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ERDAS to Release IMAGINE OrthoBASE Pro
ERDAS, Inc. announces the upcoming release of IMAGINE OrthoBASE Pro™, a new ERDAS IMAGINE® add-on module which automatically extracts DTMs (Digital Terrain Model) from imagery. IMAGINE OrthoBASE Pro is an upgrade to IMAGINE OrthoBASE™, a powerful digital photogrammetry system that reduces the time and costs associated with creating ortho-accurate images for a GIS through increased automation and innovative block triangulation techniques. IMAGINE OrthoBASE Pro uses sophisticated and rigorous artificial intelligence techniques to automatically extract elevation information from imagery. Digital image matching techniques, commonly used for machine vision, automatically identify and match image points that appear on overlapping areas of a stereo pair (i.e., left and right overlapping images).Once the correct image positions have been identified and matched, the elevation for the ground point is automatically computed. All of the extracted 3D ground points are subsequently used to create a digital terrain model.
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www.erdas.com
Space Imaging to celebrate second anniversary of IKONOS Satellite launch
Space Imaging, the world's leader in providing Earth imagery and related services to commercial and government markets, announced today that the IKONOS satellite will celebrate its second anniversary in space Sept. 24. IKONOS, the world's first commercial high-resolution Earth imaging satellite, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Sept. 24, 1999. Since its launch IKONOS has logged many milestones. It has not only completed its 10,000th orbit around Earth in August 2001, but has also collected more than 20 million square kilometers of nearly cloud-free imagery. It has created more than 480,000 images and on average collects about 900 images per day. It has flown 450 million kilometers around the Earth collecting images over every continent on the Earth's surface.
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www.spaceimaging.com.
Intergraph Announces GeoSpatial World 2002 and Calls for Presentations
Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions has announced GeoSpatial World 2002, the Intergraph GeoSpatial Users Community (IGUC) International Training and Management Conference, June 10-12, 2002, in Atlanta, Georgia. Sponsored by IGUC and Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions, GeoSpatial World is a forum for training, networking, and industry insight, and provides a high-energy climate replete with new ideas and innovations to expand the application of geospatial information. GeoSpatial World is targeted at decision makers, managers, staff, and users who create or use geospatial information technology to meet needs in the public or private sector, or academia. The Call for Presentations for the conference expands the ways attendees can participate, including papers, invited sessions, workshops, panel discussions, and poster papers. Selected abstracts will showcase the expertise of Intergraph customers in real-world applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping software, solutions for enterprisewide mapping and GIS, and map and chart production. October 31, 2001, is the deadline for submissions. Conference program details can be found on the Web at
www.intergraph.com/geospatialworld.
ERDAS IMAGINE 8.5 Now Shipping
ERDAS, Inc. has announced that ERDAS IMAGINE® V8.5 - packed with powerful feature enhancements including upgrades to the mosaicking tool, advanced 3D visualization and scene creation capabilities, and MrSID's (Lizardtech, Inc.) space-saving compressor - is now available to customers. As the world's premier geographic imaging software suite, ERDAS IMAGINE has long provided tools for merging multiple images into a single, mosaicked image. And now, with an even easier-to-use mosaicking tool in ERDAS IMAGINE 8.5, users can create seamless output images with the use of specialized color balancing procedures that remove "hot spots" from aerial photography and other off-nadir imagery.
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DeLorme launches New Street Atlas USA(R) Deluxe
DeLorme has announced a new version of its popular Street Atlas USA software, America's leading CD-ROM mapping title. Street Atlas USA Deluxe is the first in the industry to offer travelers the ability to add their own routable and searchable roads. DeLorme also released the latest version of its easy-to-use Street Atlas USA 9.0, the best-selling street mapping software for personal and business travel needs. Street Atlas USA 9.0 features more than 6.2 million miles of routable roads and over 4 million points of interest including hotels, restaurants, ATMs, fuel stops, schools, and more. The ability to search for exit services with 24-hour gas stations, ATMs, food, and more -- within a radius of Interstate exits -- makes it easy to plan the best places to stop. The new Street Atlas USA Deluxe version contains all the data and many of the popular features found in Street Atlas USA 9.0, and is ideal for people looking for high-performance travel planning software. One advanced feature found in the Street Atlas USA Deluxe version is the ability for people to add their own roads. If they find their local street is missing, they can add it, name it, and route on it. New custom roads instantly become part of the Street Atlas USA Deluxe database. The new deluxe version also lets travelers plan and save multiple routes, perfect for long trips. Both versions of travel planning software work with GPS receivers, such as the DeLorme's Earthmate.
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Maptuit Targets Europe Through Tele Atlas Data for eGeo Applications
Maptuit, a leading supplier of location-based eGeo services, has announced a strategic relationship with Tele Atlas North America, Inc., a unit of Tele Atlas NV, under which Maptuit will continue to build its Western European services on Tele Atlas map data as it expands into that marketplace. Through its parent, Tele Atlas North America is providing Maptuit with the most comprehensive, accurate and extensive map data for Western Europe as the basis for Maptuit's eGeo services. E-Geo services are electronic mapping and navigation services based on current road networks and driving conditions that are being deployed throughout North America by transport and logistics customers.
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www.teleatlas.com
Les Postnikoff Joins Bentley as Global Vice President of Professional Services
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, has announced that Les Postnikoff has joined the Bentley Operations executive team as the Global Vice President of Professional Services. Three programs-Bentley Consulting, technical support and the Bentley Institute-become a single, unified organization under Postnikoff's leadership. Postnikoff comes to Bentley from Burnt Sand Solutions, Inc., a consulting company focusing on e-business solutions and integration, where he was instrumental in growing the business to over $72 million. He has been a consultant, project manager, client director, IT manager, and professional services vice president. He has worked for innovative technology pioneers such as Intergraph, GE, Oracle and SHL Systemhouse and has solved business and project implementation problems in 14 countries throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East.
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Asia News
TouchWays unveils portable e-kiosks
Hyderabad, Aug. 20 -TOUCHWAYS, a Hyderabad based e-kiosks company, has unveiled a range of portable, completely integrated touchscreen systems for Web-based public access kiosk applications and systems.
Facilitating access of information and transactions through its range of kiosks, Touchways, a division of Object Technology Solutions Inc (OTSI), offers systems that are useful for various e-applications.
Object Technology Solutions Inc, a US-based IT professional services and e-solutions organisation, with offices and representatives in US, Europe, West Asia, North Africa and India, is now in the process of reaching out solutions in India.
Targeted at automobile, banking, tourism, healthcare, retail industries and e-governance applications, TouchWays kiosks come in several options -- wall mount, counter top and other models, which could be mounted wherever convenient for use.
These kiosks come with patented, internal wire management system, sealed ports and slots that prevent tampering.
Source:- The Hindu Business Line
China to Launch 6 Satellites for 2008 Olympic Games
China will begin from next year to launch 6 weather satellites in succession to provide all-round weather service for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. According to Beijing Evening reports, the Fengyun 1 D satellite (Fengyun means wind and cloud in Chinese) is to be launched by Long March 4 rocket carrier before next June.
The satellite will offer weather service for 2008 Olympics by providing long and short term weather reports and air environment analysis, says Li Huang, vice director of China Meteorological Administration.
As is known from the National Satellite Meteorological Center, China will launch another 5 satellites before 2008, they are FY 2 C in 2003, FY 3 A in 2004, FY 3 B and FY 3 C in 2006 and FY 3 C in 2008. Nearly every year there is a satellite to be launched to guarantee Olympic success.
With a service life of 2 to 3 years, these satellites will monitor and forecasts sand storm, tornado, thunder and lightning and air quality, as well as heavy rain, thunderstorm and hailstone.
Source:- People's Daily 08/18/2001
Henan Adopts On-line College Enrollment
ZHENGZHOU, August 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Universities and colleges in central China's Henan Province have adopted the method of enrolling students via the Internet.
Cui Muyue, Vice-President of Zhengzhou University said that only 60 staff are participating in the on-line enrollment work this year, compared with the 400 staff involved in enrollment work last year.
From this year, college enrollment work in the province will no longer utilize paper-related documents.
To ensure the smooth operation of the enrollment work, Henan has spent 5.7 million yuan (about 686,700 U.S. dollars to perfect the on-line enrollment system, which adopted software issued by the Ministry of Education.
Officials in charge of the enrollment work told Xinhua that on- line enrollment has improved efficiency and ensured the fairness of the enrollment work.
Source:- Xinhua News Agency
