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Contributing Editor David Sonnen's series on the evolving structure of the
Spatial Information Management market is generating a lively and informative
debate.  See letters from executives at Autodesk, MapInfo, Object/FX, Oracle
and Smallworld, along with Dave's response at
<a href="http://www.directionsmag.com/article.asp?ArticleID=54">http://www.directionsmag.com/aritcle.asp?Article=54</a>
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If you've wondered about the purpose and appropriateness of 3-D analysis,
you'll want to check out the new article by Northwood Geoscience's Phil
Wyatt, at<a href=" <a href="http://www.directionsmag.com/article.asp?ArticleID=52"">http://www.directionsmag.com/article.asp?ArticleID=52"></a>
<a href="http://www.directionsmag.com/article.asp?ArticleID=52">http://www.directionsmag.com/article.asp?ArticleID=52</a> </a><p>

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