Presentations at Esri User Conference show how users are creating a better world with GIS.
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
Creating a future that healthy, prosperous, equitable, peaceful, secure, and sustainable will require GIS and commitment by the GIS community.
Economy & Predictability
In his keynote address to the 2023 Esri User Conference, Dr. Richard W. Spinrad introduced event attendees to the New Blue Economy.
Technology and Commitment for the World We Want
Esri’s commitment preserving life on Earth was reflected in the 2023 Esri User Conference theme, GIS—Creating the World You Want to See.
My Career Asking Questions with a Geographic Approach
The author applied the geographic approach and GIS to answer questions and help people throughout a diverse career.
App Saves Time and Adds Flexibility and Transparency to Capital Funds Spending
A water district created an app to improve its capital improvement plan (CIP) to better understand and control costs and operate efficiently.
Interactive Maps Tell the Story of Modern Risk Mitigation in Florida
The Florida Division of Emergency Management used GIS to create a five-year hazard mitigation plan.
Matching COVID-19 Cases to Facilities: Lessons Learned
Baltimore City Health Department epidemiologists matched COVID-19 case and death data with lists of facilities to improve its response.
Harnessing Geospatial Data for Informed Health-Care Planning
Geospatial data, harnessed through GIS technology underpins informed health-care planning.
Using GIS to Control a Big Snake Problem in the Everglades
Two Florida government organizations used GIS to coordinate efforts to protect native animals from predation by the Burmese python.
Decades of Innovation by Orange County
Orange County, California, has one of the most innovative local government GIS implementations.
Revealing Opioid Diversion with ArcGIS AllSource
ArcGIS AllSource aids in combating the opioid overdose epidemic by linking
How GIS Mitigates the Impact of Vacant Office Space
One of the most damaging and lasting economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the increase of unused and vacated office space.
How to Communicate the Business Value of Your Tech Innovation
How do we communicate the value of a new solution or promising technology…especially to executives who don’t necessarily “get” technology?
Accessibility and Arcade: Working in Color
A new accessible color palette for syntax highlighting has been added to the editor in Map Viewer to add people with low vision.
Build Accessible Web Apps
Web accessibility techniques remove the barriers in web apps that can prevent people from fully experiencing content .
Using Alternative Text for Equitable Storytelling
Alternative text in ArcGIS StoryMaps makes content more accessible to those with limited vision.
How to Start an ArcGIS Pro Project
ArcGIS Pro is a toolbox, and inside this toolbox is an almost limitless set of tools.
Manage Layers More Efficiently in ArcGIS Pro with Catalog Layers
A new layer type, catalog layers, are useful when working with maps or scenes that contain a large amount of data.
Helping Students Get Ahead by Meeting Workforce Needs
West Chester University (WCU) is helping students get ahead by meeting workforce needs using locational analytics in its programs.
Esri Young Professionals Network Is for Everyone
All members are welcomed to participate in the Esri Young Professionals Network.
GIS Bookshelf
An introduction to spatial statistics and an introduction to using geospatial data and location intelligence to solve many problems.
New MOOC on Using GIS to Deal with Climate Change
Discover how GIS is being used to create more resilient communities, systems, and infrastructure in this MOOC.
Briefly Noted
2020 demographics in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World; Esri partners with Databricks; Rwanda Space Agency signs MOU with Esri.
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