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Contributing Editor Bill Thoen reviews "History of Geographic Systems: Perspectives from the Pioneers" at <a href="/article.asp?ArticleId=36">http://www.directionsmag.com/article.asp?ArticleID=36</a>
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At our Contest Area (<a href="/contests.asp">http://www.directionsmag.com/contests.asp</a>) last week we gave away a full set of SpatialX GeoSpatial Components from Object/FX. A copy of AltaMap Professional from GeoMicro, among other prizes, is now on the block!
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Scoop this week reports on the demise of the MapInfo - Object/FX partnership at <a href="/scoop.asp?scoopid=17">http://www.directionsmag.com/Scoop.asp?ScoopID=17</a>
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