It's All Over - ESRI UC 2010

Well the conference has come to an end for another year, and it certainly has left me with a bit of information overload.

From my point of view there were 3 distinct Data related themes that come out of the event:

1. The improvements to the flow of the data to, and consolidation of the data from, the ArcGIS Desktop, Server and Mobile products.
2. The enhancements to the sharing and hosting of the Data online.
3. The new capabilities and refinements to the tools for the analysis, reporting and mapping of the Data.

All up there have been significant changes to all product offerings and I guess that's part of the reason the version has jumped to V10, instead of V9.4 as originally planned.

ESRI UC 2010 Plenary Session Video

The ESRI UC 2010 Plenary Session can be viewed online on Video. The videos can be accessed from the ESRI US site here.

For those interested to see what ESRI has been up to, they are well worth a look.

It’s Here – ESRI UC 2010!

The ESRI International UC 2010 is underway!!

It's very clear from the Plenary Session that GIS is moving into the cloud computing arena, with both ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Explorer Online being offered. Cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) will however both be covered under one of my Technology posts.

It this point I just wanted to highlight some of the ESRI and ArcGIS information that users have access to. It's funny but it's been a long time since my last trip to the US, and there are a few things that I had forgotten - The choice you have is amazing, the portion sizes are very generous and in general this leads to a good value for money deal.

To a certain degree the same can be said for access to some of the information and resources for ESRI. Some of the useful free sites are:

1. Recent ESRI Conference Presentations and Proceedings
   
2. ESRI GIS Bibliography
   
3. ESRI Resources Centres, and ArcGIS Resource Centres
   

And remember if you can't find what you are looking for at any of the ESRI sites, a Google search can quite often lead to some great alternate information.