GIS

Dangermond Kicks-Off Esri Federal GIS Conference – Plenary Wrap-Up

Today kicks off Esri’s annual Federal GIS Conference. The conference is a two-day event featuring over 100 Professional Development Workshops, five in-depth Immersion Summits, a show floor with over 80 partners, two plenary sessions, and over 12 hours of detailed training at Esri’s Hands-On Learning Lab. The event connects policy makers, analysts, and staff throughoutRead… Read more »

Design Dilemma, Why Mapping the Future Matters

Every summer, my family would load into our minivan and journey more than 21 hours to my grandparents house in Denver, Colorado. As you can imagine, 21 hours in car with four younger brothers is a nightmare. The only way I was able to distract myself, was to track our progress on the massive nation-wideRead… Read more »

Your Coding Crash Course: Esri to Host First Developer Summit at Federal GIS Conference

For the first time ever, Esri is bringing their popular Developer Summit to Washington, DC. To date, Esri has held Developer Summits in many locations, including their annual event in Palm Springs, and also Developer Summits in Europe and the Middle East. Now, it’s Washington, DC’s turn. The Developer Summit will occur concurrent with Esri’sRead… Read more »

Tailor-Made: How GIS is Powering Innovation for Global Aid

As organizations continue to collect, manage and create more data than ever before, administrators are looking for innovative ways to unlock insights and value from data. In the global aid sector, there is a dire need for improved transparency and program evaluation through data. In many cases, GIS and data is the key to meetingRead… Read more »

Clarity from Complexity: GIS Delivers for Transportation Leaders

In today’s world, understanding how our interactions relate to geography is essential. It’s just this simple: comprehending the complexities our world requires that we understand how we interact with geography. This is why we’ve seen countless examples of government agencies developing and implementing tools that visualize spatial data and information. Often we have seen theRead… Read more »

Putting the Where in Social Analytics: How Location Analytics and Social Media is Transforming Government

Yesterday GIS professionals from throughout the Washington, DC metro area joined to share in an opportunity to learn more about the unique integration of social media and GIS. Social media has changed the way organizations engage and communicate with citizens. Yet, understanding how to truly leverage volumes of unstructured social media data presents unique challengesRead… Read more »

Safe and Secure: How GIS Has Revolutionized Our National Security Efforts

Every nation is faced with the essential task of protecting citizens, constantly working to protect citizens from hostile countries, organizations, mitigating effects of natural disasters and securing critical infrastructure. In doing so, nations can protect the unique way of life and cultural identities of their citizens. To help achieve these ends, many national security agenciesRead… Read more »

Protecting and Preserving Our Natural Resources With GIS

More than ever before, natural resource managers are challenged to think of new ways to preserve and restore our habitats. You are faced with a diversity of tasks to protect our environments, everything from monitoring deforestation and its impacts, to conservation efforts and tracking climate change. John Steffenson, Federal Civilian and Global Affairs, Esri, andRead… Read more »