{"id":157842,"date":"2018-11-28T19:33:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T03:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcuser&p=157842"},"modified":"2024-04-17T14:50:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T21:50:03","slug":"one-thing-to-rule-them-all-location","status":"publish","type":"arcuser","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/one-thing-to-rule-them-all-location","title":{"rendered":"One Thing to Rule Them All: Location"},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[25012,1051],"tags":[203322,151,203332],"arcuser_issues":[184702],"class_list":["post-157842","arcuser","type-arcuser","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-managers-corner","category-real-time-gis","tag-boston-marathon","tag-iot","tag-johns-creek","arcuser_issues-fall-2018"],"acf":{"short_description":"Location provides the context that turns IoT data into actionable intelligence. ","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"pdf","file":157972},{"acf_fc_layout":"blockquote","content":"The Internet of Things (IoT) has gained deep traction across the globe in all levels of government and industries. IoT is commonly considered to encompass the billions of physical devices around the world that are connected to the Internet, collecting and sharing data."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"IoT gives organizations the ability to collect, process, and analyze vast amounts of real-time data that can reveal real, actionable intelligence. Like other trends in IT, its potential is tempting, but the reality of realizing its value presents certain challenges. With all these devices constantly generating data, this not only creates a data management issue but also the necessity of getting data into a format that allows for the extraction of actionable intelligence.\r\n\r\nContext is a critical component that turns IoT data into actionable intelligence. IoT devices are all around us in things such as smartphones, cars, city streetlights, and thermostats. All these connected physical devices share a characteristic: location.\r\n\r\nUsing GIS to map the location of each device, it can be put into context with its surroundings in the physical world, so we can use spatial analytics to extract actionable intelligence from this context. We can see things that aren\u2019t clear using any other type of technology.\r\n\r\nSince many of these devices are in motion, location may change over time. By tracking that location over time, the GIS can analyze the historical track of a device, revealing its continually changing spatial context so we know where and when data was collected. The GIS also lets us integrate IoT data with other spatial data to place that data with what is around it.\r\n\r\nMany government agencies are embracing IoT to improve everything from traffic flow to public safety. IoT provides values to government agencies through\r\n