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ERDAS Releases Stereo Analyst V1.2

ERDAS Inc. has announced the release of Stereo Analyst® V1.2, with added sensor support for IKONOS, SPOT and IRS-1C stereo imagery. Stereo Analyst V1.2 is designed to function as a stand-alone product or to easily integrate with ERDAS IMAGINE V 8.5 and ESRI GIS products such as ArcView 3.2. Using accurate geographic imagery, Stereo Analyst V 1.2 transforms 2D GIS into real-world dimensions with map-accurate 3D information. Stereo Analyst updates the GIS by superimposing existing 2D vector layers onto a Digital Stereo Model (DSM), and then allows the user to edit and reshape them to their accurate, true, real-world positions. During the collection of GIS data, the spatial and non-spatial attribute information associated with a GIS layer can be edited, and the attribute tables can be displayed with the DSM. Automated attribution techniques simultaneously populate the GIS during the collection of 3D data. Stereo Analyst V1.2 directly outputs ESRI 3D Shapefiles for immediate use in ERDAS IMAGINE and ESRI GIS products.

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eCognition 2.0 to be released at ACRS 2001

Definiens Imaging will officially introduce the new eCognition 2.0 release at the Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2001 in Singapore, 5-9 November 2001. The new release - eCognition 2.0 - is even closer linked to the GIS world as that it is able to directly read and write vector information, manage raster data of different extend and resolution and handle geocoded information perfectly. The performance of time-consuming functions has been further enhanced. Especially some functions in the interactive display now take only few seconds - even working in near real time. Users are now able to create new object features out of any combination of existing object parameters. Additionally, new shape features come along with the internal treatment of vector structures. A pre-release of eCognition 2.0 was shipped to numerous international users for beta-test.

Visit:- http://www.definiens-imaging.com/ecognition2/index.htm

CanMap® v5.1 Gets Better

DMTI Spatial, North America's leading spatial solutions provider for Canadian spatial products and services, has once again set the standard for detailed and accurate street map and routing data for today's leading business and consumer based applications. CanMap v5.0 was the most detailed, accurate release in the history of Canadian street map and routing data. CanMap v5.1 sharpens the edges of our most celebrated product, adding the unprecedented features and details that are the DMTI Spatial signature. No one knows Canadian mapping data like DMTI Spatial, a Canadian company. From Bonavista to Vancouver Island, CanMap v5.1 provides the coverage needed for nationwide or regional analysis. With street naming down to populations of 1000, and street addressing down to populations of 2000, CanMap is Canada's choice for innovative digital mapping solutions. This release includes 10,000 kilometres of new named street segments, 1000 kilometres of new addressed street segments, and over 20,000 populated placenames. CanMap Streetfiles v5.1 mapping data provides an accurate base for wireless and Web based applications, retail and commercial site location analysis, marketing analysis, target marketing and asset management.

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DIME software now available on general services administration (GSA) schedule

Positive Systems®, Inc. was recently awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) Contract to allow Federal Government entities to more easily purchase DIME™ (Digital Images Made Easy) software. The five-year contract is effective immediately and places DIME sSoftware on the U.S. Government's GSA schedule enabling users to efficiently purchase the software and related products such as training. DIME Ssoftware is designed to provide an alternative to traditional methods of mosaicking, georeferencing and color balancing all kinds of digital imagery. Using feature-matching technology, DIME uses automated methods to combine numerous frames of scanned film or digital camera aerial photography, digital camera or plus satellite imagery into a single picture. In addition, DIME provides a suite of tools to help correct color imbalances specific to airborne and satellite imagery. DIME's tools help prepare imagery to be used efficiently in GIS, CAD and Image Processing applications.

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Surdex chooses Z/I Imaging as automatic triangulation software supplier

Z/I Imaging Corporation has announced that Surdex Corporation has chosen ImageStation Automatic Triangulation (ISAT) 2001 as its automatic triangulation (AT) software. Surdex provides geo-spatial services for municipal, county, state, federal, and private agencies interested in the acquisition of accurate geo-spatial data, GIS applications, and enterprise solutions for their respective markets. ISAT 2001 is an innovative automatic triangulation package that delivers the best-matched multi-ray tie points by using robust built-in bundle adjustment during all phases of the image matching operation. ISAT 2001 provides GPS/INS data processing, footprint selection that lets users graphically select footprints of photos/models/blocks/strips, unlimited project size using sub-blocks, seamless Applanix POSEO support, camera calibration, automatic parameter selection and analysis for self calibration and more. It also provides fully automated aerial triangulation from interior orientation to the determination of tie points to the final block adjustment analysis with delivery of orientation parameters. The software features a built-in, comprehensive block adjustment and full editing tools.

Visit:- http://www.ziimaging.com/

First Internet maps showcased on new poster from Peacock Maps

A new wall poster reproducing nine historic "first maps" of the Internet was published today by Peacock Maps, Inc., a Washington D.C. area company. "It's a unique poster" said Martin Dodge, Peacock's Director of Research, "because it brings together some of the most important original and often hand drawn diagrams and maps made by the Internet's inventors from 1964 to 1988." The images shown on the poster were also selected for their artistic value, Dodge said. "We wanted to tell the story of the Internet's early years in maps, but in a way that would appeal to people new to the Internet as well as to tech-savvy networking engineers." The maps and diagrams on Peacock's new poster have historical significance too, explained Dodge. "They chart the layout of several pioneering packet data networks that no longer exist and document the vision of the Internet's founders."

Visit:- http://www.peacockmaps.com/

NovAtel appoints New Director

NovAtel Inc. has announced the appointment of Mr. Gregory Baylin to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Baylin joined Oncap Management Partners in January 2000. Prior to joining Oncap, Mr. Baylin served as an Associate Director with Scotia Capital's investment banking group (1994-1999). During his tenure at Scotia Capital, he worked in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver on a variety of corporate finance, merger and acquisition assignments. Mr. Baylin received a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Queen's University in 1993. NovAtel Inc. designs, markets and supports a broad range of products that determine precise geographic locations using the Global Positioning System (GPS).

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Asia News

China outstrips Korea in IT industry growth: Samsung

China has been rapidly emerging as the world's third-ranking IT (information technology) industry powerhouse, according to Samsung Economic Research Institute yesterday.

China's production of IT products last year rose 38.4 percent from the preceding year to $25.5 billion, outstripping Taiwan to emerge as the world's third largest producer after the United States with $88.5 billion and Japan with $45.5 billion.

From 1995 to last year, China's IT industry grew at an annual average rate of 30 percent or more, according to Samsung's report on China's IT industry and its outlook.

As of the end of July, 126 million Chinese subscribed to cell phone services, more than in the United States or any other country. China's handset exports last year reached 22.75 million, valued at $2.6 billion.

As of the end of June, China's Internet population reached 26.5 million, up 10 million from a year earlier, and the number of computer hosts connected by Internet came to 12 million, or 18.5 times the level three years ago.

The number of netizens is expected to grow at an annual average rate of 60 percent to 80 percent over the next three years. China is expected to become the world's second largest semiconductor market after the United States in 2010.

Source: Korea Herald http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2001/10/10/200110100034.asp

Seoul and Tokyo turn to e-trade

SEOUL - South Korea and Japan have agreed to adopt a country-to-country processing system for bilateral trade through an electronic data interchange (EDI) method, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has said.

At a policy consultation held on Tuesday on Cheju Island to promote e-commerce, government officials from the two countries entered into the world's first such agreement. Under the agreement, Seoul and Tokyo will apply bilateral auto part trade to the system by next February. With a view to linking e-marketplaces for machinery and electronics products in the two countries, both sides also agreed to proceed with the necessary procedures, including the installation of databases.

A ministry official said that the agreement is part of the two countries' efforts to promote "success stories" of e-commerce in the Asian region. The officials at the meeting shared the opinion that it is in the interests of all countries involved to establish an international order for e-commerce, while agreeing to discuss an option to cross-authorize certificates of the two nations as a solution to expand exchanges of information technology exports.

Source: Asia Times http://atimes.com/media/CJ11Ce01.html