Improving Your Entire GIS Workflow Seminar (Franklin, TN)

Join ESRI for a no-cost seminar designed to help improve your entire GIS workflow. This one-of-a-kind opportunity will help you quickly gain the key benefits of ArcGIS 9.3. From map production and data sharing to modeling and increased mobility, you will see how the newest GIS tools can enhance your operations. GIS professionals and GIS [...]

Hidden, Never Mentioned, Best Feature of ArcGIS 9.3!

I have been waiting for this ever since I started using ArcGIS 5 years ago! The ability of the mouse scroll zoom to zoom to the cursor location (yes, just like CAD)! I stumbled onto this little gem while working on a coworkers computer, who had the zoom in/out reversed. He wanted it changed and [...]

2008 ESRI UC - Day 2

Day 2, and for the rest of the conference there are technical sessions. Many, many technical sessions. From getting started with ArcMap to Building Models with Python. There is almost too much to choose from. The key is planning out your day.
The exhibit area opened up this morning and it is amazing. There are hundreds [...]

Update to Microsoft Virtual Earth

I heard from an ESRI representative that the subscription for the imagery and base maps from VE will cost $200/person/year. Incredibly affordable! One catch is that for now it will only be available as streaming information so you’ll have to be connected online to use it for now. They are working on a hosted solution, [...]

2008 ESRI UC - Day 1

14,000 GIS users converge on San Diego, California’s Convention Center. This event is massive! One Plenary Session today led by the president of ESRI, Jack Dangermond. The topic of today’s talks - GIS: Geography in Action. Jack began this morning with a welcome and proceeded with some yearly awards. Next, began the showcase of technical [...]

Microsoft Virtual Earth coming to ArcGIS 9.3

Coming soon to ArcGIS 9.3 as a subscription based service that will allow you to add the Microsoft Virtual Earth imagery and base maps. The real benefit of using this service is that it removes the responsibility of finding and sometimes purchasing the latest base mapping files. Also, it frees you to map beyond your [...]

San Diego, Here I Come!

The countdown has begun…In less than 1 week I will be in Sunny (hopefully) San Diego, California for the 2008 ESRI Users Conference. I shall do my best to document the entire ordeal for those that cannot be there. I plan to include as many pictures as I can to completely capture the enormity of [...]

ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 6 Now Available

If you have not yet installed ArcGIS 9.3, then Service Pack 6 has been released for your ArcGIS 9.2 installation.  I am assuming this will be the last Service Pack for 9.2 since the release came after ArcGIS 9.3 started shipping last month. Click Here to go straight to the download page.
For those of you who have [...]

ArcMap 9.3 Enhanced PDF Options

After upgrading to ArcMap 9.3 and exploring its many new features, one is worth noting; 9.3 has enhanced the options when exporting a map to PDF. In order to utilize this new function go to File > Export (Alt + FE) and in the Save as type: select PDF. If it isn’t expanded by default [...]

Upcoming ESRI Training Opportunity

GEO-Jobe is offering an Intro to ArcGIS II class in two weeks. It is a 3-day class beginning on July 29th. Cost is $1,250. The class is going to be held at our Nashville corporate training facility. To learn more and to register, visit the training page of our website.