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The Agenda for GeoDesign More than 200 attendees heard from a variety of speakers on the theory and practice of GeoDesign.
Simplify Workflow Management with Free ESRI Training Seminar ESRI will conduct a free, live training seminar that will demonstrate software for tracking project information and simplifying workflows.
Where GIS Meets Remote Sensing Rather than using imagery as a backdrop, GIS users now discover that it can be used for a lot more.
Jack Dangermond Explains the Need for GeoDesign Jack Dangermond talks about GeoDesign, volunteered geographical information, the need for creating more geoawareness, open data sharing policies and ESRI's new software technology to facilitate this.
GeoDesign: Changing Geography by Design GeoDesign formalizes and expands the role of geospatial technologies in design workflows, as well as across the entire lifecycle of a project.
New Release of ESRI ArcGIS Explorer Provides Improved Access to Geoprocessing Services Improvements include new Analysis Gallery and updated ArcGIS Online basemaps.
Speaker Series Podcast: The Cloud as a Platform For Development David Chappell, Principal of Chappell and Associates and keynote speaker at the upcoming 2010 ESRI Developer Summit, gives a preview of his keynote address on cloud platforms.
Experts to Give Insight into Live Theater and Opera Performance Town and Gown Cultural Series presents playwright Doris Baizley and performance artist Marco Schindelmann.
Government Maps Path to Geospatial Data Shift in technology transforming spatial data into decision-making tools for agencies.
Geospatial Apps Help Temper Mother Nature's Fury Agencies find that fusing webs of remote sensors with geospatial management systems is the next best thing to being there.
Sanitation Shortcuts Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation uses GIS to move mountains.
New Geographic Mapping System in Place Improved GIS provides computer access to city maps and parcels with up-to-date photos of properties.
Faithfully and Liberally Sustained: Philanthropy in Redlands Highlights Legacy of Community Support Perpetuated by Residents New book showcases the many projects completed by early Redlands leaders and residents that benefited both the community as a whole and the neighboring areas later known as the Inland Empire.
Fostering Citizen Participation Planning for the people requires involving communities from the very onset of the planning process, which must be comprehensible, transparent, legitimate and interactive.
Volunteered Geographic Data is the Future GIS continues to evolve and be applied to many complex problems around the world.
American Transmission Co. Improves Response Time, Accuracy with ESRI Technology American Transmission Co. needs to quickly dispatch field crews to the exact locations of power-flow disruptions to minimize outage times.
Ocean Globe Highlights Use of GIS in Mapping Ocean Floor New book from ESRI Press details advances in bathymetry.
Book Review: Archaeology and Landscape in the Mongolian Altai A chronology of 15 years of research and documentation in northwest Mongolia, this book spans the 12,000 year history.
Learn Best Practices for Making and Sharing High-Quality Maps ESRI seminars will explain how to use map templates and other resources.
Changing the Channel LiDAR and GIS fast track Australia’s Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project.
New Best Practices: 125 Years of Topographic Mapping at USGS Organized in 1879, the United States Geological Survey recently celebrated the 125th anniversary of its national program for topographic maps in which more than 55,000 maps have been created. Learn more about their interesting history and amazing accomplishments, including the National Map.
Attendees Will Explore Advanced Geospatial Technology at the ESRI APUC Asia Pacific User Conference is combined with ESRI Australia's National Client Conference for the first time.
Free Live Training Seminar, 3/4/10: Best Practices for Working with Map Templates This online, one-hour seminar will show how to use ArcGIS map templates to create professional-looking maps for use in print, online, or mobile applications.
Location, Location, Location A look at what location really mean for housing prices.
Triangle Hot and Cold on Winter Games Conclusions are drawn from a study showing TV viewer interest in events at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada.
Speaker Series Podcast: Spatial Epidemiology: GIS as a Decision-Making Tool for Health Providers Este Geraghty, Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine at UC Davis, discusses the value of GIS for health providers in better understanding and managing disease.
ESRI Data and GIS Empower Miami Businesses The City of Miami recently launched its GIS-based Web site www.Miami-Sites.com.
IBM Reloads for Smarter Buildings IBM is taking buildings to school to make them smarter.
Enterprise GIS Eliminates "Geographic Information Chaos" in Medellin, Colombia Use of GIS technology has steadily grown within Medellín, Colombia to include finance, public works, environment, social welfare, education, and transport and traffic.
ESRI Data and GIS Empower Miami Businesses Customized online map and reports provide clear market picture.
Where's Your Ferry? WSF Launches Real-Time 'Vessel Watch' Ferry riders now can click on the state ferry system's new Vessel Watch to see their ferry's real-time location on Puget Sound.
Speaker Series Podcast: The Use of Open Source at ESRI Victoria Kouyoumjian discusses ESRI's position on open source and the importance of open source software in GIS application development.
Improved GIS Tool Gives Data a Fresh Look Maps and graphics mean more to the public than raw numbers.
ESRI Broadband Mapping Debuts on Capitol Hill The BroadbandStat application uses GIS technology to map statewide broadband availability and gaps.
United Nations University and ESRI to Collaborate on GIS Research and Training GIS technology is expanded to all 15 United Nations University campuses.
ESRI's ArcGIS Maps Its Way Into Amazon's Cloud ESRI took a big step into the cloud space today with the announcement that its ArcGIS product will be offered as a service using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing platform.
Reporting Rules Needed to Make Open Government Work Recovery.gov shows where government should be spending money by giving users the ability to mix spending data with other statistics.
ESRI Announces Relationship with Amazon Web Services ArcGIS cloud computing promises leading-edge IT technology and benefits to users.
Haiti Dash for Mapping Experts Four members of the Great Missenden, Bucks-based MapAction team were fast-tracked to Haiti in response to the devastating earthquake that struck the country.
Croatia Launches First Spatial Data Infrastructure in Southeast Europe ArcGIS Server Geoportal extension helps reduce real property time registration processing from 400 days to 37 days.
At TED2010, ESRI President Jack Dangermond Spreads a New Idea: GeoDesign GeoDesign enables architects, urban planners, and others to design with nature and geography in mind.
Los Angeles Uses GIS to Move Mountains Annual waste pickups top 1.5 million tons of trash, yard waste, and recyclables in LA-Arclogistics and RouteSmart to the rescue!
Speaker Series Podcast: Using GIS to Understand the Financial Marketplace ESRI's Simon Thompson explains why financiers use GIS to understand how to provide the best services with the least risk in the financial industry.
Mashups Go Mainstream as Agencies Mix Data with Social Media Enterprise mashup software makers are offering improved user interfaces, standardized components and robust security as the platforms mature.
New Tracking Server White Paper Available Find out how you can use Tracking Server to collect and send real-time data from many sources and formats to Web and desktop clients.
James Fallows to Give His Diagnosis on America's Well-Being Town and Gown Cultural Series presents a well-known commentator and Redlands native.
Space: It's Still a Frontier GIS is helping revolutionize the way we think about, plan for and design the space we inhabit (or abandon).
Your Health, Predicted by a Map Bill Davenhall presents correlation between health and location history.
Speaker Series Podcast: Why GIS is Important to Retailers ESRI's Simon Thompson discusses how GIS gives retailers a more comprehensive understanding of their business and customers.
New White Paper: PLTS for ArcGIS-Foundation: Meeting the Needs of Public Safety Agencies New white paper provides information about how PLTS for ArcGIS-Foundation helps public safety agencies add additional efficiency to their overall disaster/emergency management processes.
Latest ESRI ArcGIS Data Appliance Includes Expanded Street Map Coverage and Consolidated Imagery The latest release of ESRI's ArcGIS Data Appliance includes significantly enhanced maps in a new tiling scheme and simplified licensing.
ESRI Presents Smart Grid and Utility GIS-Based Solutions at TechAdvantage 2010 Conference and Expo ESRI will present smart grid implementation strategies and other utility solutions based on geographic information system (GIS) technology at the TechAdvantage 2010 Conference and Expo.
Conserving Rainforest while Sustaining Local Economies Guyana's Minister of Agriculture will describe the world's first national low-carbon development strategy at Town & Gown Cultural Series event.
Maryland was the winner! In this report, released in January 2010, Good Jobs First takes a second look at the websites created by state governments to highlight their role in the implementation of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Petroleum Professionals Can Learn Both GIS Fundamentals and Advanced Concepts at PUG 2010 20th Petroleum User Group Conference to equip oil and gas operations to launch and grow any ArcGIS software project.
Wealthiest ZIP Codes New volume in GIS Best Practices series explains how different organizations are using GIS to support renewable energy efforts.
New Best Practices: GIS for Renewable Energy New volume in GIS Best Practices series explains how different organizations are using GIS to support renewable energy efforts.
The Nature Conservancy Deploys ESRI Technology for Climate Trend Analysis Climate wizard delivers climate change data and models.
ESRI CIS Opens in Moscow to Better Serve Region Reorganization helps meet growing demand for GIS software and services in CIS.
California Botanical Artist's Work Published by ESRI Press Together for the first time, the hand-printed serigraphs of artist Gene Bauer are reproduced in Botanical Serigraphs: The Gene Bauer Collection.
GIS Puts Culver City Sewer Maps in their Place Marcos Mendez began a committed collaboration with the Public Works Department to update citywide sewer maps using geographic information system (GIS) technology from ESRI.
Technology lessons from Haiti Microsoft’s Ballmer is at the Worldwide Public Safety Symposium to discuss ways that the company’s innovative technology and vast partner ecosystem will tackle the 21st century’s five core emerging public safety technology trends.
Dr. John Holdren to Keynote at ESRI Federal User Conference White House science and technology advisor will address audience at largest geospatial conference for federal agencies.
Link Your Health to Your Environment What environmental exposures have you personally experienced in your lifetime? Compare your health to where you've lived by creating your own place history report.
States Use ESRI's BroadbandStat Application for Broadband Initiatives More than $20 Million in U.S. stimulus funds are awarded to 10 states and Puerto Rico for GIS-based broadband mapping and planning initiatives.
ESRI to Demonstrate Broadband Mapping Application on Capitol Hill ESRI and Connected Nation will demonstrate BroadbandStat, a new application for mapping broadband coverage and planning broadband initiatives, on Capitol Hill.
GIS Technology Gives Communities a Head Start Disasters happen. While we don't like to think about them, we have to plan for them.
SQL Azure Lessons Learned: ESRI A 17 minute video showing how ESRI extends the functionality of Windows Azure and SQL Azure with MapIt.
New White Paper: PLTS for ArcGIS-Foundation: Meeting the Needs of Forestry Agencies New white paper provides information about how PLTS for ArcGIS Foundation helps forestry organizations generate authoritative geospatial products from which decisions about critical natural resources and conservation can be made.
ESRI Challenges Geodevelopers in API Mashup Challenge Innovative entries can win prizes totaling $20,000.
Geographic Software Environment Role Lauded Geographic Information Systems is playing an important role in helping global efforts to preserve the environment as well as responding to major disasters.
ESRI CA/HI/NV Regional User Group Conference Will Explore Designing the Future with GIS The 2010 ESRI California/Hawaii/Nevada Regional User Group Conference will take place February 3–4, 2010, at ESRI's new conference center at its headquarters in Redlands, California.
CEZ Renews ESRI Agreement, Keeping GIS at Core of Operations and Services Efficiency GIS is an integral component of power company's mission-critical IT infrastructure.
Speaker Series Podcast: A Conversation on MapIt-Part III: Business Intelligence In the final segment of the MapIt podcast series, ESRI’s Josh Lewis and Johan Herrlin discuss how MapIt increases business intelligence by geo-enabling the business data organizations have.
ESRI Assists Haiti Earthquake Response ESRI works with the GIS community and agencies responding to the Haiti earthquake by providing software, technical support, data, and personnel.
Spatial Roundtable Discussion Turns to Planning 2.0 Industry leaders consider the impact of social media and GeoWeb.
Omega Group Deploys ESRI Technology for Its Crime Mapping Site Web site uses ESRI GIS technology to allow law enforcement agencies to automatically upload crime data for public consumption.
The Swedish Armed Forces Enlist Geospatial Technology The Swedish Armed Forces will use ESRI software to develop digital geographic services for all military branches.
West Virginia Expands STEM Education with ESRI Software Statewide license enables students to build skills to further their education.
Speaker Series Podcast: A Conversation on MapIt - Part II: Services in the Cloud In the second of three podcasts on MapIt, ESRI's Josh Lewis and Art Haddad talk about how MapIt creates and plugs into services in the cloud.
Total Exploration and Production Integrates Spatial Data into Its Business Processes Enterprise License Agreement with ESRI gives oil company more flexibility in software procurement.
Lake Oswego 97034 is Number 1 ESRI's demographic data ranks Lake Oswego ZIP Code 97034 as the most affluent ZIP Code in a five-county area in Oregon and Washington.
New Case Study: Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Business Analyst products and ESRI Data enable Forest City Enterprises to match retailers with the best properties.
Speaker Series Podcast: ArcGIS 9.4 Renamed ArcGIS 10 ESRI President Jack Dangermond discusses what’s coming in the next release of ArcGIS, as well as why it will be called ArcGIS 10.
New ESRI Book Details Evolving Use of GIS in Forestry Industry Mapping Forestry from ESRI Press provides a unique view into some of the many ways GIS technology is being used throughout the world to support better forestry and land management decisions.
Alleviating Poverty in the Developing World-Leveraging Property Rights with Geospatial Technology Corporate Initiatives Development Group (CIDG) continues a commitment for a pilot project focused on improving property rights to those in poverty.
Houston's My City Consolidates GIS Data from City Agencies Max Samfield opted for a hybrid approach that requires city agencies to add basic data to a new enterprise GIS, but lets them choose whether to publish more specialized data to the system.
Latest Issue of ArcNews Now Available Online Highlights include articles about temporal GIS using the ArcGIS 9.4 Tracking Analyst extension and about Portland, Oregon, trailblazing a successful regional GIS. Featured sections are about using GIS for city solutions, water resources management, disease monitoring, and mapping. The regular "Geo Learning" column from National Geographic discusses the importance of innovation in teaching.
New White Paper: PLTS for ArcGIS-Foundation Product Library: Spatially Enabled Document Management System New white paper provides information about how PLTS for ArcGIS Foundation-Product Library can provide a means for organizing and interacting with various parts of your project. Learn how it can manage permissions to project files and maintain file versions to help keep your project schedules and budgets on track.
Speaker Series Podcast: A Conversation on MapIt-Part I: What is MapIt? In the first of three podcasts on MapIt, ESRI’s Josh Lewis and Art Haddad discuss the basics of MapIt, what it is, and who benefits.
ESRI headquarters | Hvidt Arkitekter Denmark-based Hvidt Arkitekter has completed the new headquarters for the American software company ESRI located in California, USA.
Wonders of the Night Sky-Topic for Next Town and Gown Event Astronomer Tyler Nordgren will discuss stars above, Earth below at ESRI Conference Center.
GIS, Flood Hazard and Flood Risk Mapping The European Parliament and Council passed Directive 2007/60/EC on the assessment and management of flood events (EU Flood Directive) in October 2007 because of the severe flood events in the recent past and the possibility of worsening conditions in the future due to climate change.
Geospatial Technology Update Seminars Scheduled for SE Asia ESRI and GIS Development will present free seminars to mapping agencies in Southeast Asia.
Speaker Series Podcast: LandNET: How Singapore Land Authority Uses GIS to Share Land Information Lim Ming Ki, head of the Singapore Land Authority, explains how the Singapore Land Authority uses GIS technology as a land information sharing system. The foundation of that system is called LandNET.
Building Back Better: Aceh Province, Indonesia, Continues GIS Work Five Years after Tsunami December 2009 marks the fifth anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami in Southeast Asia.
GIS for Everyone In the realm of virtual globes, ESRI's ArcGIS Explorer occupies a unique niche with distinctive features and GIS capabilities.
ESRI European User Conference Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, was this year's host of the ESRI European User Conference.
GIS, Cadastre and Land Registration Nick Land is Business Development Manager Cadastre and National Mapping Agencies at ESRI Europe.
Florida Mall Rises to the Top The retailer H&M recently opened a store in one of Florida's largest malls, serving consumers in Osceola, Seminole, Lake, and Orange counties. Demographic data from ESRI and major shopping center data from the Directory of Major Malls lists The Florida Mall as having a GLA of more than 1.7 million square feet and a total of nearly 250 stores.
Among the Wealthy in New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico ZIP Code 87122 tops the wealthiest ZIP Codes in the current issue of the New Mexico Business Weekly. According to ESRI’s 2009 demographic data, residents in this ZIP Code earn an average household income of more than $127,000 and have an median net worth of nearly $700,000.
ESRI Business Analyst Online Includes Tools for Easier Market Research The latest version of ESRI Business Analyst Online includes new business search capabilities and tools for more refined market research.
ESRI and Trimble Announce 2009 Mobile Government Grant Recipients ESRI and Trimble have selected the winners of the joint ESRI and Trimble 2009 Mobile Government Grant Program.
Alaska and Kansas to Map High-Speed Internet Coverage The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration NTIA awarded the grants to fund broadband mapping and planning activities.
ESRI hosts discussion on climate change ESRI has started an online discussion to coincide with the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen.
Recovering from Katrina GIS-based asset and maintenance management system helps Gulfport weather the storm.
ESRI Announces Support for Virtual USA ESRI announces support for Virtual USA, an initiative designed to improve decision making for local, state, tribal, and federal homeland security practitioners.
Mumbai Selects ArcGIS Server for Citywide Enterprise GIS Solution Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), the primary agency for urban governance in Mumbai, India, has selected ESRI ArcGIS Server technology as its citywide geographic information system (GIS) enterprise management solution.
ESRI Supports Guyana's Low-Carbon Development Strategy In an effort to mitigate the effects of climate change, the South American nation of Guyana is developing the world's first national Low-Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) using enterprise geographic information system (GIS) technology and expertise from ESRI.
New Case Study: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District Dewberry & Davis uses ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online to provide efficient and accurate facility tracking and space optimization at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District.
ESRI Atlas Presents Ancient Mongolian Art and Archaeology in a Geographic Context Archaeology and Landscape in the Mongolian Altai: An Atlas is a chronicle of 15 years of research and documentation in northwest Mongolia, and it is now available from ESRI Press.
New Best Practices: Forest Carbon Management GIS is used to measure and support the forest's natural ability to clean carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Earth's atmosphere and reduce the greenhouse effect on climate change. Download this free ESRI Best Practices PDF to read GIS case studies about GIS for forest carbon management. Learn more about other GIS solutions for countering climate change.
ESRI President Jack Dangermond Invites Online Discussion on Climate Change at Spatial Roundtable On December 9, 2009, ESRI president Jack Dangermond opened an online discussion about the value of geographic information systems (GIS) to develop programs for carbon accounting and environmental sustainability.
Effort to track stimulus funds using Inland company's technology called 'transformational' The head of a new agency tasked with tracking how economic stimulus funding is spent said Wednesday the transparency effort is the "greatest experiment the government has ever done."
Speaker Series Podcast: Stratus Avance Dramatically Improves Server Uptime Karen Ramirez, Health Care Life Sciences Account Executive for Stratus Technologies, discusses availability technologies and Avance, a Stratus software product that increases server uptime.
Henrico County Adopts Geo-Centric IT Policy, Implements ESRI ELA Henrico County, Virginia, recently adopted an IT policy that requires new enterprise systems to be geographic information system (GIS)-centric.
Empowering Students Using GIS ESRI has always invested heavily into GIS education.
Loma Linda University Inaugurates New Health Geoinformatics Lab Loma Linda University inaugurates two new computer laboratories to teach how to use geographic information system technology to better understand and improve human health across the world.
Frederik Meijer Gardens Uses GIS to Coordinate Annual Holiday Exhibit The Christmas & Holiday Traditions Around the World exhibition at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan, attracts more than 80,000 guests each year.
Imperial Irrigation District Taps ESRI's GIS Technology for Smart Grid Implementation Imperial Irrigation District reportedly announced that it will use mobile geographic information system or GIS technology from ESRI to conduct a thorough field collection of data about all its overhead and underground facilities.
New White Paper: PLTS for ArcGIS-Foundation: Meeting the Needs of Electric and Gas Utility Agencies New white paper provides information about how PLTS for ArcGIS-Foundation can provide significant cost savings and improve production efficiencies for electric and gas agencies by helping to implement consistent data editing, data maintenance, quality assurance, and map production processes.
New White Paper: PLTS for ArcGIS-Foundation: Meeting the Needs of Water/Wastewater Utility Agencies New white paper provides information about how PLTS for ArcGIS-Foundation can enhance productivity and lower operational costs for water/wastewater agencies by helping to implement consistent data editing, data maintenance, quality assurance, and map production processes.
Shaping Our World According to top GIS educator and spatial thinker Dr Joseph Kerski, the development and use of geotechnologies is crucial not just as an educational tool, but also in determining the future of the planet.
ESRI Honors GIS Innovators in Health and Human Services Innovators in GIS technology in the health and human services fields received recognition from GIS software company ESRI.
Well-Known Historian to Speak on Christmases Past, California Style Dr. Larry Burgess will kick off the holiday season with a presentation on California's historically diverse styles of celebrating Christmas.
GIS Makes Smart Grid Smart We are, of course, excited for smart grid to arrive.
ArcGIS Server as a Development Platform Ismael Chivite, ArcGIS Server Product Manager, gives an overview of ArcGIS Server as a platform for development.
ESRI Book Promotes Societal Benefits of Modern Land Administration Government creates strategies to ensure social equality, economic growth, and environmental protection.
Mobile GIS Helps Imperial Irrigation District Prepare for Smart Grid Initiative Imperial Irrigation District uses GIS from ESRI to prepare for smart grid implementation.
Florida DEP Secures ESRI GIS for Entire Organization Enterprise License Agreement improves application development and productivity.
Toni Fisher Takes Position as ESRI Higher Education Manager Educator Toni Fisher has joined ESRI's Industry Solutions Group as the higher education manager, where she will encourage the use of GIS in building effective learning environments.
Chairman of White House Recovery Board to Speak in Redlands Earl E. Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, will speak at 5:30 p.m. on December 9, 2009, at ESRI, 350 New York Street, in Redlands.
ESRI Includes MapIt in U.S. Federal ELA Software Package Geographic Business Intelligence Now Available to All Departments
Transitioning Nautical Chart System 2 (NCS 2) Julia Powell, ENC Technical Director at NOAA, explains how GIS allowed NOAA to convert its NCS 2 data to a database.
Free Live Training Seminar, 12/3/09: Maximizing GPS Accuracy in GIS Data Collection This one-hour, online seminar will demonstrate how to use GPS to increase the accuracy of your mobile GIS deployments.
ESRI Releases MapIt 1.1 ESRI MapIt version 1.1 is now available.
Spatial Roundtable Discussion Turns to Pipeline Assets Pipeline industry leaders are pulling up virtual chairs at the Spatial Roundtable to discuss how pipeline operators locate assets.
Even in The Worst of Times Southern California based Balboa Insurance Group uses GIS to create an easy, online interface where clients can view maps of catastrophes and guage potential risks to their portfolios.
Department of Municipal Affairs Explores Best In Class Geographic Information System Software Department of Municipal Affairs (DMA) is exploring the world's best Geographic Information System (GIS) software to create solutions for managing data structure within the organisation and across its projects.
ESRI Issues a Call for Papers for GIScience Track at 2010 International User Conference Recognizing the growing importance of geographic information science (GIScience), ESRI has expanded the GIScience Research Track for the 2010 ESRI International User Conference (ESRI UC) to be held in San Diego, California.
New White Paper: Performance and Throughput Tips for ArcGIS Server 9.3.1 Cached Map Services and the Apache HTTP Server New white paper provides simple steps to increase performance of cached content for Web mapping applications.
Registration Now Open for the ESRI Southeast Regional User Group Conference The ESRI Southeast Regional User Group (SERUG) Conference will bring together more than 500 geographic information system (GIS) software users.
GIS and Imagery Seamlessly Converge in ENVI EX Richard Cook, President of ITT Visual Information Solutions (ITT Vis), discusses the complementary technologies of remote sensing and GIS and how they seamlessly perform together in ENVI EX
New GIS Best Practices: Polar Regions Learn how experts apply GIS in the Arctic and Antarctica.
ESRI GIS Services Available on Apps.gov Federal government employees can now easily purchase ESRI ArcGIS Online services on Apps.gov, the United States General Services Administration's (GSA) source for cloud-based IT services.
Saving Money with Mobile Mapping When the City of Woodburn, Oregon, set out to evaluate its sewer system, one portion of the job included mapping its estimated 1,500 sewer manholes.
New White Paper: Geographic Information Systems and Pandemic Influenza Planning and Response New ESRI white paper addresses the role of GIS in supporting pandemic influenza planning and response.
Marine Environmentalist to Speak on the Effects of Plastic Waste in Our Oceans Captain Charles Moore, founder and chief research coordinator of the Algalita Marine Research Organization, will speak on his personal experience documenting the cumulative effect of pollutants on the Earth's oceans.
K-12 Students in Arkansas Get Access to ESRI GIS Technology With the recent signing of a statewide license, all 266 school districts in Arkansas now have access to ESRI's full complement of geographic information system (GIS) technology.
Free Live Training Seminar, 11/19/09: Introduction to ESRI Mobile GIS Solutions This online, one-hour seminar will help you determine which ESRI mobile product would best suit your organization.
Ahmed Abukhater Joins ESRI as Community Development Industry Manager ESRI welcomes Ahmed Abukhater, GISP, as the new community development industry solutions manager on its government team.
Show Us Your Geography and GIS For Geography Awareness Week, the ArcGIS Explorer team would like to highlight your GIS activities using ArcGIS Explorer.
New Case Study: ICAO Improves Workflow and Data Management ICAO uses ArcGIS Server to ensure safe airways throughout the world.
Elinor Ostrom, 2009 Nobel Prize Winner, To Present On Mapping Technologies At GIS Day Elinor Ostrom, the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, will give a keynote presentation as a part of Indiana University's GIS Day celebration on November 18.
GIS, Data Companies Work to Reduce Carbon Emissions The city and county of San Francisco are working with ESRI and NAVTEQ to implement a pilot program that reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
ESRI Presents Free Online Seminar for Mobile GIS This free seminar will explain the use of mobile GIS technology within an organization's workflow and provide methods to determine the correct product for a company's needs and expectations.
HealthLandscape Uses GIS To Map the Current Swine Flu Outbreak In the U.S. Local health policy makers and planners can use this interactive Web map to track county-level counts of H1N1 (Swine Flu) cases, and details on the Healthcare Resources and Workforces in the United States.
The Next Step for Agency GIS: Shared Services ESRI's Dangermond touts moving beyond file sharing to a network of geospatial functions
Preparing Redistricting Systems for 2010 Census Data Cathy McCully, Chief, U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting Data Office and Deirdre Bishop, Assistant Chief U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting Data Office, discuss the use of GIS in testing tabulation and processing systems for the 2010 U.S. Census.
Protecting Your Documents Converging factors have had a profound impact on the management of legacy records.
Mapping Maine Cancers The state is a pioneer in using Web maps to track the growth in cancer rates in Maine.
ESRI's Electric and Gas User Group Members Share GIS Best Practices ESRI users met in Atlanta, Georgia, to discuss how geospatial technology is helping them meet the challenges of an uncertain economy and increasing demands for alternative and traditional energy.
ESRI Press Publishes Children Map the World, Volume 2 ESRI Press recently published a new international collection of 100 maps drawn by young artists and cartographers under the theme Many Nations—One World.
ArcGIS Explorer is Now Available in Chinese
Centers Fuse Geospatial Data Lieutenant David Hall of the Missouri State Highway Patrol envisions a day when he will have every relevant piece of information at his fingertips to quickly evaluate potentially dangerous events and either quickly respond and diffuse them or proactively prevent potentially damaging effects from occurring.
Maryland is tops at tracking stimulus spending The state is a pioneer in using Web maps to track government spending and performance.
GeoINT 2009 Coverage GeoINT 2009 turned out to be a great show with good attendance.