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The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department used GIS to help determine where to concentrate the search for Dean Christy, who went missing during a hike near his mountain home in Green Valley Lake, California. The department's Mobile Mapping Unit produced a variety of maps, including some that showed the terrain that had been searched by air. "The benefit to having on-site mapping is that we can use downloaded data provided by searchers from the current day to prepare for the next operational period," said incident commander Cpl. Bryan Lane. Read the article.
Search and Rescue team members discuss strategy to find Dean Christy in the snow-covered forest. Photo by Tom Patterson/ESRI.
Faster and Better Labels
The Maplex for ArcGIS extension for ArcGIS Desktop 9.2 automates high-quality cartographic text placement.
This tip describes how to use several Maplex tools for refining the placement of labels on a specific type of line feature: streets.
ArcWatch is published monthly by ESRI and contains GIS news, practical advice, and updates about the company's software and events. To submit article ideas,
e-mail editor Carla Wheeler at arcwatch_editor@esri.com.
GIS technology plays a role in helping the National Park Service protect the Oregon Caves. Employees use GIS to map fragile areas and paleontological resources such as animal bones. Read the article.
Leading data provider NAVTEQ will offer the Small Municipal and County Street Data Enterprise License Agreement (ELA). Available only through ESRI, NAVTEQ's ELA can be purchased as a stand-alone program by any county or municipality that meets the requirements of ESRI's newly launched Small Municipal and County Government ELA. However, the two offerings are designed to work together. Visit www.esri.com/smallgovela or call 800-447-9778. Listen to Skip Parker of NAVTEQ talk about the program's benefits.
In this podcast, Christian Carlson from ESRI talks about the valuable aspects of the enterprise license agreement (ELA) program for U.S. municipalities and counties with populations of 100,000 or less. Listen to the podcast. [18:09 | 8.33 MB] Learn more about the program.
Innovative industry leaders from the Fortune 500 companies Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), Lehman Brothers, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Walgreen Co. will give keynote speeches at the 2008 ESRI Business GIS Summit. The summit will be April 27–30, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. Attendees will learn how to use GIS to gain a competitive edge, drive business innovation, and increase return on investment. Read the article. Register for the summit.
John Waterman, Dave Bouwman, and Vijay Sambandhan won first, second, and third place, respectively, in the 2008 ESRI Server Code Challenge. Nianwei Liu received honorable mention. The winners, who won cash prizes that totaled $25,000, were announced at the 2008 ESRI Developer Summit. Read the article. Read their winning code summaries and download the scripts.
More than 1,250 people attended the 2008 ESRI Developer Summit (DevSummit), where they immersed themselves in technical sessions on how to use GIS in their applications. ESRI staff also highlighted the improvements in ArcGIS 9.3 that will interest developers. Read the article.
Michels Corporation, an international engineering and construction contractor, uses GIS for asset management and to plan and execute projects. The company recently adopted ArcGIS Server technology from ESRI, in part to exchange information about projects with customers via Web applications. Read the article.
ArcGIS Image Server technology will be integrated into ArcGIS Server. Bookmarks will be easier to access. A new convert-graphics-to-features function will let you create features by drawing graphics without using the editor. These are just three of many improvements coming in ArcGIS 9.3 software, set for release later this year. Learn more. Listen to Jack Dangermond as he elaborates on what's coming in the new version of the software and explains the importance of taking the Geographic Approach.
How can I add the coordinates of the four corners in a map with latitude-longitude? How do I make picture marker symbols with smoother lines and edges? Our Mapping Center answers questions like these daily. Can we help answer yours? Ask a question or scroll through our archived questions and answers.
For a long time, to conduct business in several departments, the City of Marietta used three separate legacy GIS modules: Public Map Viewer, Code Enforcement, and Right-of-Way applications. To consolidate the GIS operations—and save time and money—the city adopted ArcGIS Server from ESRI. "From the day we went live with the Public Map Viewer solution, we've only needed to maintain one machine and one source of data," says Bruce Bishop, the city's GIS manager. Read the article.
The State of South Carolina recently began using a customized GIS-based application to verify the data used to assign voters to the correct congressional districts, city and county councils, and special districts. Read the article.
ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Engine users can save time and reduce the amount of code they need to write by using the geoprocessing tools in ArcObjects applications. Read the article.
Share your best GIS work with others in the Map Gallery at the 2008 ESRI International User Conference (ESRI UC) in San Diego, California. Submit your entries by July 7, 2008. Some maps also will be published in the annual ESRI Map Book. Listen to tips on how to make an effective map [13:15 | 6.09 MB] provided by ESRI UC Map Gallery judges Jonathon Corbridge and Ian Sims.
The ESRI Developer Network (EDN) wants to better understand developers. If you are a developer, please complete this quick three-question survey and let us know answers to questions such as, why do you code? and where and when do you get your best ideas? Learn more about EDN.
In a new white paper from ESRI, find out how GIS helps provide spatial intelligence to law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Read the white paper, which also delves into what types of data and technologies are needed.
In a podcast, Jay Hoffman, a sales manager for ESRI in Dallas, explains how companies such as Exxon Mobil, DSW Shoes, and United Health Care use ESRI's RouteMAP IMS to help direct people to their stores or facilities. He also talks about the software's ease of use and cost-effectiveness. Listen to the podcast. [6:18 | 2.92 MB]
In GIS for Petroleum, you will learn how companies use GIS technology to evaluate the potential for oil in promising locations, manage assets, and conduct other important business. Download now. For a complete list of booklets available, visit the GIS Best Practices showcase.
The book Analyzing Urban Poverty: GIS for the Developing World, from ESRI Press, describes how GIS can be integrated into urban design plans to revitalize poverty-stricken neighborhoods. Buy this book.
Spread the word about GIS Day by adding one of the five new GIS Day Web buttons to your site. These colorful buttons will signify your GIS Day support and encourage others to join the global GIS Day celebration. Web page templates are also available for download. Register your event today.
U.S. customers may order the ArcGIS Data Appliance or ArcGIS Data Appliance (Server Bundle). The ArcGIS Data Appliance, based on the data collection package purchased, can provide terabytes of prerendered nationwide and worldwide data that includes street and transportation, place-name, administrative boundaries, and raster imagery data. Learn more. ArcGIS Data Appliance (Server Bundle) is a complete turnkey geospatial intelligence and decision-making solution. Learn more.
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