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Business Notes: February 11, 2003• Announcements Forty-six new members - from countries including Canada, Hong Kong, and Germany - recently joined the Intergraph Team GeoMedia Registered Solutions Provider (RSP) and Registered Solutions Center (RSC) programs. MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that the company is expanding into a new geographic market with its Information Products Group by acquiring the largest and most established commercial provider of title and legal information in Scotland - Millar & Bryce Limited. NovaLIS Technologies has acquired Cott-Charlotte, the North Carolina-based Division of Cott Systems. Cott-Charlotte has existed as a division of Cott Systems for 15 years with responsibilities for the development and delivery of Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA), Tax Billing, Collection, and Motor Vehicles software modules. ATS Asset Tracking Services Inc. (ATS) partnered with Maporama to add enhanced value and accuracy to the vShepherd line of GPS-powered asset management products. RMSI announced that the Software Division of the company's operations has been successfully assessed at SEI CMM Level 3. The accreditation means that demonstrates RMSI's capability to manage and control software development risks related to the project, organization, process and technology in application software development projects that it undertakes. MapInfo Corporation announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Injury Center used its MapInfo MapXtreme mapping technology to create Injury Maps, an interactive Web-based mapping application of injury-related mortality in the U.S. • Contracts The Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) in Oklahoma has selected GE Network Solutions' XA/21 Energy Management System software to monitor, control and optimize the day-to-day operation of its generation and transmission grid. • Products ESRI announced that ArcGIS 8.3 is now available. The primary focus of the ArcGIS 8.3 release is full topology support for the geographic database coupled with an improved editing environment built to support topological relationships. There are also three new extensions: ArcGIS Survey Analyst, ArcScan for ArcGIS, and ArcGIS Tracking Analyst. ESEA announced two new products: MapMover simplifies the task of aligning one map representing line features, such as roads, rivers or utility infrastructure, to another more spatially accurate map. MapMerger automates the transfer of attributes from an attribute-rich but location-inaccurate source to an attribute-poor but spatially-precise map. Both run with ArcGIS. GEO-Jobe launched an online mapping service, GEOPowered, which allows users to view and query GIS data through a standard internet web browser. Manifold announced that Manifold 5.50 delivers over 470 improvements compared to 5.00. Hightlights: Unlimited sized projects, with unlimited sized images and surfaces, improved print layouts and printing capabilities, Database-driven drawings and numerous IMS improvements, and US Street Address Geocoder, at addition cost. Version 5 users have a special price on upgrades until March 15, 2003. The Survey of India in partnership with the Spatial Data Private Limited, a Bangalore based IT Company, has launched at the Map India 2003, on 28th January, digital maps of Hyderabad and Bangalore. This is the first instance of the Government/Industry partnership in digital mapping. These products are titled The Great Arc MapCue. GIS Tools released new versions of its TIGER extractors, TGR2SHP and TGR2MIF, and a new version of its SummaryFile 3 table extractor, SF3toTable. The new TGR2SHP version 5.0 and TGR2MIF version 5.0 support the recently released TIGER 2002 files. GE Network Solutions announced the release of its Smallworld PowerOn Remote Dispatch 2.0 software product. • Hires and Appointments Orbital Imaging Corporation (ORBIMAGE) announced the promotion of two senior executives. Mr. Gary Adkins has been appointed Vice President of Federal Sales and National Security Programs, and Mr. Tony Anzilotti has been appointed Vice President, Finance and Controller. If news like this is important to you, sign up for our weekly GIS Monitor Newsletter. --------- Source: Material used herein is often supplied by external sources and used as is. |
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