From newsletter@geocomm.com Sat Jun 21 17:57:59 2003 Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:41:48 -0500 From: SpatialNewsTo: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in Subject: SpatialNews Daily NewsWire (06/20/03) - Celartem Acquires LizardTech in the news [ Part 1, Text/PLAIN 4 lines. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] If you have trouble viewing the newsletter, please connect your browser to: http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2003/jun/20/newsfeed.html GeoCommunity's SpatialNews Daily NewsWire - June 20, 2003 [oasisi.php?s=98&w=468&h=60] Published by ThinkBurst Media, Inc. (Copyright (c)2003) * Sponsored by SAFE Software * FME Suite 2003 X2 -- a Spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tool that makes it easy for organizations to translate, transform, share and enhance their data between over 100 GIS, CAD, and database formats. FME Suite is the complete translation and transformation environment: it consists of a translator, a transformation editor and a viewer. Try it and you'll like it! Free evaluation available Today's SpatialNews Headlines ThinkBurst Media Properties: Events.Geocomm.com | GISDataDepot | GeoBids.com | Careers.Geocomm.com | WirelessDevNet.com | GeoCommunity Accounts 1. Breaking News & PR - CELARTEM TECHNOLOGY USA, Inc. acquires LizardTech! 2. Classifieds 1 or 5 day! 3. Useful Site of the day - Massey University Image WebServer 4. Toolbox - Genuine Fractals 5. Careers & RFPs - 3-D IMAGING SENSORS RFP 6. GPS World ... Free Magazine 7. Suggested Reading - Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst 8. Featured Data - Maryland DOQQ 9. Recent Earthquakes 10. Your Subscription ________________________________________________________________________________ Business News... CELARTEM TECHNOLOGY USA, Inc. acquires LizardTech, Inc - Celartem Technology USA, Inc. is wholly owned by Japan's Celartem Technology, Inc. (Hercules:4330), which provides digital image and secure content distribution solutions. The addition of LizardTech's core technology and applications furthers Celartem's vision to consolidate and develop technology to simplify and enhance the creation, management, control and distribution of digital content. The acquisition puts Celartem in a strong position to change the existing definition of digital content to encompass both images and digital document content. Details Here [oasisi.php?s=99&w=120&h=600] 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 European Space Imaging^Òs IKONOS Ground Station Opening European Space Imaging^Òs IKONOS Ground Station Opening at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich on Friday, 27th June, 11 am - 1 pm Autodesk Buzzsaw Webcast - Online project management You'll hear a firsthand account of how the Buzzsaw Professional online project management and collaboration service is helping save the university time and money on a $365 million, 410,000 square-foot hospital building project Leica Geosystems announces the introduction of the new TPS400 Series total stations easy-to-use instrument for general construction, simple alignments or complex stake outs, earthmoving, pipe layouts and other civil engineering tasks Baltimore Gas & Electric Goes Live with Centricity System from CES International A network management software system that allows for rapid response during power outages and streamlines a number of critical distribution operations functions Hispanic Population Reaches All-Time High of 38.8 Million According to the race and Hispanic-origin estimates, Hispanics accounted for 3.5 million, or fully one-half, of the population increase of 6.9 million for the nation since April 1, 2000 Microsoft Offers New Programs for Web Development Community Company Releases an Update to ASP.NET Web Matrix, The ASP.NET Starter Kits and a New ASP.NET Hosting Program ESRI Business Information Solutions and Pixxures Announce Agreement Aerial Imagery Adds New Dimension to Demographic Data and Mapping Bentley Joins ESRI in AEC-GIS Interoperability Presentation at ESRI International User Conference ESRI's David Maguire and Bentley's Styli Camateros will co-present their companies' shared vision of AEC-GIS Interoperability MapInfo Identifies Where College Graduates Live and What Jobs Attract Them While bachelor degree-holding beach boys and girls of California dominate the top ten list, renowned ^Ócollege town^Ô Boston, Massachusetts did not make the cu Around-the-web - Trimble today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Applanix Corporation of Ontario, Canada in a stock transaction valued at CA$25 million (approximately US$18.6 million). Applanix is a leading developer of systems that integrate Inertial Navigation System (INS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies. DID-U-KNOW... According to the race and Hispanic-origin estimates, Hispanics accounted for 3.5 million, or fully one-half, of the population increase of 6.9 million for the nation since April 1, 2000 (Source: US Census Bureau) [ Companies, Make sure you have a SpatialNews PR Account! ] GEOCOMMUNITY CONFERENCES & EVENTS Presentation of the PS Technique: the new tool for ground deformation monitoring T.R.E. presents the potential of the PS technique, a new remote sensing technology that allows the identification of single radar benchmarks, the Permanent Scatterers, where very precise displacement measurements can be carried out. The new technique overcomes most of the limits of conventional approches to surface deformation monitoring. July 10, 2003, Italian Institute of Culture, 425 Washington Street, San Francisco, California Submit news and information about your company's plans for the 2003 ESRI UC [esriuc2003.gif] Be a Part of the ESRI User Conference - Experience the world's largest GIS event July 7-11, 2003, in San Diego, California. Sign up to be a part of the conference. [oasisi.php?s=97&w=150&h=40] GenaWare is hosting its' Annual User 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 [ View All 2003 Events ] * SPATIALNEWS CLASSIFIEDS & ANNOUNCEMENTS * > ESRI announces the release of ArcPad StreetMap, a new extension for ArcPad that adds greater functionality to Mobile GIS applications. With this new extension users can increase productivity by scheduling more stops per trip, improve worker flexibility, and enhance customer service through quicker response. Download an evaluation version of ArcPad StreetMap. > 3G Americas - The mission of 3G Americas is to promote and facilitate the seamless deployment of GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS throughout the Americas for the benefit of consumers. 3G Americas is headquartered in Bellevue, WA with a regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Dallas, TX. > New Creation Information Technologies (www.newcreationit.com) offers world-class software development services for wireless / mobile applications. Using our offshore center in India, staffed with highly skilled engineers and extremely economical hourly rates, we offer significant cost savings. Contact us to custom build your mobile application! > Product: MAPublisher - Make better maps from GIS data with MAPublisher. Try the new release of MAPublisher 5.0 with importer for MicroStation Design files, full support for Mac OS X and Illustrator 10 (Mac & Windows). > Product: FME Suite - Safe Software - Safe Software invites you to download a fully functional 14-day evaluation version of the Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) Suite -- an ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tool for spatial data. 5 DAY or 1 DAY CLASSIFIED AD ________________________________________________________________________________ Reader Poll - Which answer is most applicable to your large-format plotting needs? Cast Your Vote GEOCOMMUNITY USEFUL SITE OF THE DAY [useful.gif] Massey University Image WebServer - This interactive mapper shows the soils of the Massey Campus and surrounding farms. The soils are presented in the map on the right. This map can be manipulated and soil profiles viewed using the buttons. [ Submit A useful site! ] [ Useful Site Archives ] GEOCOMMUNITY TOOLBOX Genuine Fractals (from LizardTech) - An indispensable tool for photographers, graphic artists and digital imaging professionals, Genuine Fractals enables you to create resolution-independent images from any size file and lets you print superior quality enlargements without any degradation in image quality [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. [ Submit A useful script/extension ] GEOCOMMUNITY CAREER CENTER [careerx2003.gif] * GIS Intern, City of Santa Clarita, 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. * Wireless Industry Careers Post your Job Ad | Post your Resume | Submit your RFP | View All jobs | Wireless Careers [ careers.geocomm.com ] [geobidclipart1.gif] The Original GeoBids RFP Service! - A dedicated resource for GIS, GeoSpatial, and LBS indudstry Requests for proposals (RFPs); Free RFP posting for government and industry and access to industry professionals for less than $1 per day. Recent bid announcements include: * Surveying Services-TX * Topographic Model-OR * 3-D IMAGING SENSORS * E-911 system-TX Register to receive "GeoBids" for the latest bids. View a Sample [ www.geobids.com ] FEATURED TRADE-PUB [gpsc.gif] GPS World ... Free Magazine - GPS World is the only monthly magazine that examines the Global Positioning System from inside and outside. 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