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September 2000
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16th - 22nd September 2000 |
| Application of GIS |
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| Business News |
Trimble Expands GPS Infrastructure Solutions
[ 21/09/2000 ]
Trimble announced today a new solution for Global Positioning System (GPS)
infrastructure, the Virtual Reference Station (VRS). The VRS enables
centimeter-level positioning without the need to set up a local reference
station.
Global Geomatics Inc. signs strategic reselling agreement with Co-ordinates Inc. of India
[ 21/09/2000 ]
Global Geomatics Inc., geoenhancingTM enterprise information systems,
announces a strategic Sales Agreement with Co-ordinates Inc. of New Delhi,
India.
Pixxures Acquires Boyd GeoMatics
[ 18/09/2000 ]
Pixxures, Inc. Canada announced today that it has purchased Calgary-based Boyd
Geo-Matics, Ltd., a web-based provider of geospatial data, GIS software, aerial
imagery, and mapping products.
Webraska and CT Motion cooperate to develop mapping and routing-enhanced mobile location services
[ 18/09/2000 ]
Joint development will integrate detailed location-aware mapping and routing
information with personalised mobile commerce applications.
Launch of Asian Journal
[ 18/09/2000 ]
Asian Journal of Geoinformatics (AJG) is being launched from September 2000.
This journal is the main activity of Asian Remote Sensing Research Information
Network (ARSRIN) under Asian Association of Remote Sensing (AARS).
Haestad Methods Watercad Model used for Student Design Project Competition
[ 18/09/2000 ]
Haestad Methods is pleased to announce that three engineering students from the
University of Portland won the 2000 Parsons Brinckerhoff Student Design Project
Competition at the ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI)
Conference in Minneapolis.
TXU Electric & Gas Adopts Tadpole's Mapping Software For Field Operations
[ 18/09/2000 ]
Tadpole-Cartesia, the field mapping software business unit of m-business leader
Tadpole Technology plc, today announced the enterprise adoption of its Conic
software solutions by TXU Electric & Gas.
Apic SA software publishing partner, ABSIA, opens New York office and Launches Telecoms product with Alcatel
[ 17/09/2000 ]
As part of the company's strategic development and strengthened by its
technological leadership, ABSIA is keen to enhance its global presence. To
achieve this, the company decided to ride the wave currently sweeping through
the IRP market and opened its first subsidiary in New York in early
June.
Intergraph Inducts Gaz Metropolitain into Prestigious 100% Club
[ 17/09/2000 ]
Intergraph Canada Ltd. today inducted Gaz Metropolitain, the major distributor
of natural gas in Quebec, into its prestigious 100 Percent Club.
With MapInfo, Sydney Olympics Are Off and Running
[ 16/09/2000 ]
MapInfo Corporation today announced that the Sydney Organizing Committee for the
Olympic Games (SOCOG) used MapInfo technology to create hundreds of maps for the
longest torch relay in the history of the modern games.
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Tech Updates |
CellPoint Expands Location Technologies With Network-Based Solution [ 21/09/2000 ]
CellPoint, London announces the introduction of a new location method that can
locate every mobile user in any GSM network. The new location technology
developed by CellPoint can be used to provide location services regardless of
GSM terminal.
Starlink announces the first ultra-portable DGPS system
[ 18/09/2000 ]
The new Invicta 210L receiver, weighing only 15 ounces and measuring .875"h x
4.125"w x 7.375"d, creates a new class of high performance, sub-meter DGPS
receiver. When combined with Starlink's TBA series antenna, the Invicta 210L
provides a truly lightweight, low profile, high-performance positioning package.
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