Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
April 2, 2015 — Several of the 2,798 new US Topo quadrangles for California now display public trails along with segments of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. Also the new maps now show improved data layers such as public land survey information, map symbol redesign, enhanced railroad information and new road source data. Some
Friday, September 7th, 2012
More government agencies and nongovernmental organizations want citizens to contribute volunteered geographic information (VGI), such as reports of potholes in their communities or georeferenced photographs of flooding, earthquake damage, or fires, to a web map. Other organizations only give certain employees permission to edit geographic data.
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
Last month, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the agency’s first-ever crowdsourcing initiative to clean and map development data such as guarantees, loans disbursed, and available financing. Volunteers used a simple crowdsourcing tool created with Esri technology to find the required location information. This data can now be easily visualized on
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
Esri will closely support the US Agency for International Development (USAID) at the agency’s first-ever crowdsourcing initiative to make international development data accessible and transparent. The initiative will kick off at the USAID Innovation Lab in Washington, DC, at noon on Friday, June 1, 2012, and continue virtually until Sunday, June 3. Esri will participate