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Note: PDA m130 works with appforge.
PDA Zire 71 works with NS Basic but gives unrecoverable error with appforge.
NS Basic/Palm 3.1 Single User For Palm OS devices running OS 3.1 or higher and Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP. The NS Basic/Palm Handbook and installer CD will be shipped to you. $149.95

* NS Basic 
   - hhcenterprise
   - Planetpda
* docs
   - palmos
   - palmdigital

* palmgear (easy transfer)

* Converts an Access database to a Palm database
RickPalmDB <http://www.nsbasic.com/pub/Palm_files/samples/RickPalmDB.zip> This OCX converts an Access database to a Palm database. It also creates a table in an Access DB from a pdb file. The installer includes all the dll's needed from Microsoft to run. 3220K.

*PDA Downloads
  - nsbasic.com

Programming Cell Phone: 

Wireless Resource Center

How to Visual Studio.Net (Brew) Qualcomm
Phones - Verizon Equipment: Phones: Motorola T720 with Mobile Office Kit
$249.98 ($100 rebate by June) passive matrix CSTN (Color Super-Twist Nematic) LCD screen is capable of displaying 4096 colors on a 120 by 160 pixel display (although some space is lost to the menu bar, notification indicators, etc., yielding a total of 120 by 130 usable pixels.


Oracle Wireless Development - Sprint Wireless Toolkit with Oracle9i JDeveloper for J2ME development.
Tutorial - Sprint Application Developer - 

Sprint  PCS Phones with Pocket PC (vs.net) 

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Intell - PXA800F chip

Developer. Smartphone Developer Kit

Java.sun

FUGAWI Personal Tracker Software for Garmin NavTalk Cellular telephone/GPS Receiver - Cell Phone
It is designed to work with the Garmin NavTalk cellular telephone/GPS receiver. With the click of a button you can call the person or vehicle with the Navtalk and the GPS position will be transmitted to the base station. The map is centered on the asset (the person or vehicle) location. Alternatively, the person with the Navtalk can initiate the call. A single position can be obtained in about 20 seconds. If desired, the asset can be continuously tracked. The asset's heading and speed are also shown. The standard program permits the storage of up to three remote assets. A complete detailed street map of the United States (48 states) is provided with the program. The street address pops up when the cursor is held over the asset location.DiscussionAnalog Cellular (AMPS) offers the best coverage in North America.

SnapTrack's Enhanced GPS(tm)
The Strategis Group estimates that one quarter of wireless callers dialing 9-1-1 do not know their location. They may have been hurt or injured in an accident or are otherwise unable to give their location, while precious time ticks by as rescuers try to locate them. Because of this, the Federal Communications Commission has mandated that wireless carriers provide for the location of wireless phones for 9-1-1 applications. (Works inside buildings)

http://www.wirelessnewsfactor.com/perl/section/gps/

Garmin $379 - Download PDF User's Manual (3.3 M)
 GARMIN's NavTalk® is the ultimate in outdoor survival gear: a combination analog
cellphone and GPS receiver.

NAVTalk GSM http://www.garmin.com/products/navTalkGSM/
* Organiser
* WAP 1.2.1 MiniBrowser
* GPS mapping
* Large 10-line screen - additional software

NMEA  - 
Minnesota department of transportation uses Trimble's VRS system to track vechiles for highway work.  there is a link down below.

http://www.trimble.com/vrs.html
In addition to being a full-featured GPS receiver, NavTalk is a
high-performance cellular phone with exceptional features such as
touch-tone location reporting (including the ability to send your exact position
and have it displayed on another unit), numeric paging, an electronic "phone
book" capable of 100 entries, and intelligent security lock capability.
One-touch dialing and a message center which collects missed calls and
pager messages for easy retrieval make operating the NavTalk even more
enjoyable.

NavTalk's GPS position reporting shows exactly where you're calling from on a
high-resolution backlit display, and the GPS receiver technology is the same patented
high-performance twelve parallel channel receiver found in the world-renowned GPS III
Plus. The database comes complete with an extensive internal database including
cities, plus millions of miles of roads and highways across the entire United States,
Canada, and South America. You can also downloaded up to 1.44 MB of extra map data
from GARMIN's MapSource(tm) line of CD-ROMs.

Finally, two proven technologies are combined for unmatched performance. NavTalk: It's
the talk of the town. (Please note: The NavTalk is a new product and is available only in
the Americas at this time. Please watch for future announcements of worldwide
coverage and availability.)

http://www.rfsafe.com/

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' NSBasic

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'View Form Startup Code
Sub main()
Dim dbtestfile as Database
End Sub

-----------------

'Create DB button
Sub object1005()
Dim result as Integer
result=dbcreate(dbtestfile, "DbTestFile", 0, "WGPH")
MsgBox str(result)

End Sub
---------

'Open DB Button
Sub object1006()
Dim result as Integer
result=dbopen(dbtestfile, "DbTestFile", 0)
MsgBox str(result)
End Sub
----------------
'Insert 3 records
Sub object1009()
Dim result as Integer
result=dbInsert(dbtestfile, 1,"This is record 1")
MsgBox "Inserting record 1: " + str(result)
result=dbInsert(dbtestfile, 2,"This is record 2")
MsgBox "Inserting record 2: " + str(result)
result=dbInsert(dbtestfile, 3,"This is record 3")
MsgBox "Inserting record 3: " + str(result)
End Sub
---------------------
'Close button
Sub object1007()
Dim result as Integer
result=dbclose(dbtestfile)
MsgBox str(result)
End Sub
---------

'Erase DB
Sub object1008()
Dim result as Integer
result=dberase(dbtestfile)
MsgBox str(result)
End Sub
------------

==================================

' Demo dbFunctions
' Help | Posit'n | Get(s) | Read | Prev | to Rec# < of 999 | Next | Insert | Purge Log | Key: | '
' Find | Delete | Funct res rec# key record fields | <fldPrt>
'View startup Code

Sub main()
Global pdb as Database
Global hPrt as String
Global y as Integer
Global beg as Integer
Dim res as Integer
Dim i as Integer
Dim j as Integer
Dim k as Integer
Dim m as Integer
Dim n as Integer
Dim txt as String
FillRectangle 0,14,160,145,3,nsbNormal
FillRectangle 1,16,156,140,1,nsbInverted
DrawChars " Demo dbFunctions StartUp ",0,3,nsbInverted
i=0
n=0
y=20
hPrt=""
res=dbOpen(pdb,"TestDBFx.pdb",0)
txt="Open="+str(res)
DrawChars txt,3,y,nsbNormal
y=y+11
hPrt=txt
If res>0 Then GoTo CreateNew
i=dbGetNoRecs(pdb)
txt=txt+", #recs="+str(i)
DrawChars txt,3,y,nsbNormal
y=y+11
hPrt=txt
res=alert("Demo dbFunctions Open DB","Keep existing DB?",1," Keep "," Erase "," Quit ")
If res=0 Then GoTo Counts
If res=2 Then Stop
res=dbClose(pdb)
res=dbErase(pdb)
txt="Erase="+str(res)
DrawChars txt,3,y,nsbNormal
y=y+11
hPrt=txt+&ha+hPrt
CreateNew:
res=dbCreate(pdb,"TestDBFx.pdb",0,"Test")
txt="Create="+str(res)
DrawChars txt,3,y,nsbNormal
y=y+11
hPrt=txt+&ha+hPrt
res=dbOpen(pdb,"TestDBFx.pdb",0)
txt="Open="+str(res)+", #recs=0"
DrawChars txt,3,y,nsbNormal
y=y+11
hPrt=txt+&ha+hPrt
For k=1 to 10
i=1+(50*rand())
j=1+(100*rand())
res=dbInsert(pdb,i,"Rec "+chr(i+64),j)
txt="Insrt "+chr(9)+str(res)+" "+chr(9)+str(k)+" "+chr(9)+str(i)+" "+chr(9)+"Rec "+chr(i+64)+","+str(j)+" "
DrawChars txt,3,y,nsbNormal
hPrt=txt+&ha+hPrt
Next
y=y+11
Counts:
res=dbReset(pdb)
txt="Posi "+chr(9)+str(res)+" "+chr(9)+"0"
DrawChars txt,3,y,nsbNormal
y=y+11
hPrt=txt+&ha+hPrt
m=dbGetNoRecs(pdb)
For k=1 to m
res=dbReadNext(pdb,i,txt,j)
n=n+res
txt="Next "+chr(9)+str(res)+" "+chr(9)+str(k)+" "+chr(9)+str(i)+" "+chr(9)+"Rec "+chr(i+64)+","+str(j)+" "
DrawChars txt,3,y,nsbNormal
hPrt=txt+&ha+hPrt
Next
y=y+11
txt="#recs="+str(m)+", errs="+str(n)
DrawChars txt,3,y,nsbNormal
y=y+11
beg=len(hPrt)
n=30
i=0
Do until n=0 Or syseventavailable()=1
i=1-i
If i=1 Then
DrawChars "waiting... "+str(n)+" ",3,y,nsbNormal
Else
DrawChars "waiting... "+str(n)+" ",3,y,nsbInverted
EndIf
Delay .5
n=n-1
Loop
FillRectangle 0,16,160,143,0,nsbInverted
End Sub
---------------------------------------
' startup Code - Termination Code
Sub project_termination_9915()
Dim res as Integer
Dim i as Integer
Dim j as Integer
i=dbGetNoRecs(pdb)
res=dbClose(pdb)
FillRectangle 0,16,160,143,3,nsbNormal
FillRectangle 1,17,156,140,1,nsbInverted
DrawChars "Close="+str(res)+", #recs="+str(i),3,20,nsbNormal
i=0
j=3
Do until j=0 Or syseventavailable()=1
i=1-i
If i=1 Then
DrawChars "waiting... "+str(j)+" ",3,31,nsbNormal
Else
DrawChars "waiting... "+str(j)+" ",3,31,nsbInverted
EndIf
Delay .5
j=j-1
Loop
End Sub

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'dbFunctionsForm (Screen1) - Form Screen1 (After Code)
Sub Screen1004_after()
' drawrectangle 1,15,79,27,0,NSBNormal
' drawrectangle 81,15,78,40,0,NSBNormal
DrawRectangle 1,59,158,100,0,nsbNormal
FillRectangle 1,69,158,2,0,nsbNormal
fldPrt.Text=hPrt
fldRec.Text="1"
lblRecs.Text="of "+str(dbGetNoRecs(pdb))
fldKey.Text="1"
fldKey.Setfocus
End Sub
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'dbFunctionsForm (Screen1) - Button 1005 (posit'n)
Sub object1005()
Dim i as Integer
Dim j as Integer
Dim txt as String
Dim res as Integer
i=val(fldRec.Text)
If i<1 Then
i=0
res=dbReset(pdb)
Else
res=dbPosition(pdb, i, 0)
EndIf
fldPrt.Text="Posit "+chr(9)+str(res)+" "+chr(9)+str(i)+&ha+fldPrt.Text
fldRec.Setfocus
End Sub
----------------------------------
'dbFunctionsForm (Screen1) - Button (Get(s))
Sub object1025()
Dim i as Integer
Dim j as Integer
Dim res as Integer
Dim txt as String
i=0
txt=""
j=0
res=dbGet(pdb,i)
If res=0 Then res=dbGet(pdb,txt)
If res=0 Then res=dbGet(pdb,j)
fldPrt.Text="Get "+chr(9)+str(res)+" "+chr(9)+" "+chr(9)+str(i)+chr(9)+txt+","+str(j)+&ha+fldPrt.Text
fldRec.Setfocus
End Sub
---------------------------------

'dbFunctionsForm (Screen1) - Button(Read)
Sub object1018()
Dim i as Integer
Dim j as Integer
Dim res as Integer
Dim txt as String
i=val(fldKey.Text)
res=dbRead(pdb,i,txt,j)
fldPrt.Text="Read "+chr(9)+str(res)+" "+chr(9)+" "+chr(9)+str(i)+chr(9)+txt+","+str(j)+&ha+fldPrt.Text
fldKey.Setfocus
End Sub
-----------------------------------

'dbFunctionsForm (Screen1) - Button(Prev)
Sub object1026()
Dim i as Integer
Dim j as Integer
Dim res as Integer
Dim txt as String
res=dbReadPrev(pdb,i,txt,j)
fldPrt.Text="Prev "+chr(9)+str(res)+" "+chr(9)+" "+chr(9)+str(i)+chr(9)+txt+","+str(j)+&ha+fldPrt.Text
fldKey.Setfocus
End Sub
-----------------------------------------------------

'dbFunctionsForm (Screen1) - Button(Next)
Sub object1019()
Dim i as Integer
Dim j as Integer
Dim res as Integer
Dim txt as String
res=dbReadNext(pdb,i,txt,j)
fldPrt.Text="Next "+chr(9)+str(res)+" "+chr(9)+" "+chr(9)+str(i)+" "+chr(9)+txt+","+str(j)+&ha+fldPrt.Text
fldKey.Setfocus
End Sub

------------------------------------------------------------------

'dbFunctionsForm (Screen1) - Button(Insert)
Sub object1012()
Dim i as Integer
Dim j as Integer
Dim res as Integer
i=val(fldKey.Text)
j=100+(100*rand())
res=dbInsert(pdb, i, "Rec "+chr(i+64), j)
fldPrt.Text="Insrt "+chr(9)+str(res)+" "+chr(9)+" "+chr(9)+str(i)+" "+chr(9)+"Rec "+chr(i+64)+","+str(j)+&ha+fldPrt.Text
lblRecs.Text="of "+str(dbGetNoRecs(pdb))
fldKey.Setfocus
End Sub

-----------------------------------------------------------------

'dbFunctionsForm (Screen1) - Button(Find)
Sub object1017()
Dim i as Integer
Dim j as Integer
Dim res as Integer
Dim txt as String
i=val(fldKey.Text)
res=dbFind(pdb,i)
fldPrt.Text="Find "+chr(9)+str(res)+" "+chr(9)+" "+chr(9)+str(i)+&ha+fldPrt.Text
fldKey.Setfocus
End Sub

------------------------------------------------------------------

'dbFunctionsForm (Screen1) - Button(Delete)
Sub object1033()
Dim i as Integer
Dim res as Integer
i=val(fldKey.Text)
res=dbDelete(pdb,i)
fldPrt.Text="Delet "+chr(9)+str(res)+" "+chr(9)+" "+chr(9)+str(i)+&ha+fldPrt.Text
lblRecs.Text="of "+str(dbGetNoRecs(pdb))
fldKey.Setfocus
End Sub

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'dbFunctionsForm (Screen1) - Button(Purge Log
Sub object1024()
fldPrt.Text="Purged..."+&ha+right(fldPrt.Text,beg)
End Sub
-------------------------------------------

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'Form dbFunctions Form(screen2)
' Exit ....Best looking form or exit function
Sub object1030()
Dim i as Integer
FillRectangle 0,14,159,1,0,nsbNormal
FillRectangle 0,15,159,2,0,nsbInverted
FillRectangle 0,16,159,143,3,nsbNormal 'paint textbox
DrawChars "F",79,66,nsbInverted
Delay .5
DrawChars "bFu",74,66,nsbInverted
Delay .3
DrawChars "dbFun",69,66,nsbInverted
Delay .3
DrawChars "dbFunc",69,66,nsbInverted
Delay .3
DrawChars "o dbFunct",62,66,nsbInverted
Delay .3
DrawChars "mo dbFuncti",54,66,nsbInverted
Delay .3
DrawChars "emo dbFunctio",49,66,nsbInverted
Delay .3
DrawChars "Demo dbFunction",43,66,nsbInverted
Delay .3
DrawChars "Demo dbFunctions",43,66,nsbInverted
Delay .3
For i=1 to 6
If mod(i,2)=1 Then
DrawChars " Demo dbFunctions ",41,66,nsbNormal
Else
DrawChars " Demo dbFunctions ",41,66,nsbInverted
EndIf
Delay .3
Next
DrawChars " Demo dbFunctions ",41,66,nsbInverted
DrawLine 43,79,115,79,nsbInverted
DrawChars "by Dsg",54,81,nsbInverted
i=4
Do until i=0 Or syseventavailable()=1
Delay .5
i=i-1
Loop
For i=1 to 27
FillRectangle 40,66,90,50,0,nsbNormal
If i<12 Then DrawChars " Demo dbFunctions ",41,66-i,nsbInverted
If i<14 Then DrawLine 43,79-i,115,79-i,nsbInverted
DrawChars "by John Kelly",54,81-i,nsbInverted
FillRectangle 40,39,90,27,0,nsbNormal
Delay .2
Next
Delay .5
NextScreen "Screen1"
End Sub

'-------------------------------------

' dbfunctions form - Screen2/Demo db functions Help(after code)
Sub Screen1029_after()
FillRectangle 0,15,160,145,3,nsbNormal
FillRectangle 1,15,156,143,0,nsbInverted
fldHelp.Text="This program demonstrates that a picture is worth a thousand words!"
fldHelp.Text=fldHelp.Text+&ha+&ha+"A simple PDB-file containing approximately 10 records with an integer key and a string data-field and an integer data-field, is created during Startup."
fldHelp.Text=fldHelp.Text+" (Actually, if the file exists, an Alert box gives the user the option of keeping the file or replacing it--or just quitting.)"
fldHelp.Text=fldHelp.Text+&ha+&ha+"The integer-key is a random number between 1-50; the string data-field is 5-chars long; the integer data-field is a random number between 1-100."
fldHelp.Text=fldHelp.Text+&ha+&ha+"The file is then read sequentially and the record# is listed along with the key- and data-fields in a columnar format list in the scrollbox Log."
fldHelp.Text=fldHelp.Text+&ha+&ha+"The really useful feature is the 'Try-it' screen where the user can enter record# and use the 'Position' button to execute a dbPosition(pdb, rec#) and the 'Get' button to read the key- and data-fields using three consecutive dbGet(pdb, var)'s."
fldHelp.Text=fldHelp.Text+" A key value may be entered and various buttons ('Find', 'Read', 'Insert', etc.) may be used to execute almost all PDB-file operations (dbUpdate and dbPut are not provided)."
fldHelp.Text=fldHelp.Text+&ha+&ha+"Using the record# and key boxes to enter various values and trying the various buttons, one can get a very good idea of what each file-I/O operation does and how it works."
fldHelp.Text=fldHelp.Text+" A picture is indeed worth a thousand words! Try it out until you understand how PDB-file access works."
fldHelp.Text=fldHelp.Text+&ha+&ha+chr(9)+"Compliments of John Kelly:"+&ha+chr(9)+" jkelly00m@som.llu.edu"
End Sub

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GIS

 
What is a GIS?
Geographic Information Systems
A geographic information system (GIS) is a software tool for mapping and analyzing just
about any object you can think of on earth--from forest land to urban landscape,
earthquake faults to tennis courts, oil rigs to four-star restaurants. GIS technology
integrates powerful database capabilities with the unique visual perspective of a good
old-fashioned map. This makes GIS unique among information systems. Its analyses can
be used in a wide range of public and private enterprises, helping in planning, cost reduction, and better-informed decision making.

What is the most popular GIS software?
Consultants Choices Solutions News Source
Eagle Technology Group ESRI ArcInfo 8
&
Miner and Miner
Energy applications
 Delta Utility
Services Limiited
Dunedin, New Zeland		 Spatial News
SOL AZUL,
S.A. de C.V
 ESRI's ArcIMS
Internet server
software &
GeographyNetwork
gateway		 ORBIMAGE
(Events)
ESRI's Geography
Network Internet
initiative (partner)		 ORBIMAGE
AIR SURVEY CORP. ESRI ArcInfo 8 Remote Sensing
Technology for
Mining Applications		 AeroMap U.S.
GISL ESRI Arcview Projects COUNTRY
Corporate GIS
Consultants		 ESRI, Mapinfo &
Intergraph		 Projects Corporate
GIS Consultants
GISC ESRI
 Clients / $Projects GIS Internet
Addresses
JAMES W. SEWALL
COMPANY		 ESRI ArcInfo &
Arcview		 Services/Products  
       
       

GIS2001 CONFERENCE Vancouver, BC February 19 - 22, 2001
Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, Vancouver British Columbia


GITA Annual Conference and Exhibition (XXIV): 2001 - A Geospatial Odyssey San Diego, California March 4-7, 2001

The Space Foundation, Symposium
Colorado Springs, CO April 9, 2001

Service Argos Inc. is organizing an Argos International Users Conference, that will take
place April 23 - 25, 2001 in Annapolis, Maryland, USA  

ASPRS Conferences:  2001 ASPRS Annual Conference
America's Center / Adams Mark Hotel, St. Louis, MO, April 23-27, 2001

  ASPRS Conferences: Measuring the Earth: Digital Elevation Technologies and Applications
  St. Petersburg, FL, October 31- November 2, 2001

The GPS Applications Exchange, is an online information source on
the diverse uses of GPS technology all over the world.

In the strictest sense, a GIS is a computer system capable of
assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically
referenced information , i.e. data identified according to their
locations. Practitioners also regard the total GIS as including
operating personnel and the data that go into the system.

Projects:
The Local Environmental Applications Program (LEAP)
The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing is collaborating with other government agencies,
resource industries, and environmental consultants to make remote sensing data and
techniques useful and economical in regional and local environmental monitoring
applications. This work is being conducted under the Local Environmental Applications
Program (LEAP) initiative -  Remote Sensing  Newsletters
*Alberta Pipeline: Networks of oil and gas pipelines carrying petroleum products are
significant contribubors to our economy.Even though most of a pipeline is buried
underground, it can still pose a threat to our fragile environment. Over the last 10 years,
monitoring of the network has been done by using several methods and current research is
aimed at incorporating remote sensing technology into pipeline monitoring. Abstract
***

- Pipeline Safety Information for Local Governments
- Office of Pipline Safety - What's New Pipeline Issues
- News from Municpal Research & Services Center Washington
- News from United States Dept.. of Transporation - Pipeline Issues
- News from the Oregonian - Washington pipeline blast
- News from Puget Sound Business Journal - Pipeline Issues
    - Boeing: Underwater exploration service January 15, 2001

* Spatial Resolution and Image Area
* USGS Satellite Images of Environmental Change

* A satellite communications system consists of three parts; the satellites which
relay the information, the terminals (ground, airborne, shipboard) the user employs
to send and receive information over the satellites, and the control portion, which
is used to establish communications links, move satellites, adjust power budgets, etc.
DOORS (Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System) Software (web / XML)
tool for managing requirements  

Ensure that 100% of the GIS data at the District meet level 1
metadata standards as established by the FGDC (Federal
Geographic Data Committee), by September 2001

Data modeling is a complex task for most computer applications,
but this is particularly true in GIS for several reasons. The first of
these is the large number of classes of objects which are involved
in these systems. Each implementation will typically involve
hundreds of different object classes. The second factor is the
number and variety of relationships between these objects.
Relationships are of three main types: aggregation and
association, e.g. a building is 'part of' a school; spatial,
e.g. a house is 'near to' a lake; and topological,
e.g. a valve is 'connected to' a pipe.
* USECASES Alistair Cockburn

Database
* Geoscientific Database Guide
* Geo-Relational Database Model
* Object Schema Dev. Tool - ODL compiler
* PARCELS Database
* Human Cognition GIS
* Databases and Analysis Tools
* LBL EPA Scientific Metadata Standards Project

Of these types, only the first may be explicitly represented in terms
of traditional relational joins. The others will be derived indirectly
from spatial attributes of the objects or else through the interaction
between these spatial attributes.


Geodata transfer standards
* Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)
* Spatial Archive and Interchange Format (SAIF)
* Digital Geographic Standard (DIGEST) - Specifications
- Provides or sells data in DIgital Geographic Information Exchange STandard
   * National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
   * OpenGIS Specifications
   * Digital Chart of the World - Pen State University
   * USGS Geospatial Data Clearinghouse - Digital Chart of the World - DOS
   * Department of Mapping Sciences - NLH
* SQL3-MM the next generation of SQL, which will be object
   oriented and which will support multimedia entities, including
   geospatial data.
* ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics

EARSeL Newsletter - Remote Sensing


New Technology Spotlight
* Terabeam Corp. is offering "fiberless optics" telecommunications as a commercial
service in Seattle. Wireless links eliminate the huge construction costs associated
with digging up streets to lay fiber-optic cables. Data communications at very high
speeds through the air using optics or light.

* Monitoring of spreading fires is based on the analysis of multi-temporal sets of
satellite images with rather high requirements regarding their geometric accuracy. Orbital
data direct from NOAA satellites have proven insufficient to meet these requirements.
A method to improve the geometrical accuracy of satellite images utilising a water mask
produced from data sets of the Digital Chart of the World (DCW) and the World Vector
Shoreline (WVS) was developed and is now at the stage of testing. This will improve
monitoring of large forest fires and will also benefit other image analysis procedures.

* WESCAM Airborne Day/Night Thermal Imaging Systems - Imax PR

* The Intermap Technologies Inc. STAR-3i active system uses microwave electromagnetic energy, instead of light, to generate image and spatial data. The active sensor provides its own radar illumination, guaranteeing collection of data in a timely manner. Unlike photographic systems, the Intermap system is not dependent upon clear weather

Magazines/News/Publications
* ENvision - HPCC Insights Magazine - SCDzine -
* NPACI Online - (Knowledge-Based Approach article) -
* EarthVision - ASAR data article - ENVISAT satellite launch June 2001 (ASAR data)
* GeoCommunity -  Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
* Space.com - Picosatellites
* Directions Mag. - Space events diary-
* TS&T Hot Topics - http://scitech.dot.gov/whatsnew.html
- Remote Sensing
* SpotMagazine
* Orbimage Magazine
* SpaceDaily
* Remote Sensing Data& Information Services 
* FasOnline
* U.S. Geological Survey
* Photogrammetric Engineering and RemoteSensing!
- Advertising   
- Conference  April23-27, 2001 - 
* JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY
   AND REMOTE SENSING
* EarthSat
* Precision Agriculture Remote Sensing Information Papers
- Ames Remote What's New
 * Design News Today - Design news  (Engineers)
National Imagery and Mapping Agency 
issues Requestfor Information (RFI) regarding commercial
Multispectral Imagery & Hyperspectral Imagery (MSI/HSI) exploitation
tools or technologies.
* RADARSAT Newsletter
*  European Space Agency Newsletter - Envisat satellite
* Aerotechnews - Space news -  AssureSat and Sea Launch Partner
* Washtech News
* Wtonline News.
* The Courier News
* The Asian GIS Portal
* NASA Watch
* FLORIDA TODAY Space Online
* Research analysis and marketing strategy information (Frost.com)
* Earth Observation Magazine - current issues
* AFCEA's Journal for Communications, Electronics, Intelligence, and
    Information Systems Professionals
*



News
* National Space Program - Argentina in space 1997-2008
   International cooperation in satellite development set forth as
   an associative activity is therefore favored.
* Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA) sensor uses an
  etalon wedge filter to create hypersepectral images of Earth’s
  atmosphere and surface features.
* NASA Guides - Table of Contents
* Aerotech News  - Frames
* Defense & Security Review 1999 - 1998
* Janes Defense - ArgoSystems
* The White House Press Briefings - Dr. Ronald D. Sugar, President
  TRW Aerospace & Information Systems & NSTAC
* National Communications Systems News - NCS Home
* global-defence.com - 1998-1999 Contents
* GEOPlace.com - Current GEOPlace - Portals
* Geo-Spatial Headlines from SpatialNews
From GeoTimes Newsletter 6/99
"The Landsat satellites have been photographing Earth’s surface
since 1972. After a long delay, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) (procurement) and the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) launched the latest Landsat satellite,
Landsat 7, on April 15.
This satellite brings new technology into orbit and starts a new kind
of management for the Landsat program. By 2001, the U.S.
Geological Survey will be the primary manager of Landsat.
With the launching of Landsat 7, NASA and USGS will manage the
Landsat mission together under a dual-agency contract. Starting in
2001, Thompson says, USGS will take over the daily operations of
Landsat 7, managing the satellite and its data from the EROS Data
Center  (pictures)  (LANDSAT Data Continuity Mission)
and from a Missions Operations Center at NASA’s Goddard
Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Part of the Survey’s new direction for Landsat is working with the
commercial sector, Thompson says. Landsat will supply raw data
on a global scale. Individual companies can take that raw data and
make it more detailed or cater it to specific needs (such as installing
pipelines or building transportation systems). The private sector
would then sell these value-added images, Thompson says. In such
a partnership, the government supplies continuous raw data, and the
private sector distributes that data.
Landsat 7 will contribute to this mission because it can collect more
data than the other Landsat satellites. A solid-state data recorder can
store 100 images, allowing the satellite to update a complete, global
view of Earth’s surface seasonally, or about four times every year.
Landsat 7 can also download its data to ground stations and the
EROS Data Center at a faster rate."
* USGS 7.5 minute quad data derived from maps
  & orthophotography. - Data Dictionary - Quad Data Layers
* Earth Breaking News Opportunities
  - Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Workshop 1/9-10/2000
   - Landsat Timeline - Landsat Program - Landsat Summary
   - Access to land satellite data via the Internet - ESE
   - REMOTE SENSING IN THE 21st CENTURY:Resource21
   - Resource 21 (Tom Koger/Robert Tetraut) - Workshop
   - Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS)
   - Landsat Remote Sensing - James S. Aber, 2000 - Budget
   - Earth Science Enterprise Research Strategy questions  2 - 3 - 4
     5 - 6 - 7 - 8
   - High Performance Computing and Communications program
   - HPCC - 
   - National Science Foundation’s gigabit test bed programs
* NASA is evaluating the responses to a Landsat Continuity Mission
Request for Information to understand the potential for innovative
commercial partnership or anchor tenant/data purchase arrangements
to continue this critical data set. That effort combined with our
development of data specifications for the follow-on system should
produce a specific plan in the 2001 time frame. The Earth Science
Enterprise is currently studying approaches to acquire science data
for two post-2000 missions -- Landsat Continuity (7/99)  (12/2000)
and Global Tropospheric Winds -- using data buys from commercial sources.
 - May 10, 2000 Dr. Ghassem R. Asrar
* ACCESS TO LANDSAT DATA IN THE USA AND FROM
   NON-US GROUND STATIONS
* LANDSAT 7 to International Ground Station (IGS) Interface
   Control Document
* Landsat 7 - Data Products Dataset Guide Document
* GeoScope Requirements Document
* Landsat 7 Finite State Model as a set of Relational Tables
   built in Paradox.
- Landsat 7 AMCS knowledge base extensions  -AMCS Toolkit
- GENOPS / MOPSS Info - VOLT project
- MO&DSD TOOLS CAPABILITIES INVENTORY
* ESE 2000 Education Catalog for training

* Web servers/journals for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, & Land Surveying
* Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake
   Bay and Tributaries and Chincoteague
* (NASA) Research Opportunities Web

Satellite Venture Capitalists
* SpaceVest - VC Information Network.
* Ventureone  - European Capital Venture Report - Financial Times
* Rocketfinance - Tornado-insider -

Procurement
* Commerce Business Daily & Other Business Opportunity Searches
* NASA Procurement
* Loren Data Corp.  - Free Commerce Business Daily
* Worldwide EDI FACNET
* King County's Procurement Information System - City of Seattle - A
* The Model of Public Infrastructure Management Term Paper
* Landsat Program
* GPO Federal Register -- 1995 thru 2000 Federal Register
* GPO Commerce Business Daily
* CFDA -- Search of the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
* Department of Agriculture
* FedWorld -- FedWorld Information Network
* GrantsNet - DHHS
* Library of Congress
* National Endowment for the Humanities
* NIH Grant Line -- National Institutes of Health Guide to Contracts and Grants
* NIST -- National Institute of Standards and Technology
* Small Business Administration
* NSF E Bulletin  National Science Foundation.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION $3 million
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf0025/nsf0025.htm
* World Bank INTERNATIONAL BUS. OPPORTUNITIES - PROCUREMENT

Satellite Insolation values may be as much as 40 percent lower over
bare snow and ice surfaces because the satellite channels used in
Version C1 of the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
(ISCCP) data do not distinquish clouds from bare snow or ice.

Washington Data Providers - Glenn's Catch Of The Day!
*  Washington State Geospatial Clearinghouse
*  Marysville, WA
*   UW libraries
* GeoDataCatalog- Washington State Department of Transportation
*  San Juan County GIS
*  Washington Gap Analysis home page
* Washington State Geospatial Clearinghouse
* Washington State Department of Natural Resources
*  WA Dept of Ecology
*  Washington Census Profiles
*  USGS Digital Data Status for Washington
* Free Washington GIS Data


Data Providers
* UK Perspectives

UK Perspectives which supplies high resolution aerial photography
to TerraServer and Kodak, any break in the sales cycle is a break in royalties. "I actually had one customer question why we offer our
data on TerraServer, (which has been degraded from 25cm to
1 metre) because, even at this resolution, he could glean all the info
he needed from the image online without having to buy it," says
UKP's sales manager, Helen Stannard

* RADARSAT International
"Providing imagery to purchase on the Web is problematic because
everybody wants it for free," says getmapping's Cary. "Our business
model was built on the basis of showing 2-metre resolution
thumbnails and explaining that higher resolution data were available
for purchase. People don't read that message. They see a blurry
image & they think it's horrible data so they don't buy it. A Catch-22.
We don't yet have a good strategy for meeting this problem."

* Resource21 is a commercial effort with several
   partners    including Boeing. These satellites will have
   polar, circular, sun-synchronous 740-km orbits with a
   7-day repeat cycle.
RESOURCE21 CHARACTERISTICS:
Band Wavelength Region (µm) Resolution (m)
1 0.45-0.52 (blue) 10
Used to detect green reflectance from healthy vegetation &
penetrates water for bathymetric mapping along coastal areas.
Is useful for soil-vegetation differentiation and for
distinguishing forest types.
2 0.53-0.59 (green) 10
Detects green reflectance from healthy vegetation.
3 0.63-0.69 (red) 10
Designed for detecting chlorophyll absorption in vegetation
4 0.76-0.90 (near-Infrared) 10
Used for detecting near-IR reflectance peaks in healthy green
vegetation and for detecting water-land interfaces.
5 1.55-1.65 (mid-Infrared) 20
Used for vegetation and soil moisture studies and for
discriminating between rock and mineral types.
6 1.23-1.53 (mid-Infrared) 100

Micrometers (µm) and their relationship to the electromagnetic
spectrum are explained in the glossary.
· Altitude: 743.4 km sun-synchronous
· Inclination: 98.36 degrees
· Local mean solar time at equatorial crossing: 10:30 ascending nodal
  crossing
· Ground track repeat interval: 7 days and 101 orbits (each spacecraft)
· On-board storage: 176 Gb
· Average land data collection per orbit: 820,000 sq km per satellite

TM Bands 4, 3, and 2 can be combined to make false-color
composite images where band 4 represents the red, band 3
represents the green, and band 2 represents the blue portions of the
electromagnetic spectrum. This band combination makes vegetation
appear as shades of red with brighter reds indicating more
vigorously growing vegetation. Soils with no or sparse vegetation
will range from white (sands) to greens or browns, depending on
moisture and organic matter content.Water bodies appear blue.
Deep, clear water appears dark blue to black in color, while
sediment-laden or shallow waters appear lighter in color.
Urban areas appear blue-gray in color. Clouds and
snow appear as bright white, and they are usually distinguishable
from each other by the shadows associated with the clouds.

* Agricultural Research magazine - Joanneum Research
* The Teal Group
* Canadian Government Geography / Geology Information on the Internet
* Satellite Industry Association members

* TRW Dr. Leo Andreoli SPOT Image (provider of
10-meter and 20-meter resolution satellite imagery.)
* SpotImage - Talk  - President Gene Colabatistto,
- Continuity is driven by the customer because they look at the
spectral content of the data and how soon they can receive that data.
For example,we can offer quicker turn-around time than Landsat
can at a much more competitive price.
  -- SPOT Image Corporation released the new SPOT USA Select
product series that provides current statewide digital imagemaps at
low cost with broad-use licensing. Prices range from $1400 to
$35,000 per state depending on state size. Coverage of the entire
U.S. (48 contiguous states) isavailable at a 55% discount over the
cumulative per state cost. Licensing options range from full data
sharing within state and local government agencies and schools, up
to public domain Internet access. SPOT is the only commercial image
provider to offer current low cost image maps with broad
user-oriented licensing. SPOT's sensors can be pointed to achieve
stereographic coverage, making topographic mapping from
space possible. SPOT imagery for base-mapping, and deriving road
and field boundary data layers at 1:24,000 scale.

* Space Imaging  - Fred Doyle
SpaceImaging's IKONOS satellite - EOSAT Space Imaging, with its
original partners, are developers and operators of the IKONOS
satellite system operating from a 680km sun-synchronous polar orbit.
Black and white imagery has a resolution of one metre, multispectral
images are of four metre resolution. Software enables an
advantageous mix of these two.

* ORBIMAGE - Dr. Marshall Faintich, VicePresident
(provides Global Satellite Imagery) RealplayFile - * Nice Presentations
Orbimage has relationships with large companies that integrate remote sensing
data into their operations - FeasibilityStudy - Bio -
* OrbView-2 Catalog
Owned and operated by ORBIMAGE, Funding- the OrbView-2 satellite provides
unique multispectral imagery of the Earth's land and ocean surfaces on a daily basis. The OrbView-2 online catalog allows you to access OrbView-2 imagery right at your
desktop. ORBIMAGE currently offers one-meter high-resolution panchromatic
imagery of major U.S. and non-U.S. urban areas through its OrbView Cities
catalog - browse through our digital catalog of archived imagery, select a product of your
choice, place an order and receive the product - all from your computer.
ERDAS, Geomatics, ENVI software
Partners: Geography Network & ESRI & SeaWiFS Project
- NIMA (National Imagery and Mapping Agency) Contacts with ORBIMAGE
  $100 million dollars over next 3 years.

* EarthWatch -MultispectralImagery - Vendors of Remote Sensing
Data, Systems and Services EarthWatch satellite sensors offer a
unique combination of sensor bands that yield the largest footprint
of any high-resolution optical sensor. The panchromatic sensor acquires
image data at 1-meter resolution. Metric accuracy without ground
control is 23m circular error (CE), 17m linear error (LE). With ground
control, metric accuracy will approach 2m CE and 1m LE.
- Lossof the QuickBird 1 remote sensing satellite.  

* Intermap Technologies, Inc.  Denver (November 6, 2000)-- Intermap
Technologies Inc. announced today it has signed a $3.8 million US
contract with EarthWatch Incorporated, one of the largest commercial
satellite companies in the United States, to supply precision digital mapping
data for its new Quickbird(tm) satellite(Lost).

* PositiveSystems
* SPIN-2 is the world's highest resolution, commercially
available satellite imagery. SPIN-2 Imagery has a resolution of
2 meters (1.56 meter pixelsize).10 meter panchromatic imagery.
* User Systems, Inc - A Joint Venture Between USI & MHPCC USI
has recently established the SARviewPartnership, a joint effort with
he Maui High Performance Computing Centerof Hawaii for the large
scale processing of SAR data sets. This leading edge application of
high performance computing will provide an economical way to
produce commercial SAR image products. The effort was established
in anticipation of the growing government and commercial markets
for SAR data products over the next decade.
Note: SAR data has been used to measure flood extent for comparison
with the modelled flood extent.

* EarthData provides a range of airborne cameras and/or sensors
mounted on a fleet of aircraft to create and deliver geospatial data in
multipleforms.  The data might begeographic, three-dimensional,
thermal, or subterranean - whatever clients need.
* EarthSearchSciences,Inc - KALISPELL, MT-(BusinessWire)
-January 4, 2001-EarthSearch Sciences, Inc. (ESSI)(OTCBB:EDIS)
announced today that it has engaged HOULIHANLOKEY HOWARD
& ZUKIN (Houlihan Lokey) as investment bankers to raise $150 million
the balance of funds necessary to capitalize its participation in the
Navy's flagship hyperspectral satellite program, The Naval EarthMap
Observer (NEMO). Funds will also be raised to expand existing Earth
Search programs, increase participation in current projects and
provide for acquisitions andmergers designed to consolidate the
industry.

Feasibility Studies / Small Satellites
* MetaPartner
* Orbiting Picosatellite Automated Launcher (OPAL)(Stanford)
- Aerospace Corporation - Nano satellites
* COST-EFFECTIVE MISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR
   SMALL SATELLITES
* Spacecraft Simulator SIMULATING SPACECRAFT.
FASTER, BETTER & CHEAPER - GRAPHICAL MODELLING

Map Info
* Maps on Demand
* MapInfo News
* GeoLOGIC software
* Southern California GPS Network
* UNUINWEH - Maps and GIS on the web - GIS sites

Data Sources:
* Resource21 low-orbit satellites with visible-near
infrared and midinfrared channels.

* GeoData Information Sources
* UNAVCO - GPS data - University Navstar
* MPA Data - LANL data (geosynchronous energetic particle data)
* GOES data Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellites
* NGS CORS: - CORS GPS Stations
* University of Washington - PNW GPS data (PANGA project)
* International GPS Service for Geodynamics
* Sources of GPS Receiver Data
* Global Positioning System Data & Info
* TIGER ArcData 1995 Free download
Governments and all kinds of agencies within them collect spatial, tabular, and image data.
In some countries this data is available to the public at minimal or no cost. In the United
States, for example, the Census Bureau's TIGER street-centerline data is one of the
foremost spatial data sets for businesses, enabling them to locate their customers on a map.
* GIS data - north CA
* EOSDIS data
* Goddard DAAC - HDF Software -
* Noesy Hierarchical Data Format (Landsat) HDF
* Landview SCIENTIFIC DATABASES
* Free mapping data
* Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

* The GTAAT analysis tables are imported into a Microsoft Access
database (GTAAT.mdb) where they are sorted and analyzed for
errors. The GTAAT.mdb is linked to the TLID source database to
capture the source and history ID codes. The resulting file is exported
as a comma delimited file. The comma-delimited file is then imported
into the JMP Statistical Software Package and Excel for statistical
analysis and graph creation. The graphs, charts, and tables that are
found in the analysis section were created in JMP and Excel.
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/gtaat2000.pdf
* SPOT High Resolution Visible Data
* Data from the AIRS Air Quality Subsystem (AQS) which
contains MAD codes.
* Equifax National Decision Systems
   . This data provides information about distinctive consumer lifestyles called segments.
Each segment is based on an aggregate of consumer characteristics such as income, age,
education, and things like the number of vehicles per household. The data contains the
number of households belonging to each segment. It's available in a format that is
compatible with ArcView and can be licensed for several different-sized geographic areas,
such as cities, counties, census blocks, and census tracts.
* National Research Bureau
To see shopping center data, as it comes in a dBASE(r)-formatted file that ArcView can
read and convert to spatial data.  

GIS Links
* GIS WWW Resource List
* Clark University
* American River College
* WWW Resources for Earth System Science Education
* Global Green Plan
* Electronics & Engineering Journal
* Spacecraft  Design Competitiion

Tutorials
* Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation & Analysis Tutorial
   - Installing PIT software from the Internet (uses TCL)
* Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation & Analysis Tutorial
* GIS Tutorials - Stanford GIS Links (Data Warehouses)
* Remote Sensing Book Online - Future - InfoAg
* LTER/NASA Remote Sensing Workshop Online
* Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Tutorial
* GIS solutions Paper - Tutorials - GEOSOURCE Links
* GIS Class - GIS Primer EBook - GIS at PSU - GIS Training ***
* GRASS KURSSI - Syksy 2000
* GRASS  - GIS Tutorials - ION-99 example
* Space Physics Textbook - Portland State University
* Geophysical Institute Univ. of Alaska-Alaska Deformation Array
*U.S. Forest Service GPS & GIS  - MIT - 
* UCGIS - GIScience Papers - GIS Professional Certification
* * ARC/INFO  - GIS Tutorials - (ArcView - Training) -
* COGO ArcInfo - Chicago Area Geographic Information
* Marplot Landview Tutorial
* Ezicad - Tutorials
* Earthquake Hazards Program - Southern California
* Radiowave frequency ranges
* Tutorials: Retrieving and Unpacking SDTS Data (PDF) -
  A tutorial to help you work with SDTS formatted spatial
  data provided by the USGS.
* National Center for Geographic Information Analysis Tutorial
* BCIT GIS Class 2000 - 2001
* Volume 1: Introduction to Photo Interpretation and Photogrammetry
* Volume 2: Overview of Remote Sensing of the Environment
* Volume 3: Introductory Digital Image Processing
* Volume 4: Applications of Remote Sensing
* Volume 5: K-12 Education
* Geospatial Information & Services Maritime Navigation E-book
* Texas Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing
* Utah State University REMOTE SENSING LECTURE MATERIALS
* Virtually Hawaii Tutorials - Remote Sensing
- Tutorials Intro - Pg 1 - Pg 2 - Pg 3 - Pg 4 - Pg 5 - Pg 6 - Pg 7 - Pg 8 -
* SeaSpace, Introduction to Remote Sensing  - The Radar Tutorial
* NASA The Remote Sensing Tutorial
- NASA Space product development - presentations
* geocomm.com Online Course
* Landsat Image Tutorial
* GPS World -For treacherous expeditions such as climbing
Mt. Everest, differential GPS capabilities, combined with recent,
1-meter-resolution orthorectified satellite images could provide
an ideal and potentiallylife-saving navigation system for technical
mountaineering expeditions.
* USGS 7.5-minute quad lecture
* GIS Analysis with Arc-Info Tutorial
* IDRISI
* Getting Started With Geographic Information Systems
* The WWW Virtual Library: Remote Sensing
* The NCGIA Core Curriculum in GIScience. Lecture materials on GIS.
* Remote Sensing Core Curriculum. Lecture materials on remote sensing.
* Teaching Resources


*** Wageningen University - Lectures Remote Sensing Basics[Image]

GIS Papers
* BP Marcus Hook Refinery  - Research Progress Reports
*A Comprehensive Data Model for Distributed, Heterogeneous
  Geographic Information
* Modelling historical change in southern Corsica: temporal GIS
development using an extensible database system.
* UNIT 4 - THE RASTER GIS - NCGIA
* GENERATING CONTOUR LINES FROM 7.5 MIN DEM FILES
* USU GIS Lectures - Process of subsetting imagery  -  Databases
* Geomorphology from Space is an out of print 1986 NASA
publication edited by Nicholas M. Short, Sr. and Robert W. Blair, Jr.
designed for use by the remote sensing science and educational
communities to study landforms and landscapes.
* Introduction to Digital Images & Digital Analysis Techniques
provide a self teaching mechanism for the student of digital
multispectral image analysis. The detailed step by step instructions
and the corresponding figures lead the reader through some of the
basic analysis procedures used in the study of satellite images for a
variety of earth resources applications.
* Using Satellite-Derived Land Use/Land Cover Data to
   Improve Meso- and Storm-scale Numerical Weather Prediction
* Satellite-derived gravity: Where we are and what's next
* The Use of Time-Series Satellite Data for Characterization and
Monitoring of the Seasonal Forests and Savannas of Central Africa
* Theater Analysis, Replanning and Graphical Execution Toolbox (TARGET)
* NASA Airborne Synthetic Aperture Imaging Radar (AIRSAR) that
can detect crops under native trees
  - Evaluation of Satellite and Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Data
   for an Area Northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska
* NASA Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) which registers data from 224 electromagnetic bands, permitting analysis of chemicals in vegetation.
* Radar sensors that penetrate the cloud cover that frequently
   obscures rainforests, and (ESA's ERS-l satellite)
* Boeing buysHughes Electronics' satellite-building business in a $3.75 billion deal .
   This will make Boeing  the  world's biggest commercial satellite maker. The
   Seattle-based aerospace giant plans to combine the satellite business with its Delta
   and SeaLaunch rocket programs.
* Technical Papers Presented at GIS Forum South Asia'99
  - Centre for Spatial Database Management & Solutions
* Automated DEM Production Using ESA Tandem Mission Data for the Caribou-Poker
   Creek LTER Watershed, Alaska
* Satellite Images For Sale

Search Engines
* Google
* ResearchIndex is a free public science service
* Complete Planet
* Digital Libraries
* Business For You !!!
* Excite Satellite Tech Web Sites
* RPM Information Network GIS: Searches

Java Lectures
* Intro to Computer Science Lectures
* Java Ebook Online

C++ Lectures
* CIS 10A - Computer Science Fundamentals

OO Design
PLATINUM technology


Patent Database Links


Scheduling
* Mission Operations Planning and Scheduling System (MOPSS)
* ASPEN (Automated Scheduling and Planning ENvironment).
- RAX Timeline Display Java Applett
- NGST Scientist's Expert Assistant(SEA)

Architecture
* Georeferencing Standards and Software
* OpenGIS Consortium (OGC) -  European SIG - GIPSIE
* Landsat 7 MOC Architecture - Landsat 7 System Documentation
* TPOCC and Object-Oriented Programming
- TPOCC-based Landsat 7 Mission Operations Center
* OGIS Architecture - White papers - GeoMedia Web Map
- Geodata Model (OGM)  - Table of Contents 1998
* Teledesisic - Teledesic Global Limited.
   Description: building a global, broadband "Internet-in-the-sky"
   via constellation of LEO satellites
  - Teledesic lays off 30 percent of work force

Simulation tools
* PALS  (Procedure Automation Language for Spacecraft)
PALS consists of Altair-developed object-oriented extensions to Tcl. The full capabilities of the Tool Command Language (Tcl) and its graphic-enabling component (Tk) are available with PALS.
In addition, by complying with CORBA, a ready-made
non-proprietary Application Program Interface (API) is provided for
interfacing third party software with Altairis MCS, regardless of the software's platform.


Free Software
* OSSIM: Open Source Software Image Map
The OSSIM (Open Source Software Image Map) project will leverage existing algorithms/tools/packages from the open source community in construction of the ultimate
Remote Sensing/Image Processing/GIS package. License: GPL (libraries LGPL) Unlike
commercially developed, proprietary systems that process images from remote sensing
devices, OSSIM has all the advantages of an open source project. These advantages
include: OSSIM is a cost-free software package that is freely distributed. OSSIM features
evolve rapidly because anyone with the knowledge to massage remote-sensing data can
add features. Teams of experts from disciplines such as Geographical Information Sciences
and Cartology contribute collaborate in code development. The public can download and
compile OSSIM with the latest features, run it, report bugs and suggest fixes.
- SDTS_AL, the SDTS Abstraction Library, is intended to be an relatively easy to use
library for reading vector from SDTS TVP (Topological Vector Profile) files, primary
DLG data from the USGS. It also include support for reading raster data such as USGS
DEMs in SDTS format. It consists of open source, easy to compile and integrate C++
code.
* Free Terrain Tools
Terrain ToolsTM - Freeware Edition is a quick and easy mapping
package. Coordinates can be entered using the mouse, typed in, or
imported from external files. Scanned topographic maps, air photos
and other bitmap images can also be incorporated.
* Geomatica FreeView Software
- New viewing environment for working with a variety of data,
including imagery, vectors, and graphical bitmaps.
* Free Atlas Geo File (.AGF) Translators
To help integrate Atlas GIS into the ESRI product family,
ESRI provides freely downloadable Atlas Geo File (.AGF)
translators.
* Free MapServer
MapServer is an OpenSource development environment for
building spatially enabled Internet applications. The software builds
upon other popular OpenSource or freeware systems like Shapelib,
FreeType, Proj.4, libTIFF, Perl and others.
* FREE JShape Java GIS  - Java GIS
Publish your GIS shapefiles through the WWW Internet/Intranet or
any distribution media.
* FREE WEBGIS Version 3.0 (web applett)
NAC Geographic Products Inc. WEBGIS Version 3.0 which
realizes the dreams of many web publishers who want to publish the
ir own customized GIS and interactive maps on their web pages.
With a site license, you can publish as many GIS projects as you
want provided that all these projects are stored in one web site
(same domain name), and there is no limition how many people can
read the web pages simultaneously.
* Free: Perceptory is engineering software that allows the user
to visually model spatial and spatiotemporal databases because it is
based on a UML object-oriented formalism as well as the extensions
we have added (called PVLs). It also conforms to the international
spatial database standard ISO TC-211 which increases its teaching
value.
* Free Tools
* Time-limited (to 4/2001) Cadcorp OpenGIS Evaluation Version
enables you to evaluate the Cadcorp implementations of OpenGIS
Interface Specifications. The OpenGIS Interface Specifications that
have been implemented are Simple Features for OLE/COM (for
Geometry only), Grid Coverages for OLE/COM, Co-ordinate Systems,
and Co-ordinate Transformations.
* GLIS is an interactive computer system that provides information
on land data sets. GLIS contains references to regional, continental,
and global data sets including land use, soils, topography, and data
from aircraft and (SPOT) satellites.
* ArcExplorer is a free GIS & data viewer available from
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). ArcExplorer
allows you to view spatial data in a user friendly manner.
* Free Software Downloads
* TRIM View (227k zip) - digital map viewing software for IBM-PC and compatible
computers. TRIM View supports viewing of digital map data from the 1:2 000 000,
1:250 000, and 1:20 000 scales of mapping. The software comes with a small sample file
for viewing. TRIM Specifications Docs
* EXPAND2 (50k zip) - for IBM-PC and compatible computers. EXPAND2 decompresses a
binary compressed version of MOEP files into the verbose ASCII version of MOEP format. The
software works on all MOEP format files, including: 1:2 000 000, 1:250 000, and 1:20 000
(TRIM) scales of mapping.
* PCCMPRSS - for IBM-PC and compatible computers. pccmprss1.exe compresses the
verbose ASCII version of MOEP format into a binary compressed version of MOEP (i.e. the
opposite of EXPAND2). The software works on all MOEP format files, including: 1:2 000 000,
1:250 000, and 1:20 000 (TRIM) scales of mapping.
*  FMEBC - software to translate data delivered to you in the SAIF/ZIP format to a variety of
GIS-related proprietary formats. You will need at least TWO files from the above-linked page -
the FMEBC translator software for your particular computer platform, and a Control File which
will instruct the FMEBC software how to perform the actual data translation.
* Envisat Satellite User Tools
* FreeGIS: Free GIS Software and Free Geo-Data
- The inovaGIS project makes available to the general public a wide variety of free
   geographic information software that use the inovaGIS library. GIServer -Visual Basic

GEO Tools
* MapObjects - VB
* Coordinate Geometry (COGO)
* GeoMedia (Pro) - VB - Webcast
* Rowekamp (ESRI® ArcView Products)
* GIS Software (Reviews)
* GeoGenius - satellite data processing for all major GPS fields
* Gothic Integrator: Java™ Edition & Gothic Browser
* Software Comparisons


SPECTRE data server - Longwave Radiance  - FIRE
FIRE Phase II: Cirrus Implementation Plan  - SPECTRE
EOS Spacecraft

Publications Available Online - AXE - NASA Documents Online
National Winter Storms Operations Plan - Chapter 3

STATES Interested in Space

* Colorado Space Grant Consortium Home Page - Space Vision
   Colorado has the fourth-largest Space economy of any state in the nation, although
   its population is but a fraction of that of the top three states -- California, Texas and
   Florida. Colorado Space Strategy

* The Texas Space Grant Consortium

* Mississippi Space Commerce Initiative

* California Space Strategic Plan and Space Development Program

         

 

 

Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS)

Artificial Intelligence  - powerpoint Free Magazines

NLP Modeling Project Library - Joseph O'Connor - Language

*** New Zealand: SQL (database query language) ITS (http://kaka.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~tanja/sql-tut.html)

The Netherlands: Research on reflective learning in ITS (http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~bedir/itssel/itssel.html)
http://kaka.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~tanja/702.pdf

Germany: Researh on expert modules, adaptive tutoring components, and tools for visualization and animation of algorithms in ITS (http://wwwpaul.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/projekte/intusys/english.html)

Japan: http://www.ai.is.uec.ac.jp/index/index-e.html & http://www.forest.dnj.ynu.ac.jp/~k-suke/profile.html

7th International Conference on Computers in Education - New Human Abilities for the Networked Society
you might want to browse some of the links under Yahoo's Software / artificial intelligence business listings.

Systemic Meaning Modelling Group. - Mick O'Donnell linguistic tutorials

Real Player:
The Brain and Learning
Learning Styles
Online Audio Catalog
ZDTV | The Brain vs the Computer

Websites:  
Tutorials

The ACT Web The ACT group is led by John Anderson at Carnegie Mellon University and is concerned with the ACT theory and architecture of cognition. The goal of this research is to understand how people acquire and organize knowledge and produce intelligent behavior. The ACT-R unified theory of cognition attempts to develop a cognitive architecture that can perform in detail a full range of cognitive tasks. The architecture takes the form of a computer simulation which is capable of performing and learning from the same tasks worked on by human subjects in our laboratories.

PEDAGOGICAL QUARTERLY OF COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS

SysPro: The current focus of research in this domain is to provide computer-based teaching systems with "intelligence".

EDU295B - Cognitive Consequences of Technology in Education

Tekinerdogan, Bedir, "Design of a Reflective Tutoring System Shell" http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~bedir/ and http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~bedir/itssel/contents.html

Related Publications 

Andes

OLAE

POLA

Andes--Physics ITS by Kurt VanLehn (http://www.pitt.edu/~vanlehn/andes.html)

Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems--This conference was held once every four year and they changed it to once every two year this year SCAD is a database that aims to provide information for engineers and mathematicians whose interests are in the areas of control theory, systems theory and signal processing.

The Internet TESL Journal  - For Teachers of English as a Second Language
(Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas & Links) This is a free monthly web journal.

Cognitive Consequences of Technology in Education
The Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS)

 

BRAINS vs. COMPUTERS

COMPUTERS BRAINS Neural Mechanism

type-ahead buffers
(seconds )

 "immediate memory"
(current awareness)		 firing patterns (like
music's
spatiotemporal patterns)

RAM
(minutes ;
constantly
overwritten)

 Working Memory (short-term) fading connection
strengths
(synaptic facilitation, LTP)

Mass Storage
(hours to years;
think WORM)

 Consolidated memory (long-term) stabilized connection strengths (long-term
ruts in the road from
the
growth, reduction of synapses)

W.H. Calvin’s Notes on Human Memory Mechanisms:

Discrete vs. Distributed Memory

 

COMPUTERS

BRAINS

chaos-speak

IMMEDIATE
(seconds)

discrete shift
buffer

distributed spatio-temporal pattern

strange
attractor

SHORT-TERM (minutes)

RAM pigeonholes

distributed fading spatial pattern

fading basin
of attraction

LONG-TERM (days)

HD discrete pigeonholes

distributed
stabilized spatial patterns (but
"cortical area" specialties)

permanent
basin of attraction
(if stagesetting can find it)

           
The Information Processing Approach

Using Virtual Reality to Extend Brain Computer Interfaces
Analysis of Current Progress in Creating a Brain-Computer Interface for Use in the Restoration of Vision Systems

 

Knowledge Portals

* NASA Technology Portal
Portal – a web page that consolidates data from one or more sources and typically allows customized views.

"Knowledge portals blend knowledge management practices with
information portal technology. In addition, these newer portal
solutions incorporate other technologies, such as collaboration tools,
artificial intelligence, business intelligence, XML, and more. Several knowledge portal solutions exist today, but mainly as development
kits." Maggie Biggs

"One scheme for this is with XML indexing. XML defines objects that identify information about data – metadata – and provides a widely accepted standard for transmitting structured data. You may need a workflow processes (such as an approval process) to validate the information. Microsoft Site Server contains an approval process you can
customize to suit your special requirements. You can also build
approval processes with Exchange and Outlook. " Infostrat

Business Intelligence provides you with the following decision
support tools:

* Balanced scorecard — Align indicators with your corporate goals
to validate business plans, facilitate proactive decision making, and
ensure that all levels are in line with your strategic direction by
tracking specific key performance indicators you select. In addition,
you can compare internal metrics with industry and competitor
statistics to assess the health of your business.

* Analytical applications - Create, deploy, and manage analytical
applications, including financial forecasting, planning and modeling,
product and customer profitability, customer retention, sales and
marketing analysis, and performance measurement.

* Data mining applications — Extract valuable information from all
data elements to uncover correlations or key relationships. You can
also identify trends or patterns in the data and present solutions in a
usable business format.

* OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) — Centrally manage access to
business intelligence information via a Web-based application that
delivers information via multidimensional aggregations, ad hoc
exploration, and comparison and analysis of data, regardless of
database size and complexity. You can easily manipulate the system
to derive data for analysis purposes by applying analytical
operations, such as ratios, cumulative totals, trends, and allocations,
across dimensions and hierarchical levels.

* Microsoft® Site Server 3.0 knowledge-sharing intranet portal
- Commerce Server 2000 replaces Site Server
- Digital Nervous System - Intro - KM strategy - Exchange Server
- Digital Dashboard - Office 2000 - SQL Server - Site Server

* Oracle Portal

* Brint Portals - white papers
* Software911
* DELITE (Java/XML)- Projects - Demos

* Building a 3D portal engine
* Knowledge Portals

* gForce eLearning Portal
* Inet - System News For Sun Users
* NetRead (Publishing Portal)
* Orbital's "SpacePortal" - Orbital Sensor Systems
   J- ND - SE - Technology Information and Career Portal
* Sensors RemoteView - WG1: Mobile Multi-Sensor   
   SD - Seattle Event Portal - Multimedia
* Knowledge Management World Magazine
* KM World Online
* Corporate Portals - KM article - Bookmarks
* Multimedia Portals - Computer Society - B2B X-Economy
*  AOL Knowledge Management  - World Business
* Cognos Portal - Data Mining Links -
* ELibrary tutorials - Tcl/Tk Cookbook  / Tutorials
* Digiscents

* The Auto Channel

Picture Portals
Beach


SoftwareMag.com - Vignette StoryServer 5.0  - Net Perceptions
According to Nexgenix, the Worldo site was built in 11 weeks using Vignette StoryServer 5.0, Flash from Macromedia, iPlanet 4.0 Web server, and the Oracle 8i database on a Sun Solaris operating system platform. After integrating Flash with StoryServer, Nexgenix assisted with the back-end process. They developed a VisualBasic program for loading manufacturers' catalogs for access via the Web application.

Enterprise Application Servers - Details
           

 

 


 





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