How GIS transformed Cobb County into a smart community
GovLoop: The biggest movement that had to happen was from the idea of a single application making a city smart to a series of interrelated technologies that would holistically address multiple issues.
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Royal honor for Jack Dangermond
Geospatial World: Esri president Jack Dangermond was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
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STiR startups partner with mentors including Google, Accela, Esri
Techwire: The Startup in Residence (
STiR) program, which matches tech startups with local governments who could use their solutions, has enlisted the help of nine major tech companies to coach their projects.
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3LOG Systems, Esri to bring the power of location to forestry management
Wood Business: The partnership incorporates log inventory management with spatial analytics technology for a complete log chain of custody solution.
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A geo window on Africa
GPS World: Esri's new Africa GeoPortal (
www.africageoportal.com) will help the African Union, African Development Bank, other international agencies, nongovernmental organizations, academia, businesses, and national government funds use geospatial data to address the continent's most urgent development challenges.
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Using GIS to assess crime risk
GIS Lounge: The crime risk index helps determine the likelihood one could be affected by crime using the historical pattern through an entropy weighting procedure.
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Improving water resources management with satellite data
Eos: To make up for a shortage of water data, many scientists and water managers in low-income countries rely on remotely sensed data acquired from satellites.
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Coroners service launches interactive map of mystery human remains
The Globe and Mail: British Columbia has developed an interactive web-mapping application offering information on about 200 cases in the province dating back to 1953 in which unidentified remains were found. Read more.