Friday, August 19th, 2016
Redlands, California—Esri announced that the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) has selected the ArcGIS platform to power the next generation of its software to manage and reduce the risk posed by Explosive Remnants of War (ERW). The next version of GICHD’s Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA), called IMSMA Core, will incorporate
Friday, August 12th, 2016
Redlands, California —Florida is home to more than 3.6 million women aged 15 to 44 years. With more than 300 Zika virus cases reported in Florida to date, the state has become a top focus in the public health battle to curb the spread of Zika infections in the United States. Gathering and mapping such
Thursday, August 11th, 2016
Redlands, California —The United Nations’ International Day of the World’s Indigenous People is observed each year to promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. This year’s theme is right to education, and in honor of this, Esri partnered with seven tribes in a friendly competition to create Story Maps using the ArcGIS
Monday, August 8th, 2016
Redlands, California — The Association of Support Professionals (ASP) has included Esri in its award for the top ten support web sites of 2016. ASP is a reputable and nonbiased technical support website evaluation and ranking organization in the technical support industry. This marks the eighteenth year of the competition. Judges are vetted professional support
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
Redlands, California —Advocates of the Opportunity Youth Network (OYN) have called for employers nationwide to embrace young people entering the workforce through the organization’s First Job Compact. The compact urges companies to earmark entry-level positions for young workers, nurture new employees with training and education, and give recent graduates the valuable employment experience they need
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Redlands, California —Seaport-e, the U.S. Navy’s electronic platform for acquiring support services, has awarded Esri a defense contract for its unique geographic information system (GIS) technology services. SeaPort-e provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting services and support from businesses small and large. This indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract simplifies the acquisition process for the
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Redlands, California—Geographic information system (GIS) provider Esri has partnered with Swiss-based spatial measurement instrument manufacturer Leica Geosystems to encourage innovation of mobile field data collection in government by offering grants totaling $143,250 in goods and services. Known as the Smart Communities Innovation Challenge, 10 governments that submit detailed project proposals demonstrating increased efficiencies in collecting
Friday, July 29th, 2016
Redlands, California — Esri, the world’s leading developer of GIS software, announced today that Pokévision, a third-party app for the viral mobile game Pokémon Go, uses Esri’s award-winning location-based data and mapping platform ArcGIS to help players of the game find Pokémon around them. A web map powered by ArcGIS services, Pokévision shows all Pokémon
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Redlands, California —The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB), located in Lansing, Michigan has chosen Esri to host and manage all imagery data for the state. After reviewing a variety of different options, Esri was found to provide the integration platform and framework for managing imagery services that the state required for greater
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Redlands, California—The TM Forum honored Randy Frantz with its Outstanding Contributor Award. Frantz is the director of telecommunications solutions at Esri. Presented by the forum’s strategy committee, this award honors individuals who go the extra mile in providing leadership and value to the forum’s collaboration projects. “Through the contributions of Randy Frantz and others, our members have an
