San Diego - Synopis (sort of)
We had good weather for the week in San Diego.
The Convention Center:
There were about 15,000 people in attendance!
We had some unique entertainment just for us.
We got to meet some ESRI people doing GIS stuff… Wow, ArcSDE is different out there!
We had many previews for the new ArcGIS 9.2. Some sessions were dedicated to installation issues. Here is a UNIVAC (1540 and a 1532). You have complete control with this machine. You can set the memory addresses! Just picture the kind of spatial analysis you can do!
Most of us got to stay in some of the quality hotels in the area…
ESRI featured speakers, like Dr. Zauis, got a chance to rest between sessions and contemplate users’ questions and comments concerning the new ArcWeb services.
Seriously, I did enjoy the opportunity to learn of the innovations to ESRI products and to interact with fellow GIS folks. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there and I hope to return for the next convention.
Many of the above photos were taken on board the USS Midway (now a museum) and one was from the famous San Diego Zoo.
US Naval Base
"Old School" ship and boat.
USS Ronald Regan and the USS Nimitz. The Ronald Regan is nuclear powered and doesn’t need "refueled" for another 33 years! I think she has a crew of over 6,000.
Seals! Actually, they are sea lions.
More sea lions.
The USS Midway, now decommissioned. It was commissioned in 1945 and it served the navy until the early 1990’s. It is now a museum of which I hope to board tomorrow!
The "Star of India" - an iron clad ship built in 1863 and served until 1920 something. Now a floating museum. 
