{"id":2469252,"date":"2024-09-05T12:14:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2469252"},"modified":"2024-09-05T12:56:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:56:47","slug":"build-unique-models-and-experiences-to-explore-your-world","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/experience-builder\/design-planning\/build-unique-models-and-experiences-to-explore-your-world","title":{"rendered":"Build unique models and experiences to explore your world"},"author":13131,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37141,37151,430212],"tags":[769252,23691,37901,33031,258412],"industry":[],"product":[36591,400032],"class_list":["post-2469252","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decision-support","category-design-planning","category-sustainable-development","tag-arcgisexperiencebuilder","tag-app","tag-model","tag-suitability","tag-widget","product-apps","product-experience-builder"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":346272,"user_firstname":"Carl","user_lastname":"Spangrude","nickname":"Carl Spangrude","user_nicename":"cspangrude","display_name":"Carl Spangrude","user_email":"cspangrude@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2023-09-21 22:57:05","user_description":"Carl joined Esri Professional Services in 2022 to support implementing solutions to the climate crisis. His prior experience includes scientific ballooning and atmospheric science research with Montana Space Grant Consortium. At Esri, he writes proposals, manages projects, and serves as an Advisor for the Esri Advantage Program. In these roles, Carl applies his interests and expertise in GIS, natural resource conservation, and atmospheric science to understand customers' needs and guide them towards success using the suite of ArcGIS products.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":254192,"user_firstname":"Madhura","user_lastname":"Phaterpekar","nickname":"Madhura Phaterpekar","user_nicename":"mphaterpekar","display_name":"Madhura Phaterpekar","user_email":"mphaterpekar@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2021-07-21 05:33:00","user_description":"Madhura is a Product Manager and has been with Esri since 2006. She has spent the entirety of her career at Esri designing and building mapping solutions for a diverse GIS community - from a novice ArcGIS user to a professional map production expert. When she is not solving map design problems, she is busy relearning all-things science and arts and spends time with her family exploring similarities across foods, places and cultures.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":13131,"user_firstname":"Josue","user_lastname":"Aguirre","nickname":"Josue Aguirre","user_nicename":"jaguirre","display_name":"Josue","user_email":"jaguirre@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2020-02-28 17:25:16","user_description":"Josue was a photojournalist in the Marine Corps spending most of his active duty term at the air station in Yuma, Ariz. While on the Esri professional services user assistance team, he has supported multiple products including ArcGIS Indoors, ArcGIS GeoPlanner, ArcGIS Defense Mapping, and ArcGIS Production Mapping. With Defense Mapping and Production Mapping consolidated at the 2025 Q4 releases, he now focuses on the new ArcGIS Topographic Mapping extension.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":361062,"user_firstname":"Nick","user_lastname":"Karrick","nickname":"Nick Karrick","user_nicename":"nkarrick","display_name":"Nick Karrick","user_email":"nkarrick@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2024-09-05 19:54:36","user_description":"","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"Harness the power of parallel-processing to explore your data and better understand your world.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Suitability modeling helps identify areas that “suit” an organization’s needs. In short, by determining a set of criteria and assigning values to each criterion, a scale can be derived to rank locations based on those specific characteristics. The criteria are weighted relative to one another and combined to create a suitability map for a comprehensive visual.<\/p>\n

In ArcGIS, it’s a powerful way to help answer questions such as:<\/p>\n