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Sixth Annual ESRI Cave and Karst SIG Wrap-Up
The 6th Annual ESRI Cave and Karst Special Interest Group Meeting was held in July,2003, during the The twenty-third annual ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, CA. Featured this year were presentations by Aaron Addison on the use of ArcPad for in-cave data collection and management in Cueva del Tecolete, Mexico, and the use of GIS for mapping in Mammoth Cave National Park, and a presentation by Rhonda Pfaff on using the ArcGIS 9 Model Builder and geoprocessing tools for improving groundwater quality in the Mammoth Cave watershed.

NSS GIS Symposium Wrap-up
The National Speleological Society (NSS) Convention, held in Porterville, CA, in August, 2003, a GIS Symposium which included 7 papers and one poster presentation:

• Alan Glennon. "Assessing Perennial Drainage Density in the Highly-Karstified Turnhole Bend Basin, Kentucky."
• Lee Florea, Jason Gulley, Larry Simpson. "Somerset Northern Bypass Karst GIS."
• Frank McDonough. "Inexpensive Lineament Analysis for Discovering Ingress Nexus (ILADIN)."
• Rene Ohms. "Using a Geodatabase Network to Determine Best Travel Routes through Jewel Cave."
• Aaron Addison. "ArcPAD GIS Mobile Software in Cueva Del Tecolote, Tamaulipas, Mexico."
• David McKenzie, George Veni. "Walls 2D: Realistic Drawing and Morphing of Cave Walls and Passage Details and its Application to GIS."
• Jon Jasper. "Inventorying Cave Features using ESRI ArcPad Software."
• Randy Paylor, Lee Florea, Michael Caudill, Jim Currens. "Karst Occurrence and Sinkhole GIS Coverages for Kentucky." (Poster)

NSS Cave and Karst Conservation Special Issue
The National Spelelogical Society will publish a special cave and karst conservation issue, with a section featuring the use of GIS. Papers are still being solicited, the deadline for submissions is January 20th. Submissions should be short (100 to 1500 words) and can include graphics or photos. Refer to the NSS Style Guide for submission guidelines. Submit articles, updates, protection concerns, conservation opportunities, and kudos for individuals or groups to the NSS Conservation Co-Chairs, Jim Werker & Val Hildreth-Werker, at werks@zianet.com.

Hydro Data Model Information Available Online
ESRI has developed models for Water Resources and has focused on surface water with input from key state, national, and international contributors. The ArcGIS Hydro model is available for review and download at: http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.dataModels.filteredGateway&dmid=15

For more information on ArcGIS data models visit: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgisdatamodels/

ArcGIS 9 Overview
ArcGIS 9 is the next major release of the ArcGIS system. ArcGIS 9 will extend the current platform with major new capabilities in the areas of geoprocessing, 3D visualization, and developer tools. Two new products, ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Server, will also be launched. For an overview of ArcGIS 9 visit: http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/summer03articles/arcgis9.html

ArcGIS Mapping and Modeling Resources Online
ArcUser Online now includes a compilation of links to tutorials that demonstrate how to work with various types of data in ArcView 3.x and ArcGIS. These tutorials originally appeared in ArcUser magazine but have been collected in one convenient location: http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/avmodel.html

For more information on ArcUser magazine and ArcUser Online visit: http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/

Getting To Know ArcObjects Now Available from ESRI Press
Getting to Know ArcObjects is designed to teach programmers of all skill levels, including absolute beginners, how to work with ArcObjects using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Getting to Know ArcObjects teaches the basics of VBA programming, then progresses quickly to ArcObjects. Readers learn what ArcObjects are, use object model diagrams to find out what individual objects do, and program objects to execute specific GIS tasks.

http://gis.esri.com/esripress/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=70&moduleID=0

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