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ESRI's ArcLogistics Route Now Has Territory Planning Functionality

The territory planning module allows users to create territories with tens of thousands of customers and to geographically balance them while maintaining business rules that the user selects. In addition, it will allow users to "balance" daily routes based on user business rules such as hours of operation, number of stops, revenue generated, and more. Read the article (PDF)


OpenLS Events

The OpenLS platform has arrived! After nearly a year of crafting specifications and coding, vendors are now completing their open LBS platforms. Events are planned for October 2002 in Washington, DC, USA, November 2002 in Nice, France, and January 2003 in South Korea. Visit our Events Listing for details.


Spatially Enabling Your Java™ Technology-based Applications

Eric Bader, Product Specialist/ Developer, ESRI, investigates how developers can "spatially enable" their Java technology-based systems with a rich and flexible set of GIS components built purely on the Java platform. View the presentation (PDF)


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The Fine Line Between Location-Based Services & Privacy

Shereen Fink of Sun Microsystems discusses the quandary of LBS benefits versus privacy concerns.


LBS and MMS are good friends!

Anyone developing 3G applications has likely figured out that both LBS & MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) are building blocks for next generation services. It's hard not to see them fully integrated when one looks at it from a provider point of view. Japan's operators have had early success with MMS. Giants like NTT DoCoMo and J-Phone (Vodafone) will no doubt carry this expertise into Europe and North America. Folks who wish stay abreast of what's happening with MMS have a new resource. Baskerville, a leading provider of intelligence to the telecoms community, recently launched a monthly research service that examines the Japanese messaging market and offers lessons-learned for everyone in the 3G community. Get more information on Industry Standards / Get more details on the article


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Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Java Location Services Newsletter

We're excited about reaching out and serving you in this manner. This newsletter and its companion website, jlocationservices.com, offer technology and service providers a fresh view of the location services market.

jlocationservices.com provides a place for professionals to stay well informed on the rapid and significant progress being made with LBS technology. The site provides many information resources about the technology, market happenings, and the benefits of location services to business managers and technologists.

The value propositions for location services are compelling. Early market success stories and market surveys indicate that there are countless appealing applications for location services. The technology and content are fast coming together. The future holds much promise.

Please visit our site regularly to stay abreast.

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Harry Niedzwiadek


SONOFON Goes Java with End2End

SONOFON launched the first set of downloadable Java applications together with the leading European Mobile Application Infrastructure Provider, End2End. Read the article.