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7/14/2017 1 Comment Back from Esri UC It has been quite an experience at the Esri User Conference. This international conference with more than 10000 attendees and hundreds of information-loaded sessions is the biggest annual event for geogeeks.  Inside the Convention Center, San Diego  View of San Diego Bay from the Convention Center  Standing at the entrance to the Convention Center
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7/10/2017 0 Comments Esri user conference has begun There were many cool presentations loaded with information at the Esri user conference today. Esri co-founder Jack Dangermond kicked off by showcasing many new developments in ArcGIS and innovative applications of GIS in many different sectors. It was exciting to see ArcGIS is providing an even bigger platform for many programs to be integrated. Microsoft chief environmental scientist demonstrated how artificial intelligence can be utilized on this collaborative platform to conserve our nature better. Disney animation studio technical director showed how the studio reconstructed believable landscapes by using the tool CityEngine in the Academy award winning movie Zootopia. The keynote speaker, theoretical physicist Geoffrey West used concepts and laws found in biology to explain urban development.
Excited to attend Esri User Conference in San Diego. As the "Microsoft" in the GIS software market, Esri has made the science of where so cool. Thanks to GIS and other spatial analysis techniques, geographers and other professionals can do all kinds of sophisticated analyses from finding an ideal location for a store to identifying certain crime hotspots, to geographically tracking real-time events, etc. With adequate training in GIS, geographers and other professionals can land very decent jobs across various sectors. According to American Association of Geographers, the median annual salary for geospatial information scientists and technologists is over $80,000.
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