I had the amazing opportunity recently to attend the , California. The Esri 鈥楿C鈥 as it鈥檚 known is an annual event that showcases what鈥檚 new and hot in the Esri GIS world, and provides a chance for over 16,000 GIS and map nerds to get together, learn from each other, and generally celebrate everything geospatial.
I was attending the UC with the support of the (of which U蓝莓视频 is a participant), and to present a co-authored work for a special issue of . The paper I presented, co-authored with , , Monica Stephens, and , is titled 鈥楾he Cost(s) of Geospatial Open Data鈥, and is available . The SSHRC Partnership Grant Geothink.ca has a lovely and some thoughts of mine about our motivations for writing it. I had some supportive and thought-provoking comments during and after the presentation as part of the Frontiers in GIScience session organized by Dr. from Esri.
I also had the chance to take part in many of the UC events, including the vendor expo, map gallery, Canada night social and other events. One thing I couldn鈥檛 help noticing was the shout-out to , the 鈥榝ather of GIS鈥, on this display of the Esri press 20th anniversary. I had the pleasure a number of years ago to meet Dr. Tomlinson at a reception after his awarding of an honorary degree at McGill, and the naming of Dr. Renee Sieber鈥檚 research lab in his honour.
Lastly, no trip to California would be complete without some delicious fish tacos beside the water. Here was one particularly notable dinner at the on the San Diego harbourfront. Great tacos and great . And yes, that 99/100 rating on Ratebeer.com is well-earned!
