16 GIS IN ACTION Exclusive ArcNews Articles Online The Winter 2009 issue of ArcNews Online (www. esri.com/arcnews) presents the following exclusively online articles: The Mission of Coordinating Safety From the aftermath of Gustav and previous hurricanes, the Louisiana National Guard learned that future responses needed a more efficient method for processing vast quantities of imagery. The state developed a GIS that would assist with its missions at federal, state, and local levels. Vegetation Management Goes Mobile The Vermont Electric Power Company’s 688 miles of high-voltage electric transmission lines and 12,000 acres of rights-of-way share space with a wide and colorful variety of plant life. The company developed a vegetation management system for the utility based on GIS technology. Enterprise GIS Connects Utility’s Many Divisions As Colombia’s largest public service company, Empresas Públicas de Medellín provides the area with water, natural gas, subscription television, wastewater treatment, and telecommunications services. With ArcGIS, the company designed and is now implementing an enterprise GIS. Also, look for the expanded Esri T-shirt section online, as well as new supplemental podcasts. Free E-book GIS in Polar Regions Esri is pleased to make available GIS in Polar Regions, an easy-toaccess, no-cost booklet featuring ArcNews articles showing science at work in the arctic and antarctic regions of our planet. Begun three years ago, Esri’s Best Practices series now contains more than 30 e-books that cover a wide range of topics in GIS, such as science, retail business, law enforcement, and air quality. These e-books are instantly available online at no cost. Published as PDFs with color illustrations, these e-books can be read online at the Esri Web site or downloaded and printed. Additional titles will become available frequently. See Complete List For a complete list of GIS Best Practices e-books currently available, visit www.esri.com/ bestpractices. It pays to be well connected. Revisiting “Students Scale New Heights” Correction—The map of the Ladakh region of the Himalayas that was printed on page 17 of the Summer 2009 ArcNews did not include credit. Credit should have been assigned to Dr. Abram Pointet, independent Ladakh cartographer, and to the publishers, Olizane Editions of Geneva, Switzerland. To view the publisher’s information about the map, please visit www.olizane.ch/ article.php?IDrecord=213. Esri sincerely regrets any confusion or inconvenience this error may have caused. Reach 800,000 GIS professionals by advertising in ArcNews. Maximum Exposure. Minimum Investment. COMPLETE, COMPACT 3.5G SOLUTION FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT It pays to be well connected—with the Juno™ SC handheld. Designed to provide a compact and affordable solution that maximizes the productivity of your field workers, this durable, lightweight field computer integrates a rich array of functionality. Photo capture capability and high yield GPS positioning of 2 to 5 meter accuracy, real-time or postprocessed, come as standard. An integrated 3.5G HSDPA cellular modem provides high-speed Internet connectivity worldwide. Now field workers can access email quickly and reliably, download large files and maps, and access and update mission critical information in real time, increasing overall data accuracy and productivity. To learn more about equipping your entire workforce with the compact, connected Juno SC handheld, visit trimble.com. © 2009, Trimble Navigation Limited. All rights reserved. Trimble and the Globe & Triangle logo are trademarks of Trimble Navigation Limited, registered in the United States and in other countries. Juno is a trademark of Trimble Navigation Limited. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. www.esri.com/arcnews or contact ads@esri.com www.trimble.com/juno www.esri.com/trimbleoffers store.trimble.com