The ESRI International User Conference 2010 kicked off earlier this week in San Diego and for those that were not able to attend, videos from the Plenary Session are now available for viewing. Social media has been capturing the event in almost real-time making it a valuable source for finding the latest information. James provided live coverage of the Plenary Session here: http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2010/… while Adena captured the key messages here: http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/… The videos cover the demonstrations from Plenary Session as well as Jack’s vision and include...

Land Information New Zealand Minister Maurice Williamson addressed ~ 400 senior executives at the ESRI Senior Executive Summit 2010. International leaders from New Zealand, Mexico, Abu Dhabi and Australia gathered to talk about spatial data strategies as part of the ESRI International User Conference 2010. Maurice Williamson, Minister for Land Information, Parliament, of New Zealand spoke with enormous passion about educating his fellow ministers about not only using GIS but managing all government entities with geospatial information. “I feel evangelical about this whole frontier,” said...

Last week I posted information about an updated route finder which was made available as the ESRI International User Conference 2010 is set to kick of in San Diego. With the size of the venue and the amount of sessions, its useful to have an electronic route finder. Information on this can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/events/… But what if you are not carrying a laptop? Well there is now a route finder available for those using an iPhone or Andriod device. Based on your location and without GPS, you can list the sessions in a nearby room, and if you desire, the application will show you the...

Land Information New Zealand Minister Maurice Williamson is set to address ~ 400 senior executives at the upcoming ESRI Senior Executive Summit 2010. This closed event is part of the ESRI International User Conference 2010 which is set to kick off in San Deigo next week. Mr Williamson will address a senior executive seminar at the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) International Users Conference on Sunday morning (early Monday morning NZ time). The week-long conference is being held in San Diego and attracts over 12,000 professionals from around the world. "Geospatial information and...

The ESRI International User Conference 2010 is about to kick off in San Deigo next week and for the last few years ESRI has created a nice little Flex application that allows you to find a room or router around the San Deigo Convention Centre. The application is a great and useful showcase of some of the capabilities of ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS API for Flex and Network Analyst. The route finder displays distance in either mi or km as well as approximate walking time. There is also the option of search for accessible routes. Definitely worth using if you are attending this years UC. You can find the...

With the release of ArcGIS 10 around the corner, preparations for our roadshow in New Zealand has begun. Join the Eagle Technology Group Ltd team for a complimentary 2 hour seminar on the upcoming ArcGIS 10 release. The seminar will highlight release 10 enhancements surrounding increased productivity, new ways to share, improved access to imagery and Cloud GIS. Regardless of whether you are using ArcGIS in a desktop, mobile, or server environment, the new enhancements will improve how geographic information is leveraged throughout your enterprise. Come along and find our more! Our technology experts...

The ArcGIS API for Silverlight 2.0 Public Beta has now been made available for download. There were a number of demonstrations and sessions at the ESRI Developer Summit 2010 showcasing the ArcGIS API for Silverlight 2.0 and now you can try it for yourself. Version 2.0 beta of the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF is now available for download on the new ArcGIS Resource Center.   This is the first public beta release for version 2.0 that supports new features and functionality included with the ArcGIS Server 10 platform. There are bundles of new features/changes/enhancements in this...

The ArcGIS API for Flex 2.0 Public Beta has now been made available for use. There were a number of demonstrations and sessions at the ESRI Developer Summit 2010 showcasing the ArcGIS API for Flex 2.0 and now you can try it yourself. Like its JavaScript counterpart, version 2.0 of the ArcGIS API for Flex introduces support for Web editing, a "feature layer" for working with client-side graphics, support for time-aware layers, an expanded geometry service, new components, faster queries, and many other features. There are bundles of new features in this latest version. Some of these...

Jack Dangermond will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Where 2.0 in San Jose, California, on April 1, 2010 as he talks about new ways to collaborate and share spatial data. As part of his presentation, Spatial Analysis and the GeoWeb, Dangermond will discuss how open GIS services can be used to facilitate mashups and create applications that leverage data and spatial analytic functions. Open GIS services are used to create dynamic, modern Web applications that help decision makers with asset/data management, planning and analysis, business operations, and situational awareness. There will also...

Technical session videos for the ESRI Developer Summit 2010 are now available for viewing. If you were unable to attend a particular technical session or unable to attend the ESRI Developer Summit 2010 these videos will be very useful in being able to see what each of the technical sessions covered. These technical session videos can be downloaded here: http://www.esri.com/events/… Videos are being added as they become available.