Award presented at OZRI / APUC 2010

A website created to undertake a koala sighting census in Queensland has been honoured with ESRI Australia?s GIS in Community Award.

The award was presented to Alex Harris and Carolyn Beaton in recognition of their innovative use of GIS in the Koala Diaries website - a first in terms of integrating technology with community engagement to record the occurrence of a single species in Queensland.

• Read the full press release
• Visit the Koala Diaries website
  

OZRI 2011 to be held in Melbourne

Geographic Information System (GIS) professionals from across the Asia Pacific region gathered this week to attend the combined OZRI and ESRI Asia Pacific User Conference (APUC), discussing the application of location intelligence to today's challenges.

At the close of the conference, ESRI Australia Managing Director Brett Bundock announced that OZRI 2011 will be held in Melbourne in October 2011.  The OZRI 2011 call for papers will be released shortly.

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Acquisition finalised 26 February 2010

ESRI Australia is pleased to announce it has finalised its acquisition of MapData Sciences (MDS), an established online digital mapping and hosting company with clients across a variety of industry sectors.

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Informing response and recovery efforts

Find out how location intelligence has been helping in the Haiti earthquake response and recovery efforts. 

Information available includes:

• ESRI Geo Viewer
• ArcGIS Online Haiti Earthquake Content
• Updated Haiti imagery from Bing Maps
• Updated Haiti imagery from NOAA
• Haiti Basemap Data from United Nations
• Haiti Hospital Data from Direct Relief International

 

When have you achieved enterprise status?

What is your definition of an enterprise GIS? How do you know when you have maximised your GIS investment?  Is it when you have a centralised database that every department in the organisation contributes to, and the GIS department pushes that data back out?

• Find out more in this article by ESRI's Christopher Thomas

 

Download the Service Pack

Overview

This Service Pack contains performance improvements and maintenance fixes. Please download and install this required Service Pack at your earliest convenience to ensure the highest-quality experience when working with ArcGIS 9.3.1.

If you experience problems downloading the Service Pack, please contact ESRI Australia Connect to request a DVD of the Service Pack.

Microsoft SQL Server Issue
Please note, if you use Microsoft SQL Server, an issue has been found where after applying 9.3.1 SP1 you can no longer view data in Raster catalogs stored in SQL Server. Please see ESRI's Technical Article 37463 for more information. To fix this issue simply install the ArcSDE 9.3.1 SP1 SQL Server Raster Catalog and Raster Field Patch.

Survey results

Do we put in as much effort to be environmentally friendly in the workplace, as we would when we're home?

We asked the question last month what environmental measures people took at work, and the results were extremely positive.

And thanks to the 132 people who responded to the survey, we will be donating $660 to Greening Australia on their behalf.

Register by 29 January 2010 to receive early bird discount

Registration is now open for the combined 2010 OZRI / APUC Conference, being held on the Gold Coast, Australia, on 3 - 5 March 2010. 

The conference incorporates the 2010 ESRI Asia Pacific user conference and ESRI Australia's national client conference OZRI, with ESRI president and founder Jack Dangermond confirmed as keynote speaker for the event.

Find out more about OZRI / APUC 2010

Overview

ESRI Australia is pleased to announce the addition of three new integration extensions to the current range of Dekho application extensions. The three new extensions offer integration with SQL Server Reporting Services, TechnologyOne Works & Assets and Conquest.

Find out more about the extensions available

Overview

Geoscience Australia (GA) has signed a three year enterprise licence agreement (ELA) with ESRI Australia, extending access to location intelligence capabilities to GA staff across the country.

A client of ESRI Australia for approximately 15 years, GA will use the agreement to maximise its return on investment in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) by delivering location intelligence capabilities across the organisation.

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Overview

The Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) has signed a three year enterprise licence agreement (ELA) with ESRI Australia, providing access to location intelligence capabilities for DEWHA staff across the country.

The ELA includes Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA), Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) and other agencies under the DEWHA portfolio.

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Have your say on Planning 2.0 and the GeoWeb

ESRI's Spatial Roundtable provides a great opportunity for you to share your points of view about concerns, trends, challenges, and technologies. Participants in the online Spatial Roundtable discussion include the main contributor, who initiates the discussion, and invited topic-expert guests.

Have your say on the current topic on how web 2.0 technology should be leveraged by planners to connect with the community.  

Take your seat at the Spatial Roundtable 

Craig Sandy & Maree Wilson recognised at industry awards event

Two ESRI Australia staff members were recognised for their contribution to the GIS industry at the recent ACT Spatial Excellence Awards.

Craig Sandy, ESRI Australia's Manager of Business Development for ACT was honoured for his service to the spatial community, while Professional Services Consultant Maree Wilson was awarded Young Spatial Professional of the Year.

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Overview

A record three Australian organisations have been honoured with Special Achievement in GIS awards in recognition of extraordinary and innovative uses of GIS.

Victoria Police and the Department of Primary Industries and Water were presented with their awards at the Melbourne OZRI roadshow event on 4 August, with the ACT Emergency Services Agency Mapping and Planning Support (MAPS) unit receiving their award at the Canberra OZRI event on 11 August.

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Overview

ESRI Australia is pleased to announce the release of Dekho 3.0, the latest version of the locally developed location intelligence gateway. Delivering an improved user experience through significant performance gains, Dekho 3.0 offers additional functionality, including mash-ups and editing capability.

Read the full press release or find out more about Dekho 3.0.

Overview

Due to a growing strong demand for location intelligence solutions in the Northern Territory, ESRI Australia is pleased to announce it will open an office in Darwin in July.  The office will provide a local base to deliver two major projects awarded via tender recently, as well as extend the company's solution offerings to existing clients in the Territory.

The Darwin office will be open by the end of July, with ESRI Australia's client conference roadshow, OZRI 2009, being held in Darwin on 31 August for ESRI Australia clients based in the Northern Territory.

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Overview

Plan your professional development for the upcoming financial year.  We've recently released our training schedule for the remainder of 2009, with over 80 courses scheduled across the country during July-December.

From courses for people new to GIS, to those looking for advanced courses in ArcGIS, we've got a training course to suit your needs.

Check out the courses on offer

Overview

The latest in mobile GIS - ArcPad 8 - is now available.  This latest version of ArcPad includes new capabilities, performance improvements and quality enhancements. ArcPad Studio, the development framework to customise ArcPad, is now included with every ArcPad 8 licence.

With the release of version 8, ArcPad has become a maintenance-based product, enabling you to subscribe to annual maintenance to get ArcPad updates and technical support.

Find out more about what's new in ArcPad 8

Overview

ArcGIS 9.3.1 updates are currently being dispatched to ESRI Australia clients under current maintenance.  With new features and performance enhancements, ArcGIS 9.3.1 will make it easier for you to share information with others, whether it be online, throughout your organisation, or to external parties.

Find out more about what's new in ArcGIS 9.3.1, or get the answers to all your ArcGIS 9.3.1 questions from our FAQs page. 

Overview

The patch release provides resolution of issues known in Dekho v2.2.5.

For more information, download the Dekho v2.2.6 Release Note.  For more information on downloading the patch, release please email ESRI Australia Connect.

Overview

In the devastating aftermath of the Victorian bushfires, the level of destruction was on a scale never previously seen before in Australia.  The massive task of implementing a wide-reaching recovery program included a requirement to manage enormous amounts of geographic information.   

To assist, ESRI Australia and ESRI Inc. pooled resources to provide location intelligence software and services to our clients involved in the recovery efforts.   Along with ArcPad developers Maptel, ESRI Australia provided resources to assist the Victorian Water Police and Search and Rescue team with their field GIS tasks.  ESRI Inc. sent Tom Patterson, a Wildland Fire Specialist and ex-firefighter to assist with these efforts, with a particular focus on replacing paper-based methods with electronic field data capture.  As well as significant time savings, this enabled operational commanders to work with more up-to-date data and more closely analyse the search and recovery program using location intelligence. 

Overview

The EView 4.3.6 minor release is now available for download via EView's built-in update process.

For more information on downloading EView 4.3.6, please email ESRI Australia Connect

Overview

The latest edition of ESRI Australia's GISette newsletter is now available.  Find out about all the latest news, events, case studies, technology tips and training information.

Download the latest GISette newsletter

Overview

ESRI Australia's locally developed location intelligence gateway Dekho will be officially launched in the Asia Pacific region at the upcoming ESRI Asia Pacific User Conference.

As platinum sponsor of the user conference, to be held in Singapore on 20-21 January 2009, ESRI Australia will be showcasing Dekho to hundreds of conference delegates from across the Asia Pacific.

Dekho draws on ESRI Australia's long history of innovation, which began with the development of EView.  Built on the ArcGIS Server platform, which is unparalleled in the marketplace, Dekho is the culmination of 13 years of continual product development. 

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Overview

The latest version of Dekho, ESRI Australia's locally developed location intelligence gateway, is now available. With improvements to existing functionality and a range of new extensions available, Dekho 2.2 enhances the user experience and delivers improved administration including certification against ArcGIS Server 9.3 and IBM DB2 v9 for the Dekho configuration database.

Dekho 2.2 sees new extensions available to facilitate integration with:

• Civica Authority
• Infor Hansen

The new release also includes a number of user improvements, including single-sign-on for users, spatial searches using an attribute query and a default Dekho profile for users without specific defined access. These improvements along with others assist organisations in leveraging their Dekho investment across their enterprise whilst continually improving the user experience.

For more information, please download the Dekho 2.2 Release Note.

Overview

Westralia Airports Corporation (WAC) has selected ESRI Australia in a recent tender to supply and implement a comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS) to collate, store, maintain, analyse and disseminate spatial information across the organisation.

The enterprise GIS solution to be implemented by ESRI Australia for WAC will support a number of critical business needs, enabling improved asset management, lease and property management and planning, extending the location intelligence capabilities for WAC staff. The GIS will include internal self-service functionality, and integration with the organisation's corporate systems - initially focusing on asset and property management.

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Overview

The training schedule for the first half of 2009 is now available.  To find out what training courses are scheduled in your state, visit our online training calendar or download our 2009 training schedule.

Overview

The latest edition of ESRI Australia's GISette newsletter is now available.  Find out about all the latest news, events, case studies, technology tips and training information.

Download the latest GISette newsletter

Overview

ESRI Australia's 22nd national client conference, OZRI 2008, was a great success, with 450 conference delegates attending the three day conference in Canberra.

The conference was opened by ESRI Australia Managing Director Brett Bundock, who used his keynote presentation to discuss the value and uniqueness of the GIS profession, and what the spatial industry offers now and in the future.

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Overview

Brisbane City Council has selected ESRI Australia in a recent tender to supply an integrated Geographic Information System (GIS) Tools of Trade solution.

The largest local government in the Asia-Pacific region, Brisbane City Council covers an area of 1367 square kilometres, with a resident population of almost one million people - more than 24% of Queensland's total population. 

The ESRI Australia enterprise-wide location intelligence solution chosen by Brisbane City Council will standardise and centralise the Council's GIS architecture, and will be rolled out over two phases. 

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Overview

7th August 2008 - Three Australian organisations have been announced as winners of Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Awards at this week's ESRI User Conference in San Diego, California.  Special Achievement in GIS Awards are given each year at the ESRI User Conference to recognise the extraordinary accomplishments of GIS users around the world

Find out who won the SAG Awards

Overview

The South Australian Department for Families and Communities (DFC) was the big winner at the South Australian Spatial Excellence Awards 2008, winning two industry awards and their GIS Manager winning the major individual award.

The Department is an innovative user of location intelligence, and has integrated GIS into many of their business processes.

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Overview

SA Water is a government owned corporation, providing water and wastewater services to over 1.5 million customers in South Australia.  To ensure continued high levels of customer service, and to meet increasingly stringent regulations, SA Water's location intelligence capability needed to be extended throughout the organisation and external parties, and integrated with other corporate databases.

Read the success story to find out how SA Water can now answer customer enquiries with increased efficiency and accuracy, reducing a backlog of enquiries and reducing staff overtime.

Download the success story

Find out more about Dekho

Overview

The latest version of ESRI Australia's location intelligence gateway, Dekho v2.1, is now available. With improvements to existing functionality and a range of new extensions available, Dekho v2.1 enhances the user experience and delivers improved administration and additional security features.

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Overview

ESRI Australia has appointed Telma Cordeiro to the role of its Financial Services Industry (FSI) Business Manager. This new appointment will see Cordeiro responsible for the growth of the FSI business for the company, supporting the company to deliver evolving location intelligence technology through a focus on the financial sector.

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Overview

The latest issue of The GISette, our 8 page newsletter, is now available.  In this issue of The GISette, you'll hear how two Australian organisations are using location intelligence to gain significant benefits across their organisations.  The newsletter also includes the latest training and event information, and a round up of ESRI Australia company news.

 

Download The GISette

Access the online registration form

Overview

Registration is now open for ESRI Australia's 22nd national client conference, OZRI 2008.  To be held at the National Convention Centre in Canberra on 27-29 October, this year'?s OZRI will focus on the theme 'Putting knowledge into place'. 

Registration is now available online, with a $110 discount off the standard registration fee available for delegates who register before 29 August.  The registration brochure, incorporating the provisional program, is currently being finalised, and will be available in mid June.

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Overview

ESRI Australia today announced its partnership with the Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI), joining the industry body's Sustaining Partners Program as a Platinum Plus Partner.

As the first organisation to partner with SSI at the Platinum Plus level, the partnership identifies ESRI Australia as one of the country's leading location intelligence organisations.

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Find out more about Dekho

Overview

ESRI Australia is proud to announce the release of our next generation location intelligence gateway, Dekho.  Dekho gives users the ability to link seemingly independent information together from corporate databases and systems using location as the common theme.

With the Internet version released at OZRI 2007 in October last year, the new version of Dekho provides the more sophisticated functionality required in an intranet environment, such as third party application integration, redlining, bookmarks, improved security and Active Directory integration.

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Overview

The South Australian Department for Families and Communities (DFC) has long understood the importance of providing its staff with easy access to corporate information, implementing a comprehensive internal portal for staff to access demographic research, analyse suitable housing and facilitate asset queries.  Late last year, DFC decided to expand upon this portal, and include a wide range of key Departmental imagery for staff to access.

Learn more from this case study about how DFC has reduced the time between acquiring and publishing images from several weeks to a few hours, increasing the usage and value of the Department?s geospatial imagery.

Read the full case study

Overview

The Queensland Government has implemented ESRI server GIS technology at an enterprise level, making the technology available to all users of GovNet, the Queensland Government?s intranet site.

The server-based technology allows all staff members from Queensland Government to access the Information Queensland (IQ) online atlas through a map viewer. 

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Overview

ESRI Australia would like to congratulate the winners of the 2007 Western Australia Spatial Technology in Schools Competition, announced in front of more than 100 students, teachers, mentors and sponsors at a recent prize giving event.

As part of our commitment to developing schools student?s knowledge of location intelligence and GIS, ESRI Australia provided software free of charge for schools entering the competition.

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Overview

Geoscience Australia's MapConnect website was announced winner of the 2007 Web GIS Challenge at this week's ESRI Australia national client conference, OZRI 2007.  The City of Whitehorse's Whitehorse Mapping - GIS Online website was awarded runner up.

The MapConnect website received the most votes from the Australian GIS community, and was voted as having the best mapping website in the country in terms of innovation, ease of use, clarity of information, functionality and overall look.

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Overview

Dekho, ESRI Australia's next generation web GIS gateway, was launched on Tuesday 16 October 2007 at the 21st ESRI Australia national client conference, OZRI 2007.

Dekho experts delivered an overview presentation and live demonstrations which outlined the features, functionality and benefits of this exciting new technology.

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Read the EastLink Project Success Story

Overview

ESRI Australia client Thiess John Holland received the Infrastructure and Construction award for their use of GIS in the ground-breaking EastLink Project at the recent 2007 Victorian Spatial Excellence Awards.

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Overview

The City of Greater Geelong was presented with the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award for Australia at ESRI Australia's recent national client conference, OZRI 2007.

The SAG Award was presented to the City of Greater Geelong for their innovative asset inspection system, which was designed to meet both current and future asset maintenance requirements.

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