Dear Attendees of the 2008 ESRI International User Conference:

Thank you for attending the 2008 ESRI International User Conference, the largest annual GIS event in the world. The theme of the conference was GIS—Geography in Action. More than 13,000 GIS professionals from around the world came together in the true spirit of community to share their experiences and knowledge.

It is our great pleasure to provide you with the conference proceedings CD. The CD includes

• User presentations, which ESRI has permission to share. Please remember that the authors retain copyright on their publications and should be contacted directly for reprint permission.
• Technical workshops presented by the programmers and project managers who worked on the particular software or extension that is featured.
• GIS & Industry Concept sessions geared toward people who are new to GIS, interested in learning about new trends, or want to review the core elements of GIS.

The proceedings CD is meant to help further the sharing of knowledge that is the foundation of the conference. We hope you will find it a good reference throughout the year. For the latest updates to user presentations as well as additional conference announcements, visit www.esri.com/uc.

Warm regards,

Jack Dangermond