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GIS has evolved from a methodology for spatially integrating project data to a geospatial infrastructure for interconnecting knowledge domains and framing human activities at scales from the local to the global.\r\n\r\nAdvances in GIS technology continue expanding geospatial infrastructure in the cloud. With the introduction of ArcGIS Enterprise for Kubernetes, a cloud-native deployment option for ArcGIS Enterprise, GIS can be more scalable, resilient, and easily maintained. ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, a cloud-based repository of the foremost collection of geographic information from around the world, powers the development of innovative applications built with ArcGIS technology.\r\n\r\nThe integration of GIS with other technologies has significantly increased its impact. Because GIS and BIM data can be exchanged, digital twins of neighborhoods, facilities, or even cities can now furnish geographic context for built environments, both existing and proposed.\r\n\r\nThe release of ArcGIS Platform, a location platform as a service, has made the foundational components of ArcGIS widely available to developers for use in all kinds of apps and technologies. Working with large providers of technology such as Salesforce, SAP, and Microsoft, Esri is making the benefits of location technology more widely available to knowledge workers. Esri is also partnering with major companies and industry groups in fields such as transit and real estate to enhance and integrate ArcGIS location technology in tools and systems.\r\n\r\nArticles in this issue illustrate how ArcGIS has adopted IT innovations in data analysis and computing techniques. Machine learning is turbocharging imagery analysis and the basemap update process for Kuwait. 3D visualization is improving housing policy decisions. The KnowWhereGraph project gages the impact of environmental changes on society.\r\n\r\nHowever, meeting the many challenges we face in society and the world\u2014from racial inequity to the loss of nature to climate change\u2014requires not only the integration of GIS technology but the adoption of geographic thinking. Geography is a powerful and comprehensive way of organizing and integrating knowledge. Geospatial literacy will help us better understand our problems and GIS will help us visualize solutions."},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Center","content":"<h3>FOCUS<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/machine-learning-becomes-part-of-kuwait\/\">Machine Learning Becomes Part of the Fabric of Kuwait<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/knowwheregraph-drives-cross-domain-knowledge\/\">KnowWhereGraph Drives Analytics and Cross-Domain Knowledge<\/a>\r\n<h3>SPECIAL SECTION<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/arcgis-a-foundation-for-digital-twins\/\">ArcGIS: A Foundation for Digital Twins<\/a>\r\n<h3>END NOTES<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/sea-turtles\/\">Digitally Transforming Field Data Capture to Save Sea Turtles<\/a>\r\n<h3>SOFTWARE<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/briefly-noted-16\/\">Briefly Noted<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/apps-are-the-key-to-unlocking-valuable-data\/\">Apps Are the Key to Unlocking Valuable Data<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/one-app-speeds-and-simplifies-work\/\">One App Speeds and Simplifies Work<\/a>\r\n<h3>MANAGER\u2019S CORNER<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/6-ways-to-make-geographic-thinking-part-of-culture\/\">Six Ways to Make Geographic Thinking Part of Your Company Culture<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/manage-your-arcgis-online-organizational-account-quickly-and-easily\/\">Manage Your ArcGIS Online Organizational Account Quickly and Easily<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/leveraging-site-suitability-analysis-to-validate-policy\/\">Leveraging Site Suitability Analysis to Validate Policy<\/a>\r\n<h3>DEVELOPER\u2019S SECTION<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/calcite\/\">Introducing Calcite, Esri\u2019s Design System<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/developers-have-access-to-location-services-with-arcgis-platform\/\">Developers Have Direct Access to Location Services with ArcGIS Platform<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/kubernetes\/\">Esri Introduces ArcGIS Enterprise for Kubernetes<\/a>\r\n<h3>HANDS ON<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/crowdsourcing-for-digital-storytelling\/\">Crowdsourcing for Digital Storytelling<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/making-smart-type-choices-for-arcgis-storymaps\/\">Making Smart Type Choices for ArcGIS StoryMaps<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/the-legacy-of-redlining-continues-to-color-cities\/\">The Legacy of Redlining Continues to Color Cities<\/a>\r\n<h3>BOOKSHELF<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/bookshelf_24_2\/\">Mapping America\u2019s National Parks: Preserving Our Natural and Cultural Treasures<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/bookshelf_24_2\/\">Protecting the Places We Love: Conservation Strategies for Entrusted Lands and Parks<\/a>\r\n<h3>FACES OF GIS<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/using-geography-to-apply-an-equity-lens-to-projects-and-policies\/\">Using Geography to Apply an Equity Lens to Projects and Policies<\/a>\r\n<h3>EDUCATION<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/roxana\/\">Using <em>Where<\/em> to Answer <em>Why<\/em> and <em>How<\/em><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/courses-that-build-data-science-capabilities-in-your-organization\/\">Courses that Build Data Science Capabilities in Your Organization<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/organizational-support-is-key-to-initiatives-success\/\">Organizational Support Is Key to Initiative\u2019s Success<\/a>","snippet":""}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Issue TOC | Making connections in time &amp; space for greater understanding<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Geography, the science of our world, and GIS, the technology based on geography, are both predicated on discovering connections in space and time to create a better understanding of our world. 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