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Cover Stories

• Launching Spacecraft From a Wildlife Refuge
• AAA's Internet TripTik Makes Getting Detailed Directions Faster
• ArcGIS 9 Released
• Esri Selected as First in SmartBUY Program
• Social Sciences: Interest in GIS Grows
• Southern Company Mainstreams GIS Across Organizations
• ArcWeb Services—Delivering the Data That's Needed, When It's Needed
• Revisiting President Batlle Ib��ez

Software News

• BusinessMAP Travel Edition 2
• Esri BIS Community Tapestry ZIP+4 Segmentation Now Available

ArcGIS 9—Special Section

• Dear Colleagues
• ArcGIS 9 Desktop
• ArcGIS 9: Providing a Complete GIS Platform
• Announcing ArcGIS Data Interoperability
• ArcGIS 3D Analyst
• Maplex for ArcGIS Provides Advanced Text and Label Placement
• ArcReader and ArcGIS Publisher at Version 9
• Deploy ArcObjects Anywhere With ArcGIS 9
• Developing Custom Applications With ArcGIS Engine
• Open Geodatabase Interchange Using XML
• ArcGIS 9 Expands Serverside GIS Capabilities
• ArcGIS 9 Offers a Complete System for Raster Data Management

GIS in Action

• In Tuscany, Italy, Old Style Vineyard Management Meets New Style Precision Farming
• For Coinstar, GIS Provides Common Framework for Information Integration, Analysis, and Sharing
• Land Information British Columbia Uses GIS to Improve Land Governance
• Charles County, Maryland, Uses GIS for Pavement Management Inventory
• Access to an Array of Spatial Information Is Available Online
• Enabling the IT Enterprise With GIS Functionality
• Norway's Geodata Portal Prototype
• Esri Business Partners Offer a Wide Variety of Solutions
• IHS Energy Delivers a World of Oil and Gas Information With GIS
• Chula Vista, California, Engineers Go Back to the Drawing Board With GIS
• New Image Storage Architecture Provides Turnkey Solutions
• U.S. Census Bureau Selects ArcPad for Testing of Field Mapping
• Exclusive ArcNews Online Articles

GIS Directions in the Near East

• GIS for the Near East
• Jordan Department of Antiquities Manages Archaeological Sites With GIS
• Maps on Tap in Dubai, UAE
• Rebuilding Iraq's Spatial Infrastructure With GIS
• Qatar Atlas Provides Comprehensive Socioeconomic View of Country
• Saudi Arabian Oil Company Explores the Advantages of Enterprise GIS

GIS Solutions for Transportation Operations

• Transportation GIS Sees Global Growth in Operations
• National Bridge Inventory Data Made GIS Ready
• Brussels International Airport Forms Evacuation Scenarios With GIS
• Kowloon Motor Bus Company, Hong Kong, Powers Hot Line With GIS
• In the Czech Republic, GIS Helps Transportation Industry Keep on Truckin'

Exploring GIS in Schools

• Expanding Horizons With GIS
• King's School, Parramatta, Australia, Motivates Students With a Diverse Array of GIS Projects
• Grove High School GIS Club Catalogs City's Heritage
• Chicago Public Schools Implement an Enterprise GIS Administrative System

Spotlight on GIS in the "Centennial State"

• Putting GIS to Work in Colorado
• In Denver, Colorado, Two Natural History Institutions Merge Their Collections
• Archaeology, Genealogy, and GIS Meet at Columbia Cemetery
• The Colorado Geological Survey Maps Development With GIS

Focus on GIS in Crime Mapping

• GIS—A Weapon Against Crime
• Santa Clara County, California, Develops a Regional Crime Analysis Tool
• In the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, GIS Aids Crime Mapping
• Targeting Hot Spots in Chicago, Illinois, With GIS

GIS Community News

• 24th Annual Esri International User Conference Brings Together GIS Users
• Esri Education User Conference 2004
• 19th European and Scandinavian Conference for Esri Users
• Esri Finland Expands Use of GIS
• Esri Press Book Twice Honored
• Where in the World Will You Be This November 17?
• Technology and Geography
• Loma Linda University's Certificate Program in Health Geoinformatics
• Full Slate for URISA in 2004
• News Service From Esri Helps Users
• Fun With GPS: Understanding the Ninth Utility
• SAS Bridge for Esri Training Seminar Maximizes Value of Data
• Integrating GIS With Business Data
• Real Solutions for Homeland Security
• Esri T-Shirts Circle the Planet!