Written by ESRI Press 

Written By ESRI Press

Written by ESRI Press 

By David J. Cowen

The WV GIS Technical Center in Morgantown is one of the leading resources in the State for ESRI product education.  The center is also an integral part of the push to adopt GIS technolgy statewide.  Mountain CAD is proud to work with the WV GIS Technical center. 

Go to: http://www.wvgis.wvu.edu/training/training.php to see all of the training opportunities offered in Morgantown

Whether you need to perform spatial analysis, manage large amounts of spatial data, or produce cartographically appealing maps to aid in decision making, ArcGIS allows you to use one common platform to meet all your GIS needs. And because ArcGIS is built using technology standards, it will integrate well with your existing systems.

MapGuide has been around for some years now as a Autodesk Internet / Intranet mapping product. Last year an open source version of MapGuide was released. In addition Autodesk released MapGuide Studio, a commercial application for building MapGuide maps and applications.

On July 31, 2007, the FAA will decommission WAAS satellites 122 and 134,
leaving satellites 135 and 138 for WAAS differential corrections in North
America. In order to continue receiving WAAS differential corrections
after the July 31, 2007cutoff date, receivers must have updated WAAS
firmware loaded onto their systems or have satellites 135 and 138
manually selected through a terminal communication program. Customers
should check with their GPS manufacturer to see if firmware updates are

The WV Association of Geospatial Professionals (WVAGP) forums are up and running. The link to sign up for the forums is in the top right hand corner or follows this link

We hope everyone is having a great summer both personally and professionally. As always we hope the information we distribute is useful and we urge you to look at it so at the very least you do not miss important deadlines that will cost you money. The newsletter is broken into categories.