Welcome to the 2nd issue of 2003! There is lots to tell you about, including our new permanent feature “Out of the Box.”
This issue contains part 2 of a three–part series of excerpts from the Executive Summary of the newly released “GIS and Mobile Computing Solutions Market Study for North American Electric Utilities” conducted by InfoNetrix. You may recall that in the last issue we provided a short background on Web Services. In this issue we tell what the OGC is doing to standardize Geography Markup Language 3 that will be an important component of Web Services for GIS.
- GMCS Market Study Excerpts Pt 2 In this comprehensive research study, seven signs of market evolution are discussed. We give you a look at the signs # 4 and 5 in this issue.
- Thanks a Lott! At a time when he must still be spinning from a questionable off-the-record remark, Senator Trent Lott got a momentary reprieve from public condemnation from the ASPRS.
- OGC Announces GML3 Recently, the organization announced the approval and release of Geography Markup Language version 3.0 (GML 3). It defines a data encoding in XML that allows geographic data and its attributes to be moved between disparate systems with ease.
- Some More about Viruses The Internet was just hit with the “SQL Slammer Worm” a computer bug that mostly affects larger networks using Microsoft SQL server. It seemed to me that it was good time to give us all a refresher course on computer viruses. And who better to tell you about it than Richard Lowe Jr.?
- Top Eight Morons of 2002 Presented just for fun, and funny it is
Out of the BoxThis is a new feature that we will bring you each month. These are excerpts from articles that are just outside the GIS Box … items about government, technology and utilities that could shape your GIS thinking.
As always, we provide you with the latest links to new topics, products, services and oddball ideas that either pertain to GIS, or seem like fun. You know that is located in GIS Net Surfing. If you just want the latest in GIS news, then click on over to News to Use.
As always, we thank you for your support, and trust that you and your loved ones remain safe, healthy and prosperous.
