Geoprocessing : 2008 User Conference

New at 9.3 - Error reporting

dmhoneycutt — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:41:00 GMT

Check out this Geodatabase blog entry on error reporting. It describes how we use error reports you submit to improve ArcGIS. The blog entry has a link to a short video from the 2008 User Conference that is worth watching.

Conference proceedings available

dmhoneycutt — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

The 2008 User Conference proceedings are available:

http://events.esri.com/uc/2008/proceedingsCD/index.html

The proceedings include all professional papers, technical workshop presentations, and GIS & Industry presentations.

Thank you so much from the Geoprocessing and Analysis Team

bbicking1 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:49:00 GMT

...to Everyone who visited us at the Spatial Analysis Island and attended our Tech Workshops and Island Demos. We do hope you recovered from San Diego and are excited about the new things you learned, the answers you got to your questions, and together all will make your work much easier and more fun.

As always, we also learned a lot from you, about what you like, or don’t like, or want us to do in the future. This is a very special time for us to live vicariously through the great work you have done on top of our work, and understand how to better support you.

Since you’re here, you heard about the just launched Resource Centers, the new gateway to all ESRI online resources. Here’s the link to ours http://resources.esri.com/Geoprocessing/ . Add it to your Favorites and visit the site often, especially the Geoprocessing Blog and the Model and Scripts Gallery [both under Community]. The Model and Script Gallery on the Geoprocessing Resource Center is a bit different from the other resource centers, in that it's not just us posting things, we're inviting you to post your work as well. Whether that be generic utilities or complete workflows for a specific task, if you think it can be useful for someone else, feel free to share it. I talked with several of the more prominent ArcScripts contributors from the past, who are pretty excited about having a more interactive place to post their work and communicate with their users. We have guidelines for submission, which include documentation of your model and script. When putting the documentation together, make sure you include any use limitations/restrictions – such as if it relies on an ArcInfo or extension licensed tool.

Regarding writing scripts, we saw noticeable increase in the number and depth of Python questions at the island this year. Actually, there were a lot of great questions and interesting problems to solve at the island, that have us pretty excited about some things we’ll be doing in future releases that will create a richer Python experience in ArcGIS for you (more on that in the future).

On the other end of the spectrum, we met a lot of new people at the Spatial Analysis Island this year who were attending their first International User Conference, and some who were quite new to the software. For many of them, the team enjoyed demoing ModelBuilder and showing them how to automate their daily routine. It was especially rewarding for those of us who had the chance to introduce many of you to ModelBuilder and hear you say: “Wow, ... I’m gonna use that every day.”

From the more experienced ModelBuilder users, there were quite a few posters with some very sophisticated models. We’ll be reprinting a few of these to decorate the halls around our new offices. Thanks for the nice work.

From the analytical side of the conference, all the interest seemed to be on statistics. Our sessions on spatial statistics, regression, and statistical analysis with Spatial Analyst were generally packed, and lots of in depth discussions at the island on applications of these tools as well as Geostatistical Analyst, and integration with 3^rd party statistical packages. We’ll be posting some samples to the Model and Script Gallery in the near future and working on some webcasts to share more about current capabilities and applications.

We hope you got as much out of the conference as we did, and look forward to interacting with you via the Resource Center until we meet again next year.

Stay tuned…

The Geoprocessing Team

UC 2008 - Geoprocessing and Analysis sessions

dmhoneycutt — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:43:00 GMT

Below is a list of geoprocessing and analysis sessions. A PDF version of this list can be found here.

Geoprocessing sessions

Tuesday, 05. August 2008

Technical workshops

8:30 - 9:45 – ModelBuilder – An Introduction I
Dale Honeycutt, Shitij Mehta
Rm 5A/B

10:15 - 11:30 – ModelBuilder – Advanced Techniques I
Scott Murray
Rm 5A/B

10:15 - 11:30 – Effective Analysis & Data Management I
Jason Pardy, Drew Flater
Rm 1A/B

1:30 - 2:45 – Python Scripting – An Introduction I
Dave Wynne, Liz Flanary
Rm 5A/B

1:30 - 2:45 – Geoprocessing with ArcGIS Server I
Nate Warmerdam, Shing Lin
Rm 7A/B

3:15 - 4:30 – Python Scripting – Advanced Techniques I
Ghislain Prince, Dave Wynne
Rm 5A/B

Spatial Analysis Island - Demo Theater Presentations

1:00 - 2:00 – Introducing the Geoprocessing Resource Center
Dale Honeycutt, Catherine Jones

2:00 - 3:00 – ModelBuilder: Model Iteration with Lists and Series
Barbara Bicking

Wednesday, 06. August 2008

Technical workshops

8:30 - 9:45 – Building Geoprocessing Tools with Python I
Jason Pardy, Dale Honeycutt
Rm 7A/B

8:30 - 9:45 – Using Spatial Statistics I
Lauren Scott, Shitij Mehta
Rm 1A/B

10:15 - 11:30 – Regression Analysis for Spatial Data I
Lauren Scott, Mark Janikas
Rm 1A/B

1:30 - 2:45 – ModelBuilder – An Introduction II
Dale Honeycutt, Shitij Mehta
Rm 5A/B

3:15 - 4:30 – ModelBuilder – Advanced Techniques II
Scott Murray
Rm 5A/B

3:15 - 4:30 – Effective Analysis & Data Management II
Jason Pardy, Drew Flater
Rm 1A/B

Spatial Analysis Island - Demo Theater Presentations

9:00 - 10:00 – Geoprocessing: Working with Environment Settings
Barbara Bicking

11:00 - 12:00 – Geoprocessing: What’s new with Python Scripting in ArcGIS 9.3
Dave Wynne

2:00 - 3:00 – Geoprocessing: Working with Generalization Tools with ArcGIS 9.3
Dan Lee

5:00 - 6:00 – Python Utility Modules for Script Tool Development in ArcGIS 9.3
Mark Janikas

Thursday, 07. August 2008

Technical workshops

8:30 - 9:45 - Python Scripting - An Introduction II
Dave Wynne, Liz Flanary
Rm 5A/B

8:30 - 9:45 - Geoprocessing with ArcGIS Server II
Nate Warmerdam, Shing Lin
Rm 7A/B

10:15 - 11:30 - Python Scripting - Advanced Techniques II
Ghislain Prince, Dave Wynne
Rm 5A/B

1:30 - 2:45 - Using Spatial Statistics II
Lauren Scott, Shitij Mehta
Rm 1A/B

1:30 - 2:45 - Building Geoprocessing Tools with Python II
Jason Pardy, Dale Honeycutt
Rm 4

3:15 - 4:30 - Regression Analysis for Spatial Data II
Lauren Scott, Mark Janikas
Rm 1A/B

3:15 - 4:30 - Using Geoprocessing Tools in .NET and Java
Jason Pardy, Nobbir Ahmed
Rm 7A/B

Spatial Analysis Island - Demo Theater Presentations

11:00 - 12:00 - Geoprocessing Services with ArcGIS Server: Tips & Tricks
Shing Lin

Friday, 08. August 2008

Technical workshops

9:00 - 10:15 - ModelBuilder - Advanced Techniques III
Scott Murray
Rm 5A/B

3D Analysis Sessions

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Technical Workshops

10:15 - 11:30 - 3D Analyst Geoprocessing I
Clayton Crawford
Rm 9

3:15 - 4:30 - 3D Analyst - Working with Terrain Datasets I
Clayton Crawford, Lindsay MacDonald
Rm 7AB

Spatial Analysis Island - Demo Theater Presentations

12:00 - 1:00 - Applications of 3D Geometric Analysis in Petroleum
Milad Ershaghi

5:00 - 6:00 - Constructing Surfaces With LIDAR Data
Lindsay MacDonald

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Technical Workshops

3:15 - 4:30 - 3D Analyst Geoprocessing II
Clayton Crawford
Rm 9

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Technical Workshops

1:30 - 2:45 - 3D Analyst - Working with Terrain Datasets II
Clayton Crawford, Lindsay MacDonald
Rm 7AB

Network Analyst Sessions

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Technical Workshops

3:15 - 4:30 - Network Analyst - An Introduction I
Matt Crowder, Patrick Stevens
Rm 9

Spatial Analysis Island - Demo Theater Presentations

10:00 - 11:00 - ArcGIS Network Analyst: Tips and Tricks
Robert Garrity

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Technical Workshops

8:30 - 9:45 - Performing Network Analysis with Geoprocessing
Deelesh Mandloi, Jay Sandhu
Rm: 9

10:15 - 11:30 - Network Analyst - Data Preparation
Alan Hatakeyama, Colin Childs
Rm 9

Spatial Analysis Island - Demo Theater Presentations

1:00 - 2:00 - ArcGIS Network Analyst: Using Turns
Alan Hatakeyama

3:00 - 4:00 - ArcGIS Network Analyst: Using Parameterized Attributes
Rich Krabill

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Technical Workshops

8:30 - 9:45 - Network Analyst - An Introduction II
Matt Crowder, Patrick Stevens
Rm 9

10:15 - 11:30 - Performing Network Analysis with Geoprocessing
Deelesh Mandloi, Jay Sandhu
Rm: 9

1:30 - 2:45 - Network Analyst - Data Preparation
Alan Hatakeyama, Colin Childs
Rm: 9

Spatial Analysis Island - Demo Theater Presentations

12:00 - 1:00 - Network Analyst - Using the Vehicle Routing Problem Solver
Michael Rice

1:00 - 1:30 - Network Analyst - Authoring Geoprocessing Services Tips and Tricks
Deelesh Mandloi

Spatial Analyst Sessions

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Technical Workshops

8:30 - 9:45 - ArcGIS Spatial Analyst - An Introduction I
Ryan DeBruyn, Steve Kopp
Rm 1A/B

1:30 - 2:45 - ArcGIS Spatial Analyst - Suitability Modeling I
Kevin Johnston, Ryan DeBruyn
Rm 1A/B

3:15 - 4:30 - ArcGIS Spatial Analyst - Statistical Modeling I
Kevin Johnston, Ryan DeBruyn
Rm 1A/B

Spatial Analysis Island - Demo Theater Presentations

5:00 - 6:00 - Site Selection and Suitability Modeling
Geri Pepe

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Technical Workshops

8:30 - 9:45 - ArcGIS Spatial Analyst - Hydrologic Modeling I
Nawajish Noman, Steve Kopp
Rm 5A/B

10:15 - 11:30 - An Introduction to Dynamic Simulation Modeling I
Kevin Johnston, Xuguang Wang
Rm 5A/B

1:30 - 2:45 - ArcGIS Spatial Analyst - An Introduction II
Ryan DeBruyn, Steve Kopp
Rm 1A/B

Spatial Analysis Island - Demo Theater Presentations

12:00 - 1:00 - Water resource applications using Spatial Analyst and NetCDF data
Nawajish Noman

4:00 - 5:00 - Solar radiation modeling
Ryan DeBruyn

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Technical Workshops

8:30 - 9:45 - ArcGIS Spatial Analyst - Suitability Modeling
Kevin Johnston, Ryan DeBruyn
Rm 1A/B

10:15 - 11:30 - ArcGIS Spatial Analyst - Statistical Modeling
Kevin Johnston, Ryan DeBruyn
Rm 1A/B

1:30 - 2:45 - ArcGIS Spatial Analyst - Hydrologic Modeling
Nawajish Noman, Steve Kopp
Rm 5A/B

3:15 - 4:30 - An Introduction to Dynamic Simulation Modeling
Kevin Johnston, Xuguang Wang
Rm 5A/B

Spatial Analysis Island - Demo Theater Presentations

10:00 - 11:00 - Working with surface interpolation tools
Steve Lynch

Geostatistical Analyst Sessions

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Technical Workshops

10:15 - 11:30 - Geostatistical Analyst - An Introduction I
Antoni Magri, Steve Lynch
Rm 7A/B

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Technical Workshops

1:30 - 2:45 - Geostatistical Analyst - An Introduction II
Antoni Magri, Steve Lynch
Rm 14A

Spatial Analysis Island - Demo Theater Presentations

9:00 - 10:00 - ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst: Simulation Modeling
Antoni Magri