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The Summer 2010 issue of ArcNews online 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.
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