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October 2000
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16th - 23rd October 2000 |
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Census Monitoring Board Notes Census Bureau's 'High Level of Commitment' Following Visits to 51 Local Census Offices
[ 23/10/2000 ]
The U.S. Census Monitoring Board, in a report issued, noted a "high level of commitment, illustrated by the Census Bureau, local census offices (LCOs) and especially local communities, to Census 2000."
VISTAinfo Licenses CAP Index Crime Vulnerability Data Cap; Index Data Enhances VISTAinfo's Risk Information Services For The Real Estate Industry
[ 23/10/2000 ]
The data provide neighborhood safety and crime vulnerability information to a broad range of interested customers, including residential and commercial real estate agents and prospective property buyers as well as insurance agents, appraisers, environmental executives, engineers, investment bankers, and legal professionals.
Sea Launch Delays Thuraya Satellite Launch
[ 23/10/2000 ]
Sea Launch has rescheduled the launch of the Thuraya-1 satellite to Friday, Oct. 20. The 45-minute launch window will open at 10:52 p.m. PDT.
Online Digimap service offers vital digital map data to universities in the U.K.
[ 20/10/2000 ]
Staff and students are using the online Digimap service to gain vital digital mapping data for both teaching and research. Digimap is free at the point of use in each of 49 subscribing higher education institutions.
Lucent Public Safety Systems and Xmarc Team to Develop a Mapping Service for Wireless E9-1-1 Emergency Response
[ 20/10/2000 ]
PSMap will deliver reliable and accurate maps to the nation's public safety call centers -- or Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) -- assisting them in meeting the challenges of responding to wireless E9-1-1 calls.
Census Bureau Releases Asian and Pacific Islander Population Report
[ 20/10/2000 ]
The Commerce Department's Census Bureau released a report that brings together under one cover data on a wide range of topics related to the Asian and Pacific Islander population.
Oceanlake Commerce to Deliver Mobile Commerce Solutions with HP
[ 20/10/2000 ]
The alliance enables Oceanlake Commerce and HP Canada to co-develop and market new M-Commerce solutions based on HP's industry-leading technology.
Lockheed Martin Awarded Government-Wide Environmental Services Contact
[ 20/10/2000 ]
Under this government-wide contract, Lockheed Martin's Systems Support & Training Services will help customers meet environmental regulations requirements, assess ecological risks, and plan environmental remedies and strategies.
BLM awards The Orkand Corporation two projects under $98.5M BPA
[ 20/10/2000 ]
The 0rkand Corporation has won two task orders from the Bureau of Land Management to provide consumer off the shelf (COTS) software evaluation and management, and to provide technical expertise in Geographic Information System and remote sensing technologies.
Forlink to Provide HP China's Mobile E-Services with WAP Applications and Solutions
[ 16/10/2000 ]
Forlink and HP will work together in areas such as project development, marketing promotion and OEM sales in the rapidly developing Chinese market. Forlink will also port its own-developed wireless solution named For-Wap to HP Wap environments.
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It's Magic... Nine companies come together as the MAGIC Services Initiative
[ 23/10/2000 ]
Nine companies actively involved in location-based services, such as mobile and automotive navigation, telematics and geographic information, have come together as the MAGIC Services Initiative to develop and release a universal, open standard.
Dr. Joel Orr's "Collaboration with Extranets Seminar Series" Comes to Asia/Pacific Regions
[ 23/10/2000 ]
The "Godfather of Project Extranets" Comes to Asia and the Pacific Regions to Help Companies in Building-Related Industries Use the Internet for More Efficient Operations
Convergent-Schlumberger Merges
[ 20/10/2000 ]
Convergent Group Corporation announced the signing of a definitive agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Schlumberger Limited, under the terms of which the Schlumberger subsidiary will acquire approximately 71.7 percent of the outstanding common shares of Convergent Group, including all shares held by the public, for $8.00 per share in cash.
SCC Communications Corp. Acquires Lucent Public Safety Systems
[ 20/10/2000 ]
Under this agreement SCC will acquire Lucent Public Safety Systems (LPSS), an internal venture of Lucent Technologies and a leading provider of 9-1-1 support hardware and software to the telecommunications market. SCC will issue approximately 6.1 million shares of common stock in the acquisition.
Vicinity and Phone.com Collaborate to Deliver Location-Based Wireless Services
[ 20/10/2000 ]
Vicinity's BrandFinder is a Web and wireless application that gives users the ability to search nearly 300 of their favorite brands and locate the retailers and service providers nearest to them.
Talarian Infrastructure Chosen to Power Locate Networks' New Nationwide Wireless Location-Based Services
[ 20/10/2000 ]
Talarian Corporation a leading provider of real-time infrastructure software, announced that Locate Networks, Inc., a provider of wireless location-based services to manage and locate valuable assets and people, has selected the Talarian(TM) SmartSockets(R) middleware product to support the infrastructure of their nationwide wireless service and products.
Two strong partners with one solution -Intergraph and ZIEGLER-Informatics form powerful team in the GIS market
[ 20/10/2000 ]
Beginning in October, more than 1,500 CADdy customers of ZIEGLER-Informatics, with more than 4,000 installations, will receive Intergraph's GeoMedia product as a free extension of ZIEGLER's CAD systems within the existing framework of their service contracts.
Milan Polytechnic chooses Global Geomatics’ technology to GeoEnhanced™ VVF software
[ 20/10/2000 ]
Global Geomatics Inc., announces the integration of its technology, in VVF ITALIA (Valutazione Vocazionalita’ Faunistica-Habitat Suitability Assessment).
MapInfo Joins Oracle’s Wireless Partner Initiative
[ 20/10/2000 ]
MapInfo is among the first of Oracle’s partner companies to join this initiative, enabling organizations to deliver fast, powerful, efficient location services to the field, via PDAs, wireless phones, handheld computers and standard phones connected to interactive voice recognition systems.
MapInfo Anticipates Record Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results
[ 20/10/2000 ]
The Company expects to report record revenues of approximately $27.0 million, record operating income of approximately $4.1 million, and record EPS of approximately $0.19 per post-split share for the three months ended September 30, 2000, reflecting strong operating performance in the Americas and Europe.
MapInfo SpatialWare Named Best Specialized Data Management Solution by CMP Media’s Intelligent Enterprise Magazine
[ 20/10/2000 ]
MapInfo’s SpatialWare enables enterprises to efficiently maximize the value of location-based data in daily business activities.
Smart Data Strategies Launches eMapsPlus.com GIS Data Distribution Portal
[ 16/10/2000 ]
eMapsPlus.com combines SDS' twelve years of digital mapping and GIS data management experience with the data resources of a variety of governmental and private-sector organizations across North America.
"Indirect GPS" CDMA Timing Products Shipping
[ 16/10/2000 ]
The Praecis products are the first, low-cost, CDMA-based timing products in the industry. Like cellular telephones, Praecis operates reliably inside buildings.
IBM, ESRI Alliance Targets Fast-Growing Government Marketplace for Geographical Information Systems
[ 16/10/2000 ]
IBM and Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (ESRI) announced a global strategic alliance designed to serve the emerging marketplace for Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
DRI and Orbital Agree to Software Development Alliance
[ 16/10/2000 ]
Digital Recorders, Inc. (DRI) announced that its has signed an agreement with Orbital Sciences Corporation's Transportation Management Systems (TMS) Division to combine two complementary GPS-based products into a single unit for the public transit industry.
New From The Centre for Topographic Information ... Virtually Canada
[ 16/10/2000 ]
Anyone who wants to consult topographic information for Canada would be
interested in Toporama. You can get the product simply by downloading it from
the Internet.
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InfoGation Offers Motorists Advanced Navigation With Real-Time Traffic Updates Format to print
[ 20/10/2000 ]
InfoGation Corp., a leading developer of telematics software and services connecting cars to the Internet, announced the immediate availability of Odyssey 2000, the first in-vehicle navigation product offering real-time traffic updates to United States drivers.
CSI Wireless to enable Low-cost Vehicle & Asset Tracking in North & South
America
[ 20/10/2000 ]
In conjunction with Convergence 2000 in Detroit, Michigan, the premier automotive electronics conference in the world, CSI Wireless unveiled an innovative new technology solution integrating GPS with wireless packet data communications.
Gravitate Enters Location Precise Wireless Market, Unveils Unique Software Platform Solution Format to print
[ 20/10/2000 ]
Gravitate Inc., a provider of best-of-breed enabling technologies and applications for Location Precise wireless services, entered the market with the unveiling of the Gravitate Platform, the first comprehensive software solution supporting rapid development and delivery of Location Precise services to mobile devices and telematic systems
Image Web Server in ‘The Australian Financial Review Awards’
[ 20/10/2000 ]
Earth Resource Mapping’s Image Web Server technology has been selected as a finalist in The Australian Financial Review Internet Awards, under the category ‘Internet Application’, to be announced on the 28th of November 2000 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney.
Tripod Data Systems Adds Support and Function to Survey Link for Survey Pro CE
[ 20/10/2000 ]
Tripod Data Systems announced the release of Survey Link for Windows CE version 7.1. This version adds more
support for Survey Pro for Windows CE and enhanced geodetic functions.
IMAGINE OrthoBASE Supports CNN's `Real Time' Reporting
[ 20/10/2000 ]
ERDAS software is used by thousands of professional planners, scientists, businesses, and citizens group around the world to gather information from various types of geographic imagery, including the latest high-resolution satellite imagery and aerial photography.
Enhanced Pocket PC Navigator GPS Software Planned with Etak Map Data
[ 20/10/2000 ]
Under the agreement, Pharos' Pocket PC Navigator software will use EtakMap Premium digital map data in MapBase(R), an interchange ASCII format, to generate moving/rotating map displays and driving directions on Windows Powered Pocket PC devices.
@TRACK-COMMUNICATIONS(ATRK) @Track Communications, Inc. Reaches New Milestone With More Than 60,000 Units Now in Service On Its Wireless Communications Network
[ 16/10/2000 ]
@Track Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATRK), a leading provider of wireless-based vehicle fleet management and intelligent mobile-asset-tracking solutions, has surpassed 60,000 mobile communications units in service on its wireless network,
Global Geomatics’ OGDI technology integration in Colombian Oil Company: ECOPETROL
[ 16/10/2000 ]
The extended VAR agreement between Digeos and Global Geomatics will now increase the geodata reach of the oil company Ecopetrol.
deciBel Planner UMTS module Announced at UMTS Congress 2000
[ 16/10/2000 ]
UMTS Congress 2000 - Barcelona, Spain Northwood Technologies Inc. announced its new UMTS module for use with the deciBel Planner® wireless network planning solution.
CACI Releases New Version of SIMPROCESS(R)
[ 16/10/2000 ]
With new features that simplify Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation, especially as it applies to improving marketing and supply chains for both e-Business and ``brick and mortar'' organizations, SIMPROCESS provides greater process-modeling capability than ever before, at reduced time and cost.
Eagle Point™ Announces Full Support for Internet-Based Platforms
[ 16/10/2000 ]
Eagle Point announced that Eagle Point 2000 Civil/Survey and LANDCADD™ 2000 have passed rigorous testing and now officially support the AutoCAD 2000i, AutoCAD Map 2000i, and Windows 2000 platforms.
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