Company: ESRI
Location: Redlands, CA, United States of America

Redlands, California-GIS professionals from Utah, ESRI business partners, and ESRI-Denver staff will convene at the GIS EXPO in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 9, 2004.The event will showcase how geographic information system (GIS) technology is used to help Utah businesses and government agencies do their work more efficiently.The GIS EXPO is open to the public and free of charge, however pre-registration is recommended.

The EXPO will feature presentations that focus on the latest products in ESRI's ArcGIS family of software.Demonstrations and presentations will display the new GIS analysis and modeling capabilities of ArcGIS 9, how to use the newly released ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension within the ArcGIS suite of desktop products, and numerous other features of the new release.

Attendees will also learn more about how Utah users are putting GIS applications to work in their communities as well as specialized applications and services available through ESRI business partners.Matt Peters from the Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC) will discuss the projects, challenges, and successes experienced by the staff at AGRC in 2004.

The EXPO will take place from 8:30 a.m.until 11:30 a.m.at the Hilton Salt Lake City.For more information or to register for the EXPO, visit www.esri.com/seminars.

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About ESRI
For more than 30 years, ESRI has been the leading developer of GIS software with more than 300,000 clients worldwide.ESRI software is used in all 200 of the largest cities in the United States and in more than 60 percent of counties and municipalities nationwide.Headquartered in California, ESRI has regional offices throughout the United States, international distributors in more than 90 countries, and more than 1,600 business partners.ESRI's goal is to develop comprehensive tools that enable users to efficiently manage, use, and serve geographic information to make a difference in the world around them.ESRI also provides consulting, implementation, and technical support services.ESRI can be found on the Web at www.esri.com.

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Nikki Snowhite (press@esri.com)
Phone: 909-793-2853