1997
This Esri mapping application was at version 3.x in 1997.
What is ArcView?
This map layout object is the outer line closest to the margin encompassing all other layout elements, and it probably doesn't even clean its room!
What is a neatline?
Pampers, Huggies, and ArcSIG Desktop all produce these
what are couches / diapers / layers
Someone from Toronto might associate the nickname Rocket with the TTC. To Eric however, the first thing that comes to mind is probably this Habs Legend.
Who is Maurice Richard?
Eric is the unofficial representative of this other Esri Canada department in the Montreal office.
What is IT?
Mathematicians may have known it as a very large number, but although this domain name was registered in 1997, it had yet to become the worldwide powerhouse synonymous with looking something up that we know today.
What is Google?
This cartographic process refers to the set of changes made while deriving a smaller scale map from a larger scale map, and not promotion up through the flag officer ranks of the military.
What is generalization?
This special interest group is often assigned cases outside of their work hours.
What is bilingual pacific support?
This Hab Legend played his first game for the Canadiens in 1950, leads the team all-time with 176 playoff points, and was knighted in the National Order of Quebec in 1988.
Who is Jean Béliveau?
Not that he needs the help, but Eric has been seen at Teck Trek wearing at least one of these Follicle Augmentation Devices.
What is a wig?
This movie opened in theatres in 1997 and became the first film in history to gross over $2 billion at the box office, retaining that top spot until 2009 when another film by the same director topped it.
What is Titanic?
New maps in ArcGIS Pro always include this by default, although you'd hope your average MLB professional could reach First without it.
What is a base map?
The colloquial name used by customer SFR for their telecommunication cables with a length under 1 meter.
What is baguette?
The Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup 24 times, although one might argue they should have won it 25 times, were it not for the cancellation of the 1919 finals due to this worldwide event.
What is the Spanish Flu Pandemic?
On a hot and muggy summer day, Eric has been known to de-stress with this cool sporting pastime.
What is swimming?
This NBC sitcom topped the television ratings in 1997, and believe it or not was a show about nothing.
What is Seinfeld?
This type of projection projects great circles as straight lines using the center of the earth as its perspective point, and has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with those statues in your garden.
What is Gnomonic?
Eric actually contributed to translations for the French localization patches for this product.
What is ArcMap?
In 1959, this Canadiens goalie became the first to regularly wear a mask.
Who is Jacques Plante?
Eric is known for his legendary case solving abilities. Throughout the years, Eric has owned this number of cases (to the nearest hundred).
What is 2700?
The number of Esri Canada employees born after Eric was hired.
What is 20?
1 - 1997
4 - 1998
8 - 1999
5 - 2000
2 - 2001
This projection attempts to find a good compromise to the problem of readily showing the whole globe as a flag image, and has nothing to do with bird offspring.
What is Robinson?
The English use SADD to keep track of the four properties that a projection can preserve, but the French correctly realize that this one is actually a duplicate, and only use three properties in their classification
What is Direction?
Although the season of Eric's hire was relatively uneventful for Les Habitants, the previous year had seen them start playing games at the Molson Centre, retiring this legendary arena.
What is the Montreal Forum?
Not only is this restaurant beloved by the entire Gosselin Family, it is a longtime Esri Canada client, affectionately called ArcPoulet for their long-standing ArcSDE 9.2 environment.
Who is St. Hubert?