TORONTO, Esri Canada User Conference – October 5, 2016 – Esri Canada today presented the County of Simcoe with an Award of Excellence for its outstanding use of geographic information system (GIS) technology. The County developed maps.simcoe.ca, a web mapping...
Esri Tech Empowers WH Opportunity Project
When the White House launched the Opportunity Project in March, the Administration issued a call to action to private industry to help the government get its data into the hands of citizens in a usable way. Â While opening government data has been a priority for this...
New Esri Workbook Teaches Web GIS App-Building Skills
Redlands, California—The demand for geographic information system (GIS) apps designed for use on the web and mobile devices is skyrocketing, fueling the need for people trained to build and deploy Web GIS apps.A new workbook from Esri, Getting to Know Web GIS,...
Future Cities Laboratory Uses Esri's Web and Desktop Technology to Assess ˜Walkability' and ˜Cyclability' in Singapore
The Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) – a research centre set up by ETH Zurich and the National Research Foundation in Singapore focusing on sustainable future cities – has used advanced location-based analytics technology to assess how walkable Singapore is today...
Esri to Donate Free Software to Winners of the EPA Smart City Air Challenge
REDLANDS, Calif.- Global smart mapping leader Esri today announced it will donate software valued at $80,000 to winners of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Smart City Air Challenge, a program designed to support local communities that demonstrate innovative...
Esri Becomes Ambassador of NOAA and NWS Weather-Ready Nation
REDLANDS, Calif. — Esri, the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, today announced its participation in the Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador initiative. Recognized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to protect US...
Esri Chosen by Microsoft as its GIS Service for Enterprise Users
Redlands, California—Esri, the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, is collaborating with Microsoft Corp. on two new offerings leveraging Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Azure. This collaboration makes the power of geospatial analytics...
Esri Partners with XPRIZE Foundation to Map the Ocean
Redlands, California—Global smart mapping leader Esri and the XPRIZE Foundation today announced Esri’s partnership in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. The new partnership will help accelerate innovative surveys of the ocean, 95% of which remains unexplored.Esri...
City of Berkeley Enlists Farallon Geographics to Migrate to Esri LGIM and Leverage Off-the-Shelf Services, Applications and Workflows
San Francisco, CA - Farallon Geographics worked with the City of Berkeley to migrate their GIS from a legacy data model to Esri’s “Local Government Information Model†(LGIM). Farallon assisted the City’s GIS staff with LGIM strategic planning and provided the...
Esri Launches Global Content Challenge
REDLANDS, Calif.- Smart mapping leader Esri announced it is engaging students all over the world in a new contest called the Global Content Challenge. With the power of Esri content at their disposal, students will tell their own compelling scientific stories using...
