16^th - 23^nd March 2001

World's first personal navigation phone with mobile maps  [ 23/03/2001 ]
Benefon Oyj and Genimap Oy, both based in Finland, have announced that the world's first personal navigation phone Benefon Esc! with GPS-positioning capabilities and mobile maps is now available for test users and developers. The Benefon Esc! GSM+GPS personal navigation phone stores maps in its memory and pinpoints the user's location on the map with the help of a state-of-the art 12-channel GPS navigator.

Wherify Wireless and SiRF Team to Deliver Child Locator System  [ 21/03/2001 ]
Wherify Wireless, Inc. has announced that their Personal Location System will be provide people with more safety and security by helping them locate their loved ones, in a timely manner. Location Service Center accessed through the Internet or by any phone can tell the location of children, mentally impaired seniors or other at-risk loved ones wearing the device.

Netcoast Communications launches GPS-Based monitoring system  [ 20/03/2001 ]
Netcoast Communications Inc. has announced that it has officially introduced a new series of products for use in corrosion surveys on natural gas pipelines. The new product line includes a GPS-based Current Interrupter and a Rectifier Control and Monitoring System.

American Crop Insurance to use satellite imageries.  [ 16/03/2001 ]
American Agrisurance (AmAg), America's third largest crop insurance company, has entered into a distribution agreement with EarthScan to quickly and accurately define field boundaries and measure insured acres' using a personal computer and EarthScan's online imagery access and measurement tools.

Soil Maps of Entire India on 1:250,000 available!  [ 23/03/2001 ]
National Bureau of Soil Surveys & Land Use Planning, Nagpur, has prepared Soil resource maps of entire India on 1:250,000 scale

WebTrac teams with U.S. Wireless Corp. to develop & market mobile LBS  [ 22/03/2001 ]
WebTrac BV has announced the formation of a technical and marketing alliance with U.S. Wireless Corporation.The companies have agreed to collaborate on the development and marketing of new integrated wireless location-based services incorporating U.S. Wireless' mobile location information and WebTrac's Location Aware Mobile Internet application platform.

StereoGraphics Available in India  [ 22/03/2001 ]
StereoGraphics has launched New Monitor ZScreen 2000i series and Crystal Eyes-3 for Map Making and Digital Photogrammetric Applications in India. They provide an unparalleled combination of convenience and functionality to meet the exacting needs of professional who work in GIS/Mapping, Photogrammetric Applications.

StereoGraphics monitors for GIS  [ 22/03/2001 ]
StereoGraphics has launched New Monitor ZScreen 2000i series and Crystal Eyes-3 for Map Making and Digital Photogrammetric Applications Monitor ZScreen and Crystal Eyes Stereo EyeWear in India.

SiGEM Launches Wireless ASP Service  [ 21/03/2001 ]
SiGEM Inc has announced the launch of its ePiNG FleetMonitor(TM) Wireless-Enabling Application Service Provider (W-ASP) service. The new service will allow fleet managers to significantly enhance their ability to manage their fleets and assets remotely.

Navigation Technologies branches into LBS  [ 21/03/2001 ]
Navigation Technologies has announced its new Internet/Wireless division focused on delivering the digital map data and location-sensitive information that service providers and application developers will need to address consumer demand for location-based services.

Intergraph Delivers New Enhancements for GeoMedia 4.0 Product Suite  [ 21/03/2001 ]
IMGS has announced new enhancements to the GeoMedia(r) 4.0 product suite. This latest release includes support for Microsoft's SQL Server database, a new topology engine that delivers dramatic performance improvements for analysis operations, and several productivity enhancements.

IntelliWhere to debut its Location-Based Services Solutions  [ 20/03/2001 ]
IntelliWhere, will debut its location-based services (LBS) solutions at CTIA Wireless 2001, March 20-22, in Las Vegas. It will demonstrate its IntelliWhere Genie solutions, an LBS framework for workforce automation, B2B, and B2C location-based services.

MapInfo Delivers Today's "Killer" Applications for Wireless  [ 20/03/2001 ]
MapInfo Corporation has unveiled its Location Management Platform (LMP) and mobile Internet platform, miAware, to deliver today's "killer" applications for wireless. miAware offers a flexible and scalable XML environment for the creation of customized, unique location services for the mobile Internet.

Alcatel and MapInfo Join Forces to Deliver Complete E911 Solution  [ 20/03/2001 ]
MapInfo Corporation has announced that Alcatel has selected its location-based technology to build a complete E911 solution. This solution meets the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) E911 Phase II mandate that requires all wireless carriers to be able to pinpoint a caller's location for emergency purposes.

The Boeing-Built `Rock' has Left Earth  [ 19/03/2001 ]
XM-2, a Boeing 702 satellite -- designated "Rock" -- built for XM Satellite Radio, Inc. was successfully launched on board Sea Launch platform at the Equator in the Pacific Ocean. "Rock" is the first of two satellites built for XM Satellite Radio, Inc., Washington D.C., by Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), Inc., a unit of The Boeing Company.

First public demonstration of DNF data  [ 19/03/2001 ]
Following a presentation by Ordnance Survey on the Digital National Framework Cadcorp gave the first ever public demonstration of Ordnance Survey DNF data being read, displayed and manipulated by off-the-shelf GIS software with the sample centred around Basingstoke and is over 30 mb in size.

Innovative new software prepares imagery for GIS  [ 17/03/2001 ]
Positive Systems has announced the release of their new low cost, time saving software DIME which combines multiple frames of scanned film, digital camera, or satellite images into a single picture and applies mapping coordinate information to the mosaicked image for more effective spectral and spatial analysis.

DjVu workgroup makes documents bandwidth-efficient  [ 17/03/2001 ]
LizardTech has introduced its DjVu Workgroup software which effortlessly converts documents into compact files through a "drag and drop" interface, allowing users to reduce documents files up to 1,000 times smaller than scanned TIFF files.

LizardTech ships MrSID browser plug-in 1.3 for Mac  [ 17/03/2001 ]
MrSID Browser Plug-in 1.3 for the Macintosh platform is now available for native viewing of MrSID images. This plug-in is compatible with LizardTech Content Server and allows for fast serving of source-quality photographs via the Internet.

ESRI Announces MapObjects Upgrade Offer  [ 17/03/2001 ]
ESRI, has announced that anyone who acquired a license for MapObjects 2 on or after March 1, 2001, will receive a free upgrade to MapObjects 2.1 once it becomes available. The new version of ESRI's embeddable mapping and GIS components is expected to be released April.

ImageAmerica, announces Ortho Project For Lucas County, Ohio  [ 17/03/2001 ]
ImageAmerica, Inc. has announced that it has begun preparing a TerraSource DirectOrtho Update product for Lucas County, Ohio, by generating new six-inch imagery and orthoimagery for the County for 2001.

Cquay Partners With DMTI Spatial For Canadian Launch Of Location-Smart™ Services  [ 16/03/2001 ]
Cquay Inc., has announced a partnership with Canada's DMTI Spatial, to provide Canada-wide street map coverage for Cquay's Location-Smart™ launch. Location-Smart offering is a suite of on-line spatial information services targeted at web developers, integrators and ASPs.

Garmin Launches the Latest in Marine Handheld GPS  [ 16/03/2001 ]
Garmin International Inc. has introduced two products that will give mariners everything they're looking for in a handheld GPS - the GPS 76 and GPSMAP 76. They offer enhanced features like high-resolution displays and increased internal memory

Network Engineer 2.0 a unique solution for telecommunication industry  [ 16/03/2001 ]
ESRI, in sales conjunction with MESA Solutions/Telcordia Technologies, has announced the release of Telcordia Network Engineer 2.0. Network Engineer utilizes a run-time license for ESRI's ArcInfo 8 and ArcSDE server to meet clients' needs through combined effort and technology.

Intermap Technologies and DDS sign distribution agreement for Intermap's GLOBAL Terrain Data. [ 23/03/2001 ]
EIntermap Technologies has announced that DDS Digital Data Services has signed a data distribution agreement with GLOBAL Terrain for sales of precision elevation and radar image products.

DTN Weather Services Joins Geography Network [ 17/03/2001 ]
ESRI has announced the participation of DTN Weather Services, a leading provider of weather data and weather forecast services, on the Geography Network. DTN's GIS-based weather data will be available on Geography Network's website.

DNF-the new heart of Ordnance Survey's business  [ 23/03/2001 ]
OS has boldly declared 'The DNF is the heart of Ordnance Survey's business now and in the future'. This exciting new project is about digital map data, making it better structured, more consistent, seamlessly arranged and effectively delivered. ). DNF promises better data quality, more intelligent structuring through topology, the use of metadata, the eradication of tile-based datasets in favour of continuous theme based mapping and the provision of change-only updates.

ESRI-Bulgaria Newest Member of ESRI's Expanding International Network  [ 23/03/2001 ]
ESRI has announced that its former distributor in Bulgaria, GIS Invest, has recently reorganized into two new companies: ESRI-Bulgaria Ltd. and GIS IN Ltd. The first will act as the exclusive distributor of ESRI's GIS software in Bulgaria, while the other will focus primarily on GIS application development and implementation.

CSI Wireless to develop GPS-enabled wireless phone module with Airbiquity  [ 22/03/2001 ]
CSI Wireless Inc has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbiquity, a location technology company for the development of an integrated multi-mode wireless OEM phone module combining TDMA/GSM, with GPS and Airbiquity's aqLink(TM) voice channel communications software.

George Southard Elected to Chair ASPRS Sustaining Members Council  [ 21/03/2001 ]
The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society, has unanimously elected George Southard to chair the ASPRS Sustaining Members Council.

Intermap Technologies announces expansion in NIMA STAR-3i Mapping Projects [ 20/03/2001 ]
Intermap Technologies Inc. and its prime contractor EarthWatch Incorporated of Longmont, Colorado have announced that they have received new tasking from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) totaling $2.2 million US for sophisticated high accuracy digital elevation mapping in South America.

infoUSA's business data to be integrated with upgraded ESRI's Business Analyst 1.1a [ 20/03/2001 ]
infoUSA announced today that as part of their long-term licensing agreement with ESRI, infoUSA's proprietary database of 14 million businesses would be integrated with ESRI's upgraded ArcView Business Analyst 1.1a. Combining the world's most comprehensive suite of business data with the leading GIS software will provide new functionality and enhanced solutions to ESRI's millions of customers.

EUTELSAT's Giuliano Berretta selected as Satellite Executive of the year 2000 [ 20/03/2001 ]
The US publishing group PBI Media, has announced that the editors and analysts of the group's monthly Via Satellite magazine have elected Giuliano Berretta, Director General of EUTELSAT Satellite Executive of the Year 2000. The Award is presented to the executive who has made the most significant and lasting impact on the global satellite industry.

Orbital Wins $56 Million Satellite Contract [ 19/03/2001 ]
Orbital Sciences Corporation has announced that the National Space Program Office (NSPO) of Taiwan, Republic of China, has awarded the company a $56 million contract for the Republic of China Satellite (ROCSAT-3)/Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC) program. Orbital's Space Systems Group will be responsible for constellation design and analysis, joint development of the spacecraft bus with NSPO

Mexico's state oil company selects Cadcorp SIS for its GIS requirements [ 19/03/2001 ]
The national oil and gas agency for Mexico, has selected Cadcorp SIS - Spatial Information System - as its GIS/digital mapping tool.

Russia, Australia work together in space research [ 19/03/2001 ]
The Russian government has approved a proposal from the Russian Space Agency on carrying out space research together with the Australian company Asia Pacific Space Center. According to the resolution, the countries will work together to develop an Aurora class space cruiser for commercial satellite launches for peaceful objectives.

UCLID Wins Award for IcoMap Demonstration [ 17/03/2001 ]
UCLID Software's IcoMap Demonstration has fetched them the Distinguished Award issued by the Twin Cities Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), which is the highest honor given by STC.

GITA Releases Comprehensive Video on GIS [ 22/03/2001 ]
"The World in a Box" an exciting television special, taking the viewer around the world to visit state-of-the-art GIS installations and the people who use them.