Ozri Update: Stream B Session Snapshot

We’ve been treated to more great presentations in Stream B this afternoon.

Lisa Cornish took to the stage first with an in-depth presentation around the crucial role of data.gov.au plays within the Australian Government and how this whole-of-government portal creates invaluable understanding, connection and communication with the general public.

Following afternoon tea we heard from one of our platinum sponsor NAVTEQ who demonstrated some new 3D capabilities which are now available with NAVTEQ data and ArcGIS technology – very cool!! It’s great to see these demonstrations showing how real clients are benefiting from these emerging GIS technologies.

I am most definitely enjoying my first Ozri experience!

Shannon W.

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Ozri Update: What’s New in Desktop

Just walked out of the first What’s New in Desktop session – so much to cover and such little time!

Damian and I spoke about a lot of new features including new tools to help streamline and improve the editing experience. I could definitely feel the excitement when I showed the new editor tracking functionality, a key new feature that can be enabled easily for any feature class through Catalog.

Mapping and visualisation, something that I am extremely passionate about also generated some ohs and ahs as attendees saw for the first time the new dynamic legend capability that can even be integrated with Data Driven Pages, as well as the enhanced searching capability and generalisation tools.

Technology Directions – Popular Questions

What version of Python comes with ArcGIS 10? Can I batch validate my data reviewer jobs at a particular time of day? What is this COLLADA data format? These are just some of the questions that people came up and asked me during the recent Technology Directions roadshow. It is always so fantastic to have people come up and ask us about parts of the software and how they could use it, so I thought I would share the answers with you.

Want some Direction?

Hello friends! Just a friendly reminder – our next Technology Directions seminars (or “Tech Directions” as I will refer to them as, for the sake of laziness) are just around the corner. Registration is open and you have to sign up soon or else you’ll miss out! And I’m serious… The last round of Tech Directions, which ran in June/July, was at capacity – and we’re expecting these ones to fill up fast too.

So why are Tech Directions so popular? It’s because they are a source of really useful, really practical information about your GIS. Some of the best in the business will show you how you can exploit GIS to be more productive and efficient in your day-to-day job. And when it comes to work, we all want to make life easier, right? 

Esri Local Government User Group Meeting – August 2010

Last Friday (13^th August), Jeremie Comarmond of Esri Australia and Susie Kempson of Melbourne City Council hosted the Esri LG meeting at the council offices of the City of Melbourne. There was a pretty large crew there, representing LGA’s from not only metro Melbourne, but also around the state.

The four main themes discussed were

-          3D

-          Data and Data Capture – 3D Point Clouds

-          GIS Applications, ArcGIS and Dekho

-          Base maps from MDS and Esri