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Cover Stories

• Esri Establishes Business Information Solutions Division
• Taking the Pulse of the Planet with GIS
• What Is the g.net Architecture?
• Esri to Present Educational Program

Software News

• ArcIMS 4 Offers Significant New Capabilities and Extensions
• ArcGIS 8.1.2 Is Shipping
• ArcIMS and ArcGIS Combine to Bring Spatial Metadata to the Internet
• ArcPad 6 Is Now Customizable!

GIS in Action

• Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Uses GIS for Interactive Flight Track and Noise Information Mapping Applications
• GIS for NASA Facilities Management
• North Carolina Flood Insurance Rate Maps Go Digital
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Implements Environmental Decision Making with GIS
• Revisiting Land Information New Zealand
• Viva Las Vegas!
• Imagery Is a Valuable Data Collection Tool
• Afghanistan Humanitarian Aid Supported with GIS
• Farmland Preservation Policies Studied with GIS
• From Business Development to Water Quality, ArcIMS Has It Covered
• City of Germantown, Tennessee, Implements Water Inventory, Modeling
• Esri Business Partners Create ArcGIS Solutions
• City of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Implements GIS
• Forestry Company Addresses Spatial Issues
• Caribbean Coastal Resources Inventoried with GIS
• U.S. Forest Service's Alaska Region Manages Resources with GIS-Based Decision Support Tool
• The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Incident Response System Grows Out of Virus Surveillance System
• Web-Based Property Assessment System Implemented with GIS

GIS Trends in Transportation

• Transportation: An Industry for Industries
• Amtrak High-Speed Acela Service Uses GIS to Enforce Safety on the Northeast Corridor
• Avoiding Traffic with GIS Technology
• Federal Highway Administration Encourages Use of High-Resolution Aerial and Satellite Imagery
• Getting There On Time and Safely with GIS

Exploring the Past with GIS

• GIS Technology to Study the Past
• Centuries-Old Maps Come Alive with GIS
• Past Time, Past Place: GIS for History
• Marine Archaeology Goes Underwater with GIS
• Wisconsin's Historic Preservation Management Now Done Via the Web
• Recording Large-Scale Archaeological Excavations with GIS

Focus on GIS in Education

• In Education, GIS Is the Answer
• SUNY-Brockport Watershed Science Course Uses GIS to Visualize Interactions
• Celebrate GIS Day 2002
• Teaming GIS Technology with Experience-Based Lessons
• South Dakota Classroom Projects Honored
• Wise County, Virginia, Puts Students on the Map

GIS Community News

• 22nd Annual Esri International User Conference--Exploring the New World of GIS!
• Belgium to Host 17th Annual Esri European User Conference
• Sixth Annual Esri Middle East and Africa User Conference
• Data Subscriptions Now Available on the Geography Network
• ArcGIS e-Link Connects Users with ArcGIS Info
• URISA Certification Proposal Announced
• The GeoCommunicator--A New Land Information Portal
• Global Map/GSDI International Grant Program
• Esri's Winnie Tang Honored
• Mexico, Vietnam, Peru, and Margarita Island Host Esri T-Shirts!
• Federal GIS Scholarship