ESRI UC 2019 Day 1

ESRI UC 2019!

This was an exciting trip, as I haven't been to this conference in five years.  It was fun to see how much it has grown.


After checking in, I stopped by the bookstore to look at the swag.  I learned we are now map ninjas.



                                
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Monday is the notorious Plenary Session.  ALL. DAY.  Everyone sitting in the same room, listening to presenters from all over the world, show off what they've made, intermixed with upcoming release news from ESRI staff.

The man, the myth, the legend.

The founder, Jack Dangermond, spoke a lot.  He announced the theme: GIS as a nervous system.  He said his favorite thing is story maps.  To date, there are over 1 million story maps, with over 3000 new story maps created every day. Very cool.  I have made so many story maps, but haven't seen them used too often.

Estimated around 20,000 attendees.

Jack promised no earthquakes during the conference, as if he can really promise such a thing.  The earthquakes in the area made me nervous to make the trip, and thankfully the week went by without so much of a tremor.


Natureserve shared some conservancy data.  Neat stuff worth looking into later.

The next enterprise release will reduce memory requirements by 95%!  95!!  That's huge!  I'm very excited to see if it truly reduces stress on servers and machines.  Jack announced a new notebook server, new arcgis solution templates, and a new web app builder called experience builder using java script api.  Look into the Tracker app, quick capture app, and the wet foot sensor (voeten sensor).  Pro will have parcel fabric in it's next update.


USAA demoed a disaster adjuster's workflow, and it was quite impressive.  Using aerial image classification tools, they are able to find destroyed homes and complete claims in incredible time and accuracy.  Very, very neat.

My first line ever at the women's bathroom at a GIS conference.

1790 was the first census.  It was done on horseback, with hand drawn maps.



It was interesting to note about midday, that all of the presenters showed out-of-the-box presentations, without any customization.  I can see why that is all ESRI would want, 100% their products.  But, there is a lot more options thinking outside of this box.  There is more to GIS than ESRI.

Only in Califonia.
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