GEO: connexion articles from February 2002

GEO: connexion archives from February 2002

Not-so-INSPIREd thinking. (Up Front).(commentary on the European Commission replacing acronyms)
February 1, 2002... If there is one thing the European Commission does with flair, it is contriving acronyms, not least to replace those with which we are still coming to terms. It really does beg the question, Why? A case in point is ESDI (European Spatial...

Ordnance Survey privatisation 'not an option' says minister. (News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Sally Keeble, the government minister responsible for Britain's Ordnance Survey, has backed the findings of an independent quinquennial review into the national mapping agency by stating that options for privatisation, abolition, merger,...

An avoidable tragedy? (News).(Association for Georgraphic Information seeks mobile telephone location law)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The tragic drowning of a father and son on treacherous sands at Ulverston, Cumbria, has prompted Britain's Association for Geographic Information to urge the government to consider regulations for locating mobile telephones. During the...

Eurogi appoints new Secretary-General. (News).(European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Bino Marchesini has been appointed Secretary General of EUROGI, effective from May 2002. He succeeds Anton Wolfkamp who is due to take retirement and, like his predecessor, hails from the Dutch Cadastre -- a factor which means that the EUROGI...

Nima to lose independent agency status? (News).(Americas National Imagery and Mapping Agency)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A further casualty of 11 September could be the independent status enjoyed by Americas National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), according to a report in the Washington Post. In a proposed shake-up of the US intelligence community (in...

Galileo: Europe begins to wobble. (News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Despite an earlier financial commitment by the European Space Agency (see GEO: news Dec/Jan issue), a follow-up meeting of transport ministers failed to agree the EU's share of funding for Galileo, an all-European GPS lookalike satellite...

Beating fraud on the farm. (News).(digital farm map in England)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A consortium consisting of Infoterra Ltd, Remote Sensing Applications Consultants Ltd and Landmark Information Group Ltd has been chosen by Britain's Rural Payments Agency (RPA) to undertake the digitisation of agricultural land parcels across...

Going cool on global warming. (News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Findings from research conducted by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are sure to cause controversy among environmentalists. Quite simply, the antarctic ice cap, far from melting under the effect of global warming, is growing...

Geography schoolbook's 'inflammatory text' comes under fire from British Jewry. (News).('Understanding GCSE Geography')(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Publishers, Heinemann, are to amend their book 'Understanding GCSE Geography' - a standard text for British schoolchildren aged 14 to 1 6 - after the Board of Deputies of British Jews raised serious concerns about passages on Israel. The...

Azerbaijan: the next gold rush? (News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Azerbaijan's strategic Caspian Sea ports and rich offshore oil reserves have created a unique economic potential for a country that achieved independence in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union. A decade of territorial disputes...

Crown copyright: the AGI response. (News).(Association for Georgraphic Information issues statement on licensing arrangements for Crown Copyright)
February 1, 2002... Britain's Association for Geographic Information has delivered a formal response to a government consultation paper on the future of licensing arrangements for Crown Copyright. * Key points from its submission are as follows: * It believes...

Where's it all at? (News).(3GSM Congress)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... There is no doubt that one of the key buzzwords at last year's 3GSM Congress in Cannes was LBS (location based services). However, the ensuing twelve months saw LBS evolve as a classic case of over-promise under-deliver. The barrage of...

Raising spirits in Cannes. (News).(3GSM World Congress)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... While acknowledging that the past year has been a difficult one for the telecoms industry, organisers of the 3GSM World Congress promise to raise spirits with a bigger and better event when it returns to Cannes, I 9-22 February. An extra...

Autodesk Location Services, a division of Autodesk, Inc. (LBS: News in Brief).(Ericsson Telecomunicazioni, S.p.A.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Autodesk[R] Location Services, a division of Autodesk, Inc. and Ericsson Telecomunicazioni, S.p.A., the leading network solutions provider in Italy, have partnered to bring an integrated location-enabled SMS (Short Messaging Service) platform...

ESRI Inc. (LBS: News in Brief).(SignalSoft Corp.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Under a recently-announced agreement, ESRI Inc. of Redlands, California, is to integrate its geodetic conversion source code library into SignalSoft's Location Manager product. The latter is a standards-compliant location gateway that allows...

Nokia and Radiolinja Estonia have concluded successful testing of Nokia's mPosition solution. (LBS News in Brief).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Nokia and Radiolinja Estonia have concluded successful testing of Nokia's mPosition solution and WAP-over-GPRS technology in Radiolinja's CPRS network in Estonia. The tests, conducted from a moving vehicle in urban and suburban...

Trimble Navigation. (In Brief).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Trimble Navigation of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, has raised a further [member of]21.9 million in a private equity placement, bringing the total raised to [member of]52.4 million. The company plans to use the proceeds to pay down a portion of its...

UKISHELP. (In Brief).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The DTI's UKISHELP support service for British business is hosting three European IT funding Introductory Information Days on 7 February in Coventry, 19 February in Bridgend, and 6 March in Sunderland. Full details from www.ukishelp.co.uk

In which countries is the euro the official currency? (In Brief).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain.

How can I find out euro exchange rates? (In Brief).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The official EURO Currency Converter allows you to convert any of the currency units of the 12 Member States adopting the Euro to the EURO and vice versa. just log on to www.europa.eu.int/euro/

Analytical Surveys, Inc. (News: Results...).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Analytical Surveys, Inc. of Indianapolis, USA, providers of customised data conversion and digital mapping services posted a net loss of [member of]11.06 million on revenues of [member of]46.6 million for the year ended 30 September 2001. This...

Laser Technology, Inc. (News: Results...).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Laser Technology, Inc. of Englewood, USA, specialist in pulse laser measuring systems, has reported a profit of [member of]466,388 on net sales of [member of]13.07 million for the year ended 30 September 2001. This compares with net income of...

MapInfo Corporation. (News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... At time of going to press, MapInfo Corporation of Troy, USA, was expected to announce revenues of approximately [member of]25.1 million to 26.2 million and a loss per share of between [member of]0.11 and 0.15 for its first fiscal quarter ended...

GIS on the curriculum in the UAE. (Middle East).(Geographic Information Systems)(United Arab Emirates establishes GIS laboratory)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The geoinformation sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is burgeoning, thanks to regional initiatives sponsored by the Gulf Cooperation Council. The demand for specialists in GIS and remote sensing is growing accordingly, says Dr. M. M....

Thebes: from ancient to modern. (Middle East).(database of archaeological sites pursued by American University in Cairo)
February 1, 2002... Over the last few months the Theban Mapping Project (TMP) being pursued by the American University in Cairo has made progress in its quest to produce a comprehensive database of archaeological sites in the area of ancient Thebes and to conserve...

Commercial boost for continental GEOdata. (Africa).(ComputaMaps of Constantia, South Africa, and ADC WorldMap of Wisconsin, USA partner for mapping products)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... ComputaMaps of Constantia, South Africa, and ADC WorldMap of Wisconsin, USA, have partnered to deliver current and easy-to-use off-the-shelf base mapping products. Under the arrangement, ComputaMaps' Africa datasets will be available only under...

Biodiversity Scholarships. (Africa).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, in collaboration with Britain's Foreign & Commonwealth Office, is offering six Chevening Scholarships in Biodiversity. These will fund young researchers from each of six world regions and include a...

Botswana makes it a 'first'. (Africa).(atlas of Botswana complete)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The first national atlas of Botswana has been launched following collaboration between the country's Department of Surveys and Mapping (DSM) and Swedesurvey AB, the overseas arm of Sweden's National Land Survey (Lantmateriet). As well as...

Putting Education on the map. (Africa).(Cameroun's Ministry for Education to improve education with georeferenced inventory of edcational facilities)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Cameroun's Ministry for Education has taken delivery of a georeferenced inventory of some 14,000 educational establishments in the country. Developed by Metrika-Cameroun of Douala, the inventory (which forms part of a larger SIAPSCO...

Setting course for Copenhagen. (Connect).(European Navigation Conference, May 2003)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Radisson Falconer Hotel in the heart of Denmark's historic capital provides the venue for this year's European Navigation Conference - GNSS 2002 (27-30 May). Staged by the Nordic Institute of Navigation (NNF), this year's Conference is...

Paris welcomes MICAD 2002. (Connect).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Although a major event for the European CAD/CAM sector, MICAD is attracting an ever-stronger following from those with interests in landscape and other spatial aspects of 3-D modelling, as well as CAD/GIS integration. The 21st iteration, being...

What's in a name? (Connect).(United Nations conference of the Standardization of Geographical Names)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The chance to find out comes at the Eighth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, to be hosted by Federal Republic of Germany in Berlin, 26 Aug- 6 Sep 2002. The venue will be the Conference Centre of the Foreign...

From enlightenment on the Algarve... (Connect).(EUROSCO hosts geospatial data conference, March 2003)
February 1, 2002... A EURESCO Conference entitled, Methods to Define Geovisualisation Contents for Users Needs, takes place in Albufeira on Portugal's Algarve coast, 9-14 March. The EC-supported event will address the way in which today's technology allows us...

To enrichment in Nice. (Connect).(NACSAT satellite navigation and positioning trade show report successful 2001 conference)
February 1, 2002... NAVSAT 2001 Europe's leading trade show dedicated to satellite navigation and positioning - closed its doors last November after what the organisers claim a resounding four-day success in Nice. Its five constituent events (NAVE x po,...

Appealing to the younger generation. (Community).(geographic education)
February 1, 2002... Mapping agencies, vendors and organisations everywhere are starting to deliver geography to youngsters in innovative ways. GEO: connexion caught up with four recent initiatives... the vanguard of what promises to be an avalanche. With the...

Senior appointments at Space Imaging. (People).(Paul Tinney, Conrad Mueller)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Space Imaging has appointed Paul Tinney as executive vice president of Global Alliances. In this role, he is responsible for overall management of the company's Regional Affiliates - those who own and operate operations centers that...

New President & CEO for Thales Navigation. (People).(Dean E Senner)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Dean E Senner has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer at Thales Navigation, developers and manufacturers of the Magellan, Ashtech, DSNP and MLR GPS product lines. He brings with him more than 20 years of executive and...

Wanderer returns to Laser-Scan. (People).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Miles Martin has rejoined Laser-Scan of Cambridge, England, as its Mobile Navigation Data Content Manager after a year's absence. In the new role, he will manage third party data and optimise data transfer flow lines into the mobile navigation...

Tele Atlas strengthens top management team. (People).(Rolv H. Eide appointed Chief Operating Officer of Tele Atlas Europe)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Digital mapping specialist, Tele Atlas, has strengthened its upper echelon with the appointment of Rolv H. Eide as Chief Operating Officer for Tele Atlas Europe. Eide has more than 20 years of experience in managing software and...

ISTAR boosts US sales operation. (People).(Nathan King appointed Manager of Sales, Western Region)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... ISTAR of France, the specialist aerial and satellite imagery provider, has reinforced its US sales team with the appointment of Nathan King as Manager of Sales, Western Region. He is based at STAR Americas headquarters in Herndon, Virginia, and...

Top job for Darroy at Spot Image. (People).(Jean-Michel Darroy)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Jean-Marc Nasr, Chairman & CEO of Spot Image, has appointed Jean-Michel Darroy as the company's Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this capacity, he will oversee all operational processes, from receipt of orders to delivery of products and...

Public sector information: resource or commodity? (European Data Policy).(article examines why the United States would promote free distribution of government information)
February 1, 2002... CHRISTOPHER ROPER explains why data models based on Cost Recovery are coming under renewed scrutiny In a world where the United States is often seen as the ultimate defender of capitalism, red in tooth and claw, and Europe the home of...

Where do I live? Robert Barr knows where he lives. But do others? And if not, why not? (Dangling Segment).(delivery drivers confused by variant street name spellings)
February 1, 2002... I think I know where I live, but many others seem to be confused. We receive quite a few parcels from different delivery companies whose drivers remark on the difficulty in finding our road. This is obviously not a problem for the postman, who...

Quality from the ground up: Lewis Graham questions our expectations of data as converging disciplines blur the boundaries, and cautions against repeating past mistakes. (Photogrammetry).(Industry Overview)
February 1, 2002... As we move more firmly into the digital age, we see an explosion of exciting technologies from sensors through production systems and on to end user applications. Many novel ideas are not only enhancing the rates at which we can collect...

A new coordinate transformation for Great Britain. (Data Accuracy & Quality).
February 1, 2002... Ordnance Survey's new GPS-to-OSGB36 National Grid Transformation offers even greater accuracy for data capture and analysis in Great Britain. Mark Greaves and Paul Cruddace explain the background and describe how the new Transformation works...

Ortho-rectified or geo-corrected: what's the difference? Quite a lot, suggests Stuart Simmons, who backs the argument with findings from independent research. (Aerial Photograph).
February 1, 2002... Since May of 1999 UK Perspectives has been acquiring colour, 1:10 000 scale aerial photography, as part of the nationwide MAPS[R] (Map Accurate Photographic Survey) project. From the outset, the company's strategy in catering for the...

How accurate is accurate? Alex Elder examines the question of cartographic data accuracy and suggests that fitness-for-purpose is the only realistic yardstick. (Cartographic).
February 1, 2002... A question often asked of cartographers and data suppliers is "How accurate is the data?" At Bartholomew, our normal response is "Exactly what do you mean by accuracy?" This usually elicits a range of counter-questions along the lines of: Are...

Presenting a better image: quality and accuracy are fundamental attributes of data acquired by today's earth observation satellites. (Satellite Imagery).
February 1, 2002... In many respects, satellite Remote Sensing can be thought of as a reading process - collecting, manipulating and analysing data from which to draw conclusions. As such, one can deduce that the information derived from this process is only as...

Object lesson: the search for knowledge within academia is intense and geoinformation is in demand as never before. It poses no small challenge for Britain's EDINA Digimap service. (UK Applications).
February 1, 2002... The delivery of mapping over the web is vital to numerous online services from retail to government. And it's not just the visual appeal of maps that's important; it's the information that can be added to them on population, land shape,...

Ecological survival. (UK Applications).
February 1, 2002... On a busy trunk road network in North East England environmental considerations loom large for a major highways exercise being conducted by Newcastle City Council. Sandy Twynholm explains how geographic information is helping reconcile often...

Strangford lough: Sean Samuels gets wet feet discovering how GIS is helping to build a clearer picture of a premier European wildlife haven. (UK Applications).
February 1, 2002... At 150 sq. km., Strangford is the largest sea lough in the British Isles and home to around 2000 species of marine life. Located in County Down in Northern Ireland and shielded from the Irish Sea by the Ards Peninsular, it is a large shallow...

Valkommen till Lantmateriet! One of europe's oldest national mapping agencies gets right up to date and extends a welcome to visitors, old and new, with a raft of web-based services. (Cartography).
February 1, 2002... Lantmateriet Sweden's National Land Survey -- is a governmental agency whose overall goal is to support the efficient and sustainable use of land and water. Spearheading the task is a workforce of approximately 2,200 located at the agency's...

Swedeimages. (Cartography).(services announced)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Orthophotos for the whole of Sweden to a resolution of up to one metre. Images for which orders have been placed can be downloaded from the Internet or delivered on CD-ROM. Printed copies can also be supplied. Up to now seven major cities,...

ImageNet. (Cartography).(free high-resolution maps available)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A service where high-resolution imagery from the EROS A1 satellite can be ordered. There is also a number of "pictures" are available free of charge. Perhaps understandably, the last months have witnessed a surge of interest in imagery from...

PropertySearch. (Cartography).(services offered)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Two slightly different services are today on offer. That for professional users is based on a licence agreement and an initial fee of SEK 1,500 (approximately 160 euro) per year. Here, information on Sweden's 3.2 million properties can be found...

MapSearch. (Cartography).(services offered)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Here, it is possible to browse and zoom general maps (the Road Map and the Topographic Map) series to obtain information about localities and building development, boundaries, elevations, administrative divisions, communications, footpaths,...

Your Map. (Cartography).(service offered)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... This service is also based on the official maps of Sweden (in digital format). As with Map Search, visitors can browse areas of interest free-of-charge but have the option to order maps for particular areas of interest and have these delivered...

Historical Maps. (Cartography).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The service already provides a wealth of historical maps from all over Sweden. Rapid developments in scanning and storage technology over recent years have made it possible to generate material that meets the exacting needs of researchers and...

Power performers: Mike Bedford catches up with current trends in workstation technology. (Workstations).
February 1, 2002... We could be excused for believing that workstations will soon be eclipsed by PCs - such is the rate of development in this highly competitive market. And it's undoubtedly true that today's top-end PC will out-perform many a workstation of just...

Bartholomew. (Business Briefs).(cartographic publishers produce Cayman Islands map)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... UK-based cartographic publishers, Bartholomew have introduced a new street-level atlas of the Cayman Islands. Mapping for the A4 publication prepared using an Arcinfo GIS and based on aerial photography supplied by the Cayman Land & Survey...

CadCorp. (Business Briefs).(company announces order contracts, distribbutors)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Latest orders secured by British-based CadCorp for its spatial products include those from the States of jersey, West Oxford District Council, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affair's Rural Payments Agency, and Basildon...

Definiens Imaging. (Business Briefs).(image analysis package accepted for Pipeline Remote Sensing for Safety and the Environment project)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The eCognition Object-Oriented image analysis package developed by Definiens Imaging of Munich, Germany, has been selected for the European Commission's PRESENSE project. Pipeline REmote SENsing for Safety and the Environment seeks to...

Geodata AS. (Business Briefs).(Viken Energinett chooses its Network Information Systems provider)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... ESRI's Norwegian distributor, Geodata AS, has been selected as Network Information Systems (NIS) provider by Viken Energinett, the largest supplier of electric power and district heating in Norway, and by Ostnett. www.esri.com ...

Fugro-Inpark. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Geo-ICT solutions provider, Fugro-Inpark of Leidschendam in The Netherlands, has been appointed Miner & Miner's first business partner in Europe. As such, it will configure, customise and implement the ArcFM product line developed by US-based...

Teleconsult. (Business Briefs).(mountain search and rescue application)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A Mission Support Tool for mountain Search and Rescue and similar applications, developed by GAF of Munich, Germany, and its Austrian partner, Teleconsult, has been successfully tested by the Bavarian Mountain Rescue service in the Oberstdorf...

GAMMA. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Dublin, Ireland-based GIS consultants GAMMA have supplied their Sales Force Planner route optimisation system to Golden Vale plc. It will be used by the company to plan milk collections using the most cost-effective routes and schedules. The...

The General Register Office for Scotland. (Business Briefs).(partners with Space Time Research and GeoWise)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The General Register Office for Scotland (GROS), together with Edinburgh-based technology services company GeoWise, and Australian software developer Space Time Research, have partnered to develop a pilot system that explores how the results of...

GGP Systems. (Business Briefs).(West Dumbartonshire Council uses GIS to pinpoint old industrial sites)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Using a GIS from GGP Systems, West Dumbartonshire Council in Scotland has become one of the first in Britain to actively employ historical maps to pinpoint old industrial sites and identify land that may be contaminated. Historical mapping...

Intergraph's GeoMedia technology. (Business Briefs).(selected by Direccio General de Carreteres for corporate GIS)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Intergraph's GeoMedia technology has been selected by the Direccio General de Carreteres (DGC) in Barcelona, Spain, as the platform for its new corporate GIS. Project implementation will be a joint venture between Intergraph Spain and SYSIGSA,...

Kampsax. (Business Briefs).(launches its Web site)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Kampsax of Hvidovre, Denmark, a leading European data supplier, has officially launched its Web site exploiting ER Mapper's Image Web Server to stream some of the world's largest images - including a 2 Terabyte (2,000GB) mosaic covering the...

Kingswood MapMechanics. (Business Briefs).(publishes 2002 data catalogue)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Kingswood MapMechanics of Brentford, Middlesex, England, has published its 2002 data catalogue. The full-colour, 64page publication describes a host of new map data and related products, including gazetteers for individual European countries,...

Maps.com. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Maps.com, one of the Web's most visited travel sites, has adopted dynamic online cartographic and geocentric data provided by Maporama of France. The Maporama-powered version of Maps.com now offers detailed street maps of all US and Canadian...

Microsoft. (Business Briefs).(launches downloadable maps of major cities for Pocket Streets)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Microsoft has announced that downloadable maps of major cities in the North America and Europe are now on offer for Pocket Streets, as is a free service release. Also available from the MSDN Subscriber Download Center are MapPoint 2002 editions...

Multimap.com. (Business Briefs).(launches MyMultimap)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Multimap.com, one of Europe's largest provider of internet mapping has launched MyMultimap, a free service whereby users can create their own personalised version of the popular website. www.multimap.com

The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (Business Briefs).(BAE Systems is new member )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announces that BAE SYSTEMS has become an OGC Strategic Member and will provide a full-time director of its Interoperability Program. The OGC also welcomes CANRI (Community Access to Natural Resources...

Instituto Portugues De Cartografia e Cadastro. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Portugal's National Mapping Agency, the Instituto Portugues De Cartografia e Cadastro, has sited the latest in a series of permanent GPS stations at the Polytechnic of Beja in the south of the country. It complements existing and proposed...

The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. (Business Briefs).(now available via the Internet)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... One of the largest private holdings of historical mapping in the US is now a freely accessible via the Web. The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, features more than 6,500 high-resolution digital images dating from the mid-1800s. Material...

SICAD Geomatics. (Business Briefs).(sees municipal authorities in Augsburg, Germany, employ its Internet Map Server)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Municipal authorities in Augsburg, Germany, have implemented direct intranet access to the city's Digital Base Map (DISTA) using the Internet Map Server from SICAD Geomatics of Munich. All departments now have direct links to a dynamic,...

STAR Informatic. (Business Briefs).(sees Electricite de Strasbourg deploy its STAR NeXt GIS electricity networking solution)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The STAR NeXt GIS electricity networking solution from STAR Informatic of Liege, Belgium, has been deployed by Electricite de Strasbourg. The application gives around 100 accredited users access to all network databases via the French...

Tekla Corporation. (Business Briefs).(adds 17th city to municipal information system development project)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Tekla Corporation of Finland has announced the addition of a 17th city to its municipal information system development project announced a year ago. Espoo is the latest city to commission the system - one that integrates spatial data with real...

Caliper Corporation. (Software Briefs).(launches new geographic information system software)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Caliper Corporation has released Version 4.5 of Maptitude[R] Geographic Information System for Windows. This major upgrade of the award-winning desktop product delivers new program capabilities, data and documentation in an affordable,...

Britain's Dotted Eyes. (Software Briefs).(launches InterpOSeTM software)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Britain's Dotted Eyes has launched its InterpOSeTM software in time for the arrival of Ordnance Survey's MasterMap. The new product from the developers of the TranspOSe NTF translator, is claimed to be a feature-level data management solution...

Fugro Geosoft Solutions. (Software Briefs).(offers nVision as free download)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Fugro Geosoft Solutions is offering nVision - a lightweight and fully integrated spatial data viewer - as a free download from the Earth Resource Mapping website at www.ermapper.com. nVision is based on ESRI's MapObjects lite and utilises Earth...

Global Geomatics Inc. (Software Briefs).(launches MapFusion)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Global Geomatics Inc. introduces MapFusion claimed to be the first commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software permitting a access to geospatial data from diverse sources and formats without complex pre-processing or time-consuming translations....