{"id":832171,"date":"2020-04-22T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=832171"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:33:19","slug":"telling-the-covid-19-gis-story","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/mapping\/telling-the-covid-19-gis-story","title":{"rendered":"Telling the COVID-19 GIS story"},"author":7221,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37141,22941],"tags":[585551,427572],"industry":[],"product":[36611],"class_list":["post-832171","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decision-support","category-mapping","tag-covid-19","tag-story-maps","product-story-maps"],"acf":{"short_description":"Some reflections on the response by the GIS community to the COVID-19 crisis after publishing a story map.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

This piece of content is no longer being maintained and may reference events in the past or product features that have changed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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About three weeks ago, Jack Dangermond, Esri\u2019s founder and CEO, sent me a note saying, \u201cI would like to know if you can do a story about what our users are doing in response to the virus…\u201d<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":832231,"id":832231,"title":"Story cover grab","filename":"Story-cover-grab-scaled.jpg","filesize":414196,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Story-cover-grab-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/mapping\/telling-the-covid-19-gis-story\/story-cover-grab","alt":"","author":"7221","description":"","caption":"","name":"story-cover-grab","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":832171,"date":"2020-04-22 13:15:21","modified":"2020-04-22 13:15:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1635,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Story-cover-grab-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Story-cover-grab-scaled.jpg","medium-width":409,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Story-cover-grab-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":491,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Story-cover-grab-scaled.jpg","large-width":1691,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Story-cover-grab-1536x981.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":981,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Story-cover-grab-2048x1308.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1308,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Story-cover-grab-728x465.jpg","card_image-width":728,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Story-cover-grab-1691x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1691,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/feaf86dac1584a84978a5e49d62266ca"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Today we published \u201cThe GIS community responds to the COVID-19 crisis<\/a>.\u201d The story map attempts to give an overview of the work of thousands of GIS professionals across the globe who are sharing data on unprecedented scales, and playing vital roles in providing desperately-needed insights to decision-makers about the spread of the disease and the means by which governments and other institutions can respond. Our story map barely scratches the surface of what amounts to a massive, common effort, with thousands of individuals creating countless visualizations, analyses, reports, and other data products.<\/p>\n

A few things struck me as I was putting the story together; thus the items below. Perhaps you\u2019re seeing the same sorts of phenomena.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":832321,"id":832321,"title":"Scale of effort","filename":"Scale-of-effort.jpg","filesize":17202,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Scale-of-effort.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/mapping\/telling-the-covid-19-gis-story\/scale-of-effort","alt":"","author":"7221","description":"","caption":"","name":"scale-of-effort","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":832171,"date":"2020-04-22 13:36:43","modified":"2020-04-22 13:36:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1781,"height":195,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Scale-of-effort-213x195.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":195,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Scale-of-effort.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":51,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Scale-of-effort.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":84,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Scale-of-effort.jpg","large-width":1781,"large-height":195,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Scale-of-effort-1536x168.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":168,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Scale-of-effort.jpg","2048x2048-width":1781,"2048x2048-height":195,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Scale-of-effort-826x90.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":90,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Scale-of-effort.jpg","wide_image-width":1781,"wide_image-height":195}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Literally thousands of hubs and dashboards have been published in the past few weeks. Behind those efforts, and largely invisible to the public, is the work of legions of GIS professionals, gathering data, performing analyses, and assisting responders in a variety of ways. Although their level of sacrifice pales in comparison to the medical workers on the frontlines of the pandemic, their work is, in its own way, heroic.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":832341,"id":832341,"title":"Sharing and collaboration","filename":"Sharing-and-collaboration.jpg","filesize":22317,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Sharing-and-collaboration.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/mapping\/telling-the-covid-19-gis-story\/sharing-and-collaboration","alt":"","author":"7221","description":"","caption":"","name":"sharing-and-collaboration","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":832171,"date":"2020-04-22 13:37:53","modified":"2020-04-22 13:37:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1781,"height":195,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Sharing-and-collaboration-213x195.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":195,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Sharing-and-collaboration.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":51,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Sharing-and-collaboration.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":84,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Sharing-and-collaboration.jpg","large-width":1781,"large-height":195,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Sharing-and-collaboration-1536x168.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":168,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Sharing-and-collaboration.jpg","2048x2048-width":1781,"2048x2048-height":195,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Sharing-and-collaboration-826x90.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":90,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Sharing-and-collaboration.jpg","wide_image-width":1781,"wide_image-height":195}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

As the pandemic evolves, we\u2019re witnessing the weaving together of multiple strands of information into a fabric of response that spans scales from global to local, and crosses hundreds of jurisdictions. We\u2019re seeing a degree of collaboration that\u2019s unprecedented, from the planet-spanning efforts of the World Health Organization to local hubs and dashboards hosted by innumerable municipal, county, and regional agencies. For years now, geospatial visionaries have been touting the concepts of web GIS. The spring of 2020 has witnessed its arrival.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":832351,"id":832351,"title":"Networks","filename":"Networks.jpg","filesize":25325,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Networks.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/mapping\/telling-the-covid-19-gis-story\/networks","alt":"","author":"7221","description":"","caption":"","name":"networks","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":832171,"date":"2020-04-22 13:38:37","modified":"2020-04-22 13:38:37","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1781,"height":195,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Networks-213x195.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":195,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Networks.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":51,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Networks.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":84,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Networks.jpg","large-width":1781,"large-height":195,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Networks-1536x168.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":168,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Networks.jpg","2048x2048-width":1781,"2048x2048-height":195,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Networks-826x90.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":90,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Networks.jpg","wide_image-width":1781,"wide_image-height":195}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Those of us who are old enough to have lived through the dawn of the digital age can easily recall how painful things could be in those early days: hulking, room-sized computers\u2014less powerful than our iPhones\u2014crashing beneath the weight of even simple tasks; poor, inaccessible, or nonexistent data; the tedium of digitization; opaque, command-line software.<\/p>\n

We still complain about lack of data, and we still seek more powerful computers. But in every way, we\u2019ve arrived<\/em>\u2014we\u2019ve weathered the transition and now enjoy the fruits of decades of innovation. Data, processing power, and networked computing have enabled massive, joint, global efforts. If there\u2019s any remaining hurdle to fully accomplishing web GIS, it\u2019s the inertia of institutions and our own failure to imagine and accomplish what these technological miracles have made possible.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":832381,"id":832381,"title":"GIS and","filename":"GIS-and.jpg","filesize":21199,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GIS-and.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/mapping\/telling-the-covid-19-gis-story\/gis-and","alt":"","author":"7221","description":"","caption":"","name":"gis-and","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":832171,"date":"2020-04-22 13:40:04","modified":"2020-04-22 13:40:04","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1781,"height":195,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GIS-and-213x195.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":195,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GIS-and.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":51,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GIS-and.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":84,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GIS-and.jpg","large-width":1781,"large-height":195,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GIS-and-1536x168.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":168,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GIS-and.jpg","2048x2048-width":1781,"2048x2048-height":195,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GIS-and-826x90.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":90,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GIS-and.jpg","wide_image-width":1781,"wide_image-height":195}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

GIS used to be almost entirely a back-office phenomenon, with highly-trained professionals quietly laboring away using software and techniques only vaguely understood by the rest of us. The insights gained from their work benefited decision-makers within organizations, but only occasionally reached larger audiences, and even then only as abstruse, static reports and posters. Suddenly GIS is as much about communication as it is analysis. Apps and resources like ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Dashboard, Survey123, and ArcGIS StoryMaps have turned GIS workers into communicators. GIS has burst out of the back office and has become accessible and actively used throughout organizations\u2014and beyond.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":832391,"id":832391,"title":"The GIS ethos","filename":"The-GIS-ethos.jpg","filesize":17198,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-GIS-ethos.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/mapping\/telling-the-covid-19-gis-story\/the-gis-ethos","alt":"","author":"7221","description":"","caption":"","name":"the-gis-ethos","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":832171,"date":"2020-04-22 13:40:39","modified":"2020-04-22 13:40:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1781,"height":195,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-GIS-ethos-213x195.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":195,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-GIS-ethos.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":51,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-GIS-ethos.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":84,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-GIS-ethos.jpg","large-width":1781,"large-height":195,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-GIS-ethos-1536x168.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":168,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-GIS-ethos.jpg","2048x2048-width":1781,"2048x2048-height":195,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-GIS-ethos-826x90.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":90,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-GIS-ethos.jpg","wide_image-width":1781,"wide_image-height":195}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

For two decades I\u2019ve eagerly attended the annual Esri User Conference. Although they\u2019re exhausting affairs, I\u2019m invariably inspired and energized by the quiet but palpable sense of common purpose that suffuses the crowded hallways, packed technical sessions, and buzzing exhibition floor. The thousands of professionals attending the conference use GIS in myriad ways, from warfighting to infrastructure management, from protecting natural habitats to building smart cities. Regardless of the specialty, there\u2019s a quiet pride in knowing that they\u2019re making their organizations more effective, and that they\u2019re serving a larger, common good.<\/p>\n

That same, subtle ethos underpins and energizes the ongoing efforts by geospatial professionals to help conquer COVID-19. Maybe it\u2019s just me, but\u2014looking at the countless maps, dashboards, hubs, and other pandemic-related resources\u2014I sense the same shared passion, in this case urgently focused, in common cause, to save lives and reduce suffering.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":832411,"id":832411,"title":"What this means","filename":"What-this-means.jpg","filesize":23528,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/What-this-means.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/mapping\/telling-the-covid-19-gis-story\/what-this-means","alt":"","author":"7221","description":"","caption":"","name":"what-this-means","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":832171,"date":"2020-04-22 13:41:33","modified":"2020-04-22 13:41:33","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1781,"height":195,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/What-this-means-213x195.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":195,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/What-this-means.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":51,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/What-this-means.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":84,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/What-this-means.jpg","large-width":1781,"large-height":195,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/What-this-means-1536x168.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":168,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/What-this-means.jpg","2048x2048-width":1781,"2048x2048-height":195,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/What-this-means-826x90.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":90,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/What-this-means.jpg","wide_image-width":1781,"wide_image-height":195}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

As I mention in the story map, millions of us are experiencing social distancing, yet\u2014ironically\u2014the COVID-19 crisis is underscoring our interconnectedness and interdependence. For better or worse, we\u2019re a global community, and that means we need to work toward understanding, planning, managing, and responding to global issues with as great a degree of collaboration as our diversity of viewpoints and backgrounds will allow.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s human nature to fail to fully anticipate crises before they occur. We now realize that better planning would have dramatically reduced the impact of COVID-19. It\u2019s also in our nature to learn and grow, and to apply the lessons of one painful experience to reduce the impact of potential future threats. The ongoing work by tens of thousands of geospatial professionals is laying the groundwork for a more effective response not only to future pandemics, but to other issues that pose potentially even greater dangers.<\/p>\n

GIS holds the promise of being a central component of a global network that can sense threats, map their extent, and help implement solutions. Climate change, environmental sustainability, and reduced biodiversity are three such global, existential threats. The great silver lining of the COVID-19 crisis is the possibility that we can apply the lessons we\u2019re learning even more broadly, with the ultimate and essential goal of achieving a sustainable and peaceful future.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":7221,"user_firstname":"Allen","user_lastname":"Carroll","nickname":"Allen Carroll","user_nicename":"allencarroll","display_name":"Allen Carroll","user_email":"ACarroll@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:19:28","user_description":"Allen founded the story maps team at Esri. Prior to joining Esri in 2010, he worked at National Geographic for 27 years in a variety of positions, including art director of National Geographic Magazine and chief cartographer at National Geographic Maps.","user_avatar":""}],"related_articles":[{"ID":799961,"post_author":"5431","post_date":"2020-04-06 16:12:15","post_date_gmt":"2020-04-06 23:12:15","post_content":"","post_title":"Esri Partners Respond to COVID-19 with Mapping and Location Intelligence Offerings","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"esri-partners-respond-to-covid-19-with-mapping-and-location-intelligence-offerings","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-18 08:19:43","post_modified_gmt":"2023-10-18 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