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Articles in November, 2005 issue of Geospatial Solutions

• Land acquisition.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• URISA's GISCorps was recently asked to assist with a project to improve communication between short- and long-term medical missionaries working in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Guatemala.(Remote Sensing)
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is using ESRI ArcWeb Services to operate WildFinder, its new informational Web site that enables users to find and map WWF information on more than 30,000 species of wildlife worldwide.(Around the Industry)
• Trimble surveying.(Community Bits: COMPANY AND PEOPLE UPDATES)
• LIDAR increases aircraft approach precision: Ohio University researchers are testing a proof-of-concept precision-approach system that uses an airborne laser scanner in conjunction with a LIDAR terrain database--with a goal of safer landings.(Airborne Las
  by Campbell, Jacob; de Haag, Maarten Uijt
• Survey systems.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Orlando Utilities Commission.(Around the Industry)
• Northfork Electric Cooperative in Oklahoma has chosen to use Powel-MiniMax's StakeOut software to automate their field-design and work-order process.(Around the Industry)
• Leica Geosystems' MobileMatriX has met the criteria for becoming a National Association of GIS-Centric Software--certified application.(Mobile Solutions)
• URISA event emphasizes Katrina.(News Bytes: GEOSPATIAL NEWS, TRENDS AND UPDATES)
  by Stankiewicz, Amy
• Airborne remote sensing.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Fugro Pelagos has negotiated a contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District to provide surveying and mapping services in support of the Joint Airborne LIDAR (light detection and ranging) Bathymetry Technical Center of E
• Metrogas, a Chilean natural gas distribution company, has completed its implementation of Miner & Miner's ArcFM.(Around the Industry)
• Safe Software, Inc.(Around the Industry)
• Take charge of your career: with recent investment by the Department of Labor, geospatial sciences are becoming a hot career choice. Is it time you took charge of your spatial career?(Professional Development)
  by Cary, Tina
• Geospatial suite.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• The Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, is using Pictometry's aerial imaging database and software for GIS applications.(Remote Sensing)
• GeoDecisions has completed the first phase of the Decision Support Environment project for the Iowa Department of Transportation.(Around the Industry)
• Intelligent Spatial Technologies (iST).(Mobile Solutions)
• GMO expectations vs. reality: one year after the inception of the Geospatial Management Office within the Department of Homeland Security, industry advocates are wondering just how much the Bush administration and Capitol Hill care about its long-term via
  by Sietzen, Frank, Jr.
• Landsat processing.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• EarthData has begun fulfillment of its $1.8-million contract award with the Government of Suriname for high-resolution geospatial data products and services.(Remote Sensing)
• Eugene Water & Electric Board.(Around the Industry)
• Blue Marble Geographics.(Around the Industry)
• Geospatial knowledge management: the industry has transformed huge quantities of data into information. Now the challenge is making the leap from information to knowledge--and wisdom.(Net Results)
  by Lowe, Jonathan W.
• Oblique imagery software.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Geosoft Incorporated has added the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) datasets to the Geosoft DAP public server.(Remote Sensing)
• Tampa Electric has selected Intergraph Corporation's G/Technology as the enabling engine for its geospatial resource management environment.(Around the Industry)
• Aerial imagery of London.(Community Bits: COMPANY AND PEOPLE UPDATES)
• Atlanta aids in Katrina recovery: the Atlanta Regional Commission's practice of using georeferenced oblique imagery for emergency response and planning supported post-Katrina rescue operations, and it continues to inform recovery initiatives in New Orlean
  by Kalinski, Art
• Mapping California in 3D.(Mapplet: CARTOGRAPHY, ANALYSIS, AND BEYOND)
  by Stankiewicz, Amy
• Multi-dimensional cartography.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• EuroGraphics members assemble in Iceland.(Community Bits: COMPANY AND PEOPLE UPDATES)
• Five new organizations across the United States have joined the list of entities using CarteGraph software to improve organizational efficiency.(Around the Industry)
• Zeosoft Technology Group has been selected by @Road as a value-added solution provider.(Mobile Solutions)
• Continuing coverage of Katrina and Rita.(News Bytes: GEOSPATIAL NEWS, TRENDS AND UPDATES)
  by Respini-Irwin, Cyrena
• Subfoot GPS.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Hansa Luftbild Sensorik und Photogrammetrie GmbH has selected Intergraph's Z/I Imaging DMC digital mapping camera to establish a fully digital photogrammetric workflow.(Remote Sensing)
• Geospatial Solutions Division of Tadpole Technology.(Around the Industry)
• NovAtel, Inc. has acquired Waypoint Consulting, Inc. for approximately CDN $3.2 million, in cash.(Around the Industry)
• Golden's Grapher 6: customize the maps and graphs that you produce for spreadsheet and GIS software using Golden Software's Grapher 6.(First Impressions)
  by Comenetz, Joshua
• Hurricane debris modeling.(Dialog Box: LETTERS FROM OUR READERS)(Letter to the editor)
  by Siemsen, Terry; Umpierre, Diana
• GPS data analysis.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Tele Atlas acquires PPWK GeoInvent.(Community Bits: COMPANY AND PEOPLE UPDATES)
• Sprint's new GPS offerings.(Community Bits: COMPANY AND PEOPLE UPDATES)
• Seneca County, Ohio, has chosen Digital Data Technologies, Inc. (DDTI) for Web site development, hosting, and maintenance.(Around the Industry)
• Panasonic Toughbook rugged notebook computers are now available with built-in access to Sprint's EV-DO and CDMA 1X networks.(Mobile Solutions)
• A vision of cooperation.(Guest Editorial)
  by Barnes, Scottie
• Peer-to-peer distribution.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Intermap Technologies announced a new mission-focused organization structure and named Garth Lawrence as senior vice-president of business operations and Eric DesRoche as senior vice-president of strategic business development.(Remote Sensing)
• The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) won a 2005 BE Award for its North Myrtle Beach Connector project in the Civil: Visualization category.(Around the Industry)
• Timmons Group has been selected to provide application programming and information technology architecture support to the government of Campbell County, Virginia.(Around the Industry)
• NAVTEQ is providing Nokia with map data for its newly launched Nokia Wireless GPS Module LD-1W through NAV2.(Mobile Solutions)
• Aircraft ownership.(Dialog Box: LETTERS FROM OUR READERS)(Letter to the editor)
  by Huning, James R.