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Some thoughts on the ESRI DevSummit

John Reiser — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:29:16 +0000

I’m back from the sixth ESRI DevSummit. It was a great event full of informative sessions, socializing and networking. This was one of the first conferences in a while where I did not participate more than simply attending. The DevSummit is truly for devoted developers and while I do some development, it’s nowhere near what I could call full time. Many of the user presentations were incredible displays of GIS geekery and I’m still in awe with what some people are doing with the software.(...)
Read the rest of Some thoughts on the ESRI DevSummit on my blog.

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Post tags: ArcGIS, Development, DevSummit, ESRI, GIS, mobile, Software

March Madness

John Reiser — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:41:09 +0000

Back in January, I had every intention of updating this weekly, but once the semester starts, all bets were off.

It’s been a crazy few weeks, juggling several research projects, two classes and compiling everything needed for my recontracting at Rowan. The last two weeks have been especially tasking; even without the occasional curve ball, I still lacked the hours in the day to get everything done. I need a break, but before that can occur, I need all the boxes checked on my to-do list. Tomorrow and Friday are going to be a blur of activity in attempt to get everything wrapped up by the week’s end.

Next week, I’m fortunate to be heading out to Palm Springs for the ESRI DevSummit. I’m really looking forward to learning more about the latest web mapping technologies. When it comes to server-side GIS, the Windows/.Net-based “ESRI Stack” is still a little foreign to me and it’ll be good to see how I could incorporate some ArcGIS-based technologies into my open source-based map services.

I’m also hoping to meet up with a few GIS folks I’ve followed on Twitter. While individuals at ESRI have been incredibly helpful with specific issues, I’ve found their online documentation to be lacking. There are several ESRI staff and third-party developers whose blog posts about an issue or a technology have clarified things for me and I’d like to let them know that in person.

Also, the DevSummit is the week before Spring Break. I’m not one to cancel class, so I’ve put materials online for my students and will likely Skype back in during class time. The question is, do I video call from my hotel room or do I conduct class poolside under a clear blue sky? Decisions, decisions.

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Post tags: ArcGIS Server, DevSummit, ESRI, Teaching

High Expectations for Barnes & Nobles in Glassboro

John Reiser — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:56:50 +0000

It’s only the third day and Barnes and Nobles is starting to disappoint me. I understand that they just opened, but I feel that the disappointments are only going to continue. The selection of books is minimal; on par with or less than the regular selection at the Deptford store. Being “faculty,” I will be able to request that they stock a few extra copies of books I “recommend” (not require) but these books will not be in the general circulation; they will be upstairs with the rest of the textbooks. The Art (and thus Architecture) section is undersized, as well as the Social Sciences/Cultural Studies. This means that Geography and Planning books have a very small, blink-and-miss-it section of shelf in the general circulation.

Currently, the wifi in the Cafe section does not work, so when this is posted, it will be later, from on campus. This should, I hope, only be a temporary inconvenience. Last night, on their second day open, I stopped by at 9:30 after grocery shopping. They were closed. The Cafe, while able to be open for a longer period than the main store, is not. Both the bookstore and the cafe are going to close at the same time, 9pm. This is an incredible disappointment. I also found from the Cafe staff this morning that there are no currently no plans to change the arrangement, even though I heard B&N staff inform the police (during a walkthrough on opening day) that the cafe can be open later. I know “can” and “will” are two very different words, but my hopes are diminishing.

Maybe I have to wait for more of the Rowan Boulevard project to be completed. After all, this B&N is the only commercial building on the street. From where I sit, I can see work proceed on the mixed use “A-1″ building, which will hopefully generate more of a street life on Rowan Boulevard. I still have high hopes for the project overall, but even after it is complete, if Glassboro’s going to roll up the streets at 9pm, the only incentive I have to live in the ‘Boro is that I’m within biking distance of Rowan.

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Post tags: Barnes & Noble, Glassboro, Rowan Boulevard, Rowan University

MAC URISA and posts from the conference

John Reiser — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:00:21 +0000

I’ll be at MAC URISA in Atlantic City from the 4th until the 6th. On the 4th, I’ll be conducting a introductory-level workshop on Distributed GIS. On Tuesday the 5th, John Hasse and I will be at the Interactive Expo presenting our “Changing Landscapes” report and interactive maps. Wednesday the 6th, I’ll just be enjoying the conference. The materials from the conference will be available on my presentations page.

I decided to finally hop on the Tumblr bandwagon. I’ll be using it to post pictures and short notes while on-the-go. To me, Tumblr seems like a good middle ground between blogging and tweeting, and that’s how I’ll be using it. My Tumblr blog is at notes.njgeo.org or njgeo.tumblr.com. My most recent posts (tumbls?) will also show up in the sidebar of this blog. Look for updates from the conference and if you’re planning on attending, make sure to say hello!

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Presentation on OS GIS at MAC URISA

John Reiser — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:02:48 +0000

Yesterday, I gave an introduction to open source GIS at MAC URISA. As the meeting was about Internet-enabled GIS, I focused on server-side software. I’ve made the presentation available on SlideShare and available as a download from my website.

Here’s a listing of the programs and standards I reference in the presentation:

Here’s the sites I referenced as examples using open source GIS:

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Post tags: open source, Presentation, Web Mapping

technology has come a long way

John Reiser — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:58:35 +0000

“Back in my day, we had to wait years for grainy aerial photographs taken from a biplane.”

CNN has satellite imagery of the crowd gathered on the Mall for today’s inauguration. The images are from GeoEye, who not only have a satellite that can return 42cm imagery, but a pretty cool corporate website to boot.

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Post tags: Aerial Photography, Events, satellite

NJ Geospatial Forum Meeting – Friday 10AM

John Reiser — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:37:29 +0000

The NJ Geospatial Forum will have its final meeting for 2008 this Friday. The meeting will be in Building 300 of the Riverview Office Complex at 10 AM.

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NJGF Municipal Users Group Meeting

John Reiser — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:46:29 +0000

Atanas Entchev has posted some notes he received from the recent Municipal Users Group meeting. Worth the read.

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OPRA Task Force Meeting July 18 in Trenton

John Reiser — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:36:25 +0000

New Jersey Geospatial Forum‘s OPRA Task Force will be hosting a meeting with Government Records Council Executive Director Catherine Starghill. The meeting will take place at the Department of Community Affairs on Friday, July 18th at 10am.

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