22^nd - 28^th February 2001

China Signs Network Station Renewal Contract with RSI  [ 28/02/01 ]
RADARSAT International and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) of Saint-Hubert announced today that the Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station (RSGS) of the People's Republic of China has extended the terms of its RADARSAT-1 network station license agreement by a period of three years.

Intergraph and Farallon Geographics team to deliver GeoMedia GIS solution  [ 27/02/01 ]
Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions, a division of Intergraph Corporation, today announced that San Mateo County, California, has selected Intergraph's GeoMedia(r) technology for its countywide GIS initiatives.

ESRI's ArcLogistics Route Helps Velocity Express Provide Delivery Solutions  [ 24/02/01 ]
Velocity Express, Inc in North America is now providing dedicated logistics services to one of the country's largest retailers by using ESRI's state-of-the-art transportation routing software ArcLogistics Route.

Hydro One to implement ESRI technology  [ 24/02/01 ]
Hydro One in order to standardize its geographic information system (GIS) platform on ESRI's ArcGIS.

GIS tools for the classrooms in British Columbia  [ 23/02/01 ]
Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions announced a license agreement with the British Columbia Ministry of Education in Canada to make Intergraph's GeoMedia GIS education kit available to schools in British Columbia.

Mobile Location Based Services in Singapore  [ 23/02/01 ]
This service will include Proximity Search and Location Marketing. Proximity Search will allow customers to locate places of interest within their travel routes. On the other hand, Location Marketing will enable merchants to send promotional messages to customers.

Satellite imagery to determine snow water equivalent values over mountainous terrain  [ 23/02/01 ]
RADARSAT International and VIASAT Geo-Technologies have been selected by the Canadian Space Agency to lead a project team who will develop and evaluate a methodology that uses RADARSAT-1 satellite imagery to determine snow water equivalent values over mountainous terrain.

Titan Launches USAF Milstar Satellite  [ 28/02/01 ]
A Titan 4B successfully launched a U.S. Air Force Milstar 2-2 satellite from Cape Canaveral, LC 40, at 2120 UTC (1:20 p.m. PST) on February 27. The satellite system will provide the U.S. Department of Defense with reliable, secure, jam-proof communications between fixed-site, mobile, and portable terminals.

Laser-Scan Ships Gothic 4  [ 28/02/01 ]
Laser-Scan UK has started shipping a major new version of its Gothic product family to its prestigious customer base. Gothic 4.0 is a commercial off the shelf (COTS) product which handles vast continuous datasets, with no sheet or tile boundaries and dynamically builds and maintains topology.

Datamorpher provides seamless connectivity  [ 28/02/01 ]
International Datashare Corporation (iDc) announced the US debut of its Datamorpher software. The Datamorpher connects diverse data sources and provides seamless connectivity and conversion facilities for both public and private database sources.

Geographic Coding Plus 4.0  [ 27/02/01 ]
Group 1 Software today announced significant enhancements to its Geographic Coding Plus system by adding highly accurate census geography, demographic data and lifestyle data to addresses, Geographic Coding Plus offers businesses a gateway to increased customer and prospect understanding.

GARMIN Announces Low-Cost Fixed-Mount Marine GPS with WAAS  [ 27/02/01 ]
The GPS 152 a new fixed-mount GPS for the marine market has been unveiled by Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. In addition to 12 parallel GPS receiver it is compatible with the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS).

TIGER Files Available for Download in GIS Format  [ 27/02/01 ]
ESRI today announced that it is providing the Census Redistricting 2000 TIGER/Line data as is released by the Census Bureau in ArcView GIS shapefile format for download from Geography Network

Start-1 Successfully Launches Odin [ 26/02/2001 ]
A Start-1 rocket successfully launched the Odin 1 satellite from the Svobodny Cosmodrome at 0848:27 UTC on February 20. The satellite was placed into a circular, solar-synchronous orbit. The satellite was built by, and is owned and operated by the Swedish Space Corporation.

Launch of Titan 4 Postponed [ 26/02/2001 ]
A report from the Air Force announced that Titan 4 Launch has been delayed to Tuesday at the earliest. The cause of the delay is a problem with the airborne telemetry system, identified late on Thursday.

Titan 4 to carry Milstar2 Defence Bird. [ 24/02/2001 ]
After months of delay a Titan 4 has been cleared to launch a Milstar 2 defense satellite on Feb. 24 from Cape Canaveral Air Station.It is US the Defense Department's most technologically advanced telecommunications satellite,

Datum Awarded Atomic Clock Contract for EGNOS [ 24/02/2001 ]
Datum Corporation's Timing has been awarded a contract to supply atomic clocks for Europe's Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS). The atomic clocks will be the source for the critical EGNOS System Time, used to validate the satellite navigation signals for integrity and accuracy.

GARMIN introduces new GSM cellular phone [ 23/02/2001 ]
Garmin Corporation has unveiled a new GSM cellular telephone for Europe Ð introducing the NavTalk II GSM. This product combines a European GSM cellular telephone with the proven ability of GARMIN's 12 parallel channel GPS receiver.

3D Maps for the Third Generation Mobile Phone Platform [ 23/02/2001 ]
Arcus Software, a Finnish high-tech company focused on three-dimensional mapping technology, today introduced MobileGuide, an advanced 3D map solution that can be applied both in the third generation mobile phones as well as Java-compatible phones already emerging to market.

3D maps by Maptech [ 23/02/2001 ]
Maptech has come up with two new Super 3D features to Terrain Navigator CD-ROMs.

City of Milpitas to Enhance GIS [ 23/02/2001 ]
The city administration all ready provides GIS services to city personnel. The city is planning to provide zoning map, map of proposed city projects, and bicycle route maps to the public.

I-cubed introduces affordable, high-resolution digital map product [ 23/02/2001 ]
I-cubed, a geographic data provider in Fort Collins, Colo., introduced the Instant Imagery" USA Mosaic, the first seamless color satellite image mosaic of the continental United States produced at 15-meter spatial resolution.

GPS thwarts parallel importers [ 23/02/2001 ]
It is a chip, placed secretly inside the electronic goods, checks on the product's whereabouts with the help of GPS. If the chip finds that it is somewhere outside a pre-programmed region, it shuts the product down, making it useless.

VIAG Interkom and AirFlash to deliver Location based Services in Germany [ 22/02/2001 ]
VIAG Interkom and AirFlash, Inc. today announced an agreement to develop and deliver location-based services to VIAG Interkom's mobile phone customers in Germany that will be showcased for the first time at the CeBIT 2001 Trade Fair in Hannover, Germany in March.

3D Terrain Data for major US and International cities by Vexcel [ 22/02/2001 ]
Twelve U.S. cities were recently added to the off-the-shelf precision 3D terrain and building data collection of Vexcel

Starlink announces Satellite Differential Service upgrade [ 22/02/2001 ]
Starlink announces a receiver upgrade to enable use of the free satellite differential corrections available everywhere in the United States and parts of Canada, Mexico and Europe.

Autodesk Location Services unveils Autodesk LocationLogic [ 22/02/2001 ]
Autodesk Location Services, a division of Autodesk, Inc. today announced the public unveiling of Autodesk LocationLogic during the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.

Aeris.net and PeopleNet Communications make GPS location hourly updates possible [ 22/02/2001 ]
Aeris.net and PeopleNet Communications Corp. today announced an agreement that will provide PeopleNet customers with hourly updates to GPS location data via Aeris.net's MicroBurst wireless telemetry network.

US company poses no danger to national security: Naidu [ 22/02/2001 ]
A.P Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday refuted charges that he had compromised the national security by hiring an American company to provide satellite imaging of Andhra Pradesh's coastline.

Abakos merges with Sinclair Knight Merz [ 21/02/2001 ]
Leading professional services consulting firm, Sinclair Knight Merz is continuing to strengthen its spatial business following its recent merger with Abakos - one of the region's foremost data conversion suppliers.

LAND INFO signs new Russian agreements [ 23/02/2001 ]
LAND INFO International, LLC, has negotiated two groundbreaking agreements with entities in Russia, which will result in formation of a complete vector dataset of the Russian capital.

Webraska, Nextenso and Cityvox partners of Alcatel for the new version of the Mobile City offer [ 23/02/2001 ]
Webraska, a provider of wireless navigation services and technologies, Nextenso, a subsidiary of Alcatel, and Cityvox, a content and service provider in Europe, are coming together with Alcatel to offer the new version of the Mobile City offer.

Stennis Space Center selects PlanGraphics [ 23/02/2001 ]
PlanGraphics, Inc., a provider of professional spatial information technology services, has added NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center to its client list.

ImageSat International Cancels Plans for EROS A2 [ 22/02/2001 ]
ImageSat International (ISI) has decided to forgo production and launch of its planned Earth Remote Observation System (EROS) A2 imaging satellite, and proceed instead directly to the planned EROS B series, which will have higher resolution than the company's first satellite.

Hyperspectral software development contract bagged by PCI Geomatics [ 22/02/2001 ]
PCI Geomatics has been awarded a contract with the Canadian Space Agency under the Earth Observation Application Development Program (EOADP), which will develop new hyper spectral capabilities.

Pennsylvania Government awards GIS software grants [ 22/02/2001 ]
On behalf of Pennsylvania Government , Department of Environmental Protection Secretary James M. Seif today announced that 10 nonprofit organizations have received the seventh round of Geographic Information System software grants.

Major Storms in Mississippi, US  [ 27/02/01 ]
Strong storms in northern Mississippi has killed 7 people and damaged numerous buildings in Arkansas and Mississippi. The storm cut a path nearly 24 miles long and between 100 yards and 3/4-mile wide.

CompassCom announces 2001 GPS/GIS seminar schedule [ 23/02/01 ]
CompassCom Inc. has released its 2001 schedule of GPS and GIS Technology Seminars for the Rocky Mountain region, with a focus on the uses of GPS-based data collection for the population and development of GIS applications.