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STORIES
Ambulance trusts in England join mapping agreement
Following the launch of a pilot agreement aimed at encouraging the use of computerised mapping across the National Health Service (NHS), every ambulance trust in England is to benefit from greater access to Ordnance Survey’s most detailed digital geographic information from this month onwards. The plan is to ensure health providers get the reliable information they need to improve patient care while making the most efficient possible use of their resources. 
DOI and USGS receives Excellence.Gov Award for Geospatial One-Stop portal
The Department of Interior (DOI) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) recently won the Excellence.Gov award for the Geospatial One-Stop Web portal.
Arkansa to get imagery from Earthdata to support Tornado emergency management
EarthData agreed to produce 1-meter orthoimagery as quickly as possible to map the tornado's destruction in response to Arkansas Geographic Information Office (AGIO) request to support the state's response to the April 2 tornado that destroyed a reported 80 percent of Marmaduke, Arkansas in USA.
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INTERVIEW
 Joern Tjaden
Head of Technical Division
Galileo Joint Undertaking
Galileo has cleared the path for the arrival of next-generation positioning. It would change the way many people work around the globe. In this interview with GIS Development, Joern Tjaden, Head of Technical Division of Galileo Joint Undertaking tells about the significance, the present status of Galileo and the future of positioning.
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ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
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Wetlands along the Dhansiri River channel, Assam
M. K. Dutta
Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR)
Jorhat 785006, Assam
P. Kotoky
Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR)
Jorhat 785006, Assam
Most of the swampy lands in Assam are formed as ox-bow lakes or abandoned channel scattered all over the active flood plains of the mighty Brahmaputra River system. A few of these water bodies, however, owe their origin to depressions caused as a result of earthquakes.
Understanding LIDAR for Resource Management
Mudit Mathur
1341 S-2 RK Purum
New Delhi-30
Jasbir Sandhu
J3/79 Malviyanagar
New Delhi-17
LiDAR is an appropriate complement to existing photogrammetric technologies, and it offers substantial benefits in terms of increased data collection efficiencies and accuracy levels. As LiDAR becomes more sophisticated and refined, uses for the technology will expand.
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CORPORATE
OGC and IAI join forces to advance joint standards
The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) and the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to strengthen open standards based interoperability between systems used by the building infrastructure community and the broader geospatial, architecture, engineering, construction and IT communities.
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board receives award for petroleum mapping
Alberta, Canada, 6 April 2006: The Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) was presented with an Award of Excellence at ESRI Canada's tenth annual ESRI Regional User Conference in Calgary on April 6. Alex Miller, President of ESRI Canada, presented the Award in recognition of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board’s innovative applications for petroleum mapping, analysis, and visualization.
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NEW PRODUCTS
Topcon introduces Paradigm G3 chip
Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) recently introduced the Paradigm G3 chip, a new technology that sets the standard for the future of satellite positioning. The G3 chip with its patented Universal Signal Tracking capabilities has 72 universal channels that can receive signals from up to 36 satellites simultaneously.
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