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    <title>Toxic Chemicals in Your Community? A New App Will Let You Know</title>
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    <description>Having a geographically accurate place history can help inform us to the potential environmental health burdens we all accumulate over a lifetime</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:52:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>New Best Practices: Managing GIS</title>
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	<description>This collection of 14 articles is from the "Managing GIS" series, a regular column in ArcNews written by members of URISA focusing on GIS management issues.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:13:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Leveraging GIS to Enhance Shopping Center Performance</title>
    <link>http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/leveraging-gis-to-enhance-shopping-center-performance/141742</link>
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    <description>United Properties, the owner of 20 Midwestern shopping centers, and its leasing agent NorthMarg, use a blend of ArcGIS and other technologies to help lease vacant space to quality tenants.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:31:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Supports NetHope's Mission to Serve Humanitarian Organizations</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/nethope.html</link>
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    <description>World leaders in innovation offer technologies to aid workers.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:20:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Crimemapping.com-a new city website</title>
    <link>http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/11/10/crimemapping-com%E2%80%94a-new-city-website/</link>
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    <description>The City of Rockford Police Department went live with Crimemapping.com to proactively reach out to the community and share accurate and up-to-date information.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Site License Expands Student Opportunities in Texas</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/k12-vision.html</link>
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    <description>District superintendent impressed with Esri's vision for GIS in K–12 education.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:22:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Honors Jack Dangermond</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/geoint-award.html</link>
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    <description>Esri president receives Arthur C. Lundahl Lifetime Achievement Award at 2010 GEOINT Symposium.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:12:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Improving Smart Meter Deployment With Spatial Business Intelligence</title>
    <link>http://www.elp.com/index/display/elp-article-tool-template.articles.utility-automation-engineering-td.volume-15.issue-10.features.improving-smart-meter-deployment-with-spatial-business-intelligence.html</link>
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    <description>Utilities can leverage geospatial technology to increase deployment speed.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:53:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>NASA and Esri Agreement Supports GIS Initiatives</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/nasa.html</link>
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    <description>ArcGIS software brings geospatial intelligence to research, exploration, and operations.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:19:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri's "My Place History" app</title>
    <link>http://www10.giscafe.com/blogs/gissusan/2010/11/08/esris-my-place-history-app/?interstitial_displayed=Yes</link>
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    <description>A new app allows you to enter addresses of places you've lived or spent time and see public health information for those locations.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:45:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>A zoom lens for biosurveillance</title>
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    <description>Protecting the health of military veterans includes knocking down threats with sophisticated biosurveillance systems used to track diseases and infections.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:15:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: ArcGIS Data Reviewer</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/2010/staff_smith_dr.mp3</link>
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    <description>Daryl Smith explains how ArcGIS Data Reviewer automates and simplifies the GIS data quality and control process. </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:23:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Building Interior Space Data Model</title>
    <link>http://www.wbdg.org/pdfs/jbim_fall10.pdf#page=26</link>
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    <description>Linking BIM to GIS gives a foundation for a better data model </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:34:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Next Frontier for BIM: Interoperability with GIS</title>
    <link>http://www.wbdg.org/pdfs/jbim_fall10.pdf#page=14</link>
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    <description>GIS and BIM are allowing facility owners and managers to give context to their buildlings, perform analysis and integrate new data types. </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:34:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Convergence Yields Smarter Facilities</title>
    <link>http://www.wbdg.org/pdfs/jbim_fall10.pdf#page=23</link>
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    <description>GIS is being used to help operate and maintain buildings for better usage and longer periods of time. </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:24:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Discover and Share Critical Market and Customer Data</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/critical-data.html</link>
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    <description>Esri Business Analyst Server enables efficient enterprise collaboration through custom Web applications.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: The GIS 20: Essential Skills</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/2010/press_clemmer.mp3</link>
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    <description>Gina Clemmer, president of New Urban Research, Inc., discusses her book The GIS 20: Essential Skills.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:01:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Redlands Forum Seeks Vision for City's Prosperity </title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/redlands-forum.html</link>
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    <description>Panel features Esri president Jack Dangermond and community leaders.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:35:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Maps Halloween Costume Spending</title>
    <link>http://www.datapointed.net/2010/10/esri-halloween-costume-spending/</link>
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    <description>Happy kids dress up for Halloween, and geo-statistics firm Esri has mapped how much Americans are spending on their costumes.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:39:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Silicon Valley opens wallets for Halloween</title>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/2010/10/what-silicon-valley-spends-on-halloween.html</link>
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    <description>Residents of the Silicon Valley will spend an estimated $17.9 million on adult costumes this year and another $11.8 million on children's costumes.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:09:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Cyberinfrastructure for Geography Software </title>
    <link>http://www.drdobbs.com/high-performance-computing/228100040;jsessionid=G3PTY1GTQYBM5QE1GHPSKHWATMY32JVN</link>
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    <description>CyberGIS project launched for high-performance, collaborative geospatial problem solving.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:36:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Streetview Lidar</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/2010/user_clancy.mp3</link>
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    <description>Stephen Clancy explains how streetview lidar illuminates understanding of infrastructure by giving a much more detailed view of objects than aerial lidar.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:32:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>New DPS fusion center blends resources to enforce law</title>
    <link>http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/274789/new-dps-fusion-center-blends-resources-to-enforce-law</link>
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    <description>A new fusion center in Austin has opened to help law enforcement agencies all over the state.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:47:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Learn How APIs and Web Technologies Can Improve Your GIS</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/web-gis-book.html</link>
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    <description>New book from Esri Press, Web GIS: Principles and Applications, provides comprehensive overview.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:48:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Silicon Valley opens wallets for Halloween</title>
    <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/2010/10/what-silicon-valley-spends-on-halloween.html</link>
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    <description>According to Esri's 2010 Consumer Spending Index, residents of the Silicon Valley will spend an estimated $17.9 million on adult costumes this year, and another $11.8 million on children's costumes.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:17:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Airport GIS, How Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport is Taking Airport GIS to the Next Level</title>
    <link>http://www.geo-jobe.com/blog/2010/10/28/airport-gis-how-baton-rouge-metropolitan-airport-is-taking-airport-gis-to-the-next-level/</link>
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    <description>GEO-Jobe GIS Consulting has begun a three year GIS project to combine GIS and airport management to enhance many aspects of the airport's operations.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:10:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Library Resource Planning and Facility Management</title>
    <link>http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/resourceplanning_intv9i10.pdf</link>
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    <description>Tufts University's Tisch Library houses a majority of the university collection and uses GIS to manage this important learning resource.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:07:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>On the Horizon at the Port of San Diego</title>
    <link>http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/sandiegoport_intv9i10.pdf</link>
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    <description>GIS provides the means for the Port of San Diego to efficiently manage 6000 acres of assets around the San Diego Bay in California.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:03:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Challenges of GIS Education Today</title>
    <link>http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/giseducation_intv9i10.pdf</link>
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    <description>Esri's Jim Baumann interviews Dr. Michael Gould, Director of Education for Industry Solutions at Esri about today's challenges for GIS educators.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:58:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Invest where it matters</title>
    <link>http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/execsuite_ukv8i5.pdf</link>
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    <description>Where should you invest to reap the greatest returns in a global economic downturn? Newly appointed ESRI (UK) services director Peter Lyon has the answer.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:26:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>ESRI UK looks back at 2010 and propose a collaborative challenge for 2011</title>
    <link>http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/collaborativechallenge_ukv8i5.pdf</link>
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    <description>Nick Chapallaz looks back at 2010 and proposes a collaborative challenge for 2011.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:26:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title>New Best Practices: Facilities Management</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/facilities-management.pdf</link>
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	<description>Discover why GIS is a critical technology for facilities managers through these 10 Studii de Caz.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:13:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title>New eBook: Changing Geography by Design</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/ebooks/geodesign.pdf</link>
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	<description>GeoDesign integrates geographic science with design, resulting in a systematic methodology for geographic planning and decision making. The articles in this e-book discuss how GeoDesign brings geographic analysis into any design process, resulting in designs that more closely follow natural systems.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:51:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: GIS Tutorial 3: Advanced Workbook</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/2010/press_allen_2.mp3</link>
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    <description>David Allen discusses how GIS Tutorial 3: Advanced Workbook will help users develop advanced GIS skills by exploring the full breadth of ArcGIS software. </description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:17:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Introduction to ArcGIS for iOS</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=150</link>
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    <description>Watch an online, one-hour seminar on October 28 about using the free ArcGIS for iOS application.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:41:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Learn about Esri's ArcGIS for iOS at Online Live Training Seminar</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/ios-seminar.html</link>
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    <description>Find out how to use mapping application on Apple's iPhone and iPad and create custom applications.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Case Study: Shalem Medical</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/casestudies/shalem-medical.pdf</link>
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    <description>Home medical equipment company, Shalem Medical, saves fuel and improves customer service with ArcLogistics.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:13:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri to Showcase Complete Geospatial System at GEOINT 2010</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/geoint-2010.html</link>
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    <description>National security, defense, and intelligence professionals will see demonstrations of Esri's complete geospatial system for intelligence at the GEOINT 2010 Symposium.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Announces Third Annual T3G Institute for GIS Educators</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/t3g-institute.html</link>
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    <description>Program helps instructors refine teaching techniques and expand capabilities.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Learn How to More Effectively Manage Facilities</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/manage-facilities.html</link>
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    <description>Esri offers free IFMA white paper discussing the importance of incorporating GIS into the building life cycle.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:37:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GeoDesign Summit Explores the Power of Geography and Design</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/geodesign-summit.html</link>
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    <description>Attendees from diverse disciplines will take part in advancing new concepts and tools.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:28:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Announces 4-H Club GIS Grant Program for 2011</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/4h-club.html</link>
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    <description>Esri's GIS Grant Program for 4-H is currently accepting applications from 4-H Clubs.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speakers Showcase the Power of Geographic Thinking</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/esri-video.html</link>
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    <description>New Esri video site delivers a wealth of insight and instruction.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:57:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>ESRI brings 3D together with GIS and security</title>
    <link>http://www.sparllc.com/archiveviewer.php?vol=08&amp;num=12&amp;file=vol08no12-01</link>
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    <description>Public safety officers appreciate having 3D representation so that they have as much information as possible available before entering a building or situation.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:21:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>How cities impact your health</title>
    <link>http://www.2thedeuce.com/videobeta/6afaf7d5-f433-44e6-91fc-527d9ac12fb0/News/How-cities-impact-your-health</link>
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    <description>Environment can impact your personal health.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>How your home address can impact your health</title>
    <link>http://kwgn.com/news/kwgn-icafe-geomedicine-txt,0,3313789.story</link>
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    <description>Environment can impact your personal health. (Transcript)</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:54:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Geocoding in ArcGIS Desktop 10</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=149</link>
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    <description>Watch an online, one-hour seminar on October 21 about using the redesigned geocoding engine in ArcGIS 10 to accurately map location-based data.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:22:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Facilities Managers Examine whether BIM and GIS Can Coexist</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/roundtable-building-practices.html</link>
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    <description>The next evolution of smarter building practices is addressed at the Spatial Roundtable.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:58:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri User Conference Call for Presentations Now Open</title>
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    <description>Abstract submission deadline extended to November 15, 2010.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:10:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Using GIS for Local-Market Penetration, Winning Strategies </title>
    <link>http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODE/Franchise/LandingPage/LandingPage.aspx?href=RldNLzIwMTAvMTAvMDE.&amp;pageno=MjY.&amp;entity=QXIwMjUwMQ..&amp;view=ZW50aXR5</link>
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    <description>Even in a slow economy, GIS helps franchises understand their long-term potential, manage bottom lines, and align operations with opportunity.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:07:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>District License Provides ArcGIS to Southeast Missouri Students</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/missouri-students.html</link>
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    <description>Career development opportunities a major factor in implementation.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:59:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS helps USDA, APHIS sustain food supply and security</title>
    <link>http://esriurl.com/1727</link>
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    <description>The United States Department of Agriculture has expanded its focus on national agricultural issues to encompass a more global perspective.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:12:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/wildlife-management.pdf</link>
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	<description>In this e-book, you will learn how wildlife management professionals around the world have successfully implemented GIS to respond to invasive species, manage and facilitate disease prevention, minimize mortality, and determine wildlife movement and habitat ranges.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:39:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/environmental-management.pdf</link>
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	<description>Learn how environmental management professionals around the world have successfully implemented GIS to analyze ecological footprints; improve watershed resource management; and respond to climate change, pollution, and more.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:34:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Journalist Rich Jaroslovsky to Discuss the Digital Media Revolution</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/jaroslovsky.html</link>
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    <description>Redlands Forum speaker asks whether faster, digital news means better news.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:18:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: ArcGIS Mapping for Sharepoint</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/2010/staff_hazelton_sharepoint.mp3</link>
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    <description>Bob Hazelton discusses the benefits and capabilities of ArcGIS Mapping for Sharepoint, as well as the new features and enhancements in the new release.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:58:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Geographic information systems: a new tool for educational research</title>
    <link>http://www.gsusignal.com/news/geographic-information-systems-a-new-tool-for-educational-research-1.2364296</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gsusignal.com/news/geographic-information-systems-a-new-tool-for-educational-research-1.2364296</guid>
    <description>With the push for educational reform and the advances in technology, GIS provides educators with a way to answer some of the problems facing school districts.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:33:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title>New Best Practices: Humanitarian Affairs</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/humanitarian-affairs.pdf</link>
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	<description>Humanitarian agencies around the world rely on Esri geographic information and software to accomplish their missions.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:42:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Science, art share aerial imagery's goals</title>
    <link>http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/10/13/science_art_share_aerial_imagerys_goals/</link>
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    <description>Our relationship with the world has been transformed by aerial photography.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:59:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Harness The Power Of Social Media In A Disaster</title>
    <link>http://www.kwgn.com/news/kwgn-icafe-socialmediadisasters-txt,0,707584.story</link>
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    <description>When disaster strikes, social media has become the fastest way to spread information across the globe</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:01:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS Pioneer Gives Away Software to Save Land</title>
    <link>http://issuu.com/thewildernesssociety/docs/wilderness-2010-2011/58?zoomed=&amp;zoomPercent=&amp;zoomX=&amp;zoomY=&amp;noteText=&amp;noteX=&amp;noteY=&amp;viewMode=magazine</link>
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    <description>The generosity of Dangermond and Esri was critical to the growth of GIS work in the Wilderness Society.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:24:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Canada-U.S. Transboundary Hydrographic Data Harmonization Efforts Gain Momentum</title>
    <link>http://www.vector1media.com/articles/features/16076-canada-us-transboundary-hydrographic-data-harmonization-efforts-gain-momentum</link>
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    <description>Task force has implemented GIS software from ESRI as its common language to negotiate, coordinate and, document data interpretations.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:53:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>James Baker of the Clinton Foundation in The Economist on the Use of GIS for REDD</title>
    <link>http://gisandscience.com/2010/10/12/james-baker-of-the-clinton-foundation-in-the-economist-on-the-use-of-gis-for-redd/</link>
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    <description>A key factor in the success of REDD is the application of geospatial technology.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 24:58:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Low Income, High Poverty in Pennsylvania's First Congressional District</title>
    <link>http://www.philly.com/philly/news/special_packages/104566489.html</link>
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    <description>Esri Data shows the reach of family poverty in the PA 1st Congressional District south of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children where most households that earn less than $20,000 are located.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Interview with ESRI founder Jack Dangermond on OpenStreetMap</title>
    <link>http://vimeo.com/15607795</link>
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    <description>Oliver Kühn interviews Jack Dangermond on OpenStreetMap, ArcGIS for OpenStreetMap and the ESRI Community Maps Program at INTERGEO 2010 in Cologne.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:22:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Simple-to-Use Software Adds Maps and Spatial Analytics to SharePoint</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/sharepoint2.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/sharepoint2.html</guid>
    <description>Esri releases ArcGIS Mapping for Sharepoint 2.0.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:48:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Recycling Ranks High in Will and Suburban Cook Counties, Illinois</title>
    <link>http://www.chicagobusiness.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=99992402</link>
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    <description>According to Esri Data, residents of ZIP Code 60022 Glencoe, IL, and ZIP Code 60521 Hinsdale, IL are among most diligent recyclers in metro Chicago.  These residents are 1.4 times more likely to recycle than the average U.S. resident.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:12:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>New ArcGIS Mapping for SharePoint Release</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/mapping-sharepoint/index.html</link>
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    <description>Extend your ArcGIS maps and tools into Microsoft SharePoint. Download it today. </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:12:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Releases ArcGIS API for iOS</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/arcgis-api-ios.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/arcgis-api-ios.html</guid>
    <description>Today, Esri released the ArcGIS API for the Apple iOS platform.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:27:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Press Releases GIS Tutorial Series for ArcGIS 10</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/arcgis10-tutorial.html</link>
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    <description>Workbooks provide comprehensive software training for beginning, intermediate, and  advanced instruction.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:58:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>DevGeo Event Will Jumpstart Your Mapping App Development</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/devgeo-event.html</link>
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    <description>Esri will host a free DevGeo event in Santa Clara, California, at the Network Meeting Center.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:50:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: GIS Assists Green Building </title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_pyke.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_pyke.mp3</guid>
    <description>Dr. Chris Pyke discusses how GIS can be used to assist green building in many areas, such as location-based rating systems, building performance modeling, and market pattern analysis.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:16:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Memphis, Tennessee's Germantown East and West ZIP Codes Vie for Wealthiest Spot</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/pdfs/memphis-zip-codes.pdf</link>
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    <description>Esri notes that the median household income in Germantown West ZIP Code just missed making the wealthiest ZIP Code list. </description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:03:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri and Cloud Computing</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/articles/esri-cloud-computing.pdf</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/library/articles/esri-cloud-computing.pdf</guid>
    <description>Victoria Kouyoumjian writes about the risks and benefits of cloud computing, as well as Esri's activities in the cloud. </description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:03:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Learning by Creating</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/articles/learning-creating.pdf</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/library/articles/learning-creating.pdf</guid>
    <description>Students at Atlantic Cape Community College get hands-on GIS education.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:03:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Main Theme at the Fringes</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/articles/main-theme-fringes.pdf</link>
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    <description>Jack Dangermond emphasizes the idea of ArcGIS10 as a system.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:03:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Web Editing Using ArcGIS Server 10</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=148</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=148</guid>
    <description>Watch an online, one-hour seminar on October 7 about using ArcGIS Server's out-of-the-box Web editing capabilities.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Ushahidi and Esri Team to Improve Crisis Mapping Services </title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/ushahidi.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/ushahidi.html</guid>
    <description>Partnership enhances Ushahidi Web platform with extensive GIS data and advanced analytic tools.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:31:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jack Dangermond to Receive Global Citizen Award</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/dangermond-gca.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/dangermond-gca.html</guid>
    <description>GSDI Association honors Esri president for worldwide contributions in geographic information and geospatial technologies.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Release of ArcGIS pentru AutoCAD Offers Improved Performance</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/autocad.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/autocad.html</guid>
    <description>ArcGIS pentru AutoCAD offers significant performance improvements in its latest release.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:23:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Releases Free ArcGIS Viewer for Flex 2.1</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/flex-viewer.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/flex-viewer.html</guid>
    <description>Allows easy creation of mapping apps without programming.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:01:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>EGUG Tackles Today's Top Challenges for Electric and Gas Utilities</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/egug-challenges.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/egug-challenges.html</guid>
    <description>Utility professionals will hear from their peers about the best ways to meet current challenges.
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    <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:29:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Cloud Computing and the world of GeoApps</title>
    <link>http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2010/10/cloud-computing-and-the-world-of-geoapps.html</link>
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    <description>GeoApps are going to be the sweet spot for Cloud computing.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:16:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Next Generation of Digital Mapping</title>
    <link>http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/nextgenmapping_intv9i9.pdf</link>
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    <description>Georgia's coastline benefits from lidar-created digital elevation models created within Esri's ArcGIS software.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:26:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Joins Microsoft Effort to Improve Workflows for the Oil and Gas Sector</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/microsoft-oil-gas.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/microsoft-oil-gas.html</guid>
    <description>Esri is now participating in the Microsoft Upstream Reference Architecture initiative.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:04:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title>New Best Practices: Imagery</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/imagery.pdf</link>
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	<description>New Best Practice describing how imagery and GIS work together to provide the most precise information for making the most accurate decisions.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:49:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri and the Association of Health Care Journalists Launch Free Program</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/ahcj-program.html</link>
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    <description>Esri provides free data to AHCJ members.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:12:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Census tally to help shift power in House</title>
    <link>http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-09-28-houseseats28_ST_N.htm</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-09-28-houseseats28_ST_N.htm</guid>
    <description>Based on population estimates by Esri, an Election Data Services report estimates that some states are on the verge of losing or gaining a seats in the coming election.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sharing Geographic Data in Austria</title>
    <link>http://www.vector1media.com/articles/features/15724-sharing-geographic-data-in-austria</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.vector1media.com/articles/features/15724-sharing-geographic-data-in-austria</guid>
    <description>Geoportal allows a collaborative approach to developing a coordinated, comprehensive and sustained information system.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:04:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Geospatial Lens Adds Depth to Journalism</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_doig_uc2010.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_doig_uc2010.mp3</guid>
    <description>Steve Doig discusses how GIS can enhance journalists' research and storytelling. </description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:59:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>New Best Practices: Nautical Organizations</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/nautical-organizations.pdf</link>
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	<description>Learn how nautical organizations use GIS through these eleven Studii de caz.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:06:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Georgia Association of Regional Commissions Signs Esri ELA </title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/garc-ela.html</link>
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    <description>Strengthening GIS programs will enhance citizen services across the state.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:31:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Esri Supports INSPIRE</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_pichler.mp3</link>
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    <description>Guenther Pichler discusses how Esri technology helps European nation-states comply with INSPIRE directives.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:04:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>New Best Practices: Spatial Data Infrastructure</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/spatial-data-infrastructure.pdf</link>
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	<description>Learn how an SDI extends a GIS through these 14 user Studii de Caz.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:33:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Geomedicine: What Your Street Address Can Tell Doctors About Your Health</title>
    <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-davenhall/your-street-address-can-i_b_737308.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-davenhall/your-street-address-can-i_b_737308.html</guid>
    <description>Your street address can provide valuable contextual information, medically speaking.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:33:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Sustainable Food Advocate to Speak at Redlands Forum</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/sustainable-food.html</link>
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    <description>Helene York will discuss environmental, social, and ethical impacts of our food choices.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:32:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Press Publishes "Getting to Know Esri Business Analyst"</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/gtkba-book.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/gtkba-book.html</guid>
    <description>Workbook teaches skills necessary to analyze business opportunities spatially.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:14:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Florida stands to gain two congressional seats</title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/27/1844556/florida-stands-to-gain-two-congressional.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/27/1844556/florida-stands-to-gain-two-congressional.html</guid>
    <description>Population estimates were created by Esri, which uses Census Bureau population estimates to track county-level population trends, from building permits and housing starts, IRS data, postal service data, and other sources.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:56:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Developing Add-Ins for ArcGIS Desktop 10</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=147</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=147</guid>
    <description>Watch an online, one-hour seminar on September 30 about using the new add-in programming model in ArcGIS 10 to extend and share desktop application capabilities.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:43:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>ArcGIS Viewer for Flex 2.1 now available</title>
    <link>http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/</guid>
    <description>Fresh out of beta and hugely popular. Download the ready-to-deploy, configurable app for delivering ArcGIS Server services. </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:58:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>A Sense Of Where You Are</title>
    <link>http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/1011/rich-list-10-game-changer-jack-dangermond-software-where-you-are.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/1011/rich-list-10-game-changer-jack-dangermond-software-where-you-are.html</guid>
    <description>Over four decades Jack Dangermond's mapping software has revolutionized the way we see--and do--business.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:17:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Heading off disaster, one tweet at a time</title>
    <link>http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/09/22/natural.disasters.social.media/index.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/09/22/natural.disasters.social.media/index.html</guid>
    <description>To help government officials, ESRI takes info from social media outlets and inputs the data onto maps for first responders.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:47:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri President to Keynote INTERGEO Conference</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/intergeo-keynote.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/intergeo-keynote.html</guid>
    <description>Jack Dangermond will discuss how GIS provides solutions for a healthier planet.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Introduction to the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=145</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=145</guid>
    <description>Watch an online, one-hour seminar on September 23 about using the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex to create customized GIS-enabled Web mapping applications.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:16:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Spatial Roundtable Focuses on Risk Analysis for Gas Utilities</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/dimp.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/dimp.html</guid>
    <description>Online forum asks if GIS can serve as a framework for satisfying DIMP regulations.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:05:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Create Web Mapping Applications with No Programming</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/flex-seminar.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/flex-seminar.html</guid>
    <description>Free Esri seminar focuses on how to work with ArcGIS Viewer for Flex.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:10:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS' Future is with Crowds, Clouds... and 4-D</title>
    <link>http://gcn.com/articles/2010/09/20/future-of-gis.aspx </link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gcn.com/articles/2010/09/20/future-of-gis.aspx </guid>
    <description>New geospatial technologies explore where no data has gone before.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:28:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Hosts Seminar on Intelligent Routing with ArcLogistics</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/intelligent-routing.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/intelligent-routing.html</guid>
    <description>Esri is offering a free seminar that will benefit businesses and governments that need to efficiently route and schedule vehicle fleets and work crews.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Launches 2010 ArcLogistics Government Grant Program</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/gov-grant.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/gov-grant.html</guid>
    <description>$450,000 in grants available for Esri's cloud-based vehicle routing and scheduling solution.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:16:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: GIS as an Investigative Tool in Journalism</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_houston.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_houston.mp3</guid>
    <description>Brant Houston discusses the need for GIS in media and journalism to help reporters uncover information that helps them tell better stories.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:14:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri StreetMap Premium Advanced Now Available with NAVTEQ Data</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/navteq-data.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/navteq-data.html</guid>
    <description>Advanced version includes address-level geocoding, historical traffic data, and trucking restrictions.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GeoCool: Exploring with Geotechnologies</title>
    <link>http://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learning_leading/20100910#pg30</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learning_leading/20100910#pg30</guid>
    <description>GIS technology can be used to meet the K-12 National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) developed by The International Society for Technology in Education.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:07:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>ArcGIS Server 10 Geoportal Extension Speeds Data Discovery</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/geoportal-data-discovery.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/geoportal-data-discovery.html</guid>
    <description>Esri expands the power of geoportals with the release of the ArcGIS Server 10 Geoportal extension.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:50:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>SRK Signs Global ELA with Esri</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/srk-ela.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/srk-ela.html</guid>
    <description>Broader access to GIS will improve workflows and collaboration at natural resources consulting company.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:04:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Cadastre Modernisation</title>
    <link>http://www.gim-international.com/issues/articles/id1586-Cadastre_Modernisation.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gim-international.com/issues/articles/id1586-Cadastre_Modernisation.html</guid>
    <description>Libya has recently completed a fully automated workflow through all departments across the Land Registry Authority.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:36:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Business Owner Shares Secrets to Startup Success</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/ben-cook.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/ben-cook.html</guid>
    <description>Redlands Forum presents Ben Cook, founder and master brewer at Hangar 24 Craft Brewery.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:34:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jack Dangermond interviewed at Gov 2.0 Summit 2010</title>
    <link>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXcI3Sugj54</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXcI3Sugj54</guid>
    <description>O'ReillyMedia interviews Jack Dangermond at the Gov 2.0 Summit 2010.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:47:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Open Data and the Future of Mapping and Location Based Services</title>
    <link>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKmZY33gnqs</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKmZY33gnqs</guid>
    <description>Jack Dangermond and Bernard Szukalski speak at Gov 2.0 Summit 2010.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:47:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Business Analyst Desktop 10 Features Dramatic Performance Improvements</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/ba-desktop10.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/ba-desktop10.html</guid>
    <description>Optimized data aggregation speeds market research processes.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:09:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title>New White Paper: What's New in ArcPad 10</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/whats-new-arcpad10.pdf</link>
	<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/whats-new-arcpad10.pdf</guid>
	<description>Find out how ArcPad 10 makes data collection easier. Find out about ArcPad's support for ArcGIS Online, integration with ArcLogistics, improved performance, and more.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:01:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Market Facts 2010</title>
    <link>http://www.chicagobusiness.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=99992402</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.chicagobusiness.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=99992402</guid>
    <description>View a map that will dissect the data at the ZIP-code level to give you a better understanding of the Chicago area.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:09:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Program Helps Nonprofits Get Started with Mapping and GIS</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/nonprofits.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/nonprofits.html</guid>
    <description>New Esri program will help nonprofit organizations advance critical missions with spatial analysis and visualization.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:14:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: NAVTEQ Serves State and Local Governments</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_parker_uc2010.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_parker_uc2010.mp3</guid>
    <description>Skip Parker explains how it serves road and traffic data to state and local governments in partnership with Esri. </description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:10:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Releases the Open GeoServices REST Specification</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/geoservices-rest.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/geoservices-rest.html</guid>
    <description>Software makes server-side resources instantly available to thousands of developers.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:19:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>What's Your Household's Consumer Profile?</title>
    <link>http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/consumer-profiler/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/consumer-profiler/</guid>
    <description>The Marketplace Consumer Profiler is designed to help you identify your lifestyle category using information and research from the mapping and data analyst company ESRI.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:10:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Is Your Local Water Supply Safe?</title>
    <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-davenhall/water-quailty-in-your-med_b_685548.html?view=print</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-davenhall/water-quailty-in-your-med_b_685548.html?view=print</guid>
    <description>It is clear that without a reliable supply of clean drinking water our personal health is surely threatened.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:02:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Gov 2.0 Summit Preview: GIS-Powered Government Data </title>
    <link>http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-apps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227200066&amp;queryText=esri</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-apps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227200066&amp;queryText=esri</guid>
    <description>At the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington on Sept. 7 and 8, GIS expert Jack Dangermond will discuss new ways to integrate government data with mapping applications.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:41:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: A Tactile ArcGIS 10: Wacom's Interactive Pen Displays</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_dana_uc10.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_dana_uc10.mp3</guid>
    <description>Mike Dana discusses how Wacom's interactive pen displays integrate with ArcGIS 10.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:56:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Using GIS to Improve Market Research in Commercial Real Estate</title>
    <link>http://www.gpsworld.com/gis/gss-weekly/news/are-you-a-professional-follow-letters-and-using-gis-commercial-real-estate-marke</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gpsworld.com/gis/gss-weekly/news/are-you-a-professional-follow-letters-and-using-gis-commercial-real-estate-marke</guid>
    <description>Edens &amp; Avant uses Esri Business Analyst software on the desktop and online to help its clients make the most informed decisions.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:26:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS Bringing Accountability to International Relief Efforts</title>
    <link>http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4992-GIS_Bringing_Accountability_to_International_Relief_Efforts.html?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20100831+GIM+Intl</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4992-GIS_Bringing_Accountability_to_International_Relief_Efforts.html?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20100831+GIM+Intl</guid>
    <description>GIS was used to monitor spending of funds donated by 100 international agencies that came to the aid of Aceh Province in Indonesia after the 2004 tsunami.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:19:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Book review: The GIS: 20 Essential Skills</title>
    <link>http://www.journalismgis.com/2010/08/book-review-the-gis-20-essential-skills/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.journalismgis.com/2010/08/book-review-the-gis-20-essential-skills/</guid>
    <description>The GIS: 20 Essential Skills describes how to: navigate the ArcGIS interface.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:16:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Using Network Analyst in ArcGIS Desktop 10</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=143</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=143</guid>
    <description>Watch an online, one-hour seminar on September 2 about using ArcGIS Network Analyst to conduct network-based spatial analysis such as calculating drive times, defining service areas, and completing optimum route and shortest path analyses.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:37:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Students Use GIS Skills To Assist Service With Mapping Invasive Plants</title>
    <link>http://www.fws.gov/arsnew/regmap.cfm?arskey=28233&amp;callingKey=state&amp;callingValue=CA</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fws.gov/arsnew/regmap.cfm?arskey=28233&amp;callingKey=state&amp;callingValue=CA</guid>
    <description>4-H  students use GIS skills to assist service with mapping invasive plants at Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:31:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Using GIS to Better Understand Local Markets</title>
    <link>http://images.vertmarkets.com/crlive/files/downloads/f600dd00-b764-45d8-a605-a7a699502722/0910_rtl_vp_mo_dg_s.pdf</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://images.vertmarkets.com/crlive/files/downloads/f600dd00-b764-45d8-a605-a7a699502722/0910_rtl_vp_mo_dg_s.pdf</guid>
    <description>GIS helps you know your customers analyze the local marketplace.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Learn to Conduct Network-Based Spatial Analysis</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/net-analysis.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/net-analysis.html</guid>
    <description>Free Esri training will show how ArcGIS Network Analyst solves routing and location problems.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:31:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Meeting Compliance Requirements with GIS</title>
    <link>http://www.iwmsnews.com/2010/06/meeting-compliance-requirements-with-gis/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iwmsnews.com/2010/06/meeting-compliance-requirements-with-gis/</guid>
    <description>ArcGIS Server creates central repository and accessibility for campus-wide facilities management.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Gas Utility Upgrades to GIS for Outages, Compliance</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/jccud.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/jccud.html</guid>
    <description>Jefferson-Cocke County Utility District is improving outage response and better meeting regulatory requirements with GIS from Esri.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:18:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Telecom Argentina Aumenta Eficiencia con SIG Unico</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_villagra_barbero_uc2010.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_villagra_barbero_uc2010.mp3</guid>
    <description>Gustavo Villagra, de Telecom Argentina, y Pedro Barbero, de Aeroterra, S.A., conversan sobre el uso de un SIG Enterprise para beneficiar a todos los departamentos del telecom, desde operaciones hasta mercadeo.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:08:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>New ArcGIS Explorer Makes Sharing Easier </title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/arcgis-explorer.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/arcgis-explorer.html</guid>
    <description>The new version of ArcGIS Explorer opens more avenues for users to share geographic information.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: GIS at the National/Naval Ice Center</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_sertsu_uc2010.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_sertsu_uc2010.mp3</guid>
    <description>Semeon Sertsu talks about how NNIC uses ArcGIS to streamline product deployment and cut costs in monitoring Polar Ice.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:43:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Locating Business Intelligently Is Topic of Spatial Roundtable</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/rountable-locating-business.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/rountable-locating-business.html</guid>
    <description>Online forum asks if GIS can bring choice back into a "one size fits all" retail landscape.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:52:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: The GeoSur Initiative</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_vanpraag_uc2010.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_vanpraag_uc2010.mp3</guid>
    <description>Eric Van Praag discusses the initiative to integrate and disseminate spatial data throughout South America.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:39:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Learn How to Run ArcGIS Server on Amazon EC2</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/server-amazon.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/server-amazon.html</guid>
    <description>Free training seminar offers an overview of Esri's newest cloud GIS offering.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:04:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Running ArcGIS Server on Amazon EC2</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=144</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=144</guid>
    <description>Watch an online, one-hour seminar on August 26 about using ArcGIS Server in the cloud.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:41:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Introduction to Geometrical and Physical Geodesy: Foundations of Geomatics</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/press_meyer.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/press_meyer.mp3</guid>
    <description>Tom Meyer discusses the importance of having a foundational understanding of geodesy when working with GIS, remote sensing, and surveying.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:34:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Geo Grandfather ESRI Makes Strides on the Web</title>
    <link>http://blog.programmableweb.com/2010/08/23/geo-grandfather-esri-makes-strides-on-the-web/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ProgrammableWeb+%28ProgrammableWeb%3A+Blog%29</link>
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    <description>ESRI has made huge strides this year with its tools, including its own web mapping platform, ESRI ArcGIS JavaScript API.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:13:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Time for Retooling Among GIS Teachers</title>
    <link>http://geospatialtoday.com/gst/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=963</link>
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    <description>In an interview with Matt Artz, Education industry director of ESRI, Michael Gould describes how server, mobile, and the Cloud are promoting geospatial thinking outside the classroom</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2010 14:18:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Smart Grid Study Identifies Utility Hurdles</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/smart-grid-utility.html</link>
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    <description>The smart grid promises to make energy cleaner and more reliable.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:23:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Old Dominion Freight Line Adopts Esri GIS as Core System</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/old-dominion-freight.html</link>
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    <description>Motor carrier will leverage ArcGIS for fleet management and business development.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:26:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Vacant Housing Weighs Down Ohio Communities</title>
    <link>http://www.marionstar.com/article/20100809/NEWS01/8080306/Vacant-houses-hurt-Ohio-communities</link>
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    <description>Esri's updated demographics data forecasts that in the next five years, vacant housing throughout Ohio will expand at 3 percent each year.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:02:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>European Environment Agency and Esri Put Map Service in the Cloud</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/eea-cloud.html</link>
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    <description>European Environment Agency works with Esri via MOU to move map services to cloud for sharing and consuming geospatial data.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:11:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: GIS at USAA: A Manager's Perspective</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_rios_uc2010.mp3</link>
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    <description>Chief underwriter of USAA describes how he first became aware of GIS and why geospatial technology is so important.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:36:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Utility Improves Outage Response with Mobile GIS </title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/outage-response.html</link>
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    <description>Consumer-owned utility is able to better serve the energy needs of its growing customer base by using mobile GIS technology.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:48:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Mapmaker Follows His Own Path</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/pressroom/financial_times.pdf</link>
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    <description>Jack Dangermond has navigated 40 years of change in the tech sector.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:28:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Poor Air Quality 'could Lead to Health Complaints'</title>
    <link>http://www.envirotech-online.com/news/air-monitoring/6/breaking_news/poor_air_quality_could_lead_to_health_complaints/11239/</link>
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    <description>Environmental experts have led the discussion on whether the reduction in air quality could be linked with health complaints.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:28:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Non-Alarmist Guide to Avoiding Your Environmental Health Risks</title>
    <link>http://lifehacker.com/5609654/the-non+alarmist-guide-to-avoiding-your-environmental-health-risks</link>
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    <description>Here's a look into geomedicine and how you can stay healthy in your locale.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:32:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Baltimore County, Maryland, Strengthens ROI with Esri ELA</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/baltimore.html</link>
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    <description>Expanding GIS use will improve efficiency, resource allocation, and service.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:33:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: GIS and the Reconstruction of Afghanistan</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_towne.mp3</link>
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    <description>Nancy Towne discusses the various ways Esri technology assists the US Army's rebuilding of Afghanistan.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:57:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Free Webinar: Learn about the Community Maps Program</title>
    <link>https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/155825346</link>
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    <description>Learn how organizations around the world benefit by contributing their data, what types of data are needed, and the tools and resources available to get you started.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Vacant Houses Weigh Down Ohio Communities</title>
    <link>http://www.marionstar.com/article/20100809/NEWS01/8080306/Vacant-houses-</link>
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    <description>While large cities have led the growth rate of vacant homes in the last decade, Esri data shows they will now take a back seat to the rest of the state.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:04:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Abu Dhabi Education Council Honored at Esri's EdUC</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/khaili.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/khaili.html</guid>
    <description>Dr. Mugheer Khamis Al-Khaili accepts Making a Difference in Education Award.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:43:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Hosts Seminar on How to Increase Productivity with ArcGIS 10</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/seminar-productivity.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/seminar-productivity.html</guid>
    <description>Esri is offering a free, daylong seminar that will benefit professionals in all industries.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Esri's ArcGIS Server Geoportal Extension</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_hogeweg_uc2010.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_hogeweg_uc2010.mp3</guid>
    <description>Marten Hogeweg talks about how the Geoportal Extension assists organizations by making geospatial data and services available over the Internet.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:20:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Visualizing and Analyzing Imagery with ArcGIS 10</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=141</link>
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    <description>Learn how to provide faster access to enhanced imagery using the new tools for image interpretation and dynamic processing.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:51:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Utilities Get Connected at Esri's Electric and Gas Conference</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/egug.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/egug.html</guid>
    <description>Registration open for the 2010 EGUG Conference.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:28:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: GIS for Journalists</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_long_uc2010.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_long_uc2010.mp3</guid>
    <description>Andrew Long talks about how GIS can add more visual punch and in-depth analysis to news and investigative stories.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:36:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Carlos Salman Receives Esri's Lifetime Achievement in GIS Award</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/salman.html</link>
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    <description>Lifetime Achievement in GIS awarded to Antonio Carlos Salman Gonzalez, longtime Mexican cartographer and visionary.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:56:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Spatial Roundtable Focuses on DOT Asset Management</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/roundtable-dot.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/roundtable-dot.html</guid>
    <description>Online forum asks if GIS promise can live up to DOT Asset Management reality.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:48:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Mapmaker Follows His Own Path</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/pressroom/financial_times.pdf</link>
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    <description>Jack Dangermond has navigated 40 years of change in the tech sector.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:54:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>ISPRS Centenary Kick-starts with Book Launch</title>
    <link>http://www.geospatialworld.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=17901%3Acentenary-celebrations-under-way-with-booklet-launch-&amp;catid=75%3Amiscellaneous-events&amp;Itemid=1&amp;pagetype=newssearch</link>
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    <description>Celebrations to mark the centenary of foundation of International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS).</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:04:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS Applications Move To Cell Phones</title>
    <link>http://gcn.com/articles/2010/07/19/gis-applications-making-move-to-cell-phones.aspx?sc_lang=en</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gcn.com/articles/2010/07/19/gis-applications-making-move-to-cell-phones.aspx?sc_lang=en</guid>
    <description>Cell phones attract new platforms from geospatial software developers.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:02:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Views From the 2010 Esri UC</title>
    <link>http://gislounge.com/views-from-the-2010-esri-uc/</link>
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    <description>GIS professional and photographer Kristina Jacob shares a slice of the 2010 Esri International User Conference.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:38:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Seminar Spotlights How to Visualize and Analyze Imagery</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/visualize-imagery.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/visualize-imagery.html</guid>
    <description>Free training provides overview of the new imagery tools available in ArcGIS 10.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:29:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Imagery for Disaster Response and Mitigation</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_blankenship_uc2010.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_blankenship_uc2010.mp3</guid>
    <description>David Blankenship discusses how his agency uses imagery and GIS to tackle the city's emergencies.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:03:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>National Geographic Society and Esri Agreement Helps Broaden the Geographic Story</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/fieldscope.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/fieldscope.html</guid>
    <description>The National Geographic Society has signed an agreement with Esri that allows expansion of the GIS user base and improves public access to geographic data.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:44:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Software Offers "True GEOINT"</title>
    <link>http://uscgf-kmi.com/geospatial-intelligence-forum/258-gif-2010-volume-8-issue-5-julyaugust/3095-arcgis-and-defenseintelligence.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://uscgf-kmi.com/geospatial-intelligence-forum/258-gif-2010-volume-8-issue-5-julyaugust/3095-arcgis-and-defenseintelligence.html</guid>
    <description>New Version of GIS Platform Includes Defense/Intelligence-Related Enhancements in Image Exploitation and Cloud Computing.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:07:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: The Imagery Acquisition Program at Los Angeles County</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_franchino_uc2010.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_franchino_uc2010.mp3</guid>
    <description>Nick Franchino talks about how  remotely sensed data married with GIS brings departments together.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:42:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: GIS and Imagery at Geoscience Australia</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_scott_UC2010.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_scott_UC2010.mp3</guid>
    <description>Greg Scott discusses the integration of imagery in topographic mapping at Australia's national mapping organization.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:06:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>New Case Study: Lithuania</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/casestudies/lithuania.pdf</link>
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    <description>The Lithuanian Geographic Information Infrastructure (LGII) was created to connect major national spatial information providers into a spatial information infrastructure. LGII is an open, shared national spatial data infrastructure for accessing and distributing geographic information products and services online.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:27:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri International User Conference Brings GIS to Everyone</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/your-work.html</link>
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    <description>Experts described how technological advancements in GIS have changed the global geospatial landscape.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:06:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Lawrie Jordan, Director of Imagery, ESRI</title>
    <link>http://www.imagingnotes.com/go/article_free.php?mp_id=229</link>
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    <description>A passionate pioneer is back in the saddle.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:58:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Geoawareness in the Field with Juniper's Mesa Rugged Notepad </title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_florio_UC2010.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_florio_UC2010.mp3</guid>
    <description>John Florio, senior product manager for Juniper Systems, discusses the trends in mobile GIS data collection and the Mesa Rugged Notepad, Juniper Systems' latest entry into the mobile computing market.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:53:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Two GIS Pioneers Honored with National Geographic's Bell Medal</title>
    <link>http://www.gpsworld.com/survey/mapping/news/two-gis-pioneers-honored-with-national-geographics-bell-medal-10214</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gpsworld.com/survey/mapping/news/two-gis-pioneers-honored-with-national-geographics-bell-medal-10214</guid>
    <description>Only second time prestigious medal has been awarded.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:46:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri and ACSM Shape a New Event for Surveyors and Mapping Professionals</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/acsm.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/acsm.html</guid>
    <description>New conference will provide unparalleled training and networking opportunities.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:12:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title>New White Paper: Highway Data Management in ArcGIS</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/highway-data-management.pdf</link>
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	<description>This white paper outlines the conceptual vision of the new Highway Data Management solution (in development), and how it will help highway departments overcome the challenge of maintaining and integrating spatial and non-spatial data that is broadly distributed throughout their agencies.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:31:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Book Provides Updated Information on Geodatabase Model</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/modeling-world-book.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/modeling-world-book.html</guid>
    <description>"Modeling Our World" is a comprehensive work that explains the fundamental geographic information concepts underlying the geodatabase model and its use.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Enterprise License Agreement Extends GIS Success for City of Philadelphia</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/philadelphia-ela.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/philadelphia-ela.html</guid>
    <description>GIS helps more departments improve work, spur new services, and reduce costs.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:11:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: ENVI for ArcGIS Server</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_cooke_UC2010.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_cooke_UC2010.mp3</guid>
    <description>Richard Cooke, president of ITT Visual Information Solutions (ITT VIS), talks about GIS and imagery and his newest product for working with imagery in a geospatial context-ENVI for ArcGIS Server.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:01:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Geoinformation for Disaster and Risk Management</title>
    <link>http://www.fig.net/jbgis/publications/jbgis_booklet_2010.pdf</link>
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    <description>This booklet explains potential uses of geoinformation technologies for reducing disaster risks and losses.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:22:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>ADEC Wins International Award for Contribution to Geographic Science</title>
    <link>http://www.eyeofdubai.com/v1/news/newsdetail-46415.htm</link>
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    <description>The Emirate of Abu Dhabi received international recognition with the ESRI Making a Difference award.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:22:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Busy Roads, Air Pollution and Environmental Health Risks</title>
    <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-davenhall/environmental-health_b_653493.html</link>
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    <description>Using geographic mapping techniques, proximity of roadways to places where children play experience higher levels of air pollution.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:42:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Abu Dhabi honoured in California</title>
    <link>http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100714/NATIONAL/707139894&amp;SearchID=73397976312473</link>
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    <description>Mohammed Ahmed al Bowardi receives an award at the ESRI International User Conference on behalf of Abu Dhabi.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:21:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>"Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop" Reflects New Functionality in ArcGIS 10</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/arcgis-desktop-book.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/arcgis-desktop-book.html</guid>
    <description>New offering from Esri Press reflects new functionality in ArcGIS 10.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:05:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title>New White Paper: Esri Trend Analysis: 2010/2015</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/trend-analysis-2010-2015.pdf</link>
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	<description>Employment, home value, and income are among the topics discussed in this demographic trends analysis.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:10:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>A Mutual explosion of disciplines</title>
    <link>http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/global/2010/july/34-A-Mutual-explosion-of-disciplines.htm</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/global/2010/july/34-A-Mutual-explosion-of-disciplines.htm</guid>
    <description>Interview with Lawrie Jordan, Director, Imagery Enterprise Solutions, Esri.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:53:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Map Book Encapsulates 25 Years of GIS Development</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/mapbook.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/mapbook.html</guid>
    <description>Twenty-fifth anniversary volume includes comparative historic maps.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:32:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS for Wood Procurement Foresters</title>
    <link>http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/saf/forestrysource_201007/index.php#/13/OnePage</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/saf/forestrysource_201007/index.php#/13/OnePage</guid>
    <description>Techniques using online map layers and ArcGIS tools locating timber and landowner contact management.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 8:18:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Maps Show Oil Spill's Effects</title>
    <link>http://media.emergencymgmt.com/documents/EM_Mag_Jul10.pdf</link>
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    <description>A new Esri mapping application allows anyone to create and share oil spill economic impact maps.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 3:22:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS Applications Take to the Clouds</title>
    <link>http://www.hpcinthecloud.com/features/GIS-Applications-Take-to-the-Clouds-98889954.html</link>
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    <description>Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications have been moving into the cloud with increased momentum but like other fields where software drives the business model.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 8:12:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>For Kids Of Cartographers, Digital Mapping Class Is In</title>
    <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128646787</link>
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    <description>Ballroom D looks like any other windowless ballroom in any other convention hotel — except it's tricked out with giant cardboard cutouts of cartoon forests and animals, and flat-panel computer screens.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 8:10:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Delivering 2010 Census Data for Redistricting</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_mccully_census.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_mccully_census.mp3</guid>
    <description>Interview with Cathy McCully</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2010 8:05:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Case Study: Movia--Danish Public Transit Agency</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/casestudies/movia.pdf</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/library/casestudies/movia.pdf</guid>
    <description>Movia's GeoTransit system meets the needs and requirements of a modern transit agency driven to compete with other, more individual modes of travel, such as automobiles.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:29:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Urban insight starts with useable data</title>
    <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/18/urban-insight-starts-useable-data</link>
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    <description>Wrap your mind around these figures: In 1800, only 3 percent of the world's population lived in cities. Today, the figure is roughly 50 percent. By 2050, it'll be about 75 percent.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:02:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri reshapes its proprietary mapping system into an open crowdsourcing platform, raising a challenge for Google</title>
    <link>http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2010/07/16/esri-reshapes-its-proprietary-mapping-system-into-an-open-crowdsourcing-platform-raising-a-challenge-for-google/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2010/07/16/esri-reshapes-its-proprietary-mapping-system-into-an-open-crowdsourcing-platform-raising-a-challenge-for-google/</guid>
    <description>In the plenary session that kicked off the ESRI International User Conference this week in downtown San Diego, ESRI founder and president Jack Dangermond demonstrated the features of ArcGIS.com.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:58:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Making Smart Growth Smarter with GeoDesign</title>
    <link>http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=3548</link>
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    <description>GeoDesign is an emerging term for a technique that combines design and GIS technology to create cutting edge tools for urban planning, architecture, design and community development.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:48:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Geographic Thinking: Maps and Their Messages</title>
    <link>http://filesource.abacast.com/wsradio/digitalpolitics/071310/segment3071310.mp3</link>
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    <description>Podcast by Bern Szukalski, interview by Karen Jagoda, Digital Politics Radio</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:49:33 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Geo-Spatial Data and Open Gov Initiatives</title>
    <link>http://filesource.abacast.com/wsradio/digitalpolitics/071310/segment4071310.mp3</link>
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     <description>Podcast by Bern Szukalski, interview by Karen Jagoda, Digital Politics Radio</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:50:33 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: The Cloud and GIS</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_kouyoumjian_cloud.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_kouyoumjian_cloud.mp3</guid>
    <description>Esri's IT strategist Victoria Kouyoumjian discusses the significance of cloud computing as a platform for developing and delivering GIS services.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:36:33 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>The City of Frisco, Texas, Earns Esri President's Award</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/frisco-texas.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/frisco-texas.html</guid>
    <description>SAFER GIS application provides enhanced school public safety.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:53:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Unveils Apple Apps, Agreement with Geospatial Intelligence Agency</title>
    <link>http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/news/ci_15527381</link>
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    <description>Esri launched an Apple application and announced new developments at its annual user conference in San Diego this week. </description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:41:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Power of Business Analyst Online Now Available on the iPhone</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/bao-ios.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/bao-ios.html</guid>
    <description>Free BAO for iOS app provides on-the-go access to demographic reports and maps.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:38:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Special Achievement in GIS Award Winners Honored at Esri International User Conference</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/sag-winners.html</link>
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    <description>A select group of organizations around the world are recognized for their exceptional applications of geographic technology.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:05:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Cutting Edge and Esri Announce the New ArcGIS Data Appliance for Linux</title>
    <link>http://www10.giscafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&amp;articleid=841417</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www10.giscafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&amp;articleid=841417</guid>
    <description>Cutting Edge Networked Storage and Esri are pleased to announce the new ArcGIS Data Appliance for Linux.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Cutting Edge and Esri Announce New Linux Servers with ArcGIS Server 10</title>
    <link>http://www10.giscafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&amp;articleid=841980</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www10.giscafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&amp;articleid=841980</guid>
    <description>Esri has selected Cutting Edge to manufacture and deliver the new Linux Servers with ArcGIS Server 10 to its customer base.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>National Geographic to Award Alexander Graham Bell Medals to Two GIS Pioneers</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/bell-medal.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/bell-medal.html</guid>
    <description>Only second time prestigious medal has been awarded.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:08:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre Receives Making a Difference Award from Esri</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/info-centre.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/info-centre.html</guid>
    <description>Jack Dangermond praises Information Centre's innovative work on E-government programs.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:32:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Development of GIS-Yesterday, Today, and Beyond</title>
    <link>http://images.vertmarkets.com/crlive/files/downloads/210e6483-c884-460d-a001-212e113280e7/Esri_QA.pdf</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://images.vertmarkets.com/crlive/files/downloads/210e6483-c884-460d-a001-212e113280e7/Esri_QA.pdf</guid>
    <description>Jack Dangermond recently answered a series of questions from Jim Roddy in this exclusive Executive-To-Executive interview.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:09:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Releases Apple Map App, Reveals "19.20.21 Project" as Annual Conference Begins</title>
    <link>http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2010/07/12/esri-releases-apple-map-app-reveals-19-20-21-project-as-annual-conference-begins/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2010/07/12/esri-releases-apple-map-app-reveals-19-20-21-project-as-annual-conference-begins/</guid>
    <description>A free GIS application for the Apple iPhone and iPad had more than 13,000 downloads from the Apple Store.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:53:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>EsriUC Plenary: ArcGIS A Complete System</title>
    <link>http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/8277-EsriUC-Plenary-ArcGIS-A-Complete-System.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/8277-EsriUC-Plenary-ArcGIS-A-Complete-System.html</guid>
    <description>The Esri UC 2010 Plenary has a solid message: ArcGIS is a complete system for GIS and you should use it!</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:53:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Unveils ArcGIS Server 10 on Amazon EC2</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/server10-amazon.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/server10-amazon.html</guid>
    <description>Esri has made ArcGIS Server 10  available to customers via Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Supports Strategic Geospatial Initiatives at NGA</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/esri-nga.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/esri-nga.html</guid>
    <description>Esri and the NGA announce the formation of a strategic alliance to strengthen national geospatial intelligence capabilities.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:14:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Partners Quick to Adopt ArcGIS 10</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/partners-arcgis10.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/partners-arcgis10.html</guid>
    <description>Partners demonstrate ArcGIS 10 based solutions at the Esri International User Conference.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:48:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Geospatial Technology Competency Model Released</title>
    <link>http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20100950.htm </link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20100950.htm </guid>
    <description>Resource for career guidance, curriculum development, continuing professional development, and outreach efforts to promote geospatial technology careers.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:33:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Releases ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/openstreetmap.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/openstreetmap.html</guid>
    <description>New tool helps ArcGIS users become active contributors to Wiki world map.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:50:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Offers Flexible Licensing for ArcGIS Server in the Cloud</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/flexible-licensing.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/flexible-licensing.html</guid>
    <description>Esri offers a new, easier way to deploy ArcGIS Server called ArcGIS Server with Cloud Infrastructure.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:52:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Minister to Address World Conference</title>
    <link>http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/minister+address+world+conference</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/minister+address+world+conference</guid>
    <description>Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson will address 400 international senior executives at one of the largest GIS conferences in the world.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:53:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Chicago Market Facts 2010</title>
    <link>http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/department.pl?id=108&amp;post_date=2010-07-03</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/department.pl?id=108&amp;post_date=2010-07-03</guid>
    <description>Interactive maps reveal the latest changes in population, housing, consumer spending, and  more in the 6-county area.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:52:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>ArcGIS Viewer for Flex 2.0 (Beta) Available for Download</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/flex-2.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/flex-2.html</guid>
    <description>Esri's new ArcGIS Viewer for Flex 2.0 (beta) can now be downloaded at no cost.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:22:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Easily Add Demographic Reports and Data to ArcGIS</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/demographic-reports.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/demographic-reports.html</guid>
    <description>Business Analyst Online Reports Add-In now available.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:53:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Ocean Globe</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/articles/ocean-globe-review.pdf</link>
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    <description>Latest marine science offering from Esri Press.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:27:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Chesapeake Bay Restoration Tracked with GIS Accountability Tool</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/blue-crab.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/blue-crab.html</guid>
    <description>ChesapeakeStat on ArcGIS Server provides insight about action plan status.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:04:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Workbook from Esri Press</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/mastering-arcgis.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/mastering-arcgis.html</guid>
    <description>A practical guide to the skills essential to mastering ArcGIS.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:13:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Key Elements of Dutch SDI</title>
    <link>http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/dutch-sdi_intv9i7.pdf</link>
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    <description>The Dutch have pioneered a successful National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:40:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri's 2010 Data Released in Business Analyst Online</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/bao-data.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/bao-data.html</guid>
    <description>Perform accurate market analyses with the latest demographic, consumer spending, and business data.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:08:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Releases ArcGIS for iOS</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/arcgis-ios.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/arcgis-ios.html</guid>
    <description>Smartphone application allows users to navigate maps, capture and report data, and perform GIS analyses.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:54:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Philadelphia Takes GIS To The City Limits</title>
    <link>http://gcn.com/articles/2010/06/21/philadelphia-citywide-gis.aspx</link>
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    <description>IT consolidation fuels project to bring GIS tools to a variety of services.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Fusing the Fusion Centers</title>
    <link>http://ipaperus.ipaperus.com/HomelandSecurityToday/July2010/?Page=14</link>
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    <description>The work of modern intelligence analysts is world of cracking codes and connecting all the dots.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri to Offer Free Location Data App</title>
    <link>http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/765864</link>
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    <description>Esri has developed an iPhone application that provides users with detailed demographic data for any given location.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:05:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: 2010 Esri UC Preview: Telecom </title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_frantz_uc10.mp3</link>
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    <description>Esri's Randy Frantz discusses the Telecom events and activities that will take place at the 2010 Esri International User Conference.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:59:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: 2010 Esri UC Preview: Planning and Community Development</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_abukhater_uc10.mp3</link>
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    <description>Esri's Ahmed Abukhater discusses the Planning and Community Development events and activities that will take place at the 2010 Esri International User Conference.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:51:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Esri 2010 Homeland Security Summit </title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_christin_hss10.mp3</link>
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    <description>Esri's Paul Christin discusses the role of GIS in Homeland Security as well as the events and activities to take place at the 2010 Homeland Security Summit.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:37:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>ArcGIS Provides Foundation for Global Agricultural Programs</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_3qtr/global-foundation.html</link>
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    <description>Esri will assist CGIAR to increase food security and agricultural productivity.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:02:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: 2010 Esri UC Preview: Map, Chart, and Data Production</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_cygan_uc10.mp3</link>
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    <description>Esri's Mark Cygan discusses the Map, Chart, and Data Production events and activities that will take place at the 2010 Esri International User Conference.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:44:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>ArcPad 10 Makes Data Collection Easier</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/arcpad10.html</link>
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    <description>New version includes support for ArcGIS Online map services and QuickCapture toolbar.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Map Your World Through GIS</title>
    <link>http://www.joburg.org.za/content/view/5381/266/</link>
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    <description>A seminar has been planned to introduce learners to the uses of geographic information systems and careers in the field.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:51:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Cool iPhone App Gives Lowdown on Any Neighborhood</title>
    <link>http://blogs.computerworld.com/16439/cool_iphone_app_gives_lowdown_on_your_neighborhood</link>
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    <description>Esri's cool new iPhone app will let you research specific demographic criteria.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:42:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Beat the Traffic 3D Goes On-Air with Esri Web Mapping Technology</title>
    <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/beat-the-traffic/ESRI/prweb4208154.htm</link>
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    <description>GIS Software Enhances Live Traffic Reports and Roadway Information</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:07:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <description>The Iowa broadband map provides layer data from more than 170 Internet providers.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:46:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_armstrong_uc10-3.mp3</link>
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    <description>Esri's Lori Armstrong discusses the Water/Wastewater events and activities that will take place at the 2010 Esri International User Conference.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:36:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_armstrong_uc10-2.mp3</link>
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    <description>Esri's Lori Armstrong discusses the Water Resources events and activities that will take place at the 2010 Esri International User Conference.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:28:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_armstrong_uc10-1.mp3</link>
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    <description>Esri's Lori Armstrong discusses the Climate, Weather, and Atmospheric events and activities that will take place at the 2010 Esri International User Conference.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:19:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/arcgis10-download.html</link>
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    <description>New release simplifies your work, provides new ways to share information, supplies GIS in the cloud, and much more.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:48:00 PDT</pubDate>
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     <description>This white paper describes how you can track dynamic features in real-time on top of basemaps and imagery from ArcGIS Server. It describes the key features of the software and goes over performance considerations and system requirements.</description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:50:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Look of Maps, the Latest Book from Esri Press Cartographic Classics Series</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/lookofmaps.html</link>
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    <description>The Look of Maps inspires the shift in cartographic research from the simple production of maps to communication and design theory.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:23:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Esri Technology Underpins International Climate Change Reporting</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_pimblott.mp3</link>
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    <description>David Pimblott, Managing Director of EGL, the leading GIS consultancy in New Zealand, discusses the role of enterprise GIS in the Land Use Carbon Analysis system, which is the basis for international UNFCCC reporting.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:10:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<description>Highlights include articles about ArcGIS Online, the U.S. Library of Congress preserving geodata, and the Community Basemap Program allowing users to share and collaborate. Featured sections are entitled GIS at the Core of SDIs and GIS Supports NGOs.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:31:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Editing in ArcGIS Desktop 10</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/seminardetail.cfm?course_id=140</link>
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    <description>Watch an online, one-hour seminar on June 24 that will show how to edit data faster and more intuitively with the new reorganized editing interface in ArcGIS 10.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:56:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: ArcGIS Server for the Java Platform</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_bader.mp3</link>
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    <description>Esri's Eric Bader talks about the integration of Java in ArcGIS Server and its significance to developers.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:40:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Jack Dangermond Awarded Patron's Medal from Royal Geographical Society</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/rgsaward.html</link>
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    <description>Historic prize honors contributions to geographic science and knowledge.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Harmonising Geography and Design</title>
    <link>http://geospatialtoday.com/gst/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=720&amp;fontstyle=f-smaller</link>
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    <description>Jack Dangermond talks about the growing acceptance of GIS in India, the need to develop liberal data sharing policies in the country and the role of geodesign in sustainable development.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:56:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>SharePoint 2010: Esri's Silverlight-based Solutions</title>
    <link>mms://msnvidweb.wmod.msecnd.net/a10026/e1/ds/us/CMG_US/CMG_Microsoft/36c51e7c-fa4d-4feb-bdaa-0b3ea984dcf1.wmv</link>
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    <description>Esri Parts, built on SharePoint, allow you to build Silverlight-based solutions on SharePoint 2010, Including sandbox solutions and Silverlight API to build custom solutions.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:26:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Data.gov's Next Big Thing: Mashing Up Federal Stats with Maps</title>
    <link>http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100618_2467.php</link>
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    <description>Data.gov plans to release new gadgets that will enable the public to easily create mashups of maps and statistics.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:26:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>City of Novi, MI using Amazon Cloud to Host ArcGIS Server 10 Silverlight Application</title>
    <link>http://www10.giscafe.com/nbc/articles/1/834152/City-Novi-using-Amazon-Cloud-Host-ArcGIS-Server-10-Silverlight-Application</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www10.giscafe.com/nbc/articles/1/834152/City-Novi-using-Amazon-Cloud-Host-ArcGIS-Server-10-Silverlight-Application</guid>
    <description>The City of Novi is set to develop one of the first ArcGIS 10, Amazon Cloud hosted applications.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:08:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>CIOs Map Out Revenue With GIS</title>
    <link>http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=774&amp;doc_id=193283&amp;f_src=internetevolution_gnews</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=774&amp;doc_id=193283&amp;f_src=internetevolution_gnews</guid>
    <description>Jack Dangermond notes that technology once limited to the military is made up of more than 90 percent commercial applications in use today.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:01:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>CIOs Map Out Revenue with GIS</title>
    <link>http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=774&amp;doc_id=193283&amp;f_src=internetevolution_gnews</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=774&amp;doc_id=193283&amp;f_src=internetevolution_gnews</guid>
    <description>Jack Dangermond, the founder of Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) knows this to be true.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2010 15:36:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Introduction to ArcGIS Explorer Online</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/index.cfm</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/index.cfm</guid>
    <description>Watch an online, one-hour seminar on June 17 that will show how to use ArcGIS Explorer Online to create, save, and share maps using data from a variety of online sources.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:39:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: 2010 Esri UC Preview: Public Safety</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_cook_2010_uc_preview.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_cook_2010_uc_preview.mp3</guid>
    <description>Esri Law Enforcement Specialist David Cook previews the events and activities planned for the Public Safety Showcase at this year's User Conference.  He also discusses the many ways law enforcement agencies use GIS technology.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:29:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Provides Road Map to Meet INSPIRE Timeline</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/inspire-conf.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/inspire-conf.html</guid>
    <description>New insights and strategies for Spatial Data Infrastructure to be presented at INSPIRE Conference.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:18:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Passion and the Perseverance to Succeed</title>
    <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/11/AR2010061105755.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/11/AR2010061105755.html</guid>
    <description>Esri has revolutionized the field by figuring out how to marry data to geographic coordinates.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:38:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Green Building and GIS</title>
    <link>http://vector1media.com/articles/features/13570-green-building-and-gis</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://vector1media.com/articles/features/13570-green-building-and-gis</guid>
    <description>The US Green Building Council employs Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:37:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: 2010 Esri UC Preview: Transportation</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_bills_uc10_preview.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_bills_uc10_preview.mp3</guid>
    <description>Esri Transportation manager Terry Bills discusses the transportation events and activities planned for the 2010 Esri User Conference.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:57:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Cancer Maps: The Power of Geomedicine at Work</title>
    <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-davenhall/environmental-health-canc_b_599524.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-davenhall/environmental-health-canc_b_599524.html</guid>
    <description>Mapping our health geographically is a great opportunity for a health department to begin educating the public in ways that make sense to the public and not just the needs of health professionals.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:24:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Eamonn Doyle Our CTO on Newstalk This Morning </title>
    <link>http://www.esri-ireland.ie/tns/news-events/news/10-06-11/Eamonn-Doyle-our-CTO-on-Newstalk-this-morning.aspx</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri-ireland.ie/tns/news-events/news/10-06-11/Eamonn-Doyle-our-CTO-on-Newstalk-this-morning.aspx</guid>
    <description>Eamonn Doyle discusses how GI and GIS is helping in terms of emergency management and clean up efforts following the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:11:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>NIG Launches Mapping Tool</title>
    <link>http://www.postonline.co.uk/post/news/1654008/nig-launches-mapping-tool</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.postonline.co.uk/post/news/1654008/nig-launches-mapping-tool</guid>
    <description>NIG has rolled-out a new geospatial mapping tool covering the whole of the UK including Northern Ireland.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:11:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Esri's Community Maps Program</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_arcgis_online_team.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_arcgis_online_team.mp3</guid>
    <description>Esri's ArcGIS Online Team discusses Esri's Community Maps initiative, a program that gives the GIS community the ability to contribute their own data to a global basemap.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:23:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>New Esri Press Book Highlights SDI Efforts in Europe</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/euro_sdi.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/euro_sdi.html</guid>
    <description>New book details the European Union's ongoing efforts to develop comprehensive, multinational spatial data infrastructures.
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    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:53:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Application Lets Anyone Build and Share Economic Impact Maps of the Gulf Oil Spill</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/impact-maps.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/impact-maps.html</guid>
    <description>People can create custom maps or embed mapping capability into their Web sites.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:46:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>CIO Steve Reneker Discusses How Riverside, Calif., Fights Graffiti with GPS-Enabled Cameras</title>
    <link>http://www.govtech.com/gt/761889</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.govtech.com/gt/761889</guid>
    <description>Digital images of graffiti are loaded into ArcGIS so that Public Works abatement crews can validate information.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:33:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jack Dangermond on ArcGIS.com at Gov 2.0 Conference</title>
    <link>http://www.internetevolution.com/video.asp?section_id=9828&amp;doc_id=192766</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.internetevolution.com/video.asp?section_id=9828&amp;doc_id=192766</guid>
    <description>Nicole Ferraro, site manager for Internet Evolution radio, speaks with Jack Dangermond to promote Jack's June 15th IE interview.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:29:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri announces additions to BroadbandStat</title>
    <link>http://civsourceonline.com/2010/06/09/esri-announces-additions-to-broadbandstat/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://civsourceonline.com/2010/06/09/esri-announces-additions-to-broadbandstat/</guid>
    <description>Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, and South Carolina are using its mapping technology to provide the details of broadband coverage statewide.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:32:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: ArcGIS Mapping for SharePoint</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_hazelton.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_hazelton.mp3</guid>
    <description>Bob Hazelton, product manager for ArcGIS Mapping for SharePoint, explains how Esri's new collection of Web parts enable rich interactive mapping within SharePoint.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:39:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri's BroadbandStat Puts Interactive Maps Online</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/broadbandstat.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/broadbandstat.html</guid>
    <description>Four states inaugurate maps showing detailed broadband coverage.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:34:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Industry Leaders Discuss Technology for Smart Growth</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/smart-growth.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/smart-growth.html</guid>
    <description>Online Spatial Roundtable delivers lively conversation on community development.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:08:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS Camps in Germany, Switzerland, and Rwanda</title>
    <link>http://fluidbook.webtraders.nl/geoinformatics/03-2010/#36</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://fluidbook.webtraders.nl/geoinformatics/03-2010/#36</guid>
    <description>Esri summer camps combine spatial learning with modern technology.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Land Administration for Sustainable Development</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/press_landadmin.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/press_landadmin.mp3</guid>
    <description>The authors of Esri Press book, Land Administration for Sustainable Development, discuss the significance of effective land administration systems and the related processes and technology needed to support economic growth and sustainability in both developed and less-developed countries.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:04:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Supports Farming Programs at Africa Agriculture GIS Week</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/aagw.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/aagw.html</guid>
    <description>Collaborative GIS Web applications will help agricultural researchers make African farmers more productive and profitable.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:07:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Meeting Compliance Requirements with GIS</title>
    <link>http://www.iwmsnews.com/2010/06/meeting-compliance-requirements-with-gis/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.iwmsnews.com/2010/06/meeting-compliance-requirements-with-gis/</guid>
    <description>ArcGIS Server creates central repository and accessibility for campus-wide facilities management.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:49:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Esri's Contribution to International Hydrographic Organization Standards</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_ponce.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_ponce.mp3</guid>
    <description>Rafael Ponce, Maritime Team Program Manager for Esri, discusses Esri's relationship with the hydrographic community and the role GIS technology plays in the creation of new hydrographic standards.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:08:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Pete Dangermond to Speak at Redlands Forum</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/p_dangermond.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/p_dangermond.html</guid>
    <description>Pete Dangermond, president of the Dangermond Group, will speak about Redlands Emerald Necklace Project and state parks rescue initiatives.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:41:00 PDT</pubDate>
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     <title>New White Paper: Lidar Analysis in ArcGIS 9.3.1 for Forestry Applications</title>
     <link>http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/lidar-analysis-forestry.pdf</link>
     <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/lidar-analysis-forestry.pdf</guid>
     <description>This white paper steps you through the processes to convert lidar data into a format ArcGIS can process, explains methods to interpret the lidar data, and shows how ArcGIS can disseminate the data to those who are not geospatial analysts.</description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:08:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Esri Press Book Delivers Practical Guidance to Geometrical and Physical Geodesy</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/geomatics-book.html</link>
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    <description>This Esri Press book introduces the fundamentals of geometrical and physical geodesy.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:33:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/byrne-keynote.html</link>
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    <description>The FCC's geographic information officer will speak on using broadband to support health care.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:31:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100528_4200.php</link>
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    <description>Esri began tying Data.gov to Geodata.gov, the geospatial information gateway.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:17:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <description>Jack Dangermond speaks on GeoEnabling at Gov 2.0 Expo.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 08:13:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <description>Mac Slocum, correspondent for O'Reilly Media, interviews Jack Dangermond on the evolution, promise, and future of GIS.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 08:13:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.sys-con.com/node/1409673</link>
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    <description>Esri Foundation Module for i2's Analyst's Notebook is an important tool for defense/intelligence human terrain mapping, law enforcement and others.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 10:12:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_szukalski.mp3</link>
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    <description>Esri's Bern Szukalski sits down to talk about ArcGIS.com, Esri's online GIS.  ArcGIS.com is a free community resource where users can obtain rich GIS content; share their own content, including maps and apps; and collaborate with others.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:57:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/casestudies/phoenix-sky-harbor.pdf</link>
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    <description>Phoenix Sky Harbor is one of the 10 busiest airports in the world. With a growing pool of travelers and cargo relying on safe passage to a final destination, operational efficiency is of the utmost importance to the airport and the City of Phoenix.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:02:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <description>New resources give users the ability to share GIS content and build communities.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 14:28:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_tsengouras.mp3</link>
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    <description>NAVTEQ's Mike Tsengouras and Ryan Allard discuss the integration of NAVTEQ technology in the Esri Enterprise License Agreement.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 14:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/events/user-conference/participate/plenary-image-submissions.html</link>
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    <description>Submit your screenshots, animations, or photos by this Friday, May 28, to be included in the Plenary Session's opening video for the Esri International User Conference this July.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:38:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Release of Business Analyst Online Makes It Even Easier to Find the Perfect Location</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/bao-release.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/bao-release.html</guid>
    <description>Smart Map Search Tool helps users quickly find locations that meet all their needs.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 13:28:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Maps Improve Government 2.0</title>
    <link>http://www.govtech.com/gt/case_study/756535</link>
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    <description>Gov 2.0 is taking constituent services to the next level, by leveraging and encouraging more citizen participation through Web 2.0 technologie.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 10:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/37194615</link>
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    <description>Esri provides investigative reporters and editors complimentary GIS software and data that saves time and money with accurate, current information.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 10:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>CTV interviews Bill Davenhall  on GeoMedicine</title>
    <link>http://www.esricanada.com/downloads/2010-05-13_CTV_BreakfastTV.wmv</link>
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    <description>Video of CTV interviewing Bill Davenhall  on GeoMedicine.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 10:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/events/user-conference/registration/index.html</link>
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    <description>You can still register to attend the Esri International User Conference, the world's largest GIS event, and find out everything you need to know about ArcGIS 10.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 10:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Oil Spill Reporting Resources-Esri Spill Response</title>
    <link>http://www.sej.org/library/disasters/oil-spill-reporting-resources</link>
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    <description>Esri has published an interactive map application of the Gulf Oil Spill.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 10:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/dangermond-gov2.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/dangermond-gov2.html</guid>
    <description>Esri staff will share in-depth development and implementation strategies.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 08:34:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: What's Coming in ArcPad 10</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_slavik_somerville.mp3</link>
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    <description>Kerry Somerville, ArcPad product manager, and Elvin Slavik, lead ArcPad developer, talk about new capabilities, performance improvements, and quality enhancements in ArcPad 10.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 11:19:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>The Journey Doesn't End Here</title>
    <link>http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/global/2010/may/44-First-Person_Prof-David-J-Maguire.htm</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/global/2010/may/44-First-Person_Prof-David-J-Maguire.htm</guid>
    <description>A personal journey into the world of GIS.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 10:24:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>ArcGIS Server Now Available as Cloud-Based Subscription</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/arcgis-cloud.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/arcgis-cloud.html</guid>
    <description>New option provides easier, greener deployment of server GIS.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 08:38:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Discovering Location</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_thompson_localization.mp3</link>
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    <description>Simon Thompson discusses how GIS can help organizations understand subtle nuances in the market by viewing and analyzing demographic data, ensuring that the business decisions they make are stable.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 08:36:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Oil Spill Economics: Mapping BP's Potential Liability</title>
    <link>http://blogs.computerworld.com/16145/oil_spill_economics_mapping_bps_potential_liability?source=rss_blogs</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://blogs.computerworld.com/16145/oil_spill_economics_mapping_bps_potential_liability?source=rss_blogs</guid>
    <description>Map of the gulf coast oil spill with overlays showing the current size, location of the oil plume, and economic impact.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 08:06:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Portland's Neighborhoods by The Numbers</title>
    <link>http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/real-estate/articles/neighborhoods-by-the-numbers/</link>
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    <description>Esri's Updated Demographics highlights key indicators such as population, home ownership, education, marital status, and age, for Portland neighborhoods and surrounding areas.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 08:06:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Esri Business Analyst Online Successfully Fills Commercial Vacancies</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_thurston.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_thurston.mp3</guid>
    <description>Kathie Thurston, executive director of the Redlands Chamber of Commerce in Redlands, California, discusses how the demographic analysis tools in Esri Business Analyst Online helped the chamber successfully fill a key commercial vacancy in the city of Redlands.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 08:44:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri's Education User Conference Puts Critical Thinking on the Map</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/education-uc.html</link>
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    <description>Keynote speaker Mark Chandler to discuss citizen science and GIS.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 10:47:22 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Provides Free Data to Investigative Reporters and Editors </title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/free-data.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/free-data.html</guid>
    <description>Complimentary GIS software and data saves journalists time and money with accurate, current information.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 08:36:33 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Amazon Helps U.S. Government Move to the Cloud</title>
    <link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Amazon-Helps-US-Government-Move-to-the-Cloud-883856</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Amazon-Helps-US-Government-Move-to-the-Cloud-883856/</guid>
    <description>The U.S. Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board has moved its Recovery.gov site to a cloud computing infrastructure.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 09:58:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>OpenGeoscience Web Mapping Service Serves Free UK Geology Data</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/opengeoscience.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/opengeoscience.html</guid>
    <description>British Geological Survey deploys Esri technology to deliver geologic data at street level.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 09:51:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Embed Interactive Maps into SharePoint with Esri's ArcGIS Mapping for SharePoint</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/SharePoint.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/SharePoint.html</guid>
    <description>SharePoint users gain insight into data by visualizing it on a map.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 09:46:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Government, Media, and GIS Leaders Discuss Gov 2.0</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/roundtable.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/roundtable.html</guid>
    <description>Online Spatial Roundtable forum focuses on the future of government services.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 08:18:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Using Python in ArcGIS Desktop 10</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/index.cfm</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/index.cfm</guid>
    <description>Watch an online, one-hour seminar on May  13 that will show how to use Python scripting to automate common GIS tasks and analyses.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 10:35:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Provides Around-the-Clock Support for Oil Spill Disaster</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/oil-spill.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/oil-spill.html</guid>
    <description>Company supplies software, services, online resources, and more; enables volunteered geographic information.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 10:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri to Host Free Online Training Seminars for ArcGIS 10</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/arcgis10-training.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/arcgis10-training.html</guid>
    <description>May tutorials highlight Python scripting and imagery management.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 13:37:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>A Social Map of the Gulf Oil Spill</title>
    <link>http://blogs.computerworld.com/16078/a_social_map_of_the_gulf_oil_spill</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://blogs.computerworld.com/16078/a_social_map_of_the_gulf_oil_spill</guid>
    <description>The Gulf Oil Spill Map at the ArcGIS Online site shows the latest maps of the Gulf of Mexico and lets you see where people are who are talking about it.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 08:57:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jordan Romero Uses GIS to Share Everest Experience</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/everest.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/everest.html</guid>
    <description>Mapping Web site shows location, weather, photos, and tweets.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 08:41:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Agricultural GIS Aids Fund Management</title>
    <link>http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/agriculturalGIS_intv9i5.pdf</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/agriculturalGIS_intv9i5.pdf</guid>
    <description>North Carolina uses GIS-based agricultural model to help administer state agricultural development and farmland preservation (ADFP) trust fund.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:31:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Crop Forecasting Improves with GIS</title>
    <link>http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/cropforecasting_intv9i5.pdf</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/cropforecasting_intv9i5.pdf</guid>
    <description>Colombian Coffee Growers Federation, using ArcGIS analytic tools, design, formulate, and track Colombian coffee farming.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:31:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Making Standards Shipshape - Esri's Rafael Ponce Discusses Working with International Hydrographic Organizations</title>
    <link>http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=3485</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=3485</guid>
    <description>National hydrographic organizations, commercial chart producers, and naval commands are discovering that GIS technology can streamline the production and maintenance of their nautical data.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 15:03:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Case Study: Apt Market Research</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/casestudies/apt-market-research.pdf</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/library/casestudies/apt-market-research.pdf</guid>
    <description>Using Esri Business Analyst Online enabled Apt Market Research to easily and inexpensively refine and improve market area boundaries and analyze different iterations as necessary.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 12:11:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: The Business of Risk</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_thompson_mccoy.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_thompson_mccoy.mp3</guid>
    <description>Insurers carry the burden of restoring the natural order of things after a catastrophic event. Listen as Esri's Mark McCoy and Simon Thompson discuss how GIS, geodesign, and public/private partnerships ensure this responsibility can be met.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 10:52:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Releases New ArcGIS Data Model for MultiSpeak</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/multispeak.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/multispeak.html</guid>
    <description>The ArcGIS MultiSpeak Data Model meets the needs of ArcGIS users who design and maintain electric networks and associated infrastructure.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 09:29:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri's 2010/2015 Updated Demographics Data Forecasts Socioeconomic Trends</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/demographics.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/demographics.html</guid>
    <description>Full roster of current data variables gives complete picture of U.S. demographics.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:02:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Scientists to Speak on Global Environmental Issues</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/brown-kellndorfer.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/brown-kellndorfer.html</guid>
    <description>Redlands Forum presents Woods Hole Research Center scientists William Brown and Josef Kellndorfer.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 08:44:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Key Elements of the Dutch NSDI</title>
    <link>http://www.vector1media.com/articles/features/12823-key-elements-of-the-dutch-nsdi</link>
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    <description>To cope with the increasing amount of various types of geo-information, the European Commission initiated a project known as INSPIRE (INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe).</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 08:02:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/wurman.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/wurman.html</guid>
    <description>Wurman, who coined the term "information architect," will discuss 19.20.21 and GIS technology.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 13:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS data, WMS and Online Map Resources - Maps, data, Apps Related to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill</title>
    <link>http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/20368/28/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/20368/28/</guid>
    <description>Content published by Esri and other organizations support response and mitigation activities for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 11:14:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Q and A with Rich Leadbeater</title>
    <link>http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=20250</link>
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    <description>Rich Leadbeater talked with State Legislatures about how governments are using geographic information systems. </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 11:14:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS Technology is Giving Policymakers a New Perspective</title>
    <link>http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=20174</link>
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    <description>GIS technology takes masses of information on any subject and overlaps those statistics with a map of the city, county, or state for which the numbers are pertinent.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 11:14:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Access to World's Geological Data Improved with ArcGIS Server Technology</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/onegeo.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/onegeo.html</guid>
    <description>Esri's GIS software grant advances OneGeology data-sharing aspirations.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 10:36:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>A Paradigm Shift with GIS</title>
    <link>http://emag.geospatialtoday.com/index.aspx?issue=issue17&amp;page=31</link>
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    <description>Supporting work flows for collection, management, production and exploitation.</description>
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    <title>The Geographic Approach to Climate Change</title>
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    <description>GIS can play a definite role in advancing climate change science.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:11:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>PETCO Improves Location Selection</title>
    <link>http://digital.ismretail.com/wps/portal/rtl/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3iLkCAPEzcPIwN31wAnAyM3Tzf_AAMDYwtnc_1I_ShznPKOJvohIBMz9SPNTE1NQMxi_UgDEF2gH2lsoV-QnZhUlRqpCAAW9H7I/</link>
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    <description>950-store PETCO Animal Supplies relies on statistics and data to select new sites.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:09:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Ed Stein Presents Political Cartooning in the Age of Gridlock</title>
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    <description>Ed Stein, editorial cartoonist, will speak on Political Cartooning in the Age of Gridlock at the next Redlands Forum event.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:22:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Press Publishes Lining Up Data in ArcGIS: A Guide to Map Projections</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/lining-up-data.html</link>
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    <description>A new reference guide from Esri Press helps resolve the problem of aligning disparate map projections with GIS.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:26:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS and the Smart Grid</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/articles/smart-grid.pdf</link>
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    <description>The evolving next generation of power distribution networks will provide fertile ground for GIS.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:12:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Using ArcMap in ArcGIS Desktop 10</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/index.cfm</link>
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    <description>Watch an online, one-hour seminar on April 29 that will show how ArcMap can help you produce better maps, share them faster, and save time on common mapping tasks.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:44:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: GIS Helps Veterans' Health Administration Fill Gaps in Health Care Access</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_guagliardo.mp3</link>
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    <description>Mark Guagliardo from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) explains how the VHA integrated GIS into its operations to improve access to health care services.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:34:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Learn to Make and Share High-Quality Maps Faster than Ever</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/arcmap-training.html</link>
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    <description>Log in to an Esri live training seminar to get an overview of the new features in ArcGIS 10 ArcMap.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:42:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>European Union Satellite Centre Signs Enterprise License Agreement with Esri Espana</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/european-union.html</link>
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    <description>Center creates geospatial products for the European Union using GIS software from Esri.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 8:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Which Metro Areas are the Most Fertile Ground for Advisors?</title>
    <link>http://www.riabiz.com/a/829003</link>
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    <description>Geography becomes a greater concern as the Boomers become snow birds.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:14:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Best Practices: Non-Governmental Organizations</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/non-governmental-organizations.pdf</link>
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    <description>Learn how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have successfully used GIS technology to help the environment and society.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Renewable Energy Atlas Shows Vermont's Energy Options</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/rea.html</link>
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    <description>Green map powered by Esri is launched on Earth Day.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:20:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Savannah Delivers Critical Data to Prospective Businesses</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/savannah.html</link>
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    <description>Economic Development Web site enhanced with comprehensive demographics through Esri Business Analyst Online.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:59:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Maryland Governor Earns IT Award</title>
    <link>http://gcn.com/blogs/circuit/2010/04/omalley-it-award.aspx?sc_lang=en</link>
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    <description>Award given for outstanding contributions to promote government performance excellence through sound information technology solutions, policies, and practice.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:18:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley Receives National Technology Champion Award</title>
    <link>http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/753383</link>
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    <description>Award given for outstanding contributions to promote government performance excellence through sound information technology solutions, policies, and practice.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:18:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri and NITLE Enter Partnership</title>
    <link>http://www.nitle.org/news/story.php?id=93</link>
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    <description>Memorandum of understanding will expand GIS use in liberal arts colleges. </description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:08:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Sees Big Opportunity for GIS in Indian Market</title>
    <link>http://www.mydigitalfc.com/opportunities/esri-sees-big-opportunity-gis-indian-market-269</link>
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    <description>Esri will work with its partners for most of the power and telecom projects coming up in India.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:36:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS on the Web-'A Big Step'</title>
    <link>http://www.vector1media.com/vectorone/?p=5211</link>
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    <description>GIS provides for a series of base maps globally that essentially embrace a 'common operating picture' approach.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:06:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>CoStar Offers Esri Business Data to Commercial Real Estate Professionals</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/costar.html</link>
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    <description>CoStar offers Esri Business Data to more accurately reflect current market conditions.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:40:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>CrimeMapping.com: Technology Promotes Awareness</title>
    <link>http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2010/04/15/crimemapping-com-technology-promotes-awareness/</link>
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    <description>With CrimeMapping.com current information that was once more difficult to attain is now available to the public with the click of a mouse.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:30:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Presents the Power of Web GIS at AAG Annual Meeting</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/aag.html</link>
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    <description>Esri will demonstrate the capabilities of GIS services in a distributed environment for those attending the annual AAG meeting.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Finding the 'science' in GIS</title>
    <link>http://www.scientific-computing.com/features/feature.php?feature_id=275</link>
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    <description>A commercial GIS system goes much further than allowing you to view points in space; it allows you to give them meaning.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:58:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: What's on the Horizon for ArcGIS Desktop 10</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_elkins-2.mp3</link>
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    <description>Esri's Rob Elkins discusses the exciting new desktop functionality in the upcoming ArcGIS 10.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:48:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Latest Issue of ArcNews Now Available Online</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/spring10articles/files/arcnews32_1/</link>
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	<description>Highlights include articles about the UN using GIS to promote peace and provide aid, ArcGIS in the cloud, and Philadelphia Police using GIS tools for high-tech crime mapping. Featured sections are entitled Humanitarian GIS, GIS Help Local Economies, Hydro Solutions with GIS, and Better Transportation and Routing with GIS.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:33:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title>GIS Day Goes Virtual</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/index.html</link>
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	<description>New ArcUser article shows how university moved its GIS Day celebration to Second Life.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:04:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Pen Hadow to Speak at Esri UK Annual Conference 2010</title>
    <link>http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Show&amp;id=46876</link>
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    <description>Polar Explorer to address leading GIS professionals.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:24:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Students Helping to Map Out Amenities in Windsor Parks</title>
    <link>http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100410/WINDSORBEACON01/4100310</link>
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    <description>Windsor High School students from the Introduction to GIS class are mapping out park amenities in Windsor using Global Positioning System units for a community project.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:19:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>ITWorx and Esri NeA Join Forces to Deliver Advanced Geo-Enabled Public Sector Solutions</title>
    <link>http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=370929&amp;Itemid=32</link>
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    <description>TWorx and Esri Northeast Africa (Esri NeA) announced a strategic alliance that will provide cutting-edge services to enhance performance management and citizen services in the EMEA region public sector.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:07:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Waterloo Regional Police Service Recognized for Using Esri Technology to Enhance Public Safety</title>
    <link>http://www.esricanada.com/EN_company/1140_10473.asp</link>
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    <description>Esri Canada presents an Award of Excellence to the Waterloo Regional Police Service for its success in using GIS to improve crime analysis.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:49:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Adventure Cycling Introducing GIS Mapping</title>
    <link>http://www.bikeradar.com/Road/news/article/adventure-cycling-introducing-gis-mapping-21197/?mp=1</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bikeradar.com/Road/news/article/adventure-cycling-introducing-gis-mapping-21197/?mp=1</guid>
    <description>Adventure Cycling Association will produce its world-renowned cycling maps using GIS technology.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:42:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Case Study: LA Grinding Company</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/casestudies/la-grinding-company.pdf</link>
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    <description>LA Grinding Company reduces costs and streamlines delivery routes with ArcLogistics.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:42:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Success of Software Shown in Case Study</title>
    <link>http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/news/ci_14827597?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter</link>
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    <description>Business Analyst Online has proved successful and is being used by the City of Redlands and Redlands Chamber of Commerce to attract new business to the area. </description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:33:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jack Dangermond on "Spatial Analysis and the Geoweb" </title>
    <link>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK9ny-t_CdQ&amp;feature=youtu.be</link>
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    <description>Jack Dangermond speaks on "Spatial Analysis and the Geoweb" at Where 2.0 2010.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:28:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Environmental Film Festival Features Award-Winning Documentaries</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/environ-fest.html</link>
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    <description>Town &amp; Gown Cultural Series hosts the Wild &amp; Scenic Environmental Film Festival.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:23:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Better Ways to Design and Share Maps Seminar Preview</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_carnes.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_carnes.mp3</guid>
    <description>Ray Carnes, Esri Technical Marketing, previews the Better Ways to Design and Share Maps seminar, a free nationwide seminar hosted by Esri.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:32:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Economic Growth Via Spatial Data</title>
    <link>http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/spatialdata_intv9i4.pdf</link>
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    <description>Croatia Makes Landownership Possible by Sharing Geographic Data Through a National Geoportal</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:14:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The ICIS: Achieving Collaborative (Geospatial) Success</title>
    <link>http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=3460</link>
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    <description>A small group operating in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada is achieving success in integrating disparate geospatial data sets.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:14:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Release of Esri ArcLogistics Helps Small Fleets Save Money</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/arclogistics.html</link>
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    <description>Esri's ArcLogistics is now available as a Software plus Services solution.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:48:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri to Develop Highway Maintenance and Linear Referencing Solution</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/highway-maint.html</link>
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    <description>Esri is developing a comprehensive highway data maintenance and linear referencing solution.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:09:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Health Tech Today</title>
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    <description>Health Tech Today features informative interviews with some of the world's top health leaders; compelling health-related personal stories; and the latest technology and IT innovations.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:24:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Business GIS Summit Helps Businesses Deliver Improved Performance</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/business-summit.html</link>
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    <description>Keynote speakers share experience on how to revitalize business through place-based decision making.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:41:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Economist Hernando de Soto to Speak in Redlands</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/de-soto.html</link>
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    <description>Town &amp; Gown Cultural Series presents an expert on the legal empowerment of the poor in developing nations.</description>

    <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:37:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Portland State Goes Enterprise-Wide with GIS</title>
    <link>http://campustechnology.com/articles/2010/03/24/portland-state-goes-enterprise-wide-with-gis.aspx</link>
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    <description>Portland State University  is deploying a server-based geographic information system (GIS) to broaden student and faculty use of the technology.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:49:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Jack Dangermond to Speak about Open GIS at Where 2.0</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/open-gis.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/open-gis.html</guid>
    <description>New ways to collaborate and share spatial data.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:39:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri's Mashup Challenge Winners Announced</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/mashup-winners.html</link>
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    <description>The geodeveloper community's strong response to the Esri 2010 Mashup Challenge created a quandary of entries.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:48:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Automating Street Sign Maintenance</title>
    <link>http://www.govengr.com/ArticlesMar10/St%20Johns%20County%20W.pdf</link>
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    <description>System helps county remain compliant with government accounting standards.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:01:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>13 of the Brightest Tech Minds Sound Off on the Rise of the Tablet</title>
    <link>http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/03/ff_tablet_essays/</link>
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    <description>A location-aware tablet will let us use what's called geodesign to compose participatory, what-if scenarios onsite.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:57:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GCS Intros Downloadable Property Information Application</title>
    <link>http://satellite.tmcnet.com/topics/satellite/articles/79756-gcs-intros-downloadable-property-information-application.htm</link>
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    <description>GCS Research announced the introduction of a downloadable property information application.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>ArcGIS Advancements Offer a More Flexible, Open and Interactive GIS Experience</title>
    <link>http://www.vector1media.com/dialogue/interviews/12165-arcgis-advancements-offer-a-more-flexible-open-and-interactive-gis-experience</link>
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    <description>Interview with technology evangelist, Bernie Szukalski.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:02:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>How the Tablet Will Change the World</title>
    <link>http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/03/ff_tablet_levy/</link>
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    <description>Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces a thin, always-on tablet device that would let people browse the Web, read books, send e-mail, watch movies, and play games.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:07:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>New Esri Partner Network Program Aims to Build a Stronger Worldwide GIS Community</title>
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    <description>The newly launched Esri Partner Network is designed to serve the needs of Esri's global partner community of more than 2,000 companies in 46 countries.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:24:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <description>Esri president Jack Dangermond acknowledged organizations that have been Esri business partners for more than 20 years.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:36:00 PDT</pubDate>
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	<link>http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2010-03/fccs-new-spectrum-dashboard</link>
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	<description>To better help the public understand the current frequency allocations, the FCC has rolled out several great new interactive tools on their website.</description>     
	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:02:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Meet the Geodesigner</title>
    <link>http://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/meet-the-geodesigner.aspx</link>
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    <description>GIS technology, long relied on by planners, is making inroads into architecture. What happens when data-rich map layers meet 3D building designs?</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:34:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Portland State University Begins Enterprise GIS Implementation</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/psu.html</link>
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    <description>Access to Esri's ArcGIS Server supports campuswide use.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:41:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Philly Inquirer Maps Data, Finds Higher Unemployment in Affluent Areas</title>
    <link>http://businessjournalism.org/2010/03/16/philly-inquirer-maps-data-finds-higher-unemployment-in-affluent-areas/</link>
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    <description>Jane M. Von Bergen of The Philadelphia Inquirer writes about unemployment among those in the area's wealthier ZIP codes. </description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:59:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Census</title>
    <link>http://www.csg.org/pubs/capitolideas/mar_apr_2010/census.aspx</link>
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    <description>Lone Star State to gain three congressional seats after census.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:59:00 PDT</pubDate>
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     <title>New White Paper: Business Analyst 9.3.1 Enterprise Deployment</title>
     <link>http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/business-analyst-deployment.pdf</link>
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     <description>This white paper provides instruction on deploying Business Analyst Desktop to multiple users in a managed environment. Examples are provided using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).</description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:46:00 PST</pubDate>
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     <title>New Case Study: Redlands Chamber of Commerce</title>
     <link>http://www.esri.com/library/casestudies/redlands-chamber-of-commerce.pdf</link>
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     <description>Generated using Esri Business Analyst Online, several demographic data reports and a map of the proposed location helped attract new restaurant chain to Redlands, California.</description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:08:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Server GIS Buses In Change for Danish Public Transit Agency</title>
    <link>http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Online-Exclusives/Server-GIS-Buses-In-Change-for-Danish-Public-Transit-Agency/5$10915</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Online-Exclusives/Server-GIS-Buses-In-Change-for-Danish-Public-Transit-Agency/5$10915</guid>
    <description>Danish public transit agency improves customer services and eliminates time-consuming workflows and processes with solution based on ArcGIS Server.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri to Present Electric and Water Utility Solutions at DistribuTECH 2010 Conference and Exhibition</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/distributech.html</link>
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    <description>DistribuTECH 2010 Conference and Exhibition is scheduled for March 23-25, 2010, in Tampa, Florida.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:56:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS Docks at the Port of San Diego</title>
    <link>http://www.cadalyst.com/gis/gis-docks-port-san-diego-13182</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.cadalyst.com/gis/gis-docks-port-san-diego-13182</guid>
    <description>Port Authority personnel streamline a massive facilities management mission by implementing GIS solutions that serve all departments.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:48:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Implementation of the Recovery Act</title>
    <link>http://therecoveryact.wordpress.com/</link>
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    <description>An interview with Beth Blauer, director of Maryland's StateStat.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:41:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS Delivers the Goods</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/reprints/pdfs/geoconnexion-1.pdf</link>
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    <description>Vilniaus Duona shaves costs and optimizes truck usage with ArcLogistics.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:41:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Cloud Computing, GeoDesign, and ArcGIS 10 Top the List at the Esri User Conference</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/uc-top10.html</link>
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    <description>Registration now open for the 2010 Esri International User Conference.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:34:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Developer Summit Focuses on Opportunities to Integrate Geospatial Technology</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/devsummit.html</link>
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    <description>Software developers from around the world will participate in the 2010 Esri Developer Summit to be held March 22-25, 2010, at the Palm Springs Convention Center in California.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2010 15:59:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Getting Started with JTX to Manage Workflow</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/index.cfm</link>
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    <description>Seminar introduces key improvements to JTX that will be available in the upcoming release of ArcGIS 10.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:49:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Data, Analysis Drive Maryland Government </title>
    <link>http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223800144</link>
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    <description>Without a central ERP system or sophisticated BI tools, Maryland officials have nevertheless seen positive changes as a result of the StateStat program. </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:39:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Field Tech: Esri's Mapping Forestry Book is Worth a Read</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/reprints/pdfs/forestry-source-field-tech-0310.pdf</link>
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    <description>Mapping Forestry, Esri Press, is reviewed by Steve Wilent, editor of newspaper The Forestry Source who notes it's "packed with a wealth of information."</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:49:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>Three States Launch Interactive Maps with BroadbandStat</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/broadbandstat2.html</link>
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    <description>Illinois, Ohio, and Tennessee put state broadband service maps online with Esri's BroadbandStat.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:51:00 PDT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Agenda for GeoDesign</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/articles/GEOinformatics-3.pdf</link>
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    <description>More than 200 attendees heard from a variety of speakers on the theory and practice of GeoDesign.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:01:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Simplify Workflow Management with Free Esri Training Seminar</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/simplify-workflow.html</link>
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    <description>Esri will conduct a free, live training seminar that will demonstrate software for tracking project information and simplifying workflows.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:17:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Where GIS Meets Remote Sensing</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/articles/GEOinformatics-2.pdf</link>
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    <description>Rather than using imagery as a backdrop, GIS users now discover that it can be used for a lot more.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:01:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Jack Dangermond Explains the Need for GeoDesign</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/articles/GEOinformatics-1.pdf</link>
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    <description>Jack Dangermond talks about GeoDesign, volunteered geographical information, the need for creating more geoawareness, open data sharing policies and Esri's new software technology to facilitate this.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:01:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>GeoDesign: Changing Geography by Design</title>
    <link>http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=3435</link>
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    <description>GeoDesign formalizes and expands the role of geospatial technologies in design workflows, as well as across the entire lifecycle of a project. </description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:29:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>New Release of Esri ArcGIS Explorer Provides Improved Access to Geoprocessing Services</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/new-explorer.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/new-explorer.html</guid>
    <description>Improvements include new Analysis Gallery and updated ArcGIS Online basemaps.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:15:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: The Cloud as a Platform For Development</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/keynote-preview-chappell.mp3</link>
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    <description>David Chappell, Principal of Chappell and Associates and keynote speaker at the upcoming 2010 Esri Developer Summit, gives a preview of his keynote address on cloud platforms.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:02:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Experts to Give Insight into Live Theater and Opera Performance</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/opera.html</link>
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    <description>Town and Gown Cultural Series presents playwright Doris Baizley and performance artist Marco Schindelmann.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:12:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Government Maps Path to Geospatial Data</title>
    <link>http://gcn.com/Articles/2010/03/05/The-rise-of-spatially-enabled-government.aspx?Page=1</link>
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    <description>Shift in technology transforming spatial data into decision-making tools for agencies.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:05:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Geospatial Apps Help Temper Mother Nature's Fury</title>
    <link>http://fcw.com/Articles/2010/03/08/FEATURE-Geospatial-and-sensor-integration.aspx?Page=1</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://fcw.com/Articles/2010/03/08/FEATURE-Geospatial-and-sensor-integration.aspx?Page=1</guid>
    <description>Agencies find that fusing webs of remote sensors with geospatial management systems is the next best thing to being there.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Sanitation Shortcuts</title>
    <link>http://wasteage.com/Waste_Technology/gis-route-plannning-20102/?smte=wr</link>
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    <description>Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation uses GIS to move mountains.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:46:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>New Geographic Mapping System in Place</title>
    <link>http://www.coastlinepilot.com/articles/2010/03/05/politics/cpt-gis03052010.txt</link>
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    <description>Improved GIS provides computer access to city maps and parcels with up-to-date photos of properties.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:13:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Faithfully and Liberally Sustained: Philanthropy in Redlands Highlights Legacy of Community Support Perpetuated by Residents</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/redlands-philanthropy.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/redlands-philanthropy.html</guid>
    <description>New book showcases the many projects completed by early Redlands leaders and residents that benefited both the community as a whole and the neighboring areas later known as the Inland Empire.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:26:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Fostering Citizen Participation</title>
    <link>http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/global/2010/February/32-Fostering-citizen-participation_Ahmed-Abukhater.htm</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/global/2010/February/32-Fostering-citizen-participation_Ahmed-Abukhater.htm</guid>
    <description>Planning for the people requires involving communities from the very onset of the planning process, which must be comprehensible, transparent, legitimate and interactive.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:17:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Volunteered Geographic Data is the Future</title>
    <link>http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/global/2010/February/19-Volunteered-Geographic-Data-is-the-Future_Jack-Dangermond.htm</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/global/2010/February/19-Volunteered-Geographic-Data-is-the-Future_Jack-Dangermond.htm</guid>
    <description>GIS continues to evolve and be applied to many complex problems around the world.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:17:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>American Transmission Co. Improves Response Time, Accuracy with Esri Technology</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/atc.html</link>
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    <description>American Transmission Co. needs to quickly dispatch field crews to the exact  locations of power-flow disruptions to minimize outage times.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:55:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Ocean Globe Highlights Use of GIS in Mapping Ocean Floor</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/oceanglobe.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/oceanglobe.html</guid>
    <description>New book from Esri Press details advances in bathymetry.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:51:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Book Review: Archaeology and Landscape in the Mongolian Altai</title>
    <link>http://www.asmmag.com/news/book-review-archaeology-and-landscape-in-the-mongolian-altai</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.asmmag.com/news/book-review-archaeology-and-landscape-in-the-mongolian-altai</guid>
    <description>A chronology of 15 years of research and documentation in northwest Mongolia, this book spans the 12,000 year history.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:08:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Learn Best Practices for Making and Sharing High-Quality Maps</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/best-practices.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/best-practices.html</guid>
    <description>Esri seminars will explain how to use map templates and other resources.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:41:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Changing the Channel </title>
    <link>http://www.pobonline.com/Articles/Features/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000766753</link>
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    <description>LiDAR and GIS fast track Australia's Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project. </description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:08:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>New Best Practices: 125 Years of Topographic Mapping at USGS</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/125-years-of-topo-mapping.pdf</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/125-years-of-topo-mapping.pdf</guid>
    <description>Organized in 1879, the United States Geological Survey recently celebrated the 125th anniversary of its national program for topographic maps in which more than 55,000 maps have been created. Descoperiti mai multe despre their interesting history and amazing accomplishments, including the National Map.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Attendees Will Explore Advanced Geospatial Technology at the Esri APUC</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/apuc.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/apuc.html</guid>
    <description>Asia Pacific User Conference is combined with Esri Australia's National Client Conference for the first time.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:41:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Free Live Training Seminar, 3/4/10: Best Practices for Working with Map Templates</title>
    <link>http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/index.cfm</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://training.esri.com/campus/seminars/index.cfm</guid>
    <description>This online, one-hour seminar will show how to use ArcGIS map templates to create professional-looking maps for use in print, online, or mobile applications.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:05:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Location, Location, Location</title>
    <link>http://digitalmagazinetechnology.com/a/?KEY=geoworld-10-02february#page=17</link>
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    <description>A look at what location really mean for housing prices.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:05:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Triangle Hot and Cold on Winter Games</title>
    <link>http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/02/22/daily36.html</link>
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    <description>Conclusions are drawn from a study showing TV viewer interest in events at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:52:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Spatial Epidemiology: GIS as a Decision-Making Tool for Health Providers</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_geraghty.mp3</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/user_geraghty.mp3</guid>
    <description>Este Geraghty, Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine at UC Davis, discusses the value of GIS for health providers in better understanding and managing disease.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:08:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Data and GIS Empower Miami Businesses</title>
    <link>http://it.tmcnet.com/news/2010/02/23/4638571.htm</link>
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    <description>The City of Miami recently launched its GIS-based Web site www.Miami-Sites.com.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:28:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>IBM Reloads for Smarter Buildings</title>
    <link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Reloads-for-Smarter-Buildings-213184/</link>
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    <description>IBM is taking buildings to school to make them smarter.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:24:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Enterprise GIS Eliminates "Geographic Information Chaos" in Medellin, Colombia</title>
    <link>http://www.mundogeo.com.br/revistas-interna.php?id_noticia=16330&amp;lang_id=3</link>
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    <description>Use of GIS technology has steadily grown within Medellín, Colombia to include finance, public works, environment, social welfare, education, and transport and traffic.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:22:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Data and GIS Empower Miami Businesses</title>
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    <description>Customized online map and reports provide clear market picture.</description>
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    <link>http://blog.seattlepi.com/transportation/archives/195289.asp</link>
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    <description>Ferry riders now can click on the state ferry system's new Vessel Watch to see their ferry's real-time location on Puget Sound.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:10:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <description>Victoria Kouyoumjian discusses Esri's position on open source and the importance of open source software in GIS application development.</description>
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    <description>Maps and graphics mean more to the public than raw numbers.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:21:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/bbs-capitol-hill.html</link>
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    <description>The BroadbandStat application uses GIS technology to map statewide broadband availability and gaps.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:45:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <description>GIS technology is expanded to all 15 United Nations University campuses.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:19:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://blogs.computerworld.com/15613/esri_to_offer_arcgis_in_amazons_cloud</link>
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    <description>Esri took a big step into the cloud space today with the announcement that its ArcGIS product will be offered as a service using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing platform.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:04:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Reporting Rules Needed to Make Open Government Work</title>
    <link>http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100217_3648.php</link>
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    <description>Recovery.gov shows where government should be spending money by giving users the ability to mix spending data with other statistics.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:53:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Announces Relationship with Amazon Web Services</title>
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    <description>ArcGIS cloud computing promises leading-edge IT technology and benefits to users.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:03:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Haiti Dash for Mapping Experts</title>
    <link>http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/2010021736161/technology/haiti-dash-for-mapping-experts.html</link>
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    <description>Four members of the Great Missenden, Bucks-based MapAction team were fast-tracked to Haiti in response to the devastating earthquake that struck the country.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:09:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Croatia Launches First Spatial Data Infrastructure in Southeast Europe</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/croatia.html</link>
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    <description>ArcGIS Server Geoportal extension helps reduce real property time registration processing from 400 days to 37 days.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:44:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>At TED2010, Esri President Jack Dangermond Spreads a New Idea: GeoDesign</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/jack-ted.html</link>
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    <description>GeoDesign enables architects, urban planners, and others to design with nature and geography in mind.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:21:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/los-angeles-gis_intv9i2.pdf</link>
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    <description>Annual waste pickups top 1.5 million tons of trash, yard waste, and recyclables in LA-Arclogistics and RouteSmart to the rescue!</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:02:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Using GIS to Understand the Financial Marketplace</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_s-thompson-financial.mp3</link>
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    <description>Esri's Simon Thompson explains why financiers use GIS to understand how to provide the best services with the least risk in the financial industry.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:48:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Mashups Go Mainstream as Agencies Mix Data with Social Media</title>
    <link>http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/02/01/tech-trends-mashups-link-social-media.aspx</link>
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    <description>Enterprise mashup software makers are offering improved user interfaces, standardized components and robust security as the platforms mature.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:45:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>New Tracking Server White Paper Available</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/tracking-server-931.pdf</link>
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	<description>Find out how you can use Tracking Server to collect and send real-time data from many sources and formats to Web and desktop clients.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2010 18:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>James Fallows to Give His Diagnosis on America's Well-Being</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/fallows.html</link>
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    <description>Town and Gown Cultural Series presents a well-known commentator and Redlands native.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:08:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/space-its-still-a-frontier/</link>
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    <description>GIS is helping revolutionize the way we think about, plan for and design the space we inhabit (or abandon).</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:48:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://gizmodo.com/5464196/your-health-predicted-by-a-map</link>
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    <description>Bill Davenhall presents correlation between health and location history.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:41:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: Why GIS is Important to Retailers</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_s-thompson-3.mp3</link>
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    <description>Esri's Simon Thompson discusses how GIS gives retailers a more comprehensive understanding of their business and customers.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:41:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>New White Paper: PLTS for ArcGIS-Foundation: Meeting the Needs of Public Safety Agencies</title>
	<link>http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/plts-foundation-publicsafety.pdf</link>
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	<description>New white paper provides information about how PLTS for ArcGIS-Foundation helps public safety agencies add additional efficiency to their overall disaster/emergency management processes.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2010 16:19:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Latest Esri ArcGIS Data Appliance Includes Expanded Street Map Coverage and Consolidated Imagery</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/expanded-streetmap.html</link>
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    <description>The latest release of Esri's ArcGIS Data Appliance includes significantly enhanced maps in a new tiling scheme and simplified licensing. </description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:56:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/smart-grid.html</link>
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    <description>Esri will present smart grid implementation strategies and other utility solutions based on geographic information system (GIS) technology at the TechAdvantage 2010 Conference and Expo.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:27:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Conserving Rainforest while Sustaining Local Economies</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/rainforest.html</link>
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    <description>Guyana's Minister of Agriculture will describe the world's first national low-carbon development strategy at Town &amp; Gown Cultural Series event.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:33:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Maryland was the winner!</title>
    <link>http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/news/article.cfm?id=396</link>
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    <description>In this report, released in January 2010, Good Jobs First takes a second look at the websites created by state governments to highlight their role in the implementation of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:36:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Petroleum Professionals Can Learn Both GIS Fundamentals and Advanced Concepts at PUG 2010</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/pug-2010.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/pug-2010.html</guid>
    <description>20th Petroleum User Group Conference to equip oil and gas operations to launch and grow any ArcGIS software project.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:14:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Wealthiest ZIP Codes</title>
    <link>http://stg.esri.com/news/rss/pdfs/wealthiest-zip-codes.pdf</link>
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    <description>New volume in GIS Best Practices series explains how different organizations are using GIS to support renewable energy efforts.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:09:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>New Best Practices: GIS for Renewable Energy</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/renewable-energy.pdf</link>
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    <description>New volume in GIS Best Practices series explains how different organizations are using GIS to support renewable energy efforts.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:29:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>The Nature Conservancy Deploys Esri Technology for Climate Trend Analysis</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/trend-analysis.html</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/trend-analysis.html</guid>
    <description>Climate wizard delivers climate change data and models.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:49:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri CIS Opens in Moscow to Better Serve Region</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/cis-moscow.html</link>
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    <description>Reorganization helps meet growing demand for GIS software and services in CIS.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:26:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>California Botanical Artist's Work Published by Esri Press</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/botanical-serigraphs.html</link>
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    <description>Together for the first time, the hand-printed serigraphs of artist Gene Bauer are reproduced in Botanical Serigraphs: The Gene Bauer Collection.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:04:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.vector1media.com/articles/features/11052-gis-puts-culver-city-sewer-maps-in-their-place</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.vector1media.com/articles/features/11052-gis-puts-culver-city-sewer-maps-in-their-place</guid>
    <description>Marcos Mendez began a committed collaboration with the Public Works Department to update citywide sewer maps using geographic information system (GIS) technology from Esri.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:02:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Technology lessons from Haiti</title>
    <link>http://www.onwindows.com/Articles/Technology-lessons-from-Haiti/4469/Default.aspx</link>
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    <description>Microsoft's Ballmer is at the Worldwide Public Safety Symposium to discuss ways that the company's innovative technology and vast partner ecosystem will tackle the 21st century's five core emerging public safety technology trends.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:29:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Dr. John Holdren to Keynote at Esri Federal User Conference</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/holdren.html</link>
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    <description>White House science and technology advisor will address audience at largest geospatial conference for federal agencies.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:15:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Link Your Health to Your Environment</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/geomedicine</link>
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    <description>What environmental exposures have you personally experienced in your lifetime? Compare your health to where you've lived by creating your own place history report.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>States Use Esri's BroadbandStat Application for Broadband Initiatives</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/broadbandstat.html</link>
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    <description>More than $20 Million in U.S. stimulus funds are awarded to 10 states and Puerto Rico for GIS-based broadband mapping and planning initiatives.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/capitol-hill.html</link>
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    <description>Esri and Connected Nation will demonstrate BroadbandStat, a new application for mapping broadband coverage and planning broadband initiatives, on Capitol Hill.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:57:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>GIS Technology Gives Communities a Head Start</title>
    <link>http://www.uschamber.com/bclc/programs/disaster/09report_pug.htm</link>
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    <description>Disasters happen. While we don't like to think about them, we have to plan for them. </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:58:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>SQL Azure Lessons Learned: Esri</title>
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	<description>A 17 minute video showing how Esri extends the functionality of Windows Azure and SQL Azure with MapIt.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:15:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri Challenges Geodevelopers in API Mashup Challenge</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/mashup.html</link>
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    <description>Innovative entries can win prizes totaling $20,000.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:22:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Geographic Software Environment Role Lauded</title>
    <link>http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100122a7.html</link>
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    <description>Geographic Information Systems is playing an important role in helping global efforts to preserve the environment as well as responding to major disasters.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:05:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri CA/HI/NV Regional User Group Conference Will Explore Designing the Future with GIS</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/cahinv.html</link>
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    <description>The 2010 Esri California/Hawaii/Nevada Regional User Group Conference will take place February 3-4, 2010, at Esri's new conference center at its headquarters in Redlands, California.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:41:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/cez-agreement.html</link>
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    <description>GIS is an integral component of power company's mission-critical IT infrastructure.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:34:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: A Conversation on MapIt-Part III: Business Intelligence</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/staff_mapit-3.mp3</link>
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    <description>In the final segment of the MapIt podcast series, Esri's Josh Lewis and Johan Herrlin discuss how MapIt increases business intelligence by geo-enabling the business data organizations have.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:03:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/haiti.html</link>
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    <description>Esri works with the GIS community and agencies responding to the Haiti earthquake by providing software, technical support, data, and personnel.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:26:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Spatial Roundtable Discussion Turns to Planning 2.0</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/roundtable.html</link>
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    <description>Industry leaders consider the impact of social media and GeoWeb.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:07:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Omega Group Deploys Esri Technology for Its Crime Mapping Site</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/omega-group.html</link>
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    <description>Web site uses Esri GIS technology to allow law enforcement agencies to automatically upload crime data for public consumption.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:22:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/swedish-armed-forces.html</link>
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    <description>The Swedish Armed Forces will use Esri software to develop digital geographic services for all military branches.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:22:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>West Virginia Expands STEM Education with Esri Software</title>
    <link>http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_1qtr/stem-education.html</link>
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    <description>Statewide license enables students to build skills to further their education.</description>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: A Conversation on MapIt - Part II: Services in the Cloud</title>
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    <description>In the second of three podcasts on MapIt, Esri's Josh Lewis and Art Haddad talk about how MapIt creates and plugs into services in the cloud.</description>
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    <title>Total Exploration and Production Integrates Spatial Data into Its Business Processes</title>
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    <title>Lake Oswego 97034 is Number 1</title>
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    <description>Esri's demographic data ranks Lake Oswego ZIP Code 97034 as the most affluent ZIP Code in a five-county area in Oregon and Washington.</description>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: ArcGIS 9.4 Renamed ArcGIS 10</title>
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    <description>Esri President Jack Dangermond discusses what's coming in the next release of ArcGIS, as well as why it will be called ArcGIS 10.</description>
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    <title>New Esri Book Details Evolving Use of GIS in Forestry Industry</title>
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    <description>Mapping Forestry from Esri Press provides a unique view into some of the many ways GIS technology is being used throughout the world to support better forestry and land management decisions.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:40:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Alleviating Poverty in the Developing World-Leveraging Property Rights with Geospatial Technology </title>
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    <description>Corporate Initiatives Development Group (CIDG) continues a commitment for a pilot project  focused on improving property rights to those in poverty.</description>
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    <title>Houston's My City Consolidates GIS Data from City Agencies</title>
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    <description>Max Samfield opted for a hybrid approach that requires city agencies to add basic data to a new enterprise GIS, but lets them choose whether to publish more specialized data to the system.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:03:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title>Latest Issue of ArcNews Now Available Online</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:16:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <description>In the first of three podcasts on MapIt, Esri's Josh Lewis and Art Haddad discuss the basics of MapIt, what it is, and who benefits.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:55:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Esri headquarters | Hvidt Arkitekter </title>
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    <description>Denmark-based Hvidt Arkitekter has completed the new headquarters for the American software company Esri  located in California, USA.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:44:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Wonders of the Night Sky-Topic for Next Town and Gown Event</title>
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    <description>Astronomer Tyler Nordgren will discuss stars above, Earth below at Esri Conference Center.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:52:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:35:00 PST</pubDate>
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    <description>Esri and GIS Development will present free seminars to mapping agencies in Southeast Asia.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:46:45 PST</pubDate>
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    <title>Speaker Series Podcast: LandNET: How Singapore Land Authority Uses GIS  to Share Land Information</title>
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    <description>Lim Ming Ki, head of the Singapore Land Authority, explains how the Singapore Land Authority uses GIS technology as a land information sharing system.  The foundation of that system is called LandNET.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:16:00 PST</pubDate>
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