----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dr. Fischer, The United Naitons Environment Programme / Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID)-Sioux Falls Office conducted an international GIS Survey in 1997. Topics covered include: toal # of software installations, installations by continent, market leaders, operating systems, data exchange formats, languages avaiilable, cost. The results of this survey are available in variuos forms: 1.) http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov 2.) Mail Request for 1997 Survey to: USGS EROS Data Center UNEP/GRID Office Sioux Falls, SD 57198 3.) forthcoming letter in the International Journal of Remote Sensing Sincerely, Sean Chenoweth Raytheon STX-UNEP/GRID ************************************************************************