From intergraph5@intergraph-campaign.info Sat Jun 19 14:33:57 2004 Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 11:21:06 -0500 From: Intergraph's Education e-LinkTo: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Intergraph Education Award Winners Announced & More [ Part 1, Text/PLAIN (charset: ISO-8859-1 "Latin 1") 1 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 visit http://imgs.intergraph.com/education_elink/may04 Global e-Link by Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions International Edition | May 2004 Education Program Resources | Edit Your Profile | Contact Us Dear T.V., The past month has been an exciting time for Intergraph and our customers. The GeoSpatial World conference in Miami was buzzing with 20 percent more attendees than previous years, representing 55 countries. The conference hosted the first Intergraph Education Symposium. Professor Michael Goodchild^Òs keynote started the day to a packed room and was followed by diverse international presentations on open standards, international problem-based learning, hurricane tracking, and more. The afternoon session began with a keynote from Professor Mauro Salvemini on the challenges and vision of European research, followed by the Education Network discussion that provided insight into future educational activities. Best Practice and Poster Competition Award winners received their prizes on stage from President Preetha Pulusani ^Ö read on for more details. GeoSpatial World was also the forum to launch the new Intergraph image. Intergraph has seen significant changes in recent years, and the updated corporate identity is representative of the company's future vision, mission, and core values. More information is below. In This Issue Intergraph Best Practice and Poster Competition Award Winners Announced Northern Illinois University announces 2004 Presidential Awards for Excellence Intergraph Registered Research Laboratory Membership surpasses 200 UNIGIS Summer School Intergraph Unveils New Corporate Identity Intergraph^Òs GeoMedia 5.2 Product Suite Delivers 200 New and Improved Functions Pulusani to Serve as Keynote Speaker During GML Days 2004 It was my pleasure to see familiar faces ^Ö and to meet some of you for the first time. I look forward to seeing you again in Los Angeles next year! As always, please keep your comments and suggestions coming. All the best, Fiona Hopkinson Global Program Manager Education and Interoperability Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions [top_line.gif] Intergraph Best Practice and Poster Competition Award Winners Announced [ed_awards.jpg] We were pleased to see a wide range of innovative and creative geospatial applications during Intergraph^Òs annual International Best Practices and Poster Competition. At GeoSpatial World 2004, the Best Practices Award recipients presented their papers and the Poster Competition winners displayed their work in the conference exhibit hall. Click here to see a complete list of education award recipients. We would like to thank all the entrants for their efforts. [top_line.gif] Northern Illinois University announces 2004 Presidential Awards for Excellence Philip Young of Northern Illinois University, in recognition of his outstanding geospatial teaching and research activities, has been chosen as a recipient of the University^Òs Presidential Awards for Excellence. Northern Illinois University, an Intergraph Education Grant recipient and Registered Research Laboratory (RRL), has undertaken award-winning projects such as the virtual notebook and Campus map. Click here to learn more about the RRL Program. [top_line.gif] Intergraph Registered Research Laboratory Membership surpasses 200 [orl.jpg] Since the Program launch at Geospatial World 2002, membership has rapidly grown to more than 200 internationally. There is no financial fee for the program, which provides a comprehensive software and support offering in exchange for two papers per year. Research activities are showcased to the academic and commercial community on http://synergy.intergraph.com/orl. Visit http://synergy.intergraph.com/rrl or e-mail education@intergraph.com for instructions to join. [top_line.gif] UNIGIS Summer School Digital Terrain Modeling, Analysis, and Visualization Sept 22 ^Ö Salzburg, Austria [dtm_summerschool.gif] The UNIGIS summer school series continues in 2004 with an English-language course entitled ^ÓDigital Terrain Modeling, Analysis, and Visualization^Ô from Sept 22-29 in Salzburg, Austria. An international and interdisciplinary group of participants will learn through lectures, topical workshops, and hands-on exercises. Topics range from various techniques for terrain data acquisition, accuracy assessment, and interpolation to construction engineering applications including surface runoff simulations. Map-centric perspectives and dynamic visualization will play a strong role throughout the course. Visit www.zgis.at/ss_dtm for details and registration information. [top_line.gif] Intergraph Unveils New Corporate Identity Change symbolizes company^Òs focus on software and services [intergraph_250.jpg] Intergraph unveiled a new corporate identity that includes the Company's first logo redesign in more than 20 years. Intergraph's updated corporate identity has been developed to reflect the progress that Intergraph has made in recent years and is representative of the company's future vision, mission, and core values. The change is symbolic of Intergraph's exit from the computer hardware business and its reintroduction as a growth and operating company within the software and services segments. Read more. [top_line.gif] Intergraph^Òs GeoMedia Version 5.2 Product Suite Delivers 200 New and Improved Functions to Maximize the Management, Analysis, and Distribution of Geospatial Data GeoMedia 5.2 core product enhancements streamline map composition and Web publishing GeoMedia® Version 5.2 suite of geospatial products, designed to maximize the management, analysis, and distribution of geospatial data and business information throughout the enterprise, delivers 200 new and improved functions to increase user productivity. The suite consists of 17 existing maintenance, visualization, distribution, and analysis products tailored for the regional and local government, national and federal government, military and intelligence, utilities, communications, photogrammetry, and transportation markets. Simultaneous with the new release, a new product that aids professionals in visualizing and analyzing geospatial data for intelligence applications is being introduced. Read more. [top_line.gif] Pulusani to Serve as Keynote Speaker During GML Days 2004 [preetha.jpg] Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions President, Preetha Pulusani, will present a keynote address at the upcoming GML Days 2004, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 25 - 29. This is the third annual conference on the Open GIS Consortium (OGC^Ù) Geography Markup Language (GML) and Web Services for geographic information systems (GIS). Intergraph is also a sponsor of the event. GML is rapidly emerging as the world standard for the XML encoding of geographic information and is the foundation for the Geo-Web. GML is used in a wide range of geographic applications including those for homeland security and critical infrastructure protection, integrated land, and resource management, location-based services, telematics and intelligent transportation systems, and oceanography. Read more about Pulusani's keynote address and the third annual GML Days conference. 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