ArcWeb USA
http://www.esri.com/arcwebservices.
ESRI announced the availability of ArcWeb USA. ArcWeb USA is ESRI’s first offering of ArcWeb Services packages. These packages are suites of self-contained modular components and applications that can be published and accessed over the Web. They are designed to give developers the ability to include GIS content and capabilities in their applications without having to host the data or develop the necessary tools themselves.
ArcWeb USA allows users to
- Access dynamic maps of U.S. streets, topography, demographics, and more.
- Perform geocoding (address matching) on a nationwide scale.
- Generate routes and driving directions between multiple locations.
- Provide place finder capabilities.
- Generate census demographic maps and reports.
- Upload and maintain user-defined points of interest.
Applied Geographics
http://www.appgeo.com
Applied Geographics, Inc. (AGI) announced that Morgen Bullock joined the firm as a GIS Analyst for the municipal sector in the Boston office. Prior to joining AGI, Ms Bullock interned at the Adirondack Park Agency in Raybrook, New York, performing GIS interpretation of land cover/land use maps and updating maps, shapefiles and attribute data for the staff. She attended Colgate University with a double concentration in Mathematics and Geography. While at Colgate, Ms. Bullock served as a GIS Research Assistant. “Morgen is a welcome addition to the Municipal Team at AGI,”said Joan Gardner president of AGI. “She will compliment our efforts to expand services, and provide timely updates to existing municipal projects.”
AAG
http://www.aag.org
Dr. Douglas B. Richardson is the new Executive Director of the Association of American Geographers, effective January 1, 2003. Richardson, formerly President and founder of GeoResearch, Inc. has been serving as Director of Research and Strategic Initiatives at the AAG since July 2001. He succeeds retiring Executive Director Ronald F. Abler. Richardson holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. (1980) in geography from Michigan State University.
Estimotion
http://www.estimotion.com/
Estimotion Ltd., a leading Israeli-based provider of traffic forecasting technology selected ESRI’s location-based GIS technology to deliver highly accurate, real-time traffic information to mobile workforce and urban commuters worldwide.
Systematics Technologies, ESRI’s distributor in Israel, provided the software and support to Estimotion.
Estimotion’s technology perpetually updates current and predicted traffic situation pictures using location data from mobile networks and other sources. The resulting time–dependent traffic information is valuable for intelligent transportation system implementations. Estimotion’s applications will use ESRI’s ArcView 8.x technology to perform complex spatial analysis, generate output data, and produce traffic situation views based on incoming observations and updated traffic behavior patterns. ESRI’s ArcSDE will manage the spatial data. Estimotion’s routing technology was developed with ArcObjects.
ImageLinks
http://www.imagelinks.com /
ImageLinks implemented an advanced new atmospheric correction algorithm based on the 6S radiative transfer code. This correction will be adopted as one of the standard digital image processing techniques ImageLinks applies to aerial and satellite imagery. According to the company, atmospheric correction improves image clarity by compensating for distortions caused by gaseous absorption and molecular and aerosol scattering along the Sun-target-sensor path.
MapObjects 2.2
http://www.esri.com
MapObjects 2.2 -Windows Edition just released! MapObjects - Windows Edition is ESRI’s collection of embeddable mapping and GIS components that can be used to add dynamic mapping and GIS capabilities to existing Windows applications or build custom mapping and GIS solutions.
“With the release of MapObjects 2.2, ESRI is reaffirming its commitment to providing developers with robust tools for building GIS applications,”says Victoria Kouyoumjian,ESRI’s MapObjects product manager.
Humboldt University in Berlin
http://www.hu-berlin.de/
The Demography Department of the Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt University in Berlin, the first European GeoMedia® Research Grant recipient, chose to use GeoMedia technology to develop a data management system that will enable the people of Berlin access to a rich knowledge base of socio-demographic information through the Web. Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions awarded the university $5,000 (U.S.) and a $50,000 software donation as part of an innovative education program to encourage applied geospatial research. The Demography Department is undertaking the research project to address the need for a comprehensive, easily accessible data management system to link the city's disparate data to multiple users in an interactive environment.
