ESRI Technical Sessions:

Exploring the File Geodatabase - Kerri Manorek, ESRI (view presentation slides)

Raster Serving Solutions - Danny Krouk, ESRI (view presentation slides)

Introduction to ArcGIS Online and ArcWeb Services - Jennifer Hughey, ESRI
(view presentation slides)

User Presentations:

Using ModelBuilder to Streamline Environmental Impact Analysis for State Route 76
Barbara Kent; Caltrans District 11
(view presentation slides)

How to Conduct Long Term Fire History Monitoring and Analysis with ArcGIS
David Toney, GISP; IGI&S Manager, GEOFi West / MCB Camp Pendleton
(view presentation slides)

Thanks to Allen Instruments for sponsoring this event.

ESRI Technical Sessions:

Working with Animations in ArcMap 9.2 - Crystal Dorn (view presentation slides)

An Introduction to Geodatabase History at 9.2 - Danny Krouk (view presentation slides)

Introduction to Image Server - Justin Fan (view presentation slides)

User Presentations:

The City of Chula Vista discussed some of their current ArcIMS applications, and spent a few minutes talking about their plans for ArcGIS Server.

The City of San Diego Streets Division discussed the Synergy Project which links GIS with SAP for work order management and uses ArcGIS Server for geocoding/address verification.

Using ModelBuilder to Create GIS Workflows
- Crystal Dorn

Planning Your Move to the Geodatabase
- Danny Krouk

1. Paul Hardwick - San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) - Migrating from Coverages to the Geodatabase

2. Julie Wartell & Dave Bishop - Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS) - New web-based crime mapping application

3. Tim Craig - ESRI - Customer Service Portal overview

An Introduction to Web Services, Service Orientated Architectures, and the Role of ArcGIS Server - A review of the concepts behind Web Services, Service Oriented Architectures, and a discussion of ArcGIS Server.
- Eric Culp

San Diego Regional Airport GIS

Ataa Aly discussed the ArcIMS based Infrastructure Database Management Project

The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (SDCRAA) is one of the busiest airports in the US . This presentation discusses the approach that SDCRAA took in implementing an Infrastructure Database Management Project (IDMP), which is a web-based GIS to "serve up" its vast storehouse of technical information to users throughout SDCRAA. Specifically, this presentation outlines the methodology that was used, the significant technologies that were employed and the key issues that need to be addressed when using the web to deploy broad-reaching applications that incorporate spatial data. The presentation also focuses on the different rules the IDMP is playing in responding to the various needs of the Airport departments including engineering, security, real estate…etc. Furthermore, it establishes a baseline of information on the required maintenance process to keep this Airport-wide GIS as a powerful and flexible, yet eminently usable web-based information tool.

Orange County Transportation Authority -
Web Based GIS Project

Yuying Li from AMEC discussed this ArcIMS based project

This case study reviewed the methodology and technology that Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) used to improve their Combined Transportation Funding Programs (CTFP) Call for Projects Initiative. The project involved the development and implementation of a re-engineered database, a Web-based user interface for entering and maintaining project information, and an integrated Internet Map System using ArcIMS to support application submittals by local jurisdictions. The new system also permits project review, ranking, and administration by OCTA staff.

Using CADD in ArcGIS

Crystal Dorn was with us to look at techniques for using CADD data in ArcGIS

This presentation covered various ways to incorporate CADD data into your work with ArcGIS Desktop. We will look at various Geoprocessing tools to aid you in converting CADD data to GIS data and understanding what you are getting.

Get Crystal's slide show

PBS&J - Melisa Caric

Lessons learned from successful ArcIMS implementations

This presentation will cover three case studies using the latest ArcIMS technologies. We will discuss lessons learned and solutions to common problems.

Case studies  will include:
- National City sewer rate study, developing a custom .net Viewer for sewer rate analysis
- DWR, California Department of Water Resources ArcIMS/SDE implementation strategies for Levee inventories
- City of Henderson , Tracking Sexual offenders for the City of Henderson

Xplore Technology - Skip Howland

Mobile and Rugged PC's:
Cost, Return on Investment, and Productivity with Xplore Technology Products

Topics to be covered:
- Price vs Performance of consumer and commercial Tablet PCs with Q/As
- ROI and Total Cost of Acquisition for PCs and enterprise hardware
- Myths of portable computing and security issues
- Case Studies of products in use today by industry
- ESRI as a reseller of hardware

Tadpole Technology Group - Jason Linley

GO! Sync (Mapbook) and GO! Sync (Redline) ArcGIS Engine based mobile tools

* GO! Sync (Mapbook) – a complete field mapping application with simple to use, easy to learn functionality
* GO! Sync (Redline) – a complete field sketching and mapping application built on the same intuitive functionality as GO! Sync (Mapbook)

San Diego Zoo / Wild Animal Park -
Cary Sharp & Steve McCarthy

presentation on the Zoos Data Model that is being created as a nationwide data model for zoos and botanical gardens

As a group of "California Zoos Working Together" we have created a process and data model for sharing our experiences and information which has become one of the primary drivers to bring zoos and botanical gardens across the nation together.

Mobile GIS Seminar

• Introduction
  Overview of different workflows
  From shapefile to geodatabase, and
  Mobile GIS Success stories — Rod Peel, ESRI
  
• Easily Move Data between Units — Tadpole
  
• Explanation of existing hardware
  New technologies
  Integration with camera and rangefinders — Jim Grummon, Allen Instruments
  
• What's new in Arcpad 7 — Jim Grummon, Allen Instruments
  
• GPS Analyst extension — Rob Della Marna

ArcPad and ArcPad Studio http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcpad/index.html

GPS Analyst Extension for ArcGIS http://www.trimble.com/gpsanalyst.shtml

GeoXT http://www.trimble.com/geoxt.shtml

GPS Pathfinder ProXT http://www.trimble.com/pathfinderproxt.shtml

GPS Pathfinder ProXH http://www.trimble.com/pathfinderproxh.shtml

GeoBeacon Receiver http://www.trimble.com/geobeacon.shtml

Recon GPS http://www.trimble.com/reconcard.shtml

MDL LaserAce 300 http://www.mdl.co.uk/products_laserace.htm

- ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst
Katja Krivoruchko from the ESRI California Regional Office gave a demonstration of Geostatistical Analyst.

ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst is a statistical extension to ArcGIS Desktop that provides a dynamic environment for creating optimal surfaces from sample data. It also has a wide variety of tools for spatial data exploration, identification of data anomalies, optimum prediction, and evaluation of prediction uncertainty. This session will give a brief introduction to geostatistics, and then focus on the functionality of Geostatistical Analyst and its application in several case studies.

Get Katja's presentation here.

- Otay Valley Regional Park Invasive Species Eradication Using Mobile GIS
Carl Moczydlowsky from HDR discussed one of their projects with Tablet PCs in the field.

The County of San Diego, Department of Parks and Recreation, along with HDR, developed an innovative, Tablet PC based, mobile GIS solution to an invasive species eradication project in the proposed 9000 acre Otay Valley Regional Park. Using a sub-meter Trimble GeoXT GPS and ArcView 9.0 loaded on an HP Tablet tc1100, the field biology teams were able to inventory and edit vegetation datasets on-the-fly and in the field, drastically reducing office digitizing time. For complicated edits that needed to be completed in the office, the field team was able to utilize ESRI's tablet tools for ArcView to “mark-up” the digital maps and store field notes directly in the .mxd file. Furthermore, the navigational benefits of tracking precise GPS locations in respect to the vegetation data and 6” pixel imagery, enabled the biological field teams to “see around” topographical features to complete an accurate and extensive inventory in 4 weeks.

- Using Mobile GIS to Manage the Removal of Dead, Dying, and Diseased Trees
Justin Mank, GIS Analyst from the County of San Diego Department of Planning and Land Use

In the aftermath of the 2003 Wildfires in Southern California, the County of San Diego received a grant to remove dead, dying, and diseased trees that resulted from a multi-year drought and bark beetle infestation. Where paper maps and compasses were used in the past, the County of San Diego opted to use Mobile GIS Technology for the extensive fieldwork involved.

Implementing ArcGIS, ArcPad and the ArcPad Application Builder, Microsoft Access, and Panasonic Toughbook's, a daily process was developed using Geodatabase and SQL scripts to share data among the field staff and to update six field machines daily. The field methods included the field staff locating participating parcels, collecting information gathered by the tree markers, and updating a parcel-based inventory of every tree marked for falling. Mobile GIS has afforded substantial labor cost savings and served as a force multiplier for the field staff.

- GIS Base Mapping and Data Warehouse Applications for
Navy Region Southwest
Jim Pierce - Anteon

- Intelligent Notification linked to GIS Emergency Response
Ray Gantney - MIR3
Get Ray's slides here! (coming soon)

- ArcGIS 9 Tips & Tricks
Crystal Dorn - ESRI
Get Crystal's slides here!

24th Annual ESRI User Conference

ArcGIS 9 National Rollout Seminar

Morning

• ArcGIS 9 Architecture Overview
• Desktop GIS (ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcInfo, ArcGIS extensions)
  • Geoprocessing framework
  • 3D Visualization
  • Cartography and labeling
  • Data interoperability
  • Usability and more

Afternoon

• Embedded GIS
  • ArcGIS Engine
• Server GIS
  • ArcSDE
  • ArcIMS and ArcWeb Services
  • ArcGIS Server
• Mobile GIS
  • ArcPad and ArcGIS
    

Updates of current applications:
- ArcMap, ArcCatalog and ArcToolbox (Toolbox is now a docable window in Map/Catalog, not a separate application).
- New Geoprocessing framework - Model Builder, scripting and the geoprocessing command line.
- New Annotation Toolbar -Significant improvements to the user experience when creating, editing, and managing labels and geodatabase annotation.
- New 3D Analyst application - ArcGlobe for whole earth visualization.
- Updates to Publisher- Includes a new programmable ArcReader control enabling users to easily build and deploy ArcReader applications. Users can also control access to ArcReader maps using security settings in ArcGIS Publisher.

New Applications and Extensions:
- ArcGIS Server- a GIS enterprise application server that provides complete GIS capabilities (such as mapping, geocoding, spatial queries, editing, tracing, and linear referencing) throughout an organization while maintaining a centrally managed database.
- ArcGIS Engine- a collection of embeddable mapping and GIS components for creating and deploying custom GIS and mapping desktop applications.
- Maplex for ArcGIS extension- high-quality cartographic text placement and labeling.

ESRI - ArcGIS 8.3 Tips & Tricks

Tips
Tim Craig (ESRI California Regional Office) will discuss some tips that you may or may not be aware of. Things to help you work faster and better organize your map documents.

More tips and Q&A
Crystal Dorn (ESRI California Regional Office) will share more Tips & Tricks as well as answer common questions that we hear from clients, and questions that we have received prior to the meeting date.

Also had a short preview from Crystal of some of the new tools in ArcGIS 9.0

Topics:

Tobias Wolf, GIS Group Manager, AMEC Earth & Environmental gave a demonstration of some of their recent ArcIMS work for clients across the U.S. Applications described included; Storm Water Customer Complaint Tracking, Project Conflict Resolution, Watershed Management Decision Support System.
See the PowerPoint presentation: coming soon

Deena Jamieson from the City of San Diego Environmental Services group discussed how they use GIS every day in their support of trash and recycling pick up for all of the City of San Diego.
View the Flash presentation about V-TRAC shown at the meeting:
http://www.sandiego.gov/environmental-services/resource/vtracflash.shtml

Reed Copsey, President of C Tech Development Corporation will be demonstrating their three-dimensional Earth Science Software EVS. Reed will show how C Tech’s users continually explore new applications, using their software for analysis and visualization tasks ranging from geologic and environmental analysis, to groundwater flow and transport, emergency management, radio frequency and electromagnetic modeling, oceanic exploration and characterization, civil engineering, archaeology and even the restoration of ancient buildings.
See the PowerPoint presentation: http://www.ctech.com/esrisdug.pps

ArcGIS 8.3 and Land Records

Demos of some of the new tools released at ArcGIS 8.3.

Demonstrations focused on using ArcScan to clean up raster images before converting to vectors, and setting up topology relationships and using the new advanced editing tools to edit your topological data.

Topology
ArcScan

We also had a chance to investigate Developer Samples.

Crystal Dorn - ESRI California Regional Office
Tim Craig - ESRI California Regional Office
Eric Culp - ESRI California Regional Office

Topics:

1. Latitude Geographics Group

Developing a Successful Internet Mapping Initiative Using ArcIMS

Steven Myhill-Jones is President & CEO of Latitude Geographics Group Ltd., a leading North American Internet Geography firm located in Victoria, BC, Canada. Myhill-Jones’ discussion will combine practical big picture advice with specific technical insight to ensure your Internet mapping initiative is successful. This presentation will be well worth attending if you have an interest in Internet mapping, regardless of your level of technical expertise or the status of your IMS development.

2. City of Encinitas GIS Group

Local Government uses of GIS technology

Wendy Barto will discuss ways the City of Encinitas is making use of GIS technology.

Encinitas will be demonstrating two applications that are a result of two priority initiatives in Encinitas’ master technology plan:

1.) an asset management system, Cityworks by Azteca Systems in the ArcGIS 8 environment; and

2.) an ArcReader application being deployed in the Community Development and Engineering Departments to aid City staff in Development Plan tracking/look-up and orthophoto/topo mapping.

3. Spescom

Spatially enabling document management

Simon Kedward, SDG&E/Sempra, aided Spescom in demonstrating eB GIS-Connect. SDG&E has found this to be a very useful tool in helping them manage their millions of documents.

eB GIS-Connect is an integration between ESRI's ArcIMS software and Spescom Software's eB Document Management software as a single application for users who need to find documents through a map interface, or present map data that relates to documents.

To learn more about eB GIS-Connect, review this PDF.

November 12, 2002

Topics:

1. ArcGIS 8.3 Topology tools
Crystal Dorn from the ESRI California Regional Office demonstrated some of the new functionality coming out at ArcGIS 8.3 related to polygon topology and advanced editing.

2. Projections and Datum's
James Yaccino from Surveyors Service Company gave the group a great overview of the importance of knowing what datum your data are in when creating new data, or working with a consultant to gather data.

3. GeoSmart.net
Bill Matteson from ACT GIS gave the group a good overview of the ASP based tools in GeoSmart for building and maintaining your ArcIMS site.

July 9, 2002 - User Conference meeting

Topics:

1. Local area GIS related groups. A spokesperson from each group gave a brief introduction to what the group is about, and its membership. Groups addresses were the ArcGIS User Group, the San Diego Section of URISA, and the San Diego GIS Coordinator's Group.

2. Presentation of awards for the San Diego Geography Showcase poster challenge. Winners this year were:

Grand Showcase:
Geologic Hazards of San Diego County County of San Diego
DPLU Melanie Casey Melanie.Casey@sdcounty.ca.gov

Most Artistic:
Caltrans District 11 Planning GIS Caltrans
Pat Landrum Pat_J_Landrum@dot.ca.gov

Most Technologically Integrated:
Urban Core Development Potential City of Escondido
Suzann Leininger Sleininger@ci.escondido.ca.us

Most Analytical:
Predictive Vegetation Models of Four Alliances Using Spatial Dependence San Diego State University
Jennifer Miller, Janet Franklin hjohnson@typhoon.sdsu.edu (Harry Johnson)

Best Cartography:
San Diego Fishing Charts Saltwater Directions
Raymond Guthrie, Eric Edelman rayg@reconmc.com

Most Educational About GIS:
Family to Family: Redistributing Foster Care System Resources Geographically County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency
David Lindsay, Thomas DeAngelis, Lisa Luers, Chad Pollard, Alice Wood dlindshe@co.san-diego.ca.us http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/cnty/cntydepts/health/

Winner prizes compliments of ESRI. Grand Showcase awarded ArcPad. Other winners awarded choice of Virtual Campus course.

Thanks to all the participants, including the following: Caltrans, City of Carlsbad, City of Chula Vista, City of Escondido, City of San Diego, County of San Diego, HDR, Inc., The Nature Conservancy, Saltwater Directions, San Diego County Water Authority, SANDAG, SDSU, UCSD, URS Corporation.

May 14, 2002

Topics:

1. City of Escondido Public Works
Demonstrated their use of Cityworks from Azteca to help with work order management and asset tracking for their water group.

2. 10 cool things in ArcMap
Tim Craig, ESRI California Regional Office showed 10 cool things you might not know about in ArcMap.
1. Layers and Group Layers
2. Transparency
3. Spatial Adjustment Toolbar
4. Rotating a View
5. Splinning Annotation
6. Grid lines in a Layout
7. Converting a map to PDF
8. Setting a field as a Hyperlink field so that it is clickable
9. Trace tool
10. Shared Boundary Edit

3. Customized ArcIMS Applications
Technology Associates International Corporation (TAIC) in Carlsbad showed the group their custom ArcIMS applications with links to/from databases. These applications were built in a modular fashion so that the code can easily be re-used, saving time and money.

February 12, 2002

Topics:

1. Training Options for San Diego GIS users
Tim Craig, ESRI California Regional Office, discussed different options for ESRI based training:
Virtual Campus
Learning Center in Redlands
On-Site training
Other Groups:
Integrated GIS Technologies (Andres Abeyta)
Mesa College & Mira Costa College
Palomar College
SDSU GIS Certificate program
UCSD GIS Lab

2. Labeling in ArcMap 8.1 demo
Tim Craig, ESRI California Regional Office

3. Maplicity from Telemorphic
Todd Helt discussed this ArcIMS based tool

4. Map Library from DCSE
Jon Ghaffari from DCSE discussed the Map Library extension to ArcMap.

Last Updated:
March 21, 2009