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Millionth milestone for Ordnance Survey Options
The Ordnance Survey Options network has supplied its one millionth order for digital map data. The milestone was reached through an order fulfilled by the mapping outlet Latitude, based in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.
Bulgarian Cadastre Agency to have digital informative system
Bulgaria's Cadastre Agency is preparing a digital informative system that would be used for the drawing up of the real estates maps. A cadastre map to comprise 8% of Bulgaria's territory is now ready.
Europeans develop food-tracking system
A European consortium group has developed technology to trace food from farm to the table. The GeoTraceAgri project is important for Europe, where consumers are more concerned about the origins of food and less likely to go by brand names, researchers said.
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Does Oracle plan to build a GIS applications shell?
Xavier Lopez
Oracle
No, we have no plans to build GIS applications shell, we concentrate on business, CRM, ERP, resource and financial applications. Many of these are used in e-government. What we are trying to do is enable these applications with location based capabilities. We can build GIS applications, but just because we can doesn’t mean we should. Oracle wants to invest in partners. We are focusing where the market is growing – its in the mainstream and that’s why we are location-enabling our own applications because that is mainstream. The global GIS software industry is just $2.2 billion.
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ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
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Technology and Land Administration: Developments and Innovations
Paul van der Molen
Director
The Netherlands Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency
Land Administration includes processes of land registration, cadastre, valuation and land inventory. Every country in the world pursues these activities in one form or another (UN 2001). Developing countries are challenged by pro poor land management and administration (UN 2004), and aim at enhancing the services of the authorities as soon as possible.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
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The next batch for 2 months full-time training programme (GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing) to start from 6TH March 2006. To register log on:
http://www.gisinstitute.net
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 CORPORATE
Bentley acquires Cook-Hurlbert
Bentley Systems, Incorporated recently announced that it has acquired the assets of Cook-Hurlbert of Austin, Texas, a provider of engineering design software for electric and gas distribution networks. Larry Hurlbert and Vonnie Cook Smith from Cook-Hurlbert have accepted senior positions with Bentley.
MapInfo reports revenue of $38.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2006
MapInfo Corporation recently reported net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2006 calculated on a non-GAAP basis (excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense) of $2.3 million, or $0.11 per share. On a GAAP basis, net income for the first fiscal quarter of 2006 was $1.6 million, or $0.08 per share, on revenue of $38.9 million.
Rolta and Orion Technology form partnership
Rolta International, Inc., and Orion Technology Inc., recently announced a partnership agreement. Under the terms of the partnership, Rolta International, Inc. will provide implementation services for Orion Technology's OnPoint Suite of web-GIS products to utility and government organizations.
EVC becomes reseller of SPOT Image products
East View Cartographic (EVC) has recently announced that they are now an authorized reseller of SPOT Image satellite imagery products. EVC can provide SPOT imagery covering almost the entire world as stand-alone scenes or as part of a broader geospatial solution.
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