ArcGIS GeoBIM delivers an easy-to-use web-based experience to explore and collaborate on BIM projects and use data for multiple systems.
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
GIS was used to map the thousands of flags dedicated to those who died of COVID-19 in Washington, DC.
Government and commercial organizations must adopt a geographic approach to achieve a sustainable future.
If More Women Owned Land, More People Might Be Fed
Ensuring women have the right to own land could lift millions of people out of hunger and reduce rural poverty,
Using GIS to Effect Change for the ALS Community
Pat Dolan used his GIS expertise to build tools to help the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) community.
Highway Data Collection Improves Operations and Saves Money
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) used mobile vehicle-based data collection and automated data extraction to document its highway system.
US Border Patrol Uses ArcGIS to Rescue Migrants
The United States Border Patrol is using GIS to improve its search and rescue (SAR) operations for migrants in distress.
Fighting Snow More Effectively with GIS
The City of New York employs GIS and live feeds to provide near real-time situational awareness to manage snow removal activities.
Proactive, Unified Approach to Modernizing GIS
The City of Austin, Texas, developed a comprehensive plan to migrate to ArcGIS Pro.
Put Your Geospatial Strategy on One Page
Make a simple, stripped-down visual that communicates your organization's goals and direction so that it doesn’t become shelfware.
The Next Generation of Self-Service Government
Self-service government uses GIS to deliver services more efficiently.
Building System Stability with a Maintenance Plan
A maintenance strategy is essential to the success of a GIS.
Data-Driven Map Animations for the Web
Data-driven maps answer questions about location data and animations help make those answers more understandable.
Working Together across ArcGIS Online Organizations
Partnered collaboration is a capability of ArcGIS Online that enables members from different ArcGIS Online organizations to work together.
Map the Uncertainty of Ranges with Unclassed Symbology
Unclassed symbology is needed accurately represent the ranges associated with margins of error in data such as census data.
End Confusion with This Process for Deprecating Items
Use this simple process to retire outdated items on your ArcGIS Online site when they have been made obsolete by new items.
Get the Word Out to Your ArcGIS Organization
Configure banners for your ArcGIS Online site to make sure users of your site get important messages.
Polishing Your Halo
Learn to apply halos around map text to enhance readability.
GIS Bookshelf
Collaborative Cities; Keeping People Safe; GIS Jump Start for Health Professionals
Wise Advice for Those Considering a GIS-Related Career
Some recent GIS graduates share the courses, skills, and software training that they have found beneficial.
Using GIS to Innovate Business Education
Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin, is a trendsetter in GIS-informed business education.
Briefly Noted
Esri Redistricting has 2020 census data; Esri supports United Nations Program to save the ocean;
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