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Geography, GIS, and Mapping Communities Support Court Ruling in MAPPS Lawsuit MAPPS v. US

Friday June 15th 2007
Filed Under GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) 

For Immediate Publication

June 15, 2007

Press Information

Scott Grams

GISCI

Telephone: 847-824-7768

E-mail: info@gisci.org

Joint Press Release Issued By:

-Association of American Geographers (AAG) -GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) -Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) -University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) -Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)

Geography, GIS, and Mapping Communities Support Court Ruling in MAPPS Lawsuit MAPPS v. US – MAPPS Loses Lawsuit

Washington-The U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, last week ruled against special interest groups seeking to strictly limit government contracting for mapping and GIS activities. In the matter of MAPPS, et al., v. United States of America, Judge T.S. Ellis III issued a summary judgment in favor of the government based on the MAPPS plaintiffs’ failure to “establish that an injury in fact was suffered by the individual surveyors or their firms.”

Several geographic and GIS organizations, including AAG, GISCI, GITA, UCGIS, and URISA joined together to support the government and oppose the MAPPS litigation through educational outreach and the development of an Amicus Brief to the Court on the case. The AAG has also established a Mapping and GIS Community Defense Fund to help defray the cost of legal fees and educational activities related to these issues (see www.aag.org).The “Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors” (MAPPS) filed the lawsuit earlier this year seeking to limit competition for federal mapping contracts of nearly every type, including GIS services, to firms of licensed architects, engineers and surveyors.

“The federal court’s rejection of the MAPPS lawsuit in this ruling will help ensure that all qualified professionals in the mapping and GIS communities can fairly compete for government contracts,” said Douglas Richardson, executive director of the AAG.

A ruling in favor of the MAPPS plaintiffs would have had far reaching negative impacts on cartographers, geographers, computer scientists, planners, foresters, GIS specialists, governmental agencies, GIS service companies, and many others who have long been creative, innovative, and productive forces in the mapping and GIS fields.

A copy of the judge’s decision and additional background information on the case is available at the following websites: www.aag.org, www.gisci.org, www.gita.org, www.ucgis.org, and www.urisa.org, or by contacting David Coronado at 202-234-1450.-30-

           

ESRI Expands Its International Distributor Network with the Opening of ESRI Eastern Africa

Friday June 15th 2007
Filed Under ESRI 

Redlands, California

           

NVision Solutions, Magellium, and Pole Star Sign International Geospatial Marketing Agreemen

Friday June 15th 2007
Filed Under NVision Solutions 

Partnership to Bring Cutting-Edge Technology to Both Sides of the Atlantic

For Immediate Release, June 15, 2007

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ESRI President Jack Dangermond to Deliver Keynote Address at GeoWeb 2007

Friday June 15th 2007
Filed Under ESRI 

Redlands, California

           

Learn the Fundamentals and More in GIS Tutorial: Workbook for ArcView 9, Second Edition

Friday June 15th 2007
Filed Under ESRI 

Redlands, California

           

New ESRI Press Book Teaches GIS to Marketing and Business Students and Professional

Friday June 15th 2007
Filed Under ESRI 

Using Geospatial Analysis on the Job Will Give Them a Competitive Advantage

           

Examine the European Approach to Creating a Spatial Data Infrastructure

Friday June 15th 2007
Filed Under ESRI 

New ESRI Press Book Details a Foundation to Exchange and Analyze Spatial Information

           

WilsonMiller Names New Associates

Friday June 15th 2007
Filed Under WilsonMiller 

Leaders Added From Company Acquisition

Naples, Fla./June 14, 2007

           

Ouachita Parish, Louisiana Selects Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) to Implement GIS Software Solutions

Thursday June 14th 2007
Filed Under Geographic Technologies Group 

Longview, TX

           

Guardian ProStar Announces Business Partner Agreement with Trimble

Wednesday June 13th 2007
Filed Under Guardian ProStar 

Guardian ProStar, Inc. to Integrate Trimble Mapping & GIS Technology with their Web-based data collection and project management services, ProStar OnLine

           

BusinessMAP 4.5 Includes New Data and API for Better Decision Making

Wednesday June 13th 2007
Filed Under ESRI 

Mapping Tools Enhanced to Produce Better, Faster Results

           

an a Successful Geographic Information System Using a Method Developed by the “Father of GIS”

Wednesday June 13th 2007
Filed Under ESRI 

Dr. Roger Tomlinson Reveals His Time-Tested Wisdom in Third Edition of Popular Book

           

Azteca Systems Announces New Account Manager

Wednesday June 13th 2007
Filed Under Azteca Systems 

Sandy UT

           

Ville de Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, Joins Bentley’s Municipal License Subscription Program

Wednesday June 13th 2007
Filed Under Bentley 

Will Use Unlimited Access to Comprehensive GIS and Engineering Software Portfolio

to Better Serve the Infrastructure Needs of its 156,000 Citizens

LONDON

           

City of Tilburg, Netherlands, Joins Bentley’s Municipal License Subscription Program

Wednesday June 13th 2007
Filed Under Bentley 

Provides Staff With Broader Array of Advanced Software to Satisfy

Growing Infrastructure Needs of its 200,000 Citizens

LONDON

           

City of Overbetuwe, Netherlands, Joins Bentley’s Municipal License Subscription Program

Wednesday June 13th 2007
Filed Under Bentley 

To Improve its Highways, Bridges, Railways, and Other Infrastructure

and Deploy a More Advanced Geographical Information System

LONDON

           

Dutch Ministry of Agriculture Signs Enterprise License Agreement for GIS

Wednesday June 13th 2007
Filed Under ESRI 

ESRI’s ArcGIS Server Technology at Core of Agricultural Programs

           

Quest for a Marine Data Model Realized in Arc Marine: GIS for a Blue Planet

Wednesday June 13th 2007
Filed Under ESRI 

The Geodatabase Model Will Make Exchanging Data and Conducting Analysis Simpler for Oceanographers and Others Who Study the Marine World

           

Sutter County, California Selects Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) to Implement GIS Software Solutions

Tuesday June 12th 2007
Filed Under Geographic Technologies Group 

Longview, TX

           

Laser Technology Unveils TruPulse 360 in time for ESRI User Conference

Tuesday June 12th 2007
Filed Under Laser Technology 

– Next-generation reflectorless laser rangefinder with an integrated compass –

           

Infotech Named IAOP Global Outsourcing Rising Star

Tuesday June 12th 2007
Filed Under Infotech 

Sterling, VA, June 2007

           

adcorp becomes one of the first companies in GIS industry with both ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certification

Tuesday June 12th 2007
Filed Under CadCorp 

Certification gives customers confidence in company

           

MindSites Group Acquires GeoCommunity and WirelessDevNet Websites

Tuesday June 12th 2007
Filed Under Mindsites Group 

Niceville, FL – June 11, 2007 – MindSites Group, LLC (MindSites), a privately-held Florida Company, today announced it has purchased the assets of two online communities, the GeoCommunity and the Wireless Developer Network, from Qlinks America, Inc. (Qlinks), a Colorado Corporation.

Jaime Bozza, Managing Member of MindSites, announced “that this purchase of the GeoCommunity” and the Wireless Developer Network” will serve as a basis for our web-portal services. The two acquired web-portals are the introduction of MindSites’ online community growth strategy over the next several years.”

T.C. Herman, Managing Editor of MindSites and founder of the GeoCommunity nearly ten years ago said, “I am excited to continue to be involved in the management of these two online communities and look forward to the future commitment of MindSites to grow these successful online properties.”

MindSites will continue operations of these online communities out of offices in Niceville, FL. “We are pleased about bringing ownership of these two online communities back in-house”, said Jaime Bozza. “We are fully committed to ensuring no disruption in service to our loyal members, clients, and visitors of each online community. Our objectives are to grow and enhance these two online communities with new and expanded content, features, and services that will further improve the value components for our clients and users.”

ABOUT MINDSITES GROUP, LLC

MindSites Group, LLC was formed by Jaime Bozza, a former employee of Qlinks Media Group, the business division of Qlinks that operated the GeoCommunity and the Wireless Developer Network, to spin-off and grow the two highly successful online communities.

Launched in July 1997, The GeoCommunity has been the leading online community for technical professionals in the geospatial industry for nearly a decade. The GeoCommunity provides daily news and resources for a variety of technologies including GIS, GPS, mapping, LBS, cartography, computer- aided design, and remote sensing.

Over the last seven years, the Wireless Developer Network has been a leading online community for software developers and information technology professionals interested in wireless application development, mobile computing, and wireless communications. The Wireless Developer Network provides daily news and resources for those interested in the latest on wireless application technologies.

           

USDA Forest Service Speeds Delivery of Imagery with ArcGIS Image Server

Tuesday June 12th 2007
Filed Under ESRI 

Server-Based GIS Software Improves Availability of Important Data throughout the Agency’s Nine Regions

           

ESRI PRESS RELEASE: ESRI Announces the Availability of New Materials for GIS Awareness Program Initiatives

Tuesday June 12th 2007
Filed Under ESRI 

Redlands, California

           

DHV Joins Bentley Enterprise License Subscription

Monday June 11th 2007
Filed Under Bentley 

Leading International Consultancy and Engineering Group

Gets Unlimited Access to Entire ELS Software Portfolio

LONDON

           

Call for Presentations Available for the 2008 Integrating GIS & CAMA Conference

Thursday June 07th 2007
Filed Under URISA 

June 7, 2007 (PARK RIDGE, IL) – Following a very successful Integrating GIS & CAMA Conference in Las Vegas last March, URISA and the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) are accepting abstract submissions for the 2008 conference in New Orleans. The conference, jointly sponsored by URISA and the IAAO, is designed to foster collaboration and integration of data, technology, and functionality. The 12th Annual Conference for Professionals in Property Assessment, Tax Administration, Mapping and Information Technology will take place at the Sheraton New Orleans, February 25-28, 2008. The theme for the conference is

           

Record Low Water Levels in May for North Carolina Rivers

Thursday June 07th 2007
Filed Under USGS 

Editors Note: Maps and graphs illustrating this information on the North Carolina Drought website.

           

City of Tyler, Texas Selects Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) to Implement GIS Software Solutions

Thursday June 07th 2007
Filed Under Geographic Technologies Group 

Longview, TX

           

IDV Solutions Releases Visual Fusion Tile Server

Wednesday June 06th 2007
Filed Under IDV Solutions 

Lansing, June 4, 2007

           

New Linear Optimization Technology Compresses Spatial Data Files

Wednesday June 06th 2007
Filed Under Safe Software 

New Linear Optimization Technology Compresses Spatial Data Files
Vancouver, BC- June 4, 2007 – Safe Software, makers of the FME

           

Spacepic Heiligendamm – Germany

Wednesday June 06th 2007
Filed Under European Space Imaging 

33rd G-8 Summit Heiligendamm, Germany Dear Sir/Madam, Munich, June 5, 2007 – European Space Imaging would like to offer imagery to the media showing the Kempinski Grand Hotel in Heiligendamm, Germany where the 33rd G-8 Summit will take place later this week (June 6-8). This image was taken from 681 km in space on June 1, 2007, as the IKONOS satellite moved from north to south over central Europe. The perimeter of the 12 km long fence, which was especially built for the summit, can clearly be seen. Please find attached a low resolution quicklook. An image in print resolution (300dpi) can be downloaded from our ftp server free of charge at: ftp://MEDIA2:j84g2LMZ@129.247.190.161 An interactive map of the summit site can be found at http://www.spiegel.de/flash/0,5532,15359,00.html The intended use of the image is as follows: The image may be used for publication purposes only. The image may not be given or sold to third parties without prior approval by European Space Imaging GmbH. When used in Internet, publication or other media European Space Imaging has to be credited in the following manner:             Former Governor Jim Geringer Named Voting Member of State Alliance for e-Health Wednesday June 06th 2007 Filed Under ESRI  Panel is Studying Ways to Improve Health Information Technology in the United States             Earth Observatory: What’s New Week of 05 June 2007 Wednesday June 06th 2007 Filed Under Earth Observatory  The latest from NASA’s Earth Observatory (05 June 2007) ———————————————————————— New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/ * The Amazon’s Seasonal Secret http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/AmazonLAI/ Satellite data detect previously unknown seasonal cycles in the leaf area of the Amazon Rainforest. Increasing leaf area during the sunny dry season may actually trigger the seasonal rains. ——————– In the News: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/ * Latest Images: Blooming Seas West of Ireland http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17667 Tropical Cyclone Gonu http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17666 Den Helder, Netherlands http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17665 Melting Ice Reveals New Island off Greenland http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17664 Floods on the Lena River http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17663 Hot Towers Intensify Hurricanes http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17662 Large Area of Antarctica Melted, Re-Froze in 2005 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17661 Smoke Plume Over Eastern Canada http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17660 * NASA News http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/ - Satellites Track Human Exposure to Fine Particle Pollution - NASA Mission Checks Health of Greenland’s Ice Sheet and Glaciers - Research Finds That Earth’s Climate is Approaching ‘Dangerous’ Point * Headlines from the press, radio, and television: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/ - UN Report Says Global Thaw Could Affect 40 Percent of World Population - Himalayan Glaciers Could Be Gone in 50 Years: Experts - Study: Hundreds of Bird Species Endangered by 2050 * New Research Highlights http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Research/ ——————————————————————— Earth Observatory weekly mailing — http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: eo-announce-unsubscribe@eodomo.gsfc.nasa.govFor additional commands, e-mail: eo-announce-help@eodomo.gsfc.nasa.gov             Multiagency Digital Orthophotography and Topographic Mapping Contract, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA Wednesday June 06th 2007 Filed Under Merrick & Company  Aurora, CO USA             SkyWave Obtains CE Marking for SureLinx 8100 D+/GPRS Integrated Wireless Controller Wednesday June 06th 2007 Filed Under SkyWave Mobile Communications  Certification validates product quality for real-time global mobile asset tracking and logistics applications Ottawa, CANADA - June 6, 2007- SkyWave Mobile Communications, the leading supplier of D+ communications products and services, announces it has obtained CE marking for its SureLinx 8100 D+/GPRS integrated wireless controller. The marking is a globally-recognized indicator of product quality. SureLinx 8100 extends real-time mobile asset tracking and logistics anywhere in the world and is compliant for all countries requiring CE marking. SureLinx 8100 combines SkyWave D+ satellite terminal technology with quad-band GPRS to enable effortless dual-mode application development. It ensures that Solution Provider’s applications employ lowest cost message routing using GPRS when assets are in cellular coverage, automatically switching to SkyWave D+ satellite where necessary to maintain a critical life-line to valued assets. CE marking is mandatory. It designates conformity to all essential requirements of the EU Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (RTTE/R&TTE) directive. For customers around the world, this establishes a uniform and trusted measure of product quality and highlights SkyWave’s continuing commitment to dependable, reliable and quality products. About SkyWave Mobile Communications Established in 1997, SkyWave Mobile Communications is the global leader for D+ satellite communications products and services. SkyWave designs and manufactures integrated D+ satellite terminals, D+/GPRS wireless controllers and provides network services to enable customers with dependable, low-cost, remote management and security solutions for fixed and mobile assets. SkyWave works with a global network of over 170 solution partners who provide industry-specific expertise in over 40 countries. Solution providers trust SkyWave to deliver global, cost-effective, reliable, timely and scalable D+ services. As the leading worldwide terminal manufacturer and operator of Inmarsat D+ satellite network services, SkyWave is also first in D+ terminal sales with over 87,000 units shipped. SkyWave’s products are field-tested and proven reliable for industry-specific applications including marine, land mobile, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), government and defence. SkyWave is a privately held company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. For more information, visit www.SkyWave.com. Website: http://www.SkyWave.com SkyWave Mobile CommunicationsNerissa Young Marketing Communications Specialist email: public.relations@skywave.com phone: 613-836-6288 ext. 363             Snowflake Software to demonstrate GO Publisher for ArcSDE at ESRI UC 2007 Wednesday June 06th 2007 Filed Under Snowflake Software  Snowflake Software will be demonstrating its XML/GML publishing tool, GO Publisher, for the first time at ESRI UC 2007 in San Diego later this month. The decision to participate at ESRI’s world-wide conference and exhibition is the result of Snowflake’s active participation in the EDN (ESRI Developer’s Network) programme and the accumulation of the development work Snowflake has been investing recently to support ArcSDE. GO Publisher enables users to translate data and make it compliant to a given XML/GML schema (a Community Schema). GO Publisher is available in three versions: Desktop for single file delivery, Agent for bulk file delivery and WFS for web services – a key enabler to an off-the-shelf Spatial Data Infrastructure. Common across the product line is the easy-to-use point and click GUI, removing any need for programming or knowledge of complex scripting languages such as XSLT. Community schemas are becoming more important and widespread as the industry is facing the task of having to share data and provide ‘joined-up’ services. Schema are being developed on a regional level (IMRO – the Netherlands, PARSOL – UK), on an industry level (S100 for hydrographic data) and internationally for cross-border initiatives (INSPIRE). The ability for contributors to be able to supply their data according to these schemas has never been more critical. “Many of our customers are ESRI users and are storing their data in ArcSDE,” explains Ian Painter, Managing Director of Snowflake Software. “It’s essential that they have the ability to extract this data and supply it according to one of the many schemas being demanded of them. GO Publisher’s integration with ArcSDE opens up this opportunity with an easy-to-use and proven tool set.” CityGML generated by GO Publisher The demonstration at the Snowflake Booth (no 713) will illustrate how easy it is to extract data from ArcSDE and publish it to a given schema. The highlight of the demonstration will show 2D data stored in ArcSDE being delivered in 3D according to the CityGML schema. An additional demonstration will include a schema translating scenario where data from two disparate sources, in two different models are translated into a common Community Schema and published as a shared Web Feature Service. If you have any further enquiries regarding this press release please e-mail info@snowflakesoftware.co.uk             Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEN)-ESRI Team Wins Contract for NATO’s Core Geographic Services Project Monday June 04th 2007 Filed Under ESRI  Redlands, California             Infotech Monday June 04th 2007 Filed Under Infotech  Sterling, VA, June 2007             EVC Reaches Oil and Gas Market With MetaCarta Search Monday June 04th 2007 Filed Under East View Cartographic  East View Cartographic Reaches Oil and Gas Market Using MetaCarta’s Geographic Search   MetaCarta GeoIntel for Petroleum Users Can Now Search Over 35,000 Pages of Maps and Geospatial Data     June 4, 2007 For Immediate Release   MINNEAPOLIS, MN             ESRI to Be Platinum Sponsor of 20th Annual GIS in the Rockies Conference Monday June 04th 2007 Filed Under General              AAG Plans Geographic Conference in Boston Sunday June 03rd 2007 Filed Under AAG              The City of Jacksonville, North Carolina Selects Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) to Implement GIS Software Solutions Sunday June 03rd 2007 Filed Under Geographic Technologies Group  Longview, TX             Getmapping to capture oblique images of Greater London Sunday June 03rd 2007 Filed Under Getmapping  Getmapping Plc, the first company to capture the entire UK in 25cm high resolution vertical aerial imagery is continuing the trend by leading the way in attaining oblique imagery of the UK. With a growing demand for their new oblique imagery product MultiVisionTM, Getmapping has announced today it will start capturing oblique imagery for the whole of Greater London.             Explore the World with ESRI ArcGIS Explorer Sunday June 03rd 2007 Filed Under ESRI  Application Offers Free Globes and GIS Tasks to the Public             Referrals Companies 1Spatial 3Dconnexion A-Prime Software AAG Adapx Aerotec Aligned Assets Appello Systems Applied Knowledge Group Applied Spatial Technology Arup Association of American Geographers (AAG) AtlasCT Autodesk Avenza Systems Axis Geospatial Azteca Systems Bair Software Bentley Boundary Solutions CadCorp Caliper Carbon Project CARIS Carmenta CartoPac Field Solutions CH2M HILL Cloud Peak Software Conferences Creative Force Croswell CyberLearning Dan David Prize Data Transfer Solutions deCarta Definiens DeLorme Digital Data Technologies Digital Quest DigitalGlobe Earth Observatory Earthmine East View Cartographic EIGS ENTCHEV Enterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions (EIGS) Envitia ERDAS (Leica) ESA – Observing the Earth eSpatial ESRI European Space Imaging Exor Corporation Eye4Software First American Flamingo MapComponents FortiusOne Freeance Fugawi G-Tek Solutions Galdos Systems GB Tech GDSK Genasys General Geo-3D GeoAge GeoBase GeoEye Geographic Technologies Group GeoLytics Geomajas GeoMobile Innovations GeoSamba GeoScrum Geospace GeoSpatial Solutions GeoTec GeoWeb GeoWorld geoXMF Getmapping GfK GeoMarketing GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) GIS Development GISCI GITA Global Positions Google GoSee4Me GRASS Guardian ProStar gvSIG i-cubed i-TEN Associates I.S.M. 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