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Motorola and AT&T Wireless First to Deliver GPRS Phone and Service to U.S.
Motorola, a global leader in delivering high-speed data solutions, announced the
availability of its Timeport(TM) 7382i, the first General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) handset in North America.
Motorola's Timeport 7382i and AT&T Wireless' new GSM/GPRS network, will be made available to Seattle businesses and will enable users to experience a faster, "always on" connection to the Internet for the first time.
The introduction of GPRS technology in the United States lays the foundation for a gradual evolution to "3G" or third generation
wireless technology. GPRS, or 2.5G, is the leading standard being used by GSM network operators to evolve their systems to third
generation wireless (3G). GPRS technology provides a fast connection to the Internet, providing the capability for "always
on" access. In addition, GPRS technology can offer more efficient and cost effective mobile Internet access because data
transmission is sent via packets, and carriers can charge by data sent or retrieved, not airtime incurred.
Motorola's Timeport 7382i, the first GPRS handset commercially available in the United States, provides users with a faster, more
efficient connection to the Internet and the ability to switch between data mode and voice calls without interrupting the data
session. Additionally, the phone features voice activation, Voice Note voice recorder, a WAP-enabled microbrowser, IrDA connectivity
and a data port for connectivity to an external device that does not support IrDA. With Starfish TrueSync(R) software, the Timeport
7382i provides one-step multi-point synchronization with many popular PIM devices, desktop applications and services.
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http://www.attwireless.com/
EarthScan and i-cubed to Offer ImageMap USA product Online
Albuquerque, NM - July 17, 2001- EarthScan Network, a provider of web-enabled image and application distribution services, and i-cubed, a leading provider of value-added imaging products and custom processing, today announced they will offer the ImageMap USA, a Landsat 7-based 15-meter color mosaic of the lower 48 United States, online. EarthScan will
facilitate further distribution of i-cubed's ImageMap USA* product via EarthScan's website and their Affiliated Storefronts.
i-cubed, headquartered in Fort Collins, CO, is a provider of imagery
and value-added custom image processing to its client industries, including
Telecommunications, Visualization / Simulation, Real Estate, Retail,
Environmental, and Government. EarthScan Network, Inc., headquartered in Albuquerque, NM, is the first company to develop an image distribution website technology to offer online
value-added services.
Visit :
www.i3.com &
www.EarthScan.com
PCI Geomatics Hosts Reseller Meeting of the Minds
After a productive week of discussion, training, and planning, PCI Geomatics announced the successful conclusion of their July 2001 International Reseller Meeting. This meeting brought more than thirty professional PCI Geomatics software resellers from over twenty countries together to review the latest software directions and share their views on how to offer PCI Geomatics customers greater value. Resellers were joined by several of PCI Geomatics’ top sales representatives, including Michael Agnes (Asia), John Roos (Latin America), and Richard Selby (Europe).
The core of this year’s presentation agenda centered upon the release and promotion of Geomatica™, the new and complete remote sensing, cartography, GIS, and photogrammetry solution from PCI Geomatics. Advances and improvements made for Geomatica OrthoEngine and other PCI Geomatics products were also demonstrated between discussions related to marketing, advertising, and the contemporary geomatics customer’s evolving expectations. Personal discussions with PCI Geomatics partners and individual training sessions with PCI Geomatics product specialists were scheduled for throughout the entire week.
Geomatica, PCI Geomatics’ newest product, is a complete geomatics solution that provides affordable geospatial software that is feature-rich and easy to use. Essential elements from PCI Geomatics' world renown products have been assembled into this highly integrated package and infused with new technologies needed to meet the growing challenges in remote sensing, spatial analysis, GIS, photogrammetry, and cartography. The result is a product that is powerful, extensible, customizable, integratable with other applications, web enabled, and database oriented to be supportive of enterprise needs.
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http://www.pcigeomatics.com
LH Systems launches GDM100, a geospatial data archive and management solution
LH Systems, LLC announced the development of its latest, in-house product, the GDM100 GeoVault Data Manager. A complete turnkey solution for the archive, management and distribution of large quantities of imagery and geospatial data, the GDM100 hardware and software system increases user productivity by allowing customized processes to occur during archival or retrieval events. The GDM100 provides secure and redundant long term cataloging and archiving of geospatial information and is designed to protect and serve data within a work group, intranet, or Internet setting.
The announcement of the GDM100 follows on the heels of successful test flights of the company's new ADS40 Airborne Digital Sensor. The ADS40's state-of-the-art technology simultaneously captures all spectral information, enabling aerial photography and photogrammetry customers to work in a completely digital environment from flight planning to the creation of geospatial end products.
Leveraging off-the-shelf software and hardware (tape libraries, Windows® 2000 server, disk RAID) from the industry's largest vendors, the GDM100 uses a completely open architecture. Cataloging, data management, query, and analysis are provided through Oracle database management software. The product includes off-line tape cataloging, near-line high-speed tape libraries, on-line disk caching, and data transmission via ftp.
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http://www.lh-systems.com/
Asia News
Disasters haunt China's image
Two disasters have hit China within 36 hours, killing scores of people and putting the country's safety record under the spotlight.
Rescue workers are searching for survivors after a Monday blast at a northwestern Chinese village.
One hospital source told CNN that nearly 100 people were killed after illegally stored explosives shook a private home early Monday, but official sources say 47 people have been killed.
More than 50 people have been wounded and at least a dozen are buried under rubble in China's Shaanxi province, authorities added.
Adding to China's woes, a 600-ton crane collapsed at a Shanghai shipyard on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Shanghai, China's biggest port, is a major center for shipbuilding and repairs. The Hudong yard, opened in 1928, is one of the city's biggest.
China Defies Gravity of Global Slowdown
China's economy grew an enviable 7.9 percent in the second quarter, making it an island of economic strength in a region again facing recession after recovering only briefly from the economic crisis of four years ago. The country is in the midst of a difficult and drawn-out transition from a state-dominated, centrally planned economy to one that relies more on market dynamics. Growth is unevenly distributed throughout the country. And most of the China's economic activity is concentrated in a dozen of its largest cities while huge areas of the countryside - where 900 million people live - are in economic distress if not real recession.
The government itself has spent mightily on public works over the past five years, and continues to pour money into national highways, long-distance railways, oil and gas pipelines and water diversion projects, including one ambitious plan that will reroute water from the Tibetan plateau to the drought-ridden northeast. The government spending is intended to do two things: spur growth and even the growth out by spreading more of it inland.
