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From: rcw@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Robert White)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,sci.misc
Subject: Are you interested in Computer Mapping Systems?
Keywords: A proposal to create a newsletter
Message-ID: <1883@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>
Date: 7 Sep 89 07:19:33 GMT
Organization: Mentor Software, Thornton, Co.
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I would like to see if there are enough users on the net interested
in Geographic Information Systems (i.e. Arc/Info, DeltaSystems, Tydac, etc)
to warrant a newsletter.  A GIS is a program capable of performing spatial
analysis, for example intersecting a layer of land ownership with a layer of 
crop type and soil survey data to produce a graphic map integrated
with tabular information.  The industry actually does not define the term
very precisely as of yet.

I would propose collecting interesting articles and posting the compilation
to an appropriate newsgroup, maybe sci.misc.  If you have any thoughts on
how to structure such a project, I would like to hear from you.  I have
scanned the list of existing newsletters, and there are none that address
this field.


Robert White
rcw@scicom.AlphaCDC.com