Miami Beach mitigates sea-level rise
Climate change
City staff are using GIS to identify the biggest flooding concerns and determine how to consolidate public works projects.
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GIS prepares Pinellas County for anything
Award-winning enterprise GIS has saved residents $5.2 million per year, improved disaster response, and prepared this community for the future.
Articles and success stories
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Sacramento launches new smart 311 system
Citizen engagement
Adding a spatial component to the 311 system helps aid citizens and connect departments. System integration with Salesforce improves efficiency.Go to Esri Blog -
Improving trash monitoring with drones & AI
Artificial intelligence
Using drones and machine learning, coastal communities were able to create a cost-effective approach to actively monitor garbage in public areas.Go to the ArcNews article -
ArcGIS Insights helps analyze budget
Equitable budgeting
With a new tool, Topeka Public Works Department helps residents understand how and where public funds are allocated and increases transparency.Go to the case study -
Escondido runs a smart city with ArcGIS Hub
Parks and recreation
To maintain a 3,000-acre conservation area, the city used ArcGIS Hub to engage, recruit, and collaborate with trail maintenance volunteers.Watch the video -
San Diego prioritizes capital projects
Capital improvement planning (CIP)
The city enabled holistic planning and investment prioritization across departments by integrating GIS into its asset management system.Go to Esri Blog -
Los Angeles County pinpoints park deficits
Parks and recreation
Staff at the department of parks and recreation analyzed the county's 3,024 parks to understand access to parks for residents.Go to Esri Blog -
Dashboards give service calls perspective
Citizen engagement
Baton Rouge public officials turn to GIS to visualize and handle the thousands of citizen service requests they receive on a monthly basis.Go to the ArcNews article -
LA County maintains 4,000 facilities with GIS
Facilities management
As an early adopter of ArcGIS Indoors, Los Angeles County proved how indoor mapping can improve facilities management.Watch the video
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Reports and industry perspectives
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Operational efficiency
Smart communities
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Data-driven performance
Smart communities
Making decisions based on real-time informationGet the industry perspective -
Planning and engineering
Smart communities
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Civic inclusion
Smart communities
Emphasizing equity and opportunity for allGet the industry perspective -
Strengthening our nation's infrastructure
Strengthening our nation's infrastructure in three ways with GISGet the industry perspective -
How imagery reveals new insight
Smart communities
Collecting data and analyzing changes and trends across timeGet the industry perspective -
Parks management
Smart communities
Managing parks and facilities for community well-beingGet the industry perspective -
Resilient by design
Solving what keeps leaders up at nightGet the industry perspective
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