earth Technologies Inc.(contract with Contra Costa County, California)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Condor Earth Technologies Inc., Sonora, Calif., won a contract from Contra Costa County to provide technology for its data collection effort. The company's real-time survey, mapping and GIS data collection software, PenMap, will be used by the...

Convergent Group.(contract with Northeast Utilities)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Convergent Group, Englewood, Cob., won a contract from Northeast Utilities to provide system integration and consulting services that will help migrate the utility's current spatial information management system to a Convergent Group Model...

DAT/EM Systems International.(services Zeiss Planicorp stereoplotters)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... DAT/EM Systems International, Anchorage, Alaska, now services Zeiss Planicorp-series analytical stereoplotters.

DMTI Spatial Inc.(contract from CQuay)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... DMTI Spatial Inc., Markham, Ontario, Canada, announced Cquay Inc. selected its CanMap Streetfiles product to provide Canadawide street map coverage for Cquay's Location Smart package of online spatial information services. Also, the Frequency...

Earth Resource Mapping.(collaboration with ZEH Software)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Earth Resource Mapping, San Diego, and ZEH Software Inc. are collaborating to create a World Wide Web-based map server that uses Earth Resource Mapping's Image Web Server technology to enable organizations to quickly serve high-quality maps and...

Eastman Kodak Co.(new unit and new contracts)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., formed the Kodak Global Imaging (KGI) business unit, which will offer information derived from Earth images to commercial customers for decision-making purposes. To support KGI, Kodak acquired the Earth image...

ERDAS Inc.(its Erdas Imagine receives top rating from National Imagery and Mapping Agency)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... ERDAS Inc., Atlanta, announced that, for the third consecutive year, its ERDAS IMAGINE product earned one of the top ratings from the Pathfinder program, which is conducted annually via the National Imagery and Mapping Agency [NIMA] to evaluate...

ESRI Inc.(management and contract issues)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... ESRI Inc., Redlands, Calif., announced former Bulgarian distributor GIS Invest reorganized into two companies: ESRI-Bulgaria Ltd., which will act as the exclusive distributor of ESRI GIS software in Bulgaria, and GIS IN Ltd., which will focus...

GE Smallworld.(contracts)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... GE Smallworld, Englewood, Colo., announced its GE Smallworld Physical Network Inventory soft-ware was selected by 186k Ltd. to help design, build and support the company's network infrastructure in the United Kingdom as well as Kabel...

IDEAL Scanners & Systems Inc.(wins Distributor of the Year award)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... IDEAL Scanners & Systems Inc., Rockville Md., won the "Distributor of the Year" award from Contex Scanning Technology.

Idelix Software Inc.(joins Hewlett-Packard's Computing Solution Provider Program)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Idelix Software Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, joined the Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) Computing Solution Provider Program to further develop its Pliable Display Technology on HP platforms.

ImageAmerica Inc.(contract from Erie County, Ohio)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... ImageAmerica Inc., Chesterfield, Mo., won a contract from Erie County, Ohio, to provide orthophotography using the company's proprietary TerraSource DirectOrtho Startup product.

Intergraph Corp.(contracts)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala., announced its Mapping and GIS Solutions division won two contracts from the Federal Land Cadastre Service (FLCS) of Russia to support its Land Reform Implementation Support project, a large-scale land...

Intermap Technologies.(contracts)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Intermap Technologies, Denver, announced its GLOBAL Terrain online data store agreed to sell its precision elevation and radar image products to DDS Spatial Data Services Ltd., and the company won a contract from mPOWER to supply precision...

Itronix Corp.(contracts and award)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Intronix Corp., Spokane, Wash., announced its Itronix GoBook ruggedized notebook PC for field-based mobile work forces was named "Best Wireless Device" at the Government Computer News "Best New Technology Awards" ceremony. Also, Telus Corp....

Main Course Technologies.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... Main Course Technologies, Los Angeles, agreed with iPal Inc. to provide personalized time- and location-specific content to telematics, wireless and location-based service companies and their customers. Main Course Technologies will provide...

MapInfo Corp.(Plurimus)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... MapInfo Corp., Troy, N.Y., and Plurimus Corp. partnered to deliver a customer resource management tool that uses Plurimus Internet Summary Data in MapInfo's TargetPro market analysis product, which allows organizations to profile World Wide...

Maporama SA.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... Maporama SA, Paris, announced its mapping and itinerary services now are available on WAPPUP.com, a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) portal for mobile Internet users, allowing WAPPUP.com users to directly access Maporama services via the...

Merrick & Co.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Merrick & Co., Aurora, Cola., won contracts to provide photogrammetric and GIS services from the city of Norman, Okla., including an update to the existing planimetric and digital orthophoto base map for the city's jurisdictional boundary; the...

M.J. Harden Associates Inc. (MJH).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... M.J. Harden Associates Inc. (MJH), Kansas City, won three contracts to provide aerial photography services from the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) 2001 Flight Program, which covers 108 sites in 49 Missouri counties. The services...

Navigation Technologies Corp. (NTC).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... Navigation Technologies Corp. (NTC), Rosemont, Ill., created an Internet/ Wireless division to focus on the delivery of digital map data and location-sensitive information to service providers and application developers that address...

Northwood Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Northwood Technologies Inc., Nepean, Ontario, Canada, will provide its deciBel Planner wireless telecom product to Cricket Communications to design and optimize its growing Code Division Multiple Access network.

Open GIS Consortium Inc. (OGC).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2001... Open GIS Consortium Inc. (OGC), Wayland, Mass., announced Shell International Exploration and Production Inc. joined OGC as a principal member and will collaborate with OGC and its members to achieve the consortium's goal of completely...

Orbital Sciences Corp.(National Space Program Office (NSPO) of Taiwan)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Orbital Sciences Corp., Dulles, Va., won a contract from the National Space Program Office (NSPO) of Taiwan to provide services for the Republic of China Satellite/Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate program,...

PCI Geomatics.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... PCI Geomatics, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, won a contract from the Canadian Space Agency to develop new hyperspectral capabilities using its Geomatica products,

PlanGraphics Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... PlanGraphics Inc., Frankfort, Ky., won a contract from the Kentucky Office of Geographic Information (an agency of the Governor's Office of Technology) to manage a project that involves updating about 11,000 square miles of aerial photography...