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Articles in July, 2006 issue of GEO: connexion

• Four companies spearheading innovative uses of geographic information are celebrating after winning Ordnance Survey partner awards.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• European Space Imaging.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• Climate & agriculture in West Africa: Benjamin Sultan and Serge Janicot explain how climate impacts relate to agriculture throughout West Africa.
  by Janicot, Serge; Sultan, Benjamin
• Interview: Don Carswell, president--Optech Inc. Optech incorporated is based in Canada and is involved internationally in the development, manufacture and support of advanced laser-based surveying, mapping and imaging instruments. Mr. Don Carswell is the
• New security contracts.
• Disaster inventory GIS.
• Cleaning geometry.
• New web service.
• Berg Insight.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• ASTEROP.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• Transforming utilities: Bill Meehan suggestions a wider enterprise implementation of GIS will create many benefits and opportunities. He describes how business assets are not only being mapped but how business transformation is driving higher productivity
  by Meehan, Bill
• SRTM height models: Karsten Jacobsen provides an analysis of shuttle radar topography mission (SRTM) derived digital elevation models (DEM). Acquired during a shuttle spacecraft mission and made available in February 2000, SRTM data is now freely availabl
• Topcon Europe Positioning BV.
• Sock it to me.
• New products unveiled: new GIS / CAD products are providing more speed, functions and potential.
• Transforming data.
• ArtSystems the sole UK distributor of the new Contex DESIGNmate Series of 3D printers has announced the appointment of their first accredited 3D reseller partner--Hobs Reprographics.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• Global Relief Technologies.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• From image to substance: Parviz Tarikhi reports on Iran's use of remote sensing techniques to mitigate natural disasters and promote sustainable development.
  by Tarikhi, Parviz
• Ready for close ups ... Just three days before the start of the Cannes film festival, SPOT image S.A. of Toulouse, France, Hosted the membership of the company's Direct Receiving Stations (DRS) in nearby Sophia Antipolis.
  by Armstrong, Douglas G.
• Award.
• RFID growing.
• Talk and drive.
• Windows invades Linux space.
• Sustainable future: agriculture and forestry are key economic drivers in Europe and about 10 million people work in these sectors.
  by Thurston, Jeff
• Virginia Department of Forestry.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• EADS Astrium.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• Product review: Autodesk Map 3D 2007.
  by Thurston, Jeff
• Contextmapping: two researchers discuss contextmapping and how it is being used to inform and inspire designers with experience-based data.
• GPS contract to Poland.
• Ok Co-Pilot.
• Upgrade live.
• Slovenia mapped.
• QinetiQ.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• A recently-signed cooperative agreement between EUMETSAT and the French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) outlines the responsibilities of the two agencies in relation to Jason-2.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• Bentley BE Conference 2006.
• Where's the point? In an early dangling segments column I asked "why is it so difficult for a computer to stick pins in a map?".
  by Barr, Robert
• Award for Excellence.
• New images for the media: media users depend on high quality images that support editorial content effectively.
• New in print: printing large banners and media quicker can now be realised.
• GPS assistance: assistance across culture and language is on the way with new technologies that combine GPS with wireless communications.
• Tensing USA named Integrated Mapping Services Inc. (InMaps) of Holderness, N.H., as the newest Tensing Business Partner.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• The RaveGeo web platform from Idevio AB of Goteborg, Sweden, has been selected by IQObject AB.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• Infoterra Group: EADS Astrium presented new information about the Infoterra Group at the Berlin international airshow recently.
• The European Soil Database: the European Soil Database at scale 1:1,000,000 is part of the European Soil Information System (EUSIS). It is the resulting product of a collaborative project involving all the European union and neighbouring countries.
  by Panagos, Panos
• VHR contract.
• World's most powerful: a new processing server platform is delivering world-record results at reduced cost.
• Navigation innovation.
• Stereo monitors.
• Tough GNSS.
• Cutting the Wires.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• South African Track & Trace Service.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• Lake District.
• Cutting edge scanning: from the measurement of trees to the study of soil slope movement in China, laser scanning is providing valuable and timely information to meet environmental needs.
• Stock watch: a short summary of recent stock market events and emerging GI related business information.
• MapCruncher.
• On to web services.
• Promoting learning.
• FIG Congress 2006.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• XML-based data in GIS: as the popularity of GeoRSS grows, the impact on GIS related applications and possibilities is also growing and changing.
• Is geospatial metadata really different? Metadata management is increasingly recognized as an important strategic weapon in an evolving business environment. Lynne Stitle navigates the issue explaining why.
  by Stitle, Lynne
• Awarded.
• 12 terabyte served.
• Volume with Voxler.
• Shortlisted.
• Predictive analytics.
• MapAction.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• Diary & events.(Calendar)
• Review: Laser Technology--Criterion RD 1000.
  by Thurston, Jeff
• Move toward strength.
• Andes exposed.
• Gis toolkit.
• Developer community.
• Surveying on the net.
• PCI Geomatics announced the signing of a strategic distributor partnership with TGIS Technologies Inc.(NEWS BRIEFS)
• Glaciers from Space: Tobias Bolch, Ulrich Kamp and Manfred F. Buchroithner examine new methods for mapping debris-covered glaciers at Mt. Everest, Nepal from Space.
  by Buchroithner, Manfred F.
• Meta--findability: Part 1; In the first of a two-part series, Michael Gould unravels the evolution of metadata, on a quest to separate archiving from discovery.
  by Gould, Michael
• Acquire and expand.
• Selected.
• Citiesrevealed to Google in 3D: Google continues to expand with new 3D building content.

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