Case Studies

• Community Policing and Public Information
• Community Safety
• Crime and Investigative Analysis
• Earthquake Preparedness
• Emergency Management
• Fire Management
• Public Safety
• Terrorist Attacks—September 11, 2001

Community Policing and Public Information

• Domestic Violence Hotline Calls for Support
  ArcNews, Summer 2005
• Riverside and Los Angeles Counties, California, Help Their Citizens Protect Themselves With Megan's Law Web Sites
  ArcNews, Spring 2003
• In St. Louis, Missouri, GIS Helps Residents, Police Via the Web
  ArcNews, Spring 2003

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Community Safety

• Monitoring Conditions and Making Decisions
  ArcUser, Spring 2008
• City of Dover, Delaware, Deploys Groundbreaking GIS Application for NASCAR Events
  ArcWatch, May 2008
• Training First Responders
  ArcUser, July–September 2006
• Making More Information Available in Emergencies
  ArcUser, October–December 2005
• Safeguarding Animal Health More Effectively
  ArcUser, October–December 2005
• Domestic Consequence Management Supported with GIS
  ArcNews, Spring 2006
• Portal Streamlines Homeland Security Data Maintenance
  ArcUser, October–December 2005
• Introducing the United States National Grid
  ArcUser, July–September 2005
  Accompanying exercise [PDF]
• Extending Disease Surveillance with GIS
  ArcUser, April–June 2005
• Building Business Continuity Plans
  ArcUser, April–June 2005
• Can Geography Rescue Text Search?
  ArcUser, April–June 2005
• Incident Command and GIS
  ArcUser, October–December 2004
• Modernizing the Geographic Data Infrastructure
  ArcUser, April–June 2004
• Internet Applications Aid Homeland Security
  ArcUser, October–December 2003
• Preparing for Large-Scale Events
  ArcUser, October–December 2003

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Crime and Investigative Analysis

• GIS Gives Portland, Oregon, Police Bureau Improved Incident Tracking
  ArcNews, Summer 2008
• Intelligence-Led Policing Gives a Crime-Fighting Advantage
  ArcNews, Summer 2008
• United States Postal Service Fights Crime with GIS
  ArcNews, Summer 2008
• Extend Crime Analysis with ArcGIS Spatial Statistics Tools
  ArcUser, March 2005
• Web Site Coordinates Undercover Activities
  ArcUser, March 2005
• In the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, GIS Aids Crime Mapping
  ArcNews, Spring 2004
• Santa Clara County, California, Develops a Regional Crime Analysis Tool
  ArcNews, Spring 2004
• The Search for Missing Children Aided With GIS
  ArcNews, Fall 2003
• Regional Crime Analysis With CrimeView and Citrix [PDF]
  Government Matters, Fall 2003
• In Lincoln, Nebraska, Police Make Connections Through Geographic Location
  ArcNews, Spring 2003
• Austin, Texas, Police Department Takes a Bite Out of Burglary With GIS
  ArcNews, Spring 2003
• ArcView Animal Movement Extension Helps Track Criminals
  ArcNews, Spring 2003

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Earthquake Preparedness

• In Japan, Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake Damage Assessment Data Is Gathered More Efficiently Using GIS
  ArcNews, Winter 2005/2006
• South Carolina Devises Earthquake Preparedness Plan With GIS
  ArcNews, Winter, 2002/2003
• Urban Information Systems for Earthquake-Resistant Cities
  ArcUser, July/September 2002

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Emergency Management

• California Postearthquake Information Clearinghouse Rocks
  ArcNews, Summer 2008
• GIS-Based Flood Mapping at FEMA
  ArcNews, Summer 2008
• Temblor Reports Gain Fast Turnaround
  ArcNews, Summer 2008
• Take Advantage of New Floodplain Data
  ArcUser, July–September 2007
• Recovery Efforts in Post-Tsunami Indonesia
  ArcNews, Spring 2007
• New Vision for Relief Efforts
  ArcUser, January–March 2007
• Maximizing Time, Resources, and Money with Real-Time Vehicle Tracking and Intelligent Routing
  ArcNews, Winter 2006/2007
• Identifying Helicopter Landing Zones in Wake of Hurricane Katrina
  ArcNews, Winter 2006/2007
• GIS Enables Groundbreaking E911 Application at Maui Police Department
  ArcNews, Winter 2006/2007
• City of Hartford, Connecticut, Fire Department: Special Achievement in GIS Award [MP3]
  Podcast by Eugene Cieri, Hartford Fire Department, Published November 29, 2006
• Training First Responders
  ArcUser, July–September 2006
• Shared Data Resources Bring Many Benefits
  ArcUser, April–June 2006
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [PDF]
• VVAF and ESRI Support Humanitarian Efforts with GIS
  ArcNews, Spring 2006
• Electric Utilities Turn to ESRI for GIS Solutions
  ArcNews, Spring 2006
• Disaster Preparedness Exercise Uses GIS
  ArcNews, Spring 2006
• New Orleans, Louisiana, Leverages Spatial Data to Aid in Damage Assessment Efforts After Hurricane Katrina
  ArcNews, Spring 2006
• Protecting Archaeological Resources During an Oil Spill in Washington State
  ArcNews, Spring 2006
• USGS, NGA, and DHS Collaborate to Build "GIS for the Gulf"
  ArcNews, Winter 2005/2006
• Florida State Emergency Response Task Force Provides Hurricane Katrina Support Using GIS
  ArcNews, Winter 2005/2006
• Mexico's National Center for Disaster Prevention Delivers Natural and Human-Made Risk Information to the Web via GIS
  ArcNews, Winter 2005/2006
• Making More Information Available in Emergencies
  ArcUser, October–December 2005
• GISCorps Hurricane Response
  ArcUser, October–December 2005
• Closing the Digital Divide
  ArcUser, October–December 2005
• Predicting Hurricane Katrina's Storm Surge Using ArcScene
  ArcUser, October–December 2005
• GIS Supports Hurricane Response
  ArcNews, Fall 2005
• American Red Cross Uses GIS for Hurricane Katrina and Rita Efforts
  ArcNews, Fall 2005
• Missouri Department of Economic Development Maps Business Impacts of Hurricane Katrina and More
  ArcNews, Fall 2005
• GIS Volunteers Help in Mississippi's Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Response
  ArcNews, Fall 2005
• In Trabzon Province, Turkey, Potential Landslide Areas Are Detected with GIS
  ArcNews, Summer 2005
• Genesee County, New York, Emergency Management Services Uses GIS
  ArcNews, Summer 2005
• Building Business Continuity Plans
  ArcUser, April–June 2005
• Turkish Government Bases National Emergency Response System on GIS
  ArcNews, Summer 2004
• GIS Training for Disaster Relief
  ArcUser, January–March 2004
• Initial Attack GIS Supports IC Decision Making
  ArcUser, July–September 2003
• Persistence and Technology Save Hiker
  ArcUser, July–September 2003
• Rockland County, New York, Activates an Interactive Mapping System to Plan Against Disaster
  ArcNews, Spring 2003
• Supersizing Emergency Management With GIS
  ArcUser, January–March 2002
• GIS to the Rescue
  ArcUser, October–December 2002
• A New Generation of Flood Management
  ArcUser, October–December 2002
• City of Medellín, Colombia, Inaugurates 1-2-3
  ArcNews, Summer 2002

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Fire Management

• When Lightning Strikes
  ArcGIS Explorer Blog, July 2008
• Enterprise GIS Helped Agencies Battle California's Zaca Fire
  ArcWatch, February 2008
• GIS Teams Map the Zaca Fire
  ArcWatch, February 2008
• Priming the Pump [PDF]
  ArcUser, Winter 2007/2008
• Déjà Vu
  ArcUser, October–December 2007
• Managing Volunteer Firefighter Response [PDF]
  ArcUser, April–June 2007
• Providing In-Vehicle Access to More than 3,500 Prefire Plans
  ArcNews, Winter 2006/2007
• Firefighter Inspires New Mapping System to Help Assess Risks, Map Fires, and Allocate Resources
  ArcNews, Winter 2006/2007
• Modeling GPS Data Captured on the Fly [PDF]
  ArcUser, July–September 2006
• Fighting Fires in the 21st Century
  ArcNews, Summer 2006
• Arkansas Firefighters Respond Faster with GIS
  ArcNews, Summer 2005
• Mobile GIS Shrinks Information Gap for Wildfire Decision Makers
  ArcUser, October–December 2004
• Emergency-Response Times Up To Par? Map Outlines Which Neighborhoods At Greatest Risk
  10NEWS.com, November 11, 2004
• FEMA and Local Governments Battle Hazards With a New GIS Tool
  ArcNews, Summer 2004
• Crises Prove the Value of GIS
  ArcUser, January–March 2004
• Grant Helps County Respond to Fire and Its Aftermath
  ArcUser, January–March 2004

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Public Safety

• Probationers Monitored and Public Safety Improved with GIS
  ArcNews, Summer 2008
• Making Louisiana State University a Storm Disaster-Resistant School
  ArcNews, Spring 2008
• Police Department Mapping Success
  ArcNews, Summer 2007
• Candlewood Lake Authority Responsible for Water Quality and Public Safety
  ArcNews, Summer 2007
• Columbia, South Carolina, Police Department Uses GIS for Improved Policing [PDF]
  ArcWatch, July 2007
• Mapping Landslide Hazards in Austria
  ArcNews, Fall 2006
• Tri-County GIS and 911 Services Update
  ArcUser, April–June 2006
• Domestic Consequence Management Supported with GIS
  ArcNews, Spring 2006
• Delivering Geographically Enhanced Security Services with GIS
  ArcNews, Spring 2006
• Mission to Help the Environment Results in Helping Endangered Children
  ArcNews, Spring 2006
• Real-Time Syndromic Surveillance
  ArcUser, January–March 2006
• Portal Streamlines Homeland Security Data Maintenance
  ArcUser, October–December 2005
• The City of Ballerup, Denmark, Integrates Urban Water Modeling and GIS
  ArcNews, Fall 2005
• Incident Command and GIS
  ArcUser, October–December 2004
• Shelter From the Storm
  ArcUser, January–March 2004
• Preparing for Large-Scale Events
  ArcUser, October–December 2003
• Online Application Improves Tier II Reporting
  ArcUser, October–December 2003
• Emergency Response and Planning Application Performs Plume Modeling
  ArcUser, October–December 2003
• Protecting Communities
  ArcUser, October–December 2003
• Salt Lake Olympics Set New Safety Standard
  ArcNews, Summer 2002
• Independence Day Is Safer in St. Louis, Missouri, Thanks to GIS
  ArcNews, Winter 2001/2002

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Terrorist Attacks—September 11, 2001

• Mapping Disaster: Cartographers Aid Workers at Ground Zero
  National Geographic Magazine, September 2002
• New York City—Creating a Disaster Management GIS on the Fly
  ArcNews, Winter 2001/2002
• Pentagon Damage Assessed with GIS
  ArcNews, Winter 2001/2002
• Wireless GIS Solution Aids WTC Rescue Efforts
  ArcUser, January–March 2002
• ESRI's NYC Recovery Work Honored
  ArcNews, Winter 2001/2002

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