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cover imageSummer 2006 / Vol. 21 / No. 2EditorRay A. Williamson, PhDray@imagingnotes.comPublisher/ M a n aging editorMyrna James Yoomy rna@imagingnotes.comCopy EditorBette MillesonA rt DirectorJürgen MantzkeEnfineit z LLCjurgen@enfineit z.comw w w.enfineit z.comColumnistsRay A. Williamson, PhDTimothy W. Foresman, PhDNatasha LégerCraig BachmannEditori a l ContributionsImaging Notes welcomes contributionsfor feature articles. We publish articleson the remote sensing industry, includingapplications, technology, and business.Please see Contributor’s Guidelines onwww.imagingnotes.com, and email proposalsto editor@imagingnotes.com.San Francisco, Calif.The city of San Francisco is on the cover of Imaging Notes because this cityis one that Microsoft has featured in its preview of Virtual Earth. In our exclusive cover storystarting on page 20, Microsoft tells the inside story on how Vexcel Corporation contributesto the plan and vision for Virtual Earth. This satellite image is accessible to Microsoft aspart of an agreement to incorporate GeoEye’s satellite imagery into Virtual Earth.In the center-left of the image is the city center. On the upper-right of the image isthe San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (known locally as the Bay Bridge), which travelsnortheast over the San Francisco Bay as I-80. The bridge connects the cities of SanFrancisco and Oakland. It opened on Nov. 12, 1936, six months before the Golden GateBridge, the city’s other famous bridge going north into Marin County.This image of the city of San Francisco was taken on Aug. 28, 2004. It is an IKONOSimage, courtesy of GeoEye. This image had been rotated for optimal viewing.SubscriptionsTo subscribe, please go towww.imagingnotes.com, and click on‘subscribe.’ If you are a current subscriberand you need to update your address,please locate your account number onyour address label to enter the databaseand update your subscription.Imaging Notes (ISSN 0896-7091)Copy right © 2006Blueline Publishing LLCP.O. Box 11569Denver, Colo. 80211303-47 7-5272Although trademark and copyright symbols are notused in this publication, they are honored.Imaging Notes is printed on 20% recycled(10% post-consumer waste) paper. All inks usedcontain a percentage of soy base. Ourprinter meets or exceeds all federal ResourceConservation Recovery Act (RCRA)Standards. s u m m e r 2 0 0 6 w w w . i m a g i n g n o t e s . c o m