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Optimize and Manage Winter Weather Operations in Real Time

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Streamline your winter weather operations

Winter weather impacts roadway safety and increases the risk of traffic accidents. Governments spend over two billion dollars annually to plan, prepare, and execute winter weather operations. As the intensity of winter storms increase, it is crucial for agencies to incorporate real-time data in their response activities.

ArcGIS Solutions, Esri’s collection of industry-specific configurations of ArcGIS, offers a real-time mapping, technology-based Winter Weather Operations solution. This solution utilizes ArcGIS Velocity, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) Internet of Things (IoT) application that allows you to ingest, visualize, and analyze streaming data in real time to make informed operational decisions.

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A dark icy road cutting through a forest of towering snow-laden pine trees with deep snowbanks on both sides under a pale winter sky

Real-time winter weather operations benefits

Learn how governments plan and conduct response activities for adverse weather, monitor winter weather operations in real time, track snowplow vehicle locations and materials used during weather events, respond to service requests, and share road status updates.

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  • Streamline operations

    Monitor snow and ice control in real time on one screen, track supplies used over the course of the winter season, and resolve service requests in a timely manner. Understand where your fleet is at all times to maintain situational awareness throughout each winter weather event.

  • Unlock spatial insights

    Identify patterns and trends over time with historical vehicle movement data to improve the efficiency of your snowplow operations. Analyze response activities to continually improve future response plans and address performance challenges.

  • Increase transparency

    Promote public safety by keeping the community informed. Utilize the Winter Weather Outreach solution to share winter response plans, communicate real-time updates of plow progress, and solicit road service requests from citizens online, reducing calls for service.

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CASE STUDY

Syracuse’s innovative use of smart maps

Our winter weather operations solution showed the ways that geospatial awareness and analysis can inform other operational improvements.

Conor Muldoon

Deputy Chief Operating Officer, City of Syracuse

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Additional resources

  • ArcGIS Solutions

    A collection of easy to deploy, industry-specific configurations of ArcGIS that align with your organization’s needs and help maximize your investment in location-based data and technology.

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  • ArcGIS Velocity

    A cloud-native, add-on capability for ArcGIS Online that enables you to ingest, visualize, and analyze real-time data feeds in a software-as-a-service environment.

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