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About Bill Dollins

I've been doing GIS software development since the early '90s. I work with commercial and open-source technologies, building web, desktop and mobile applications.

#EsriFedCon Day One – Users Will Be Happy

Posted on 23 February 2012

I didn’t catch the first half of the Esri Federal GIS Conference plenary but James did a good recap of it on his blog. I did, however, catch the second half and the opening of the exhibit hall. This year … Continue reading →

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Esri Fed Conference

Posted on 21 February 2012

I’ll be attending the Esri Federal User GIS Conference this week. For various reasons, I’ll be attending on the “Increased Carbon Footprint Plan” and commuting to and from the conference each day. I’m looking forward to the reprise of the … Continue reading →

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Speaking of the 84%…

Posted on 8 February 2012

HT to Sophia Parafina for the 84%. UPDATE: The NSIS script at utility batch file discussed here is now on github at https://github.com/geobabbler/pgstandalone. I’ll post a readme in the next day or so. A few months ago, I asked the … Continue reading →

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DC/MD/VA Area Geo-Event Scene Getting More Active

Posted on 3 February 2012

There was a time only a few years ago when, if you lived in the DC/MD/VA area, planning your geo-conference schedule for the year went something like this: Register for the ESRI FedUC and then start booking plane tickets for … Continue reading →

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FOSS4G North America to Be Held In Washington, DC

Posted on 23 January 2012

I’m quite happy to see (HT, Glenn Letham) that OSGEO is inaugurating an annual FOSS4G North America conference this year in Washington, DC on April 10-12, 2012. DC is an appropriate place for this event because of the presence or … Continue reading →

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