Digging out some historical goodies that were at my parents house...
The Desktop Mapping Guidebook The 1991 publication is by Strategic Mapping and the intro letter is signed by Steve Poizner. Price: $4.95. I'm thinking I got that when the SMI rep came to visit my firm back in the day. We did not go with AtlasGIS, but I remember it being very impressive.
Cadence Magazine, 1995. It seems I ghost wrote a letter to the editor for my product manager correcting some errors in an article about ArcCAD. I spelled shapefiles as two words. I wonder if it was two words back then? I later went on to write several articles for Cadence.
Microstation Manager, The Monthly Independent Publication for the Intergraph Professional, June 1992. The one with Bentley brothers in a picture from childhood on the cover. Did I get that when I went to interview at Bentley? While I was at Esri? I don't recall.
ArcCAD mousepad. Esri U.S. regional offices and their phone numbers are listed. There were 10 listed, plus Redlands.
by Adena Schutzberg on 04/20 at 03:00 AM |
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Qt is a user interface framework used in Nokia Symbian and Meego phone operating systems. The licensing/services bit is being sold to Digia, a 1600 person tech company based in Finland, who says it will expand its geographic reach and continue to support the framework. CAD software vendors, notably Bentley, use Qt to support multiple desktop operating systems, so the change in ownership may cause some unease.
In GIS, Esri includes Qt in its ArcGIS Engine toolkit. Esri is currently looking to hire folks with Qt experience.
- World CAD Access
[Title corrected was: "Nokia Sells Qt" which was not correct; thanks to anonymous commenter.]
by Adena Schutzberg on 03/08 at 05:01 AM |
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This week our editors turn their attention to branding in the geospatial world, in particular how companies position their #1 and #2 and perhaps #3 offerings in several categories of geospatial offerings. How are the #2s doing from a branding perspective? In short, there is room for improvement. Editor in Chief Joe Francica and Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg examine the branding challenges in categories like GIS software, worldwide data, LBS gaming, weather and generic locators.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 05/11 at 06:00 AM |
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What is the status of the GIS and CAD relationship in 2009? Does one need the other in the ways outlined by CAD companies in the mid-1990s? Have the big issues been resolved? Is there a trial separation going on? Will BIM bring them back together? Our editors look for clues in user, educator and software developer behavior as Autodesk University launches in Las Vegas this week.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 12/01 at 01:00 AM |
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While doing some research on a previous post I did a Google search on “lynchburg va esri.” One ad that popped up in the results:
Alternative to ESRI
Powerful Standalone Mapping With Bentley PowerMap
http://www.bentley.com/powermap
The link to the top text brought me here. While there’s quite a bit of text about Bentley PowerMap’s features and benefits, and the promise of a free trial, I didn’t see anything about it being an alternative to ESRI.
Bentley is getting aggressive with its marketing of PowerMap and subtly positioning it as an alternative to ArcGIS. (Google that phrase and look at the sponsored links!)
by Adena Schutzberg on 10/26 at 06:00 AM |
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