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Cover Stories

• Introducing Esri Image Server
• GIS Helping Manage Our World
• Esri's 25th User Conference Continues Tradition of Innovation
• GIS Supports Hurricane Response
  - Missouri, Mississippi, American Red Cross Among Many Groups Using GIS
• Jane Goodall Tells Her Story at Esri's 25th User Conference
  - GIS in Chimpanzee Research and Conservation at JGI
• IHS Energy and UNEP-WCMC Form Biodiversity Data Delivery Partnership
• From Pharaohs to Geoinformatics
• GIS for the Nation: the National GIS Data Model
• National Academies Recommend Spatial Thinking in K-12 Education

GIS Product News

• What Is Community Tapestry?
• Community Vision Projects Can Help "Visualize" Customers
• ArcPad 7 and ArcPad Application Builder 7
• What's Happening on the Esri Developer Network
• ArcGIS 9.1 Business Analyst Now Shipping

GIS in Action

• The City of Chesapeake, Virginia, Uses GIS in Its 2026 Comprehensive Plan
• Wales Meets European Union Agricultural Land Regulations Using GIS
• Bridging the African Divide with GIS
• Esri Business Partners Respond to Users' Needs
• Bringing Foster Care Management into the 21st Century with GIS
• U.S. Military Uses GIS for Transportation Logistics and Real-Time Tracking
• Natural Resources, Conservation, Planning Highlighted in ArcIMS Sites

GIS and The Nature Conservancy

• Overview: The Nature Conservancy
• The Nature Conservancy Uses Mobile GIS Technology in Fight Against Invasive Species
• Caribbean Basin Ecological Assessment Uses GIS to Model Connectivity
• In Arizona, GIS Mapping Prioritizes Habitat Conservation Targets
• International Efforts Support Equatorial Pacific Ecoregional Biodiversity Assessment with GIS

Highlighting GIS in School Operations

• Managing a School District with GIS
• Detroit Public Schools Upgrades "No Child Left Behind" Requirements with GIS
• Earning All A's in Facility Management at Detroit Public Schools
• In Hawaii, Land Managers, School Administration, and Students Now Have Efficient Access to a Variety of Land Data

Focus on Water Management GIS

• GIS in Water Management and Operations
• City of Peoria, Arizona, Guides Water Supply Development with GIS
• The City of Ballerup, Denmark, Integrates Urban Water Modeling and GIS
• Southern India and South Australia: A Tale of Two GISs
• The State of Louisiana Develops Watershed Implementation Plans with GIS
• South Dakota Rural Water System Improves Operations Using GIS

GIS Community News

• Regional Growth Around Washington, D.C., Envisioned with GIS
• Idaho State University Creates Innovative Program in History and GIS
• Esri China (Hong Kong) to Host First Asia-Pacific Conference for Esri Users
• 2005 Middle East and Africa Conference for Esri Users
• Textbook Explores Traditional Urban Geography and Contemporary Topics
• URISA GIS Hall of Fame Inductees
• Ingenuity Fuels ArcWeb Services Challenge Winners
• Free Esri Publications Offer Valuable Information
• ArcGIS Enterprise Security Controls White Paper Available
• Crossing Borders: GIS and Drug Addiction
• GIS Reveals the Ups and Downs of the Boston Marathon
• Exclusive ArcNews Online Articles
• GIS Day 2005
• University of Redlands GIS Initiative
• Mexico, China, and Utah—Esri T-Shirts Get Around!