Next week ESRI will be hosting a seminar which will explain how to use map templates and other resources. ESRI will host a free, live training seminar to demonstrate how to use these valuable templates and other resources. Best Practices for Working with Map Templates will air at www.esri.com/lts on Thursday, March 4, at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. Pacific standard time. Cartographers, geographic information system (GIS) professionals, and ArcGIS Desktop users of all experience levels are encouraged to attend. Some familiarity with ArcGIS Desktop is recommended. Using the cartography,...

Recently we have been getting many users asking the question on how to go about determining which mobile solution fits for their organisation? There are a number of mobile solutions available and it can hard to figure out which one to use and or which suits the best. To help with this, ESRI will be running a free online seminar focused on answering this question. To help users evaluate ESRI’s mobile geographic information system (GIS) solutions, the company is conducting a free live training seminar this month that will demonstrate the technology’s versatility and power. Introduction to ESRI Mobile...

The concept of Common Operational Picture’s has been growing steadily over the last few months as agencies look for tools to monitor, respond and manage situations as they arise. A COP creates broad situational awareness by combining important geographic information system (GIS) basemap data, such as imagery, critical infrastructure, and hazards, with changing, up-to-the-minute information from cameras, sensors, and other communication devices. ESRI will be hosting a seminar on September 24, 2009 to demonstrate how a COP can be created using ArcGIS. Creating a Common Operational Picture with ArcGIS...

Many users wonder how to go about creating web mapping applications. Powerful web mapping applications! Well now you will be able to tune into an ESRI Live Training Seminar and get started using the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF. Public demand is increasing for Web maps that can tell interesting stories and communicate important information quickly. ESRI will host a live training seminar this month that will teach Web application developers the fundamentals of designing fast, rich, and interactive mapping applications using the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF. As part of a press...

ESRI MapIt was announced earlier last week at the Microsoft Worldwide Business Partner Conference 2009. This latest product offering from ESRI is a combination of software and online services that enable you to create simple maps from your enterprise data. I had a full write up on MapIt here: http://geo.geek.nz/esri/… For those users that haven’t been able to try it yet or don’t have a server or the ability to try it, ESRI has prepared a great video seminar which provides you are introduction to MapIt. This seminar provides an overview of MapIt and shows how organizations can use MapIt to...