{"id":744592,"date":"2025-04-01T05:31:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T12:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=wherenext&p=744592"},"modified":"2025-07-11T05:35:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:35:42","slug":"ai-make-me-a-map","status":"publish","type":"wherenext","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/ai-make-me-a-map","title":{"rendered":"NextTech: A New Response to the Request, \u2019Make Me a Map\u2019"},"author":501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","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":[],"tags":[1741,491872,491682,474662,483792],"department":[476822],"wherenext-category":[],"industry":[],"class_list":["post-744592","wherenext","type-wherenext","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-ai","tag-enterprise-mapping","tag-generative-ai","tag-geospatial-ai","tag-nexttech","department-data-and-ai"],"acf":{"short_description":"Generative AI is accelerating enterprise GIS adoption and opening the tap on location intelligence. ","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"\u201cMake me a map.\u201d\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s a refrain heard countless times by teams that manage geographic information system (GIS) technology<\/a>. All too often, building one-off basic visualizations keeps them from delivering the high-value insights their organizations truly need."},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Left","content":"Snapshot:<\/strong> Generative AI is simplifying access to location insight across the enterprise, giving GIS analysts a new response to the refrain, \u201cMake me a map.\u201d","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Now, breakthroughs in combining generative AI with GIS software are beginning to make that phrase obsolete. This shift has far-reaching implications for how GIS teams operate and how executives, managers, and frontline workers leverage location intelligence across the enterprise.\r\n\r\nAI models can now translate human language into code that performs spatial analysis, allowing anyone to create maps and applications on command. The synthesis of generative AI for natural prompts and geospatial AI<\/a> for data analysis throws open the doors to enterprise location intelligence, shortening time to insight across the organization.\r\n\r\nIt also steers GIS professionals toward complex challenges that require their intuition and expertise.\r\n

Location Intelligence on Demand vs. \u2018Make Me a Map\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nThe video demo below shows how generative AI and GIS might work together\u2014and why business leaders are excited about the opportunity to increase efficiency, uncover connections, and improve decision-making."},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_ef3j39zs","time":false,"start":0,"stop":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"A single command gives supply chain managers complete visibility\u2014from source to sale. They can locate regional suppliers, measure transportation distances, \u00a0and assess biodiversity impacts<\/a>.\r\n\r\nSimilarly, a retail executive could request a map of the brand\u2019s highest-performing stores, without ever loading a spreadsheet or writing a line of code.\r\n\r\nAt leading businesses where GIS teams already deliver critical insights company-wide, this functionality enhances their capabilities and expands the practical benefits of enterprise GIS throughout the organization.\r\n\r\nA geospatial visionary at one global energy company built an enterprise GIS platform that gave employees self-serve access to location insight. \u201cBy letting users create the tools they need,\u201d he advised, \u201ca business can quickly convert data and information into insights.\u201d\r\n\r\nAn enterprise mapping system enhanced with generative and geospatial AI could widen access to location intelligence in almost any field or industry. An insurance professional could use generative AI to create a simple app<\/a> for policyholders. The geospatial AI in the app can analyze photos of a hurricane-hit property and immediately interpret the type and magnitude of damage.\r\n\r\nAs the energy visionary put it: \u201cThis evolution is enabling almost anyone to build apps and workflows faster than we could produce [them] in a central team, and this is making our business smarter and faster than ever.\u201d"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Speeding Up the Shift to Enterprise GIS <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

Companies have been interested in enterprise GIS since before the explosion of generative AI tools. With GIS established as a single source of truth, maps and applications across an organization can be trusted to reflect accurate, centralized data. The rise of the mobile enterprise<\/a> has only expanded the need for reliable, shared spatial information.<\/p>\r\n

With generative AI democratizing access to predictions and analysis from geospatial AI, the next time a GIS professional hears someone say, \u201cMake me a map,\u201d they might answer, \u201cActually, here\u2019s how you can make it yourself.\u201d<\/p>\r\n \r\n

Editor\u2019s note: To see the original video and related content, visit Sajit Thomas\u2019s <\/em>LinkedIn post<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>"}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"\n\u2018Make Me a Map\u2019 Meets Generative AI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The modern answer to \u201cMake me a map\u201d involves generative AI and a technology many companies consider a competitive edge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/ai-make-me-a-map\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NextTech: A New Response to the Request, \u2019Make Me a Map\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The modern answer to \u201cMake me a map\u201d involves generative AI and a technology many 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