[Data-Mongers] do you use ESRI ArcGIS products?

[Stace Beaulieu]

Dear WHOI Data-Mongers,
Yesterday, I attended a meeting with representatives from ESRI, the 
company that makes ArcGIS products (http://www.esri.com/).
One outcome that developed out of this, is that I would like to assess 
the current user base and current (and potential) need for this software 
- to figure out if a WHOI site license could be justified.
Please let me know if you are a user of ESRI GIS software, or if you may 
be interested in learning more about their mapping and analytical tools.
Also - many of you may be interested in open source software for GIS.
It'd be great to hear from GIS users at WHOI - to get a feeling for the 
interest in ESRI and/or open source GIS software across disciplines at WHOI.
Please reply directly to me (stace at whoi.edu) before the holiday break, 
if you have a chance, thanks,
Best regards,
Stace

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Stace E. Beaulieu, Ph.D.
MS #7, Blake 203
Research Specialist, Biology
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
   
Email stace at whoi.edu
Tel +1 508 289 3536, Skype stace.beaulieu
http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/sbeaulieu