Esri Mid-Atlantic User Group

Esri Mid-Atlantic User Group Newsletter

Spring 2012

Welcome to the Spring 2012 edition of the Esri-MUG Newsletter. If you have a calendar item, GIS activity, or GIS news item that might be of interest to us all, please submit it to our newsletter editor, Sue Hoegberg, at [email protected].

Esri-MUG on LinkedIn Esri-MUG has established a LinkedIn Group that we are encouraging everyone to join. To find us, “sign on" to LinkedIn, then go to the Groups tab and search for Esri MUG. Esri-MUG Spring Meeting Our spring meeting will be held May 17, 2012 from 9:00am-12pm. It will include presentations by Matt Martini, Esri, on Creating and Sharing Geospatial Data on the Web and Turning Geospatial Data into Maps and Apps, as well as a user presentation by Sandi Stroud. Following the meeting we’ll adjourn to a local eatery where we hope the discussions will continue. The meeting will be hosted at: Microsoft Technology Center 45 Liberty Boulevard Malvern PA 19355 Register here: http://events.esri.com/info/index.cfm? fuseaction=showSeminar&shownumber=15713 We hope to see you there! Esri-MUG 2012 Annual Conference It’s not too early to start thinking about exhibiting or presenting at this fall’s EsriMUG 2012 Conference! Your conference planning committee is already hard at work planning another successful Esri-MUG conference. Details so far: December 11-12, 2012 Inner Harbor Hyatt Regency Baltimore, Baltimore, MD As always, the conference will feature Esri taught workshops, keynote speakers, vendor exhibits, poster displays, user presentations, and Esri technical sessions.

ESRI-MUG Newsletter – Spring 2012 1 Esri-MUG 2011 Annual Conference Thank you to all who joined us at the Esri-MUG 2011 annual conference, we hope you came away inspired and equipped to make the most of your GIS investment. To view more conference details, including the full agenda, go to http://www.esri.com/events/mug/index.html. To view photos from the conference, go to our Flickr set at Esri MUG. Upcoming Events of Interest Loudoun GIS Forum The Loudoun GIS Forum will be held May 9, 2012 from 8 am to 4 pm at Loudoun Water, 44865 Loudoun Water Way, Ashburn, VA 20147. Cost is $25.00 in advance, $30.00 at the door. For more information, contact [email protected]. Central Maryland ESRI User Group The Central Maryland ESRI User group is planning a one-day meeting 9:00 am – noon, May 11, 2012 at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. Featured will be Barney Krucoff, Maryland state Geographic Information Officer, who will speak about the state’s plans for leveraging the cloud in support of its GIS efforts. In addition, Esri staff will demonstrate the use of ArcGIS for mapping indoor environments and Christopher Watson will speak about how the Maryland Air National Guard is using GIS to support disaster management and the continuity of business. For more information, visit http://esricmug.blogspot.com. Western Maryland GIS User Group Meeting The Western Maryland GIS User Group is planning a one-day meeting 9:00 am – noon, May 18, 2012 in Frederick, MD. The meeting will have a LiDAR focus and will feature presentations about the Western Maryland LiDAR acquisition project by Josh Novac of Dewberry, using GeoPDF in a GIS workflow by Nathan Roberson of TerraGo, and the ArcGIS 10.1 LiDAR toolsets by Brad Songer of Esri. To register, go to http://events.esri.com/info/index.cfm? fuseaction=seminarRegForm&shownumber=15576&websource=13421&element= CTA Esri Parcel Tools Seminar Esri is hosting a full-day hands-on free seminar on the ArcGIS parcel tools and the parcel fabric on May 21 in Harrisburg, PA. For more information or to register, go to http://www.esri.com/events/seminars/parcel-fabric/index.html. Spring NEARC Meeting

ESRI-MUG Newsletter – Spring 2012 2 The Northeast Arc Users Group will hold its spring meeting May 22, 2012 at the Smith College Campus Center, Northampton, MA. For more information, visit http://www.northeastarc.org/html/springnearc.shtml. 2012 PA GIS Conference The 2012 PA GIS Conference will be held May 22-23, 2012 at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg-Hershey, Grantsville, PA. For more information, visit http://www.pagisconference.org/Pages/default.aspx. Mid-Atlantic URISA Spring Meeting MAC URISA will hold its spring one-day meeting on June 12, 2012 at the Rutgers EcoComplex in Bordentown, NJ. The meeting will focus on mobile GIS options with presentations by Esri and John Reiser of Rowan University, as well as lightning talks and an Esri doctor’s office. For more information, go to http://www.macurisa.org/ ESRI International User Conference Look for an ESRI-MUG meeting on Tuesday evening July 24, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. at the ESRI International User Conference. The conference will be held July 23-27, 2012 in San Diego, California. Visit the conference web site at http://www.esri.com/events/index.html for more information. Board of Directors Meetings Board of Directors’ Meetings are held via conference call the second Thursday of each month. Please join us and get involved! Contact Sue Hoegberg at 703- 849-0419 or [email protected] or Ken Juengling at 410-704-5289 or [email protected] for more information, dates and times, call-in number, etc.

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