Case Studies—State Governments

Following are articles from ArcNews and ArcUser that showcase how ESRI software is used by state governments.

• Improving Transportation Infrastructure in Louisiana - ArcUser
• ESRI Helps Kentucky Deliver Maps of Abandoned Mines Online - ArcWatch
• Engineers Use GIS to Improve Transportation Infrastructure Throughout Louisiana - ArcNews
• Enterprise GIS Streamlines Water Quality Assessments: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Displays Results to Field Offices and the Public Through the Internet - ArcNews
• There's No Place Like Close to Home: Illinois Takes a Geographic Approach to Foster Care - ArcNews
• Bridging Spatial and Nonspatial Data: GIS at the North Carolina Department of Transportation - ArcNews
• Virginia Department of Forestry Develops Web-Based Management - ArcNews
• Modeling Potential Burn Hazards: GIS and Plume Modeling at the Florida Division of Forestry - ArcNews
• GIS Automates Synchronization of State and County Data - ArcNews
• Commonwealth of Kentucky's Enterprise Implementation - ArcNews
• The Delaware Department of Transportation Manages Spatial Data Better With Online GIS - ArcNews
• Taking a Bite Out of Illegal Food Stamp Traffic - ArcUser
• The Colorado Geological Survey Maps Development With GIS - ArcNews
• Flexible ArcIMS Application Meets Wide Range of Needs - ArcUser
• New Tool for Analyzing Georeferenced Data in Chile - ArcUser
• New Jersey NGOs Experience the Power of GIS - ArcNews
• Internet Applications Aid Homeland Security - ArcUser
• Data Sharing With ArcIMS Unifies State Programs - ArcUser
• New Jersey Meadowlands Commission Improves Efficiency, Accuracy With GIS - ArcNews
• Managing Invasive Weeds and Wildlife Using GIS - ArcNews
• The State of Utah Improves Efficiency of Its Geographic Information Database - ArcNews
• Northrine-Westfalia's Department of Agriculture Distributes Geodata to Thousands of Employees - ArcNews
• South Carolina Devises Earthquake Preparedness Plan With GIS - ArcNews
• State of Utah [PDF-1.41 MB]
• St. Johns River Water Management District, Florida [PDF-930 KB]
• Health Geography - ArcUser
• Better Document Management Through Georeferencing - ArcUser
• Making Shellfish Monitoring More Accurate - ArcUser
• Preserving America's Farmlands - ArcUser
• North Carolina Flood Insurance Rate Maps Go Digital - ArcNews
• Wisconsin's Historic Preservation Management Now Done Via the Web - ArcNews
• The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Incident Response System Grows Out of Virus Surveillance System - ArcNews
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Implements Environmental Decision Making with GIS - ArcNews
• Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection Deploys Distributed GIS Application - ArcUser
• Ohio's Employment, Health, and Human Services Benefits from GIS - ArcNews
• Arkansas State Parks Tracks Assets with GIS - ArcNews
• I-Team Initiative Addresses Institutional and Financial Barriers to NSDI - ArcNews
• Tracking Diseases with GIS - ArcUser
• Evaluating Alternatives for Restoring the Everglades - ArcUser
• Tennessee Begins First-of-Its-Kind GIS Basemapping Project - ArcNews
• Regional GIS Promotes Economic Development - ArcUser
• Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) Joins Geography Network - Press Release
• Pennsylvania Combats West Nile Virus with ArcPad, Internet - ArcNews
• GIS: A Framework for State Governments
  GIS promotes efficient use of resources - ArcUser
• Faster, Flexible Redisricting Application Built with MapObjects
  PC-based application enhances decision support - ArcUser
• GIS Works for Labor Information Analysts
  California finds GIS a valuable tool for tracking economic data - ArcUser
• Updating Tax Maps in Mississippi - ArcNews

Case Studies

The following are case studies that show how ESRI software is used by state governments.

• South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control [PDF-766 KB, 2 pages]
• North Carolina Division of Public Health Uses Mobile GIS to Speed Disaster Relief [PDF-495 KB, 2 pages]
• Texas Department of Transportation Uses GIS Data ReViewer to Update Feature Geodatabase [PDF-182 KB, 2 pages]