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Mobile GIS Gives Recovery Specialists an Advantage in the Victoria Bushfires

ESRI and its local partner, Maptel, brought insight and technology to Australia's 2009 Victoria Bushfires, the country's most deadly natural disaster. Several dozen fires merged causing more than 170 deaths and several hundred injuries. The situation may have been even worse without the use of desktop and mobile tools to manage what became the largest search and rescue effort the Victoria Police had ever attempted. Paper and pencil were put aside for a custom app on ruggedized handhelds which allowed quick assessment and reporting within the 550,000-acre area where victims were found.

Updating Directions Media's Press Release Policy

Directions Media is changing its policy regarding press releases to give submitters full control on when and how their releases are published. The service continues to be free and will, we trust, better serve our readers and advertisers.

American Digital Cartography, Inc. (ADCi) - A leading authorized distributor for both NAVTEQ and Tele Atlas. For over 20 years, ADCi has helped customers in every market successfully secure the correct data and license for their mapping application, including government, utilities, transportation, business, and Internet-based applications. ADCi can "slice and dice" the data to conform to your audience and geographic needs.

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A total of 146 people responded to the most recent poll. Most (35%) are not at all interested in social networking for work. However, another 29% do use an existing social networking application.

Our next poll asks, "Have you ever applied for or suggested someone else apply/compete for a geospatial scholarship?" Vote today (left side of the home page)!

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Risk Assessment Solution for Gas Distribution
ESRI Podcast Series #41
Rich Arata of New Century Software, an ESRI business partner, explains the role of GIS in risk assessment management for gas distribution and how organizations can address upcoming Distribution Integrity Management Program (DIMP) requirements.

Intergraph's SDI/INSPIRE at the Dutch Kadaster
Intergraph Podcast Series
Spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) support the discovery, access and use of geospatial information in the decision-making process. Intergraph’s SDI application makes it easy for you to share data, removing barriers so you can communicate and collaborate more effectively. Join us for a podcast to learn how Dutch Kadaster benefits from our SDI application. Dutch Kadaster, the national land registry and mapping agency for the Netherlands, uses Intergraph’s SDI application to share an enormous amount of data among departments, with other agencies, and with citizens.

ArcGIS Data Appliance Delivers Maps and Tasks Behind the Firewall
ESRI Podcast Series #40
Christophe Charpentier, ArcGIS Content Product Manager for ESRI, discusses ArcGIS Data Appliance, a preconfigured network storage device that offers users secure access to ready-to-use imagery, street and other basemaps, as well as geocoding and routing functionality.

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ADSK - NMS	$25.78	0.33 1.26%
Autodesk, Inc.

DGI - NYQ	$23.02	0.06 0.26%
DIGITALGLOBE, INC

DSGX - NMS	$5.34	0.02 0.38%
The Descartes Systems Group Inc

GEOY - NGM	$27.05	0.2 0.73%
GeoEye, Inc.

GRMN - NMS	$37.78	0.56 1.46%
Garmin Ltd.

MSFT - NMS	$28.59	0.09 0.31%
Microsoft Corporation

ORCL - NMS	$21.87	0.12 0.55%
Oracle Corporation

PBI - NYQ	$25.01	0.02 0.08%
PITNEY BOWES INC

TRMB - NMS	$21.30	0.13 0.61%
Trimble Navigation Limited

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