October 2008
Featured in This Issue
Resources
ArcGIS 9.3 - A Quick Tour
With the release of ArcGIS 9.3, ESRI has moved to a new level of support for integration
with other systems – both spatial and non-spatial. This integration is possible
within all levels of the enterprise including at the application, server and database
levels and offers a range of possibilities both to developers and end users and
thus allows geospatial information to be much more easily incorporated into a range
of otherwise non-spatial areas. We are going to take a quick look at some of the
new features of the ArcGIS 9.3 release in the Server Mobile and Desktop environments.
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Conference Update - Rotorua 08
The 13th Annual New Zealand ESRI Users Group Conference is being held this year
from October 21-23 at the Rotorua Convention Centre.
The conference is the largest GIS event in New Zealand and is the opportunity for
all ESRI users around New Zealand to come together and share experiences, expertise
and ideas.
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Another Success Story: Animal Health Board
VectorNet & GIS: Protecting New Zealand’s Export Economy
The
New Zealand economy is more dependent on agricultural exports than any other developed
country with dairy, beef and deer products a significant proportion. The greatest
threat to NZ’s continued success in this market is Bovine Tuberculosis. Since
the 1970’s, New Zealand has spent in excess of $1 billion to help manage Bovine
Tb.
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International End-user Story
Using GIS to Search for Signs That Water Once Flowed on Mars
The National
Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Phoenix Mars Lander is currently searching
for evidence that life once existed on Mars. Back on Earth, GIS can be used to help
understand where rivers may have flowed and oceans flourished on the Red Planet.
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From the Support Desk
Technical Support Profile - Zorko Sostaric
What do you do at
Eagle Technology?
Being part of Professional Support Team gives me opportunities to engage in quite
different activities. This includes anything from hotline, software installations
for customers, running training courses, site visits and internal support of the
team’s infrastructure. Over the years I was involved with pretty much every
aspect of work with GIS (excluding sales). Read
more
Training Update
With the release
of ArcGIS 9.3 we have had a revamp of some of our courses. The biggest change is
that we say goodbye to the Introduction to ArcGIS for ArcView and ArcInfo I and
II courses which have been replaced by new suite of Introduction to ArcGIS Desktop
courses. Read
more...
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From the Sales Desk
Hello from the GIS
Sales Team at Eagle Technology!
In every issue of Spatial Squawker ‘From the Sales Desk’ will provide
you with an update as to what has been happening in the GIS market place in New
Zealand and abroad. This is the place to catch up on new product and solution initiatives
from the GIS team at Eagle as well as all the latest news on projects of wide interest
to our user base.
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