Winter 2026, Vol. 48, No. 1

Featured

For the first time since 1987, census workers went door to door and used GIS to get the data the government needs to make decisions.

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NEWS

Digital Twins
Digital Twins

Building the Geospatial Nervous System

Esri president Jack Dangermond describes his vision for GIS becoming a global platform that shapes decision-making across communities.

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Collaboration
Collaboration

Briefly Noted

Find out about how Esri is helping advance 2030 censuses, funding GIS for nature-based education, and offering new pricing for basemaps.

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Drones
Drones

Drone Imagery and GIS Help Recast the Story of Easter Island

Some claim that Easter Island suffered from ecological and societal collapse. A digital twin disproves this theory.

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ESRI TECHNOLOGY

Artificial Intelligence │ AI
Artificial Intelligence │ AI

AI Assistants in ArcGIS Provide Practical Help and Give Useful Results

Esri has expanded and enhanced AI-powered assistants across ArcGIS. They are steeped in the trusted security Esri is known for.

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Policy Mapping
Policy Mapping

Tell Your Community’s Story with Esri Maps for Public Policy

This collection of high-quality maps and layers provides a powerful starting point for developing policies that can change communities.

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Geospatial infrastructure
Geospatial infrastructure

ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise: The Backbone of Geospatial Infrastructure

The technology is open, interoperable, and secure—and ensures that teams can access the content and tools they need, when they need them.

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YOUR WORK

Public Health
Public Health

Rebuilding a Public Health Data System on a Spatial Foundation

With enterprise GIS and the power of location intelligence, the Adams County Health Department responds rapidly to community-specific needs.

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Collaboration
Collaboration

Enterprise GIS Unifies Workflows for UN’s Humanitarian Aid Coordinators

Now, humanitarian workers can use the same authoritative data in the same geodatabase to collaborate during critical, fast-moving events.

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ArcGIS Pro
ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Pro Transforms Flood Management in Texas

When every second counts, having the most powerful tools before, during, and after flooding is integral to community safety.

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GIS PEOPLE

Scientific Currents
Scientific Currents

Across Africa, Excitement Grows Over Applied Earth Observation Science

Esri is proud to assist AfriGEO in providing coordinated, comprehensive Earth observation for better decision-making that sparks innovation.

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GIS Hero
GIS Hero

Driven by Passion and Purpose

Gabriel Ortiz has devoted his life to geography and technology. He and his team in Cantabria, Spain, use GIS to innovate at new scales.

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Spatial Foundations
Spatial Foundations

Geographers Aren’t Going Anywhere: How AI Is Supercharging Geography

Breakthroughs in AI are making careers in geography more exciting, essential, and impactful than ever before.

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COLLABORATIONS

Esri Partners
Esri Partners

Unite Data and Collaborators with Help from Esri Partners

Discover how four Esri partners helped their clients develop GIS solutions that galvanize data-driven decision-making.

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Esri Startup Partners
Esri Startup Partners

AI and ArcGIS Help Automate Design for Large-Scale Developments

The design platform built by Esri Startup program graduate Allsite.ai produces digital twins of city-size construction projects.

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Esri Press
Esri Press

New Books from Esri Press

Find out about AI in GIS, geospatial workflows for security operations, how to work with imagery and remote sensing data, and more.

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