Does Distance Travelled Predict NCAA Outcomes?

That was the topic of a paper at the ESRI User Conference last year (which is timely now). The paper is examined in this Arizona Daily Star aticle. Short answer: no correlation found.

ESRI Relaunches its Speaker Series

The announcement is a podcast, so I want to be sure readers know about this. There’ll be regular additions but for now the excitement is a whole series of presentations from the ESRI User Conference including segments from ESRI staff (Jack Dangermond, David Maguire, John Calkins, Scott Morehouse…) and users (Kevin Sato, Murray City GIS Administrator, Fourth Grade Class, Waterville Elementary School, Washington). For those who didn’t make it to San Diego, this is a great resource.

Confused about 9.2 Geodatabase?

Here’s a simple way to get unconfused, though it will take concentration. The folks at Very Spatial (who have been most kind in referencing this blog and our magazine in recent episodes) have an interview with Craig Gillgrass of ESRI on just that topic. (It’s at minute 11 of episode 57.)

ESRI Tech Session on DVD

ESRI is making the more than 175 Technical Proceedings from the ESRI User Conference available on DVD for $599 plus shipping and handling. You get audio and the PowerPoint presentations/demos. (Apparently $100 off the list price.)

3001 Ad Over San Diego Mis-interpreted

The San Diego Union Tribune notes that odd skywriting interpretted as “BOO!” over the city made many think it was related to an alleged terror plot uncovered in the UK last week.

In fact, last Thursday evening, during the ESRI party, “3001,” the name of the aerial mapping was writtten in the sky.

The paper says that some residents who thought “BOO!” was written over Lindbergh Field. Jay Arnold, senior director of 3001 Inc.‘s business development in Alabama said the company did the same thing last year.