Exploring ESRI.com

www.esri.com

So, before I get into talking about this amazing, addictive, eye-catching website, let me first talk about my initial thoughts of ArcGIS.

This is my second blog that I currently update. The first blog is through wordpress, and although it is titled “Bobby St. Clair’s Blog” it is all about my experiences through my Geography 355 course “GIS”. In that blog I talked about the projects that I completed using the ESRI ArcGIS software. So many of you who are familiar with that blog know that I know what ArcGIS is and how I feel about it.

BUT, if this blog is the first that you’ve read of mine, and you aren’t Dr. Krygier, then I guess that I am obliged to tell you about ArcGIS…once more (stop wasting your time reading my blog if you aren’t Dr. Krygier! ha ha, joking)

Anyway, I think that ArcGIS is a fantastic software which allows me to produce these amazing maps (in order to get that “A” I want in my class ). ArcGIS has so many different ways to produce hundreds, maybe even thousands of different maps.

Last year, when I was first introduced to ArcGIS, I thought that it was the most confusing computer software that I could ever learn to use. I became frustrated at times and even scared that since I am a Geography major, that I still couldn’t figure out this software. But as they say, practice makes perfect…but minus the perfect part. I still am learning much more about this 5-star software even today as I am working on creating a map that shows population change in Washington and Oregon.

And now on to exploring ESRI.com………

So, two things I found interesting on the website? Hmmm…

1. Disaster Response and Assistance

Really? Shouldn’t the government that we pay so well already have this software handy? Anyway, I saw that ESRI provides the government and other organizations with this service. This helps those organizations with things like data imagery, projections, consulting, and tech support. Below the description,  it asked you to click on one of the links to request assistance with one of the following: Earthquake, flood, hurricane, and wildfire.

2. 2010 ESRI International User Conference

They actually have these?? Apparently so, in San Diego. Supposedly this is where thousands of people gather to share ideas and projects using ArcGIS. Not only can people just visit, but they can also share their work by submitting to ESRI, and can present it at the conference. What FUN! (…maybe?)

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