Esri perspective- Mapping Analytics

Mapping The Future http://flip.it/peuGAO

Mapping Geo - Cool tools in R

Creating GeoJSON out of Shapefile in R http://flip.it/GGb-Oj

Cool Geo-Video: "Sunrise" around the world by Twitter

Recently made the move from Esri to Deloitte Geospatial.  While I will always be an advocate of the Esri platform, the "brand independence" has given me the opportunity to broaden the consideration of WebGIS tools to be truly "platform agnostic". Recently we've been tooling around with CartoDB - here are some of my favorite samples - blending a live twitter feed with WebGIS.

NASA EOSDIS GIBS, CartoDB attribution pause 21:52 Sunrise around the world - Geotagged Tweets mentioning 'sunrise' in different languages, April 6, 2014, GMT Embed this map

Mapping Cities: Creating 3-D City Models

From the Esri video files

Geo-Video: Lidar – Working with LAS Datasets

Esri staff give an overview of how LAS datasets can be used to manage large collections of LAS files. Part of the 2013 Esri International User Conference Technical Workshops Series.

New career path with ESRI

Accepted a position with ESRI as the Account Manager for USDA - Team Lead for the Land & Natural Resources Group at ESRI.  Thrilled at the opportunity to join the team with such an amazing company. 

Below are some neat ESRI company facts: (full credits to Wikipedia)

Type	Private
Industry	Software Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Founded	Redlands, California (1969)
Headquarters	Redlands, California, U.S. 34°3′25.35″N 117°11′44.44″W
Key people	Jack Dangermond, Founder/President
Products	ArcGIS, ArcView, ArcGIS Server,ArcIMS, ArcSDE, ArcGIS Mobile,ArcPad
Revenue	More than $776 million per year
Employees	2,700 (US)+ (2009 statistics) [1]
Website	www.esri.com

Esri ( /ˈɛsriː/) is a software development and services company providing Geographic Information System (GIS) software andgeodatabase management applications. The headquarters of Esri is in Redlands, California.

The company was founded as Environmental Systems Research Institute in 1969 as a land-use consulting firm. Esri products (particularlyArcGIS Desktop) have one-third of the global market share. In 2002, Esri had approximately a 30 percent share of the GIS software market worldwide, more than any other vendor. Other sources estimate that about 70 percent of the current GIS users make use of Esri products.

Esri has 10 regional offices in the U.S. and a network of 80 international distributors, with about a million users in 200 countries. The firm has 3,000 employees in the U.S., and is still privately held by the founders. In 2006, revenues were about $660 million. In a 2009 Investor's Business Daily article, Esri's annual revenues were indicated to be $1.2 billion, from 300,000 customers.

The company hosts an annual International User's Conference, which was first held on the Redlands campus in 1981 with 16 attendees. More recently, the User's Conference has been held in San Diego for the past 10 years. An estimated 15,000 users from 131 countries attended in 2012.

Why I need a new car to save the planet

Well, in this case the map says it all.

Taken from ESRI's MapMPG.com (beta) - the site lets you compare how far two different cars can go on one gallon of gas.

My "cut & paste" example compares "my old but paid for truck" – a 1997 Isuzu Trooper contrasted with a burn rate of today's "auto-green darling" - a Toyota Prius.

As soon as the home budget allows for a new car payment, I think the choice of purchase is clear.

Thanks to www.DirectionsMag.com "Off the Beaten Path" article for the link.