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ArcGIS Pro at the 2017 Esri User Conference

The 2017 Esri User Conference in San Diego, CA is only a couple weeks away. The UC is the largest gathering of desktop GIS users in the world. There are many presentations and events covering hundreds of topics. Here’s a handy guide to help you navigate the ArcGIS Pro sessions.

Esri Showcase

July 11 – 13
The ArcGIS Pro Area in the Esri Showcase covers all things Pro, including

Workshops and Sessions

There are many sessions at the UC about ArcGIS Pro; too many to list. Here are some can’t miss sessions.

ArcGIS Pro Panel Discussion

Thursday, July 13
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
SDCC – Ballroom 20 D

ArcGIS Pro is the future of desktop GIS for 2D and 3D mapping, analysis and editing. Come meet the senior members of the ArcGIS Pro team and ask your question about ArcGIS Pro capabilities now and what’s planned for the future. The team will also be address common migration questions received via Social Media and Esri Support.

ArcGIS Pro: An Introduction

Wednesday, July 12
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
SDCC – Ballroom 06 B

Thursday, July 13
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
SDCC – Ballroom 06 A

ArcGIS Pro is part of ArcGIS Desktop and introduces an exciting new experience for desktop GIS. Learn about what’s possible in 2D and 3D mapping, analysis and editing.

ArcGIS Pro: What’s New and the Road Ahead

Thursday, July 13
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
SDCC – Ballroom 06 A

Friday, July 14
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
SDCC – Ballroom 06 A

Come see what’s new and what’s coming with ArcGIS Pro.

ArcGIS Pro: Effective License Management

Tuesday, July 11
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
SDCC – Room 15 A

This session will cover the different options for authorizing and licensing ArcGIS Pro. Examples of effectively managing access through an ArcGIS Organization and the Esri License Manager will be covered.

ArcGIS Pro: Tips and Tricks

Tuesday, July 11
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
SDCC – Ballroom 06 A

Wednesday, July 12
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Hilton – Sapphire Ballroom I/J

Learn what’s new in the latest releases of ArcGIS Pro and how to more efficiently create great maps, edit your data and share the results of your work with others.

ArcGIS Pro: Migrating from ArcMap

Wednesday, July 12
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
SDCC – Room 10

Thursday, July 13
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Hilton – Sapphire Ballroom I/J

Are you an ArcMap users? This is the session for ArcMap users to learn tips and strategies for getting your job done with ArcGIS Pro.

Amazing and Inspiring Maps in ArcGIS

Tuesday, July 11
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
SDCC – Room 16 A

Wednesday, July 12
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
SDCC – Room 15 B

Sit back and enjoy the ride as we shift gears and showcase some truly mesmerizing and inspiring maps made by our award-winning cartographers to demonstrate the power of cartography and the flexibility of the ArcGIS platform. This session goes beyond the defaults to bring data to life using innovative and imaginative techniques including multivariate cartography, animation and 3D thematics. We’ll be styling basemaps in amazing ways and building maps you maybe haven’t even considered let alone thought possible. We encourage you to see maps as exciting and eye-catching information products as well as beautiful objects in their own right. This session is about how to create compelling maps, designing aesthetically beautiful products and making form match function. Come and be inspired and learn how you can also make your own maps sing in new and exciting ways.

Python: Introduction to Map Automation

Wednesday, July 12
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
SDCC – Room 02

In this workshop, you will be introduced to the best resources and fastest ways to start writing your own mapping scripts. We will provide an overview of the mapping module along with demonstrations of how it can be used to process the contents of map documents or projects and layer files and how to automate exporting, printing, and the generation of PDF map books. We will also briefly address the API changes between arcpy.mapping in ArcMap and arcpy.mp in ArcGIS Pro.

Image Segmentation and Classification in ArcGIS Pro

Thursday, July 13
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
SDCC – Room 15 A

Extracting information from remotely sensed imagery is a critical step to providing timely information for your GIS. The desktop provides a rich infrastructure to process and exploit imagery. A significant aspect of this is the image segmentation and classification tools that process multispectral imagery, resulting in extracted feature data for the GIS. There are multiple options for segmentation, classification logic, and a flexible mechanism to define data schemas. The options for processing include easy methods to incorporate traditional GIS data into the classification, such as distance to features, and terrain characteristics derived from LIDAR.

Here is a handy printable guide of all ArcGIS Pro sessions at the 2017 Esri User Conference.

About the author

Richard Kachelriess is Esri’s Product Marketing Manager for ArcGIS Pro. He has worked on a wide range of Esri's products, including ArcGIS Server; the geodatabase; imagery; ArcGIS Online content, such as basemaps, the Living Atlas, and Streetmap Premium; and Esri's open technologies and solutions, such as ArcGIS Open Data, Esri Geoportal Server, ArcGIS for INSPIRE, the ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap. He has also been a President of Esri’s Toastmasters club. Richard’s background includes an MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College, a Geology degree from Florida Atlantic University, and work as a Hydrologic Technician with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) researching water quality in the Florida Everglades. You can follow Richard on Twitter @kachelriess.

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