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Dangermond Makes List for the The Forbes 400 Richest Americans

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Coming in at #158, Jack Dangermond is on The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list.  His net worth comes in at two billion dollars. Dangermond is new to the list for his creation of a Mapping Empire.  ESRI was created in [...]

ESRI UC Highlights Comming to a City Near You #esriuc

With the 2009 ESRI International User Conference finished up, ESRI is providing free highlight seminars.  They are bringing a summary of what went on to you.  I think this is great for those who just could not get out there.
If you were able to keep up remotely via blogs, twitter, and plenary video (10 Tips [...]

GeoMentoring Is Not New

With the GeoMentor Program being introduced at the 2009 ESRI International User Confernence many people are seeing this as a new idea. Although to most it seem like new, it has been around for some time at the micro level. ESRI and National Geographic are bringing it to the international level. This [...]

Buzz About Doings & Announcements at ESRI User Conference, Day 1

Amanda (@amandahstaub) put together a great list here.  Just wanted to pass it on to others.
Greetings, everyone!
I am following the buzz at this year’s ESRI User Conference in San Diego going on this week.  I thought that I would take a few minutes to share with you all some of the most interesting news and [...]

eBay Failure and a Little Anxiousness

As I continue to seek funds for my Geospatial Technology Competition, I am utilizing various areas to make some extra money.  Selling things on eBay has been a very dependable source for extra money.  I put up a digital camera on eBay hoping to cash in on a few bucks.  Someone did bid on the [...]

West Virginia Puts GIS in K-12 Education

I just came across a blog post by VerySpatial informing that the K-12 schools in West Virginia are getting a 3 year license for ESRI software.  Since this is unoffical news, the extent of the software availability is unknown.
I personally think this is an awesome opportunity. GIS has great potential as a learning tool in the [...]

Take Advantage of Web 2.0 and Social Media

I just came across this awesome presentation mentioned on GeoMusings.  The GeoWeb Community Development presentation was presented at the 2009 ESRI Developer Summit in Palm Springs, CA.  The presentation by Alan Laframboise is very professionally done.   Although it is ESRI focused, it has some great points about Web 2.0 and social media.
Alan sums up the [...]

ESRI Provides Microsoft Virtual Earth Data

I know that I have seen this press release is in several places, but I just wanted to mention it with a few of my thoughts.  For those of you who may not have heard, ESRI will now provide Microsoft Virtual Earth data within ArcGIS.  This will be released in the ArcGIS 9.3.1 release.  Those [...]