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Esri UC 2019: Visit the Blue Raster Team

Posted on by Joseph Nadonley
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Esri UC Plenary speakers

Blue Raster is thrilled to announce our return to the Esri User Conference in July at the San Diego Convention Center. Members of our team will be making the trip out to sunny Southern California next month to present our work and to gain insights from other leaders in the geospatial industry. We look forward to hearing from keynote speakers Jane Goodall and E.O. Wilson, two of the world’s foremost conservation activists. We are excited to be collaborating with the Esri StoryMaps team and the Jane Goodall Institute on a Story Map that will be featured at Esri UC.

Exciting Technology at Esri UC

We are excited to announce that we are now a partner in the ArcGIS Indoors Specialty.

ArcGIS Indoors

Blue Raster is recognized for our expertise with indoor mapping and location analytics, and the implementation of solutions or services using ArcGIS Indoors. This rising IPS (Indoor Positioning System) based software will be at the center of several demos and training sessions at this year’s Esri UC.

Blue Raster Project Manager Megan Gottfried will be attending ArcGIS Urban pre-UC training on July 7th to learn more about this revolution in GIS for urban planning. We are looking forward to talking with colleagues and clients about these new initiatives. Make sure to visit our booth to see some of our application demos and videos.

We are also excited to announce that we are an official ArcGIS Marketplace Provider and have three new offerings in the ArcGIS Marketplace:

  • ArcGIS Online Accelerate
  • ArcGIS Hub Accelerate
  • Story Maps

Visit us at Esri UC to learn more about how Blue Raster can help you successfully set up, implement, and launch the latest Esri software tools.

Where to See Us at Esri UC

We look forward to engaging with other members of the GIS community, and we want to meet with you!  Stop by our booth in the Expo Hall near the Sustainable World Community or contact us at info@blueraster.com to set up a meeting.

Lightning Talk: My Life as a (Version) Control Freak: Versioning ArcGIS Online Items with Python

Monday, July 8th – 5:00 to 6:30pm PT in Ballroom 20-D

Blue Raster GIS Analyst Daniel Cassiday will share his experiences and thoughts on applications of Python in versioning ArcGIS Online items. This event is a single, five-minute presentation taking place as part of a larger series of lightning talks. Danny will be sticking around after the event to answer any individual questions.

Danny Esri UC

Visit us in the Map Gallery, where we will have three posters featured. Hang out with us during Map Gallery Opening and Evening Reception, Monday, July 8th – 4:00 to 7:00pm PT in the Sails Pavilion

Sustainable World Social

Tuesday, July 9th – 6:00 to 8:00pm PT                                                              Hilton San Diego Bayfront Sapphire Terrace

Blue Raster is a proud sponsor of this networking event, which focuses on the applications of GIS in the context of conservation and sustainability. There will be light refreshments and great opportunities to collaborate with other people and organizations that are looking to make a difference.

Esri UC SWS
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Interested in meeting with our team? Contact us now to schedule a time to meet with us during the Esri User Conference. We can't wait to see you!

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Highlights from the Esri UC 2018

Posted on by Megan Gottfried

Every summer in San Diego, the Esri User Conference (UC) is a hub of collaboration, new ideas, and cutting-edge technology available to GIS professionals across virtually every sector. The Blue Raster team was excited to participate in the largest conference to-date; over 18,000 attendees, and showcase our latest work, meet new friends and learn from others in the GIS community.

Some of the standout ideas that left us excited about what’s coming up:

  • ArcGIS Urban – During the always-inspiring Plenary Session, we were thrilled to see Boston Redevelopment innovating and leading with expansion into the latest 3D GIS Capabilities. We have previously worked with them on the City of Boston Zoning Viewer
  • ArcGIS Indoors – indoor location mapping can expand the way we use 3D mapping by taking our visualizations inside
  • Spatial Analytics – continuing to expand the science of where and the capabilities we deliver to our customers; Irving Forestry gave an inspiring demonstration on how they use GIS to transform their forest product supply chain from seedling to shelf. We look forward to continued advancements in sustainable resource management and our ongoing research on Emerging Hot Spots.
  • Societal GIS – We are continuously in awe of the expansion of the GIS community and what this means for all aspects of life including sustainability and human rights.

We loved having all the visitors at our booth this year, from professionals in conservation and forest management to real estate development and utility support. We were able to demo some of our latest applications, and invited attendees to visit our Map Gallery Poster featuring our work with The Green-Wood Cemetery.  This specific collaboration led to the creation of a mobile data collection and task management system utilizing Collector for ArcGIS and Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS, that has completely replaced the paper collection system used previously.

Between our booth on the expo floor, the many sessions and socials, and our legendary fish taco night, check out the photos of some favorite moments:

Esri UC 2018

Special Recognition

The Blue Raster team also wants to give a special shout out to Sandro Ansari who worked with the help of Stephen Ansari to create an orthomosaic basemap of the Patternson Grove Campmeeting grounds and cottages. After flying the grounds with a DJI Phanton IV Drove, Sandro created the basemap using ArcGIS to digitize cottages and features. Sandro won first place for this map in the Student Map category. Way to go Sandro!

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