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STORIES
Digital mapping market growing in China
Digital navigation maps accessed from vehicles and mobile phones are an indicator of China’s future mobile lifestyle, as more Chinese turn to them for directions.
U.S. policy shift pushes back plans for new GPS satellites
Long-pending Pentagon plans to solicit bids for a new generation of significantly enhanced, more-powerful Global Positioning Satellites have been delayed at least a year, partly due to Air Force policy changes that stress less-risky, incremental acquisition of new space hardware, according to military and industry officials.
District in Ghana to start multi-purpose database mapping project
The Jasikan District in Ghana is to benefit from a multi-purpose database mapping and monitoring project to facilitate planning and provide information about the district's infrastructure, resources and economic viability.
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EVENTS
Intergraph 2006
12-15, June 2006
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Orlando, Florida, USA
Coast GIS 2006
July 12 - 16, 2006
University of Wollongong,
Australia
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ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
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Close-Range Photogrammetry
James R. Williamson
123 Photogrammetry
Pearland, Texas, USA
Many years ago the standard commercial method of collecting the photography was with large format cameras of one kind/type/brand or another, and the purpose was that of cartography (map making)…
Address-Based Geospatial Applications: A Case Study of Trabzon, Turkey
 Volkan Yildirm
Department of Geodesy and Photogrammetry Engineering,Karadeniz Technical University,
Trabzon, Turkey
 Tahsin Yomralioglu
Department of Geodesy and Photogrammetry Engineering
Karadeniz Technical University,
Trabzon, Turkey
Since the emergence of GIS, and the growing importance of Geographical Information (GI) in mainstream data processing, the address has also gained importance as a universal property identifier…
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ANNOUNCEMENT
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CORPORATE
Microsoft acquires Vexcel Corporation
This deal, the second in the past six months for Microsoft’s Virtual Earth business unit, was done to enhance the talent, technologies, products and services dedicated to fulfilling Microsoft’s broad vision for best-of-breed local search and mapping solutions.
Infoterra achieves 20 per cent growth in 2005
Infoterra Ltd. announced that it achieved 20 per cent growth in 2005. This represents the company’s third consecutive year of growth, during which time it has doubled turnover to become a £19 million business.
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NEW PRODUCTS
Garmin launches StreetPilot 2820
StreetPilot 2820, a automotive and motorcycle navigation device for customers, builds upon the StreetPilot 2700 series. It incorporates Bluetooth wireless connectivity and a hands-free calling interface.
TerraGo Technologies announces export to shapefile functionality using Adobe Reader
Utilizing the new GeoPDF Toolbar, Adobe Reader users can add comments, redlines, and markups to geospatially enabled GeoPDF files and then export the information back into the original GIS system.
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Dr. Hrishikesh Samant
