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	<description>The Geography of Business, The Business of Geography.</description>
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		<title>Enthusiasts to GIS Mecca &#8211; ESRI User Conference 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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GIS &#8211; Geography in Action; that’s the theme. On the product side the emphasis was simplification and stability. There is a lot to cover from the conference, so I’ll start with an overview of day one. 
 
 

San Diego &#8211; clear sunny days, not too hot. You want to be outside but need to be in. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GIS Developers Not So Agile Yet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Spagnulolo released results of his Agile GIS Survey 2008, the first survey of GIS developers about agile. Of the 347 responents, 32% said their organizations use agile practices. This compares to 69% who said they use agile in a separate survey of the general developer population by Scott Ambler done a year ago.
Chris offers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack Dangermond: &#8220;This is no longer a dream. It is actually starting to work&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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Today in frigid Washington D.C., the 2008 ESRI Federal User Conference started. I attended and share here some observations on the opening presentation by ESRI&#8217;s President, Jack Dangermond.
This is the 20th version of the federal user conference. ESRI officials told me that 2,500 pre-registered, an increase of 600 from 2007. Incredible growth for a technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can GIS be Agile?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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Agile GIS? Many would assert that&#8217;s a contradiction of terms. Not to Chris Spagnuolo, with whom I recently talked, and the leading evangelist for agile GIS. Chris is a manager at Data Transfer Solutions (DTS), a growing geospatial services spinout from Space Imaging, with headquarters in Orlando, Florida. Chris and some Ft. Collins cohorts, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GIS Finds the Sunshine in Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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The Geo Factor interviewed Jason Spalding of emGISt who recently started Find GIS, a Web site focusing on GIS in the state of Florida. Jason answered questions about his goals for the site and what&#8217;s happening in Florida.
TGF: What is Find GIS? 
Find GIS is a comprehensive GIS Web site catering to the Florida GIS [...]]]></description>
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