[CPEO-BIF] EPA selects Microsoft Virtual Earth for map making

["Robert Hersh" <b_hersh@verizon.net>]

Can any of our subscribers comment on how or if Microsoft Virtual Earth
could be used by EPA or state agencies to track institutional controls at
contaminated sites? (BH)

EPA Taps Microsoft Virtual Earth For Map Making

By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek 
September 13, 2007 12:25 PM 

The federal Environmental Protection Agency will use Microsoft (MSFT)'s
Virtual Earth mapping technology to map out the locations of oil spills,
Superfund clean up sites, pollution concentrations, and other hazards,
Microsoft said Thursday.

Under a licensing deal with the software maker, the EPA will gain access to
Microsoft's full Virtual Earth platform, which includes satellite and aerial
images of most of the planet, and extensible, underlying software that
allows third parties to build their own Virtual Earth-based applications.

EPA officials said that the switch to Microsoft's unified Virtual Earth
platform means agency staffers will no longer have to undertake the time
consuming process of stitching together digital maps from dozens of
disparate sources. Previously, the EPA "relied on more expensive and
cumbersome desktop applications," EPA Facility Registry System manager Pat
Garvey said, in a statement.

For the entire article, see:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201806182


Bob Hersh
CPEO

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