GIS is Dead – Long Live GIS

What is the state of GIS, and where is it going?
Wow, is it even possible to answer that? It seems to be the perpetual question asked at every GIS conference, and embedded into every keynote address given at them. In an attempt to describe the state of GIS, some (many?) are using the terms Paleo and [...]

ArcGIS 9.4 beta1 – Do Not Discuss

On September 30th, I was invited to participate in ESRI’s ArcGIS 9.4 beta program. I’ve never been involved with a beta program before, so I was (and still am) quite excited to be participating in testing the next version of the one program I use more often than any other. Since I am a total [...]