Events
Northeast Regional EQuIS User Group Meeting – August 20, 2010
July 26, 2010
You are invited to join EarthSoft, NYSDEC, and Walden Associates for the first Northeast US Regional EQuIS User Group Meeting. The meeting will highlight NYSDEC’s EQuIS implementation, which features the WQX and Vapor Intrusion modules. Participants will also get a sneak preview of what’s next in EQuIS and have the opportunity to share ideas, tools, and custom applications, as well as data management success stories and challenges.
Location and Time
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Training Room 629
625 Broadway, Albany, New York
Friday, August 20, 2010
9 AM – 4 PM
Registration is required and space is limited.
Registration is Free – Register now to reserve a spot!
Snacks and lunch will be provided.
For EQuIS power users, note that the Northeast US Regional EQuIS User Group Meeting follows another opportunity: the EQuIS 5 Advanced User Workshop, August 17 – 19 at the Hotel Indigo, Albany – Latham.
EQuIS 5 Advanced User Workshop, August 17-19, 2010 in New York
July 13, 2010
The EQuIS 5 Advanced User Workshopwill be an in-depth, interactive workshop lead by EarthSoft’s Development team. The content of this workshop will be determined primarily by topics of interest expressed by participants. Rather than following a typical training agenda, attendees will be expected to submit specific questions or issues pertaining to the advanced use and/or customization of EQuIS 5.
Following successful completion of this three-day workshop, attendees will be prepared to better address the specific needs of their users. Hands-on activities targeted toward each person’s questions and interests will result in a better knowledge and understand of EQuIS 5 and how the system can more fully serve its intended purpose. The Advanced User Workshop is a great opportunity for administrators, developers, and power users to gain the expertise necessary to turn the EQuIS 5 system into a customized solution to satisfy the needs of end users. There are only 12 seats available for this exciting and insightful workshop, so register now!
Depending on participant requests, the course may cover such topics as:
Database:
- st_ tables
- Adding New Fields and Tables
- Creating Views and Functions
- Optimization Customizing EDD
Formats:
- Customizing Format Files
- Roles of .xsd, .vb, .rvf and Enumeration Files
- Implementing Business Rules
- Resolving ‘Clean Data’ Problems
Reporting:
- Aggregate and Crosstab Reporting in EZView
- Creating Active Reports
- Using Functions
Procedures Enterprise:
- Accessing Multiple Databases
- Establishing Application Level Security
- Configuring and Using Enterprise EDP
- Setting up an Enterprise Information Agent (EIA)
Requirements
Attendees will be expected to bring their own laptop computer (see the MSDN forum link for system requirements). Attendees must also have a working version of EQuIS 5 Professional installed on their laptop, as well as an understanding of EQuIS 5 applications, database administration, and architecture.
A development tool such as Visual Studio as well as Syncfusion and Infrastructures are also strongly suggested so as to be utilized during class report and form creation exercises. A list of qualified versions of each software will be distributed to each participant prior to class participation.
Cost and Registration
- Early Registration Deadline: July 17, 2010.
- Early Registration Fee: US $1,800
- Late Registration Fee: US $1,900
The Registration Fee includes expert instruction, hands-on use of EQuIS, and class notes or other training materials.
To register for the course, fill out the attached Registration form and return to us at:
- E-mail: training@earthsoft.com
- Fax: to 503-345-0212
To inquire about student prices or discounts for multiple attendees, email us at the address above.
Class Times: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Daily
Location Information: The Training facility will be located in New York. We will have more information later.
EarthSoft announces a Calgary, Alberta, Canada Open Training from August 3rd to August 5th, 2010
July 13, 2010
The training will be presented by Emily Mulford and Jennifer Rea. Emily Mulford has been a part of EarthSoft’s Help Desk and Training Team for over 2 years and has provided several training sessions across the United States. Jennifer Rea has been a member of EarthSoft’s Help Desk and Client Management teams for 9 years. Jennifer has led many EQuIS trainings and assisted in the implementation of numerous systems.
During the Training, users will gain confidence managing their environmental data efficiently using EQuIS. Trainees will also gain hands-on experience with data reporting and exporting data to widely used third party modeling and graphics programs.
The full Agenda and Registration pages may be found at the following links:
There may be modifications to the agenda up to 15 days prior to the training.
This training is open to all EQuIS clients, so please book early. Space is limited.
Discounted prices for Early Registration are available until July 20th.
Additionally, EarthSoft is hosting a User Group Meeting in Calgary, Alberta on August 6th, 2010.
The agenda and registration pages for the User Group Meeting will be posted to the EarthSoft website and Community Center soon.
EarthSoft is Excited to Announce New Online Training Courses!
July 8, 2010
EQuIS Online Training Classes have been designed to help you develop the skills and techniques necessary to manage and analyze environmental data using EQuIS, EarthSoft’s Environmental Quality Information System.
EQuIS Training attendees gain hands-on experience working with environmental, geologic and analytical chemistry data.
Attendees learn how to use EQuIS Professional with industry-standard reporting, visualization and analysis tools – such as Microsoft Excel, LogPlot, EnviroInsite, RockWorks, GMS, EVS, Surfer, Google Earth and other packages.
Additionally, a site characterization exercise gives users experience accessing data in the ArcView GIS spatial environment. Automation and web techniques are covered using EQuIS Enterprise.
Want to hear more?
Contact us at training@earthsoft.com or 503-345-0212 or visit our EQuIS Online Training Course List and Registration Form for complete details and to register for classes!
Presentations from the Northwest Regional Environmental Data Management Conference
June 2, 2010
The Northwest Regional Environmental Data Management Conference was a huge success!
Here are two of the presentations that were shared with users:
Visualizing Environmental Data using GIS
SPM/EDGE for Pre-Confirmation Soil Sampling Program
Upcoming Office Hours- What’s New in EQuIS Professional v5.4.3- Part Deux, May 6, 2010
April 28, 2010
In this Office Hours session, a member of the EarthSoft Help Desk will demonstrate many of the new features available in EQuIS Professional v5.4.3
There have been many new feature requests implemented in the latest release of EQuIS Professional, version 5.4.3. This is the second session that will serve to showcase some of the many new features with reporting and interface improvements.
The sessions for this topic will be held at 11am EDT (-5 GMT) and 6pm ET (-5 GMT) on May 6th, 2010 and at 12pm EDT on May 7th, 2010.
To sign up for a session, please send us an email at officehours@earthsoft.com or register on the Office Hours page and indicate your session of preference. Note that spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
UK EQuIS Open Training – June 15th to June 18th
April 6, 2010
EarthSoft is proud to announce a EQuIS Open Training to be held in the UK, from June 15th to June 18th.
The training is being hosted by Keynetix at their HQ in Redditch, and will be presented by Jo Tidmarsh and Sarah Wright, of EarthSoft. Together Jo and Sarah have been EQuIS users and part of EarthSoft’s Help Desk, Training and Client Management teams for over 20 years. As expert EQuIS users, they have facilitated numerous EQuIS trainings sessions, implemented EQuIS systems and used EQuIS in their previous jobs as environmental consultants.
During the training, users will gain confidence in using the full EQuIS system to manage their environmental data efficiently. Trainees will also gain hands-on experience with data reporting and exporting their data to widely used third party modeling programs.
This training is open to UK and European clients, so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Discounted prices for Early Registration are available until June 1st.
Feel free to download the following Agenda to bring with you.
The Northwest Regional Environmental Data Management Conference is coming in May!
March 31, 2010
The Northwest Regional Environmental Data Management Conference provides environmental data management professionals with a two-day opportunity to share ideas; tools and custom applications; brainstorm and collaborate on data workflow; and present data management success stories. The conference is limited to 30 registrants. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $35 per person for both days, which includes snacks and lunch and a participant certificate.
The schedule of planned presenters is still growing (see agenda here). Please contact Dan Higgins or Jennifer Rea if you have a suggestion for additional activities or presentations. We want the conference to represent a broad cross-section of data management professionals and will gladly substitute one of AMEC’s presentations for yours.
Dates: May 20-21, 2010
Location: McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey, Troutdale, Oregon 97060
A block of hotel rooms are set aside for conference attendees who want to spend the night. There are no special rates for attendees.
Registration Info: Send registration checks to AMEC at 7376 SW Durham Road, Portland, Oregon 97224, use this form to register with a credit card, or call Dan Higgins at (503) 639-3400 to register by phone.
Please call Dan Higgins of AMEC at (503) 639-3400 or Jennifer Rea of EarthSoft at (541) 686-3276 with questions.
Click here for the registration form.
Beard heads to China this weekend as part of ESRI User Conference
October 15, 2009
EarthSoft CEO Mitch Beard is headed to China this weekend as part of the ESRI contingent presenting the Eighth ESRI User Conference in Beijing and Shanghai over the next week.
Beard, CEO of EarthSoft for 15 years, will present “EQuIS interfaces with ArcMap, ArcGIS, Spatial Analyst, and 3D Analyst” during the conference, beginning Oct. 20. Members of the Chong Qing Environmental Protection Bureau and the Shanghai Bureau of Environmental Protection Bureau are expected to be in attendance.
Beard and the ESRI contingent will present other topics including ESRI’s future technology plans, the GIS application, and environmental protection case studies including an aquatic environment water-quality model, prediction of early-warning models and atmospheric models, as well as integrating ArcGIS with the Chong Qing Environmental Protection Bureau IT (data center construction, process management, information system construction, and more.)
In addition, they’ll discuss the application of new GIS technology in environmental protection and public safety, cloud computing, GIS in telecommunication, and ArcGIS 3D.
The conference Web site is www.esrichina-bj.cn.
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CEO Mitch Beard to Speak at ESRI China User Conference
October 3, 2009
October 3, 2009 – EarthSoft announced today that CEO Mitch Beard will speak at the Eighth ESRI User Conference in Beijing, taking place October 20-22 in Beijing. EarthSoft will present EQuIS interfaces with ArcMap, ArcGIS, Spatial Analyst, and 3D Analyst. The conference web site is www.esrichina-bj.cn.
EQuIS is a GIS-driven decision support system including a relational database schema in SQL Server or Oracle for all manner of water, air, geotechnical, and other analytical specific scientific data. Most of EarthSoft’s work over its 15-year business history has been in managing data for discharge water, limnology, sediments, drinking water, groundwater, oceanography, hydrology, and subsurface geology, primarily geotechnical. In several niches, such as groundwater, sediment, limnology, and subsurface data, EQuIS is the most widely used data management software in the world.
EQuIS manages GIS, geology, and chemistry data, ensuring data quality with electronic checking tools. EQuIS data checkers ensure electronic data deliverable packages (EDDs) are both complete and correct, allowing data managers to immediately reject bad or incomplete data packages from the field or lab. The result is a much better data warehouse, resulting in much better analyses and decisions and preventing faulty decisions. EQuIS web parts provide automation of the checking and loading workflow for large organizations that need faster and more accurate transactions.
EQuIS data warehouses can be encapsulated with ArcGIS, making the data highly usable. EarthSoft has successfully trained many geologists, hydrologists, chemists, and project managers to use EQuIS and ArcGIS to view, report, graph, model, contour, and generate other data analyses. Several case studies and technical articles about EQuIS for ArcGIS are on the www.EarthSoft.com, with specific information ArcGIS – including animations, images, papers, brochures, and FAQs – available from the EQuIS for ArcGIS resource page.
EQuIS for ArcGIS integrates the leading environmental software packages for specialized tasks. (A data sheet is available.) For example, contours created using EQuIS and Surfer are returned into ArcGIS, where they can be used in further analyses with output from other non-GIS applications, such as EnviroInsite for 2D graphics and EVS for 3D and 4D visualizations.
EarthSoft’s EQuIS is the most widely used environmental data management system in the world. For more information, visit www.earthsoft.com, or write to info@earthsoft.com.
