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Cover Stories

• Esri Expands Support for Data Interoperability and Standards
• FEMA and Local Governments Battle Hazards With a New GIS Tool
• A Retrospective Look at the Need for a Multipurpose Cadastre
• Reliance Energy Limited Implements ArcGIS and ArcFM
• The ArcGIS S-57 ENC Nautical Data Model
• Esri Enhances Support for Enterprise Customers
• U.S. Forest Service and BLM Collaborate in Land Management

GIS Product News

• ArcGIS 9 Now Shipping
• ArcGIS Engine Now Shipping
• ArcIMS 9 Now Shipping
• ArcGIS Server Now Shipping
• Announcing ArcGIS Network Analyst
• ArcWeb Services Now Offer Batch Geocoding
• 2004 Sourcebooks and Sourcebook-America With ArcReader
• Announcing 2004/2009 Forecasts From Esri Business Information Solutions
• Natural Color Imagery Available at 15-Meter (0.5-Arcsecond) Resolution

GIS in Action

• Manatee County Building Department Uses GIS for Permitting Work Flow
• E-Land for E-Government: Using GIS in Korea
• Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom, Identifies and Remediates Potentially Contaminated Land With GIS
• The City of Richardson, Texas, Launches Advanced Field Inspection Application
• The Charlotte, North Carolina, Urban Area Now Has a "Green Theme"
• Cornell University Library Serves GIS Resources on the Web
• Pakistan Publishes GIS-Based Social Sector Atlas Series
• A Wealth of Spatial Information
• Revisiting Grove High School
• Turkish Government Bases National Emergency Response System on GIS
• Esri Business Partners Offer Comprehensive Range of Solutions
• Exclusive ArcNews Online Articles

GIS Trends in Watershed Management

• Tracking Water Resource Issues With GIS
• Texas Partnership Initiates Innovative Watershed Management With GIS
  - Effective Water Resources Management
• The Rio Laja Watershed, Guanajuato, Mexico, Improving With GIS
• The Maumee River Watershed in Northwestern Ohio Inventoried With GIS

Exploring Three-Dimensional GIS

• Taking GIS to Another Dimension
• Determining the Fate of the Buffalo River Sediment Plume With GIS
• Virtual Reality Meets GIS: 3D on the Wall
• Essex, Vermont, Discovers the Power of 3D Analysis
• Real Symbols for ArcGIS 3D Analyst

Examining Bird Distribution and Behavior with GIS

• GIS in the Skies
• Audubon Uses GIS to Identify Important Bird Areas in New York State
• g.net Architecture Used for National Bird Map Service Registry
• U.S. Air Force Uses GIS to Predict Bird Strike Hazards

Focus on Medical GIS

• GIS in Health and Medicine
• American College of Healthcare Executives Uses GIS to Form Chapter Network
• Tracking SARS in China With GIS
• Using Satellite Imagery and GIS to Glimpse Pesticide Exposure
• Sampling Mercury in Upper Midwest Lakes With GIS

GIS Community News

• Our GIS Day Heroes!
• Dr. J. Michael Fay: Esri Africa Grants Coordinator
• URISA GIS Certification Update
• Data Models User Group
• 19th European User Conference
• Mapping the News
• Significant Homeland Security Report Now Available
• Exploring History Through Maps, Taking the Mystery Out of Working With Census Data
• Esri Business Partner Conference Draws Record Attendance
• Jim Geringer Receives NASCIO Honor
• New Orleans to Host GEOINT Symposium in October
• Esri T-Shirts Shine in Central America