From newsletter@spatialnews.com Sun Sep 29 12:49:21 2002 Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:06:57 -0500 CDT From: SpatialNewsTo: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in Subject: SpatialNews Daily NewsWire 07/31/02 - Laurel Hill GeoData Sentry, RSI, MapInfo in the news [ Part 1, Text/PLAIN 4 lines. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] If you have trouble viewing the newsletter, please connect your browser to: http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2002/jul/31/newsfeed.html The GeoCommunity - SpatialNews Daily NewsWire [oasisi.php?s=98&w=468&h=60] Wednesday July 31, Published by ThinkBurst Media, Inc. [ GIS Discussion | GeoImaging | GeoBids RFPs | GIS Jobs | GeoCommunity Account ] ________________________________________________________________________________ * Sponsored by Bentley Systems Inc. * Now Available! MicroStation Descartes V8. 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