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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:51:17 -0500
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Subject: SpatialNews Daily NewsWire (06/19/03) - Delorme, RGI,
     Calgary Geomatics in the news


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 1. Breaking News & PR
 2. Classifieds 1 or 5 day!
 3. Useful Site of the day - Calgary Geomatics Cluster
 4. Toolbox - Windows XP Expert zone
 5. Careers & RFPs - E-911 system (Texas) RFP
 6. GPS World ... Free Magazine
 7. Suggested Reading - Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
 8. Featured Data - Maryland DOQQ
 9. Recent Earthquakes
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DeLorme Launches TopoBird; Satellite Camera plus LIDAR - all in an
Airplane
This highly efficient aerial platform delivers the benefits of digital
multi-spectral space imaging technology at ground resolutions and
accuracy typical of traditional aerial mapping

RGI Wins Contract to Provide IKONOS Satellite Imagery for Canadian
Government Emergency Preparedness
The satellite imagery, covering populated areas of Atlantic Canada, will
provide the Government of Canada, Office of Critical Infrastructure
Protection and Emergency Preparedness

Vexcel Receives Contract To Develop Processing System for New Radar
Imaging Satellite
Under this contract, Vexcel will build on its existing calibration
processing technology to create a system tailored to meet the specific
calibration needs of the PALSAR instrument.

Alcott Routon Now Using ESRI's ArcWeb for Developers to Enhance Marketing
Services
ArcWeb for Developers is a suite of geographic information system (GIS)
Web services that gives developers the ability to include spatial content
and capabilities in their current applications without having to develop
any new GIS applications themselves

ENVISAT Now Available from RADARSAT International
RSI distributes worldwide data and downlinks from the Advanced Synthetic
Aperture Radar (ASAR) instrument on board the ENVISAT satellite to
clients in North and South America.

GiveMePower Ships New PowerCAD Pro For Windows Desktop, Laptop And XP
Tablet PCs
New 5.2 Release Helps CAD Users Save Time And Money With Enhanced AutoCAD
Compatibility, Photo-Realistic Rendering, And As-Built Drawing Creation

WS_FTP Pro 8.0 Now Available from Ipswitch, Inc
Boosts User Productivity with Automated Industry-First Features,
Increases Transfer Security

Robert S. Apatoff Named CEO of Rand McNally & Company
Apatoff was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing
Officer of Allstate, the nation's largest publicly traded insurance
company

Around-the-web - GPS and Your Laptop; this article on the MS XP expert
zone describes how one GPS enthusiats parents are now travelling the
country with a new laptop and GPS unit helping them plot their next
destination.

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GEOCOMMUNITY CONFERENCES & EVENTS
Submit news and information about your company's plans for the 2003 ESRI
UC

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world's largest GIS event July 7-11, 2003, in San Diego, California. Sign
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Symposium taking place on June 25-26 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in
North Carolina. The event will include the launch of GenaWare's exciting
new suite of tools, Ware2. We will be offering free sessions showcasing
our Web-based and desktop applications, technical workshops, and client
and partner presentations of real world applications of GenaWare tools.
Details Here - Be sure to visit the SpatialNews 2003 ESRI UC HomePage

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      > 3G Americas - The mission of 3G Americas is to promote and
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GEOCOMMUNITY USEFUL SITE OF THE DAY

[useful.jpg] Calgary Geomatics Cluster - A subset of the Calgary InfoPort
(www.infoport.ca), The Calgary Geomatics Cluster is an organisation
dedicated to developing and fostering excellence, innovation and
collaboration in geomatics in Calgary The geomatics cluster focuses on
developing technology for the generation, tracking and displaying of
environment-related data.

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GEOCOMMUNITY TOOLBOX

MS Windows XP Expert zone - This community portal from our friends in
Washington State helps users and developers stay abreast of the latest in
XP. You'll find loads of community resources and some decent papers here
as well.

[toolbox.gif] The ToolBox is a popular feature of the daily newswire
where we highlight handy a tool, extension, or add-on that will help in
your daily GIS activities. Feel free to send us details (include required
software please) or send us the script and we'll host it in our popular
online software tools section.

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GEOCOMMUNITY CAREER CENTER

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 *  GIS Intern, City of Santa Clara, CA - The GIS Intern will perform
    technical/paraprofessional tasks related to geographic information
    data, and mapping in application to a variety of planning,
    engineering, and administrative functions for the City of Santa
    Clarita
 *  Demographic/Mapping Analyst - Newspaper Services of America is the
    largest print media planning and buying agency in the U.S. Working
    with some of the nation^Òs top advertisers
 *  GIS Support Analyst, UK - This role is based in London with a salary
    up to £25,000
 *  GIS Coordinator, Hoopa Valley Tribal Fisheries Department - requires,
    US or Canadian Citizen and B.S. Degree with major study in Geography,
    Cartography, or Natural Resources related field.
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Recent Earthquakes Around The Globe

DATE-(UTC)-TIME - Lat - Long - Depth - Magnitude - Q - Location
2003/06/19 12:59:24 71.13N 7.69W 10.0 5.6 JAN MAYEN ISLAND REGION
2003/06/19 07:00:46 20.97S 178.67W 600.0 4.8 FIJI REGION
2003/06/18 13:52:28 6.71N 72.94W 161.2 4.1 NORTHERN COLOMBIA
2003/06/18 05:25:04 38.56N 23.57E 33.0 4.8 GREECE
2003/06/18 01:53:31 12.15S 24.87E 10.0 4.4 ZAMBIA
2003/06/18 01:25:59 21.08S 68.15W 140.5 4.1 CHILE-BOLIVIA BORDER REGION
2003/06/17 20:25:14 34.17N 117.49W 5.7 3.4 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CA.

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