July 19, 2013 – Anything Geospatial

There’s no arguing that the annual ESRIUC is a great networking opportunity, however, first and foremost, it’s a terrific educational experience. After several days my brain was swelling and over-flowing with information and me wondering how to digest it all! The opening plenary day at the annual ESRIUC is an interesting and motivating event indeed. The day is all about the road ahead for Esri users and hearing about the development and roadmap for ArcGIS and the user community. Many topics were covered during several hours of presentations and a number of interesting points were brought up. The following are but a few of the topics of interest that I felt were noteworthy and of interest to the ArcGIS user.

All desktop users at 10.2 get an online subscription
New apps at 10.2 including Data collector, explorer, dashboard – Enforcing the concept of web GIS apps
What do I get with a desktop license? You get one subscription for one named user
Esri is the biggest user of our own software

I always make a point of stopping by the HP booth at esriUC to see the latest hardware and solutions from the group. It was tough to leave as there was so much to see including the the HP Designjet T1500 – think 2 roll, web connected, wide format E printer; Workstations, Thin Clients, and some clever, portable display technology.

Something that’s really clever and integrated with the HP workstations is the performance advisor software. This is a very user friendly solution that enables any professional, even those not so tech savvy, to configure and manage their workstation in optimal conditions, all from a user friendly environment.

HP Z220