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As many of us in the GEOINT community are busy making the most of the 2010 International ESRI User Conference this week — and with so much news happening — we thought it would be easiest to put all the key ESRI news in one convenient post. No need to do Google news searches. We have it all here. And, for those who aren’t in San Diego this week, this post will give you some insight into what’s happening at the event. We hope you enjoy.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? We hope everyone had a a chance to unwind this weekend and are ready to kick it into full gear this week. As always we have compiled all the actionable news stories you need to kick off the week. Of course, we came across a Seattle Post story about the report about UFOs and the CIA. So, we admit…it may not be an “actionable” news story, but we could not pass up including it in this week’s post. As we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

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The Where 2.0 conference program is almost complete. The focus is on the tech industry’s advances in Mapping, Mobile and Local. Each of these areas are being treated equally and each will have its own afternoon track. Coming back this year we have great speakers such as John Hanke (Google), Jack Dangermond (ESRI), Ryan Sarver (Twitter), Danny Sullivan (Search Engine Land) and Dennis Crowley (Foursquare). Maps have moved from flat and static creations to rich representations of the world. And now maps are moving to realtime. The idea of constantly-updated community maps are now the norm and the modifications are constant. The base data of the map you are looking at could have been updated in the past couple of days in time those updates will be instantaneous. Read the full O’Reilly Radar post from Brady Forrest here.

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Welcome to our Friday’s Food for Thought post on got geoint? In the GEOINT world, we tend to focus on the actual imagery provided — and less so the actual data. The data provides the context and knowledge required to make GEOINT situation actionable and effective. And, of course the combination of imagery and data is the winning solution — to put it in a a very simple context. Hey, it is Friday, we are allowed to keep things basic today, right. So, the theme of this week’s FFT is all about “data.” We hope you had a productive week and can take a few minutes to enjoy this post. Go data!

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If you are wonder where exactly the federal stimulus dollars are being spent, we recommend you check out Recovery.gov, which is the federal government’s official site for tracking stimulus spending. The site was actually relaunched yesterday and offers new data that lets site visitors see where the money is going by navigating through a series of maps. USGIF member ESRI played a key role in creating the new maps, which roll up data from all 50 states to show where federal contracts, grants and loans are going and who’s receiving the money. Users can drill down to see spending for their own state, county or locality.

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2009 is the year of “Government 2.0.” We have all heard this term many times. Conceptually it is a great thing — the government embraces social media/web 2.0 tools to be more effective in serving citizens. So, where does GEOINT fit into the Government 2.0 world? Yesterday at the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington, Jack Dangermond, president of ESRI, addressed this head on and said that geospatial technologies are one of the killer apps for using Government 2.0 as a platform for enabling public discourse.

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Welcome all to the delayed-by-a-day “Monday Morning News Kick Off” post exclusively from got geoint? Yesterday, most of us were milking the last day of the holiday weekend and probably did not have IC, GEOINT and GIS news on the top of your mind. But alas, it is Tuesday and we are back to work. So, we have done you a favor. We have complied all the actionable news you need to have a productive and professionally fulfilling week. What more could you ask for? Perhaps an extra shot in your Latte, but even that will wear off and perhaps give you the jitters. Not got geoint? We offer no crash and no jitters. Scroll down to see for yourselves.

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We would like to thank the bloggers over at MapDotNet for pointing out this most enlightening white paper from Jack Dangermond of ESRI and Anne Hale Miglarese of Booze Allen Hamilton. We decided to actually re-run the entire white paper — as opposed to linking to it. In addition, you can check out MapDotNet’s commentary on the white paper here. The following paper calls for a national GIS system and falls in line with yesterday’s post on COGO. Please take a good read of this, and we would like to hear your comments and thoughts.

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