As we ramp up to the ESRI Developer Summit 2010 details of a much anticipated Microsoft Special Interest Group has been made available. In the past we’ve had some great .NET SIG’s as James posted here: http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2010/… It brings back some great memories! This was originally dropped from this years ESRI Developer Summit 2010 but I see due to demand it’s been added. Join representatives from Microsoft and ESRI Development Managers for an open and fun panel discussion. During lunch you be able to meet with other developers leveraging the Microsoft platform and hear...

Later this morning will see the kick off our annual GIS Senior Executive Summit 2010. This invitation only event brings together industry leaders and executives from a number of our client base and around New Zealand. There is a great line up of speakers for this years summit including the president of ESRI, Jack Dangermond. Other speakers include LINZ (Land Information New Zealand) and EQC (Earthquake Commission). Added to the speakers I have been spending the last week preparing some great demonstrations for the summit. This is around the concept of SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure). Some wonder...

Late last year the registration and call for presentations opened for the ESRI Developer Summit 2010. There are a bundle of changes to the format from last year and full information about this can be found here: http://geo.geek.nz/events/… Now that the call for presentations deadline has passed, community voting for presentations has opened. Community voting is taking place from January 20 through February 7. Over the next two weeks the community will be able to vote for the sessions they would like to see at the ESRI Developer Summit 2010. Voting is easy and simple. You can promote or demote a...

After a very successful ESRI Developer Summit 2009 it’s that time of year already to pencil in the date for the ESRI Developer Summit 2010 The time has come for you to punch this event into your iPhone or Blackberry or whatever smartphone you kids are rocking these days. The 2010 DevSummit is six months away, and you probably need to start compiling some justification and planning your trip. If you are wondering or asking yourself why you should attend? Here are four reasons that the Developer Summit Team came up with: Hear from ESRI developers about the future of the ArcGIS platform. Stay...

It’s fast approaching and there is less than a month to go now till the kick off of the ESRI New Zealand User Conference 2009. Titled: “Your Place In The Geospatial Revolution”, the 14th Annual Conference will take place between the 2nd-5th November 2009 in Wellington, New Zealand! With less than a month to go the agenda is just about finalised and planning is underway. Work has begun on preparing for the technical keynote session. The focus of this years technical keynote will be ArcGIS 9.4. We will be showcasing a number of new enhancements as part of a story we have scripted. For me,...