Volume I - No. 2, Summer 1996.   In This Issue: From the Editor-in-Chief : Al-Khabar spills the gossip about CGIS MapEXPRESS on Track : CGIS Introduces MapEXPRESS - ArcView Based Map Production Application Qatar's PDP(Physical Development Plan) as a GIS Planning Tool : CGIS Participates in UN Development Program : CGIS Ships QTRANS Version 1.1 : QTRANS Transforms Coordinate Values Between WGS84 and QND95 GIS at Medical Conference : CGIS Hosts 'Spatial Database Engine' Class : Jordanian Delegations Visit CGIS : MMAA Delegation Reviews Roads Applications : CGIS Presents Map to Qatar National Museum : Qatar Roads Application Receives Award at ESRI Conference : Technical Exchange Program Initiated : GIS service takes the work from the field to the desktop National Mapping Products from CGIS : Editor-in-Chief Hussain Ali A. Al-Sayegh Managing Editor Jim Baumann Art & Design Director Masoun Shahbandar Contributors Ahmed Al-Dowsari Al Khabar is published quarterly by The Centre for Geographic Information Systems (CGIS) P.O. Box 22088, Doha State of Qatar. Telephone: (974)337555 Fax: (974)444036 Copyright © 1996 The Centre for Geographic Information Systems. All rights reserved. The materials contained in this newsletter are the exclusive property of The Centre for Geographic Information Systems, unless otherwise noted. No part of this newsletter may be reproduced without permission from CGIS. Materials appeaing in this newsletter do not necessarily reflect the views of CGIS or the government of The State of Qatar. Al Khabar, CGIS, EPF, GEONAB, GISnet, QTRANS, and Qatar Image Map are trademarks of The Centre for Geographic Information Systems. Other companies or products mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.