I was in San Diego last week for the big GIS Conference. Imagine 14,000 cartographers just roaming the streets and you'll have a good idea of the dork factor involved. I walked into the gift shop and immediately found my first purchase of the trip. Yes, I bought a cycling jersey promoting mapping software. Come on, ladies! Let's see your "nerdiest" piece of cycling attire!
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08-11-2008, 12:22 PM #1
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My name is Annette, and I'm a nerd
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08-11-2008, 12:32 PM #2
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Wow. Another GIS analyst. So am I. I missed out on the annual conference. I had some business travel to West Virginia.
Cool jersey, and although ESRI is the primary software vendor, I'm not sure I'd sport their logo/jersey around. You use the software and peruse the forums no doubt, so you probably know what I mean.
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08-11-2008, 12:34 PM #3
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I didn't know there were that many cartographers in the WORLD. hasn't it already all been mapped? and, btw Nice jersey!
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08-11-2008, 12:36 PM #4
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Yes, but now we use the information in analyses in a lot of cool and different ways.
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08-11-2008, 12:37 PM #5
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I did alot of GIS work in my former life...I'm glad to see ESRI supports cycling. I'd love to have one of those jerseys; perhaps they sell them on their site (?).
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08-11-2008, 01:20 PM #6
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Well, my husband works for The Mathworks and I have one of their jerseys, complete with the names of all of their geeky software.
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08-11-2008, 01:30 PM #7
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wow - next time I need help with Arc GIS I know where to post!!
Our MTB club got a grant for ArcGIS and we got it for $100, with no training. We've had various a couple of instructors from the U and the local Community college, and a couple of pros who help us out on task based basis. After a year and a half of working with our pet open space/trail inventory project, we kinda sorta know what we are doing but just barely.
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