| ESRI Announces ArcIMS 3 Is Now Available
ESRI announced the release of its all new Internet mapping and GIS system, ArcIMS.
One of the key features of ArcIMS 3 is its ability to establish a common platform for exchange of Web-enabled GIS data and services. According to Product Manager Bernie Szukalski, ArcIMS is more than just an Internet mapping solution-it is a framework for distributing GIS capabilities via the Internet.
"ArcIMS features unique capabilities for supporting a wide variety of clients, from lightweight DHTML clients all the way to full-featured GIS clients such as ArcView GIS 8.1 and ArcInfo 8.1. On the serverside, ArcIMS includes a wide variety of functionality, and future extensions will deliver even more GIS capabilities."
Another feature of ArcIMS is its ability to integrate local data sources with Internet data sources for display, query, and analysis. "The ability of ArcIMS to integrate local and Internet data is a very powerful feature and will extend the user's GIS desktop to include virtually any ArcIMS site in the world," said Szukalski. ArcIMS Clients
In the box ArcIMS includes HTML and Java clients plus supports a full suite of other ESRI software such as ArcExplorer, ArcPad, and other devices. ArcExplorer 3 (Java edition) is included with ArcIMS and will soon be available for free download from ESRI's Web site at www.esri.com/arcexplorer.
Users can also develop custom desktop applications using the ArcIMS connector interface. Adds Szukalski, "One of the lesser known features of ArcIMS is that you can build custom Visual Basic and Visual C++ applications that use ArcIMS services."
The ArcIMS Java and HTML client viewers process data on the client machine, performing many tasks without further interaction with the server.
ArcIMS 3, which supports Windows NT and UNIX platforms, is now available. ESRI users who have licensed ArcView Internet Map Server (IMS) or MapObjects Internet Map Server (IMS) solutions may qualify for a free upgrade offer to ArcIMS 3.
For more information on ArcIMS 3 and the upgrade offer, please visit ESRI online at www.esri.com/arcims or contact ESRI at 1-800-447-9778. Outside the United States, please contact your local ESRI distributor; see www.esri.com/international for a current distributor list.
Core Software Expands North American Ground Station Network
Core Software Technology and GTT NetCorp announced that GTT NetCorp will participate in Core's North American Ground Station Network. GTT NetCorp will operate a ground receiving station in Puerto Rico collecting high resolution imagery from the West Indian Space (WIS) satellite program on behalf of Core.
Dr. J. Armando Guevara, President and Chief Executive Officer of GTT NetCorp expressed, "We are very pleased by the prospect of increasing our satellite constellation, data receiving, value-added and distribution capabilities with the West Indian Space high resolution imaging program in our ground station, processing and ImageNet.com distribution center in Puerto Rico. This will certainly enrich the quality of our services as well as our solutions offering to our client base.
Core is managing a network of ground receiving stations for image collection, reception, archiving and processing for the WIS high resolution satellite program. GTT NetCorp will participate in Core's North American Network through the operation of its ground receiving station in Puerto Rico. GTT NetCorp, a leader in the spatial enabling of information technology solutions, offers Core a unique collection capability providing coverage of the countries encompassed in the Caribbean basin and the Gulf of Mexico.
WIS high resolution imagery and related products will provide solutions benefiting a broad range of markets including national security, utilities, telecommunications, insurance, disaster response, urban planning, agriculture, education, transportation, natural resources, mapping, state and local government as well as others. WIS will be launching the first of at least eight high resolution imaging satellites late summer of 2000.
For more information about GTT NetCorp: Visit GTT at www.gttnetcorp.com
For more information about Core: visit www.coresw.com and ImageNet.com. or Contact: Justin Holtzman, Core Software Technology, (703) 917-8700,l [email protected]
UK's Leading Image Provider Now an Authorized MrSID Reseller
LizardTech Inc announced that UK Perspectives will be an official reseller and authorized developer of LizardTech's product lines. Headquartered in England, UK Perspectives is a leading provider of aerial photography and mapping services in the United Kingdom.
UK Perspectives is a joint venture between the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC ) and Simmons Aerofilms , the UK's two leading commercial aerial mapping and surveying companies. UK Perspectives along with its parent companies offer total remote sensing services comprising airborne and satellite applications, photogrammetric mapping services, LIDAR and thermal surveys, image data sales and processing, data center and archive operations and new product development. LizardTech is the developer of MrSID, the leading wavelet-based imaging technology that enables the efficient viewing and transporting of massive images. MrSID, part of LizardTech's Chromafire imaging solutions, is the world's leading imaging format for GIS and geospatial professionals.
In addition to the promotion and support of MrSID, UK Perspectives has integrated LizardTech's Software Development Kit (SDK) into its new imaging software "UKP Geo-viewer", which is due to be launched in early June. Built by International Land Systems (ILS), the software will import both raster and vector layers, including Ordnance Survey LandLine data, geo-synchronize windows for viewing "now" and "then" images and export files for direct integration into GIS.
Furthermore, UK Perspectives is currently building a National Aerial Photographic Data Set of unparalleled accuracy and ground detail to 25cm resolution of England and South Wales. Branded MAPS (Map Accurate Photographic Survey), the precision orthorectified, or distortion free, aerial imagery will be fully georeferenced and free from Crown Copyright for small business/GIS professionals. MAPS will be available in MrSID and other popular image data formats.
Additional information about LizardTech can be found on the World Wide Web at www.lizardtech.com. LizardTech Europe is located in the Netherlands and can be contacted at: LizardTech Europe B.V., Hullenbergweg 379- 5th/6th Floor, 1101 CR Amsterdam Z.O., Netherlands. Phone: (31) 20 365 69 60, Technical Support (31) 20 365 69 61, e-mail [email protected].
Laser-Scan Wins Digital Photogrammetry Contract at Ordinance Survey
Laser-Scan Ltd has been awarded a multi-seat, multi-year contract to supply their LAMPS2 object-oriented mapping system integrated with LH Systems SOCET SET Digital Photogrammetry Systems using Windows NT stereo workstations from Compaq to the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. The award was made after a comprehensive open tendering exercise under OJEC rules.
The systems will be deployed in Photogrammetric Services, primarily for Revision. A key requirement is to maintain the data in the OS TOPO96 data model, which underpins all the recent announcements by OS on its new business approach to 'joined-up-geography' with the introduction of the "Digital National Framework" (see Ordnance Survey Information Papers 13/1999 'Joined-up geography for the new Millennium' and 21/1999 - 'Enhancing the National Topographic Database - an update' http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk/literatu/infopapr/1999/index.htm ).
To this end, SOCET SET is supplied to Ordnance Survey integrated with the Laser-Scan LAMPS2 object-oriented mapping system. LAMPS2 is used across the Ordnance Survey as the Corporate Editor. The Corporate Editor maintains TOPO96 data across the range of Ordnance Survey activities - in Photogrammetric Services it will be maintaining 3D data using Windows NT stereo workstations from Compaq. The integration of the advanced digital photogrammetry functionality of SOCET SET with the on-line topology engine and rules-base in the Laser-Scan object-oriented database makes for very efficient revision whilst maintaining the essential integrity and structure of the data. The wide range of state-of-the-art photogrammetric functionality provided by SOCET SET will also be used by Ordnance Survey, for example in the production of orthoimages.
Previous systems from Laser-Scan and LH Systems (Leica) were successfully used in an integrated manner by OS to maintain earlier and simpler data models. Keith Murray, Chief Technical Officer at OS said of the award - 'The LITES2/Kern AP superimposition development was a major step forward. It extended our production capabilities and effectiveness while proving to be extremely flexible and reliable. I expect this (the LAMPS2/SOCET integration) to advance our capabilities by a similar magnitude.'
The first 4 seats were delivered in December 1999. A total of 30+ seats are envisaged. The integration of LAMPS2 and SOCET SET was initially sponsored by the US Army Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) in a collaborative programme with Laser-Scan. The initial deployments have been in the US Department of Defense. The Ordnance Survey contract represents a breakthrough for Laser-Scan and LH Systems in the national mapping agency market and a major step forward in the task of sustaining the evolving National Topographic Database of Great Britain from air photography and imagery.
For more information contact Mark Coleman, Marketing Communications Manager, at: Tel: +44 (0) 1223 420414 / Fax: +44 (0) 1223 420044 / E-mail: [email protected]
MATHSOFT RELEASES S+SPATIALSTATS 1.5 FOR WINDOWS AND UNIX
MathSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ: MATH), provider of technical calculation and analytical software for business and academia, announced the availability of S+SpatialStats® 1.5. A significant upgrade to the S-PLUS product family, S+SpatialStats 1.5 makes it easier for Windows users to explore and model spatially correlated data.
S+SpatialStats analyzes data in areas where data is sampled spatially, such as semiconductor manufacturing, market and site location research, and crime mapping. The software package provides users with powerful tools for exploring and analyzing three classes of spatial data: geostatistical, point pattern, and lattice data.
Key features and benefits of S+SpatialStats 1.5 include:
* New Graphical User Interface (Windows only)-S+SpatialStats offers users an easy-to-use graphical user interface. Simple point-and-click menus and dialog boxes help users navigate the program.
* Geostatistical Data-S+SpatialStats offers users both graphical and analytical tools for exploring spatial data. Graphical tools include contour plots, 3-D point clouds, variogram plots, and boxplots. Other graphical tools include directional variograms and correlograms for exploring anisotropy and empirical variogram estimation, including robust methods.
Analytical tools include variogram model fitting for several models, including Gaussian, spherical, and exponential, as well as ordinary and universal kriging for point, and block predictions.
* Point Patterns- S+SpatialStats allows you to analyze point patterns more effectively with point maps (including region boundaries), spatial randomness tests (such as Ripley's K-functions), simulation of spatial random processes, and local intensity estimation.
* Lattice Data- S+SpatialStats offers Geary and Moran spatial autocorrelation coefficients, spatial regression models including conditional and simultaneous autoregressive models, nearest neighbor search routines, and visualization of neighbor structures. AVAILABILITY
S+SpatialStats 1.5 is available in stand-alone and network versions for Windows and UNIX . More information available at http://www.splus.mathsoft.com/splsprod/spatldes.htm
S-PLUS product information can be obtained via MathSoft's Web site located at http://www.splus.mathsoft.com, by phone at 1-800/569-0123, by fax at 206/283-8691 or via mail at 1700 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98109. MathSoft's corporate headquarters can be reached by phone at 1-800/628-4223, by fax at 617/577-8829 or via mail at 101 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142.
Safe Software's data access products now available on AIX
Safe Software announced that its data access product, FME Enterprise and its web-based data broker system SpatialDirect are now available on IBM's AIX 4.3 operating system. With the addition of AIX support, Safe Software continues to expand its position as a multi-platform provider of spatial data access solutions.
"Supporting AIX extends the usability of our products to large corporations running systems on AIX," said Don Murray, President of Safe Software Inc. FME Enterprise is a complete data access solution for reading, writing and transforming spatial data. A growing number of UNIX platforms are supported including Solaris and HPUX.
FME Enterprise provides read/write support for over 60 leading GIS, CAD and database formats. FME Enterprise is used by telcos, oil & gas companies, utilities and governments for: loading spatial databases, sharing data in multi-GIS/CAD environments, data translation/format conversion, coordinate conversion/reprojection, and complex data transformation functions. SpatialDirect is a cost effective system that allows organizations to provide data to end users over the Internet/Intranet in user-selected data formats and projections.
SpatialDirect empowers end users by allowing them to extract data from remote data sources and then have that data sent to their desktops in the data format and projection that best meets their needs. SpatialDirect integrates with third party applications like ESRI's ArcIMS or it is available as a turn-key solution. In the turn-key system, a web browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer is the only required client side software.
For more information, visit: www.safe.com
AUTODESK PROVIDES "DOWNLOADABLE" PRODUCT EXTENSION FOR AUTOCAD LAND DEVELOPMENT
Autodesk, Inc., announced the availability of the Land Slope Annotation Extension (sX), a downloadable product extension for users of its AutoCADŽ Land Development Desktop Release 2, Autodesk Civil Design Release 2, and Autodesk Survey Release 2 products. sX simplifies the slope annotation process for land planners, civil engineers, and surveyors by allowing direct extraction of elevation or flow direction and slope from a terrain model. This automated feature will then plot an arrow and slope value in the desired direction. With this extension, users will no longer have to manually create labeling for the slope values between two points.
Professionals in land development-related industries can now propose grading changes with greater ease to all types of terrain including roads, sites, parking lots, and ponds. The feature also provides real-time feedback that is needed during the engineering process. For example, when evaluating existing slope conditions for hydraulic runoff assessment, the analyst needs the ability to establish flow directions and values across a site.
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 delivery of the LDDT sX marks the third Autodesk product extension for users of AutoCAD 2000-based products. During the past two months, Autodesk released the GIS Data Transformer Extension (dtX), enabling AutoCAD Map* 2000 and AutoCAD Land Development Desktop Release 2 customers to exchange data more freely with colleagues and customers, and the AutoCAD* Pricing and Availability
sX is available today in U.S. English in the United States and Canada at a price of US$99. It is quickly and easily downloadable through two online delivery vehicles the Autodesk online store at www.autodesk.com/purchase, and Autodesk Point A at Land Slope http://pointa.autodesk.com, the design portal for aggregating design information. VIP subscription members can also download sX free of charge from the VIP Members-only website at http://partnersys.autodesk.com/viplogin.htm.
For more information, contact any Authorized Autodesk Reseller, call Autodesk at 800-964-6432, or visit www.autodesk.com.
UCLID Software Receives Governor's "Best of State" New Product Award
The Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers announced that UCLID® Software LLC received the 2000 Governor's "Best of State" New Product Award for its IcoMap™ software. UCLID President and CEO Curt Szymanski was on hand to receive the award when the announcement was made at the awards banquet.
The Governor's New Product Award seeks to recognize the contributions of engineers and scientists to economic growth and development in Wisconsin. As part of the entry application, UCLID provided evidence that IcoMap is a superior and unique product that has a well-defined market and stands to make a positive impact on the Wisconsin economy.
The modernization of land records is an important undertaking for state and local government agencies. Land record modernization and cadastral data are critical for maintaining livable communities, encouraging economic development, and developing the tools that give community leaders the ability to manage both. Throughout the nation, other state organizations are working toward modernizing their land records to make them an integral part of a Geographic Information System or Land Information System. The implementation of the National Integrated Land System (NILS) project has made these efforts a high priority for state and local government agencies. NILS is a joint project between the Bureau of Land Management and the USDA Forest Service to facilitate cooperative land management and better decision-making among all land managers.
For more information, visit the NILS project web site http://www.blm.gov/nils, the Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) web site http://www.wlia.org and the Office of Land Information Services (OLIS) web site http://www.doa.state.wi.us/olis.
More information can be found at http://www.uclid.com.
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