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Cover Stories

• The Geodatabase: Modeling and Managing Spatial Data
• GIS--Geography in Action
• Transport 2.0: Meeting Grand Challenges with GIScience
• GIS Emissaries Build Communities of Harmony
• Faster Deliveries with GIS
• EPA Renews ELA with Esri

GIS Product News

• The Who, What, Where, and How About Customers, Constituents, Donors
• ArcPad 8 Improves Field Efficiency
• New ArcGIS Situational Awareness Bundle Helps Planning and Response
• Fleets Stay on the Optimum Routes with ArcLogistics Navigator
• Esri Business Partner Offerings to the GIS Community
• ArcGIS 9.3.1 Is the Next Release of ArcGIS
• Esri Releases New Version of ArcGIS for AutoCAD

GIS in Action

• Inner-City Population Living in a "Food Desert"
• GIS Forms Core of Bahrain's Geographic Security System
• Organizing Geographic Site Information in Six Languages
• Accurate, Accessible Data Critical for Zoning
• Culver's Turns to GIS for Successful Franchising
• Geospatial Technology Drives Adjudication

GIS Manages Potable Water Resources

• Florida Aquifer Vulnerability Assessment Uses GIS
• Tampa Bay Water Deploys GIS to Model Potable Water Distribution
• Mapping and Managing Potable Water Infrastructure Assets

Forest Management with GIS

• Using GIS Across the Forest
• Managing Trees at the San Francisco Botanical Garden with GIS
• North Dakota Redesigns Forest Inventory, Assessment Programs Using GIS
• Soil Burn Classification Maps Enhanced

City and County Firefighters Use GIS

• North Las Vegas Fire Department Makes Most of Mapping
• Fire Department Streamlines Data Access
• Orange County Fire Authority Builds Advanced GIS Capability

GIS Community News

• GIS Users to Gather and Network at Esri's 29th International User Conference
• 2009 Esri Education User Conference
• 2009 Esri Survey & Engineering GIS Summit
• The 2008 Esri LAUC and EMEA UC Attract Hundreds and Advance GIS
• Crossing Borders: Geography Education and GIS Professional Development
• URISA Offers Something for Every GIS Professional in 2009
• Roger Tomlinson's Thinking About GIS Now Available in Spanish
• Exclusive ArcNews Online Articles
• GIS Day 10th Anniversary
• Using ArcGIS Server to Disseminate Geospatial Services
• New Training and Education Offerings from Esri
• Listen to Esri Podcasts
• GIS Greatest Hits
• Free Esri Publications
• Career Opportunities at Esri