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Articles in April, 2005 issue of GEO: connexion

• Change over time: hello and welcome to GEO:connexion international magazine. We have changed a few things as you have probably already noticed.
  by Thurston, Jeff
• Seamless and consistent.
• NavCom Technology, AXYS Technologies and ITS Corporation.(HARDWARE)
• Weighing up the market: a software package to calculate optimal division of sales areas is the latest offering from Geoconcept SA (Paris, France).
• All change for AFRICAGIS 2005.(NEWS IN BRIEF)
• Imagery overview: in August 1960 an American CORONA spy satellite showed, for the first time, what the earth looked like from space. Images were captured to film and jettisoned to Earth in a canister which was snatched from the-air by a USAF c-119 aircraf
  by Bedford, Mike
• Tele Atlas.(BUSINESS)
• Miner & Miner.(SOFTWARE)
• INPHO sets up shop in us.
• My mate, RoadMate.
• And for my next trick ...
• To the rescue: Verilocation (Northants, England) has been awarded a contract by motoring organisation, RAC, to provide a mobile phone location service to assist the company when responding to breakdown calls.
• A breath of fresh air.
• Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions.(BUSINESS)
• The father of GIS: Roger Tomlinson is widely regarded as the 'father of GIS'. It was his initial work in Canada together with others that led to the first developments of geographical information systems (GIS).
• DAP Technologies.(HARDWARE)
• ESRI.(SOFTWARE)
• Look Smart: Leica Geosystems (Heerbrugg, Switzerland) announces Smartstation, a clever combination of a total station with GPS capabilities.
• Galileo test receivers: the next phase.
• Fully engaged.
• Stock watch: a summary of recent stock market events and emerging GI related business information.
• Spatial data sharing in Lithuania, a new vision: the LGII (Lithuanian Geographic Information Infrastructure) is a component of the physical and economic infrastructure of the country, ensuring stable and balanced development of the economy, and its effici
  by Pubellier, Cindy
• XXII International Cartographic Conference.
• Applanix.(SOFTWARE)
• Return of the Jeti.
• 3D super model: Cybercity AG (Zurich, Switzerland) completes a pilot project to generate 3D models of parts of the city of Munich, on behalf of the Bavarian state mapping agency.
• GIS for cultural heritage management in Petra: Lisa Pierce traces the evolution of a conservation aid for a World Heritage site.
  by Pierce, Lisa A.
• El Paso Electric Company.(BUSINESS)
• Blowing in the wind: GIS tools are playing an important role in the growing wind energy industry. That role is being investigated at one of the worlds largest wind research facilities in Denmark.
  by Giebel, Gregor; Mortensen, Niels G.
• From GEO-based data to business processes: the 9th AED-SICAD international users' forum for GEO information systems was held on February 23rd and 24th in Duisburg. Over 35 presentations were presented to an audience of 300 visitors.
• Leica Geosystems.(SOFTWARE)
• LizardTech Inc.(SOFTWARE)
• SiRF Technology and Gizmondo Europe Ltd.(HARDWARE)
• Finding fitness fast.
• Calling all car care centres.
• Software patents: James Martin discusses the issue of patents. There is a common misconception that software cannot be patented in the United Kingdom and other states which are signatories to the European patent convention (EPC).
  by Martin, James
• Decisions with faces? As the inspire (infrastructure for spatial information in Europe) draft directive makes its way through the EU's legislative process, one of the first milestones is rapidly approaching.
  by Longhorn, Roger A.
• Geospatial metadata; Part 1: use today, innovate for tomorrow; Many people are interested to know more about metadata and which major standard formats for documenting geospatial data are important.
  by Gould, Michael
• Southern Company.(BUSINESS)
• Correction.(Correction Notice)
• Magdeburg opts for AED-SICAD: the public utility of Magdeburg in Germany (SWM Magdeburg) is to introduce a new network information system, ArcFM UT.
• Mapping access to emergency contraception: Guy Picton Phillipps, geographic information manager, Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust outlines the relationship between location and access to services.
• Stormy times in Cape Town.(NEWS IN BRIEF)
• Capital Signals Companies Ltd.(BUSINESS)
• Matrox Graphics Inc.(HARDWARE)
• Wallingford Software.(SOFTWARE)
• ArcIMS 9 sets sail.
• I see no ships.
• Read all about it.
• FIG heads for Accra.(NEWS IN BRIEF)
• Documenting and finding geospatial data: metadata developments are helping to describe growing amounts of spatial information and data. They also provide a more comprehensive solution with respect to documentation.
  by Horisberger, Patrick
• Apache Corporation.(BUSINESS)
• CPS and SiGe.(HARDWARE)
• Feel in control: Topcon (Capelle A/D Ijssel, The Netherlands) launches the FC-2000, win CE field computer, the latest product for use with its total stations and GPS units.
• Multiple zoom maps.
• Answers on a postcard.
• Project file: recording in the Rift; GIS aids historic research into one of the middle east's most important but poorly-documented border regions.
• Small boat survey 'goes large': Ted Read discusses a small boat hydro survey for a big boat's requirements.
  by Read, Ted
• Building systems to integrate spatial information: Zdenek Drbohlav discusses the issues surrounding the integration of spatial information within organisations located in the Czech Republic.
  by Drbohlav, Zdenek
• AND Automotive Navigation Data.(BUSINESS)
• TDC Ltd.(HARDWARE)
• SCP.(SOFTWARE)
• Call for papers: EC GI & GIS workshop.
• Quick off the mark: geoinformation provider, Pasco Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) named as the first distribution partner for TerraSAR-X radar data products.
• US Department of Agriculture.(BUSINESS)
• China in your hand.
• Finding and mapping the data of Africa: the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure is a good starting point when beginning to search for African spatial data.
• ESRI.(BUSINESS)
• Diary & events.(Calendar)
• Version 4.0 of DaylightRIP is now available from SCP (Aachen, Germany).(SOFTWARE)
• How and where from MSN.
• Pythagoras rules! Adw Software (Vosselaar, Belgium) releases Pythagoras 10.30, an integrated drawing and calculation program for land surveyors and civil engineers.
• Spot data supporting on-line mapping: the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure is a good starting point when beginning to search for African spatial data.
• ModelBuilder Competition.
• Ortho-rectification of QuickBird satellite: very high resolution satellite data is now being used for applications traditionally covered by aerial photography. Most of these applications require that the data extracted from the satellite imagery be accura
  by Volpe, Fabio
• It's obvious isn't it ...? Generating metadata for datasets you have created is an essential process--yet few of us actually bother. Bob Barr looks at why we should take the time and effort.(DANGLING SEGMENT)
  by Barr, Robert
• Esko-Graphics.(SOFTWARE)