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• Wyoming's new view of remote sensing: the WyomingView initiative, part of the AmericaView program sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey and AmericaView, Inc., is succeeding in educating potential users of remotely sensed imagery throughout Wyoming about 

  To many, Wyoming epitomizes the American West. Vast rangelands and rugged mountains evoke images of fiercely independent men and women carving...

  09/01/06 by Sivanpillai, Ramesh; Driese, Kenneth L. · More from publication

• Is Web technology disrupting traditional GIS? The wild proliferation of Google-style map technology is a wake-up call for traditional GIS software providers and a great opportunity for new players. More to the point, though, it's the beginning of a new er 

  GIS will never be the same again. The Web--and Google's mapping technology--are the reasons why. Pushpin maps boasting fluid interactivity and...

  09/01/06 by Vermes, John · More from publication

• Enhancing the value of India's demographic data: a recent study that combines satellite imagery with federal census and demographic data in India has produced unexpected results sure to please government and business analysts alike.(Data Analysis)(Cover s 

  The question posed by a commercial provider of integrated geospatial solutions for business applications was this: Will the calculated...

  09/01/06 by Bharadwaj, Shalabh P.; Subramanian, Siva · More from publication

• Someone to watch over us: the GeoBusiness Group is combining CAD, GIS, RFID, and other technologies to enable the effective tracking of people and other assets indoors.(Trends in Geomatics) 

  From a recent experiment conducted at a clothing store in a mall, Michel Berthiaume, an associate researcher at the GeoBusiness Group, Universite...

  09/01/06 by Wong, Kenneth · More from publication

• MapInfo Professional 8.5: Internet-enabled GIS: greater integration with Web-based services and a variety of enhancements based on user feedback keep MapInfo Corporation's MapInfo Professional software a favorite among business and other professionals.(Fi 

  MapInfo Corporation has published three updates of MapInfo Professional since my review of version 7.8 (see First Impressions, Geospatial...

  09/01/06 by Thrall, Grant Ian · More from publication

• Preserving possible crime scenes with photomapping: when rising waters threaten to obliterate evidence of a potential homicide, investigators turn to GPS-linked photography and GIS to record and analyze the details.(Crime Analysis and GIS) 

  Soon Kim, a Korean national working at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, disappeared while boating on Lake Powell with his roommate in 1985....

  09/01/06 by Corbley, Kevin P. · More from publication

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