Esri president Jack Dangermond says GIS technology will soon enable everything from citizen-driven government to the design of more sustainable cities. Abu Dhabi already uses GIS for e-government, utility management, emergency response, urban planning, and other projects.
During the recent Esri International User Conference, Dangermond said GIS is becoming a medium of communication for governments; businesses; and even citizens, who are sharing, via mobile devices and the Internet, location-based information such as reports of earthquake damage, potholes, pollution, and blight. "A map is worth a million words," Dangermond said. "[GIS] is becoming a new storytelling system." Read the article.
Advances in computer and GIS technology will open the world of geographic knowledge to everyone.
Tips and Tricks for Using ArcObjects in Microsoft Visual Studio
This video tutorial illustrates how to use some of the new Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 integration features available with ArcGIS 10 such as project templates, snippets, references, help documentation, and samples.
ArcWatch is published monthly by Esri and contains GIS news, practical advice, and updates about the company's software and events. To submit article ideas,
e-mail editor Carla Wheeler at arcwatch_editor@esri.com.
Read about crime mapping symbols, public safety workflows, the Esri Homeland Security Summit, and more, in the Esri Public Safety blog.
Esri just released a beta version of ArcGIS Viewer for Flex 2.0. It's a ready-to-use, configurable Web mapping application that requires no development skills to deploy. Read the article and download the viewer for free.
The University of California, Davis, Arboretum
uses GIS to catalog and map more than 30,000 plants. The arboretum belongs to a consortium, the Alliance for Public Gardens GIS, which has created the ArcGIS Public Garden Data Model, a template for implementing GIS projects at botanical gardens and zoos. Read the article.
When the Red River in Manitoba, Canada, flooded in 2009, Manitoba Health's Office of Disaster Management (ODM) worked with Esri Canada to create a common operating picture (COP) to monitor the flood and manage decision making related to the natural disaster.
With few resources available to implement a complex system, the situational awareness tool had to be simple, intuitive, and able to guide users through the four stages of emergency management—mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Read the article.
Decisions are only as good as the information that goes into them. The Smart Map Search tool in Esri Business Analyst Online (BAO) guides users to the best conclusions using new data and producing custom PDF maps. The tool helps decision makers become more efficient by analyzing all the criteria and mapping all the results at the same time. Read the article.
BAO is now available on iPhone or iPad. Download the free application.
Shalem Medical Supplies, Inc., a Texas-based company,
uses Esri's ArcLogistics to plan the most efficient delivery routes. Fuel, truck maintenance, and overtime costs have decreased, and the delivery window for the medical equipment and supplies has shrunk, increasing customer satisfaction. Company employees tell the story in this video.
Try a free 30-day trial of ArcLogistics.
Want to learn about hardware and software requirements and operating system limitations and access videos, a blog, and other information related to ArcGIS Desktop 10? Visit the ArcGIS Desktop 10 Resource Center.
This new no-cost add-on helps ArcGIS Desktop users contribute to the growing OpenStreetMap community.
Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop introduces the fundamentals of GIS and ArcGIS
Desktop using detailed illustrations and step-by-step exercises. This second edition reflects ArcGIS 10 functionality and will help you make maps, perform spatial analysis, and build and edit spatial databases. Data and ArcGIS 10 evaluation software are provided. Buy the new book published by Esri Press.
The latest edition of the Esri Map Book celebrates 25 years of your best work. Examples include a
map plotting the most common surnames in Ireland; a map displaying the locations of bank robberies in San Diego County, California; and a 3D-perspective map of pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden.
Browse through all the maps and see how geospatial solutions are being used worldwide.
If you would like to submit a map to be considered for inclusion in the next edition of the Esri Map Book, e-mail mapbook @esri.com to receive submission guidelines.
Real estate developer and businessman Charles A. "Mac" McClure counts on GIS to help
him make important decisions about opening new franchises, such as Chili's restaurants, in areas others deemed unprofitable. McClure joined Manny Rios from United Services Automobile Association (USAA) at the Esri Business GIS Summit, where they spoke about the role GIS plays in their business strategies. Read the article.
Sign Up for a Free ArcGIS 10 Seminar Learn practical ways to enhance analysis, access imagery, make better use of the Web, and apply ArcGIS in the field at Esri's free seminar, Increase Productivity with ArcGIS 10. All industry professionals are invited to this event, which will be held in 74 U.S. cities from September to November 2010. Register to attend at a location near you.
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The map templates created by Esri cartographers contain a collection of resources, such as map documents, sample data, and documentation, to quickly create a map. Read the article. Visit the ArcGIS Map Templates Resource Center.
Esri's IT strategist Victoria Kouyoumjian discusses the significance and benefits of cloud computing as a platform for developing and delivering GIS services. She points to one of the most popular emerging uses of cloud computing for ArcGIS Server: tile caching, specifically using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). Listen to the podcast.
Cathy McCully, chief of the U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting Data Office, explains in this podcast how GIS-enabled census data is being delivered to states for use in redistricting processes.
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Retail GIS—Localization, Not Just Location
Simon Thompson, Esri's director of commercial solutions,
discusses the importance of knowing your neighbors when doing business. He writes about how geospatial technology and data can prevent the site selection problems of the past and asks if the business community really has the tools it needs to place the right businesses in the right locations. Meet with Thompson at the Spatial Roundtable.
To get the most out of ArcGIS technology, learn the effective geodatabase design techniques outlined in Modeling Our World: The Esri Guide to Geodatabase Concepts, Second Edition. Buy the book.
ArcPad 10 includes a dynamic toolbar that automatically builds the tools and forms you need to edit your data. Read the article to find out what else you can do. Evaluate ArcPad 10 now.
Request reminders to attend Using Network Analyst in ArcGIS Desktop 10 on Sept. 2, 2010, and Introduction to the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex on Sept. 23, 2010.
Flip through the new Esri Course Catalog of instructor-led courses using this PDF, or request a printed copy.
Learn about the benefits of taking courses via the online Virtual Classroom, which brings interactive, real-time, instructor-led training to your desktop.
Esri and Cutting Edge offer to U.S. customers Linux Server solutions preinstalled with ArcGIS Server 10 at the Advanced, Standard, and Basic enterprise license levels. View all the new Esri and Cutting Edge offers.
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