----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Earth Observation Magazine Online MONTHLY http://www.eomonline.com Covers integrated applications in the geotechnologies, including remote sensing, GIS, image processing, GPS, mapping, photogrammetry, orthophotography, and surveying. A few of the current issue's features *include: A TICKET TO RIDE. Faced with the task of mapping thousands of miles of roads and close to a million utility poles, Bell Atlantic of West Virginia turns to mobile mapping technologies for its data collection. DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELS FROM RADARSAT. Recent simulation work results demonstrate an exciting capability for DTM extraction and topographic mapping using RADARSAT data - an application previously considered to have low potential. DOWN TO EARTH: RECENT OFFERINGS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Are the new products improving the way we do business and meeting the requirements of the end user, or are vendors providing faster, cheaper, but not necessarily better tools to perform the job the same way it was done in the past?