From healthmaps@home.com Fri Jan 26 17:19:12 2001 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.12) with ESMTP id RAA107130 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:19:11 -0800 Received: from femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.83]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id RAA08007 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:19:11 -0800 Received: from c501552d ([24.19.225.248]) by femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id <20010127011716.INAD21891.femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com@c501552d> for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:17:16 -0800 From: "Health Maps" To: "WAPHGIS" Subject: FW: GIS News 16 Jan 2001 Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:19:04 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0002_01C087BC.15000C60" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C087BC.15000C60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit GIS News 16th Dec 2000The attached is a GIS development site that is Asian oriented, although not completely. I have learned a lot about satellite issues. You can get a weekly newsletter if you wish. Richard Hoskins healthmaps@home.com GMT -8 -----Original Message----- From: Maneesh Prasad [mailto:Maneesh.Prasad@GISdevelopment.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 6:36 AM To: info@GISdevelopment.net Subject: GIS News 16 Jan 2001 In case of any problem in viewing this file, kindly connect your browser to: http://www.GISdevelopment.net/updates/News_16jan2001.htm if you do not wish to receive this newsletter kindly see the unsubscribe information at the end of this newsletter. GISdevelopment.net GIS News Update 16 th January 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Application Transportation & Navigation GII LIS 2. Technology Remote Sensing Space News 3. Policy 4. Products and Services Launched 5. Web Watch 6. Business News General Business Appointments Awards Asia-Pacific News EROS A 1 distinguishes ground objects of 1 metre http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/eros.htm Radarsat International to sell LANDSAT 7 satellite imageries http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/agree.htm CBI fear stalls Gujarat mapping work http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/cbi.htm China's spaceship Shenzhou - 2 landed safely on January 16th at 11.22 GMT http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/china.htm Exclusive News Upcoming GITA webcast seminars http://www.gisdevelopment.net/events/webcast.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 1. Application Transportation & Navigation EMS enters U.S. transportation tracking market http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/ems.htm EMS Technologies is poised to enter the U.S. market for satellite-based mobile data terminals School bus service to be honoured for using GIS & GPS in their fleet http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/school.htm The NHTM Millenium Project Award is to be given to Laidlaw Education Services for their vision in enhancing student's safety in transportation by using GIS & GPS on their buses. GII A national programme by Ordanance Survey to improve the positional accuracy http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/nation.htm Ordanance Survey of Britain, is set to embark upon a national programme to improve the positional accuracy of its detailed mapping data of rural area on 1:2,500 scale. LIS Kerala Agriculture University, India develops a new GIS based application on LIS. http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/kerala.htm Centre for Environment and Development (CED), an autonomous Research & Development Institute situated in Kerala demonstrates the use of GIS in Land Information System. 2. Technology Remote Sensing EROS A1 distinguishes ground objects of 1 metre http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/eros.htm EROS A1, which was launched on Dec. 5, 2000 is functioning properly and is said to distinguish ground objects of 1 metre. Eurasiasat - 1 launched on January 10 http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/eurasia.htm Eurasiasat - 1 launched successfully, from Kourou, at 2209 UTC on January 10. The satellite will be positioned at 42o E, co-located with Turksat 1C. Space Imaging Half-Meter Resolution license approved http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/space.htm The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has granted Space Imaging Inc., the licence to sell extremely high-resolution satellite photographs to its customers around the world, after a year-long policy review by the White House, Pentagon, and Intelligence. Space News China launches unmanned spaceship Shenzhpou - 2 http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/china.htm China has orbited its unpiloted Shenzhou - 2 spaceship. The Shenzhou-2 lifted off from the South Launch Centre on January 10, from a newly developed rocket complex at the Jiuquan Satellite Centre in Gansu province of China. This is the second test flight of Shenzhou. Shuttle Atlantis with five astronauts will take off in Feb; NASA http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/nasa.htm Senior NASA managers selected the launch date during a traditional flight readiness review at Kennedy Space Centre on January 10, noting that the flight will be the first in a year that will mark the 20th anniversary of the agency's maiden shuttle voyage. Stop Press: NASA decided on Monday to delay this week's planned launch of the space shuttle Atlantis until February. 3. Policy CBI fear stalls Gujarat mapping work http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/cbi.htm The Gujarat government's efforts to use some of the world's best remote sensing equipment and expertise available with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to create a computerised Geographic Information System has come to stanstill, in the wake of recent CBI raids. 4. Products & Services Launched Garmin puts forward a portable Streetpilot III Navigation System http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/garmin.htm The Streetpilot III is the latest in GARMIN Street Pilot series as a portable automotive GPS navigation system with electronic mapping capabilities. But it goes a step further by offering users automated route generation and voice guidance on a 16 color, high resolution display. CASIO's technological breakthrough creates first GPS wristwatch http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/casio.htm The new Protrek Satellite Navi is the world's first wristwatch designed to receive and process data from the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. Agreement between "United States Geological Survey" and "Radarsat International" to sell LANDSET 7 satellite imageries http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/agree.htm RADARSAT International (RSI) has been officially approved as United States Geological Survey (USGS) business partner. This partnership allows RSI to commercially distribute data from the LANDSAT 7 satellite archived at the Eros Data Center (EDC). SPOT U.S. gains distribution contract for Canada http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/spot.htm SPOT Image Corporation now holds the exclusive contract for distributing new SPOT satellite image products and services in Canada. TurboCAD Vr - 7 released by IMSI http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/turbocad.htm This upgraded version marks a new standard in computer aided design (CAD) for the professionals using rendering , complete 3d modelling with shelling and lofting, AutoCAD 2000i file sharing, internet capability and new courseware. Tripod Data Systems releases SOLO Office 2.0 http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/tripod.htm SOLO Office 2.0 is a desktop companion for its SOLO CE GPS/GIS mapping software. The major upgrades to TDS' windows-based project management software include new raster image compression and base map preparation functions. 5. Web Watch http://www.indev.nic.in/hp/ This website contains details of projects aimed to set up and improve the Hydrological Information System (HIS) in eight peninsular states of India, enabling the Central and State governments, industries and farmers to know the availability, to plan and to manage the water resources better and improve the hydrological infrastructure to avoid disasters such as floods and droughts. http://www.uaelocator.com & http://www.dubailocator.com New websites, Launched in UAE, with an aim to provide information about villages, cities, and other details on map. http://www.spatialhydrology.com Window to the Spatial Hydrology world that provides news and information to help readers plan their projects, finding databases, and keeping up with dynamic behavior of technology. It also helps keeping informed about the current as well as changing trends and policies of this field. 6. Business News General Business Bentley acquires Intergraph's civil engineering, plot-services and raster-conversion software business Cadence to acquire CadMOS Design Technology CARIS expands global presence with its first office in US Omnisky to acquire NomadIQ Agreement between Lat-Lon and Aeris.net for low-cost GPS telemetry services ESRI software selected by Rochester GAS and Electric Corporation Titan Systems Corporation awarded two GIS contracts CSI wireless receives $7m order from InterTrak Appointments Brian Daum, joins Arc Second, Inc. LAND INFO expands sales team Awards Anita Zelic received Government of Ontario/ESRI Canada GIS scholarship ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- To UNSUBSCRIBE click here ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C087BC.15000C60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable GIS News 16th Dec 2000
The=20 attached is a GIS development site that is Asian oriented, although not=20 completely. I have learned a lot about satellite issues. You can get a = weekly=20 newsletter if you wish.
 
Richard Hoskins
healthmaps@home.com
GMT -8
-----Original Message-----
From: Maneesh Prasad=20 [mailto:Maneesh.Prasad@GISdevelopment.net]
Sent: Tuesday, = January 16,=20 2001 6:36 AM
To: info@GISdevelopment.net
Subject: = GIS News=20 16 Jan 2001

In case of any problem in viewing = this file,=20 kindly connect your browser to:
http://= www.GISdevelopment.net/updates/News_16jan2001.htm=20
if you do not wish to receive this newsletter kindly see the = unsubscribe=20 information at the end of this newsletter.

GISdevelopment.net
GIS News = Update
16 = th January=20 2001
1. Application
Transportation &=20 Navigation
GII 
LIS

2. Technology=20
Remote Sensing
Space=20 News

3. Policy

4. = Products and Services Launched

5. Web Watch

6. Business = News
General Business
Appointments
Awards =
  Asia-Pacific News

EROS A 1 distinguishes ground objects of 1 = metre=20
http://www.gis= development.net/news/jan01/eros.htm=20

Radarsat International to sell LANDSAT 7 satellite=20 imageries
http://www.gi= sdevelopment.net/news/jan01/agree.htm =20

CBI fear stalls Gujarat mapping work
http://www.gisd= evelopment.net/news/jan01/cbi.htm =20

China's spaceship Shenzhou - 2 landed safely on = January 16th=20 at 11.22 GMT
http://www.gi= sdevelopment.net/news/jan01/china.htm =20

Exclusive=20 News

Upcoming GITA webcast seminars =
http://www.gisd= evelopment.net/events/webcast.htm=20
1.=20 Application

Transportation & = Navigation=20 EMS enters U.S. transportation tracking market
http://www.gisd= evelopment.net/news/jan01/ems.htm =20
EMS Technologies is poised to enter the U.S. market for=20 satellite-based mobile data terminals

School bus = service to be=20 honoured for using GIS & GPS in their fleet
http://www.g= isdevelopment.net/news/jan01/school.htm =20
The NHTM Millenium Project Award is to be given to Laidlaw = Education=20 Services for their vision in enhancing student's safety in = transportation=20 by using GIS & GPS on their buses.

GII=20 A national programme by Ordanance Survey to improve = the=20 positional accuracy
http://www.g= isdevelopment.net/news/jan01/nation.htm =20
Ordanance Survey of Britain, is set to embark upon a national=20 programme to improve the positional accuracy of its detailed = mapping data=20 of rural area on 1:2,500 scale.

LIS=20 Kerala Agriculture University, India develops a new GIS = based=20 application on LIS.
http://www.g= isdevelopment.net/news/jan01/kerala.htm =20
Centre for Environment and Development (CED), an autonomous = Research=20 & Development Institute situated in Kerala demonstrates the = use of GIS=20 in Land Information System.
2.=20 Technology

Remote Sensing

EROS A1 distinguishes ground objects of 1 metre
http://www.gis= development.net/news/jan01/eros.htm =20

EROS A1, which was launched on Dec. 5, 2000 is functioning = properly and is said to distinguish ground objects of 1 metre.=20

Eurasiasat - 1 launched on January 10
http://www.= gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/eurasia.htm =20

Eurasiasat - 1 launched successfully, from Kourou, at 2209 = UTC on=20 January 10. The satellite will be positioned at 42o = E, =20 co-located with Turksat 1C.

Space Imaging Half-Meter = Resolution=20 license approved
http://www.gi= sdevelopment.net/news/jan01/space.htm =20

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration = (NOAA)=20 has granted Space Imaging Inc., the licence to sell extremely=20 high-resolution satellite photographs to its customers around the = world,=20 after a year-long policy review by the White House, Pentagon, and=20 Intelligence.

Space News

China launches unmanned spaceship Shenzhpou - = 2=20
http://www.gi= sdevelopment.net/news/jan01/china.htm  =20

China has orbited its unpiloted Shenzhou - 2 spaceship. = The=20 Shenzhou-2 lifted off from the South Launch Centre on January 10, = from a=20 newly developed rocket complex at the Jiuquan Satellite Centre in = Gansu=20 province of China. This is the second test flight of Shenzhou.=20

Shuttle Atlantis with five astronauts will take = off in=20 Feb; NASA
http://www.gis= development.net/news/jan01/nasa.htm  =20

Senior NASA managers selected the launch date during a = traditional=20 flight readiness review at Kennedy Space Centre on January 10, = noting that=20 the flight will be the first in a year that will mark the 20th = anniversary=20 of the agency's maiden shuttle voyage.
Stop = Press:=20 NASA decided on Monday to delay this week's planned launch of the = space=20 shuttle Atlantis until February.
3. Policy=20

CBI fear stalls Gujarat mapping work
http://www.gisd= evelopment.net/news/jan01/cbi.htm =20

The Gujarat government's efforts to use some of the = world's best=20 remote sensing equipment and expertise available with the Indian = Space=20 Research Organisation (ISRO) to create a computerised = Geographic=20 Information System has come to stanstill, in the wake of recent = CBI raids.=20
4. Products=20 & Services Launched

Garmin puts forward a portable Streetpilot III Navigation=20 System
http://www.g= isdevelopment.net/news/jan01/garmin.htm =20

The Streetpilot III is the latest in GARMIN Street Pilot = series as=20 a portable automotive GPS navigation system with electronic = mapping=20 capabilities. But it goes a step further by offering users = automated route=20 generation and voice guidance on a 16 color, high resolution = display.=20

CASIO's technological breakthrough creates first GPS=20 wristwatch
http://www.gi= sdevelopment.net/news/jan01/casio.htm =20

The new Protrek Satellite Navi is the world's first = wristwatch=20 designed to receive and process data from the Global Positioning = System=20 (GPS) satellites.

Agreement between "United States = Geological=20 Survey" and "Radarsat International" to sell LANDSET 7 satellite=20 imageries
http://www.gi= sdevelopment.net/news/jan01/agree.htm =20

RADARSAT International (RSI) has been officially approved=20 as United States Geological Survey (USGS) business partner. = This=20 partnership allows RSI to commercially distribute  data from = the=20 LANDSAT 7 satellite archived at the Eros Data Center (EDC).=20

SPOT U.S. gains distribution contract for Canada =
http://www.gis= development.net/news/jan01/spot.htm =20

SPOT Image Corporation now holds the exclusive contract = for=20 distributing new SPOT satellite image products and services in = Canada.=20

TurboCAD Vr - 7 released by IMSI
http://www= ..gisdevelopment.net/news/jan01/turbocad.htm =20

This upgraded version marks a new standard in computer = aided=20 design (CAD) for the professionals using rendering , complete 3d = modelling=20 with shelling and lofting, AutoCAD 2000i file sharing, internet = capability=20 and new courseware.

Tripod Data Systems releases SOLO = Office=20 2.0
http://www.g= isdevelopment.net/news/jan01/tripod.htm =20

SOLO Office 2.0 is a desktop companion for its SOLO CE = GPS/GIS=20 mapping software. The major upgrades to TDS' windows-based project = management software include new raster image compression and base = map=20 preparation functions.
5. Web=20 Watch

http://www.indev.nic.in/hp/ =
This website contains details of projects aimed to set up and = improve=20 the Hydrological Information System (HIS) in eight peninsular = states of=20 India, enabling the Central and State governments, industries and = farmers=20 to know the availability, to plan and to manage the water = resources better=20 and improve the hydrological infrastructure to avoid disasters = such as=20 floods and droughts.

http://www.uaelocator.com = & http://www.dubailocator.com =
New websites, Launched in UAE, with an aim to provide = information=20 about villages, cities, and other details on map.

http://www.spatialhydrology.com<= /A>
Window=20 to the Spatial Hydrology world that provides news and information = to help=20 readers plan their projects, finding databases, and keeping up = with=20 dynamic behavior of technology. It also helps keeping informed = about the=20 current as well as changing trends and policies of this field.=20
6.=20 Business News

General Business=20 Bentley=20 acquires Intergraph's civil engineering, plot-services and=20 raster-conversion software business

Cadence to=20 acquire CadMOS Design Technology

CARIS = expands=20 global presence with its first office in US

Omnisky to = acquire NomadIQ

Agreement=20 between Lat-Lon and Aeris.net for low-cost GPS telemetry = services=20

ESRI=20 software selected by Rochester GAS and Electric Corporation =

Titan = Systems=20 Corporation awarded two GIS contracts

CSI = wireless=20 receives $7m order from InterTrak Appointments=20 Brian=20 Daum, joins Arc Second, Inc.

LAND INFO = expands sales team Awards=20 Anita=20 Zelic received Government of Ontario/ESRI Canada GIS = scholarship=20
 
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