AU-05 - Infrastrcture Solutions Division Industry Session

Charlie Crocker is the new product manager for Map3D. He has 15 years experience, he noted. He shared some underutilized features in Map3D:

Connections
Projections
Organization
Web Publication

It sounded like a sales pitch for tools about which I hope users already knew!

More interesting was the new technology demonstrated, which was not assigned to any particular product but sure looks like the next version of Map. It had a faster display, slicker interface, better labeling (no overposting). Basically, it looks like the old Envision, which some may recall, I loved. It’s apparently being retired.

Bob Bray introduced MapServer Enterprise. The response was underwhelming. Why? I think Autodesk has failed to make it relevant to its existing user base. Said another way, this session did not answer the questions “How will it affect me?” and “Why should I care?” for existing users.