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Kodak Earth Imaging Products Offers Federal Pricing at Newly Enhanced Web Site
Kodak Earth Imaging Products, a business segment within Eastman Kodak Company's Commercial & Government Systems unit (C&GS), has introduced the availability of Federal pricing at its newly enhanced Web site http://www.kodak.com/go/earthimaging an e-commerce site for the sale of current, high-resolution aerial images. Federal customers and prime contractors can order orthorectified and georeferenced imagery for Department of Defense (DoD) and non-DoD activities and translate the information derived from these images for strategic business planning. With the site's new functionality, users can search a map by a location's proper name, street address, area code, zip code, latitude and longitude, or by metropolitan area. The enhanced navigation is available for Mac or PC users with Web browsers Netscape 4.6 and higher and IE 4.0 and higher. No plugins are required.
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http://www.kodak.com/go/earthimaging
SiRF GPS Chipset ramps into high volume on Teradyne's Catalyst with MicroWAVE6000
Teradyne, Inc. has announced that SiRF Technology, Inc. is accelerating the production of its SiRFstar(TM) chipsets on Catalyst systems equipped with the MicroWAVE6000(TM) Instrumentation Suite. The SiRFstar chips, enabled with SnapLock signal re-acquisition, provide global positioning (GPS) and navigation in applications otherwise challenged by environments adverse to radio reception, such as "urban canyons" and forests. SiRF's GPS-based solutions enable a range of devices to detect location, including cell phones, automobile navigation systems, telematics systems, handheld GPS navigation devices, child locator systems, as well as commercial applications, such as asset tracking devices and fleet management systems.
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http://www.sirf.com/ &
http://www.teradyne.com/
Outdoor Intel Named Exclusive Source of Fishing Hot Spots Digital Data
A new company, Outdoor Intel Inc., has announced a licensing agreement with Fishing Hot Spots Inc. (FHS), the nation's largest publisher of fishing maps, under which it will become the exclusive source of all digital mapping data for a variety of uses, including software, Internet applications, wireless, mobile and GPS. FHS maps have been guiding anglers for more than two decades. Under the agreement announced today, Boulder, Colo.- based Outdoor Intel will become the exclusive source for the ever-increasing library of digitized FHS information, such as depth contours and shorelines, as well as navigational aids like boat ramps, marinas and campgrounds. Additionally, FHS' legendary fishing tips and techniques will be available in these new digital forms.
Asia News
Work begins on China dams
Work began in China on a new dam which will become the second-largest in Asia after the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. The 24.3 billion yuan Longtan Hydroelectric Station, will provide much-needed clean energy for China's fast- growing province of Guangdong.
The new dam at Longtan is designed to harness the Hongshui River that flows into the massive Pearl River delta region near Hong Kong. While critics point to this and several other mega projects as environmental vandalism, the Chineses authorities say they need vast amounts of power to fuel the country's economic growth and give their people a much better standard of living. The Hongshui Dam should come on line in 2007, by which time it's hoped several other under-utilised power projects can be linked so as to get the power to where it's most needed
Manage R&D Funds By Being More Sympathetic Towards Scientists
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said research and development funds should be managed in a way that will be more sympathetic towards the scientists involved in the R&D programme.
Nevertheless he acknowledged that it would be indeed difficult to evaluate an idea and the aim of the study, saying probably most of it would not yield anything.
"However when the research study brings about good results, the returns from the earlier funding will be immense," he said when launching the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment here.
Philippine Volcano Erupts
The 8,000-feet Mayon began spewing truck-sized rocks and flaming ash a week ago, forcing more than 41,000 villagers to flee the area. Vulcanologists warned of more explosive eruptions in the days ahead.
Villagers started returning to their homes in the vicinity of the mountain despite the danger, complaining of appalling health conditions at evacuation centers.
A four-mile radius is considered as no-man's land and five-mile radius the danger zone.
