{"id":284952,"date":"2019-11-14T12:29:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T20:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&p=284952"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:57:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T17:57:58","slug":"seeing-clearly-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/seeing-clearly-in-2020","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Clearly in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1172,"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":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10952],"tags":[398352,25162,209762,17672],"arcwatch_issues":[384732],"class_list":["post-284952","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geodesign-summit","tag-arcgis-urban","tag-bim-and-gis","tag-geodesign-summit","tag-urban-design","arcwatch_issues-december-2019","arcwatch_sections-the-headlines"],"acf":{"short_description":"The 2020 Geodesign Summit, which will be held February 24-27, in Redlands, California, will showcase interesting geodesign projects.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Right","content":"Geodesign Summit<\/strong>\r\n

When<\/strong>: February 24\u201327, 2020<\/p>\r\n

Where:<\/strong> Esri Headquarters, Redlands, California<\/p>\r\n

Register Today<\/a><\/p>","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Famed physicist Albert Einstein has been quoted as saying, \"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.\"\r\n\r\nThe same could be said today as society faces many crises, both global and local. New thinking, supported by methodologies such as geodesign<\/a> and technologies such as GIS, represents a recalibrated approach to addressing a myriad of issues. Climate change, resource scarcity, mass migration, strained infrastructural resources, economic exclusionism, and problems with environmental quality are but a few of our communal challenges. Geodesign provides the retooled framework needed to turn the tide and find solutions to these types of issues and formulate a clear vision for creating a more sustainable, vibrant future.\r\n\r\nWhat is Geodesign? <\/strong>\r\n\r\nGeodesign combines the art of design with the science of geography. Using stakeholder input, creative design techniques, rigorous discipline, specific methodologies, and spatial analysis and mapping, a geodesign practitioner can find the most suitable, environmentally friendly, and sustainable options for solving problems and using space. This may be space for development, agriculture, wildlife conservation, marine protected areas, transportation systems, or green infrastructure, to name a few examples.\r\n\r\nUsing geodesign tools, you can model the effects of decisions in advance to prevent mistakes from occurring. Therefore, geodesign's ability to digitally highlight potential mistakes, before they could be implemented in the real world, can help communities choose the best design options. The geodesign process also brings in subject matter experts and stakeholders to provide insight and feedback.\r\n\r\n "},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":288922,"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"How geodesign is being put into practice to help overcome challenges will be the focus of the 11th annual Geodesign Summit<\/a>. The summit will be held February 24\u201327, 2020, at Esri headquarters in Redlands, California.\r\n\r\nThe theme of the event will be Seeing Clearly in 2020. The summit typically draws more than 300 geodesign thought leaders and practitioners from fields such as environmental planning, municipal government, land use and urban planning, academia, architecture, landscape architecture, conservation, GIS, and building information modeling (BIM).The Geodesign Summit focuses on big ideas and offers an opportunity to observe and learn from geodesign pioneers who are using the methodology and GIS to revolutionize their work and solve problems.\r\n\r\nThe summit's first day, February 24, will be mainly devoted to training. Geodesign workflows are supported by Esri technology, especially the new products that have been engineered specifically for geodesign. Four technical workshops will be offered on those products: ArcGIS Pro<\/a>, GeoPlanner for ArcGIS<\/a>, Esri CityEngine<\/a>, and ArcGIS Urban<\/a>.\r\n\r\nIn the late afternoon, the International Geodesign Collaboration<\/a> (IGC) will give a presentation. This consortium, which consists of over 100 universities worldwide, has convened to systematically apply geodesign to a myriad of diverse projects, both real and conceptual. The IGC presentation will provide a meta-analysis that will distill the commonalities among and differences between these projects to help identify geodesign best practices."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":288942,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"On February 25, Esri president Jack Dangermond will give a talk entitled \"Geospatial Infrastructure\u2014A Foundation for Geodesign.\" He will share Esri's vision of how rapidly evolving technology will help catalyze the future of geodesign and better enable us to See What Others Can\u2019t.\r\n\r\nOther featured speakers at the summit include the following:\r\n