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Demo Theaters are sprinkled throughout the ESRI Showcase and attendees are filling the seats to get a look at the latest ESRI software. For example, in the Solutions Products area attendees have watched ESRI staff demo ArcGIS Business Analyst Desktop...
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What could be a better a better way to kick back and have fun after an action-packed week than a party ? How about a party full of jazz, food, and street performances on a scenic marina ? New acquaintances and old friends will convene at the Embarcadero...
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Kids from Kindergarten to 12 th grade gathered at this year's GIS Kids Camp to learn about GIS with hands-on activities and presentations based on the theme Galactic Information Systems. The camp focused on exploration of Mars, and a highlight of the...
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There are over 190 meeting rooms in use at the ESRI UC. To easily find your way from one room to another, check out the UC Route Finder application available for beta testing. The application is intuitive but there's a ‘How to Use' button to guide you....
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Geographic server technology now makes it possible to better integrate imagery into the core of the GIS . This technology was demonstrated at the 2008 ESRI UC Plenary Session. Presenters Peter Becker and Mark Romero gave examples of how people in Germany...
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Once again, the Map Gallery is proving to be a major attraction at the conference. With more than 900 maps and nearly 20 special displays in this year's exhibition, gallery traffic is high. Among the Special Displays this year was NASA/JPL-This World...
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Right-click on the installer and choose Properties. In the Compatibility tab, check the box next to “Run this program in compatibility mode for” and select Windows XP using the pulldown menu. Click on OK. Double-click on the installer and use the installation...
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This weekend, representatives from census and statistical organizations, along with those who have an interest in census and demographic data, gathered at the first Census Summit. During the two-day preconference seminar, attendees from as far away as...
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Today marked the opening of the showcase and general sessions, and it was a busy day all around. The Explorer team got lots of great feedback, and lots of suggestions for enhancements, and we're looking forward to more. Here's a few pics of the day's...
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Jack Dangermond presented the ESRI President's Award to the City of Philadelphia for its groundbreaking enterprise GIS applications. Thousands applauded as Jim Querry , director of Enterprise GIS, City of Philadelphia, accepted the award. "We're honored...
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The International Cartographic Association (ICA) presented ESRI President Jack Dangermond with the Carl Mannerfelt Medal this morning. The Mannerfelt Gold Medal is the ICA's highest honor, first awarded in 1980 to recognize extraordinary merits in cartography...
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Rupert Essinger works for ESRI as a mapping product engineer and is lucky enough to live in San Diego. Click on the comments section below to check out some tips from him on reasonably priced places to go in Downtown San Diego that you may not normally...
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Jack's vision of creating a user community coming together to discuss solving today's world problems utilizing raster and vector data came closer to fruition Sunday as the inaugural Remote Sensing and GIS Summit commenced. Almost 200 attendees listened...
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On Monday , ESRI President Jack Dangermond presented a Making a Difference Award to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne for his steadfast commitment to encouraging data sharing throughout the federal government and for using geospatial technology...
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One of the biggest fans of GIS on the East Coast is undoubtedly Martin O'Malley . As mayor of Baltimore and now the governor of Maryland, he spearheaded the use of geospatial technology to help measure government performance whether in fighting crime,...
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GIS accomplishes many different things for many different people and organizations, from helping conserve fuel for a fleet of vehicles to mapping outbreaks of disease. Rosario Giusti de Pérez and Ramón A. Pérez , architects and urban designers from ESRI...
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To understand our planet and protect it, environmentalists need to know where biodiversity occurs. But there is much they don't know. GIS is being used by the Missouri Botanical Garden's research laboratory to map known areas and make intelligent and...
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During today's Plenary Session, the attendees were treated to a live ArcGIS Mobile presentation. Outside the convention center, several ESRI staff posed as Mobile workers collecting information about various assets and their condition, while inside the...
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The afternoon plenary "look ahead" at ArcGIS 9.4 and Explorer was hosted by 9.4 development lead Euan Cameron. Euan noted that Explorer has a rapidly paced release schedule, and that Explorer 600 will leverage some of the new capabilities being developed...
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To recognize organizations demonstrating vision and leadership using GIS technology to better serve our world, ESRI created the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award. The 2008 winners will be honored at the ESRI UC SAG Award Ceremony on Wednesday, August...
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An unprecedented amount of data is now available to GIS users via online geographic content services. During the conference Plenary, ESRI demonstrated how organizations can use the ArcGIS platform to use and share data over the Web . Data drawn from free...
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Following Jami Garrison's excellent demonstration, Bernie Szukalski followed by highlighting additional capabilities introduced in Explorer 480. First Bern showed Explorer running inside a Web browser. Explorer can be configured to fill the entire browser,...
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During Monday morning's opening day plenary presentations, ArcGIS Explorer 480 was showcased. We'll review the Explorer presentations here. Jami Garrison, from the Arizona Department of Transportation, was the Explorer featured user, and was introduced...
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The integration of multiple services into an application, a process known as a mashup, allows for a GIS application to bring together basemaps, operational data, and analytical services to create simple to complex applications that provide information...
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ArcGIS Server is an open and scalable system to author, serve, and use data in many applications. During the Plenary, ESRI staff demonstrated how ArcGIS Server now supports new development environments like the REST, JavaScript, and Flex APIs, to serve...
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