Esri International User Conference brings GIS to Everyone

At the 2010 Esri International User Conference (Esri UC), experts described how technological advancements in geographic information systems (GIS) have changed the global geospatial landscape. During the weeklong event held in San Diego, California, in July, 13,000 attendees participated in talks, watched software demonstrations, and attended paper sessions describing the ways that geospatial information and analysis are available to everyone.

Esri technology experts demonstrated how ArcGIS 10 is a system that can be used to collaborate in an enterprise environment. They demonstrated Community Maps, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS.com, ArcGIS for iOS, productivity in ArcGIS 10, the integration of Python scripting, imagery, GIS processing integration, ArcGIS Network Analyst, and analysis using 3D and new space and time enhancements.

Attendees had the opportunity to talk with experts in their fields, geospatial technology vendors, and consultants; mingle with groups during Special Interest Group sessions; share their GIS maps in the poster and digital map galleries; attend ArcGIS software technical sessions; participate in Lightning Talks for fast application synopses; see demonstrations of software applications, tools, and solutions; and sit in on session and panel discussions provided by fellow users.

Next year's Esri UC will be held July 11–15, 2011, at the San Diego Convention Center in California. A call for papers for the more than 40 tracks to be offered next year will open in mid-August 2010. Highlights and presentations at this year's Esri International User Conference can be viewed on the conference Web site.

Internet: www.esri.com/events/user-conference/index.html