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GITA Announces Newly Expanded RFP Central
The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) is pleased to announce a newly expanded RFP Central available through its Web site, www.gita.org. The new RFP Central is helping GITA members gain access to the millions of dollars the multilateral development banks spend each year on GIS hardware, software, and conversion services. GITA's new RFP Central gives members access to domestic as well as international markets, and it summarizes bank projects with GIS components and provides a link to the full project descriptions at the various banks; posts current GIS tenders put out by the banks; provides e-mail links to the overseas IT/GIS industry specialists of the Department of Commerce; reports on current GIS-related project feasibility studies and activities of the U.S. Trade & Development Agency; summarizes and links domestic Commerce Business Daily (CBD) GIS tenders put out by various U.S. Government agencies; provides links to all state procurement agencies and state GIS offices; and provides access to the daily issues of the CBD, Federal Register, and Congressional Record. RFP Central can be found at www.gita.org/chapters/rfp_central/rfp_main.html
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Tierravision selects GDT Street Information to power advanced wireless mapping product
Geographic Data Technology, Inc., a developer of premier map databases, today announced that Tierravision Ltd. has incorporated GDT's street data into Tierravision Micromap, an advanced wireless mapping product supporting real-time downloads of map data and content for wireless devices. GDT will provide the U.S. and Canadian street information that allows Tierravision Micromap to display maps and provide geographically relevant, real-time content over wireless devices running PocketPC, Palm, J2ME, and other operating systems. With Tierravision Micromap, users can find addresses, zoom in and out of a specified geography, and download real-time information such as highway traffic or weather reports.
Visit:- www.geographic.com.
Lizardtech Appoints New President And CEO
LizardTech, Inc. announced today that Bill Patterson has joined the company as its new president and CEO. Patterson will direct worldwide strategies to drive long-term business growth and market acceptance of LizardTech's MrSID® and DjVu® product lines, making the highest quality digital content accessible to customers around the world. Patterson brings more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing, development and planning to LizardTech. Previously, he was president and COO of Crossport Systems and executive vice president of Syncronex. As Sr. Vice President at Attachmate, Patterson managed a team of more than 800 professionals in sales, marketing, customer support and services generating more than $300 million in annual revenues from the world's largest users of information technology. Patterson also has held senior sales and marketing positions with IBM.
Visit:- www.lizardtech.com
MapInfo Announces Routing J Server v2.0
MapInfo Corporation has announced the launch of MapInfo(R) Routing J Server v2.0, the newest version of the company's customisable direction and routing engine for improving drive time and routing efficiency. Routing J Server v2.0 is now available to both Windows and Java developers for creating accurate and reliable driving directions, calculating the quickest routes and analysing drive times over the Internet, as well as in traditional client/server deployments for enhanced customer service and increased operating efficiency. "Routing J Server v2.0 provides companies with the ability to offer driving directions online to help their customers easily find stores or service centers. In addition, fleet management organizations can use this powerful engine's optimal routing features to improve shipping and delivery times," said Gary Schaffer, vice president, product and market management, MapInfo. "Routing J Server v2.0's highly customisable capabilities and accurate data make it ideal for the wireless, retail and transportation industries, helping them to improve operating efficiencies and to optimise routing for delivery and service."
Visit:- www.mapinfo.com.
PlanGraphics Wins Ground-Breaking Oregon Project
PlanGraphics, Inc., a provider of professional spatial information technology services, announced award of a Proof of Concept Project with Oregon State Government to integrate a software solution to facilitate access to the State's distributed data resources. "The Digitally Integrated Mining of Oregon Networked Data (DIMOND)" project that PlanGraphics is developing is a precursor to a virtual data warehouse of many of the state's data assets, whether or not they are spatially referenced. With its partners ESRI, a provider of GIS and mapping software and Xmarc, a provider of infrastructure software, this groundbreaking work places PlanGraphics at the forefront of information integration technology using industry standard web browsers to access exceptionally large and diverse distributed data sets, says John Antenucci, President of PlanGraphics. The project will initially demonstrate accessibility to a range of transportation and address data to support human services and transportation agency needs.
Visit:- www.plangraphics.com
Manta Media Inc. Introduces Location Solutions to Its Fleet Management System
Manta Media Inc., a fleet management solutions provider, has expanded its Field Management System (FMS) to include precise GPS satellite locating and web-based business management tools like signature capturing and sub-contractor resourcing. The GPS satellite feature allows fleet managers to improve communications with dispatchers and mobile resources to locate vehicles with pinpoint accuracy. Field Management System (FMS) improves efficiency and productivity to allow businesses to understand where, when and length of time each vehicle in the fleet lineup stopped or took on an assigned job. Reported locations are updated to the web Field Management System at customer defined time and / or distance intervals.
Visit:- www.wirelessdispatching.com
Asia News
China to Strengthen Meteorological Observation in Tibet
BEIJING, August 27 (Xinhuanet) -- China will build a modern meteorological observatory system in the next five years in Tibet to cover all the blank areas of observation.
Qin Dahe, head of the National Meteorological Bureau (NMB), told a conference in Beijing Monday that China will deploy a new generation of weather radars in Lhasa and other places, build automatic meteorological stations in northwestern Tibet and set up a vertical weather observation system in southeast Tibet, where meteorological stations are extremely scarce.
The NMB will promote the application of satellite technologies, including setting up ground stations in Lhasa, Xigaze and Qamdo.
It will also build a databank of Tibet's meteorological records and upgrade the transmission network of meteorological data, among other things.
Weather changes on the Tibetan plateau have a major impact on East Asia, especially on weather disasters in China, meteorologists said.
Source: Xinhua News Agency
70 billion yen sought to launch spy satellites
The Japanese government is seeking 70.7 billion yen from the fiscal 2002 state budget to launch its first spy satellites, government officials said Monday.
The request, down 8.5 percent from the original fiscal 2001 budget, reflects the completion of groundwork for the project, the officials said.
Around 66 billion yen will be used to develop and launch two pairs of first-generation satellites in February and July 2002. Another 4 billion yen will be set aside to launch two identical substitutes in fiscal 2005 and 2006, and for research on two advanced satellites to be launched in fiscal 2008, the officials said. The government will also ask for 30 more staff to man its Cabinet satellite information center, bringing the total to about 190, the officials said.
The four satellites include two optical satellites and two radar satellites with long-range photographic capabilities. They were originally intended to be launched in fiscal 2002, but the true launch date has not been announced.
A satellite promotion panel chaired by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda has won approval for the appropriations at a meeting in the Prime Minister's Official Residence, the officials said.
The government decided to launch its own information-gathering satellites after North Korea fired a rocket in 1998, part of which passed over Japan before plunging into the Pacific Ocean.
Source: The Japan Times: Aug. 28, 2001
LG Telecom wins final 'third-generation' license based on Qualcomm's cdma2000 technology
Ending eight months of speculation, LG Telecom, the Korea's smallest mobile carrier, finally won the third-generation (3G) wireless license based on the cdma2000 standard, promoted by U.S.-based wireless technology firm Qualcomm Inc.
The Korean Ministry of Information and Communication announced Saturday that it has granted the third and final 3G license to a consortium led by LG Telecom, the sole candidate.
LG Telecom leads a consortium of 1,049 companies, including broadband access provider Hanaro Telecom Inc., fixed-line carrier Dacom Corp., broadband infrastructure provider Powercomm, and high-speed Internet provider Thrunet.
Other consortium members include LG Electronics, Hyundai Motor., Kia Motors and Hanjin Shipping.
The 3G wireless service, which will be commercialized in late 2002 or early 2003, is expected to deliver faster data transmission, multimedia and other premium services such as a global roaming over the wireless network, creating a new revenue source for mobile service providers worldwide.
Source:- www.koreaherald.com
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