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Intergraph celebrates education excellence with worldwide competition for educators & students

Celebrating education excellence, Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions have announced the first annual Poster Competition for students and Best Practices Competition for educators. The worldwide competition recognizes projects and programs based on Intergraph's GeoMedia(r) or MGE technology. Students are invited to display their creative and innovative use of geographic information systems (GIS) software in the classroom by submitting a poster. Educators are encouraged to submit entries that illustrate groundbreaking GIS programs in the classroom. Deadline for entry submissions is January 31, 2002. Competition guidelines and complete contest details are located at www.intergraph.com/schools/contest. Competition winners will be announced in March 2002 and will receive cash prizes plus on-stage recognition at GeoSpatial World 2002, the Intergraph GeoSpatial Users Community International Training and Management Conference, June 10-12 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Visit: www.intergraph.com/schools/contest

Maporama joins SignalSoft's local.info [TM] alliance to shape the future of LBS

Maporama, the European leader in online cartography and geocentric information, announced today a technology alliance with SignalSoft Corporation (Nasdaq: SGSF), the developer of the Wireless Location Services[R] software suite. Through SignalSoft's local.info[TM] Alliance program, both companies will work together to market and sell location enabled wireless services to network operators worldwide. The integration of both companies' technology will enable mobile operators and other corporate customers, particularly retail networks, franchises, chains etc. to exploit the full power of geocentric information combined with automatic positioning systems. The solutions under development are automatic proximity searching with power itinerary functionalities. Maporama will provide companies with efficient means of addressing potential customers with detailed information on where their outlets are found in the surrounding area, how to get there, what promotions they can benefit from etc.

Visit: www.maporama.com

SGI & Space Imaging sign teaming agreement to expand cooperation

SGI, the world's leading provider of high-performance computing, complex data management and visualization solutions, and Space Imaging, the world's leader in providing Earth imagery and related services to commercial and government markets, announced today that the two companies have signed a teaming agreement. The purpose of this one-year, renewable agreement is to facilitate cooperation between SGI and Space Imaging to expand revenues in the growing geospatial marketplace. As part of the agreement, SGI and Space Imaging have agreed to: establish Space Imaging as an Authorized Value-Added Reseller of SGI (TM) hardware and services; establish SGI as an Authorized Reseller of Space Imaging imagery data; establish a collaborative marketing arrangement between the two companies; and establish a Joint Strategic Opportunity Committee. Space Imaging's groundstations are powered by SGI servers that process the large files of imagery data transmitted to Earth by the IKONOS satellite. The availability of commercial, one-meter high-resolution Earth imagery has opened new geospatial markets valued in the billions of dollars for such applications as urban planning, environmental monitoring, mapping, natural disaster assessment, telecommunications network planning, oil and gas exploration and agricultural monitoring.

Visit: www.spaceimaging.com & www.sgi.com

TeleType Launches PocketTracker, a unique mobile fleet and field tracking solution

TeleType has announced the PocketTracker, a unique mobile fleet and field tracking solution combining Global Positioning System and Communications capabilities to provide a mobile ``I see you, you see me'' tracking solution for the Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC software platform. The system is based on the TeleType GPS Wireless WorldNavigator with a special plug-in software module and wireless communications card, allowing the handheld device to act as both a tracker and navigator at the same time. With PocketTracker the user has the ability to track the real time location of anyone else that has a TeleType GPS PocketTracker or TeleType GPS CDPD Tracker. Likewise, the other person can see where you are located if desired.

Visit : http://www.teletype.com/

DbCAD dev, DbGIS dev and DbMAP Internet Server

ABACO SRL is has announced the latest news concerning DbGIS dev, DbMAP Internet Server and the complementary drivers. In the form of OCX/Activex components, DLL libraries, and JAVA applets, DbCAD dev, DbGIS dev & DbMAP Internet Server have been designed for the most demanding developers, who must integrate their applications with advanced raster, vector, and database functions. The main characteristics of their products, written to implement specific applications for SIT/GIS/AM/FM/CAD and other application fields, are: Total integration with applications, Multi-format, multi-file, and multi-layer raster and vector, Links to external data bases, Vectorial editing, Completeness and reusability in different application fields, Open architecture, Unlimited distribution license and Expandibility with external drivers and utilities Moreover, the total compatibility between the products guarantees the developer to use all functionalities, even in a single application.

Visit: http://www.abacogroup.com/eng/dbcaddev/index.htm

ISTAR Americas names sales manager for federal defence markets

ISTAR Americas Inc. has named Christopher Gilliam as Manager of Federal Defense & Security Markets. Gilliam will be responsible for developing markets for ISTAR among various U.S. Federal agencies and service commands. He will report to Mark Eustis, ISTAR America's Vice President of Sales & Marketing, who recently joined ISTAR to head up a rapidly growing sales and marketing team. Before joining ISTAR, Gilliam worked as Federal Sales Manager for Space Imaging of Thornton, Colo., where he developed and serviced the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) account. Prior to Space Imaging, Gilliam spent more than a decade at Intergraph Corp. of Huntsville, Ala., responsible for selling digital and hardcopy map production and data warehousing systems to government agencies and the private sector.

Visit: www.istar.com

David Levy Appointed SiGEM President & CEO

SiGEM Inc., a world leader in GPS-based vehicle location tracking systems, today announced the appointment of David Levy as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Levy takes over from Herb Woods, who has served as President and CEO of SiGEM since early 2000. Mr. Woods becomes Chairman of the Board, replacing Denis Colbourne who steps down as Chairman but will remain on SiGEM's Board of Directors. The appointment of Mr. Levy is a key part of the Company's overall plan to strengthen its management team with the skills and experience required to support its planned growth. Mr. Levy brings over 30 years experience commercializing emerging technologies into successful communications and computing businesses.

Visit: www.sigem.com

Asia News

SW China Province to Develop World Largest Geo-park

A 1,900-square-kilometer geological park, said to be the largest worldwide, is to be developed in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the Beijing-based Workers' Daily newspaper.

The park, 55 kilometers from south to north and 35 kilometers from east to west, will be situated at the middle section of the Longmen Mountain in the northern part of the province, about 30 kilometers north of the provincial capital Chengdu.

There are a variety of geological relics in the park, which can be traced back to 100 million years ago and vividly reflect the diversity and evolution of the geological environment.

With easy access to railways and expressways, the park will be open to visitors in 2006, the paper said.

Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2001-11/28/content_137419.htm

NTT DoCoMo Begins Position-Info Service for Companies, Providers

NTT DoCoMo Inc. began a position-information service called DoCoMo Location Platform (DLP) using a special terminal.

Its targets are application service providers (ASPs) and corporate customers using the position-information for their services or businesses.

The DLP service includes two functions: (1) position-information service and (2) ASP support.

The position-information service (1) locates a position using global positioning system (GPS) satellites. Users themselves can search their positions or information around them, and can convey their location information to third parties. Additionally, the service can regularly collect position-information transmitted by users and confirm their travel routes. This is a function by which third parties can confirm the locations of users.

ASP support in (2) is an additional service that NTT DoCoMo provides on behalf of ASPs or other companies. This includes a function to control users of position-information by groups or a function of push-type information distribution in a specific area through the collaboration of position-information and e-mails.

Two types of fee plans, "DLP Standard Plan" and "DLP Light Plan," are available.

Read complete Aritcle at: http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/news/156865

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