40 Partner M U N I T Y Esri G I S C O M OfferingsN E W S Esri maintains relationships with more than 2,000 partners that provide focused assistance to our customers. These partners have extensive experience providing GIS solutions and services across several industries. Our partners offer solutions and services that range from custom ArcGIS applications to complete system implementations. In this issue, we would like to recognize a handful of our partners that helped us launch the Esri Partner Network. For a complete list and description of our partners and their offerings, visit the Esri Partners Web site at www.esri.com/partners. Enterprise GIS 3-GIS www.3-GIS.com 3-GIS Express Solution The 3-GIS Express Solution product suite combines several applications from 3-GIS into an enterprise system that delivers advanced mapping technology to desktop, field, and administrative users. Components of Express Solution, including Field Express Chameleon, Network Express, Conductor, and Buzz, leverage ArcGIS Server technology to provide enterprise capabilities and services at a reduced cost. As an integrated suite of applications, 3-GIS Express Solution gives users GIS-enabled asset management on a user-friendly platform. Systems Migration Latitude Geographics www.geocortex.com Geocortex Essentials Geocortex Essentials simplifies the process of migrating from ArcIMS to ArcGIS Server. Built for Esri’s next-generation development platforms, Geocortex Essentials helps users immediately leverage a wide variety of tools and core components available off the shelf. These tools, which are customizable and extensible, are designed to keep users’ organizations closely aligned with the long-term evolution of Esri’s Web-based GIS platform. Aeronautical Charting CGx AERO in Sys www.aeroinsys.com AIP-GIS Charting AIP-GIS Charting is a platform for editing and updating all International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)-compliant Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) charts in a georeferenced environment. Built on top of Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) for ArcGIS—Aeronautical Solution, AIP-GIS Charting extends and automates the necessary processes for creating, producing, and maintaining aeronautical charts. AIP-GIS Charting also includes ICAO-compliant templates that help organizations reduce production time while leveraging industry standards. GIS Services PenBay Solutions www.penbaysolutions.com In-Vision OnePass In-Vision OnePass is a facilities data capturing service that provides spatially referenced interior datasets by collecting room geometry, assets, and attributes and conditions in a single pass. By integrating with a GIS, PenBay’s OnePass service allows users to quickly visualize and leverage this data in their workflows to help create an effective facility information infrastructure inside the building footprint. OnePass helps real property and public safety organizations alike make better decisions regarding the true state of building interiors. Application Design GEOCOM Informatik AG www.gdn.geocom.ch GDN Studio GEOCOM’s GEONIS product family is a generic GIS application framework based on ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Server. GDN Studio is a new offering from GEOCOM that allows users to design and customize GEONIS applications. With GDN Studio, users can generate tools, such as forms, reports, data lists, and menus, that can be run on ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Server. Users can visit the GEOCOM Developer Network for more information about GDN Studio and to communicate with other GEONIS developers, as well as access a knowledge base of comprehensive documentation. New Esri Press Books Guide GIS Professionals and Students Get Help with Common GIS Tasks Whether a foundation in GIS is needed, or just a refresher, there are several options from Esri Press that will help in building skills using the technology. Three books available this summer will help with the new functionality in ArcGIS 10, teach how to work with map projections, and help software users brush up on some of the essential skills of GIS. Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop, Second Edition (for ArcGIS 10)—Fully updated for compatibility with ArcGIS 10, this book provides an overview of the principles of GIS while teaching the mechanics of ArcGIS Desktop software. Ideal for self-study or use in the classroom, the step-by-step exercises provide a framework for users to easily practice skills in map symbology, data overlay, map projection, and data conversion. ISBN: 9781589482609, 604 pp., $79.95 The GIS 20: Essential Skills—Written for those who don’t have a lot of time, this quick-reference workbook offers a handy list of 20 basic functions applicable to most GIS users. Also included are executive-level summaries of how the functions are commonly applied in different types of analysis. Five hundred GIS practitioners helped define the 20 essential skills, which include creating good layouts, creating buffers, and publishing maps. ISBN: 9781589482562, 128 pp., $39.95 Lining Up Data in ArcGIS: A Guide to Map Projections—A common concern for GIS users is properly projecting their map data to the appropriate coordinate system. Lining Up Data presents all the techniques needed to identify the correct projection for one’s data as well as how to create custom projections to align data. Quickly troubleshoot and resolve common errors concerning data alignment with this easy-to-use reference guide. ISBN: 9781589482494, 200 pp., $24.95 More Information For more information about these and other books from Esri Press, visit www.esri.com/ esripress. Esri Is Your Total Solution Provider Total solutions from Esri can provide technology you need at prices you can afford. Esri works with leading hardware vendors to provide bundled solutions that include ArcGIS® Server, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcPad®, and much more. For example, you can purchase an ArcGIS Data Appliance or a server, workstation, notebook, GPS Handheld, or Tablet PC bundled with ArcGIS software. Custom hardware-only configurations are also available to existing Esri customers. Online-Only Articles More ArcNews The Summer 2010 issue of ArcNews online (www. esri.com/arcnews) presents the following special online-only articles: GIS Joins Search for a Missing Hiker on California’s Mount Whitney At 14,505 feet, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in the lower 48 states. By early afternoon Monday, October 26, 2009, a hiker was unaccounted for and the National Park Service and the Inyo County Sheriff’s Department began to prepare a SAR mission that used GIS. Rebuilding After a Disaster Five years ago last December, on the day after Christmas, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake in the Indian Ocean set off a devastating tsunami. From the beginning, GIS played an important role in mapping the impact of the disaster. BroadbandStat Goes Live Online Esri teamed with Connected Nation to develop BroadbandStat, a Web GIS application for creating maps to show where broadband coverage currently exists in each state, which will help pinpoint where the expansion of new broadband services will help support local economic development. Also, look for the expanded Esri T-shirt section online, as well as new supplemental podcasts. Copyright © 2009 Esri. All rights reserved. For more information on promotional offers, visit www.esri.com/hardware or call your local Esri office. 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