Humans' innate curiosity and fascination with what lurks within the natural environment around them and beyond them has launched a healthy voyeuristic market of "tours" -- whale watching tours, safari tours, exotic bird tours, mountain gorilla tours.

Few can dispute that Google Earth has validated the power of place for millions of people across the globe and made them true believers in digital mapping.

This is an archived file of Geospatial Solutions Early Edition -- May 2005. Early Edition is our e-mail newletter containing exclusive Web-only news stories as well as descriptions and links to articles appearing in our monthly magazine.

This is an archived file of Geospatial Solutions Early Edition -- Apil 2005. Early Edition is our e-mail newletter containing exclusive Web-only news stories as well as descriptions and links to articles appearing in our monthly magazine.

This is an archived file of Geospatial Solutions Early Edition -- March 2005. Early Edition is our e-mail newletter containing exclusive Web-only news stories as well as descriptions and links to articles appearing in our monthly magazine.

This is an archived file of Geospatial Solutions Early Edition -- February 2005. Early Edition is our e-mail newletter containing exclusive Web-only news stories as well as descriptions and links to articles appearing in our monthly magazine.

This is an archived file of Geospatial Solutions Early Edition -- January 2005. Early Edition is our e-mail newletter containing exclusive Web-only news stories as well as descriptions and links to articles appearing in our monthly magazine.