FEATURE 12 Preserving Species Diversity GIS helps New York screen projects for potential impacts 14 Tiles on a Cloud Cloud computing and ArcGIS Server deliver a thrifty solution 16 Tools for Modeling Water Supplies Developing tools for decision support with ArcGIS Engine and Java 20 Crafting Better Decisions Creating a link between belief networks and GIS FOCUS 8 Geospatially Enabling Information GIS, the Web, and Better Government SPECIAL SECTION 29th Annual Esri International User Conference 34 Learning and Sharing At the Esri International User Conference 37 Share Your Knowledge Paper presentations benefit you and others 38 The Vision of a Purposefully Designed Future Understanding the importance of GeoDesign 39 Together at Last Keynote speaker advocates the integration of GIS and remote sensing 39 More than a Pretty Picture Remote sensing summit stresses the importance of imagery 117250 QUAD396.1M10/09tj www.esri.com ArcUser Fall 2009 3