Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Microsoft has selected Esri to participate in the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) Alliance Partner program. Esri’s flagship ArcGIS software will be demonstrated in MTC Envisioning Centers worldwide as part of the Strategy Briefing offering. These leading-edge geographic information system (GIS) tools will also be available to Microsoft prospects and customers to use during Proof of Concepts
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Technical professionals planning to earn a degree in geographic information systems (GIS) will want to familiarize themselves with international GIS technology firm ESRI. ESRI continues to demonstrate that the job market for true GIS professionals is strong and growing.Michael Gould, Ph.D., the director of education for ESRI recently shared his thoughts for career success with
Monday, June 20th, 2011
David Totman, former asset manager at Colorado Springs Utilities, joins Esri as the new industry solutions manager for public works. Totman replaces Chuck Cmeyla, who is retiring.Employed in a variety of positions using GIS to solve analytic problems during the past 24 years, Totman brings a wealth of private- and public-sector experience to his new
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Ocean scientist, geographer, and geographic information system (GIS) author Dawn J. Wright will join Esri as its chief scientist on October 3, 2011. She will help formulate and advance the intellectual agenda for the environmental, conservation, climate, and ocean sciences aspect of Esri’s work while also representing Esri to the national/international scientific community. A notable authority
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Surveyors will vet concerns about a proposed nationwide broadband wireless network from the company LightSquared at the upcoming Survey Summit. The LightSquared Forum will be held Sunday, July 10, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Scheduled speakers include Peter Large, vice president of Trimble and representative of the Coalition to Save Our GPS, and Jeff Carlisle,
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
U.S. wildfires is a sharable web map that can be used to help report on the 2011 wildfire season. The map shows current data for wildfire locations and related information including photos and videos from social media. Use the map’s Share button to size the map for embedding on web sites. Read More
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Starbucks Coffee Company’s Patrick O’Hagan, global marketing planning manager for the world’s largest retail coffee chain, will keynote the Esri Business Summit to be held July 10–11, 2011, in San Diego, California. The summit draws business executives from all over the world to talk about how using location-based analysis will improve an organization’s overall performance,
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Though GIS has been taught at a number of schools in Alaska for the past several years, the signing of a statewide education site license with Esri brings the technology to all K–12 students in the state. Students, educators, and administrators in all of Alaska’s primary and secondary schools will have access to Esri’s full
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Los Angeles County is giving its citizens the opportunity to propose new district boundaries through a comprehensive online redistricting application built on Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) technology. Through June 2, the public may submit redistricting scenarios for consideration by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ Boundary Review Committee, which will recommend a plan to
Saturday, May 28th, 2011
Esri received a Strong Positive rating, the highest possible, from Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry. The report, MarketScope for Energy and Utility Geographic Information Systems by Randy Rhodes, was published March 22, 2011. Learn More
