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SpatialNews.com Feature
2003 International ESRI User Conference- Sunday (Day 1)
The ESRI
User Conference -- On Sunday, July 6, the 2003 ESRI kicked off with a number of special
interest seminars and educational sessions. In addition, the first Survey & GIS Summit took place.
Mike Weir of ESRI hosted the event billed as "Bridging the Gap" - an educational about integrating technologies
and strategies about training, promoting, educating, learning, and building partnerships that
serve to bridge the gap between surveyors and GIS.
Weir and staff informed the estimated 260 attendees of this, the first Survey & GIS summit
that the event was planned from start to finish in just a matter of months. The objective was to
provide a focused event over a 3 day period that touched on bridging the gap between surveyors
and the GIS group. Day 1 featured speakers and sessions that focused on the integration
of GIS and surveying in projects from various industries and government sectors. Day 2 overlaps with
the UC as the conference keynote and plennary session. Day 3 is a complete day of conference tracks
, technical workshops, and moderated paper sessions.
Of the 260 attendees, 86% were from the US, the remainder were International delegates.
Sectors represented by attendees include private (57%), Federal Gov't (11%), and
local government (32%). It was interesting to note that the industry make up of attendees was
split down the middle, 43% being from the surveying community, and 43% from the GIS industry. The remainder
were mostly engineers and educators.
During the morning session Weir made an interesting statement that in the future, relational databases,
and in particular, the geodatabase would be composed of three main kinds of data;
raster, vector, and suvey data! A rather bold projection, however, I felt his
prediction set the tone for the signifigance and the importance that he [and ESRI] is placing
on surveying and in particular, the efforts that will be required by the industry to bridge the gap
between surveyors and GIs professionals.
Images, Sunday July 06, 2003
Surveying & GIS Summit set to roll
Mike Weir, Surveying Industry Manager, ESRI
More than 250 people attended the first summit!
Surveying and GIS play integral roles in national mapping at the Ordnance Survey
Dr. David Macguire, Director Products Solutions, ESRI discussed ESRI's Survey and GIS strategy
Once again, the setting this year is the beautiful San Diego Convention Center
The sun was out today so ofcourse we needed to shop for some shades!
The MArriott overlooks the convention center and the new PetCo field - future home of the Padres
The walk along the harbour is awesome
Dinner on the causeway was excellent tonight!
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