| Intergraph Announces GeoMedia 4.0 Product Suite for Enterprisewide GIS
Intergraph Corporation announced the new GeoMedia® 4.0 product suite, delivering improved performance and increased productivity to GIS professionals with expanded data access and integration tools, improved plotting workflow featuring the new GeoMedia SmartPlot tools, and more than 75 customer-driven enhancements. The GeoMedia product suite includes GeoMedia, GeoMedia Professional, GeoMedia Web Map, and GeoMedia Web Enterprise.
As the first open geospatial solution on the Microsoft Windows NT® platform, GeoMedia broke down the barriers of proprietary GIS systems to deliver an open, easy-to-use, and cost-effective platform for enterprisewide GIS. GeoMedia continues to revolutionize the GIS marketplace with its superior data access and integration capabilities, unmatched ease-of-use and productivity, and solid support for open standards. Key technology innovations that provide uncompromising value to customers while protecting their GIS investment and increasing the value of their geospatial data. The GeoMedia 4.0 product suite offers significant new features and enhancements including:
-- Expanded data server support - now includes support for the industry-leading Oracle 8i(tm) Spatial Object Model data server, support for Microsoft SQL Server data server, and other industry data servers to provide the most robust GIS data integration for users
-- Advanced plotting capabilities - provides an improved, integrated plotting workflow with new GeoMedia SmartPlot tools that provide a layout window for map layout and composition and extensive graphics tools for customizing map designs - all in a single-step process
-- Customer-driven enhancements - delivers increased productivity with new data capture tools that provide CAD-like functions, visual authoring and application generation tools for the Web, and dynamic segmentation analysis capabilities; improved scalability with an enhanced dynamic display cache and distributed computing via hardware clustering support
-- Commitment to open standards - provides support for new emerging industry standards including XML/GML (Extensible Markup Language/Geographic Markup Language) for Internet GIS and WML (Wireless Markup Language) for wireless GIS Available beginning in June 2000, the GeoMedia 4.0 product suite easily fits into the IT enterprise workflow and addresses the GIS requirements for government, transportation, private industry, education, and other organizations.
Superior Data Access and Integration GeoMedia integrates an organization's geospatial data from multiple vendor formats and maintains geospatial data sources using the most advanced industry platforms. Building on the successful Intergraph and Oracle alliance, GeoMedia 4.0 supports the industry-leading Oracle 8i Spatial Object Model data server.
Intergraph has supported Oracle Spatial since GeoMedia was introduced and government agencies and corporations worldwide have adopted this combination as their standard for mapping and GIS. Intergraph also announces support for Microsoft SQL Server, ODBC Tabular, Smallworld, and Genasys data servers - making the GeoMedia environment the most robust GIS data integrator on the market. Adding these data servers expands the sharing of data across multiple disciplines without translation and reduces the time it takes to access data and analyze spatial information. GeoMedia already provides full support for ArcInfo, ArcView, AutoCAD, MGE, FRAMME, MapInfo, MicroStation CAD, SelectCAD, Oracle 8 Spatial, and Access.
The GeoMedia 4.0 product suite is Windows 2000 compliant and fully embodies the look-and-feel and operating conventions of Windows applications. This benefits users whether they are trained in the GIS discipline or only occasionally view GIS data. GeoMedia's focus on operational efficiency and simplicity shortens learning curves and improves productivity across the enterprise. Solid Support for Open Standards
GeoMedia supports tools based on industry standards including Windows, Component Object Model (COM), ActiveX, Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), and standard databases to enable unprecedented GIS connectivity across the global enterprise. Intergraph continues its commitment to open GIS with its support of two new emerging industry standards: XML/GML for Internet GIS and WML for wireless GIS.
Supporting XML/GML broadens data access and integration capabilities by bringing together data providers and clients anywhere on the Internet. In a desktop or thin client environment users have the ability to access geospatial data on the Internet for distributed GIS analysis. WML enables access to GIS data and geoprocessing over wireless devices connected to application servers powered by Intergraph's GeoMedia Web-based solutions. This means users can access geospatial data to view a map of the city they're visiting, for example, and perform network analysis such as finding the quickest route to a destination with nothing more than a cell phone or other WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) capable devices. These industry standards will be supported in the GeoMedia product suite the second half of 2000. Product Information and Availability
For product information or to contact a sales representative or business partner, call 1-800-791-3357 or visit the Mapping/GIS Web site at www.intergraph.com/gis. Outside the U.S., please call 1-256-730-7191.
OGC WEB MAPPING TESTBED PHASE 2 RFQ RELEASED
Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) issued a Request For Quotation (RFQ) and Call for Participation in the Web Mapping Testbed Phase 2, an OGC Interoperability Program Initiative. (See http://www.opengis.org/wmt-2.) Proposals are due May 24, 2000.
The goal of WMT-2 is to rapidly develop open interface specifications leading to interoperable Standards-based Commercial-Of-The-Shelf (SCOTS) software products that support use and exploitation of geospatial data and earth images over the World Wide Web. The purpose of the RFQ is to solicit proposals from commercial organizations in response to a set of requirements established by the WMT-2 sponsors.
WMT-2 sponsors currently include the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), GeoConnections (Canada), the U.S. National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), the U.S. National Imaging and Mapping Agency (NIMA), the U.S. Army Engineering Research Development Center (ERDC), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Like the highly successful first phase of the Web Mapping Testbed, the WMT-2 testbed project will
-- Employ spiral engineering methodologies with extensive participation of the commercial sector. A key principle of OGC's testbed projects is to foster a bi-directional transfer of technical ideas between users and vendors.
-- Make use of existing and emerging OpenGIS™ specifications. WMT-2 will refine existing OpenGIS specifications as well as create new ones.
-- Ensure applicability of resulting interface specifications by performing integration of different vendor implementations of the interface specifications in integration experiments.
-- Ensure that resulting interface specification profiles are harmonized with existing and emerging distributed computing environments.
-- Ensure that cross-platform interoperability mechanisms and bridges are built.
OGC, through the WMT-2 sponsors, will provide cost-sharing funds to partially offset WMT-2 participants' expenses. OGC seeks to involve as many participants in the initiative as possible.
The first phase of the Web Mapping Testbed, which ran from April to September in 1999, yielded the OpenGIS Web Map Server Interface Specification (http://www.opengis.org/techno/specs.htm) for interfaces which enable automatic overlay, in ordinary web browsers, of map images obtained from multiple dissimilar map servers, regardless of map scale, projection, earth coordinate system or digital format. The first phase also yielded a recommendation paper for Geography Markup Language (GML), a proposed standard XML encoding scheme for spatial data. (This paper is being voted on. The paper will be posted at http://www.opengis.org/techno/specs.htm after a favorable vote.) WMT-2 will build on the content of those documents and other OpenGIS Specifications.
Following the conclusion of WMT-1, testbed sponsors and participants provided requirements and requests for items to be considered during WMT-2. The on-going OGC Web Mapping Testbed Upper-Susquehanna Lackawanna (WMT USL) Pilot Project (http://www.opengis.org/uslpilot/) is also a source of requirements, requests, and new technical components for WMT-2. The USL Pilot was designed as a proving ground for interfaces and technologies developed in WMT-1, but it also has yielded research forays into areas such as symbolization, spatio-temporal representation, and services metadata. These may be transitioned into the WMT-2 effort. RFQ respondents will be encouraged to consider the role their technologies can play in any of the specific technology areas outlined in the RFQ.
OGC is an international, not-for-profit organization founded in 1994. OGC's 215 industry, government, and academic member organizations participate in a consensus process to integrate geoprocessing into the world's information infrastructures.
For More Information, Contac: Lance McKee, Vice President, Corporate Communications Open GIS Consortium, Inc., Wayland, MA 01778, tel: +1-508-655-5858, fax: +1-508-655-2237 [email protected], http://www.opengis.org
IDEAL Introduces New SuperWIDE 50" Monochrome Scanners
IDEAL Scanners and Systems, Inc. (IDEAL), introduced its new, SuperWIDE50 monochrome scanners that set new standards in scanning speed for oversized, monochrome images including blueprints, maps, and large graphics where heavy production is very important. Increased productivity in scan-to-print is now available for Reprographers and Service Bureaus. The SuperWIDE 50 Monochrome Scanner Model 2250, a 400 dpi scanner, and Model 2251, an 800 dpi scanner, can scan a 50" wide drawing at speeds of 3"/second and 6"/second respectively. The SuperWIDE50 Monochrome Scanners are used in the Reprographics, CAD, GIS, and Graphic Arts industries for grayshade scaling for vectorization, storage, retrieval, conversion to CAD, and monochrome scan-to-print. Scan E-Size drawings in landscape mode for increased productivity.
The SuperWIDE50 monochrome scanners are front-loading and can handle media over a half-inch thick including foamcore. These scanners support 256 grayshades.
The SuperWIDE50 monochrome scanners have two SCSI interfaces allowing scan-to-file and scan-to-print. There is an optional Copy Kit that will allow you to mount a PC and touch-screen directly to the scanner for a convenient scan-to-print solution. The SuperWIDE50 Monochrome Scanners include an entry-level copier interface, called JETimage Base. This copier interface takes advantage of the scanner's Dual 2-D adaptive enhancement features with Area Diffusion Logic and Error Diffusion Halftoning, which allows documents containing mixed photographic and line-art (including text) areas to be captured with greater detail. For more advanced scan-to-print features there is an optional copier interface, called JETimage Pro, that supports advanced layout options such as paneling, tiling, and nested of printed output as well as tracking capabilities of paper and copying usage.
The SuperWIDE50 monochrome scanners require IDEALScanOS for scanning and single-field indexing of monochrome images. With IDEALScanOS, the scan and print information is stored in a database archive. Users can print to multiple monochrome printers/plotters. IDEALScanOS is upgradable to IDEAL's ScanDEX, for data acquisition of drawing title block information to an ODBC-compliant database.
The price for the SuperWIDE50 monochrome scanner Model 2250 is for $17,900 and Model 2251 is $19,900. For more information, contact Kathy Magenheim at (301) 468-0123 ext. 1230 or via email at [email protected].
Tripod Data Systems Announces Survey Pro for Windows¨ CE
Tripod Data Systems (TDS) announced Survey Pro for Windows® CE is now shipping on the new TDS Ranger™ rugged handheld computer. Survey Pro is the industry-leading data collection software widely available on numerous handheld platforms, including the HP 48GX, Itronix Husky handhelds, and the new Ranger.
Survey Pro has been completely rewritten to take advantage of the capabilities and ease-of-use features that Windows CE offers. TDS Survey Pro for Windows CE incorporates many enhancements over the company's previous DOS versions. "Our tests have demonstrated that the increase in speed and usability achieved with Survey Pro Win CE on the Ranger provides a dramatic increase in productivity when compared to older data collectors," said TDS Product Manager Eric Hall. Survey Pro generates a real-time map that can be used at any time to ensure that the data is correct. Point selection using the map or the drop-down lists is simple and straightforward, especially with TDS' new alphanumeric point name feature. Survey Pro includes a scientific RPN calculator with built in DMS conversions and calculations. TDS Ranger™ Now Shipping
Tripod Data Systems (TDS), announced TDS Ranger™ is shipping. The Ranger line of rugged handheld PCs feature Microsoft® Windows® CE operating system, integrated Ethernet and the Intel® StrongARM® microprocessor. The Ranger is the first Windows CE handheld that meets the stringent waterproof and drop-test requirements of MIL-STD-810E, and the first ruggedized Windows CE machines to incorporate the Intel StrongARM processor. TDS bundles surveying, mapping and GPS/GIS software with the Ranger to make it a complete field data collection solution for professionals.
The Ranger handheld is designed for rough outdoors and industrial data collection applications ranging from surveying to Automated Meter Reading (AMR) to natural resource management. It can survive submersion in one meter of water or mud and will bounce back from an accidental drop onto concrete.
The Ranger is vertically oriented and has large keys for easy one-hand operation, a necessity for many challenging surveying, mapping, GPS/GIS and other related geomatic applications. It offers a distinct advantage over the notebook or pen-tablet form factor that requires both hands to hold and operate. Ranger is available with large 320 x 240 pixel reflective monochrome display that is clearly visible even in bright sunlight. Large enough to display useable maps, the display is also a touch screen activated by a finger or stylus. All components are wrapped in an environmentally sealed ruggedized case with a polyurethane coating that makes it comfortable and slip resistant in either hand. Price and Availability
Ranger 133R and 200R models are now shipping. The base price of the 133R and 200R are $1595 and $1795, respectively. A 200R with the 128MB Flash Card retails for $2395. Rangers with TDS Survey Pro software retail for $2795 to $4895 for a 133R or $2995 to $5095 for a 200R (price varies by software choice). TDS also ships the Ranger with TDS SOLO CE GPS/GIS field mapping software.
For More Information, Contact TDS at 541-753-9322, by fax at 541-757-7439, by email at [email protected] or through the web site at www.tdsway.com
3Di Bridges the Digital Divide with Ribbon Cutting Reception
3Di's new corporate headquarters' facilities will be unveiled to the public at a Grand Opening reception at Easton's new Technology Center. 3Di is the first occupant of the high-tech park, utilizing state of the art and high capacity network technology, fiber optics and an extensive server farm to supply Internet services and advanced databases and applications to more than 240 employees in its 17 offices throughout the world. The Easton facility is also the corporate hub between all 3Di locations for the dissemination and electronic transmission of large-scale imagery and image files used to produce finished products for our customers.
Governor Parris Glendening (Maryland) is scheduled to attend the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with a "Bridging the Digital Divide" address. 3Di is one of the most highly-profiled technology firms on the Eastern Shore, bridging a transition from a traditional agricultural and manufacturing base to a high technology service region with minimal environmental impacts.
Invited guests include Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy-Townsend, Senator Paul Sarbanes, Senator Barbara Mikulski, Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, and executives from Koch Industries, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Space Imaging, Datria, Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM) and various engineering firms from across the country.
When: Friday, May 5th, 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Where: 3Di Corporate Headquarters Easton Technology Center Route 50 to Airport Road, Easton Airport 28969 Information Lane Easton, Maryland 21601 410/770-6000 800/546-4437
Merrick Awarded North Attleborough Contract
Merrick & Company announced the firm has been awarded a contract with the Town of North Attleborough, Massachusetts to provide photogrammetric mapping, digital orthophotography and GPS surveying services. Under the scope of work, Merrick & Company is providing 1"=100' mapping, two-foot contours, Digital Terrain Modeling and color digital orthophotography for a geographical area covering 20 square miles. Merrick & Company has successfully completed photogrammetric mapping for the Central Platte Natural Resources District (Grand Island, NE). This project involved the delivery of 1"=100' planimetric mapping and the generation of two-foot contours for a service area of 123 square miles. Additionally, a contract was awarded to the firm by Pitkin County, Colorado (Aspen, Colorado) to provide new digital orthophotography and planimetric updating for the existing GIS landbase. (Contact Merrick, 303-745-0964 FAX or www.merrick.com/gis)
UCLID Software Acquires Fastmap Product Line
UCLID Software, LLC, announced it has acquired complete and exclusive rights to all Fastmap products from Vecterra, Inc. (fka Fastmap Corporation) of Provo, Utah. Fastmap has been the leading mapping software product for the title insurance industry even though it has never been made available for the popular Microsoft® Windows® platform. UCLID develops IcoMap, state-of-the-art mapping software that is Windows-based.
Under terms of this acquisition, current Fastmap customers interested in moving onto the Windows platform will be able to upgrade to IcoMap at a special introductory price. UCLID and several partners will also offer complete data conversion services for converting proprietary Fastmap data into IcoMap data. All IcoMap data is stored in an industry-standard file format that is accepted by many other software programs and even viewable over the Internet.
For Fastmap customers wishing to continue using the non-Windows product, UCLID will assume all support, maintenance, and training duties for the entire Fastmap product line. UCLID Software's toll-free technical support number is (877) 778-2543. Support information will also be posted to UCLID's web site.
"This is a win-win situation for UCLID, Vecterra, and all current Fastmap customers," explained Curt Szymanski, President / CEO of UCLID Software. "Fastmap customers can look forward to dramatic technological and performance improvements within UCLID Software's Windows®-based IcoMap™ product, and Vecterra can devote resources exclusively to providing superior parcel map conversion and base map creation services. We are excited about quickly integrating the features of Fastmap 7000 into IcoMap™ to make it an even more powerful and easy to use mapping solution."
Wisconsin-based UCLID Software, LLC. is the leading developer of high quality, cost-effective software solutions that accurately convert and compile paper and scanned land records into survey-accurate, digital, cadastral maps. UCLID's products are relevant to the title, real estate, surveying, utilities, and geographic information systems (GIS) markets. UCLID Software was founded in March 1998 by Mr. Curt Szymanski. In a short period of time, UCLID Software has established a reputation as a title, surveying, utility, and GIS industry leader in the development and marketing of land records mapping and management solutions. UCLID's headquarters and training facilities are located in Madison, Wisconsin.UCLID is expanding its offerings for the title industry with patent pending and revolutionary software to automate the locating process of scanned, unplatted parcel records. Complete information regarding the company and its products can be found at www.uclid.com.
For More Information: contact Paige Medlin, UCLID Marketing Communications Director (608) 664-1458 or [email protected]
GITA Announces 2000 ExecuNet Forum
The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) announced an exclusive event for executives from the utility sector (electric, gas, water, wastewater, public works, pipeline, and telecommunications), August 13-15, 2000, at the Hyatt Regency Beaver Creek, Beaver Creek, Colorado. Deregulation and impending competition have thrust technology into a central role, not just as a means of achieving greater efficiency, but as an offensive weapon in the battle to provide better customer service.
Only those executives who understand the latest business and technology trends can hope to survive and thrive. This focused three-day event brings utility executives and solution provider executives together in a highly articipatory yet neutral setting to explore enterprisewide productivity enhancements made possible by the use of geospatial and information technologies (IT).
Developed for a high-level executive audience, the ExecuNet Forum is intended to better prepare executives and industry leaders to make informed decisions regarding those enterprise geospatial and information technology solutions that can best support organizational business needs. Documentation of strategies developed during the forum will be discussed and analyzed.
Executives are invited to join this unique forum to learn and network with others and influence industry direction. Attendance will be limited to ensure balanced participation from both the user and vendor communities. For more information on the ExecuNet Forum, call GITA at 303-337-0513 or visit their Web site at http:/www.gita.org.
PRODUCT EXTENSION AND FORMAT DRIVERS FOR AUTOCAD MAP 2000 AND AUTOCAD LAND DEVELOPMENT DESKTOP USERS
Autodesk, Inc., announced the availability of the GIS Data Transformer Extension (dtX), a downloadable data translation extension for users of its AutoCAD Map® 2000 and AutoCAD® Land Development Desktop Release 2 products. Autodesk also announced two new format drivers, Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) and Vector Markup Language (VML), giving customers instant access to standard and widely used industry formats that can be downloaded for immediate use.
Professionals in communications, government, utilities, and land development-related industries can now exchange data more freely with colleagues and customers as well as make more informed decisions. These drivers allow users to incorporate a wide variety of existing data including text documents, photographs, paper-based drawings, and CAD-based drawings into a single system to provide a 360-degree review of the site before committing resources and field crews. Initially, these "downloadable" solutions will be available only in English. Autodesk plans to leverage the Web to deliver other popular format drivers on a regular basis. Providing Tools via the Web
Autodesk product extensions are Web-delivered software tools that provide theme-based features to address specific collaboration and communication needs of the planning and design community in key industries. Now users can easily customize and enhance their software as new tools become available via the Web rather than waiting 12-24 months for a new version of the product. The GIS dtX is the second Autodesk" product extension delivered to users of AutoCAD® 2000 and AutoCAD 2000-based products. Earlier this month, Autodesk released AutoCAD 2000 Internet Extension (iX), which gives users greater access to design data and collaboration via the Web.
In the future, Autodesk will deliver the LDDT Slope Annotation Extension (sX) for land development professionals using AutoCAD Land Development Desktop Release 2, and the 3D Studio VIZ" Internet Extension (3vX) for Web-enabled product visualization across all industries. Autodesk product extensions are part of the company's overall strategy to take its customers to the Internet through three initiatives: Web enabling its desktop products, developing browser-based applications, and creating portals to aggregate online communities that foster e-commerce business-to-business activities. GIS dtX Functionality
GIS dtX is a 4.6MB engine that gives users better and more extensive import and export capabilities for their data. Professionals with large amounts of legacy data will save time and increase accuracy. Using drag-and-drop functionality, customers can easily work with industry-standard formats such as STDS and VML.
The primary industries that use AutoCAD Map and AutoCAD Land Development Desktop software—communications, utilities, government, and land development—all have a primary concern in common: integration of the wide variety of legacy data into a common, useful set of information. The Autodesk GIS Solutions Division is addressing this problem with an innovative new approach: data exchange functionality and access to many different drivers via the Web and Autodesk's new design resource portal, Autodesk Point A at http://pointA.autodesk.com. Customers in these industries will see immediate benefit from GIS dtX because once they have purchased the engine, they can download the appropriate driver for a given data format as it's needed, without waiting for a major software upgrade to obtain new drivers. SDTS and VML Drivers Offer Easy Data Exchange
Less than 1MB each, the SDTS and VML drivers are easily downloadable and accessible to customers via the Internet. Because these are Web-based offerings, additional drivers will be posted regularly. The combination of the GIS dtX and the SDTS driver enables users to easily import SDTS data into AutoCAD Map 2000 or AutoCAD Land Development Desktop Release 2 and manipulate it using any standard format. Customers working with government agencies will realize instant value when they download the SDTS driver. As of January 2000, all government data containing a spatial element must be published using the SDTS file format standards. Supported by Microsoft® PowerPoint®, the Autodesk VML driver provides a simple way to publish thematic maps in presentations for compelling and exciting communications. The VML driver equally benefits customers who need an easy way to publish vector data on the Web. Pricing and Availability
Sold separately, the GIS dtX, SDTS driver, and VML driver are available today in U.S. English in the United States and Canada at a price of US$99, $169, and $199, respectively. They are quickly and easily downloadable through two online delivery vehicles¾the Autodesk store, at www.autodesk.com/purchase and Autodesk Point A at http://pointa.autodesk.com, a design portal for aggregating design information.
ArcInfo 8.0.2 Now Shipping
ESRI announced ArcInfo 8.0.2. addresses a number of key issues, including
• Added support for Windows 2000
• Extended international support
• Improvements addressing quality and performance. Windows 2000 Support
ArcInfo 8.0.2 is an excellent software for use on the Windows 2000 operating system. Recent enhancements have improved performance in use of the Windows registry, to improve the printing environment, and certify ArcInfo 8.0.2 support for use on this operating system. Extended International Support
ArcInfo 8.0.2 is designed to work in most international languages and operating systems. It has strong support for the use of 8-bit character sets as well as more complex double-byte character sets required by Asian languages. Development work is under way for adding bidirectional text support required by Hebrew, Arabic, and Farsi users. Quality and Performance
ArcInfo 8.0.2 is an even better version of ArcInfo 8, and includes specific performance improvements. Some of the performance gains are in improved coverage editing, geodatabase operations, and ArcSDE for SQL Server. A broad range of software issues has also been addressed.
"The latest release of ArcInfo 8.0.2 addresses the needs and requests of the ArcInfo user community," says ArcInfo product manager Curt Wilkinson. "Users will immediately realize and take advantage of the increased performance and stability of ArcInfo 8.0.2." Availability
ArcInfo 8.0.2 is available now. Call ESRI at 1-800-447-9778 or visit www.esri.com/arcinfo for more information. To purchase ArcInfo, contact your ESRI regional office. Outside the United States, please contact your local ESRI distributor; see www.esri.com/international for a current distributor list.
Price Points, Product Integration Fuel GPS Revenue Growth
With $2.07 billion in 1999 North American revenues, Global Positioning System (GPS) products are gaining acceptance among an increasing number of end users in previously untapped markets. GPS-enabled products in high-volume consumer applications such as in-vehicle navigation, recreational marine and other land markets are major drivers for this trend.
According to new strategic research from Frost & Sullivan (www.frost.com), the North American Global Positioning System Market grew 21.1 percent in 1999 to $2.07 billion in revenues, while 2006 revenues are projected to increase to $4.6 billion.
Average prices for GPS products are expected to decrease 7.4 percent per year through 2006. Falling price points will increase use in non-traditional GPS applications, allowing market participants to sell a greater number of products into commercial and consumer markets.
The North American GPS market is divided into five segments, with the $1.28 billion land-based segment experiencing the most growth in 1999. This segment accounted for 61.8 percent of total revenues in 1999, a statistic not likely to change greatly through 2006.
"Land-based unit potential remains unrivaled," says Frost & Sullivan analyst Ron Stearns. Other GPS segments include the aviation, marine, military and timing markets.
"GPS companies must increasingly look to sustainable vertical markets, where growth in revenues and units best complement their organization's technical expertise and unit production potential," says Stearns. "Production runs will become increasingly shorter as advancements in computing power, reception, update and satellite fix occur at a more rapid pace."
Frost & Sullivan presents 2000 Marketing Engineering Awards to companies that have worked hard to make a positive contribution to the North American GPS industry. The 2000 Brand Awareness Development Award is presented to Magellan, a subsidiary of Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB). The Manufacturing Strategy Leadership Award is given to Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) with Symmetricom (NASDAQ: SYMM) receiving the 2000 Merger & Acquisition Strategy Award and Garmin earning the Strategic Alliance Innovation Award.
This aerospace industry research has integrated the market engineering consulting philosophy into the entire research process. Critical phases of this research included: identification of industry challenges, market engineering measurements, strategic recommendations, planning and market monitoring. All of the vital elements of this system help the market participants navigate successfully through the world test and measurement equipment markets.
Companies participating within this industry are: Ace Technology Inc.; Advanced Research Corporation; Allen Osborne Associates; Allied Signal; Ashtech Precision Products; AVEL-TECH Inc.; Canadian Marconi Company; Datum Inc.; Furuno Electric Company Ltd.; Garmin International; Leica, Incorporated; Litton Guidance and Control Systems; Magellan Corp.; Mortorola GPS Products; Orbital Sciences Corporation; Racal NCS Inc.; Raytheon Transportation Management Solutions; Rockwell Collins; Sokkia Corporation; Symmetricom; Trimble Navigation Limited; Truetime Inc. and Zyfer Inc.
Related companies include: Autometric, Inc.; Ball Aerospace & Communications Group-Telecommunications Products Division; Eastman Kodak Company; Delorme; ESRI; ETAK Inc.; Geographic Data Technology Inc.; Honeywell; Intergraph Corporation; Interstate Electronics Corporation; Lockheed Martin Mission Systems; Mapinfo Corporation; MJHarden Associates Inc.; Navtech; Qualcomm-Wireless Business Solutions; Raytheon Electronics; Spectrum Astro Inc. and Zeiss Inc.
Frost & Sullivan, which is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, is a global leader in international marketing consulting and training. Frost & Sullivan monitors the aerospace industry for market trends, market measurements and strategies. This ongoing research is used to complement the Space Systems Custom Subscription. A free executive summary of the report is available to the press.
Along with publishing in-depth market consulting reports, Frost & Sullivan also provides custom consulting needs to variety of national and international companies. North American Global Positioning System Markets Report: 7267-22 Date: May 2000 Price: $3,950
For more information please contact: Rolf Gatlin, (210) 348-1017 Direct, (210) 348-1003 Fax, E-mail: [email protected]
LH SYSTEMS SELLS OVER THE INTERNET
LH Systems has entered the world of e-commerce by adding an online store, Photogrammetry to Go, to its Web site. The store enables existing users of the company's market-leading SOCET SET® digital photogrammetry software to add extra seats extremely rapidly - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. - giving these customers the capability to respond to project demand with short-term increases in capacity. The store also offers hardware items, for example for stereoscopic viewing and XYZ control of the measuring mark, and second hand equipment. Access is easy - a single click from LH Systems' home page at www.lh-systems.com.
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