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Articles in February, 2006 issue of Geospatial Solutions

• GPS monitoring.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Tour software.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Bentley Systems has acquired RAM International, LLC, a provider of structural engineering software for building structures from all major materials, including steel and concrete.(Acquisitions)
• MapChart.com.(Around the Industry)
• The Town of Palm Bay, Florida, has procured additional products from Geographic Technologies Group's (GTG) LG GIS software suite.(Around the Industry)
• Autodesk names new CEO.(News Bytes: GEOSPATIAL NEWS, TRENDS AND UPDATES)
  by Stankiewicz, Amy
• Water management.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Advanced image management.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Advantica has been contracted by the City of Tempe, Arizona, for the design and implementation of an integrated GIS to enhance the planning, maintenance, and operation of the Water Utility Department's water, sewer, stormwater, and flood-irrigation assets
• Bentley.(Around the Industry)
• DeLorme's XMap 4.5: the XMap 4.5 software suite from DeLorme provides users with GPS, map visualization, and GIS capabilities, all on a mobile computer.(First Impressions)
  by Qiu, Youliang; Thrall, Grant Ian
• Galileo's first launch.(Guest Editorial)
  by McDonald, Keith D.
• Laser terrain mapping.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Overwatch Systems has purchased Paragon Imaging, which is now known as the Boston Operations of Overwatch.(Acquisitions)
• Hemisphere GPS.(Around the Industry)
• DM Solutions Group, Inc. and Intevation, a German open-source software consulting company, announced a plan to deliver professional MapServer support in Europe.(Around the Industry)
• Orbimage completes acquisition, changes name.(News Bytes: GEOSPATIAL NEWS, TRENDS AND UPDATES)
  by Stankiewicz, Amy
• Motorized total station.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• ArcPad extension.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Location-based services (LBS) provider Clarity Communication Systems has signed agreements with NAVTEQ and Telcontar that will enable the delivery of LBS solutions that cover a range of end-user needs.(Around the Industry)
• Airborne 1 captures data in Hawaii.(Community Bits: COMPANY AND PEOPLE UPDATES)
• Metex Nickel Pty Ltd has selected the ER Mapper image-processing application to enhance aeromagnetic and spectrometric data, as well as integrate Landsat data and aerial photography.(Around the Industry)
• Forward progress planned for GEOSS.(News Bytes: GEOSPATIAL NEWS, TRENDS AND UPDATES)
  by Corbley, Kevin
• Anomaly detection.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Intergraph announces Conference.(Community Bits: COMPANY AND PEOPLE UPDATES)
• The City of Fresno, California, has selected MWH Soft's H2OMAP Sewer Suite Pro to replace its existing sewer-modeling solution.(Around the Industry)
• The City of Naperville's utility division has completed its implementation of Miner & Miner's Designer and Workflow Manager.(Around the Industry)
• Tracking DoD's assets: the Department of Defense is in pursuit of an inventory of its real property and other assets, and online spatial technologies are helping with the initiative.(Capitol Outlook)
  by Sietzen, Frank, Jr.
• Airborne mapping guides police helicopters.(Mapplet: CARTOGRAPHY, ANALYSIS, AND BEYOND)
  by Respini-Irwin, Cyrena
• European mapping.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• NVision Solutions, Inc. has acquired PixSell, Inc. for an undisclosed sum.(Acquisitions)
• 3001, Inc. has opened an office in Huntsville, Alabama, to meet increased demand for geospatial production services.(Around the Industry)
• Merrick & Company.(Around the Industry)
• EPA selects GlobeXplorer data.(News Bytes: GEOSPATIAL NEWS, TRENDS AND UPDATES)
  by Stankiewicz, Amy
• Wireless connectivity.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• The Canadian Ice Service signed a one-year agreement to use RADARSAT-1 data to detect and monitor ice conditions in Canadian waters.(Remote Sensing)
• Gordon Petrie has been awarded the 2006 Photogrammetric Award by the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).(Around the Industry)
• eSpatial and PCI Geomatics have formed a strategic technology partnership.(Around the Industry)
• Google Earth Pro: the upgrade from Google Earth's free software to its Pro version enables users to create their own geospatial images and interactive presentations.(First Impressions)
  by Wuthrich, Dennis
• Vector alignment.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Under a five-year agreement, EarthData will supply Microsoft with new imagery, LIDAR (light detection and ranging), and radar data acquisition and map-production support to keep Windows Live Local, Microsoft's online mapping tool, populated with current,
• Interstate Electronics Corporation.(Around the Industry)
• Avenza Systems, Inc. has announced the winners of its 2005 MAPublisher Map Awards, a competition that showcases maps produced with the company's MAPublisher production software.(Around the Industry)
• The science of synthetic aperture radar: MDA Geospatial Services International's Adrian Bohane explains the technology behind--and benefits of--SAR sensors.(Earth Imaging)
  by Bohane, Adrian
• Drainage modeling.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Spectrum Mapping, LLC, was awarded a contract by the City and County of Broomfield, Colorado, to collect aerial LIDAR (light detection and ranging) and digital orthoimagery of approximately 40 square miles and provide such derived value-added information
• Sanborn assists with restoration.(Community Bits: COMPANY AND PEOPLE UPDATES)
• McLeod Software has partnered with Maptuit Corporation to integrate Maptuit's FleetNavT suite into version 7 of McLeod's LoadMaster enterprise transportation-management software.(Around the Industry)
• The ROI of geosciences interoperability standards: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration invests in open geospatial interfaces to make its Earth observations, model outputs, and online processing services more accessible to its federal partner
  by Bambacus, Myra; Reichardt, Mark
• Single-card solution.(Technology Showcase: NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
• Global Marketing Insights, Inc. has completed a study titled "Survey and Analysis of Remote Sensing Market, Aerial and Spaceborne," and delivered the final report to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellite and Inform
• GeoDecisions undertakes new projects.(Community Bits: COMPANY AND PEOPLE UPDATES)
• Clark County, Ohio, has successfully implemented its Location-Based Response System (LBRS) road centerline and addressing data.(Around the Industry)
• Using mobile mapping to manage wildfires: a 30-year veteran of land management discusses his experience using electronic maps and their GIS data in the field to fight wildfires.(Emergency Response)(Cover story)
  by Patterson, Tom