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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#0070C0">Good afternoon GIS Users!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#0070C0">We are ready to release ArcGIS desktop 10.3.1. With this release, we are changing the way approved GIS users access the software. Please refer to the attached chart for an overview.
Approved users can go directly to the red link below to access the upgrade.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#0070C0">Over the past year, some staff and contractors have accessed the software install folder and have used the software without being an approved user in their program area. When OTIS has
to perform upgrades, share information via the GIS_L, during cost allocation time or when we get service desk requests tied to errors from unsupported versions, this becomes an issue. Now the software is stored in a folder and access to that folder is tied
to the approved GIS user list, maintained by GIS Coordinators in SharePoint. <b>
<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#0070C0">Over the past week, the program area GIS coordinators have installed and used 10.3.1, with good results.
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Any user that is not on the approved list (see link in graphic attached) will not have access to the software upgrade and will need to work through
<a href="https://floridadep.sharepoint.com/otis/gis/_layouts/15/WopiFrame.aspx?sourcedoc=%7bC0A4D046-BF2B-4C47-A6FE-19ED1807D85E%7d&file=Coordinators_winter2015.xlsx&action=default">
their coordinators</a>, to get approved.</span> We understand that December is popular for leave and field work, but please upgrade to 10.3.1 as soon as possible.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#0070C0">If you currently have a version of ArcGIS desktop 10+, the
</span><span style="color:red"><a href="https://floridadep.sharepoint.com/otis/gis/_layouts/15/WopiFrame.aspx?sourcedoc=%7bB159D19F-BF6F-4F99-9639-E4D73B9C160B%7d&file=INSTALL_10.3.1.ppsx&action=default"><span style="color:red">upgrade to 10.3.1</span></a></span><span style="color:#0070C0">
will take less than 20 minutes. If you have any questions about the approved user list or the upgrade, please submit a service desk ticket and the GIS help desk will contact you shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#0070C0">Thank you and stay tuned for next month’s release of
<b>ArcGIS Pro</b> version 1.2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#4472C4">Kim</span><span style="color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Kimberly Jackson, GISP<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">GIS Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Office of Technology and Information Services<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Florida Department of Environmental Protection<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 6520<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><a href="geodata.dep.state.fl.us">Open Data Portal</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#00B050"><a href="http://fdep.maps.arcgis.com/home/"><span style="color:#00B050">FDEP Interactive Map Gallery</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">phone: (850) 245-8296
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">internal phone: (58296)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">e-mail:<span style="color:#44546A">
<a href="kimberly.d.jackson@dep.state.fl.us"><span style="color:#0563C1">kimberly.d.jackson@dep.state.fl.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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