Amsterdam Airport Schiphol built a digital asset twin of the airport to run simulations and save time and money.
Letter from the Editor
Pervasive GIS Is What’s Next
Making location intelligence more universally available—a promise made just six short years ago at the Esri User Conference—is being realized through the widespread adoption of Web GIS. The Web GIS pattern leverages web services that make exponentially growing data streams readily accessible for visualization and analysis.
By empowering non-GIS staff, Web GIS enables both GIS professionals and non-GIS knowledge workers in organizations to get more meaningful work done. It relieves GIS professionals from previous roles as data gatekeepers and on-call mapmakers so they can engage in analytical activities that provide greater value to their organizations.
The power of data integration and computational geography can be available to every-one in the organization. Through converting massive amounts of data into actionable information, web maps are becoming a kind of language that supports problem solving.
Using apps, this work can be shared and taken everywhere: referenced and updated in the field, presented in the boardroom, and disseminated on the web. The Web GIS pattern brings together web maps, web apps, hubs, location analytics, and other technologies that improve understanding, collaboration, and communication.
Since their introduction six years ago, Esri Story Maps apps have become a communication medium that is used to tell the stories of individuals, organizations, communities, events, and processes. The more than 600,000 story maps that have been published have been viewed millions of times.
The Special Section in this issue highlights how story maps are used to promote the unique characteristics of communities, present city council agenda items in context, and share the significance and beauty of collections maintained by the Library of Congress.
With Web GIS, location intelligence is easier to apply and more accessible so society can truly benefit from The Science of Where.
Monica Pratt
Editor
Esri is refocusing the conversation around smart from vague promises to a specific geospatial strategy that can deliver the results.
An economic development nonprofit organization uses ArcGIS to better understand and optimize agricultural value chains.
He Pays Attention to the Little Things That Run the World
Renown entomologist Edward O. Wilson has shifted his research focus from ants to ecosystems.
The Half-Earth(ling)
The Half-Earth Project, an initiative of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, advocates conserving half the earth’s lands and seas.
Digital Twins Enable Innovation and Savings
A digital twin can accelerate innovation, build consensus, and save time and money.
Innovating with Data
There is incredible value in innovating with analysis and visualization using Dashboard for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Insights.
Finding the Perfect Spot
Pennsylvania plants trees precisely to maximize water improvement using GIS.
An Easier, Quicker Route to Success
Save yourself unnecessary effort and get proven results with ArcGIS Solutions.
Improving Disaster Response with Deep Learning in ArcGIS
The deep learning, imagery, and data enrichment capabilities in ArcGIS can improve damage assessment to speed insurance claims.
New MOOC Focuses on Spatial Data Science
Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics, a new Esri MOOC, teaches how to use spatial data, tools, and methods.
Identifying the Most Valuable Parcels to Protect
Nonprofit land trust organizations implement environmental planning using conservation strategies such as conservation easements.
Location Technology Drives Intelligent Action
These articles also show how a spatial perspective enabled by location technology can be transformative.
Esri Selected as GEO Associate Member
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) has chosen Esri as one of its first associate members.
Build Web Apps That Use All Kinds of Data
The ArcGIS API for JavaScript enables you to build web apps using data in nonArcGIS formats as well as ArcGIS layer types.
Visualizing the Big One
ArcGIS APIl for JavaScript app using the most current earthquake GeoJSON feed from the USGS.
ArcGIS Runtime SDKs Focus on Utilities, Public Safety, and Platform Support
ArcGIS Runtime SDKs 100.6 is a major milestone in the capabilities it adds.
Making a Precision Reference Map in ArcGIS Pro
This tutorial walks you through the process of generating a precision reference map using data from a statewide portal.
Creating and Using Layer Files in ArcGIS Pro
Learn how to create layer files in ArcGIS Pro to save time and encourage consistency.
Create and Manage Metadata in ArcGIS Pro
Learn how to make metadata for ArcGIS Pro projects so you can effectively share data.
How to Ensure Your Basemap and Data Layers Work Together
Don’t make the symbology for your data layers compete with your basemap! Follow these best practices.
Learn to Effectively Be the Change You Seek
The success or failure of a project or initiative rests as much on social change within the organization as on the technology.
Story Maps Help Humanities Students Develop Spatial Perspectives
Esri Story Maps provides humanities students with an approachable introduction to using geography for analysis.
Mississippi State University’s Precision Agriculture Program
Mississippi State University offers a certificate for precision agriculture students that teaches geospatial technologies.
GIS Bookshelf
Smarter Government and Connections and Content published by Esri Press
Briefly Noted
Live weather feeds on available at no cost; ArcGIS Quick Capture, report for Survey123 for ArcGIS; GIS Day
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