Blogging from the ESRI International User Conference
This week’s ESRI International User Conference began with Jack Dangermond (ESRI President) stating that this year’s user conference was not only the largest ESRI User Conference ever, but also the largest gathering of geographers in history. It will be interesting to see what the headcount ends up being.
ArcGIS 10 looks to be designed to make cloud computing its primary goal. Sharing your maps with everyone and using pre-defined map templates seems to be the key processes imbedded in ArcGIS 10. One of the biggest benefits and a pet peeve of mine is that you no longer have to open both ArcCatalog and ArcMap to do geospatial processing and map making in two different programs. Now they are scrolling tabs on the side of the workspace. Everything is included under one hood at ArcGIS 10. Another big benefit is the Image Analysis Window. Looks like it will be very beneficial to those of us who use imagery extensively in our maps and data creation.
I am downloading ArcGIS 10 as I write this and I am eager to try out the capabilities it provides. I’ll get back and let you know what I find.