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Cover Stories

• Dr. Jane Goodall to Present Keynote Address at Esri User Conference
• GIS Supports Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster Relief
  - Esri (Thailand) Active in Helping Phangnga
• ArcGIS 9.1 Readied for Release
• Esri Developer Network (EDN) Launched at Partner Conference
• U.S. Government Selects Esri for Next Generation Portal
• Munich Re Serves Worldwide Natural Hazards Application on the Web
• Union Pacific Railroad Locates Real Property Assets With GIS
• Advanced Modeling of Transportation Networks With ArcGIS 9.1 Network Analyst

GIS Product News

• ArcGIS 9.1 Schematics Features Integration and Enhanced Productivity
• ArcWeb Services Continue to Improve—A New Release Coming Summer 2005
• ArcGIS Publisher and ArcReader Enhancements in ArcGIS 9.1
• ArcIMS 9 Route Server Now Shipping
• ArcGIS 9 Military Analyst Now Available
• ArcGIS 9.1 Network Analyst Is Here
• Esri Press Books—A Variety of Topics

GIS in Action

• The Orangutans of Borneo Are Aided With GIS
  - The Field Staff of the Orangutan Foundation International Trained in GIS
• U.S. Census Bureau's American FactFinder Provides Easy Access to a Wealth of Data
• The City of Berkeley, California, Supports Disaster Mitigation Planning With GIS
• Esri Business Partners Respond to Users' Needs
• ArcIMS Interactive Mapping
• Exclusive ArcNews Online Articles
• Greensboro, North Carolina, Simplifies Access to City Services With GIS and a New One-Call System

Spotlight on GIS in Social Services

• GIS Serving Societal Needs
• San Bernardino County, California, Agency Analyzes Tax Impact With GIS
• Canadian Atlas of Literacy and Disability Developed With GIS
• In the City of Toledo, Ohio, Senior Meal Sites Are Planned With GIS

Transportation and Traffic Management With GIS

• GIS for the Transportation Enterprise
• The Delaware Department of Transportation Manages Spatial Data Better With Online GIS
• Transportation GIS—Esri Press Case Studies Book
• City of El Paso, Texas, Implements an Enterprise GIS for Traffic and Pavement Management

GIS Solutions for Business

• With GIS, Businesses Go Far Beyond Standard Data Analysis
• In Texas, the Greater Fort Bend Economic Development Council Helps Businesses Develop Sites, Relocate, and Expand With GIS
• Subaru of America Targets Specific Customer Groups With GIS

Mapping the Seafloor With GIS

• Keeping Tabs on Oceanographic Data With GIS
• Mapping Benthic Habitats; The Marine GIS Challenge
• NOAA's ENC Direct to GIS Provides Free Coastal GIS Data
• Canadian TV Documentary Producer Provides Web Site to Locate Shipwrecks

Managing Power With GIS

• The Power of GIS!
• Comisi�n Federal de Electricidad, Mexico's Public Electricity Corporation, Generates Electricity and Social Reform With GIS
• New York Power Authority Develops Vegetation Management Solution for High-Voltage Transmission Lines With GIS
• Aalborg, Denmark, Consolidates All Its Municipal Utility Companies Through GIS

GIS Community News

• 13,000 GIS Users to Meet at the Annual Esri International User Conference
• Fifth Annual Esri Education User Conference
• Telecommunications/LBS and Survey Summits, Too!
• 20th Esri European Conference Heads for Warsaw, Poland
• Crossing Borders - An "NIH of Geographic Research"
• In 2004, the GIS Certification Institute Certified 553 New GIS Professionals
• URISA ESIG Application Process Opens
• Esri Business Partner Conference Grows—Offering Knowledge, Networking
• Esri Federal User Conference Opened With "GIS Sustaining Our Nation"
• GIS Day 2005—Many Opportunities to Contribute!
• Esri's Learning Pathway Customized to Help Individual Users
• Esri Caf� Honored For Architectural Design
• GIS Worlds: Creating Spatial Data Infrastructures—New From Esri Press
• Esri Homeland Security Summit—Key to Intelligent Collaboration
• Nepal, South Korea, Utah—Esri T-Shirts Rule the World Over!