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2017 Esri User Conference Report

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Jeff Searle and Adrian Welsh had the opportunity to attend the annual Esri User Conference (UC) held in San Diego, California in July. The conference is held to learn about best practices in the GIS industry and get a jump start on the latest geospatial technology.

This was Esri’s biggest conference ever with nearly 18,000 registered attendees. The main theme of “The Science of Where” resonated throughout the technical workshops and training sessions. The theme allowed attendees to  solve problems in real-time, using location and geography to integrate, analyze, and understand all types of data.

Due to Adrian’s presence in the GIS community and winning an MVP award for his diligence and assistance, he was asked to give a presentation at the Esri UC to discuss why the GIS community is important and what made him a success story. Adrian was honored to write a blog post for each day of the Esri conference. (a link to this blog post will be at the end of this write-up).

Instead of writing about the key take-away points from Jeff and Adrian of this conference, let’s take a look at a story map! Click on the link or image below to launch the story map presentation.

https://arcg.is/bWfH

Esri UC Convention Center

 

Thanks for reading! Please add a comment if you were able to attend the conference. Also, here is a link to Adrian’s blog written on Esri’s website: https://geonet.esri.com/blogs/AdrianWelsh/2017/07/17/2017-esri-user-conference-quick-thoughts

And the Winner Is…

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Thank you to everyone who helped us win the LiDAR as Art contest! Thanks especially to the team who captured the scan: Jeff Searle, Marshall Burt, and Brian Boehmer! The news of our victory can be found here.

The team at LiDAR News asked us to write an article about the experience, and we gladly did. The article, “LiDAR to Perpetuate Beauty,” can be found here.

Thanks again! We are so excited that we won!

Meridian Needs Your Vote!

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When it comes to services rendered, Meridian is unmatched. When it comes to winning contests, Meridian is also unmatched. What can we say? We really enjoy winning.

Meridian entered LiDAR News’ annual “LiDAR as Art” contest. This year’s theme is Winter Solstice, and LiDAR manager Jeff Searle knew just what to scan: The Sun Tunnels.

Designed by artist Nancy Holt, the Sun Tunnels are a set of four massive concrete tubes. On the Summer and Winter Solstices, two tunnels line up to frame the sunrise and the other two tunnels line up to frame the sunset. We are a couple weeks early for the Winter Solstice, but we got some great images anyway.

Jeff, Tiana Moe, Marshall Burt, and Brian Boehmer spent hours scanning the Sun Tunnels from every angle to ensure we’d get the best image possible. After a bit of rendering and a touch of color, our entry was submitted.

Today we found out that we are finalists in the LiDAR as Art contest! Now we need your help to snag the win. Or completely dominate the contest—we aren’t picky.

Go to the link below and vote for Sun Tunnels. This is an international contest with some good contenders, and we need to show the world that our little corner of the world has unparalleled beauty.

 

http://lidarnews.com/articles/lidar-art-contest-finalists/

 

Below are some pictures of the Sun Tunnels, including our submitted image.

Stay tuned for a full account of our adventure that will be published on LiDAR News’ website!

UDOT Conference Recap

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The UDOT Conference, which took place November 1-3, was quite the event, filled with fun, friends, and fantastic food. Our Meridian team benefited greatly from the available classes, and we were able to catch up with old colleagues and make some new ones as well.

Here are some photos of the event. We’ve already got big plans for next year!