Chicago (then I may be able to convince the bosses to finally let me attend)

Good luck with it. I’m still on the first few chapters. My plan is to test some time in January

I always hate seeing trees taken down, even if it is necessary. Still mourn for the maple we had in the front yard the landlord took out years ago.

I developed a lot of Python add-ins for ArcMap. When they dumped Desktop the Python add-ins were not brought over. The only add-ins that Pro will work with are Visual Studio apps.

I like them for the extra buttons that can be mapped to keyboard shortcuts in apps. I had all my QC add-ins in ArcMap set to execute commands from those shortcuts to make my work easier and faster. (Another fine set of tools killed off by Arc Pro)

Looking forward to finally being able to meet you in Chicago in a few weeks.

I have 20 years of theses files in project folders all over my network. It sure has been fun tracking them down and converting them. 🙃🫤

Will anyone need them? Probably not, but if I don’t convert one, someone will need it a month after we lose access to Arc Desktop.

Just sometimes?

Wish I had seen this years ago. My former boss always insisted on a one size fits all solution that I don’t think helped as many people as we had hoped.

Come to think about it, this likely wouldn’t have helped anyway. I kept wanting to do simple directed solutions, but it never went anywhere. 🫤

For my needs, ArcCatalog is still a far superior product than the same trash that replaces it that they shoehorned in Pro. The only thing I am missing is the new datetime field types they finally made available. They should have left it as two separate apps for managing data and making maps.

We are still using Desktop here. We are finally migrating our biggest users. Some users in another division have indicted they will stick with it until it finally breaks. I’m not worried about forcing it on them. They have been warned we will not support it when it does. #gischat