Summer 2003--Special User Conference Issue
Table of Contents

Note: For international distributor review only; not for release to the general public.

Cover Stories

• Announcing ArcGIS Business Analyst
  - Explore the Suite of Data Products From Esri BIS
• NCAR/UCAR and Esri Forge Strategic Relationship
• Geospatial One-Stop Portal Is Key to President's E-Government Strategy
• Prime Minister of Thailand Enthusiastically Supports NSDI
• Space Shuttle Columbia Debris Recovery Enhanced With GIS
  - Dozens of Agencies Work Together to Map Shuttle Debris
• Introducing the U.S. Census Data Model
• Esri President Discusses Cooperative Mapping Efforts With Indian President
• Revisiting "Survey Analyst: A Dream Coming True"

Software News

• ArcGIS 9: Major New Release of the ArcGIS Platform
• Introducing ArcGlobe—An ArcGIS 3D Analyst Application
• ArcGIS Military Analyst Available
• MapObjects—Java Edition Now Includes Serverside Components
• ArcPad StreetMap Now Available
• Announcing ArcIMS 9
• New, Improved Esri Online Support Center
• New Versions of ArcExplorer Now Available
• ArcWeb Services for Developers
• Production Line Tool Set 3.1 Now Available

GIS in Action

• For Douglas County Forestry in Wisconsin, GIS Is the Primary Tool
• Finding Homes for America's Wild Horses and Burros With GIS
• California Digital Conservation Atlas Helps Planners Make Better Natural Resource Decisions
• The Atlas of the Biodiversity of California
• The Seven-County Minnesota Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Creates a Central GIS Repository
• Klamath Basin Rangeland Trust Builds a Surface Water, Groundwater, and Vegetation Monitoring Network With GIS
• Not-for-Profit Organization Establishes One-Call Notification System for Intent to Excavate
• Locating Traffic Jams, Plant Specimens, and More
• Parents Advisory Committee Uses GIS to Redraw School Boundaries
• Tennessee's University of Memphis Implements GIS in the Field to Manage Groundwater Resources
• The Land Survey of Sweden Uses GIS to Support Its Overall Activities
• City of Chicago, Illinois, Takes GIS to the Streets
• Federated Department Stores, Inc., Uses GIS for Advanced Market Research
• Give ArcNews Online-Only Articles a Try!
• Land Use Impacts for the Black Earth Creek Watershed Modeled With GIS
• Hong Kong's Kowloon Bus Company Honored
• Beijing Selects Cadastral GIS
• In Hamburg, Germany, System Integration Is the Key to Waste Management

Focus on GIS in Africa

• GIS in Africa
• In Cameroon, West Africa, GIS Aids in Reducing Forest Loss
  - Satellite Imagery Helps Maintain the Biodiversity and Ecology of a Cameroon Forest
• In Egypt, Sudan, and Namibia, GIS Helps Compare Human Strategies of Coping With Arid Habitats
• Nile Basin Water Resources Project Trains Local Experts in GIS
• Cape Peninsula National Park, South Africa, Develops a GIS-Based Environmental Information System

Spotlight on GIS in Electric Utilities

• GIS and Electric Utilities
• Norwegian Electrical Consortium Brings GIS Online
• Orlando, Florida, Utilities Commission Powers Water and Electric Services With GIS
• Colorado Springs Utilities Implements an Enterprise GIS
• In Tennessee, Nashville Electric Service Migrates GIS to the Enterprise
• Brazil's AES Eletropaulo Builds Energy Distribution Network With GIS

GIS Trends in Latin America

• GIS and Latin America
• In Uruguay, Milk Transportation Uses New GIS and Logistics Tool
• In Search of the Wild Peanut With GIS
• In Caracas, Venezuela, GIS Guides Assistance for Underdeveloped Urban Areas

Exploring GIS in Telecommunications

• GIS in Telecommunications
• ERICSSON Brazil Implements Enterprisewide GIS
• South Carolina Telecommunications Firm Implements GIS
• T-Mobile Deutschland Uses GIS for Network Management

GIS Community News

• GIS Day 2003 to Celebrate Its Fifth Anniversary
• Collaboration Highlights Esri Worldwide Business Partner Conference
• GEO-INTEL 2003 New Orleans
• Innsbruck, Austria, Hosts 18th Esri European User Conference
  - The Conference at a Glance
• Sixth Annual Esri Italian User Conference
• New Grants to Support School District GIS Applications
• URISA 2003 Heads to Atlanta
• Announcing Esri China (Hong Kong) and Esri China (Beijing)
• Florida Organizations Leverage Live Training Seminars From Esri
• Three New Titles From Esri Press
• Austria, Bulgaria, Caribbean, Mexico—Esri T-Shirts Shine!