GEO World articles from May 2002

GEO World archives from May 2002

Demand interoperability from your products. (Position).
May 1, 2002... The response and recovery efforts after the Sept. 11 tragedy provide multiple lessons regarding the importance of spatial technology. Perhaps the most important and pressing lesson is the need for interoperability to facilitate quick data...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2002... Catch a Wave to Develop Effective Travel-Time Grids I was reading your "Beyond Mapping" column in CeoWorld's March 2002 issue, and you refer to an earlier column ("Use Travel-Time Buffers to Map Effective Proximity," February 2001, page...

U.S. Remote-Sensing industry $2.4 billion and growing. (News Link).(American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing report)
May 1, 2002... In March 2002, Bethesda, Md.-based American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) announced initial results from a 2001 remote-sensing industry gross revenue survey. The survey was conducted in late 2001 as part of a joint...

National Geographic showcases solid terrain models. (News Link).
May 1, 2002... The National Geographic Society recently commissioned 17 "state-of-the-art" solid terrain models from Fillmore, Calif.-based solid Terrain Modeling (STM) The large full-color 3-D scale models of sites on Earth and Mars now are on display at the...

IDELIX announces partnership with Boeing Autometric. (News Link).
May 1, 2002... Major changes are under way at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based IDELIX Software Inc. In late February 2002, the company appointed Bijan Sanii as president and CEO (see "People Link," page 16). On March 11, it announced a licensing...

Yahoo! launches new mapping platform. (News Link).
May 1, 2002... Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo! Inc. launched a new platform for its Yahoo! Maps World Wide Web portal (http://maps.yahoo.com), replacing technology formerly provided by AOL-owned MapQuest.com Inc. with technology from map database providers...

Avenza Systems Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. (Online Update).(Avenza Systems and eXQte produce the MAPublisher Knowledge Base)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.mapubf isher.nl/kb/ Avenza Systems and eXQte, a cartographic consulting firm and reseller of Avenza's MAPublisher product produced the MAPublisher Knowledge Base, an online, searchable archive for MAPublisher users that offers a...

Customweather Inc., San Francisco. (Online Update).(CustomWeather launches MyForecast.com)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.myforecast.com CustomWeather launched MyForecast.com, an extensible markup language-based Web site that provides users with access to a variety of specialized weather information, including current conditions, detailed 48-hour...

Interactive Numeric & Spatial Information Data Engine Idaho. (Internet Resource of the Month).
May 1, 2002... http://inside.uidaho.edu/ The Interactive Numeric & Spatial Information Data Engine (INSIDE) Idaho World Wide Web site was created to provide as digital geospatial and numerica data clearinghouse for the state of Idaho. The site was made...

ESRI Inc., Redlands, Calif. (Online Update).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.geographynetwork.com Condat AG agreed to integrate its Skyware wireless middleware product into ESRI's Geography Network to deliver device-aware GIS data and software components via the Internet. The technology integration...

Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA), Aurora, Colo. (Online Update).(Geospatial Technology Report 2002: A Survey of Organizations implementing Geospatial Information Technologies)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.gita.org/resources/geo_report/georeport.html GITA now offers site visitors an opportunity to participate in the upcoming Geospatial Technology Report 2002: A Survey of Organizations implementing Geospatial Information...

Leica Geosystems Inc., Torrance, Calif. (Online Update).(Global Positioning System info added to Web site)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.LeicaAdvantage.comsupport/gps/gps_leica_advantage_quick_gu ides.htm Leica added to its Web site 11 Global Positioning System (GPS) Quick Guides, which are tutorial Flash Movies that can be viewed online or downloaded for future...

Maps.com., Santa Barbara, Calif. (Online Update).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.maps.com Maps.com will implement MapCloud Services Inc.'s FreshMaps Web-mapping technology on its Web site to offer Maps.com visitors more interactivity with digital map data. Previously, Maps.com visitors could view only raster...

Space Imaging, Thornton, Colo. (Online Update).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://carterraonline.spaceimaging.com Space Imaging now offers custom-area, five-meter-resolution satellite imagery of the continental United States (from the Indian Remote Sensing satellites) via its CARTERRA Online product catalog using...

Tele Atlas North America Inc., Menlo Park, Calif. (Online Update).(downloadable data samples from its MultiNet USA 2001 .2 product)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.na.teleatlas.com/products/database/freedata.html Tele Atlas North America added to its Web site free, downloadable data samples from its MultiNet USA 2001 .2 product. The sample data can be accessed in Shapefile 4.0 format for...

Avenza Systems Inc. (People Link).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... AVENZA SYSTEMS INC., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada http://www.avenza.com Avenza Systems appointed Jeff Hoedeman to the newly created position of vice president of business development, responsible for all marketing, product promotions,...

Decartes Systems Group Inc. (People Link).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP INC., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada http://www.descartes.com Descartes Systems Group named Manuel Pietra president and co-CEO, responsible for managing the company's daily operations and executive management team.

GeoDecisions. (People Link).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... GEODECISIONS, Camp Hill, Pa. http://www.geodecisions.com GeoDecisions hired Matt W. Hiland as southwest regional manager.

Imagelinks Inc. (People Link).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... IMAGELINKS INC., Melbourne, Fla. http://www.imagelinks.com ImageLinks hired Jody Hencin as applied technology vice president, responsible for project management and business development for ImageLinks' geospatial products, including...

Infotech Enterprises Europe. (People Link).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... INFOTECH ENTERPRISES EUROPE, London http://www.infotech-europe.com InfoTech Enterprises Europe hired Mark Patrick as a senior consultant within its Professional Services Group's crime mapping and analysis team.

ITS Networks Inc. (People Link).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... ITS NETWORKS INC., Malaga, Spain http://www.itseurope.es ITS Networks appointed Gustavo Gomez Sanchez as president and CEO.

RMSI. (People Link).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... RMSI, Boulder, Cob. http://www.rmsinet.com RMSI, a provider of GIS and spatial solutions, named Brian Soliday vice president of sales--Americas.

Signalsoft Corp. (People Link).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... SIGNALSOFT CORP., Boulder, Cob. http://www.signalsoft.com SignalSoft hired Tom Jones as vice president of worldwide channel development, responsible for initiating and developing global strategic partnerships to expand SignalSoft's...

Space Imaging. (People Link).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... SPACE IMAGING, Thornton, Cob. http://www.spaceimaging.com Space Imaging promoted Jeff Young from executive director of Sales, Global Products and Services to vice president of Global Solutions, Sales and Marketing, responsible for...

Stereographics Corp. (People Link).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... STEREOGRAPHICS CORP., San Rafael, Calif. http://www.stereographics.com StereoGraphics appointed company founder and chairman Lenny Lipton as CEO. Lipton will maintain his role as chief technology officer and continue to lead research...

IDELIX Software names Sanii president and CEO. (People Link).
May 1, 2002... Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based IDELIX Software Inc. appointed Bijan Sanii president and CEO. Sanii comes to IDELIX from Infowave Software Inc. (a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed wireless software company), where he served as president...

USGS adds election data to National Atlas. (Federal Connection).(http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasmap.html)
May 1, 2002... In response to excitement generated by the printed version of its "Presidential Elections" map, which illustrates how U.S. citizens have voted in every presidential election since 1789, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently added the map's...

TISP embraces geospatial aspect of infrastructure security. (Federal Connection).(The Infrastructure Security Partnership)
May 1, 2002... Federal agencies and industry groups have formed a partnership designed to strengthen the nation's infrastructure following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The new coalition, called The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP), will address a...

OGC invites participation in sustainable development pilot. (Federal Connection).(Open GIS Consortium)
May 1, 2002... Wayland, Mass.-based Open GIS Consortium Inc. (OGC) issued a Request for Quotation and Call for Participation for a Geospatial Information for Sustainable Development Initial Capability Pilot (GISD-ICP). In collaboration with the U.S....

Giuliani to keynote bentley user conference. (Conference Connection).(Bentley Systems conference)
May 1, 2002... Exton, Pa.-based Bentley Systems Inc. had originally slated its annual user conference for September 2001, but the company postponed the event after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. It's fitting, then, that Rudolph Giuliani, Time Magazine's...

EnviroExpo 2002 headed for Boston. (Conference Connection).(14th Annual EnviroExpo Conference and Exhibition)
May 1, 2002... Billed as one of the largest and most comprehensive annual exhibitions and conferences to cover environmental, health, safety and energy management, the 14th Annual EnviroExpo Conference and Exhibition (EnviroExpo 2002) will be held May 7-9,...

Economic climate fails to Tarnish GITA's Silver Anniversary.(25th Annual Geospatial Information and Technology Association conference and exhibition)
May 1, 2002... Likely feeling the effects of an uncertain U.S. economy and conservative corporate travel budgets, attendance for the 25th Annual Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) conference and exhibition dipped slightly from previous...

Grid-based mapping identifies customers pockets and territories. (Beyond Mapping).
May 1, 2002... Geocoding based on customer address is a powerful capability in most desktop mapping systems. It automatically links customers to digital maps like old pushpins on a wall map. Viewing the map provides insight into spatial patterns of customers....

Scientific integration means GIS. (The "G" in GIS).
May 1, 2002... The greatest need in science today is for improved integration among disciplines. Calls for it grow louder each year, especially at the highest levels of science policy, but no one at the top seems to recognize what integration really means....

Will 2002 mark the second coming of business geographics? (Business Geographics).
May 1, 2002... In a vortex of business activity not seen since 1993, business geographics has become the "phoenix" of spatial information technology. The arrival of the 2000 U.S. Census, an economic shakeout, new business ventures and the awakening of...

Mobile GIS depends on location. (Mobile GIS).
May 1, 2002... GIS is going mobile. Laptop computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs) have given legs to a generation of computer applications that previously were restricted to the desktop. And GIS is the latest technology to pack up its data and take...

Digital photogrammetry: the future of spatial data collection. (Technology Trends).
May 1, 2002... PHOTOGRAMMETRY HAS BEEN TRADITIONALLY defined as the process of deriving metric information about an object through photo measurements. A closely related area is photo interpretation, which mainly deals with photographs through human visual...

Piecing it together: interoperability enhances planning and response. (Disaster Management).
May 1, 2002... THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES has been driven by the need for better decision making. Early innovators were motivated by the belief that experts in a wide variety of fields could make better decisions if they had better tools for...

Queensland a princely GIS. (Web Mapping).(A Road Management Information system (ARMIS) developed by the Main Roads Department, Queensland, Australia)
May 1, 2002... The geographically expansive state of Queensland, Australia, created a Web-enabled GIS to provide a cost-effective asset management solution for its 21,000-mile road network. Maintaining the highways in an area 2.5 times the size of Texas...

DMTI Spatial Inc., Markham, Ontario, Canada. (Data).(CanMap Major Roads and Highways 6.0 and CanMap Rail)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.dmtispatial.com DMTI Spatial introduced CanMap Major Roads & Highways version 6.0 (a subset of the company's CanMap Streetfiles product), which adds more than 3,551 kilometers of Canadian expressway and primary/secondary highway...

Geographic Data Technology Canada (GDT--Canada), Toronto. (Data).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.gdtcanada.com GDT--Canada released Dynamap Canada CompuStreets version 6.0, which features enhanced positional accuracy and increased street and address coverage throughout Canadian provinces and territories. Enhancements and...

Geolytics Inc., East Brunswick, N.J. (Data).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.geolytics.com GeoLytics introduced CensusCD 1970, the first product to allow users to access the complete results of the 1970 U.S. Census down to the Census tract More than 8,500 demographic and geographic identifiers exist for...

MapInfo Corp., Troy, N.Y. (Data).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.mapinfo.com Maplnfo introduced Maplnfo ImagePro U.S., a set of high-resolution aerial photography that allows users to incorporate ground-level intelligence into business, mapping and location-based analyses for improved...

Tele Atlas North America Inc., Menlo Park, Calif. (Data).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.na-teleatlas.com Tele Atlas North America introduced the Tele Atlas Data Pack for ESRI Inc.'s ArclMS Route Server extension, a compressed, indexed vector database that allows users to add high-performance routing, map display...

3D Nature LLC. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.3dNature.com 3D Nature released Visual Nature Studio (VNS) version 1.1, a photorealistic landscape visualization product that extends the realism features of the company's World Construction Set product by offering additional...

ABACO SRL, Mantova, Italy. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.abacogroup.com/eng/dbcaddev/index.htm ABACO released three products comprised of OCX/ActiveX components, DLL libraries and Java applets that are designed to enable developers to integrate their applications with advanced raster,...

Able Software Corp., Lexington, Mass. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.ablesw.com Able Software released version 5.5.4 of its R2V automated raster-to-vector conversion product for mapping and GIS applications. Enhancements include added support for conversions among Universal Transverse Mercator,...

Dynamic Chaos Inc., Cannon Falls, Minn. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.surfacemodeling.com Dynamic Chaos released IrregularToRegular, a package of surface modeling tools for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Excel, MapInfo Corp.'s MapInfo, ESRI Inc.'s Arc View and Autodesk Inc.'s AutoCAD applications....

Earth Resource Mapping, San Diego. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.ermapper.Com Earth Resource Mapping and lnpho Technology Oy released OrthoWarp ER version 2.1, an add-on module for Earth Resource Mapping's ER Mapper that allows users to orthorectify a variety of satellite imagery....

Endeavors Technology Inc., Irvine, Calif. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.endtech.com Endeavors Technology released Magi Enterprise version 3.0, a "peer-to-peer" system that allows users to implement "ad hoc" inter- and intra-enterprise collaboration networks without disrupting existing applications,...

Europa Technologies Ltd., Surrey, United Kingdom. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.europa-tech.com Europa Technologies released Global Proxima, a World Wide Web-based locator technology that incorporates the company's phonetic name-matching and "where's the nearest... ?" proximity analysis with its Global...

Geo-Logic Systems LLC (GLS), Boulder, Colo. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.geologicsystems.com GLS announced the commercial release of LithoTect, a Java-based structural and stratigraphic interpretation program for geoscientists. Built around the latest graphics toolkit components from Interactive...

Geospatial Experts LLC, Fort Collins, Colo. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.GeoSpatialExperts.com GeoSpatial Experts released GPS-Photo Link version 1.1, which allows users to label digital camera photos with latitude, longitude and other descriptive information as well as create World Wide Web pages...

Golden Software Inc., Boulder, Colo. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.goldensoftware.com Golden Software released Suffer version 8.0, a contouring and 3-D mapping package that allows users to create fully rendered 3-D surfaces and overlay aerial photography, satellite imagery and other bitmaps onto...

Haestad Methods, Waterbury, Conn. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.haestad.com Haestad Methods released WaterCAD version 5.0, a modeling product for water-system design, management and analysis that allows users to evaluate different capital improvements and rehabilitation options based on...

Hitachi Software Global Technology Ltd. (HGST), Westminster, Colo. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.hsgt.com HSGT released Any*GIS version 2.0, an interoperable, enterprise GIS platform that allows users to integrate and update multiple GIS data sources without compatibility and translation issues. Added features include a...

Ideal scanners and systems inc., Rockville, MD. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.ideal.com IDEAL introduced RasterID, an intelligent title-block content-recognition product for industries such as computer-aided design and GIS that features built-in Optical Character Recognition technology and application...

Leica Geosystems. (Software).(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.gis.leica-geosystems.com Leica Geosystems released IMAGIZER, which allows users to read, roam and annotate data processed with geographic imaging software without installing the software on their system. The IMAGIZER package...

LizardTech Inc., Seattle. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.lizardtech.com LizardTech and PINEBUSH Technologies announced the availability of a specially discounted series of modules that enable users of LizardTech's MrSID Geo product to decrease printing time (up to 90 percent) and file...

MapInfo Corp., Troy, N.Y. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.mapinfo.com MapInfo released Maplnfo MapX Mobile, a Microsoft Windows-based software developer's tool that allows users to create customized mapping applications on Pocket PC devices or bring existing map-based applications onto...

Stora Enso Forest Consulting Ltd. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... HTTP://WWW.STORAENSO.COM Stora Enso Forest Consulting released EnsoMOSAIC version 4.0 for automatic aerial image orthorectification. The product automatically ties large image sets together using advanced search and correlation algorithms...

Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc., Lincoln, Neb. (Hardware).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.centurion.com Centurion Wireless Technologies introduced the Quad-Band Mercury Antenna for automotive communications systems, which combines Global Positioning System technology data communications and two cellular capabilities...

Midwest Technologies Inc., Springfield, Ill. (Hardware).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.mid-tech.com Midwest Technologies introduced the Mid-Tech Legacy 6000, a multifunction control system designed to streamline variable-rate product control, Global Positioning System mapping/data collection and guidance via a...

ESRI Inc., Redlands, Calif. (Miscellaneous).(Review)
May 1, 2002... http://www.esri.com ESRI Press published Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of U.S. Diversity, a full-color, 100-page atlas of Census 2000-based maps that illustrate the racial and ethnic shifts that have occurred in the United States...

Ideal Scanners and Systems Inc., Rockville, MD. (Miscellaneous).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 1, 2002... http://www.ideal.com IDEAL released the Scan-to-Network Scanning Solution, a browser-based document-management tool that allows users to archive, index and view existing paper drawings for retrieval to a company's network or the Internet,...

Kivera Inc., Oakland Calif. (Miscellaneous).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.kivera.com Kivera introduced the Kivera Mappliance, a location-based service software/hardware bundle that combines the company's Kivera Location Engine technology with Navigation Technologies Corp.'s NAVTECH map data to enable...

Blue Marble Geographics, Gardiner, Maine. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.beyondgeo.com Blue Marble Geographics announced its BeyondGeo Internet-based mapping service now is available to resellers via a "private label" program that allows recent reseller partners to use BeyondGeo to deliver Internet...

Definiens Imaging Gmbh, Munich, Germany. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.definiens-imaging.com Definiens Imaging and the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) at the University of Arkansas agreed to establish a center of excellence in object-oriented image analysis. Definiens Imaging will...

Descartes Systems Group Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.descartes.com Descartes released fourth-quarter and year-ending financial results for fiscal-year 2001, including $18.1 million in revenues for the quarter, compared with $21 million for the same period last year, and $79.5...

Discrete Wireless Inc., Atlanta. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.discretewireless.com Discrete Wireless completed a $1.3 million Series 2 equity capital round of private investment, which followed a Series 1 "seed" equity capital private placement in July 2000, bringing the total amount...

Earth Resource Mapping, San Diego. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.ermapper.com Bentley Systems Inc. incorporated native support for Earth Resource Mapping's Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ECW) file format into its MicroStation V8 product, which enables MicroStation users to read large,...

Emerge, Andover, Mass. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.emergeweb.com Emerge completed delivery of more than 35,000 square miles of imagery for the Southern California Association of Governments several months early. The contract signed in December 2000, called for data collection,...

Geoconcept SA, Paris. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.geo-concept.com/en/index.html GeoConcept announced the city of Bordeaux, France, used its GIS technology and software to implement a variety of municipal applications that will be used to improve urban management in areas such as...

Geovantage Inc., Swampscott, Mass. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.geovantage.com GeoVantage won a contract from the city of Portland, Ore., Bureau of Environmental Services to provide digital aerial imagery of the city and surrounding areas. GeoVantage will collect 367 square miles of...

Global Geomatics Inc., Montreal. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.globalgeo.com Global Geomatics won a contract from the French Ministry of Defense to supply its MapFusion GIS interoperability product for a program designed to educate military users about the advantages of geospatial...

Idelix Software Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Business News).
May 1, 2002... http://www.idelix.com IDELIX entered a partnership to integrate its Pliable Display Technology (PDT) within an Internet client. The partnership is through the GeoInnovations program of GeoConnections, a World Wide Web-based initiative led...

ImageAmerica Inc., Clayton, Mo. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.image-america.com ImageAmerica collected high-resolution imagery for the Louisiana parishes of Lincoln, Natchitoches and West Baton Rouge that will be used by the company to produce DirectOrtho six-inch-resolution digital...

Insightful Corp., Seattle. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.insightful.com Insightful won a research contract from NASA to develop and enhance software to automate categorization and retrieval of images. Insightful will integrate its VisiMine image-mining technology with NASA'S...

IntelliWhere, Huntsville, Ala. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.intelliwhere.com IntelliWhere, a division of Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions, formed a cooperative partnership with GiStec GmbH to address new opportunities in the European location-based services market. The companies will...

Intermap Technologies Inc., Denver. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.intermaptechnologies.com Intermap Technologies an-nounced data sales valued at $280,000 to Space Imaging. The data cover the islands of Puerto Rico and Jamaica and will be used by Space Imaging to enhance the accuracy of its...

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Laurel, Md. (Business News).(licenses its Rapid Terrain Visualization, Navigation Planning and Flight Management software to Optech and Stennis Space Center)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.jhuapl.edu The Johns Hopkins University APL exclusively licensed its Rapid Terrain Visualization, Navigation Planning and Flight Management (APL-NAV) software package to Optech Inc. and Stennis Space Center for use with the...

Kinetic Solutions LLC, St. Louis. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.kineticsoultions.com Kinetic Solutions partnered with ESRI Inc. to provide Kinetic Solutions' customers with direct access to ESRI's products and services, education, and technical support.

MapInfo Corp., Troy, N.Y. (Business News).(MapInfo miAware Developer Services Program)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.mapinfo.com MapInfo introduced the MapInfo miAware Developer Services Program, a worldwide program designed to provide developers and content providers with new revenue opportunities for mobile location-services applications....

Miner & Miner Consulting Engineers Inc., Fort Collins, Colo. (Business News).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... http://www.miner.com Fugro-Inpark BV became the first European consulting company to join Miner & Miner's Business Partner Program and will work with the company to provide Miner & Miner's enterprise GIS solutions (i.e., ArcFM products) to...