1^st - 7^th April 2001

NASA Sticks With April 19 Shuttle Launch Date  [ 07/04/2001 ]
NASA will try to launch shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station on April 19 and an April 28 Russian Soyuz taxi flight to the complex will be delayed if need be to give the crew on the outpost a breather between upcoming visits

Tibet To Monitor Environment with Remote Sensing Technology  [ 07/04/2001 ]
A remote sensing system will be set up in the next couple of years in the Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China, to monitor the region's environment, according to sources.

GSLV will be launched later this month  [ 06/04/2001 ]
GSLV D-1 will be launched later this month anytime between 15 - 25 April. 2001.

Africa's Great Rift Valley is Widening  [ 06/04/2001 ]
GPS monitoring System has revealed that Africa's Great Rift Valley is widening which bisects the continent from the Red Sea in the North

2000 Census Data Uncovers the "Melting-Pot" of America  [ 06/04/2001 ]
TETRAD Computer Applications have analyzed the newly released 2000 Census Data to reveal some interesting racial patterns. Applying Targeting to the percentage of population by race in counties shows that Queens, New York is the Melting-Pot County in America.

Sun lets loose monumental flare  [ 05/04/2001 ]
The sun has unleashed one the most powerful solar flares in 25 years, solar scientists said on Tuesday. The intense spike of energy originated late Monday from a gigantic sunspot, which has already spawned numerous solar storms that in recent days disrupted communications and produced auroras on Earth.

NASA Satellite Finds Massive New Antarctic Iceberg  [ 05/04/2001 ]
New NASA satellite pictures released on Tuesday shows crevasses and other surface fractures forming in a recently discovered crack in the Antarctic ice. The rapidly spreading crack was discovered last week by the Landsat 7 satellite as it examined hidden continental features.

High Speed Net Solutions successfully maps ocean floor for Navy  [ 04/04/2001 ]
High Speed Net Solutions, announced that its Summus Side Scan Sonar Image Analysis software has successfully completed its first Navy field test in the Pacific Ocean, opening the way for more effective undersea exploration.

Wireless Data Solutions to provide turnkey Waste Management Tracking solution  [ 03/04/2001 ]
Wireless Data Solutions Inc, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary DINET will provide its Wireless Fleet Tracking Systems to Veit Disposal Systems, one of the largest providers of demolition, disposal, environmental, site preparation and other specialized construction services by using their wireless fleet tracking systems incorporate a combination of sensors, mapping software and GPS.

USGS Launches New Flood Tracking Website for South Dakota  [ 07/04/2001 ]
A new Flood Tracking Website has been launched by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Resources Office in South Dakota. Aimed at providing hydrological information to emergency management and other essential government agencies

ERDAS IMAGINE® Tops NIMA's Pathfinder Ratings-Again  [ 07/04/2001 ]
ERDAS IMAGINE® software has earned one of the top ratings from the Pathfinder program. Conducted via the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), the Pathfinder program is designed to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the capabilities of commercially available software.

ERDAS® Waives ArcView Image Analysis Licensing Fee for ESRI's Educational Programs  [ 07/04/2001 ]
ERDAS®, Inc. announces that it will waive the ArcView Image Analysis licensing fee for schools that participate in both ESRI's Higher Education and K-12 District Site License programs, making the sophisticated tool available at no cost to participants - effective immediately.

Orbimage Introduces New OrbView Cities Plus Product Line  [ 06/04/2001 ]
OrbView Cities Plus, based on ISTAR's high resolution aerial imagery, provides exceptional mapping accuracy.

Geography Markup Language version 2.0 released by OGC  [ 05/04/2001 ]
OGC has announced the release of Geography Markup Language version 2.0. OGC views it as a significant milestone in the development of truly interoperable architectures for the use of spatial information between commercial applications.

@Road introduces GarNet solution for improved location accuracy  [ 04/04/2001 ]
@Road has announced the availability of GarNet(TM) (GPS-assistance reference network), a terrestrial network of GPS receivers designed to provide enhanced data and time information to GPS-equipped wireless devices for high-speed information acquisition and improved location accuracy.

India to buy Russian seismic sensor- Geophyzpribor  [ 04/04/2001 ]
India is planning to buy a large number of Russian seismic instruments, Geophyzpribor, to equip a national network of earthquake monitoring stations being set up in the aftermath of the January 26 killer quake in Gujarat.

Hagstrom's New, Digitized New York City 5 Borough Atlas Hits The Streets  [ 03/04/2001 ]
The most impressive atlas for the world's most impressive city- New York will be available from April 4. Hagstrom's New York City 5 Borough Atlas represents a complete re-mapping of New York and its five boroughs through digital maps.

Trimble Unveils Portfolio of Enhanced 3D Machine Control Solutions  [ 03/04/2001 ]
Trimble has introduced key enhancements to its SiteVision(TM) GPS machine control system. The two enhancements include the SiteVision Auto option, and a single-antenna version for scrapers. The products are designed to offer contractors tools for improving accuracy, efficiency and overall project productivity on the jobsite.

Remote-sensing cell for bursting Delhi's planners  [ 03/04/2001 ]
Delhi will be finally getting its own Remote Sensing Application Centre. Finance Minister Mahinder Singh Saathi has proposed to be set up a centre, which will record images from satellites IRS-1C and IRS-1D once every 11 days.

Bentley Releases Architecture for MicroStation TriForma  [ 03/04/2001 ]
Bentley Systems has announced the release of Architecture for MicroStation TriForma. This parametric modeling product offers architects unique topological modeling capabilities, automated extraction of production drawings and reports, and tight integration with related Bentley applications

OGC Issues RFP for Feature Geometry [ 05/04/2001 ]
The Open GIS Consortium (OGC) has announced the availability of the OpenGIS Feature Geometry Request for Proposals for public review. The new interfaces will build on the OpenGIS Simple Features Specification to address feature collections and more complex objects and concepts including curves and surfaces in 2D and 3D, arcs and circle interpolations, conics, polynomial splines, topology and solids.

MapInfo Acquires Leading Australian Software Company ERSIS  [ 06/04/2001 ]
MapInfo Australia Pty Ltd, a leading location-based business intelligence software developer, today announced it has purchased Brisbane-based ERSIS Pty Ltd, a privately owned Australian software and data development company.

First joint venture of its kind for Ordnance Survey with PointX  [ 05/04/2001 ]
Ordnance Survey is entering a unique partnership to create a definitive positional index of millions of points of interest (POI) in Britain, both natural and man-made. It is teamed up with two other leading companies in a groundbreaking joint venture designed to meet the growing demand for information services based on mobile technology and the Internet.

@Road and InterGis collaborate to offer enhanced Mobile Resource Management Solution  [ 05/04/2001 ]
@Road and InterGis have announced the availability of a new service offering that integrates @Road LocationSmart technology with InterGis Visual Control Room (VCR) software. The new service provides an enhanced solution designed to help customers reduce field service costs while improving productivity and customer service.

AirFlash and CellPoint join forces to offer integrated end-to-end LBS  [ 04/04/2001 ]
AirFlash and CellPoint have announced a partnership to jointly deliver end-to-end location-based services to GSM mobile operator customers worldwide. The companies plan to develop a turnkey solution for developing and deploying location-based services.

Safe Software Signs $1.1M Enterprise License Agreement with Major US Telco  [ 03/04/2001 ]
Safe Software Inc., a leader in spatial data access solutions, announces that it has entered into an Enterprise license agreement with a major US telecommunications company under which it will supply FME ESRI Suite software to the Telco and all of its subsidiaries.

Lower prices open more doors to ADDRESS-POINT  [ 07/04/2001 ]
Ordnance Survey is dramatically cutting the cost of ADDRESS-POINT, its detailed dataset that allows users to rapidly pinpoint more than 25 million British postal addresses.

VARGIS Selected for New York's State-wide Mapping Project  [ 07/04/2001 ]
VARGIS is leading a multi-participant team to create 1 and 2 foot pixel resolution digital orthoimagery for the State. The New York Office for Technology (OFT) has awarded its Statewide digital Orthoimagery Program to VARGIS, LLC of Herndon, VA.

Autodesk Outlines Business Strategy During Address to Investors  [ 06/04/2001 ]
Autodesk will outline its business strategy for 2001 and beyond. Autodesk will also announce plans to launch a new subscription-based software delivery service that will make it easier for customers to receive new software solutions and enhancements.

Paradigm Geophysical Acquires GeoScene Product Suite  [ 05/04/2001 ]
Paradigm Geophysical Limited has announced that it has acquired the GeoScene product suite and related customer services from Oilfield Systems Limited, of Southampton, UK. This acquisition is one of several that Paradigm has recently concluded in its goal to become the oil and gas industry's leading geoscience solutions provider.

Nera wins two new Land Earth Station Contracts  [ 04/04/2001 ]
Nera, a Norwegian company, has won one contract with a telecom operator in Singapore and another contract with Hellenic Telecom Organisation (OTE) in Greece to deliver land earth stations. Both contracts will be carried out in 2001 and 2002.

Intergraph awarded $15.6 Million from the FLCS, Russia  [ 04/04/2001 ]
Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions has announced the Federal Land Cadastre Service (FLCS) of Russia has awarded the company two contracts valued at $15.6 million (U.S.) to support the Land Reform Implementation Support (LARIS) project.

Speck charts out overseas plans  [ 04/04/2001 ]
SPECK Systems Ltd, a Hyderabad-based company specialising in geomatics and spatial technologies, has drawn up plans to establish offices in Europe and the US and is in the process of finalising strategic alliances with overseas companies.

ImageAmerica Announces Ortho Project For The County of Sacramento, CA  [ 03/04/2001 ]
ImageAmerica Inc. has announced that it had begun production of a TerraSource DirectOrtho Startup product for the County of Sacramento, CA. The TerraSource product will provide us with a highly accurate orthophoto map of the County, at a substantial savings in both time and cost.