Friday, November 18th, 2016
REDLANDS, Calif. – Global smart mapping leader Esri announced that it has extended its support of President Obama’s ConnectED initiative through 2019. Esri will continue to expand its wide range of curricula that integrates map-based concepts into primary and secondary school learning. President Obama established the ConnectED initiative in 2013 to promote donated technology contributions
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
REDLANDS, Calif.- Global smart-mapping leader Esri today announced that the GoodLands project team has partnered with Esri to create a digital map portal of the Catholic Church’s global landholdings. The project uses geographic information system (GIS) technology from Esri to inspire the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics to take a more ecological approach toward managing church
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
REGINA, Esri Canada User Conference – Esri Canada today recognized the Government of Saskatchewan with an Award of Excellence for its outstanding use of geographic information system (GIS) technology. The Government leveraged GIS for the Saskatchewan Enterprise Geo Database project, a spatial data warehouse that consolidates more than 350 datasets from various government archives and
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016
REDLANDS, Calif.- Smart mapping company Esri today announced the 18th annual GIS Day will take place on November 16, 2016. The day is a celebration of geographic information systems (GIS) technology and unites the geospatial community in a global movement of collaboration, sharing and education. The celebration brings together GIS users from companies, private industries,
Friday, November 11th, 2016
Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in smart mapping, has published Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation, eighth edition. Esri president Jack Dangermond called the 650-page textbook “a comprehensive primer for using maps effectively.” Map Use teaches map fundamentals—what maps are; the types available; what they portray; the purposes they serve; and how to read, analyze, and
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
REDLANDS, Calif. – Global smart-mapping leader Esri today announced its upcoming public safety symposium in Denver, Colorado. The Esri Public Safety Symposium will demonstrate the latest advances in geographic information system (GIS) technology that is used during real-world experiences. The keynote guest presenter will be Garry Briese, executive director of Colorado State Fire Chiefs, who
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
Esri has released a baseline set of three-dimensional mapped Ecological Marine Units for researchers to examine the ocean’s resources and detect ecological marine changes. The company said the Group on Earth Observations, a consortium of more than 100 nations with an Earth observation-related protocol, also commissioned a global map of EMUs with the goal to help preserve ocean resources and keep
Monday, November 7th, 2016
Qlik, a leader in visual analytics, today announced its technology partnership with Esri Singapore, the country’s leading Geographic Information System (GIS) technology provider. The collaboration will see Esri Singapore and Qlik working together to educate industries on the benefits of synergising geographic and spatial analytics. Smart mapping: making intelligent decisions with geographic information Esri’s ArcGIS
Friday, November 4th, 2016
Global smart-mapping leader Esri today announced its sponsorship of the Trimble Dimensions conference, to be held November 7 to 9 at The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas. Trimble Dimensions is an opportunity for technical innovators to discuss and collaborate on new methods for using Trimble’s technology to transform data into intelligent, usable information. Experts from
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
VANCOUVER, Esri Canada User Conference – For many years, the City of Coquitlam developed multi-purpose maps with the goal of serving several user groups with the same map. The City recently moved away from this one-map-fits-all approach and developed a suite of focused public works apps that are significantly improving the efficiency and productivity of
