In+ersec+ion for Spatial People

Bloggage update: further exploiting the free 3D GIS dataset from US DOE, I revived a previous ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension model to plan a pipeline route according to slope, elevation and cultural data. Again this is not meant to displace complete modeling packages. It is to show how GIS can be used out-of-the-box to perform complete yet simple tasks on desktops you already own! Note however that Model Builder is the single key differentiator with other desktop GIS, and you can load models on ArcGIS Server as Geoprocessing services.