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Goodrich introduces new Survey Probe Technology
At the International Offshore Technology Conference, The BFGoodrich Company has unveiled a new strapdown Inertial Navigation Surveying System (INSS) probe.
The probe features innovative technology capable of locating "true north" during on the fly vertical-to-horizontal operations. This product has broad application to the petroleum, mining, utility and other industries.The Goodrich probe is capable of working to depths of 20,000 feet and at temperatures up to 125 degrees C. Its compact size, only 1.75" in diameter and 7' long, makes it one of the smallest ever brought to market.he INSS also allows customers to do their own precision survey work rather than be dependent upon a small number of companies who perform such work. Goodrich expects systems to be available at the rate of two per month beginning in the fall of 2001.
Visit : http://www.goodrich.com/
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Trimble and XEMICS Sign Chipset Customer
Through a joint sales agreement Trimble and XEMICS, a Swiss fabless semiconductor company, have announced that InnoLabs Corporation will be adding GPS functionality to its personal computing tablet. InnoLabs will be purchasing the XEMICS XE1610 GPS chipset. The chipset, which is based on Trimble's FirstGPS(TM) technology,
allows high volume manufacturers of consumer products to add GPS location capability with minimal impact on device size or battery life.
The chipset from XEMICS is the smallest and lowest
power implementation of Trimble's FirstGPS technology to date. It is specifically designed for power-sensitive, wireless enabled and mobile information devices such as laptops, PDAs, digital cameras, and even wristwatches. With the XE1610 chipset, InnoLabs' products will now add GPS location capabilities to its list of innovative features. The computing tablets are used for a variety of industrial and professional applications, such as warehouse and factory management, field repair service, natural resource management, healthcare (telemedicine), on-site insurance claims and processing as well as law enforcement
Visit: http://www.xemics.com & http://www.innolabs.com.tw & http://www.trimble.com
Mark Safran named President and CEO of HJW GeoSpatial
HJW GeoSpatial (HJW) has named Mark S. Safran as President and Chief Executive Officer. Most recently the firm's Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Safran succeeds Axel Hoffman who stepped down from the position earlier this month. Prior to joining HJW, Mr. Safran held key positions with the California Coastal Commission, PG&E, Chevron and the US Forest Service Geometric Division. He is Past President of the Urban Regional Information Systems Association Northern California Chapter, Past Technical Program Chair of the California GIS Conference, and has spoken at numerous conferences and seminars.
Visit: http://www.hjw.com
Geomatica Fundamentals & Geomatica Prime launched by PCI Geomatics
At ASPRS in St. Louis, USA and at Geo Evenement 2001 in Paris, France, PCI Geomatics debuted Geomatica Fundamentals and Geomatica Prime. These products, the company's two newest geospatial solutions, were demonstrated simultaneously to the customers. This was the first time PCI Geomatics has ever made a global presentation and demonstration of two new products at two separate influential tradeshows. Geomatica Fundamentals is the powerful, low-cost solution with tools for image geocorrection, data visualization and analysis, and cartographic map production. It includes a fully geo-referenced file based viewer, full vector topological support, and image processing functionality including image classifications. Geomatica Prime contains the full ensemble of integrated tools for answering all of a customer's geomatics needs. This includes the functionality from Geomatica Fundamentals plus access to PCI's wealth of over 250 processing algorithms and scripting functionality using EASI, Visual Basic, and JAVA. This is all available for Windows 95/98/2000/NT, Linux, Solaris, IRIX, AIX, HP/UX, and Dec Alpha platforms. Key elements from PCI Geomatics' strongest products have been assembled into these highly integrated packages, and infused with new technologies to make products that satisfy the requirements of today's geospatial data users.
Visit: http://www.pcigeomatics.com
Topozone launches national reseller program for Topofactory custom map
Maps a la carte has announced the launch of a national Reseller Program for its award-winning TopoFactoryTM topographic map download service. This online service revolutionizes the process of acquiring custom seamless topographic map data by combining the interactive mapping features of TopoZone.com and the distribution capabilities of the Web. TopoFactory provides subscribers with unlimited access to custom topographic maps of the entire United States; resellers only have to carry one topographic mapping SKU. All orders can be fulfilled over the Web, with no inventory to carry or handle.
Visit: http://www.topozone.com
ESRI Now Shipping ArcGIS 8.1 Geostatistical Analyst p
ESRI is now shipping ArcGIS 8.1 Geostatistical Analyst. The First Geostatistical Software Integrating a Powerful Data Exploration and Surface Creation Environment Within a GIS Interface. Geostatistical Analyst provides a wide variety of tools for spatial data exploration, identification of data anomalies,
statistical estimation, optimal surface creation, and evaluation of uncertainty in prediction surfaces. Geostatistical Analyst, a new extension for use with the ArcGIS 8.1 Desktop products lets anyone with spatial data investigate, visualize, and create surfaces with advanced statistical accuracy. Geostatistical Analyst provides a variety of new interpolation methods never before seen in the geostatistical arena. With the integration of more interpolation methods than any other software, Geostatistical Analyst gives the GIS user the capability of assessing the most accurate and optimal model for a specific problem.
Visit: http://www.esri.com/geostatisticalanalyst
IndigoPool.com unveils interactive data viewing software packages.
IndigoPool.com, has announced the addition of best-in-class seismic and log data visualization technology to its robust set of Internet tools. IndigoPool teamed with Interactive Network Technologies (INT) to build additional functionality and flexibility into Log Viewer(a) and Seismic Viewer(a) -- INT's interactive data viewing software packages. The viewing tools bring modern geoscience techniques to the user's desktop without the need for complex application installation or maintenance. With Log Viewer, users have support for multiple wells display; cross plot capabilities; and basic evaluation functionalities such as area curve filling, lithology presentation, annotation and well marker interactors, and zooming. They can also select from a variety of predefined templates covering simple and composite displays in single and multi-well modes. Seismic Viewer provides full support of SegY format, wiggle and interpolated color density display, user-defined color maps, histograms and zooming capabilities. With interactive data viewing, users have more flexibility to analyze data, creating greater value for data room/data book vendors.
Visit: http://www.int.com/ & http://www.indigopool.com/
GlobeXplorer's website highlight growing uses of aerial imagery
GlobeXplorer, Inc., a leading technology company that distributes interactive aerial and satellite photos via the Internet, has unveiled a new corporate web site to showcase its aerial images. The new web site focuses on business markets by showcasing the growing demand for aerial images in industries ranging from residential and commercial real estate to insurance and government agencies. In addition, web visitors can select from a list of world cities and popular tourist destinations, view the corresponding aerial images and dynamically move within the images. GlobeXplorer's new web site is organized in four sections, including a free "Image Viewer" of popular world locations, a "Business Uses" area to showcase how various businesses are using aerial images, an "Image Library" to provide visual definitions of aerial images, and a corporate section. In addition to warehousing the world's largest commercial library of aerial photos, GlobeXplorer has created a patent pending technology to dynamically search, retrieve and deliver a requested photo from its database of millions of images within seconds to end users.
Visit: http://www.globexplorer.com/
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