Malaysian Department of Survey and Mapping
http://www.jupem.gov.my
The Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (DSMM), the government agency responsible for all topographic mapping in Malaysia, selected Intergraph's GIS, cartographic, and photogrammetric solutions for its new Fast Mapping System. The Fast Mapping System is designed to provide geospatial data to the various departments within the Malaysian government. The Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia's mandate is to develop an enterprise GIS and mapping system that produces sophisticated, integrated spatial information in a variety of digital products and is readily available to the country's decision makers within various government departments.
Applied Geographics
http://www.appgeo.com
Applied Geographics, Inc. (AGI) announced that Rich Grady was elected President at the Board of Directors (BOD) meeting on January 16, 2003. Mr. Grady joined AGI in 1994, and has served as Executive Vice President since 1995. Joan N. Gardner, founder and former president, will remain as Chairman of the BOD and Treasurer of the company. Mr. Grady built AGI’s Facilities & Environment practice, and manages large projects for both government and private sector clients. He received a letter of recognition from the US Navy for his work in support of Web-based installation management at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard over the past five years.
MapQuest Enterprise v2.0
http://www.mapquest.com/solutions
MapQuest® announced the launch of its next–generation mapping and location–based service for businesses — MapQuest Enterprise v2.0. MapQuest Enterprise v2.0 is a high performance mapping, routing, geocoding and spatial searching engine that fully integrates and leverages the highest quality geographic data available. A locally hosted solution, MapQuest Enterprise v2.0 allows businesses to map and route–enable their Web sites, intranets, extranets and wireless applications to better serve their customers and improve the way they do business. “The release of MapQuest Enterprise v2.0 is an important milestone in the evolution of MapQuest technology and our advanced business solutions,” said Tommy McGloin, Senior Vice President and General Manager of MapQuest. “We’re empowering businesses to integrate mapping, routing and other location-based services across multiple platforms in order to improve their marketing and customer service functionalities. …”
The Geography of Health Care Planning and Marketing
http://campus.esri.com
The Geography of Health Care Planning and Marketing is a new ESRI Virtual Campus course that teaches how GIS software can be used by health care professionals to optimize service delivery and identify new marketing opportunities. This six–module course (the first module is free) shows the various ways ArcView Business Analyst 1.1a adds value to business spatial studies. Greg Pugh, director of corporate planning at Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services (JHHS), is the course author. JHHS, a regional network, provides health care services at many hospitals and locations throughout Kentucky and southern Indiana and is known for high–quality, advanced health care.
Lakeview Technology Inc
www.lakeviewtech.com
Lakeview Technology Inc., a leader in the development and distribution of infrastructure software for the information enterprise, announced a relationship with ESRI. Lakeview’s OmniReplicator simplifies data distribution through an intuitive graphical user interface. Administrators can point and click to select data sources and targets without the need to modify any application code. “Prior to our relationship, some ESRI customers who realized they had a need for replication found OmniReplicator on their own,” said Glenn Adriance, OmniReplicator’s worldwide independent software vendor partner manager. “For example, one ESRI customer, a large forest management company, uses OmniReplicator to synchronize one database it uses for editing purposes with another one it makes available to its customers. The company’s vice president of technical services told us optimizing the value of a timber investment requires accurate data. The company couldn’t continue with the enhancements of its systems (that make this value optimization possible) without OmniReplicator’s ability to synchronize its edit and live databases.”
GITA
http://www.gita.org
The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) announced that it has published the Geospatial Technology Report 2002: A Survey of Organizations Implementing Geospatial Information Technologies. The report, the fifth in an annual series from GITA, contains detailed information on the complexity, direction, and completeness of geographic information systems (GIS) projects being implemented at 187 infrastructure–based organizations — an increase of 19%; from the 2001 study. In addition to comprehensive cross-industry analyses and trends, the 91–page report on CD provides detailed information on five industry sections: electric, gas, pipeline, telecommunications, and water/sewer/storm. Information in each industry section focuses on landbase accuracy, sophistication, maintenance cycles, application usage, and interfaces. The report, which is provided free of charge to survey participants, is available for $125 for GITA individual members and $175 for nonmembers.
Coulter Mapping Solutions and Azteca Systems
http://www.cmsgis.com/ and http://www.azteca.com/
Coulter Mapping Solutions, Inc. and Azteca Systems, Inc. partnered to create a computer maintenance management system for Public Works and Utilities organizations. The companies combined their respective technologies to provide a comprehensive solution for GIS–based asset and maintenance management for water, wastewater, storm Water, streets, electric and gas utilities. Both firms will offer Coulter Mapping Solutionâs CMSEdit with Azteca Systemsâ Cityworks Enterprise Asset & Maintenance Management software. “This collaborative effort truly benefits our customers,” said Brian Haslam, president of Azteca Systems. “Being able to offer the functionality available in CMSEdit, combined with Cityworks, provides customers with an excellent set of asset management tools.”
