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Cover Stories

• Free Web Mapping APIs
  - Free Tools and Interactive Resources Promote More Effective Collaboration and Information Sharing
• Governance of the NSDI
• California Selects GIS as One of the Six Key Enterprise IT Strategies
• GIS, Design, and Evolving Technology by Jack Dangermond
  - GIS Professionals Lead the GeoWeb Revolution
  - Inaugural GeoDesign Summit to Gather Geospatial Thinkers
  - Imagery: A Core Component of GIS
  - Nine Innovations in ArcGIS 9.4
• VIPER: Virginia Deploys Web-Based Emergency Management System
• GIS for Renewable Energy
• 125 Years of Topographic Mapping
• 12 States Pick GIS to Help Build Broadband Coverage Maps
• Revisiting Map of Unemployed
• Exclusive ArcNews Articles Online
• Gary Moll Wants People and Nature to Work Together
• Users Learn from Each Other at the 2009 Esri UC
  - MapAction Awarded for Applying GIS to Humanitarian Aid
  - Bureau Chief Tim Trainor Says Geography Is Core of Census
  - Keynote Speaker de Soto Explains the Mystery of Capital

GIS Product News

• Jump-start Your Web Maps
• ArcGIS Data Appliance Provides Ready-to-Use Map and Task Services
• Address Coder Reveals Valuable Marketing Information in Address Lists
• Perform Accurate Research

GIS for Renewable Energy

• GIS for Renewable Energy
• Building an Oasis in the Desert
• Renewable Energy--No Longer the Impossible Dream!
• Mapping the Solar Potential of Rooftops
• Assessing Economic Biomass Resources in California with GIS
• GIS to Meet Renewable Energy Goals

GIS in Action

• Creating an Enterprise Decision Support System
• ZapMap Streamlines Zoning and Permits Map Application
• Remote Communities Prevail with GIS

GIS Community News

• Professionals Find GIS Solutions for Real-World Problems
• Geo Learning: Making a Difference in Geo-Literacy
• Free Extended Time-Geographic Framework Extension for ArcGIS 9.3
• Crossing Borders: Jane Goodall to Receive Atlas Award at AAG Meeting
• Community Speaks Up at Spatial Roundtable
• Managing GIS: The Integrated Land Office
• Esri Business Partner Offerings for State and Local Government
• Strategies Offered for Landownership and Sustainable Development
• OGC Recognizes Esri's Commitment to Standards and Interoperability
• URISA Has Educational Resources for GIS Professionals
• Celebrate GIS Day November 18, 2009
• ArcGIS Server Disseminates Geospatial Services
• Essays by Well-Known Academics, Thought Leaders
• California and the Equator! Don't You Just Love Esri T-Shirts?
• New Training and Education Offerings from Esri
• Listen to Esri Podcasts
• Free Esri Publications
• Career Opportunities at Esri