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Simplify Workflow Management with Free ESRI Training Seminar

Mar 11, 2010 1:17pm

ESRI will conduct a free, live training seminar that will demonstrate software for tracking project information and simplifying workflows....

Where GIS Meets Remote Sensing

Mar 11, 2010 1:01pm

Rather than using imagery as a backdrop, GIS users now discover that it can be used for a lot more....

The Agenda for GeoDesign

Mar 11, 2010 1:01pm

More than 200 attendees heard from a variety of speakers on the theory and practice of GeoDesign....

Jack Dangermond Explains the Need for GeoDesign

Mar 11, 2010 1:01pm

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

Mar 11, 2010 10:29am

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

Mar 10, 2010 1:15pm

Improvements include new Analysis Gallery and updated ArcGIS Online basemaps....

Speaker Series Podcast: The Cloud as a Platform For Development

Mar 10, 2010 10:02am

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

Mar 10, 2010 9:12am

Town and Gown Cultural Series presents playwright Doris Baizley and performance artist Marco Schindelmann....

Government Maps Path to Geospatial Data

Mar 8, 2010 8:05am

Shift in technology transforming spatial data into decision-making tools for agencies....

Geospatial Apps Help Temper Mother Nature's Fury

Mar 5, 2010 1:00pm

Agencies find that fusing webs of remote sensors with geospatial management systems is the next best thing to being there....

Sanitation Shortcuts

Mar 5, 2010 9:46am

Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation uses GIS to move mountains....

New Geographic Mapping System in Place

Mar 5, 2010 8:13am

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

Mar 4, 2010 10:26am

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

Mar 4, 2010 9:17am

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

Mar 4, 2010 9:17am

GIS continues to evolve and be applied to many complex problems around the world....

American Transmission Co. Improves Response Time, Accuracy with ESRI Technology

Mar 3, 2010 10:55am

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

Mar 2, 2010 10:51am

New book from ESRI Press details advances in bathymetry....

Book Review: Archaeology and Landscape in the Mongolian Altai

Mar 2, 2010 9:08am

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

Mar 2, 2010 8:41am

ESRI seminars will explain how to use map templates and other resources....

Changing the Channel

Mar 2, 2010 8:08am

LiDAR and GIS fast track Australia’s Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project....

New Best Practices: 125 Years of Topographic Mapping at USGS

Mar 1, 2010 2:30pm

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

Mar 1, 2010 11:41am

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

Mar 1, 2010 8:05am

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

Feb 26, 2010 11:05am

A look at what location really mean for housing prices....

Triangle Hot and Cold on Winter Games

Feb 25, 2010 8:52am

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

Feb 24, 2010 9:08am

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

Feb 24, 2010 8:28am

The City of Miami recently launched its GIS-based Web site www.Miami-Sites.com....

IBM Reloads for Smarter Buildings

Feb 23, 2010 3:24pm

IBM is taking buildings to school to make them smarter....

Enterprise GIS Eliminates "Geographic Information Chaos" in Medellin, Colombia

Feb 23, 2010 9:22am

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

Feb 23, 2010 8:43am

Customized online map and reports provide clear market picture....

Where's Your Ferry? WSF Launches Real-Time 'Vessel Watch'

Feb 23, 2010 8:10am

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

Feb 22, 2010 1:43pm

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

Feb 22, 2010 10:21am

Maps and graphics mean more to the public than raw numbers....

ESRI Broadband Mapping Debuts on Capitol Hill

Feb 22, 2010 8:45am

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

Feb 19, 2010 8:19am

GIS technology is expanded to all 15 United Nations University campuses....

ESRI's ArcGIS Maps Its Way Into Amazon's Cloud

Feb 18, 2010 3:04pm

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

Feb 17, 2010 4:53pm

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

Feb 17, 2010 3:03pm

ArcGIS cloud computing promises leading-edge IT technology and benefits to users....

Haiti Dash for Mapping Experts

Feb 17, 2010 1:09pm

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

Feb 17, 2010 8:44am

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

Feb 16, 2010 1:21pm

GeoDesign enables architects, urban planners, and others to design with nature and geography in mind....

Los Angeles Uses GIS to Move Mountains

Feb 16, 2010 9:02am

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

Feb 11, 2010 3:48pm

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

Feb 10, 2010 9:45am

Enterprise mashup software makers are offering improved user interfaces, standardized components and robust security as the platforms mature....

James Fallows to Give His Diagnosis on America's Well-Being

Feb 9, 2010 9:08am

Town and Gown Cultural Series presents a well-known commentator and Redlands native....

Space: It's Still a Frontier

Feb 5, 2010 2:48pm

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

Feb 5, 2010 2:41pm

Bill Davenhall presents correlation between health and location history....

Speaker Series Podcast: Why GIS is Important to Retailers

Feb 5, 2010 9:41am

ESRI's Simon Thompson discusses how GIS gives retailers a more comprehensive understanding of their business and customers....

Latest ESRI ArcGIS Data Appliance Includes Expanded Street Map Coverage and Consolidated Imagery

Feb 4, 2010 10:56am

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

Feb 4, 2010 10:27am

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

Feb 3, 2010 8:33am

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!

Feb 2, 2010 1:36pm

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

Feb 2, 2010 1:14pm

20th Petroleum User Group Conference to equip oil and gas operations to launch and grow any ArcGIS software project....

Wealthiest ZIP Codes

Feb 2, 2010 1:09pm

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

Feb 2, 2010 9:29am

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

Feb 2, 2010 8:49am

Climate wizard delivers climate change data and models....

ESRI CIS Opens in Moscow to Better Serve Region

Feb 1, 2010 1:26pm

Reorganization helps meet growing demand for GIS software and services in CIS....

California Botanical Artist's Work Published by ESRI Press

Feb 1, 2010 9:04am

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

Jan 28, 2010 3:02pm

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

Jan 28, 2010 10:29am

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

Jan 28, 2010 9:15am

White House science and technology advisor will address audience at largest geospatial conference for federal agencies....

Link Your Health to Your Environment

Jan 27, 2010 2:30pm

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

Jan 27, 2010 11:00am

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

Jan 25, 2010 9:57am

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

Jan 25, 2010 7:58am

Disasters happen. While we don't like to think about them, we have to plan for them....

SQL Azure Lessons Learned: ESRI

Jan 22, 2010 1:15pm

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

Jan 22, 2010 12:55pm

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

Jan 22, 2010 10:22am

Innovative entries can win prizes totaling $20,000....

Geographic Software Environment Role Lauded

Jan 22, 2010 8:05am

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

Jan 21, 2010 11:41am

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

Jan 21, 2010 10:34am

GIS is an integral component of power company's mission-critical IT infrastructure....

Speaker Series Podcast: A Conversation on MapIt-Part III: Business Intelligence

Jan 20, 2010 1:03pm

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

Jan 20, 2010 9:26am

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

Jan 20, 2010 8:07am

Industry leaders consider the impact of social media and GeoWeb....

Omega Group Deploys ESRI Technology for Its Crime Mapping Site

Jan 19, 2010 11:22am

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

Jan 19, 2010 8:22am

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

Jan 14, 2010 1:58pm

Statewide license enables students to build skills to further their education....

Speaker Series Podcast: A Conversation on MapIt - Part II: Services in the Cloud

Jan 14, 2010 1:41pm

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

Jan 14, 2010 8:09am

Enterprise License Agreement with ESRI gives oil company more flexibility in software procurement....

Lake Oswego 97034 is Number 1

Jan 12, 2010 3:47pm

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.

Jan 12, 2010 1:25pm

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

Jan 11, 2010 4:25pm

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

Jan 11, 2010 9:40am

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

Jan 11, 2010 7:58am

Corporate Initiatives Development Group (CIDG) continues a commitment for a pilot project focused on improving property rights to those in poverty....

New Tracking Server White Paper Available

Jan 9, 2010 6:00pm

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....

Houston's My City Consolidates GIS Data from City Agencies

Jan 7, 2010 11:03am

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

Jan 7, 2010 9:51am

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...

New White Paper: PLTS for ArcGIS-Foundation Product Library: Spatially Enabled Document Management System

Jan 6, 2010 6:16pm

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?

Jan 6, 2010 1:55pm

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

Jan 5, 2010 3:44pm

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

Jan 5, 2010 11:52am

Astronomer Tyler Nordgren will discuss stars above, Earth below at ESRI Conference Center....

New White Paper: PLTS for ArcGIS-Foundation: Meeting the Needs of Public Safety Agencies

Jan 4, 2010 4:19pm

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....

GIS, Flood Hazard and Flood Risk Mapping

Jan 4, 2010 1:35pm

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

Jan 4, 2010 11:46am

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

Jan 4, 2010 10:16am

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

Dec 23, 2009 8:24am

December 2009 marks the fifth anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami in Southeast Asia....

GIS for Everyone

Dec 22, 2009 3:52pm

In the realm of virtual globes, ESRI's ArcGIS Explorer occupies a unique niche with distinctive features and GIS capabilities....

ESRI European User Conference

Dec 22, 2009 3:51pm

Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, was this year's host of the ESRI European User Conference....

GIS, Cadastre and Land Registration

Dec 22, 2009 3:50pm

Nick Land is Business Development Manager Cadastre and National Mapping Agencies at ESRI Europe....

Florida Mall Rises to the Top

Dec 21, 2009 1:07pm

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...