GE Smallworld (http://www.swldy.com/) was selected by Dakota Electric to help develop a Technology Roadmap to support the IT strategies at Dakota Electric. GE Smallworld will work with Dakota Electric to define a future direction that will allow the utility to gain maximum value from its current and future investments in technology. Dakota Electric Association is a distribution cooperative, providing electric service to end customers. Dakota Electric covers 507 square miles and serves more than 86,000 customers. Dakota Electric is the second-largest electric cooperative in Minnesota and is ranked among the top 20 electric distribution cooperatives nationally, serving parts of Dakota, Goodhue, Scott, and Rice counties.

Contact: Dennis Murphy • GE Power Systems • Phone: (770) 859-6948• E-mail: dennis.murphy@ps.ge.com

ESRI’s BusinessMAP Travel Edition  (http://gisstore.esri.com/) is now available. “Our newest database mapping software is much more than a travel planner. BusinessMAP Travel Edition offers the business traveler access to the complete Dun & Bradstreet business listing searchable down to 8-digit SIC/description. This permits a very narrow search for potential customers, competitors, and points of interest,” said Bill McNeil, manager of ESRI’s Business Products Group. Some features include:

• Direct links from ACT!, GoldMine, Outlook, and Excel, as well as reading data from Access, dBASE, text files, and others.
• Business locator with Dun & Bradstreet’s database of 11 million business listings.
• Door-to-door driving directions for routing between customer locations.
• Optimized routing to multiple stops using the traveling salesman solution.
• “Find Nearby” feature to locate hotels, restaurants, rental agencies, gas stations, hospitals, and any other type of business that you may desire.
• Complete customization of toolbars and menu selections.
• The ability to save maps and driving directions to your Palm organizer.
• The ability to print maps in sizes that range from day planner to multipanel wall charts that are helpful in preparing presentations.

Applied Geographis (AGI) of Boston  (http://www.appgeo.com/) is leading a team hired by the State of Maine Office of Planning and Office of GIS. The consulting firm will study, and design a cost-effective statewide GIS. Joining AGI in this effort are Camp Dresser and McKee and Maine-based GIS Mapping and Analysis.

The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) (http://www.gita.org)announced the publication of The Geospatial Technology Report--2001: A Survey of Organizations Implementing Geospatial Information Technologies. The report contains detailed information on the completeness, complexity, and direction of geographic information system (GIS) projects being implemented at 157 infrastructure-based organizations. The 66-page report on CD is divided into five industry sections: electric, gas, pipeline, telecommunications, and water/sewer/storm. The report will be provided free of charge to survey participants. It is available to GITA individual members for $85 and to nonmembers for $125. Copies of the report may be ordered online at, or by contacting GITA at 303-337-0513 or E-mail: info@gita.org