Carla Wheeler is a technology writer and editor at Esri and a former journalist. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BA degree in journalism and political science. She currently edits ArcWatch and works with Esri Story Maps apps. Follow her on Twitter @gisjourno.
The first virtual Esri User Conference (Esri UC) engendered a global camaraderie and a hope for creating a geospatially literate society.
The National Geographic Society and Esri are teaming up to create new digital experiences that leverage geography and GIS.
Esri honored several organizations with awards at the Esri User Conference this year, including the creators of a popular COVID-19 dashboard.
The new book Lindsey the GIS Professional is a perfect read for children who want to learn about mapping.
Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley was an early adopter in using GIS for smarter governing.
More time to read now that you telecommute? Pick up a copy of Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro, or one of seven other new books from Esri Press.
NatureServe recently released its Map of Biodiversity Importance, accessible via ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.
Numerous geodesign projects, including one to make a US Air Force base more climate resilient, were presented at the Geodesign Summit.
The Esri Developer Summit focused on new capabilities in ArcGIS including those in 3D mapping, natural language processing, and data science.
NGA’s Frank Avila talks about his career in imagery science and the future of geospatial intelligence.
Creative thinkers find new ways to use ArcGIS Dashboards, such as the Real Estate Sales Dashboard from the Franklin County Auditor in Ohio.
Dublin Airport is turning into a digitally smart organization, using location technology from Esri for inspections, indoor mapping, and more.
Frank Avila from NGA talks about the agency's interest in AI, the growth of the small satellite market, and advances in hyperspectral imagery
Renown entomologist Edward O. Wilson has shifted his research focus from ants to ecosystems.
The Half-Earth Project, an initiative of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, advocates conserving half the earth’s lands and seas.
Design, tell, and display your stories more creatively with the new ArcGIS StoryMaps app tools such as slideshow, collections, and autoplay.
In his new book Smarter Government, former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley explains the role of GIS in good governance.
Police in Ogden, Utah, used Esri technology to help manage security, traffic, and other issues at a historic railway celebration.
Where will you be and what will you be doing on November 13? If you are a GIS professional or just love mapping, consider hosting a GIS Day.
Jane Goodall, DBE, and renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson brought their perspectives on biodiversity conservation to the Esri User Conference.
Biologist Edward O. Wilson, long focused on ants, is helping lead an effort to protect biodiversity worldwide through the Half-Earth Project.
The City of Pasadena, NatureServe, the US Census Bureau, and other organizations show how GIS helps them see what others can't see.
The 2019 Esri User Conference celebrated user achievements and new GIS advancements.
Green infrastructure and network mapping are the focus of two new books published by Esri Press.
The South Coast AQMD app gives users location-based air quality information for greater Los Angeles, California.
The Geodesign Summit, in its 10th year, has helped establish geodesign as a movement and an integral part of planning and environmental managemen
The focus of three new Esri books will be how to use GIS for science, smarter government, and the census with a fourth devoted to geodatabases.
Location is paramount in the geospatial world.
Conservation photographer Carlton Ward Jr., says geodesign and storytelling will play a critical role in conserving land for Florida wildlife.
Rather than rely solely on pamphlets and PDFs to inform the citizens of Leon County, Florida, about the projects a proposed penny sales tax...
"Geodesign is both an ancient idea and a new idea supported by new and advancing technology," said Esri president Jack Dangermond, as he welcomed
Hear stories of how geodesign is being used around the world at the Geodesign Summit, January 29–30, 2014, in Redlands, California.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are embracing geospatial technology in a big way at Summit Bechtel Reserve (The Summit) in West Virginia.
Summit Bechtel Reserve (The Summit) in West Virginia serves as what the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) calls an "adventure center" for millions.
Thousands of Boy Scouts also used the mobile ArcGIS app on their smartphones to navigate the sprawling, 10,600-acre site and locate...
Esri education manager Joseph Kerski blogs for Green 360, a careers website for high school and college students.
Though Nadika Senadheera sometimes ventures to dangerous places, her passion for GIS and feeding the hungry keeps her on the front lines...
Space. It’s a new frontier for scientific research and social media.
How did you celebrate GIS Day? Your peers report how the projects they pursued.
Recording artist will.i.am is into much more than music: the founder of the Black Eyed Peas calls himself a “tech enthusiast” .
In the new frontier of real-time GIS, Esri's ArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server ingests data streaming in from sources such as...
Collecting and reporting information and monitoring operations and systems in real time just became a lot easier...
Architects, urban and transportation planners, GIS professionals, conservationists, and many others are building a strong case for geodesign.
Attendees of the 2018 Esri Developer Summit share why they came and what they learned.
Urban Observatory at urbanobservatory.org is getting bigger and better.
Spatial statistics expert Noel Cressie will give the keynote address at the 2015 Geodesign Summit...
Get tips on how to make a winning Esri Story Map app from the experts: The winners of the 2014 Esri Storytelling with Maps Contest.
Leon County, Florida, decided to tap the Esri Story Map Journal app to tell how money generated by a penny sales tax will be spent in the future.
The city of Thornton , Colorado, switched from paper forms to ArcGIS to document, manage, and analyze data on sign violations and other issues.
Read how some major organizations, that presented at the Esri User Conference, use GIS in a big way.
Whether you are new to GIS or use the technology daily, check out Learn ArcGIS, a new self-study website from Esri.
They came hungry, with an appetite for ArcGIS API for JavaScript, ArcGIS Runtime SDKs, Python, Ruby on Rails, Esri Geotrigger Service...
Kongjian Yu is the son of a Chinese farmer. He grew up on a commune and worked in the rice, wheat, and sugarcane fields with his father...
You celebrated GIS Day in the United States, Brazil, Canada, India, Afghanistan, Australia, and everywhere in between.
Thi app was created by the City of Brooklyn Park to encourage people to volunteer to keep hydrants free of snow and ice during the winter months,
Central Wyoming College (CWC) wants you to earn a degree, credential, or certificate in geospatial information science and technology (GIST)...
How do firefighters in Australia use web maps to prevent and fight bushfires? How does a seed company use the analytical power of web GIS...
Noel Cressie, an expert in spatial and spatiotemporal statistics, describes his work analyzing climate models and assisting a team at the...
News from the Esri User Conference includes upcoming support in ArcGIS for working with drone imagery and new capabilities to analyze...
The ArcGIS Book presents 10 ideas on how to apply geography to your work using web GIS. The book—available on the web, as a PDF, and in print.
Whether you are attending your first Esri User Conference (Esri UC) or your thirty-fifth, you know this month's geogathering is one big event...
Esri Netherlands produces maps for the Dutch media to illustrate political, economic, technology, sports, and other stories...
Planners and community developers are using 3D GIS and other geodesign technologies to evaluate planning proposals.
Online education programs like Penn State University's Master of Professional Studies in Geodesign gives busy working professionals...
Want to build Web GIS applications without doing complicated programming? Developer Pinde Fu shows you how in his new workbook.
Austrian native Richard Resl has carved out a life helping indigenous people in Ecuador protect their land and way of life.
The theme of this year's Esri User Conference was GIS—Enabling a Smarter World. From Lilian P. Coral with the City of Los Angeles...
In 1799, the Prussian naturalist, geographer, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt left Europe for the expedition of a lifetime.
Meet the winners of the 2016 Esri Storytelling with Maps competition.
The Esri User Conference (Esri UC) is your oyster. Cool geospatial technology comes together in one place...
Drones. Imagery. Video. Sensors. Real-time data. Focused mobile 3D applications. Big data. The cloud. The Internet of Things (IoT).
Esri president Jack Dangermond called geospatial app developers "one of the great, bright lights" for positive change.
Maps that will be used to help fight disease, lift people out of poverty, and provide humanitarian aid after natural disasters...
Esri will host an indoor drone demonstration at the Esri Imaging & Mapping Forum this summer.
What does it take to build a green infrastructure that improves everything from air quality to economic vitality?
Geography is so much a part of the day-to-day life of cartographer Shane C. Matthews that he’s already teaching his two-year-old son, Miller.
Working together to build powerful geospatial technology was the message behind the Esri Developer Summit.
The workbook Getting to Know Web GIS from Esri will teach you how to use the ArcGIS platform to build web mapping apps quickly.
Pinde Fu parlayed an early interest in web GIS into a career developing web mapping apps for Esri.
Presenters at the 2015 Geodesign Summit showed how geodesign technologies are moving into areas such as transportation, economic planning, and...
Jennifer D. Bell, 26, pursues mapmaking with a passion. As a cartographic product engineer at Esri, she tests newly developed ArcGIS software...
The Town of South Windsor, Connecticut (pop. 26,000) is dreaming big with GIS, thanks to its Esri enterprise license agreement.
Miele, Inc., which sells high-end appliances such as smart ovens and sleekly designed vacuum cleaners, finds niche markets using Esri Tapestry...
The Relive app, created by a group of developers from the Netherlands, lets runners and cyclists create 3D video virtual tours of their treks.
Maps about hurricane damage, climate change, the Arctic, emojis, the Alamo, and sea turtles and sharks were among the winners...
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) uses Esri technology, including Workforce for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Online, to provide a real-time view...
Taylor Shellfish Farms of Shelton, Washington, takes The Science of Where to the tidal flats of Puget Sound to sustainably produce...
Esri president Jack Dangermond lauded several organizations, including United Parcel Service (UPS), for technological creativity...
The Esri User Conference in San Diego, California, is always chock-full of educational, interesting, and fun experiences.
Where and how should a community grow? Where should a city build sidewalks and trails to lower the risk of accidents and encourage walking?
Why wait until the next Esri Developer Summit to learn how to use Esri technology to build geospatial apps? Here are six easy ways to fast-track.
Developers and partners play an important role in the ecosystem of geospatial app development for Esri.
Authored by Dr. Tom Koch, this book traces the long history of how maps have been used to help unlock the mysteries behind the cause
Coloradans can use the Colorado Trail Explorer web app to find trails suitable for hiking, biking, horseback riding, and other outdoor pursuits.
One trillion trees. That's how many trees Felix Finkbeiner and the Plant-for-the-Planet initiative he leads hope will be planted...
Celebrate GIS Day this November by hosting or attending a program that showcases GIS technology.
New trail markers and an Esri app speeds the response to emergency calls from hikers on a state park trail in Long Island, New York.
Want to hone your GIS skills and knowledge? Read these six books from Esri.
The ArcGIS Book: 10 Big Ideas about Applying The Science of Where, a new book from Esri, gives you the know-how and hands-on experience...
Accidents happen, with more than six million crashes occurring annually on roads in the United States.
Residents of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, can use a mapping app to locate a park they want to adopt and submit an application form.
If you are a story map novice who wants to use an immersive storytelling style and design, this tip on how to build an Esri Story Map Cascade app
Thirteen students won a total of $51,000 and other prizes in the Esri-sponsored Global Content Challenge. The students used Living Atlas
Oak Hill, West Virginia, uses an Esri Story Maps app to present the city council agenda in context.
Former director of software development Scott Morehouse is now leading small research teams focused on civic engagement and urban design.
The Geodesign Summit held January 23–25, 2018 focused on creating more resilient, livable communities using geodesign.
