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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,
Director, Entertainment & Media Business Unit, Nokia Mobile
Phones Asia Pacific to find out a bit more about development
opportunities offered by this unique device. A special WDN
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GEOCOMMUNITY EVENT SPOTLIGHT
GeoAlberta 2003
This years theme "Stretching the Limits", speaks to the
integration of geomatics as an enabling technology into a host of
areas. Whether it's resource development, management of
infrastructure, defining and assessing the state of the
environment or assisting in planning vacations, geomatics plays a
major role in helping individuals relate to our physical
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TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 7-9, 2003
GeoNorth 2003 - GeoNorth 2003 is a one-day showcase & seminar
programme that will examine the latest issues, technologies and
benefits of geographic information (GI) for the public sector and
public service communities. It will take place on 18th March 2003
at New Century House, Manchester, M60 0AL, UK.
Autodesk University SpatialNews @ Autodesk U. 2002 - Our coverage
includes notes from the keynote, a look at DWF, the new Express
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GEOCOMMUNITY USEFUL SITE OF THE DAY
[useful.gif] The Enforcer GIS - The Enforcer Geographic
Information System is an Enterprise data initiative
originating from the Pinellas County Department of Justice
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,
Clearwater Police Department, Largo Police Department, St.
Petersburg Police Department, Pinellas Park Police
Department, Gulfport Police Department, Belleair Police
Department, St. Pete Beach Police Department, and Tarpon
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,
and the State Attorney's Office. Be sure to check out all the
screen shots!
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GEOCOMMUNITY CAREER CENTER
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Recent Earthquakes Around The Globe
DATE-(UTC)-TIME - Lat - Long - Depth - Magnitude - Q - Location
2002/12/17 21:35:48 38.78N 107.40W 0.0 2.7 COLORADO
2002/12/17 16:09:12 6.97S 125.38E 493.2 5.3 BANDA SEA
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2002/12/16 22:01:06 36.60N 121.21W 8.8 3.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
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