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April, 1999 Issue #4 - Happy
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Glenn Letham, Editor, editor@geocomm.com
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IN THIS ISSUE
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=> Spatial
Contest
=> Sponsorship
Notice
=> Feature
Article - Microsoft MapPoint 2000
=> Spatial
News
=> Spatial
Book Review: ArcView GIS/Avenue Developer's Guide
=> Spatial
Spotlight: TERRASOFT
=> GIS in
Canada
=> Spatial
Data On-Line
=> GIS
in Education (Free ArcView Training)
=> Spatial
Events
=> Spatial
Glossary
=> Spatial
Freebies
=> Spatial Tip
=> Feedback
from Visitors
=> Spatial
Webmaster Tips
=> Spatial Ads
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FEATURE ARTICLE
- Microsoft MapPoint 2000
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If you don't visit GIS newsgroups,
don't subscribe to any GIS related mailing lists or don't read any GIS
related publications then your likely not aware that Microsoft is entering
the PC mapping software race. Microsoft's® MapPointÖ software is scheduled
for release this year. Here's some info directly from Microsoft to bring
you up to speed on what to expect. They've generously supplied me with
the final Beta release and I will be telling you my personal feelings about
the product in next month's SpatialNews. The keyword that I feel you should
keep in mind here
is that Mappoint is "Business" mapping
software.
ABOUT MAPPOINT
Mappoint is definitely going to make
a splash, after all there are over 35 million MS Office users in the US
alone that are potential users of Mappoint. Keep in mind, however, that
the driving force behind Mappoint will be the street level data that the
product comes bundled with - street level data for every major centre in
the U.S WOW! For the international arena there is a minor dissapointment,
the product will be released only in the US initially. Look for later releases
in the UK and perhaps Canada.
*NEW*
MP2K- your source for news, tips, tutorials, discussion and FREE
stuff for Microsoft MapPoint 2000!
For even more info on Mappoint check
out the January issue of "Business Geographics" http://www.bg.geoplace.com
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SPATIAL NEWS
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FREE ON-LINE MAPINFO SEMINARS
Mapinfo has come up with an innovative
idea - free online seminars!
Why travel accross the country or
pay hefty fees to catch a presentation.
MapInfo offers some very interesting
free online seminars on a variety of topics -- from Internet Mapping to
Wireless Engineering. You participate in these cyberspace events without
ever leaving your desk, and they're a great way to learn what's being done
with mapping technology in a variety of areas. For a
complete schedule of events, including
agendas go to:
http://www.mapinfo.com/events/web_seminars/index.html
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SAFE
Software, Vancouver, B.C., has developed an Internet based data distribution
system that was developed for PanCanadian (a $3 billion Oil and Gas
exploration company based in Calgary).
There is a white paper describing
the system on their web site at:
http://www.safe.com/whitepaper_o.htm
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GRASS 5.0 IS COMING SOON
New Software Released From Baylor
Research Center
Whether helping determine water quality
in an area or assisting city managers with zoning laws, newly updated software
recently released by the Center for
Applied Geographic and Spatial Research
(CAGSR) at Baylor University can get the job done. "We put the software
on our server (Monday) at noon and have
already seen record numbers of downloads
and hits to our web page," said Steve Clamons, research scientistwith CAGSR.
Click
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GeoBusiness Solutions and Rank Leisure
Division
GeoBusiness Solutions Limited has
won a major contract with the Rank
Group's Leisure Division to provide
GIS-based market and location analysis
to support Rank's business.
Rank Leisure are the UK's leading
leisure operator with brands such as
Mecca Bingo, Grosvenor Casinos and
Odeon Cinemas as well as a number of
nightclub operations.
http://www.geobusiness.co.uk
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The GeoInformation Group news release
Keeping you up to date - a new service
March 1st 1999: The GeoInformation
Group, the leading supplier of geographic imaging solutions, is pleased
to announce a new service available FREE to all interested parties. The
service, a monthly electronic mail newsletter is intended to provide a
channel for the dissemination of both product specific and
industry wide information and also
offers recipients a platform for discussion.
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Click
Here for info about Geoinformation Group & Mr. Sid
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http://www.remotesensing.org/
Imagelinks, Inc. has currently started
a new open source development effort for new state of the art software
packages in the field of remote sensing and GIS.
Please take a look http://www.remotesensing.org
The new site will be featured on
CBS news in the coming weeks and has already gained national exposure through
a wired.com article.
Remotesensing.org is dedicated to
the consolidation and development of open source remote sensing software.
The site will aid in the communication between developers, academics,
businesses, and government organizations that are
interested in the establishment of
a robust, state of the art set of software tools in the Remote Sensing
field.
Make sure to check out the watercooler
page for the latest postings regarding RS activities and find out who's
who in the remote sensing world and what they're up to.
An extensive and uptodate listing
of conferences is available at
http://www.remotesensing.org/watercooler/articles/conferences.html
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The folks at Caliper have developed
a special version of Maptitude called Maptitude for Redistricting. While
initially aimed at governments faced with legislative redistricting, Maptitude
for Redistricting is also useful to any businesses that need to create
or manage sales, distribution or other territories. To learn more about
Maptitude for Redistricting, please visit
http://www.caliper.com/mtredist.htm
or contact the product manager, Howard Simkowitz hsimkowitz@cwix.com
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ISSI DOCUMENT & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT,
DENVER DIVISION:
SCANNING, ON-SCREEN DIGITIZING (CAD),
GIS, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
ISSI Consulting Group announced the
acquisition of Concept Engineering
Enterprises, Inc. of Frederick, Maryland,
developer of Pearl Image
Capture software.
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Got some Spatial News that we
should know about? Please let me know
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SPATIAL BOOK REVIEW:
ArcView GIS/Avenue Developer's Guide
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Before I start I would like to thank
the folks at ITP Nelson
Publishing for sending me "gratis"
copies of Inside ArcView and
Inside Mapinfo. I've gone through
both of them and have nothing
but good feedback regarding these
books. A definite must for those
of you who think you could still
learn a thing or two about
either of these products or for people
who aren't too thrilled
with the manuals shipped with the
software. The "Inside" books
offer real examples, include data
sets, and walk you through
processes step by step.
ArcView GIS/Avenue Developer's Guide
by Amir H. Razavi, Yue-Hong Chou
- $43.96
http://www.coastnet.com/~letham/book/books.html#AVdevelopers
The ArcView GIS/Avenue Developer's
Guide shows how to customize
the ArcView 3.x interface and develop
individualized applications
using Avenue, a simple but sophisticated
object oriented
development language. This book provides
a practical, rapid
introduction to object oriented programming
languages, and
easy-to-use instructions and examples
in writing scripts for
all ArcView functions.
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SPATIAL SPOTLIGHT:
TERRASOFT
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Terrasoft - The Mapping Information
& Visualisation Company
"FollowMe!" GPS Enabled mapping
and tracking application ready to go
Available from 6th April 1999 for
free trial download from
http://www.terrasoft.com.au
Comes complete with a standard GPS
driver that has the following features
- Accepts any GPS receiver
that generates NMEA 0183 format $GPRMC sentences
- Configurable communications
settings
- Offline capture and replay
facilities
- Source code included
You can write a replacement GPS driver
using your own development language
and perform other device specific
interfacing if you:
- Use Windows DDE to communicate
to the mapping application
- Use scripting functions as
accepted by the mapping application (see source code)
The mapping application has the following
main features:
- Display current position
on any current map
- Automatic search and display
of available map detail according to current position
- Display current velocity
and heading on separate instrument style display
- Display colour coded average
segment velocity
- Record any sequence of points
and save as trip
- Record any point and save
as a searchable point feature
- Optionally set destination
by name search, nearest to.., onmap..
- Display distance, direction
and time to reach any current destination
- Make your own maps via Multi
layer and Multi datatype support:
* Point, Area & Vector:
MapInfo .MID/.MIF
* Point: dBASE
* Located Raster: .BMP, .GIF
- Autosearch for GPSS installation
and file formats:
* Located Raster: .BMP &
.DES pair
- Free standard world map containing
3 layers
* Country boundaries
* 3D Terrain image
* Capital cities
* Demo dataset with live replay
of trip using standard features of GPS driver
- Supports decimal lat/long
coordinate systems
- Map Zoom, Draw, Info, expression
labelling, print, copy to clipboard..
Alex McNaught
Managing Director, Terrasoft Pty.
Ltd.
Terrasoft - The Mapping Information
& Visualisation Company
email - alexm@terrasoft.com.au
website - www.terrasoft.com.au
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GIS IN CANADA,
EH!
Nunavut - "Our Land" in Inuktitut,
the Inuit language.
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Although this isn't a GIS focussed
site, it is a site that holds very significant geographic information about
Canada. On April 1, 1999, the new territory of Nunavut came into being,
taking in the central and eastern portions of the
Northwest Territories. Nunavut is
the result of the largest land claim ever settled in Canada. The territory
will make up one fifth of Canada's land mass, approximately 2 million square
kilometres.
For everything you want to know about
Nunavut go to:
http://www.inac.gc.ca/nunavut/index1.html
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Early this month, a small group of
GIS professionals met to discuss their
frustration with the roadblocks and
difficulties imposed on spatial data
managers in Canada by government
charges for spatial data distribution and
use. As none of them could think
of sound reasons to justify these charges,
they decided to publicly express
our personal opinions on this issue, and
provide a forum for other interested
parties to express theirs as well.
The URL is http://members.home.net/freedata/
If you are interested in this issue,
please visit the website, and express
your opinion. They are also looking
for:
* examples of charges for spatial
data affecting your organization's
economic activity, or its ability
to carry out its mandate.
* financial analysis comparing the
costs of 'setting up the store' for data
sales compared to revenue received.
* comparing revenues generated by
sales between government agencies
compared to sales to private customers.
Please forward this message to any
Canadians who may be
interested in the issue.
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SPATIAL DATA ON-LINE
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Geogratis - an effort of Natural
Resources Canada
http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/
GeoGratis is a web and file transfer
protocol (ftp) site that distributes geospatial data of Canada. Data is
available for download, without charge. Vector mapping data is available
in scales ranging from 1:250 000 to 1:30 000 000 in a variety of
file formats. Similarly, several
types of full resolution satellite imagery are on-line.
Data sets available for download include:
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The National Atlas Base Map series in
a variety of scales and in .E00, DXF, or DWG formats and in Geographic
or Lambert Conformal projections.
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National Atlas Geo-political maps covering
North America
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Regional data from the Canada Land Inventory
(1:25,000 scale) in .E00 Themes include: Agriculture, Recreation, Waterfowl,
Land Use Capability, Forestry & Ungulates.
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Canadian Soil Information system data
(CANSIS)
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Earth Observation Data including Landsat
TM, NOAA, & Radar images
Be sure to check out their Links page
- notice the link to Spatial Graphics!
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GIS Data Depot
The GIS Data Depot www.gisdatadepot.com
provides the GIS Community
with a single location on the Internet
to access over a terabyte of CAD/GIS data for free. You find data for every
country in the world from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. The GIS Data Depot is
an unbelievable web site with an astonishing
array of data for the United States
- almost all of which is available for free download or via custom created
CDs for only a nominal fee. You can quickly find free Digital Orthophotos,
Digital Raster Graphics, DEMs, DLGs, and numerous county, state, or national
datasets in GIS formats without having to search the
web or the numerous clearinghouse
that now exist. The backbone of their web site is a dedicated T-1 line
- so your downloads will be as fast as your bandwidth allows.
If you have data that you would like
to share with others in the GIS Community, the GIS Data Depot is
a great way to distribute your data without having to deal with the expensive
and burdensome system administration issues associated with maintaining
a webserver.
Sound too good to be true?
Click Here to Check it out!
http://www.gisdatadepot.com/
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GIS EDUCATION
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The Centre of Geographic Sciences,
NSCC is pleased to announce its,
NEW! MARINE GEOMATICS PROGRAM
FROM COGS
http://www.cogs.ns.ca/
An exciting new program in Marine
Geomatics is being offered at the
Centre of Geographic Sciences, (COGS),
Nova Scotia Community College,
this September 1999. Known for its
excellence in Geomatics training
and research, COGS will prepare Advanced
Diploma Marine Geomatics
graduates for what is considered
to be the largest growth potential of
any economic sector in Canadian and
global economies today: the
offshore and coastal zone sector.
Students will acquire necessary expertise
in the offshore, including
the coastal zone, through the application
of learned integrated skills
of GPS positioning, GIS analysis,
cartographic techniques, remote
sensing interpretation and environmental
sensitivity analysis to such
areas as ice monitoring, aquaculture,
bathymetric data acquisition,
drilling location and seismic activities,
pipe and cable laying,
environmental monitoring in the coastal
zone and habitat analysis.
On completion of the program, marine
geomatics professionals will have
a thorough grounding in the area
of Geomatics and will be able to
apply these skills most effectively
in the management, exploration and
monitoring of the marine environment.
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REMOTE SENSING TUTORIAL FROM THE CCRS
http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/eduref/tutorial/tutore.html
The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
is pleased to offer this
tutorial on remote sensing technology
and its applications. This
interactive module is intended as
an overview at a senior high
school or early university level
and touches on physics,
environmental sciences, mathematics,
computer sciences and
geography.
The Homepage for Geographic Information
Systems III
has a complete (almost!) intro to
GIS course on-line.
If your looking for a good primer
on GIS to get you kick started
alot of the basic are covered here.
Department of Geographical and Environmental
Studies
University of Adelaide, South Australia
http://www.gisca.adelaide.edu.au/~bbryan/lectures/
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FREE ARCVIEW TRAINING FROM ESRI
Get started with Avenue programming
training from the convenience
of your home or office with the free
Basics of Avenue module from
the ESRI Virtual Campus. Basics of
Avenue introduces object-oriented
programming concepts, shows how to
construct Avenue statements, and
demonstrates how to write Avenue
scripts.On line courses include:
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The Basics of ArcView
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What's New in ArcView Basics of ArcView
3D Analyst
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Basics of ArcView Spatial Analyst
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Basics of ArcView Network Analyst
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Basics of ARC/INFO
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Basics of Avenue
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Analyzing Habitat Loss for Endangered
Species
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Introduction to Spatial Hydrology
http://campus.esri.com/free/
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SPATIAL EVENTS:
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GIS in Agriculture Workshops
Travelodge Hotel
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
April 19-21, 1999
Purpose: To discuss technical issues
related to the use of GIS
technologies for agricultural applications
in western Canada.
Audience: Professionals and technical
GIS users who are directly
involved in the collection, analysis
and display of GIS data for
agricultural applications, including
soil and water conservation
projects.
Structure: A series of concurrent
workshops devoted to GIS
technical issues. Sessions on the
following areas are
anticipated:
http://www.agr.ca/pfra/eventse.htm
Need to locate some GIS conferences:
Here's a list to start you off
ASPRS:
http://www.asprs.org/asprs/meetings/calendar.html
Business Geographicshttp://www.gisworld.com/bg/current/events.asp
Geoinformatics: http://www.geoinformatics.com/Calendar.htm
GIS Asia/Pacific: http://www.gisworld.com/asiapac/current/events.asp
GIS Europe:
http://www.gisworld.com/ge/current/events.asp
GIS User:
http://www.gisuser.com.au/EVENTS/event_frame.html
GeoWorld:
http://www.gisworld.com/gw/current/events.asp
ISPRS:
http://www.geod.ethz.ch/isprs/calendar.html
Mapping Awareness: http://www.gisworld.com/ma/current/events.asp
URISA:
http://www.urisa.org/mtg.htm
US Transportation: http://www.bts.gov/programs/gis/conference/
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SPATIAL GLOSSARY:
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http://atlas.gc.ca/schoolnet/teachkit/carto/htmle/cartglos.html
DCW, Digital Chart of the World
A digital cartographic data base
of the World, developed by the United States Defense Mapping Agency
(DMA), with the cooperation of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom,
to support the display and analysis of geographic data. It is
generally based on the DMA's 1:1
000 000 scale Operational Navigation Chart (ONC), base map series.
The data is in vector form and is suitable for GIS applications.
Just for fun, check out Getty's geographic
name server at
http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn_browser/
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SPATIAL FREEBIES:
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http://www.mentorsoftwareinc.com/freebie/freebies.htm
Mentor Software http://www.mentorsoftwareinc.com
has released
a new freebie to add to your collection
(I'm always anxiously
waiting to see what they're going
to offer next!)
Roll Your Own Datum Definition
Computes delta X, delta Y, and delta
Z for datum transformations.
'Roll Your Own' Molodensky (Molodensky
for short) actually
calculates the Three Parameter Transformation
parameters
necessary to convert geographic coordinates
from one geodetic
datum to another. However,
these parameter values also represent
reasonably good approximations for
the appropriate Molodensky
Transformation parameters.
If you want to be informed of new
freebies and other innitiatives
of Mentor Software Inc. then subscibe
to their newsletter
"The Casual Cartographer".
annforte@mentorsoftwareinc.com
MORE FREEBIES
HERE'S WHERE TO DOWNLOAD FREE SCRIPTS
DONATED BY GIS USERS
ESRI - http://andes.esri.com/arcscripts/scripts.cfm
MAPINFO - http://www.ctmap.com/mapinfo/files1.htm
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SPATIAL TIP: CREATE
PTS. FROM POLYGON CENTROID
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Need to create points at the centroid
locations of you Mapinfo
polygonal coverages. Here's the MB
code that will enable you to
do exactly that (Make a copy of the
.TAB file containing the
polygons as each polygon will be
replaced with a point feature
located at its centroid.
update tablename set obj = createpoint(centroidx(obj),centroidy(obj))
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FEEDBACK FROM
VISITORS:
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Glenn, thanks for your time this morning,
and congrats on SpatialNews. It's
really a great e-zine for GIS professionals.
David Haar
North American Marketing
MapInfo Corp
Thank you for Spatial News, an essential
source of important and
up-to-date information for GIS community!
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SPATIAL WEBMASTER
TIPS: SUPERSTATS
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This is the section where I give
away some of my favorite
web marketing tools and other tips.
I can't say enough about SuperStats.com
Getting good statistics about you
web site's traffic flow and
patterns is sometimes not as simple
as one would hope. I have
built and maintained several websites,
including my own, and
have found the perfect solution to
getting timely and accurate
stats - http://www.superstats.com
This site will allow you to easily
set up a free account, accesible
only by you (or anyone with your
password). The perfect solution for
people who don't have their own domain
or virtual server and want to
track their visitors. The only requirement
is to display the
superstats banner somewhere on your
main page - I have no problem with
this since this is a quality service!
Once you login to your account you
can find out
Daily hits
Monthly hits
Unique visits
Page visits
Domains
Referers
Browsers used
Monitor resolution
Peak traffic times
and much more
I know people who actually pay their
ISP addition fees simply to
have access to statistics! If your
doing this then think again, tell
your ISP to take a hike, and get
a superstats account.
Cheers
Glenn
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Softree, develops and markets an inexpensive
mapping
product, Terrain Tools. This software
has been developed for
mapping applications in the natural
resource industries including
forestry, geology and environmental.
Terrain Tools can best be
described as a cross between a GIS
system and Corel Draw. It is
easy to use and affordable ($430
US).
Softree technical systems inc.
604-664-7708
http://www.softree.com
mail@softree.com
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Magnolia Pro Systems, Ltd. (MPSL),
located in Moscow, Russia,
is a privately-owned software development
company specializing
in Geographic Information System
(GIS) technology. The company
was founded in 1998 by a highly qualified
team of professionals
who have participated in a wide range
of software intensive projects
for a number of customers around
the world.
Our mission is to provide cost effective
quality GIS development
services and contribute to the development
of new technologies
with focus on customer needs.
Our areas on interest include custom
GIS development, geographic data
translation and visualization, image
processing and satellite imagery,
automated mapping and more.
I welcome you to visit our website
at http://www.magnolia.com.ru
Any suggestions/proposals are welcome.
Peter Shakun,
VP Marketing,
Magnolia Pro Systems, Ltd.
Dmitrovskoye shosse, 58
Moscow 127238, Russia.
WWW: http://www.magnolia.com.ru
E-Mail: admin@magnolia.com.ru
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The position classification for the
Cartographic Tech (GIS) position
at Rocky Mountain National Park has
cleared the Human Resources Office
and the job has been announced.
The job is listed at USAJOBS :
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/jobs/ID6795.HTM
It opened, March 31, and closes
April 9.
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JOB POSTING:
Term/Contract Posting
Company: Environment
Canada
Position: Intern, GIS Technician
(SK-HS-3-14)
Location: Regina, SK
Terms: 12
month Internship
Salary: $15,000
Requirements:
The Intern will possess some or all
of the following: PC skills; good
communication skills; judgement &
initiative; analytical ability with
atention to details; dependability
& thoroughness; team work skills;
some post-secondary studies in the
sciences, or applicable technology
courses.
Duties:
The GIS Intern will work with experienced
Geographic Information
System GIS) staff to assist with
importing spatial data from various
sources; maintaining & providing
documentation for GIS database
management; digitizing maps; writing
& editing technical reports &
correspondence; resolving problems
with ongoing applications of spatial
analyses; building GIS databases;
conducting GIS spatial analysis.
Application Procedure:
Submit a Resume, Cover Letter,
Attention: Mr. Gregg Babish, GIS
Specialist Environment Canada 2365
Albert Street, Room 300 Regina, SK
S4P 4K1 or FAX
(306) 780-5311
Application Deadline: Thursday, April
15, 1999
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JOB POSTING:
GIS MANAGER
DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC. - the world
leader in wetlands conservation - has
an exciting opportunity for professionals
with GIS, remote sensing,
natural resources, and management
expertise.
Click
Here for Full Job Description
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JOB POSTING:
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Frost Campus, Lindsay, ON, Canada
(Starting Salary Range: $38,067
- $57,305)
As a member of the GIS Applications
Specialists team, you will play a
key role instilling academic excellence,
developing and nurturing an
effective learning environment, and
designing, delivering, revising
and updating courses utilizing a
variety of delivery methodologies
with a focus on learning outcomes
and commitment to student success.
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Here for Full Job Description
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JOB WANTED:
Whether I can take part in any GIS-projects
via Internet as volunteer?
(For example I could write the scripts
in Avenue.)
Yours faithfully.
Alexander N. Khoroshun
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Here for More Details
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