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Cover Stories

• ArcGIS 8.3 Brings Topology to the Geodatabase
• Esri Homeland Security Initiatives
• Geographic Information Officer
• Placing the Geographic Information Officer Within an Organization
• Consumers Energy Implements GIS
• Navigating Arctic Waterways Using GIS

Software News

• ArcGIS 8.3 Brings Topology to the Geodatabase (see Cover Story)
• Introducing ArcGIS Schematics
• MapObjects--Java Standard Edition Is Now Shipping
• ArcIMS 4 Integrates with ArcGIS
• ArcGIS Software News
• ArcGIS Survey Analyst
• ArcPad Application Builder 6
• ArcReader Now Available!
• ArcView 3.3 Now Available
• Introducing ArcGIS Tracking Analyst and ArcIMS Tracking Server
• Maplex for ArcGIS
• What's New in Esri Data & Maps
• ArcLogistics Route for Workgroups Now Available

GIS in Action

• Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, Oh My!
• In Japan, GIS Helps Assessment of Asphalt Deterioration for Dam and Reservoir Construction
• Albany International Airport, New York, Uses GIS for Pavement Management
• NextJet Employs GIS for Same-Day Nationwide Air Courier Service
• Interactive Mapping Sites Focus on the Big and Small
• Delaware DataMIL: A Web-Based Mapping Collaboration
• Revisiting Swiss Cable Communications
• USGS and NIMA Share Data
• Arc Hydro: GIS for Water Resources
• Denmark Fine-Tunes Its Ambulance and Fire Fighting Services
• International MyCOE Project Attracts Several Thousand Applicants
• OSi Implements GIS-Based E-commerce System
• ArcSDE 8.2 and Raster Data Management

Exploring Undersea with GIS

• Looking to the Sea with GIS
• Searching for the German U-559 Submarine with GIS
• Exposing the Seafloor with GIS
• NOAA Provides Digital Data to the Public Via the Internet with GIS

Spotlight on GIS in Utilities

• GIS Is Vital to the World of Utilities
• The Republic of Senegal Uses GIS for Rural Electrification
• Rescuing a Sewer Pipeline Avoids Catastrophe in San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Fast Track to Accuracy
• Amazon Utility Boa Vista Energia S.A. Implements GIS Solutions

GIS Trends in Local Government

• The City of Riverside, California, Takes Weed Abatement from Paper to Pixels
• LOJIC Develops Interactive Geodetic Control Map
• The URISA History Project
• Hillsborough County, Florida, Property Appraiser's Office Accesses Imagery with GIS
• The City of Salem, Oregon, Calculates the Ecological Value of Urban Trees

Focus on Emergency Management in Local Government

• In Public Safety, GIS Helps Keep Priorities Straight
• Buffalo, New York, Uses GIS in Response to a Natural Emergency
• City of Medell�n, Colombia, Inaugurates 1-2-3
• Salt Lake Olympics Set New Safety Standard
• Maricopa County, Arizona, Creates Emergency Planning Maps
• National Geographic's Mapping Products Now Available from Esri

GIS Community News

• Celebrate Your World with GIS
• Networking at the 15th Annual Esri Business Partner Conference
• 17th Annual Esri European User Conference
• "Father of GIS" Speaks at University of Redlands Colloquium
• Ninth Annual Esri and ERDAS Latin American User Conference
• Middle East, Africa User Conference
• Esri Japan Opens Its Doors
• Esri Ireland--A New Era for GIS in Ireland
• 2002 ZIP Code and County Sourcebooks Now Available
• New Esri Press Publications
• Esri Virtual Campus Now Offers Instructor-Assisted Courses
• Iceland, Ireland, France, Kenya, Singapore, and Arizona--Around the World with Seven Esri T-Shirts!