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Subject: SpatialNews Daily NewsWire 12/18/02 - Intergraph, OGC,
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  SpatialNews, Dec. 18

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  Today's SpatialNews Headlines

      [ogc.gif] The OGC Explained... A recent discussion thread on
      the popular GISList concerning the Open GIS Consortium (OGC)
      resulted in some interesting discussion and feedback
      concerning the efforts and mandate of the OGC. Spawned by a
      lenghty question posed to the list, proponents of the OGC
      used the opportunity to explain and clarify to the layperson
      just exactly what the OGC is all about.

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      Details Here Intergraph - Intergraph's GeoMedia Technology
      Immediately Available for Solutions Development with
      Microsoft .NET Technologies

      Details Here The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. - OGC Announces
      Interoperability Internship Project

      Details Here Ordnance Survey - Ordnance Survey wins fourth
      successive Charter Mark award

      Details Here Webraska - Webraska Ships World's First
      Standards-Compliant Geospatial Platform for Location-Based
      Services, Fleet Management and Telematics Industries

      Details Here E Team - E Team First to Offer Interoperable
      Incident Management System for Homeland Security -- Release 2
      - Government Edition Enables All Players Critical To An
      Emergency Response To Collaborate In Real Time

      Details Here Enghouse Systems Limited - Enghouse Closes
      Acquisition of Syntellect

      Details Here Bell Mobility - Bell Mobility introduces
      MyFinder - Canada's first wireless location based service

      Details Here Intuicom, Inc - Intuicom Announces the Military
      Navigator System


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      [n-gage-01-a-75x60.jpg?ref=wdn] COOL STUFF... It's a cell
      phone and a game deck! - We recently spoke to Loren Shuster,
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    GEOCOMMUNITY USEFUL SITE OF THE DAY

      [useful.gif] The Enforcer GIS - The Enforcer Geographic
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      Coordination as an attempt to establish geographic crime
      analysis capabilities on a county-wide scale. The Enforcer
      Project has evolved into a cooperative effort that
      encompasses fifteen agencies including nine local law
      enforcement agencies(Pinellas County Sheriff's Office,
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      Springs Police Department), Department of Justice
      Coordination, the Board of County Commissioners Information
      Systems, the Pinellas County Licensing Board, the Department
      of Corrections, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement,
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