2006 Third Quarter

LETTER TO EDITOR: Applanix DSS Airborne Sensor is ArcGIS Image Server Ready
August 9, 2006

Richmond Hill, ON - Applanix' DSS Airborne Digital Sensor System has successfully transferred and rapidly processed geo-referenced imagery using the newest ArcGIS Image Server in preparation for formal demonstration at the 26th Annual ESRI International User Conference, August 5-8, 2006, in San Diego, California. Ortho photos derived from the Applanix DSS directly georeferenced imagery and the USGS DEM were produced and shared via ArcGIS Image Server in less than eight hours after the flight. This represents a significant step towards full on-demand interoperability between industry leading airborne remote sensing systems and the latest geospatial data server technology.
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Safe Software to Host First FME Worldwide User Conference in Vancouver, Canada
July 28, 2006

Vancouver, BC - Safe Software Inc., developers of industry-leading Feature Manipulation Engine (FME®) technology for transforming and integrating spatial data, today announced that the company will host its first FME Worldwide User Conference on September 21-22 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Avenza Announces MAPublisher 7.0 for Adobe Illustrator
Powerful mapmaking software now enriched with even more powerful tools
July 18, 2006

Toronto , ON - Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and Geographic Imager spatial tools for Adobe Photoshop announces the release of MAPublisher 7.0 for Adobe Illustrator. MAPublisher 7.0 is the latest version of this powerful mapmaking software used to produce high quality maps from GIS data. 
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EWEB in Production with ArcFMT and Responder OMS
Eugene utility moves toward 'Enterprise GIS'
July 13, 2006

Fort Collins , CO - Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) is the largest customer-owned utility in Oregon. They provide electricity, water, and steam to more than 83,000 customers in the city of Eugene. EWEB has recently gone into production with ArcFM for map maintenance and viewing, and Responder to support their outage management operations.
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Safe Software Announces the Release Of SpatialDirect 2006 GB
July 6, 2006

Vancouver, B.C. - Safe Software Inc., a world leader in the development of interoperability solutions for the exchange and transformation of spatial data, today announced the release of SpatialDirect® 2006 GB. With Safe Software's proven Feature Manipulation Engine (FME®) capability at its core, SpatialDirect delivers spatial data over the web in many of the over 160 formats supported by the underlying FME servers. SpatialDirect also includes a Web Feature Service (WFS) Server and Internationalization (I18N) support.
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