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LBS Killer Apps Get Big Boost From DMTI Spatial's 1 Million Enhanced Points of Interest Data

DMTI Spatial, North America's leading spatial solutions provider, launches Canada's first nationwide business and recreational points of interest (POI) data product. This highly anticipated product focuses on accurate positional coordinates and rich attribute information for next generation wireless location-based services (LBS) and business geographic applications, helping CanMap® clients leap ahead of their competition. Led by Japan and Europe, the North American telecommunications and telematics OEM industries are rapidly developing the next generation of wireless location-based technology for location hungry users. DMTI Spatial's Enhanced Point Of Interest database empowers developers to provide more content-rich point of interest data to better service the consumer and business marketplace within Canada. This unique, spatially-enhanced data product provides a comprehensive database of over 1 million business and recreational POI's. Engineered using DMTI Spatial's flagship CanMap® Streetfiles, each POI has been accurately geocoded to the street address for precision based location and analysis. This data set fully integrates across the CanMap® suite of mapping data products. The DMTI Spatial attribute-rich Enhanced Points of Interest product contains coordinate location, business name, address, telephone number and standard industry classification code (SIC).

Visit:- www.dmtispatial.com

Grand Canyon Stunning in New Satellite Image

Arizona's Grand Canyon might be even more spectacular when seen from orbit. JPL has released a new view of the world's largest canyon system, taken by Terra Earth-monitoring satellite. The simulated true-colour image gives a perspective view of the entire formation that's visible only high above the Earth. Visible features include Grand Canyon Village in the lower right, as well as nature trails and ranches. Currently in orbit around planet Earth, the Terra satellite is the most sophisticated Earth monitoring system in history. A virtual doctor in the sky, Terra is the flagship for NASA's new Earth Observing System, a new program aimed at studying long-term global environmental phenomena including weather, pollution, radiation, and vegetation.

Visit:- http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/grand_canyon_pic_010820.html

Interactive Natural Gas Map launched to support infrastructure debate, NGI says

As Congress and federal and state regulators zoom in this fall on the natural gas delivery infrastructure across the nation, Natural Gas Intelligence is unveiling an all-new basic resource in the form of an interactive map of pipelines, storage fields and market hubs in the U.S. and Canada, presented on a CD-ROM along with a printed data book and over-sized, full-colour wall map. The map of "Major Natural Gas Facilities in North America" is designed to provide the most up-to-date information on the evolving gas market, with a particular emphasis on changing market point locations, proposed pipelines (including Alaska) and new storage fields. The attractive new PDF format allows the reader to quickly identify a major natural gas facility and then gather the key information on that facility, including a concise description, and pipeline ownership information. As a leading energy industry publisher, Intelligence Press Inc. has surveyed storage since 1991 and has a 20-year history covering the natural gas market. This map provides a comprehensive look at current market activity, with locations and key information on more than 460 storage fields, 105 major pipelines and the 99 most liquid natural gas market points in North America.

Visit:- www.intelligencepress.com

Sanborn appoints marketing director

Pankaj Desai, chief executive officer of The Sanborn Map Company, a geographic information systems (GIS) and photogrammetry industry leader, today announced the promotion of Carol Thorpe to director of marketing. Currently, Ms. Thorpe manages the proposal department of Sanborn Colorado, a Sanborn Map subsidiary. She also oversees the design and production of marketing collateral such as brochures and conference exhibits for the Colorado Springs-based company. In her new role, Ms. Thorpe will be responsible for establishing a marketing plan for The Sanborn Map Company as a whole; her first goal will be to develop a unified look for the company and its subsidiaries.

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Australia's Integral Energy selects Intergraph for Geofacility Management System

Intergraph Utilities has announced that the company has signed a contract with one of Australia's largest energy corporations, Integral Energy, to replace its existing GIS with G/Electric as part of a strategic effort to invest in areas that will strengthen distribution network performance. Integral's network covers over 24,500 square kilometers and provides electrical service to approximately two million people in Western Sydney, Illawarra, and the Southern Highlands. G/Electric will form the basis for the company's multi-phase implementation of a best practice, integrated asset management system. The project includes 60 seats and will continue up to seven years. Intergraph Utilities was awarded the contract based on its years of experience serving the utility industry as well as its advanced G/Electric technology.

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

Asia News

ESCAP to map poverty

New Delhi-The Economic and Social Commision for Asia and the Pacific region, using space technology, and has sought India's support.

This issue was raised by ESCAP Ecexecutive Secretary, Mr. Kim Hak su, who met the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, here on wednesday. Stating that ESCAP would be setting up a poverty centre, Mr. Haku Su also discussed the possibility of a memorandum of understanding between India and ESCAP for experiencing-sharing and consultancy, using India's capabilities in core competence areas like information and communication, space technology and consultancy servvices with the developing countries of the region.

The ESCAP, in collaboration with UNCTAD, would be organising a high-level meeting of the developing countries in Bamgkok on september 24 and 25 in prepration for the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation at Doha. He invited India to participate in the conference.

Source: The Hindu, 7 September 2001

China to Launch 35 Satellites in Five Years

XI'AN, September 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Thirty-five application satellites are scheduled to be developed and launched in the next five years in China, announced a vice general manager of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), Thursday at the on-going China Western Forum.

Hu Hongfu told the press that these satellites will be mainly used for economic development including those for live-broadcasts, telecommunications, meteorology, resources, navigation, marine services, and disaster-relief.

The vice general manager said that development of these satellites will play an active role in the country's ambitious economic plan and that of the western region in particular.

He said the project for a direct-broadcast television satellite has already started and is to be launched in 2004. "It can provide transmission service for high-quality TV programs, education and information."

Meanwhile, the launch of a seed breeding satellite in 2003 will cultivate suitable seeds for the western climate and help the agricultural advancement there, he added.

The CASC has developed five types of satellites such as remote- sensing return satellites, Dongfanghong broadcasting satellites and Fengyun meteorological satellites.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

Korea, India agree to share IT expertise

Korea and India agreed yesterday to expand cooperation in information technology, the Ministry of Information and Technology said yesterday.

The two countries agreed to hold expert meetings and seminars aimed at sharing their expertise in IT and promoting technology exchanges.

The accord was reached during a meeting between Information and Communication Minister Yang Seung-taik and India's Parliamentary Affairs and Information Technology Minister Pramod Mahajan in Seoul.

At the talks, the two countries also agreed to expand a bilateral program in which Korea dispatches IT experts to IT manpower training institutions in India to attend lectures from highly-skilled Indian experts.

Visit:- http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2001/09/08/200109080011.asp