International Cartographic Conference 2011
Paris, France
Sheraton Seattle Hotel

The introduction of mass printing capabilities led to the last major revolution in cartography. We are now in the midst of the next paradigm shift – from print to online maps. As with printing, the Web has allowed maps to be created, disseminated, and used in ways that are completely different than in the past.

Cartographers can now think of their maps in completely new and sophisticated ways – the maps can be at a larger extent than on screen (since readers can pan the display), they can be multi­scale (since readers can zoom), they can be real­time (as data from the source is streamed to the server), they can be interactive (as readers query map content, change map layers, and more), they can be dynamic (as animations of the data are shown), and they can be communal.

Communal maps are composed of data from multiple sources at varying map scales and extents from contributors who best know the content for their local area ("local" not being restricted to only the largest scales). The key advantage of this communal characteristic of online maps is that the data on the maps is then the best available, that is, it's the most authoritative and current. Masses of individual depositors insure that the collective map has relevance and utility and is responsive to the users' needs. The communal composition of the map allows for uniformity of the essential mapped features, symbols, and labels, while local variations can still be incorporated in ways that do not diminish or mask their importance or distinction.

The Web has introduced the elements needed to radically shift the way cartographers make maps and readers use maps. It is no longer feasible to only consider a print map production or dissemination agenda – map readers now expect and even demand a different product and a more robust delivery system. The push­pull relationship between map readers and makers coupled with Web­enabled capabilities for maps has pushed cartography to the brink of its next paradigm shift.

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

International Cartographic Conference 2011
Paris, France
Sheraton Seattle Hotel

Cartography is concerned with representing reality as clearly and faithfully as possible at a given scale. Mapping a continuum of scales requires a smooth and logical transition of the amount of detail shown while retaining a clear and representative depiction. One of the challenges of generalizing data for cartographic display is verifying that the changes made are valid and appropriate.

There is a need for automated verification of generalization results. Despite advances in the automation of various generalization processes, the evaluation of the results is still often left to the visual scrutiny of cartographic experts. As larger data sets are being generalized automatically, visual evaluation of the results across the entire data set becomes less feasible. Simple automated checks, such as ensuring that features are not spaced too closely, are inadequate if they give increasingly positive feedback as results become overly generalized.

In ArcGIS 10, Esri released tools to perform automated contextual generalization of roads and buildings. Research continues at Esri now to leverage a partitioning approach to process very large datasets with these tools. Evaluating the results of such expanses of data proves difficult with only interactive, visual methods.

To support the verification of generalization results, a suite of in-house automated quality control tools are being developed. These tools check the degree to which multiple–sometimes conflicting–constraints are respected and also verify that the resulting data meets requirements for further generalization processing. The tools validate both the integrity and display of geographic data, focused primarily on the resulting characteristics of road networks and building polygons.

Just like the generalization tools themselves, the in-house quality control tools leverage ArcGIS's geoprocessing framework. The checks are implemented as individual geoprocessing tools that accept the resultant, generalized layers as inputs. The quality control tools that are concerned with meeting display specifications include parameter inputs defining these guidelines. Other tools are more concerned with validating the geometric integrity of the output. These tools compare the resultant layer with an input or other reference layer. The outputs of the quality control tools are points, lines, or polygons which can be drawn or queried to highlight areas of potential concern. Categorized issues are indicated through attribution on these features.

This suite of tools has allowed Esri to improve their generalization tools and ensure that they function well in a complex cartographic workflow. Using a combination of all these automated checks provides a method for evaluating the quality of the results of automated generalization processes and validating complex workflows. As the suite of ArcGIS generalization tools grows in future releases to address more data configurations, quality control tools will become even more invaluable. Consideration will be made whether to make them available to users in a future ArcGIS release.

Edie Punt, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, epunt@esri.com

David Watkins, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, dwatkins@esri.com

Marc-Olivier Briat, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, mbriat@esri.com

Jean-Luc Monnot, Esri, Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel (International): 33149085709, jmonnot@esri.com

International Cartographic Conference 2011
Paris, France
Sheraton Seattle Hotel

Esri has been releasing new generalization tools in ArcGIS 10. They are based on an optimization engine designed to support functionalities that are hard to implement as direct algorithms. There are two main pieces in this engine: a geometry cache and an optimization framework. The geometry cache is designed to load the geometric aspect of the data to be processed in memory, so that contextual tools can perform queries efficiently. It uses a topological model based on node, segment and geometry tables. It offers all the usual spatial queries and connectivity analysis. Node and segments are shared across objects but not across geometries, as they link back to individual geodatabase features. If features are symbolized in ArcGIS, two additional tables can model their graphic outline to consider graphic conflicts.

Those geodatabase features can also be added to the cache, as there is one unique table model for geometry and data. This table model can be extended with custom attributes which the optimization process can use to define and track the state of optimized objects. Those tables support multiple and efficient edit sessions so the optimization process can constantly modify the state of objects to move towards a better state. This is done inside the context of an optimizer edit session which can be discarded or validated depending if the modified state has improved.

The optimization framework is derived from simulated annealing techniques. It implements the notions of constraints, actions and reflexes as individual software components. Fortune wheel, global satisfaction, temperature, and rate of failing actions drive the optimization process.

The state of the system is stored in the cache tables. The engine can associate satisfaction measures to rows of any table. As the content of those table changes, the state of the system evolves. An optimization process can thus be associated to topological tables (node, segment, and geometry), geodatabase tables, any custom tables, or a mix of those.

Constraints are designed to measure how acceptable is the state of one row in the cache. This is a measure in the interval [0;1]. Those values are consolidated to provide a global satisfaction that the engine tends to increase. Actions are components which try to modify the state of rows towards a better satisfaction. They are always applied inside an edit session. Reflexes will enforce some data integrity rules after each individual action. They also apply inside edit sessions.

A fortune wheel component will then analyze the least satisfied individual row satisfaction values and apply the appropriate actions. The process will stop when there is no significant gain to expect for the global satisfaction, or after a predefined number of iterations.

New tools were developed using this approach to support the generalization of road and building features and deployed as geoprocessing tools available in ArcGIS 10. This new framework will be leveraged in the future as new tools will be added to provide generalization of other themes.

Marc-Olivier Briat, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, mbriat@esri.com

Jean-Luc Monnot, Esri, Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel (International): 33149085709, jmonnot@esri.com

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Information Science Workshop 2011
Lakewood, Colorado, USA
Denver Federal Center – USGS National Training Center

Hydrography is an essential information theme on basemaps and reference maps, yet of all the themes on such maps hydrography is the least well understood and successfully represented. This session will cover some easy ways to leverage the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and NHDPlus data. Attendees will learn to symbolize these data in order to make maps ranging from reference maps that are suitable for thematic mapping purposes to more advanced maps like topographic maps or analytical maps. The NHD data are richly attributed and suitable for any of these purposes. Knowing what resources are available makes it easy to include these data in maps.

Caitlin Scopel, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cscopel@esri.com

Charlie Frye, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cfrye@esri.com

Caitlin Scopel, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, eboghici@esri.com

Michael Dangermond, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, mdangermond@esri.com

AAG Annual Meeting 2011
Seattle, Washington, USA
Sheraton Seattle Hotel

Space-time information is data more prevalent and software is becoming more capable of working with these data. Although cartographers have developed a variety of methods for displaying such data, many researchers working with space­time data are not familiar with these display techniques. In this presentation, I demonstrate many of the methods that can be used to visualize space­time data. Examples for qualitative data include mapping where change occurs, mapping a change in attribute over time, and mapping a change in location over time (for point, line and polygon data). For quantitative data, demonstrations include quantitative change maps, cyclical phenomena maps, time composite maps, time series maps, and quantitative attribute change maps. The choice of an appropriate method depends on the type of data being visualized – displays for qualitative data are somewhat different from those for quantitative data, and mapping persistence in the data is different from mapping discrete time steps.

In addition to demonstrating the methods for mapping space-time data, I also discuss the advantages and limitations of each. Challenges for nearly any display of space-time data are also considered, such as user interaction with the maps and data, legend compilation, and media used to deliver the maps. It is useful to understand that the maps are not the only consideration for displaying space-time data – the delivery methods are also of import.

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

AAG Annual Meeting 2011
Seattle, Washington, USA
Sheraton Seattle Hotel

Place names and the information necessary to depict them as text on online maps are also a de-facto gazetteer that can be used to more effectively find places on online maps, but also describe locations on online maps in many contexts, languages, and circumstances for use. That is to say, the information used to compile online maps can also be used to more effectively navigate those maps, and through use can be enhanced to more reliably navigate all online maps.

However, this only part of a solution; two other contexts are informing our work. The first is the idea of crowd-sourcing place names. We are interested in this in order to provide current and relevant names for locations on maps. It is accepted that authoritative place name indexes or gazetteers require time and expertise to update in reliable consistent ways. This also limits these indexes to be used to document place names that are in long-term use, and that apply in specific ways to places. For instance naming a place based on an event that occurred there could be a problematic process in a conventional sense, and worse if the event has not occurred yet. However, online maps are expected to be potentially useful for locating a much broader gamut of information, as deemed useful by the community of people using the Internet.

The second interest is in resolving how many sources for place names can be simultaneously used to navigate web maps. Multiple organizations could potentially have some authority for naming places within a given region, as well as individual who have some level of local expertise. To curate such a collection authoritatively produced information alongside ad-hoc contributions with the goal of intelligent web map navigation is our goal. This means querying very large data collections in "web time" is our operational framework. While conventional usage metrics and direct feedback will help us understand how well the information works for web maps, we think a second novel test of our success is to be able to make cogent maps from the data we assemble and curate.

Charlie Frye, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cfrye@esri.com

University of Redlands
Masters of Science in GIS Program
Colloquium Series
Redlands, California
ESRI Fourplex

Space-time information is data more prevalent and software is becoming more capable of working with these data. Although cartographers have developed a variety of methods for displaying such data, many researchers working with space-time data are not familiar with these display techniques. In this presentation, I demonstrate many of the methods that can be used to visualize space-time data. Examples for qualitative data include mapping where change occurs, mapping a change in attribute over time, and mapping a change in location over time (for point, line and polygon data). For quantitative data, demonstrations include quantitative change maps, cyclical phenomena maps, time composite maps, time series maps, and quantitative attribute change maps. The choice of an appropriate method depends on the type of data being visualized – displays for qualitative data are somewhat different from those for quantitative data, and mapping persistence in the data is different from mapping discrete time steps.

In addition to demonstrating the methods for mapping space-time data, I also discuss the advantages and limitations of each. Challenges for nearly any display of space-time data are also considered, such as user interaction with the maps and data, legend compilation, and media used to deliver the maps. It is useful to understand that the maps are not the only consideration for displaying space-time data – the delivery methods are also of import.

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

11th Annual Esri Federal User Conference 2011
Washington, DC, USA
Walter E. Washington Convention Center

New 3D GIS capabilities in ArcGIS 10 provide users with a set of helpful tools to manage, visualize and analyze the built environment at multiple scales, ranging from 3D building interiors to 3D virtual cities. This session will present an overview of these capabilities, an introduction to the different 3D display platforms, and a variety of out of the box spatial analysis tools. Demonstrations will highlight use of tools and techniques used to solve urban and facility planning, design, and operations business workflow challenges.

Craig McCabe, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cmccabe@esri.com

11th Annual Esri Federal User Conference 2011
Washington, DC, USA
Walter E. Washington Convention Center

This workshop will present revisions to the Building Interior Space Data Model template or BISDM. With input from facility and building management users, software vendors, and integrators, the original BISDM was released in August 2008. The BISDM template has been successfully adapted and used in real-world projects to meet a variety of enterprise integration and business application requirements over the past two years. Using valuable feedback from project experiences, the BISDM technical team conducted a series of revision meetings in Fall 2009 (BISDM Ver. 2) and Fall 2010 – resulting in BISDM version 3. Updates to be presented emphasize new support for true 3D now available with ArcGIS 10. 3D updates to BISDM core objects as well as a new object set for 3D transportation networks will be discussed. This will include a demonstration of new out-of the-box analysis tools that can be applied to in-building transportation use cases. Version 3 and supporting materials can be downloaded at http://resources.arcgis.com/content/building-interior-space-data-model.

Craig McCabe, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cmccabe@esri.com

John Young, Esri, 3325 Springbank Lane, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC, 28226-3343, Tel: 704-541-9810, john_young@esri.com

British Cartographic Society
GIS Special Insterst Group 2010
London, England, UK
Royal Geographical Society with IBG

GIS CAN be used to create beautiful maps! In this presentation I demonstrate the use of GIS for a variety of high-end cartographic effects, emphasizing the advantages of driving cartography using the GIS database. Examples will include map effects used on these maps: Crater Lake National Park, World Elevation, Contiguous U.S., and U.S. Population by Age. The demonstration will end with a special cartographic effect to reproduce an effect that was used on the historical Parish of Hawkhurst map. To wrap things up, I will show a number of effects we used to create other historical map reproductions.

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Esri UK Live Training Serminar 2010
Aylesbury, England, UK
Esri UK Regional Office

Aileen Buckley of ESRI Inc will introduce the tools available for the production of high quality cartographic outputs in ArcGIS 10. Aileen is the ESRI Mapping Centre Lead (http://www.mappingcenter.esri.com/) and has worked on cartographic projects for ESRI since 2003. Before joining ESRI Aileen was a Professor of geography teaching cartography, GIS and GPS and other mapping sciences.

Please come along to the session to learn about producing quality cartographic outputs from ArcGIS 10 and to learn some of the tips and tricks that Aileen has developed whilst using the software.

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Cartography Class

The process of using a map is fairly intuitive – after all maps are a form of visual data processing and the human visual system is the most complex and powerful information system known. There is a reason we can relate to the saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words". The goal of map reading is to translate the world on the map to your own mental image of the real world. The first step is to decipher the signs and symbols on the map using legends and other marginalia when they can help. The next step is to relate the symbols to geographic features. In this step of map reading, you realize that some things are left off the map, and that other things that do not actually exist in the environment are added to the map. Administrative boundaries, population density, and commodity flows cannot be seen in the landscape but they will appear on maps.

As we begin to master map reading, we come to the realization that the map does not and cannot equal reality. Often, error occurs when the map reader forgets this and expects there to be a one-to-one correspondence between the map and reality. A map is a metaphor. It is just one version of reality, and the way that it depicts reality depends on the media. Think about art – we do not expect an oil painting to look like a watercolor or a watercolor to look like a charcoal drawing. No more can we expect a globe to look like a wall map or page map or a web map. They are all valid representations of reality, but they are all different.

When map making reaches its fullest potential, the map maker creates the clearest impression of the environment that the map can give, and the map user accurately translates that representation into a mental image of the environment to interpret what it means. Therefore, map making and map use go hand in hand. This morning I'll be focusing on maps mainly from the perspective of their use. A fair amount of what I will talk about is also articulated and illustrated in Map Use, 6th edition which was published this spring by ESRI Press. I hope to give you a greater appreciation of the large and varied amount of information on maps. I hope this leads to understanding how intricate the map making process is. Once you realize this, you you'll view even the crudest map with more respect. And your map reading and map making skills will grow.

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

AutoCarto 2010
Orlando, Florida, USA
Doubletree Hotel

Cloud computing is rapidly being leveraged in industries that provide or consume software, hardware, and infrastructure – obviously this includes the geospatial information sciences. The cloud furnishes technological capabilities – commonly maintained off premises – delivered on demand via the Internet. Since consumers do not own or manage the cloud services, they need not invest in assets in the cloud model but instead can pay for them on a per-use basis, in essence, renting the physical infrastructure and the applications they require within a shared architecture. Cloud offerings can range from data storage to Web dissemination of products to other focused computing services.

One critical difference between traditional and cloud computing is the scalable and elastic nature of cloud computing. Instead of static system architecture, pre-defined storage space, and limited functionality, cloud computing supports the ability to dynamically scale up and quickly scale down, offering cloud consumers high reliability, quick response times, and the flexibility to handle varying traffic fluctuations and demand.

Within this new environment, what are the implications for map making and map use? This paper explores the current use of cloud computing in cartography and offers some suggestions for future potentials. Taking a broad view of cartography to include all aspects of map making from data collection to map compilation, as well as map dissemination, use, and archiving, we explore the potentials for cartography in the cloud.

Although the obvious candidates to take advantage of the cloud are maps served online, there are also potentials for data collection, data analysis and manipulation, map compilation, and map dissemination on the cloud. The cloud has the potential to offer solutions to some of the challenges today's cartographers face, whether they are compiling print or online maps. This paper explores those, as well as the limitations of the cloud relative to cartography.

David Watkins, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, dwatkins@esri.com

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Esri Health GIS Conference 2010
Denver, Colorado, USA
Westin Tabor Center

Food deserts are defined as areas with limited or no access to affordable and nutritious foods. Many feel there is a strong link between health issues such as diabetes, obesity, and hypertension and the food environment in which people make their dietary choices. GIS-based measures of access provide greater opportunity for discovering relationships between access and specific behaviors and outcomes. This workshop will illustrate several different measurements of distance and access and discuss the relationships among data, modeling approach, and scale. Highlights of this ongoing research effort and free online maps will be shown and shared.

Jim Herries, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, jherries@esri.com

NACIS 2010
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront

For this year's Esri International User Conference we offered to compile new maps for the pocket agendas that are distributed to all attendees. This quickly mushroomed into a project that included the compilation of a number of additional maps for a mix of media. Print maps included 3.5" by 6" page maps showing multiple floor levels of the three buildings used for the conference. We then created A size (8.5" by 11") versions of these, as well as maps at this size for two special events held during the conference. We also compiled a map of nearby restaurants offering discounts that was posted on the Web in PDF format so it could be downloaded and printed.

We then began work on a Web map application that allowed users to find rooms and route between them. This was mashed up onto the world topographic map that is available on ArcGIS Online. The Web map application included scale ranges from ~1:18,000 to ~1:1,000, with interior building views at ~1:4,000, ~1:2,000 and ~1:1000 for each of the floor levels. Additionally, a 3D interior building model was created for the convention center, and an iPhone application for routing and room finding was developed in conjunction with our work.

This rich set of maps in such diverse formats provided an excellent learning opportunity for us. In this presentation, we will share some of the lessons we learned about the data compilation, routing application development, Web map application creation, 3D building model construction, and more.

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Andrew Skinner, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, askinner@esri.com

Alex Yule, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, ayule@esri.com

Craig McCabe, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cmccabe@esri.com

NACIS 2010
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront

This presentation focuses on the types of cartographic decisions that are governed by the fact that you will ultimately be publishing your map on the Web. We'll start with a definition of what we mean by a "Web map", which we consider to be not only the Web map service but also the interface used to presented it as well as any functionality delivered with the map, such as map elements, querying elements, and reporting elements. This conceptualization of a Web map will influence your various map making decisions. We consider a variety of Web maps, including single or multi-scale maps, cached versus dynamic map services, and stand-alone or mashed up maps. With these types of Web maps in mind, we discuss design decisions that result in the highest quality cartographic display onscreen, including issues that relate to color, type, and symbology. We also give careful consideration to design of the Web map application and how map readers expect and can benefit from viewing the map in an online environment. Although the focus of this presentation is on map design and compilation rather than the publishing process, we will touch on publication to the extent that you will know what types of decisions present themselves and how you can best address them.

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Kenny Ling, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, kling@esri.com

Mamata Akella, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, makella@esri.com

NACIS 2010
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront

In this presentation, I discuss the potential for sharing your maps and related work with others using new capabilities available via the Web. I'll start by describing what I mean by "sharing", which can involve distributing all of your map, part of your map, or even a Web map service. I'll be focusing my discussion on map making with ArcGIS software as there is some new functionality in the latest release that allows users to expedite the sharing process. I'll consider various reasons why sharing your maps with others in the cartographic community and beyond is beneficial to all involved. I'll then explain how you can create different types of products that let you share your maps or parts of them, including layer packages, map packages, map templates, and Web map services. I'll show you some of the ways ArcGIS Online is being used to share these products through resource centers and ArcGIS.com, a Web site Esri developed specifically to allow users to share their work and collaborate in an online environment. Sharing your maps will benefit cartographers as well as other map makers who want to learn better cartographic practices.

Mamata Akella, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, makella@esri.com

National Geoinformatics Community Workshops on Interoperability/Technology and Education/Outreach Aspects of Geoinformatics
Denver, Colorado, USA
USGS-Denver Federal Center

This presentation addresses how ArcGIS offers a complete solution for storing, managing and publishing geosciences information. The Geologic Map for the Sedan Quadrangle was used as an example of how a static paper map can be transformed into an online experience with the application of ArcGIS. Data can be added to Esri's Geologic Mapping Template database, symbolized with cartographic representations (ArcGIS Desktop) and then published as a map service (ArcGIS Server). The map service can be registered on ArcGIS.com (ArcGIS Online). In the ArcGIS Online environment, geolocated photos and descriptive information can be added to the map to create an interactive, online experience that was built entirely in the ArcGIS framework.

Janel Day, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100

International Map Trade Association - Americas Conference
Washington, DC, USA
Omni Shoreham Hotel

The power of GIS has long been known and understood, but for many, real and perceived graphic limitations have inhibited its use for commercial map production. Frequently GIS (if it is used at all) is seen as a useful tool for accessing and manipulating source data only, with information exported in a raw form to graphics software for creation of a finished product.

This is changing. Although there is still emphasis in the software development of ArcGIS on robust geoprocessing and data manipulation, a lot of work has been done to introduce and improve techniques for effective cartography. In addition, the move away from traditional CMYK printing is making the use of some existing GIS tools more practical and worthy of reconsideration by the cartographic community.

As a production cartographer, map designer and an Adobe Illustrator user of long standing I have had the same prejudices against GIS as many cartographers. Having spent the last year going through a 'deep immersion' experience with ArcGIS, I attempt in this presentation to demonstrate that good cartographic practice and sophisticated graphic effects can be achieved without losing the all-important connection to the source data that graphics software cannot offer.

I also give a brief introduction to Esri's Mapping Center, an online resource center for cartographers, and the work we do to promote and support improved cartographic standards and practices from our users.

Andrew Skinner, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, askinner@esri.com

30th Annual Esri International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

Bump mapping is a cartographic technique which creates interest and realism to mapping products by using iconic textures to represent objects on the ground. This presentation will provide a richly illustrated and narrated overview of cartographic bump mapping techniques and products from the early primitives to the latest tools and models.

Jeff Nighbert, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office 955.2, 333 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, 97204, Tel: 503- 808-6399, Jeff_Nighbert@blm.gov

30th Annual Esri International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

This session focuses on the construction of a multi-scale online base maps from organizational and design perspectives. We share with you our experiences in building base maps. We explore the challenges of integrating and conflating data from multiple sources. We explain our experience developing a standardized cartographic design that works in areas with very different geography. We also discuss what types of data we needed to create to supplement what was already available (physiographic features, geographic names, and marine water bodies). We also explain strategies for creating community base maps where others contribute their data to improve portions of the base map.

Level: Advanced

Prerequisites: Working knowledge of ArcMap

Charlie Frye, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cfrye@esri.com

Jim Herries, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, jherries@esri.com

Wes Jones, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, wjones@esri.com

30th Annual Esri International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

This session focuses on the types of cartographic decisions that are governed by the fact that you will be publishing your map to the Web. This starts with how to think about your Web map: will it fit into a "map sandwich", will it be shown at multiple scales, will it serve as a basemap for other people to download and mash up onto, and more. We also discuss design decisions that produce in the highest quality cartographic display onscreen, including issues that relate to color, type, symbology, labeling and annotation, and some special cartographic effects. The focus of this session is on the map design rather than the publishing process, but we will have to touch on that so that you will know what types of design decisions you will be presented with and how you can best address them. A related topic is how to set up your ArcMap document to facilitate the compilation of the type of Web map you are creating.

Level: Advanced

Prerequisites: Working knowledge of ArcMap

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Andrew Skinner, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, askinner@esri.com

Jim Herries, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, jherries@esri.com

Kenny Ling, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, kling@esri.com

Mamata Akella, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, makella@esri.com

30th Annual Esri International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

In this session, we present a number of cartographic best practices demonstrations in "lightning talk" format – five presenters will each talk in 10 minute segments about data-driven pages, spatio-temporal mapping, 3D mapping, ArcGIS Online and map templates, and map packages. Thee demonstrations will help you learn how you can use ArcGIS to make great maps that help your data tell their story. Stop in for succinct demonstrations that show how you can now make a larger variety of maps better and faster than ever before.

Level: Beginning

Prerequisites: None

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Caitlin Scopel, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cscopel@esri.com

Craig McCabe, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cmccabe@esri.com

Jim Herries, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, jherries@esri.com

Wes Jones, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, wjones@esri.com

Kenny Ling, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, kling@esri.com

30th Annual Esri International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

Many GIS users are making large scale maps these days. Learn how these maps are different and how you can avoid some of the common the pitfalls in designing them. For example, a common use of large scale maps is as a base for other operational layers (e.g., utilities, planning, local resource management), and a common pitfall is not designing the map to support multiple and diverse uses and users. You will also hear us discuss how you can showcase the features and attributes that large scale map data often contain to produce information-rich maps. At the same time, large scale data often present exaggerated data conflation challenges – we share some tips and tricks to help you over come these. And we'll introduce you to resources that are currently available to you to make the compilation of these maps easier and faster.

Level: Advanced

Prerequisites: Working knowledge of ArcMap

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Mamata Akella, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, makella@esri.com

Andrew Skinner, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, askinner@esri.com

30th Annual Esri International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

In this session, we introduce some special cartographic effects that will add a professional touch to your maps and really help you to get your message across! Stunning cartography coupled with your authoritative content can capture the interest of your map readers and give you the opportunity you need to tell your story. Think you can't make beautiful maps with GIS? Come to this session and learn how you can!

Level: Intermediate

Prerequisites: Working knowledge of ArcMap

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Mamata Akella, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, makella@esri.com

Jaynya Richards, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, jrichards@esri.com

30th Annual Esri International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

In this session, we show how you can use a map template and other resources from the Resource Centers to complete your work faster and easier. We will touch on managing and organizing your data for cartographic data management, but we focus on graphic design for special kinds of maps and how this design can be facilitated and standardized using map templates. In particular, we will tour map templates that can be used to design geologic, hydrologic and 3D maps. These demonstrations will help you see how you can use map templates to standardize your production processes and your map designs, thus making your life easier! We also show you related resources that are available to your though Esri's Resource Center web site that will also increase your mapping productivity and the quality of your maps.

• 3D Map Templates – producing videos, setting the scene for the video (people), and more
• Hydrologic Map Templates – flowline tapering, labeling hydro features, hydro with DEMs, and more
• Geologic Map Templates – line symbology, labeling, map finishing with carto reps for special features, the geology map as an overlay on a base map, and more.

Level: Advanced

Prerequisites: Working knowledge of ArcMap

Caitlin Scopel, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cscopel@esri.com

Charlie Frye, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cfrye@esri.com

Craig McCabe, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cmccabe@esri.com

Janel Day, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100

30th Annual Esri International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

How do you know when your map is done? The map is always done when you run out of time! So how do you make the most of your time? This session shows you quick tips for making the map right the first time around. This leaves you more time to polish the results, if you want, or move on to other things! In this session, we discuss quick and correct mapping techniques that relate first to all types of data. We then discuss methods that apply to specific themes of base map data. We then move on to discuss mapping thematic data. We end with tips for map elements and page layout. By reducing the time it takes for map compilation, you increase the time you have for adding the finishing touches to your map.

Level: Beginner

Audience: Anyone who want to learn the basics of making a map

Prerequisites: None

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Mamata Akella, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, makella@esri.com

30th Annual Esri International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

This session will teach you how to make communicative and visually engaging maps in ArcMap by introducing new ways to symbolize your data with Cartographic Representations and showing you how to customize that symbology for specific features on your map. Our examples will demonstrate ways to modify symbols interactively in a (what you see is what you get) WYSIWYG environment and add visual flair to your maps.

Level: Intermediate

Audience: ArcMap users interested in learning advanced techniques to add professional quality to their maps

Prerequisites: Familiarity with Cartographic Representations

Robert Jensen, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, rjensen@esri.com

Edie Punt, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, epunt@esri.com

10th Annual Esri Education User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

How do you know when your map is done? The map is always done when you run out of time! So how do you make the most of your time? This session shows you quick tips for making your map right the first time around. This leaves you more time to polish the results, if you want, or move on to other things! In this session, we first discuss quick and correct mapping techniques that relate to all types of data. We then discuss methods that apply to specific themes of base map data. We move on to discuss mapping thematic data. We end with tips for map elements and page layout. By reducing the time it takes for map compilation, you increase the time you have for adding the finishing touches to your map.

Level: Beginning

Prerequisites: None

Aileen R. Buckley, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Mamata Akella, Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, makella@esri.com

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

If a single coordinate pair (latitude, longitude) is insufficient to define a given place name's area of influence on a map, exactly what is sufficient? Most GIS data today was not collected exclusively, or often at all, for cartographic purposes. GIS databases have a feature-centric data model for storing names, meaning each GIS feature has an attribute that is the name or is used in a database relationship to associate that feature with a name (in a names table). In a GIS database a feature is often a very small portion of what appears on a map as a single place, and many GIS feature are stored in order to represent what appears on a map. The classic example is Main Street; for address geocoding purposes is broken up into block-long segments (features) in the GIS database, but appears as a single line with a text label on a map.

More than ever before, geographic information systems are expected to produce high quality maps. Well placed text for place names on these maps is still the most expensive aspect of the map production process. Every different map design presents a different challenge for placing text. Geospatial data producers are under increasing pressure to produce multi-purpose geospatial data. These factors create a kind of crucible where automated mapping systems are expected to make sense of GIS data in increasingly specialized ways. This paper explores the characteristics that GIS data representing place names should have in order to be most broadly useful.

Keywords: Toponyms, GIS, Map Production

Charlie Frye, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cfrye@esri.com

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

The decennial census provides counts of the population and housing units, along with basic demographic traits, to the block level every ten years. Data users prefer more current information. Unfortunately, current data is not reported for small census areas like blocks or block groups. It is provided for postal areas like carrier routes or nine-digit ZIP Codes, for larger areas like places or counties, or for the smallest unit possible, addresses. Calculating a segue from areas with current data to the smallest census areas has always been a challenge due to the lack of correspondence among the boundaries. In 2005, we developed a method to assign current data from postal areas to census blocks using addresses – Address Based Allocation. Why not use the addresses as a direct measure of the population distribution? Address lists are flawed with duplicate listings, incomplete address information, group quarters, nonresidential address listings, and post office boxes. Postal databases also include errors. Even census counts require review and correction. It is incumbent on the data provider to reconcile the differences among the many data sources that enable current information, easier said than done. How do you verify USPS delivery statistics, national household databases, national business databases, housing development databases, changes in street networks and parcel databases without taking your own census? Advances in navigational databases and street images along with the ready availability of satellite imagery can help. We applied GIS tools to do just that – enable a ground truth check of its current demographic data.

Keywords: demographics, GIS, small area demographics, imagery, addresses

Jim Herries, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, jherries@esri.com

Lynn Wombold, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, lwombold@esri.com

Earl Nordstrand, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, enordstrand@esri.com

International Cartographic Congress 2009
Santiago, Chile
Escuela Militar del Liberator Bernardo O'Higgins

In the past few years, there has been phenomenal interest in online web maps and broad adoption of web mapping tools such as Google Earth, Microsoft Virtual Earth, and Yahoo Maps. Consequently, many in society are beginning to grasp the fundamentals of geography – that the locations of their observations can be georeferenced and overlaid on digital maps that are readily available on the Web. These Web maps provide an important geographic context for visualizing, understanding, and communicating critical information. They provide a new paradigm for Web GIS.

For cartographers, this has a number of significant implications and opportunities. There are those who say – since anyone can overlay their locations on a satellite image or a consumer Web map – that mapping is dead and that cartographic art is no longer needed. Meanwhile, many in this community know and understand the massive investments that have been made to build critical, authoritative, trusted cartographic information systems. Furthermore, we recognize that the elegant display and communication of geographic information is as important as the data itself.

The challenge is to ensure that GIS and mapping continue to be relevant in the new Web world.

Meanwhile, the cartographic and GIS communities have continued to create and manage authoritative geographic information for their subject matters and areas of interest. There is tremendous potential for putting this authoritative information to use on the Web.

In addition, many cartographers are searching for a common approach that is simple and that works in making their geographic content relevant in this new Web world. They want their information to be used to make a difference.

Many have begun to recognize that a new mapping paradigm that builds on traditional mapping and cartographic design will be used to deliver this information on the Web. "Web maps" will provide the new pattern, and cartographers and GIS users will be the publishers of these new maps. Use of these new Web Maps and Web GIS will provide the opportunity to open up access to geographic information and to bring it to life for many more users and to make a real impact.

This talk will also describe the new Web map media and demonstrate how Web maps will be used to deliver critical information. The presentation will show a pattern for how maps will support a range of applications on the Web and propose a Web GIS framework that will be used for building successful deployments.

Clint Brown, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cbrown@esri.com

International Cartographic Congress 2009
Santiago, Chile
Escuela Militar del Liberator Bernardo O'Higgins

As noted cartographer Professor Waldo Tobler wrote in 1959, "Automation, it would seem, is here to stay." Fifty years ago, Tobler clearly recognized the advantages that automation offers cartography in terms of increased speed and improved quality. Since then, the infrastructure that supports map making has continued to evolve, and we find ourselves regularly seeking the answers to the same basic questions Tobler asked a half century ago: "What possibilities exist for automation in cartography, and where can these be found?" The answers help us improve the map production process so that it requires less time, provides more consistency (and therefore higher quality), and results in reduced costs. But the answers are also constantly changing as hardware capabilities, software functionality, and other technical constraints and opportunities continue to shift and evolve. In this paper, we review the current state of automation in the context of GIS database-driven cartography, and we provide specific examples of situations in which automation can be capitalized upon in map production workflows.

Aileen R. Buckley, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

David Watkins, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, dwatkins@esri.com

Northwest GIS User Group Conference
Sunriver, Oregon, USA
Sunriver Resort

The process of using a map is fairly intuitive – after all maps are a form of visual data processing and the human visual system is the most complex and powerful information system known. There is a reason we can relate to the saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words". The goal of map reading is to translate the world on the map to your own mental image of the real world. The first step is to decipher the signs and symbols on the map using legends and other marginalia when they can help. The next step is to relate the symbols to geographic features. In this step of map reading, you realize that some things are left off the map, and that other things that do not actually exist in the environment are added to the map. Administrative boundaries, population density, and commodity flows cannot be seen in the landscape but they will appear on maps.

As we begin to master map reading, we come to the realization that the map does not and cannot equal reality. Often, error occurs when the map reader forgets this and expects there to be a one-to-one correspondence between the map and reality. A map is a metaphor. It is just one version of reality, and the way that it depicts reality depends on the media. Think about art – we do not expect an oil painting to look like a watercolor or a watercolor to look like a charcoal drawing. No more can we expect a globe to look like a wall map or page map or a web map. They are all valid representations of reality, but they are all different.

When map making reaches its fullest potential, the map maker creates the clearest impression of the environment that the map can give, and the map user accurately translates that representation into a mental image of the environment to interpret what it means. Therefore, map making and map use go hand in hand. This morning I'll be focusing on maps mainly from the perspective of their use. A fair amount of what I will talk about is also articulated and illustrated in Map Use, 6th edition which was published this spring by ESRI Press. I hope to give you a greater appreciation of the large and varied amount of information on maps. I hope this leads to understanding how intricate the map making process is. Once you realize this, you you'll view even the crudest map with more respect. And your map reading and map making skills will grow.

Aileen Buckley, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

ESRI Czech User Conference
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Prague Congress Center

True 3D visualization of topographic data needs 3D topographic databases. The Swiss Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo) is replacing the current map based 2D VECTOR25 dataset with a 3D Topographic Landscape Model (TLM). This is a major shift in their internal production workflow, and also for their customers who demand accurate 3D geographical reference data. Based on the TLM, swisstopo uses ESRI tools for the cartographic production system to create the Digital Cartographic Models (DCMs). The system leverages the symbolization and editing tools in ArcGIS Desktop, the data management strengths of ArcSDE geodatabases, and the workflow management capabilities in the ArcGIS JTX extension. As these products are all extensible, this combination is an excellent platform for developing swisstopo's GIS based cartographic production system.

This presentation illustrates the data capture and cartographic production workflow, giving insight into some of the project challenges, and presenting some custom functionality developed for the system. (Online at http://download.arcdata.cz/konf/2009/sbornik-18-konference-web.pdf).

Stefan Kappeler, ESRI Schweiz AG, Josefstrasse 218, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland, Tel: +41 44 360 1900, s.kappeler@esri.ch

North American Cartographic Information Society
Sacramento, California, USA
Holiday Inn Sacramento Capitol Plaza

Last year I talked about creating a multi-scale online soils map to be viewed as a Web map service. That presentation was largely speculative – what did I anticipate I would have to do and how would I do it? This year I can report on what I actually did and how it was done! Actually, as a veritable novice, it took about a year to sort out the intricacies of making this map. It also required sponging off the expertise of those around me working on similar projects. Now I am able to explain the major design and production considerations of my experience to you.

I'll describe how we used soils data from global to county scales to make a multi-scale map that ranges from global to local scales. I'll discuss how we designed the base map that provides the geographic context for the soils data. I'll talk about how all these data were organized and symbolized to make a multi-scale map that could be viewed in a Web map service. And I'll explain how we took advantage of the Web as a medium to provide interactive query and reporting capabilities as well as connections to other resources.

Aileen R. Buckley, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

North American Cartographic Information Society
Sacramento, California, USA
Holiday Inn Sacramento Capitol Plaza

Thematic maps, particularly choropleth maps, have suffered for too long from the lack of sufficient base geography. The minimalist choropleth map has been the enemy of communication for too long. The fear that an excess of reference information will obstruct a map reader's ability to discern geographic patterns is a convenient rationalization. This presentation explores the notion of adding essential geographic context to choropleth maps. The ability to recognize the meaning of the mapped distribution (that is, whether a pattern of colors or shaded values is meaningful or not) depends on one's ability to relate the abstract choropleth map to one's own mental map.

In my undergraduate days, a professor showed my class a "naked" choropleth map of U.S. counties and explained the relevant patterns, justifying them as "relevant" based on his geographic knowledge. I learned a bit about U.S. geography from that. I would have remained ignorant if not for the professor (the map to me contained no geographic message but his explanation of the patterns based on his geographic understanding did!) Today there are too many maps, and too few professors, so our maps need as much geography as they can hold and still function well. Our maps must change lest the geographically illiterate percentage of our population continue to expand. As a society we cannot afford to have our ability to think geographically ensconced in the ivory tower.

Charlie Frye, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cfrye@esri.com

North American Cartographic Information Society
Practical Cartography Day
Sacramento, California, USA
Holiday Inn Sacramento Capitol Plaza

In this presentation, we show you how to use ArcGIS to create multi-scale online maps to be viewed in a Web map service. With a topographic map example from regional to local scales, we demonstrate setting the map scales and using group layers to organize your map document relative to the scale ranges. We also discuss special design considerations that speed drawing time so your map cache is created more quickly. We end with a demonstration of the caching process to show you parameters that will affect the size and image quality of the cache.

Mamata Akella, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, makella@esri.com

North American Cartographic Information Society
Practical Cartography Day
Sacramento, California, USA
Holiday Inn Sacramento Capitol Plaza

"Bump mapping" is a technique used by cartographers to add texture to a hillshaded surface. This technique is most often used to give the illusion of a vegetated surface. Jeff Nighbert introduced the technique to ArcInfo users at the 2003 ESRI User Conference. At that time, the method required the use of map algebra and the Arc Macro Language (AML). Using the map algebra statements, the technique could be replicated in ArcGIS using Spatial Analyst or a Map Algebra geoprocessing tool. None of these solutions made bump mapping easy for cartographers, however, because the map algebra statements were difficult to parse so that they could be understood and even minute syntax errors resulted in a lack of desired results. We recently created a Bump Mapping Tool that allows ArcGIS users to create a bump mapped surface in quick and easy to understand terms. The tool allows users to create multiple "bumped" surfaces, each relating to a different type of vegetation. It also allows users to specify the type of vegetation for each type of vegetation including cones (coniferous trees) or domes (deciduous trees), tree radius and tree height. The tool is written using the open source Python scripting language so cartographers can easily modify the tool to their liking. With this new tool, cartographers can easily and quickly create more realistic hillshades surfaces for the vegetated areas.

Aileen Buckley, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Rajinder Nagi, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, rnagi@esri.com

2009 ESRI France User Conference
Versailles, France

La nouvelle technologie des représentations cartographiques reliées à une base de données – disponible dans ArcGIS depuis quelques années – a beaucoup contribué au fait que les cartes puissent être produites et mises à jour rapidement. L'office fédéral de topographie suisse (swisstopo), qui renouvelle toute sa chaîne de production de carte, développe un nouveau système utilisant la nouvelle technologie des représentations cartographiques. Ce système est constitué de bases de données, d'un système d'édition interactif (Genius-DB), ainsi que d'un système de généralisation automatique (SysDab). Le système Genius-DB est développé en collaboration avec ESRI Suisse, le système Sysdab est développé par une société tierce.

Pour chaque échelle de la carte, un propre modèle cartographique numérique (MCN) est créé. Les MCN sont dérivés d'un modèle topographique du paysage (MTP) et généralisés automatiquement. En outre, des relations entre le MTP non généralisé et les objets généralisés du MCN sont créées. Chaque MCN est constitué d'un modèle de données et d'un modèle de représentations. Afin que le travail des cartographes dans Genius-DB soit aussi productif que possible, une grande partie des tâches cartographiques est automatisée; comme par exemple la création de passages inférieurs et supérieurs. Pour les tâches manuelles restantes, les cartographes disposent d'outils d'édition „one-clic“ intuitifs et efficaces.

Cathy Eugster, Swiss Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo), Seftigenstrasse 264, P.O. Box 3084 Wabern, Switzerland, Tel: +41 31 963 21 11, cathy.eugster@swisstopo.ch

Barbara Schneider, ESRI Schweiz AG, Josefstrasse 218, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland, Tel: +41 44 360 1900, b.schneider@esri.ch

29th Annual ESRI International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

How do you know when your map is done? The map is always done when you run out of time! So how do you make the most of your time? This session shows you quick tips for making the map right the first time around. This leaves you more time to polish the results, if you want, or move on to other things! In this session, we discuss quick and correct mapping techniques that relate first to all types of data. We then discuss methods that apply to specific themes of base map data. We then move on to discuss mapping thematic data. We end with tips for map elements and page layout. By reducing the time it takes for map compilation, you increase the time you have for adding the finishing touches to your map.

Level: Beginner

Audience: Anyone who want to learn the basics of making a map

Prerequisites: None

Aileen R. Buckley, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Mamata Akella, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, makella@esri.com

29th Annual ESRI International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

ESRI Press presents an author panel featuring A. Jon Kimerling and Aileen R. Buckley, cartography professors and co-authors of the newly published Map Use: Reading and Analysis, Sixth Edition. They will engage the audience in a discussion of the new release as well as key elements of the forthcoming Map Use: Interpretation as well as Map Making, the third book in the series. The three-part series will allow readers to understand the whole picture of how maps should be used and made and why. Concepts and examples presented in one book are also illustrated in the others so that readers will understand how a map is read or analyzed, how maps, and maps are made so that they can be read, analyzed and interpreted effectively.

A. Jon Kimerling, Department of Geosciences, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331-5506, Tel: 541-737-1201, kimerlia@science.oregonstate.edu

Aileen R. Buckley, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

29th Annual ESRI International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

This session will provide an introduction to a set of downloadable examples for Local Government users that are interested in building a set of basemaps for their jurisdiction. This will be of interest to GIS Professionals looking to provide an online set of map services to departments and customers those users. GIS Professionals and Local Government staff will learn about the content of these templates and how to use them on their own project. The session will emphasize implementation best practices and describe how you can participate in this user community.

Level: Intermediate

Scott Oppmann, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, soppmann@esri.com

Charlie Frye, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cfrye@esri.com

Steve Grise, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, sgrise@esri.com

29th Annual ESRI International User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

Learn about a new ArcGIS map template for geologic mapping. The initial release of this template implements a large portion of the FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization (FGDC Document Number FGDC-STD-013-2006). The template includes an example geodatabase implementation for geologic mapping, an example map document, a toolbox with tools for migrating existing geologic data into the template geodatabase, and documentation. The symbols in this template are delivered as cartographic representation symbols, meaning they are stored in the geodatabase, and not a style file. This makes it possible for ArcGIS to be used to symbolize a fully compliant geologic map. The Maplex Labeling extension is also required to label the geologic features correctly. This session will cover how to get started with the new ESRI Geologic Mapping Template, and essential geologic mapping tasks that can now be done better and faster than ever before.

ArcGIS Skill Level: Intermediate and Advanced

Charlie Frye, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cfrye@esri.com

Janel Day, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100

9th Annual ESRI Education User Conference
San Diego, California, USA
San Diego Convention Center

ESRI Press presents an author panel featuring A. Jon Kimerling and Aileen R. Buckley, cartography professors and co-authors of the newly published Map Use: Reading and Analysis, Sixth Edition. This introductory text explores numerous facets of modern map use, with integrated explanations of standard planimetric maps, perspective diagrams, image maps, dynamic maps, and additional content related to geographic information system (GIS) technology as it pertains to spatial analysis. Kimerling and Buckley will explain the organization and highlights of the book, including an overview of the additional resources available to instructors.

A. Jon Kimerling, Department of Geosciences, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331-5506, Tel: 541-737-1201, kimerlia@science.oregonstate.edu

Aileen R. Buckley, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, abuckley@esri.com

Workshop on Digital Mapping Techniques 2009
Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
West Virginia University - Downtown Campus

Learn about a new ArcGIS map template for geologic mapping. The initial release of this template implements a large portion of the FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization (FGDC Document Number FGDC-STD-013-2006). The template includes an example geodatabase implementation for geologic mapping, an example map document, a toolbox with tools for migrating existing geologic data into the template geodatabase, and documentation. The symbols in this template are delivered as cartographic representation symbols, meaning they are stored in the geodatabase, and not a style file. This makes it possible for ArcGIS to be used to symbolize a fully compliant geologic map. The Maplex Labeling extension is also required to label the geologic features correctly. This session will cover how to get started with the new ESRI Geologic Mapping Template, and essential geologic mapping tasks that can now be done better and faster than ever before.

Charlie Frye, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100, Tel: 909-793-2853, cfrye@esri.com

Janel Day, ESRI, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA, 92373-8100