MapInfo has been a pioneer in user-friendly GIS, and the latest version of MapInfo Professional continues that tradition.

Using data from a 2002 ESPN survey of 40,000 sports fans, a study examined the geographic patterns associated with Major League Baseball. In particular, it explored the spatial patterns of fan bases and created an index to measure the geographic and numeric strength of each team.

Using readership and company databases from Geospatial Solutions, the final installment in this column series explores the geographic characteristics that attract spatial firms.

The first two installments in our "Mapping the Geospatial Community" series dealt with the user side of the geospatial community, applying business geographic methods and reasoning to evaluate the readership of Geospatial Solutions. In this third installment, we now turn our attention to the production side, asking "where are the product and service providers of geospatial technology?"

Using readership and company databases from Geospatial Solutions, this second installment in a series of columns investigates the demographics of geospatial professionals.

Using readership data and company databases from Geospatial Solutions as a springboard, this series of columns explores the economic geography of the geospatial industry.

GPS-based fleet tracking is helping Orkin to more effectively dispatch pests and multiply profits.

Universities and other institutions are employing such business geographic practices as market-area analysis, socio-demographic profiling, and target marketing to improve recruitment and outreach.

ESRI's Community Coder replaces BIS Coder, which itself was, until recently, CACI Coder/Plus. The product introduces a brand new LSP classification system, known as Tapestry, that replaces ACORNS.