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Cover Stories

• Newsweek Maps Out Hurricane Story With GIS and Esri BIS Data
• CBS News Headlines GIS Mapping
• Shell Signs Groundbreaking Enterprise Agreement
• 2004—Esri's Year in Review
• ArcGIS 9: What's Next?
• National Geographic and NPS Increase Access to Park Data
• National Geographic Museum Celebrates History and Diversity of Maps and Mapmaking
• IBM Spatially Enables Enterprise With Esri ArcGIS Server
• Tsunami Recovery
• NCAR Publishes Climate Change Models in Esri GIS Format
• Panama's Minister of Education Puts GIS Into Historic Perspective
• Brazil To Be Site of XII Latin American Esri User Conference
• In Wisconsin, Using GIS Gets the Vote Out

GIS Product News

• Announcing ArcGIS 9.0.1
• ArcGIS Network Analyst Release To Be Part of 9.1
• Announcing ArcIMS 9 Route Server
• ArcExplorer—Java Edition for Education Now Available
• Esri Developer Network Introduced
• ArcWeb Services Now Offer Premium Imagery Service

GIS in Action

• International Community Works Toward Solving the Land Mine and ERW Problem
• Iraq's Explosive Remnants of War Cleanup Is Supported by GIS
• Saving the Kissimmee River of Central Florida With GIS
• Interactive Mapping by ArcIMS
• Dominion and Verizon Use Mobile GIS and GPS to Conduct Joint-Use Pole Survey
• CMAP's GIS Service Bureau Strengthens New York's Nonprofits
• In East Texas, Nacogdoches County Citizens Mobilize GIS for the Space Shuttle Columbia First Response
• Japan's Increment P Uses GIS to Drive Its Digital Mapping
• Food Producers Go to Market With GIS
• Esri Business Partners Offer Comprehensive Range of Solutions
• Exclusive ArcNews Online Articles

Spotlight on Young People Using GIS

• Young People Using GIS
• Rhode Island Girl Scouts Embark on a GIS Adventure
• High School Students in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Help Resolve Workforce Issues With GIS
• Arkansas Students Trek the Land to Make a Difference for Emergency Services

Managing Land Information With GIS

• GIS and Land Information
• More Accurate Elevation Data for Users of Geospatial Data
• In Canada's Northwest Territories, Community Land Data Is Accessed With GIS and Web-Based Mapping
• Lithuania's National Cadastre System Implements GIS

Monitoring and Mapping Disease Using GIS

• The Key to Global Health Surveillance
• In Uganda, HIV/AIDS Activities Are Monitored With GIS
• Nebraska Tackles Flu Vaccine Shortage With GIS
• In Konya, Turkey, Hereditary Blood Disease Is Tracked With GIS
• Cartographies of Disease: A New Book Due From Esri Press

GIS Community News

• 25th Annual Esri International User Conference Brings Together GIS Users
• 13th Czech Esri User Conference
• Esri's Logo Is Out of This World
• EUC '04—A Grand Success
• Crossing Borders: AAG to Honor GIS Pioneer Roger Tomlinson
• GIS Day 2004—Around the World in Many Days
• URISA Announces Ninth Annual Integrating GIS and CAMA Conference
• GIS Professional Magazine Launched
• California, Mexico, Hungary—Esri T-Shirts for All Seasons!