Hi all-

I guess I should get right to it...I will be leaving the Kansas Geological Survey and taking a position with ESRI in Redlands, CA to join the core ArcGIS Server team.  I am very sad to leave the Survey and the University of Kansas.  It has been a great place to work.  I never imagined I would get such freedom to explore new technologies, mine an amazing amount of data, build visualization tools, and work with such great people.  I truly will miss the great people I have worked with (especially Ken, Amber, Asif, Keith, Brownie, Kurt, Tim, Lynn, Bob, and everybody else I have worked with over the last 7 years).

Mapdex will live on past me.  I have really enjoyed building it and talking people into working with me on it (Praveen, Asif, Amber, Kurt, Ken, Dana, Keith).  The future for Mapdex is quite bright (there is actually some funding possibilities on the horizon!).  Once I leave the Survey (August 11th) I will not post on the Mapdex blog.  I will ensure that there is smooth transition between personnel here at the Survey for Mapdex.  Look for Ken, Asif, and Keith to keep up Mapdex well into the future.

Praveenkumar (my graduate student who has done much of the work with the front end of Mapdex) will also be joining ESRI (ArcGIS server Unix/Linux) this summer.  I expect great things from him as he continues to grow.

I also want to thank my wife for taking the risk with me.  We are definitely leaving our comfort zone.  Thanks buddy!

Cheers!

Jeremy  (here is my new email for now... mapdex@gmail.com )

BTW...There should be a great job posting here at the Survey over the next couple of weeks.