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Picture this!(Upfront)
July 1, 2004... It seems that not a month passes without satellite navigation hitting the headlines. It is now being suggested that GPS could find itself relegated to the back seat for in-car guidance if a system developed at Britain's Cambridge University...
Through the darkness.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... Infoterra GmbH (Friedrichshafen, Germany), the exclusive commercial TerraSAR-X radar satellite data provider, has chosen Spot Image (Toulouse, France) as an agent with exclusivity in several territories and markets for the sale of all products...
Correction.(Correction Notice)
July 1, 2004... Our apologies for an error that crept into the article 'Aerial imagery: the new mapping' as published in the June issue of GEO:connexion UK. The email address for Rachel Eddy at BlueSky should have read sales@bluesky-world.com and the company's...
From Europa to the world.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... Europa Technologies (London, England) has released a new version of its extensive range of world map data products. Version 4.0 includes a number of updates and enhancements that extend across the Global Discovery, Global Insight Plus and...
Clearer images from Germany.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... The latest version of ATCOR for ERDAS IMAGINE v8.7 is now available from Geosystems (Munich, Germany) the distributor for Leica Geosystems, GIS & Mapping. ATCOR is an add-on module for ERDAS IMAGINE that eliminates haze and corrects atmospheric...
Ministerial opening.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Patricia Hewitt, has opened Infoterra's new offices in her Leicester West constituency and toured the premises with Dave Fox, CEO. She saw demonstrations of some core Infoterra technologies,...
Shared vision.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and Metoc plc have formed a joint venture company. SeaZone Solutions Limited, to supply UKHO Hydrospatial and other data from UK and overseas agencies to the global GI market. SeaZone will also provide enabling...
Crime spreads like disease.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... Researchers from University College London's Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science (London, England) have developed more effective crime hotspot maps by treating the spread of crime like a disease. Previous work by the team has shown that the...
Valuation with GI.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... The Valuation and Land Agency (VLA) of Northern Ireland is implementing a new computer-assisted valuation system to help with the revaluation of all domestic properties for rating purposes. A syndicate led by ESRI Ireland (Dublin, Ireland) will...
Polish IKONOS ground station.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... Space Imaging (Denver, Colorado) has signed an agreement with the Satellite Centre for Regional Operations (SCOR), a commercial arm of the Polish government located in Warsaw, to establish a ground station capable of tasking, collecting,...
Navteq achieves standard.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... NAVTEQ has achieved ISO/TS 16949:2002 certification of its European distribution services organisation. Having already achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification of all main operating locations, this new certification marks yet another milestone on...
ECW by deegree.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... The deegree project (Bonn University, Germany) has added Enhanced Compression Wavelet (ECW) support to its Web Coverage Service. The project has developed a java framework for the development of local and network based GIS applications with...
Digital globe award.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... Frost & Sullivan has awarded DigitalGlobe (Longmont, Colorado) its 2004 Aerospace & Defense Product of the Year distinction. This award is presented to the company that has demonstrated excellence in developing new products and technologies...
Brandenburg farmers go for GAF.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... GAF AG (Munich, Germany) has won a contract with the German Lande of Brandenburg to develop and introduce an agricultural information system for the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS)....
Kent data infoshared.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... The Kent County Council Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) have launched a new project across Kent and Medway providing partner and public access to crime and disorder data integrated from local government agencies, police, fire...
Intergraph Bohemia.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions (Prague, Czech Republic) has won a contract from the South Bohemia gas company, Jihoceska plynarenska, a.s. (JCP), to upgrade its FRAMME-based AM/FM/GIS application to G/Gas, Intergraph's...
Quality geocoding.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... TerraQuest Solutions (Birmingham, England) has completed its contract to provide Quality Assurance Services to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for work carried out to map, process, geocode, validate and maintain location-based data. The...
Lantmateriet run DMC.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions (Huntsville, Alabama) has announced that the Danish reseller Brock & Michelsen has sold Z/I Imaging's Digital Mapping Camera (DMC) to Lantmateriet (Gavle, Sweden), Lantmateriet provides Swedish...
Laser-Scan & MapInfo deal.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... Laser-Scan (Cambridge, England) has signed MapInfo Corporation as a reseller of its Radius Topology software in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Radius Topology works seamlessly with MapInfo products in an Oracle environment and combined use...
BlueSky over Swindon.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... BlueSky (Leicester, England) has supplied the Halcrow Group Ltd. (Swindon, England) with digital aerial photography to support key highway development work. This data, part of the nationwide Millennium Map, will be used for mapping highways...
Oldham, Helsinki & Gdansk win Bentley Awards.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... Helsinki City Survey Division, together with other city divisions, has developed methods for converting current digital 2D base maps into an accurate 3D city model. Laser scanning and digital photogrammetry were used to collect 3D information...
Do it the MapWay.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... m-spatial (Cambridge, England) has rolled out a second wave of MapWay applications and broadened its service offerings on Vodafone Live!, O2 Active and Orange World.
The new applications make it easy for users to get maps or directions by...
Saving expenses.(LBS News in Brief)
July 1, 2004... KPN, the Dutch telecom company, will be calculating the distances travelled by its employees using the GeoAccess Expenses Web Service technology from AND Products (Rotterdam, the Netherlands). KPN believes this will improve efficiency and save...
Miniature Anglo-French alliance.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... Innovators in Britain and France have developed a miniature vehicle telematics device.
Masternaut's (Paris, France & Leeds, England) Mobile Communication Unit (MCU) is claimed to be the smallest device in the world to combine GPS tracking,...
Visualising inner earth.(GEO:Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... Ian Jackson of the British Geological Survey writes in response to the article 'Visualising Inner Earth', as published in the March 2004 issue.
In the above article Pratul Shrivastava and his colleagues describe how knowledge of the...
Vexcel acquires ISM.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... John Curlander, CEO of the Vexcel Corporation announced at the ASPRS Annual Conference on the 24th May that it has acquired the assets of the International Systemap Corporation (ISM). Based in Vancouver, Canada, ISM specialises in digital...
Analytical Surveys restates financial results.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... Analytical Surveys Inc. (San Antonio, Texas) has announced that it will restate financial results for fiscal years ending 30th September 2002 and 2003 and also the first quarter ending 31st December 2003. This is in conjunction with the filing...
+ + esults + + + + results + +: all values converted to euros.(GEO:News)
July 1, 2004... * ORBIMAGE Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBM) has announced its first quarter results; total revenues were [euro]1.63 million for the first quarter of 2004, compared to 2003's first quarter total revenue of [euro]1.37 million. Net loss for this period in 2004...
Azerbaijan's R.I.S.K.(GEO:Middle East)
July 1, 2004... ESRI (Redlands, California) has announced that, together with a consortium of business partners, it has won the cadastre and land registration portion of the Agricultural Development and Credit Project in the Republic of Azerbaijan, tendered by...
Mapping Thebes.(GEO:Middle East)
July 1, 2004... The Theban Mapping Project (TMP) is a unique study combining maps and detailed archaeological records of Thebes, Egypt to create a comprehensive record of the area's historically important past. Set up in 1978 and based at the American...
Geomatica chosen for Eritrean project.(GEO:Africa)
July 1, 2004... PCI Geomatics (Richmond Hill, Ontario) will be providing Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) with Geomatica software for geospatial processing of ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) data....
COWI in West African projects.(GEO:Africa)
July 1, 2004... COWI (Copenhagen, Denmark) has been working in Ghana and Guinea in West Africa to help with mapping and land reform respectively. In Ghana the Local Government Development Project, Urban Ill (LGDP) aimed to make more information available for...
Fennell joins Telcontar.(GEO:People)
July 1, 2004... Telcontar (San Jose, California) has appointed J. Kim Fennell as president and CEO. Fennell brings over 25 years of experience in high-technology management from the telecommunications and computer industries and will lead the company forward...
Appointments at Trimble--correction.(GEO:People)
July 1, 2004... Our apologies for a gremlin that crept into our coverage of new appointments at Trimble in the April 2004 issue and which we are pleased to correct. Pictured right is Colleen Miller who joined Trimble's Mapping and GIS Business Area in January...
Oce UK appoint Berney.(GEO:People)
July 1, 2004... Oce UK Ltd (Brentwood, England) has appointed Steve Berney to the newly created role of business development director for its enlarged print management company business. Berney has held various sales director positions and brings expertise from...
Advantica appoints CEO.(GEO:People)
July 1, 2004... Advantica (Loughborough, England) has appointed Ron Chapman to the post of chief executive officer following the retirement of John Bennett, Chapman joined the company in 2001 as head of strategic development and has more than 25 years of...
New to IONIC's sales team.(GEO:People)
July 1, 2004... IONIC Software (Liege, Belgium) has welcomed Raoul Penneman and Andre Chetrit to its sales department. Penneman will be responsible for growing IONIC's presence in strategic vertical markets and brings over 15 years of professional experience...
O'Hara elected to MDA council.(GEO:People)
July 1, 2004... Jan O'Hara, chief executive of T@lecom (Coventry, England) has been elected to the Council of the Mobile Data Association (MDA). MDA--is one of the most influential bodies in the mobile data arena that provides industry advice and consultancy...
ISPRS XXth Congress, Istanbul, Turkey.(GEO: Connect)
July 1, 2004... The XXth congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) is being held this summer in Istanbul. Turkey. The full program runs from 12th-23rd of July and it boasts a wide range of sessions, workshops,...
AGI2004 Conference & Exhibition, London, England.(GEO: Connect)
July 1, 2004... One Event, Endless Benefits is how the Association for Geographic Information is promoting AGI2004, its first opportunity in many years to combine the renowned AGI Conference with a trade Exhibition.
To be staged at the superb Chelsea...
Due to lower-than-expected bookings for workshops to be held alongside the ISPRS Congress in Istanbul (see facing page), the only one now scheduled will be on the theme.(Events in Brief...)
July 1, 2004... * Due to lower-than-expected bookings for workshops to be held alongside the ISPRS Congress in Istanbul (see facing page), the only one now scheduled will be on the theme: 'Incremental Updating and Versioning of Spatial Data.' Jointly sponsored...
Oslo-based spatial solutions provider, Sysdeco Kongsberg A/S.(Events in Brief ...)
July 1, 2004... * Oslo-based spatial solutions provider, Sysdeco Kongsberg A/S, plans to hold its 2004 annual user conference 5-8 Oct at the Causeway Hotel in Bushmills on Northern Ireland's North Antrim Coast.
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AGI view: championing the AGI.(GEO: Community)
July 1, 2004... The European Special Interest Group (SIG) is reawakening and re-energising itself by embracing a new focus: partnering with Europe. Working closely with EUROGI, the SIG aims to promote greater UK involvement within Europe. The SIG requires...
The plates are shifting: can a government agency with conflicting responsibilities make balanced decisions? Bob Barr looks at the issues facing the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and asks, isn't there a better way?(Dangling Segment)
July 1, 2004... Britain's deputy prime minister was recently quoted as saying that the political tectonic plates are shifting and that the landscape may soon change. He was interpreted as referring to the leadership of his party and the position of prime...
Where is tomorrow's energy? Wolfgang Steinborn asks the question of those who should know.(Letter from Central Europe)
July 1, 2004... The recent dramatic rise in petrol prices gives us a foretaste of the future; if car ownership levels in China were to reach western motorisation rates then one billion cars would be circling the country, drawing on ever-shrinking fossil energy...
Unlocking the potential: Martin Bradbury says that new European census data and British marketing expertise promises business opportunities for all--provided the accession countries avoid the worst excesses of data protection.(GEO:Futures)
July 1, 2004... With the recent accession of a further 10 countries to the European Union and more in the pipeline, there are mixed feelings as to whether this represents a move that will increase trading opportunities or poses a threat of greater competition....
European Space Agency.(NewsRound)
July 1, 2004... More than 1000 schools in 67 countries have registered to participate in projects sponsored by Eduspace, a Web site and resource library launched in 2001 by the European Space Agency to give European youth an idea of how ESA and its partners...
A map generalisation workshop, jointly sponsored by EuroSDR, the research platform concerned with European spatial data infrastructures and the International Cartographic Association.(NewsRound)
July 1, 2004... A map generalisation workshop, jointly sponsored by EuroSDR, the research platform concerned with European spatial data infrastructures and the International Cartographic Association, is to be held at the University of Leicester, England, 20-21...
Oasys.(NewsRound)
July 1, 2004... Oasys, the software arm of engineering consultants, Arup, is making its geotechnical, structural and CAD software freely available to educational establishments.
Already in use with 30 leading UK universities and employed on projects...
Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British Geographers.(NewsRound)
July 1, 2004... As a British secondary school geography teacher, do you have a good idea for promoting your subject in the classroom? Do you have a project that would enhance pupils' education in a stimulating way? Are you short of funds to do this? Would a...
International Geodetic Students Organisation.(NewsRound)
July 1, 2004... 150 students from 20 countries gathered in Espoo. Finland, in June for the 17th International Geodetic Students Meeting (IGSM 2004).
Organised by the International Geodetic Students Organisation (IGSO) and hosted by the Helsinki University...
Innogistic: leading the way in the GI market.(Company Profile)
July 1, 2004... Innogistic Software plc is a leading provider of spatial information management solutions. Formed in 1992, the company traded as FastCAD GIS Ltd until 1997 when it underwent a management buyout. The company has since gone on to become a leading...
Do you know the way to San Jose? LBS pioneer, Telcontar, certainly knows the way to its home town and many other destinations besides. Reason enough for GEO:connexion to ask company founder and senior vp strategic initiatives, Bill Schwegler, for further directions.(Interview)
July 1, 2004... CEO:connexion: How did you get into this business, and wasn't it something of a gamble in the mid 1990s?
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Achieving interoperability and information sharing: Michael Rose, Miles Gabriel and Nigel Jones conclude their observations by suggesting how barriers might be surmounted.(Data Interoperability)
July 1, 2004... In order to achieve interoperability and realise the benefits, it is crucial that specific barriers are identified and overcome. With regard to the barriers highlighted in the first part of this article (GEO:connexion June issue) the following...
ArcGis 9: the complete geographic information system.
July 1, 2004... ArcGIS[R] is a framework of integrated GIS software products from ESRI for building a complete GIS. The fundamental architecture of ArcGIS enables users to deploy GIS functionality and business logic wherever it is needed in desktops, on...
Spatial development of an enlarging European Union: the EU ESPON project aims to meet the needs of governments across Europe for spatial information on infrastructure issues. GEO:connexion finds out more.(Government)
July 1, 2004... Established in 2002, the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) programme seeks to build a better understanding of the territorial cohesion challenges facing an enlarged European Union. This, in turn, will help identify the...
Geographic information: a public sector success story; Scott Sinclair reviews the rapid up-take of geographic information in UK government and the Ordnance Survey's role in spearheading this process.(Government)
July 1, 2004... Growing recognition of the potential of geographic information for joined-up government services and initiatives is reflected in new figures on the public sector take-up of Ordnance Survey (OS) data.
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Raising the standard for systemau gwybodaeth daearyddol: that's GIS to Welsh-speakers, many of whom are flocking to the UK's first bi-lingual interactive mapping facility. Matthew Spencer explains more.(Government)
July 1, 2004... Many UK local authority projects are currently underway in an attempt to beat the the 2005 e-government deadline. For some, such as Ceredigion County Council in Wales, the deadline is academic, for reasons that will become clear.
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Putting on the style: Gottfried Borys relates how a new digital workflow solution boosts productivity and maintains cartographic excellence.(Cartography)
July 1, 2004... Skiffle king, the late Lonnie Donegan, summed it up in the refrain to his 1950s hit single, 'I sometimes have to smile, seeing all the young folks putting on the style.' The same could be said of commercial cartography, especially where the...
Managing the common operational picture: Hans-Peter Engelhardt and Hugh Sinclair describe the use of Geogrid[R] software in military planning.(Defence)
July 1, 2004... With the end of the Cold War, the needs of defence mapping organisations have changed radically. Today, lines of military engagement are rarely clear and the enemy is more likely to be one whose foot soldiers are armed with cellphones and RPG...
GIS and SETL: brothers-in-arms; In the battle against the data onslaught, Don Murray finds Spatial ETL (SETL) and GIS fighting a common cause.(Spatial Databases)
July 1, 2004... As stated in the June issue, MIS/database systems form the destination for data and ETL is nothing more than the pipe through which they are moved.
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50 years of change on the French Riviera: Samuel Robert describes the evolution of a territory-oriented GIS to study the mechanism of change.(GIS and Landuse Change)
July 1, 2004... Coastal areas popular with tourists are subject to high and ongoing levels of development. A case in point is the French Riviera, the Cote-d'Azur, situated between Nice and Menton (Fig. 1). Here, the influence of the Mediterranean and the Alps...
If you go down to the woods today ... you're likely to find researchers capturing data for a Europe-wide ecology project, as Miriam Alston relates.(Field Data Capture)
July 1, 2004... Researchers at Britain's Oxford University are investigating the genetic diversity, reproductive biology and local adaptation of ash tree species in Britain.
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Field data capture solutions: Mike Bedford goes foot-slogging to track down tools that can help streamline an essential but time-consuming activity.
July 1, 2004... Data capture--collecting information in the field for populating a database--is an essential element in keeping any GIS project up-to-date. Solutions vary from all-in-one dedicated GIS data.collection units to 'mix-and-match' systems comprising...
Abode Marketing.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... Abode Marketing (Oxford, England) has been set up to bring the latest aerial photography and mapping technology to the estate agency market. It will source new ultra-detailed aerial photography, customised town maps, site plans and property...
British Geological Survey.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... The British Geological Survey (Nottingham, England) has purchased the complete NEXTMap Britain elevation dataset of England and Wales from Intermap (Denver, Colorado) on behalf of the Natural Environment Research Council, for use within all of...
BKS Surveys.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... A consortium led by BKS Surveys (Coleraine, Northern Ireland) has won a contract to provide laser mapping services to the UK Highways Agency under a five-year framework agreement. The consortium will supply digital ground data using FLI-MAP...
CPS.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... Matrix Solo from CPS (Cambridge, England) can be integrated into a single standalone device--such as a vehicle tracker, child locator or handset--which will then deliver high accuracy positions in any environment and at less than I per...
Earth Resource Mapping.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... Earth Resource Mapping (ERM-Perth, Australia) has joined the OpenGIS Consortium Inc. (OGC). Stuart Nixon, CEO and founder of ERM said, "Our Image Web Server supports all four common imageserving protocols: OGC's Web Mapping Service protocol,...
GE Energy.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... The City Council of Logrono (Ayuntamiento de Logrono, Spain) recently purchased GE Energy's (Atlanta, Georgia) Smallworld Internet Application Server (SIAS) software. SGSmap will ensure localised implementation and the agreement includes...
Geokosmos (Moscow, Russia) is to distribute Applanix (Richmond Hill, Ontario) Position.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... Geokosmos (Moscow, Russia) is to distribute Applanix (Richmond Hill, Ontario) Position and Orientation (POS) systems. Geokosmos have exclusive rights for Russia, the Baltic States, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
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GGP Systems.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... Uttlesford District Council, near Saffron Walden in Essex, has implemented GGP Systems' (Croydon, England) GIS for displaying maps and council information on the web. It enables visitors to search on a property location, street name or planning...
Intergraph (Huntsville, Alabama) Mapping and Geospatial Solutions and Optech Incorporated.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... Intergraph (Huntsville, Alabama) Mapping and Geospatial Solutions and Optech Incorporated (Toronto, Ontario) have agreed to jointly market and further develop airborne flight management and data acquisition systems. Both companies will sell a...
ADC WorldMap (Appleton, Wisconsin) has announced a partnership with Maporama International.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... ADC WorldMap (Appleton, Wisconsin) has announced a partnership with Maporama International (Paris, France) which has integrated ADC WorldMap's latest cartographic data featuring 429,000 cities and 9.9 million kilometres of roads worldwide.
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PlanGraphics Inc.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... PlanGraphics Inc. (Frankfort, Kentucky) has acquired all the outstanding shares of London-based Xmarc Ltd. from Glendower Opportunity Partners II, incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Xmarc Ltd. has been the key value-added reseller of the Xmarc...
SIA Limited.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... SIA Limited (London, England) hosted a user group conference in May for clients using its dataMAP products and the SMART System. The conference was chaired by David Hand, principal policy officer at Teesdale District Council. Partners attending...
Space Imaging.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... Space Imaging (Denver, Colorado) is nearing completion of a contract to provide IKONOS imagery to the US Department of Defense for improved situational awareness of major defence installations. The contract was awarded in February 2003 by the...
Swift LG.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... Swift LG (Bristol. England) has announced five contract awards, further enhancing its position as a niche supplier of Land and Property Administration and GIS systems to local authorities in Britain. Dudley, Slough and Warrington Councils have...
Tekla.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... Latvia's national power company Latvenergo has ordered Tekla (Helsinki, Finland) Xpower for network information system expansion to 24 new electricity distribution districts. This is a part of a framework agreement signed in May 2003 that...
ICZMap, a joint venture between the UK Hydrographic Office (Taunton, England) the Ordnance Survey (Southampton, England) and the British Geological Survey (Nottingham, England) and the British Geological Survey (Nottingham, England).(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... ICZMap, a joint venture between the UK Hydrographic Office (Taunton, England) the Ordnance Survey (Southampton, England) and the British Geological Survey (Nottingham, England) is now moving on to the creation of a 3D model of the foreshore of...
Vexcel Corporation.(Business Briefs)
July 1, 2004... Vexcel Corporation (Boulder, Colorado) and Sanborn Mapping Company today announced that Sanborn has taken delivery of an UltraCam large-format digital camera. The UltraCam is manufactured in Austria by Vexcel Imaging GmbH and has a base...
Allied Images.(Hardware Briefs)
July 1, 2004... Allied Images (Northampton. England) is distributing the new Graphtec Corporation CS400 (24 bit) and CS300 (8 bit) large-format image scanners. These Imetre scanners use contact image sensor technology for accurate, high-resolution scanning of...
Garmin.(Hardware Briefs)
July 1, 2004... Garmin's (Kansas City, Kansas) new Forerunner 101 offers athletes and recreational walkers and runners an entry-level personal training device with GPS. It operates on two AAA batteries, stores lap histories for up to two years and users can...
BlueSky.(Software Briefs)
July 1, 2004... A new service for creating 3D visualisations of proposed developments has been launched by BlueSky (Leicester, England). Using advanced computer imaging technology and the latest high resolution aerial photography, different designs can be...