Hear ESRI President Jack Dangermond welcome attendees to the 2008 ESRI UC and present GIS awards to the State of Qatar, Centre for GIS; the City of Philadelphia; and Rosario Giusti de Pérez and Ramón A. Pérez, Venezuelan architects and urban planners. Be inspired by the amazing successes of the award winners. Plus, listen to U.S. Secretary of the ...

G. Salim MohammedMaps/GIS LibrarianUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa Library This year's conference was quite different from last year-that one was my first. I actually knew some folks, so that made a difference. While the EdUC labs were helpful, and I dabbled a bit in ArcGIS Server, the sessions that talked about portals were particularly ...

As you roamed the halls of the San Diego Convention Center last week, did you ever wonder where everyone came from? Southern California? Back East? The Far East? Thousands of users from all over the world attended the 2008 ESRI UC, traveling from as close as San Diego itself to the southern tip of Africa or the northern reaches of Russia. Check ...

Perceptive users picked out places depicted by QuickBird Satellite images and came away from the conference with first, second, and third place honors. From Versailles, France to Petra, Jordan, the Where in the World contest was a sizable challenge. Congratulations to the winners! • First Place     Travis ...

Whether hitting balls on the green or on the court, or jogging down the San Diego waterfront, the winners of the athletic activities at the 2008 ESRI UC are to be commended. 5K Fun Run/Walk (see other top finishers by gender and age group) Men's Winner: Robert Berger Time: 16:23 Women's Winner: Alexandra Gazewski Time: 19:03 Golf ...

Drawing thousands through its doors and into a place of color, insight, and fascination, the 2008 ESRI UC Map Gallery was host to a unique and vast collection of GIS art and analysis—also known as maps. Some of this year's Map Gallery winners are: Best Overall ''Qatar's Unique Nation-Wide GIS Data Sharing'' Mohamed Hamouda, the Center ...

Whether you were with us in San Diego or skimming the Web pages and blogs to keep up with the action, we're happy many of you could be part of last week's festivities. With thousands of attendees from around the globe, the ESRI UC gave users across industries the chance to get together and be inspired by their colleagues' achievements. The 2009 ...

We experienced a manufacturing problem with the ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 Evaluation DVDs that were distributed at the User Conference.  As a result, the software will install but it can't be registered using the registration number that is printed on the DVD sleeve.  A workaround has been published on the ESRI Support Web site.  This will ...

In the early morning of Friday August 1st 2008, twenty 4-H'ers and their adult leaders from eleven states boarded the San Diego trolley.   A couple dozen people—all wearing blue shirts—boarding the trolley at the same time drew a lot of attention.   People wonder who they are and what they're doing.  The answer: the ...

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 9.3, ArcGIS Business Analyst Online for economic development, and how to use ModelBuilder in ...