Mapping the Financial Impacts of Hurricanes

How will costs from Superstorm Sandy compare to other mega-storms?

Jacksonville Business Journal, October 2012

Location Analytics: Bringing Geography Back

Mapping customer interactions uncovers nuggets of information for commercial businesses to act on.

MIT Sloan Management Review, October 2012

Which ZIPs Travel the Most?

Crain's Chicago uses Esri data to depict which ZIP Codes have the greatest potential to travel domestically for business.

The Cost of Working

As gas prices rise, commuters find more disposable income eaten up by filling up.

ArcWatch, July 2011

Star Tribune Keeps Readers Updated on Rising Waters

Newspaper offers online map to keep readers updated.

ArcWatch, June 2011

Report, Analyze, Communicate

Journalists and editors use GIS in a number of ways:

• Creating valuable graphic images that help tell compelling stories
• Researching in depth information for articles
• Managing distribution networks, targeted advertising campaigns, and customer analytics.

But don't take it from us, listen to independent journalists describe the importance of GIS in their work:

• Brant Houston, Knight Chair of Journalism, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, discusses the need for GIS in media and journalism to help reporters uncover information that helps them tell better stories.
• Steve Doig, Knight Chair of Journalism at Arizona State University- presentation to the Media and Journalism Special Interest Group at the 2010 International Esri User Conference.
• Andrew Long, founder of Longcreative and former senior news artist at the Arizona Republic newspaper, talks about how GIS can add more visual punch and in-depth analysis to news and investigative stories.

Success Stories

Learn how media organizations benefit from the use of geographic analysis and GIS.

• GIS: A Life-Changing Technology
• Crain's Chicago Business
• Canadian Television Network

Take a look at case studies, demos, podcasts, and books and white papers.