James Fee GIS Blog

Yikes - I just saw this draft from yesterday that I didn’t get posted so pardon the untimeliness of it.
The closing Q&A session was over lunch and was pretty calm. A couple issues were raised that I thought I would mention.
VB6 will not be supported at ArcGIS 9.4 and you should really move to [...]

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Well I think most would agree, the 2008 DevSummit was one of the best.  There was tons of new stuff to learn about, much more attendees, more ESRI staff, better layout of the conference (the Community Center was particularly good) and better session (and more of them).  So what did I take away from the [...]

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My laptop seems to have died and I can’t get it to boot up at all. I’ll try and get my notes figured out when I get back to the office, but you can read some blog posts from Day 2 of the Developer Summit. I’m sure we’ll see more come online tomorrow [...]

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Jeremy Bartley and Keyur Shah (of http goodness fame) presented the first ArcGIS Server REST API session.  ArcGIS Server can work with practically any client moving forward.  To use the REST API, you publish your ArcGIS Server service like you’ve been doing (or reading about) for years.  This means you can serve up simple maps [...]

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Jim McKinney opened the Plenary by introducing Jack Dangermond to welcome everyone to the DevSummit. The DevSummit has gotten much bigger over the last 3 years. It had more than doubled since the first DevSummit. The conference has changed from previous years. It is a longer a conference than before (pre-conference [...]

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How about this choice at the ESRI Store at the Developer Summit?

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There really wasn’t that much going on yesterday other than a couple points Jack made on stage that will probably be built upon during the Dev Summit:
1. Jack says Microsoft and Google are the key to collaborative GIS using ArcGIS Server as the back-end. The hope is ArcGIS will integrate with everything moving [...]

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I’ll be driving out from Tempe early tomorrow morning to the 2008 ESRI Business Partner Conference. I’m looking forward to meeting and talking with everyone. Feel free to email me if you want to hook up and get drinks or food (I’m staying at Hotel Zoso down the street). I’ll of course [...]

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OK, as promised, we are going to have yet another meetup this year at the ESRI Developer Summit. If you are going and want to hang out and talk shop, feel free to drop on by. You don’t need to be a blogger, developer or even at the Summit to attend. Just [...]

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So we all hate at least parts of the WebADF but complaining about it won’t do anything. Dave says it is time for us to do something about it. I agree, bitching about software is therapeutic, but it doesn’t help any of us get our work done. Dave, Doron and Matt have [...]

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I think most of those who have been involved with ArcGIS Server, the Developer Summit is really were we get detailed discussions. The podcast talks about what the session will be which is pretty much what Art has been saying for the past few years. More Microsoft AJAX, .NET and other MS web [...]

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It appears that there are now rooms available at the Hilton for the $185 rate. If you missed out earlier and now want to stay closer to the Dev Summit take advantage of this opportunity. Quite a few of us are staying at Hotel Zoso just down the street from the convention center [...]

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Three people today have told me that the conference rate at Hilton Hotel is sold out (rooms are available, but they run about $300/night) and the Wyndam hotel is essentially sold out (only single nights are available) for both the Business Partner Conference and the Developer Summit. So if you want to attend either, [...]

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I’m frankly astounded at that prize. Last year had some nice ones, but this is quite a step up from a GPS unit or an Xbox 360. Better get coding because it will take more than a Flickr task to get that money.

First Place - $15,000
Second Place - $7,500
Third Place - $5,000

Any intelligent [...]

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Rob Elkins says that there will be some complimentary pre-conference seminars at the 2008 ESRI Developer Summit next year. I have to say this is probably a good idea as many of the folks I talked to at the Dev Summit last year were well over their heads as many of the sessions are [...]

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I have to give it to Paul, I think this is a risky move. There are so many sessions that I suspect many will give up voting after a while. That said if you are up to the challenge and are going to the FOSS4G, you should probably go vote for what you [...]

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So what was the story on the Thursday night party being in a parking lot? I’m looking at some uploaded photos in Flickr and it looks bizzare compared to previous years. Did the “American Road Trip” theme result in putting the party in a parking lot or did the theme come about because [...]

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I’ve gotten a couple people emailing me complaining about the lack of info coming out of the 2007 UC. I’m not sure what I can do about it as I’m not there. Thus if you’ve seen something interesting at the UC and think the folks back in the home office should know about [...]

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Great IM conversation:
gretch: afternoon james
James Fee: how are you doing?
gretch: great, im at the uc
James Fee: having a good time?
gretch: sure, people here are a little excited
James Fee: yea, people enjoy hanging around with fellow geo-geeks
gretch: esri guys excited too
gretch: howard dean excited
James Fee: lmao, really?
gretch: i swear he looked like his head would explode
gretch: [...]

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By far the best thing I have read on Planet Geospatial in months.
Welcome to ESRI User Conference 2007: Amateurs Go Home!
…the plenary was quite disappointing. While some of the usual suspects have round-ups that make it look like a lot is being added, I find little to be energized about. They are integrating Image Server [...]

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