A quick Happy New Year wish to all of my friends, colleagues and associates as we say farewell to 2015. I hope 2016 is a fun, safe, healthy, and prosperous year for you all! Cheers from Glenn. If lists are your thing for the year end, here’s a quick look at the Top 10 articles/news items that hit GISuser this past year… enjoy!

1. The Google Maps Engine Deprecation Timeline and Some Alternatives
2. ESRIUC Feature – 10 Things that turned my head at the 2015 ESRIUC 
3. Have Infographics and Data Visualizations Ruined Good Map Design?
4. Esri Wants to Make 3D GIS Easy for Google Earth Clients With ArcGIS Earth 
5. Google Announces that Google Earth Pro is now free 
6. 10 Question GeoGeek Rapidfire
7. Academics and Employers Name the World’s Top Universities in 36 Disciplines 
8. Where’s the Cheap Gas? The GasBuddy HeatMap Can Tell You
9. The Google Maps Streetview Player 
10. Images from the 2015 ESRIUC in San Diego, CA 
    

What announcement in GeoTech was the most interesting to you this year?