A geospatial career journey
I spent the past couple of days at the Esri Federal GIS Conference, still referred to by many as the “FedUC,” in Washington, DC. The primary reason I went was to attend some customer meetings. The FedUC draws many people (6,000 in this year’s case) from around the country and it’s a convenient place to … Continue reading In HIFLD, a Lesson
Approximately one year ago, I started independent consulting in earnest. I had spent six years at my previous role and had a number of systems and routines in place to manage my day and help productivity. Those all had to be re-examined. This post will be the first in an occasional series where I break … Continue reading This Consulting Life, Part 1 – Calendar Management
On March 1, 2024, ArcMap will transition into "mature support." This means it will stop getting patches and updates. While ArcMap is not scheduled to be retired until 2026, the lack of patches and updates is the death knell for any modern software. At a minimum, many IT shops will begin to uninstall it simply … Continue reading Pour One Out for ArcMap
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. They are usually motivated by well-intentioned, but often misguided, factors and are typically designed to fail. That said, the annual passage of January 1 is a good milestone for assessing goals for the coming year. A lot of the work winds down between mid-December and January … Continue reading Simpler Goals
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024! It's been a few years since I've done one of these, but I've been posting more actively in recent months, which has attracted attention from sales and marketing types. Blogging in 2024 is different than it was in 2006, for sure. This is the geoMusings blog. It represents by … Continue reading Station Identification 2024