--- Begin Forwarded Message --- >Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 11:08:13 -0800 (PST) >From: Jennifer Stone <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: MI Microsoft does Mapping! (fwd) FYI. Jenny Stone ___________________________________ GIS Librarian * Map Collection University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 * Seattle, WA 98195-2900 phone: 206.543.9392 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 09:44:00 -0600 >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: MI Microsoft does Mapping! Listers, In a move that will shake the business mapping world, Microsoft announced today that the newest member of the Office family is Microsoft MapPoint 2000! Set to release in Q2 of 1999, the product "combines complete, accurate geographic and demographic data with easy-to-use analysis tools. MapPoint makes it easy for business users in organizations of any size to use maps to make better-informed business decisions." GDT Street maps, Claritas demographics --- all for $109! Microsoft has opened a web site at http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/ Directions magazine has begun following the story at http://www.directionsmag.com/news.asp?NewsID=7 Won't this put some life in the party? Regards, Scott Elliott [log in to unmask] Directions Magazine http://www.directionsmag.com --- End Forwarded Message ---