24^th - 31^st March 2001

NASA And NIMA Continue Joint Review Of Mars Polar Lander Search Analysis  [ 30/03/2001 ]
NASA and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) today said researchers from the two agencies will continue a joint review of the initial results of NIMA's search for the missing Mars Polar Lander. This analysis is extremely challenging, and has thus far produced no definitive conclusions.

GSLV D-1 fails to lift off  [ 29/03/2001 ]
India's first Geosynchronous satellite Launch Vehicle, using Russian made cryoengines, failed to lift off from SHAR Centre here after a technical snag, dealing a blow to the country's space research programme

China to Launch South Korean Satellite  [ 27/03/2001 ]
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) is signing a US$16.85 million contract with China to launch a multi-purpose satellite on a Long March rocket.

Strong quake rattles southwestern Japan  [ 26/03/2001 ]
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale shook western Japan killing at least two people, however there were no immediate signs of widespread damage. The quake, centered about 61 kilometers (38 miles) below ground, struck at 3:28 p.m. local time (0638 GMT) near Hiroshima state, about 692 kilometers (430 miles) southwest of Tokyo.

India's GSLV-D1 launch likely on March 28  [ 26/03/2001 ]
India plans to test fly a new homegrown satellite launch rocket on March 28 as part of a program to cut reliance on foreign launch vehicles. It will put to test GSLV-D1, first of the Rs 1,400-crore dream mission taken up 10 years ago by the Indian Space Research Organisation. It will also catapult India into the elite club of five nations that have crossed the geo-stationary launch milestone.

Space Foundation Announces Space Technology Hall of Fame Winners  [ 24/03/2001 ]
The Space Foundation has announced the 2001 class of Space Technology Hall of Fame inductees. Video Image Stabilization and Registration, Data Matrix Symbology, and Quantum Well Infrared Photo-detector are the technologies that will be inducted into this year's Space Technology Hall of Fame during ceremonies on April 12 at the National Space Symposium

Enter to Win! GeoSpatial Solutions Annual Applications Contest 2001  [ 24/03/2001 ]
Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions is again sponsoring GeoSpatial Solutions' annual applications contest. It's easy to enter and a great way for you and your organization to get recognition for your innovative geospatial projects.

Delta 4 Announces Contract to Launch Indonesian M2A  [ 30/03/2001 ]
PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara's (PSN) has selected Boeing's Delta 4 to launch its MultiMedia Asia (M2A) satellite in mid-2003. The satellite originally was intended for launch in 1999, but the project was delayed because of the financial crisis that hit the Asia Pacific region.

Jal-Chitra an interactive water map software released  [ 30/03/2001 ]
Jal-Chitra is computer software developed by the Ajit Foundation, Jaipur, in close collaboration with the Barefoot College, Tilonia. Jal-Chitra allows the users to create an interactive water map of the village.

Oce delivers New Large Format Colour Printer Technology  [ 30/03/2001 ]
Océ Extends Product Line with New Large Format Color Printer that Delivers Increased Quality, Flexibility and Productivity. Océ CS5090 Printer expands color gamut, features quick printing, drying and ink flexibility

Canon Revamps Global Product Quality Analysis System with Informix Software's Red Brick Decision Server  [ 29/03/2001 ]
Informix Software®, the database company(TM), a subsidiary of Informix® Corporation announced that Canon, a leading provider of popular consumer products worldwide in the fields of imaging and information, including cameras and lenses, printers, scanners and video equipment, is relying on Informix Red Brick® Decision Server(TM) to advance its ongoing product quality analysis initiative.

Seamless Internet Street Mapping from Ordnance Survey  [ 29/03/2001 ]
eMapSite.com, the innovative online data provider, announce that they will be offering the new Ordnance Survey Internet Street Mapping for Great Britain as a seamless data set on their website to make it faster and easier for customers to purchase the new map.

Trimble CrossCheck Goes Global  [ 29/03/2001 ]
GPS Mobile Communicator for Fleet Management Uses GSM PCS Cellular Network. As Trimble CrossCheck with GSM 1900's flexibility, it can be adapted to virtually all fleet applications from armored car transport to limousine service and from utility fleets to construction equipment.

Launching World's First Personal Navigation Phone with Mobile Maps  [ 28/03/2001 ]
ESRI announces a new course Spatial Analysis in Agriculture: A GIS Approach from ESRI Virtual Campus

Path-Breaking Software by Raviant High-Performance Data Engine Technology Adds Speed and Flexibility  [ 28/03/2001 ]
Breaking Software Adds Speed and Flexibility; Raviant High-Performance Data Engine Technology Licensed by Cisco Systems

Motorola Collaborates With Mobilize to Deliver Literature Distribution Application to Wireless Handsets  [ 28/03/2001 ]
Mobilize technology delivers Literature Distribution Application to Motorola Wireless Handsets

TDS unveils Ranger T-Series with new features  [ 27/03/2001 ]
Tripod Data Systems has announced the release of the Ranger T-series handheld computer to its surveying and construction markets. New data collectors offer backlit display, faster processors, Windows CE version 3.0

MapInfo and Plurimus Partner to Deliver a CRM Solution  [ 27/03/2001 ]
MapInfo Corporation and Plurimus Corporation have announced a strategic partnership to deliver a CRM solution that enables an organization to profile the online behavior of Web users in any geographic region. It enables a company, for the first time, to tie online behavior to a user's geographic location and integrate this information with MapInfo's demographic and segmentation data.

ArcView Business Analyst 1.1a now shipping  [ 27/03/2001 ]
ESRI has announced that ArcView Business Analyst 1.1a an ESRI's award-winning desktop GIS solution for business, is now shipping. It combines the full functionality of ESRI's popular ArcView GIS with intuitive data analysis tools and a robust catalog of year 2000 business, demographic, and household data for the United States.

MapViewer 4 - Revolutions in Thematic Map Making  [ 26/03/2001 ]
Golden Software. has announced the release of MapViewer version 4, a thematic map-`making software package that creates professional quality maps. MapViewer 4 can produce color prism, hatch, pie, symbol, pin and many other map types and this distinguishes it from previous versions of MapViewer and other mapping software.

GIS Helps to Get Electric Vehicles on the Road  [ 24/03/2001 ]
ESRI has announced the successful deployment of ArcView GIS for modeling battery usage, routing, and other applications for its electro-driven technologies program.

ESRI, Air-Trak.com Announce TerraTrak Solutions  [ 24/03/2001 ]
ESRI and Air-Trak.com have announced the release of the TerraTrak solutions: TerraTrak, TerraTrak+, and DualTrak+. Each solution provides a low-cost, easy-to-use tracking and messaging system for fleet management serving any number of industries.

Maps and itineraries are accessible from palm handheld computers  [ 29/03/2001 ]
Maporama/Palm partnership makes all Maporama maps and itineraries accessible from Palm handheld computers thanks to web clipping technology Agreement announced at CeBIT marks Maporama's commitment to be present in all areas of mobile internet

Ordnance Survey and Leica Geosystems launch GPS partnership [ 24/03/2001 ]
Ordnance Survey and Leica Geosystems have signed a partnership agreement, which will revolutionise map-making using state of the art GPS equipment. The multimillion pound contract - one of the most significant ever won by Leica Geosystems - will allow all surveyors of Ordnance Survey to use GPS to update maps on the spot.

Intermap Technologies Announces Data Licensing Sales to NIMA valued at US $1.2 million  [ 30/03/2001 ]
Intermap Technologies, announced today that National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) has purchased additional GLOBAL Terrain licenses for STAR-3i data recently collected in South America. Data licensing is a cost effective way for both the private and public sectors to acquire the data they need to efficiently serve their applications and user communities

Kodak Forms Global Imaging Business to Offer Information Derived from Images  [ 29/03/2001 ]
Eastman Kodak Company announced today that it has formed a business called Kodak Global Imaging (KGI), which will offer information derived from earth images to commercial customers such as telecommunications firms and insurance companies for faster, more effective decision-making

New Director , Business Development Joins Intermap Technologies  [ 29/03/2001 ]
Intermap Technologies is pleased to announce that Harry W. Utter has joined Intermap as Director, Business Development.

ImageAmerica Receives Orthoimagery Award from Jefferson County, Ohio  [ 27/03/2001 ]
ImageAmerica, Inc. has announced that it has been chosen to provide new Orthophoto imagery for Jefferson County, Ohio, utilizing its proprietary TerraSource(TM) DirectOrtho product.

Digital Earth 2001 gains sponsorship of Canadian Space Agency  [ 27/03/2001 ]
The Canadian Institute of Geomatics/New Brunswick Branch and the Greater Fredericton Economic Development Corporation, are pleased to announce that the Canadian Space Agency has signed on as a sponsor of Digital Earth 2001. Digital Earth will showcase some of the world's most exciting innovations in the management and dissemination of geographic data.

Xcel Energy North Selects ArcGIS Software for Its New GIS Platform  [ 24/03/2001 ]
Xcel Energy Inc has selected ArcGIS as its new GIS platform for its northern operations. Xcel Energy North will migrate from its existing ARC/INFO 7.2 platform to an enterprise GIS solution ArcInfo 8.1, encompassing ArcSDE for Oracle, and Miner and Miner (M&M) ArcFM.

Spatial Analysis in Agriculture: A GIS Approach¾ A New Course from ESRI Virtual Campus [ 28/03/2001 ]
Benefon and Genimap to Launch World's First Personal Navigation Phone With Mobile Maps

GITA announces Call for Papers for Annual Conference 25  [ 28/03/01 ]
GITA announces Call for Papers for Annual Conference 25 - Bringing IT Together: Charting The Course March 17-20, 2002, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida USA