I feel terrible that I can't even find the time to get on here and write something every week. I really dont understand how others can do this multiple times a day, unless they don't have a job...

Anyways, next week is the ESRI User Conference and I am excited. My map for the Rally Notes project is ready to go and will be on display in the map gallery. So if you are there check it out! Here is a link to it in the online gallery:

http://events.esri.com/uc/2010/mapgallery/search/index.cfm?fa=main.mapDetails&mapID=5

And you might notice it has been simplified in terms of the description of rally and notes. After discussions with a few people it was decided that the less complicated it was, the better it would be. So reading the Rally Notes section of this blog will help fill the gaps and the overall concept of what was missing from the map text.

In the end I'm hoping to win an award with the map. I think it has a good chance but who knows what the judges will be looking for.

Pretty soon I should have some more time to update the site. The home purchasing should be over soon and I wont be cranking out the map for the conference. I want to start working on the perfect lap project again, and I also have a couple new projects Id like to start writing about.

Lastly, Im on ArcGIS 10 now. Its good and bad. A lot of it just seems to be space saving windows and menu graphic updates but then I havent been too far into the new parts of it. Its already crashed a few times while editing (HURRAY!) so its helped get me back into the habit of saving often!