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A Little Innovation Goes a Long Way

The Netherlands' national cadastre, land registry, and mapping agency was the first mapping authority in the world to fully automate the production of multiscale maps and data.

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Multinational Geospatial Co-Production Program

National Mapping

A consortium of 32 nations created geographic data at a scale of 1:50,000 that covers 27 percent of the land around the world.

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ARTICLE

Deep learning automates Kuwait’s map updates

GeoAI

A GeoAI machine learning model allows a GIS team to automatically update Kuwait’s base maps with new streets and buildings.

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ARTICLE

The Next Chapter in National Mapping

National Mapping

Powered by cloud computing, Ordnance Survey delivers updates on Great Britain quickly while saving costs.

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ARTICLE

National mapping agency embraces automation

National Mapping

Learn how Ordnance Survey Great Britain (OS) is keeping pace with commercial online mapping platforms by embracing automation for map production.

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ARTICLE

Recovering from Australia's bushfire crisis

National Mapping

The Queensland Reconstruction Authority designed an interactive map to give the public a complete and updated view of the state's reconstruction.

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U.S. Department of the Interior

National Mapping

GIS professionals from the Bureau of Land Management provide a firsthand look at how GIS is interconnecting their work.

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ARTICLE

Nautical Charts Go Digital with Help From GIS

National Maritime

See how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey is transitioning to digital chart production.

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ARTICLE

A people-first approach to implementing GIS

National Mapping

The Bureau of Land Management is looking to implement the next generation of location technology, by first learning what their employees need.

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Hong Kong transitions to become a smart city

National Mapping

The Hong Kong Lands Department outlines how the city is adopting the digital twin concept to empower development and urban planning.

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ARTICLE

Modernizing Range Monitoring

National Mapping

An office increases efficiency and data quality with custom mobile data collection, data management, and reporting tools.

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CASE STUDY

North Macedonia agency opens up data access

Spatial Data Infrastructure

The North Macedonian Agency for Real Estate Cadastre launched a new geoportal that simplifies access to a range of authoritative government data.

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ARTICLE

Automating large-area land classification

National Mapping

In Queensland, Australia, a computer vision model was trained to automatically classify different types of land use through machine learning.

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ARTICLE

Denmark charts glacial melt

National Maritime

Danish Geodata Agency modernizes chart-making workflows to keep pace with Greenland's melting sea ice and glaciers.

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Democratization of Geospatial Data

National Mapping, Spatial Data Infrastructure

Singapore Land Authority demonstrates how every decision it makes, every app it uses, and every dataset it collects is based on location.

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A Problem Shared: Disruption at Scale

National Mapping

Ordnance Survey GB, the National Mapping Agency for Great Britain, explains how it uses GIS to operate effectively on a massive scale.

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Esri Community Maps Program Overview

National Mapping

Learn how the Esri Community Maps Program enhances ArcGIS Living Atlas basemap foundation layers with current data from the GIS community.

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Resources

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Extending 3D GIS with Reality Capture

3D GIS

3D GIS models the real world and the abstract world to create a new way of understanding.

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Geospatial AI overview

Artificial Intelligence

Geospatial AI applies spatial machine learning and deep learning techniques to help solve complex problems and derive deeper insights.

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ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online

Imagery

Hosted imagery capabilities with visualization and raster analytics allow image services to be shared across federal agencies and with citizens.

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Esri Community

Join a community space specifically for national mapping and charting geospatial data authorities. Connect with other members of the national mapping community, sign up for informative webinars, read the latest news from Esri's national mapping industry experts, and more.

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National mapping webinars and events

National mapping and geospatial authorities need to stay up-to-date with the latest national mapping modernization trends, technology, and information. Attend one of our informative webinars or speak to one of our national mapping industry experts at an event.

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Training

Instructor-led and self-paced options help individuals apply best practices and quickly learn ArcGIS software. Esri training consultants provide complementary planning services to identify the options that will best meet an organization's immediate, short-term, and long-term workforce training needs.

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