Transportation services provider Watco adopted a GIS process that helps customers find railcar storage, transloading, and properties.
Letter from the Editor
Pervasive GIS Is What’s Next
Making location intelligence more universally available—a promise made just six short years ago at the Esri User Conference—is being realized through the widespread adoption of Web GIS. The Web GIS pattern leverages web services that make exponentially growing data streams readily accessible for visualization and analysis.
By empowering non-GIS staff, Web GIS enables both GIS professionals and non-GIS knowledge workers in organizations to get more meaningful work done. It relieves GIS professionals from previous roles as data gatekeepers and on-call mapmakers so they can engage in analytical activities that provide greater value to their organizations.
The power of data integration and computational geography can be available to every-one in the organization. Through converting massive amounts of data into actionable information, web maps are becoming a kind of language that supports problem solving.
Using apps, this work can be shared and taken everywhere: referenced and updated in the field, presented in the boardroom, and disseminated on the web. The Web GIS pattern brings together web maps, web apps, hubs, location analytics, and other technologies that improve understanding, collaboration, and communication.
Since their introduction six years ago, Esri Story Maps apps have become a communication medium that is used to tell the stories of individuals, organizations, communities, events, and processes. The more than 600,000 story maps that have been published have been viewed millions of times.
The Special Section in this issue highlights how story maps are used to promote the unique characteristics of communities, present city council agenda items in context, and share the significance and beauty of collections maintained by the Library of Congress.
With Web GIS, location intelligence is easier to apply and more accessible so society can truly benefit from The Science of Where.
Monica Pratt
Editor
San José Mineta International Airport moved from a manual process for managing tenant inspections to one that is GIS based.
Supporting Better Outcomes
GIS is a critical aspect of the digital revolution that is transforming the world.
Adding Location Can Make All the Difference
A nonprofit biotech organization, in partnership with Esri, built app to help persons living with ALS find appropriate clinical trials.
The Importance of Building a GIS Portfolio
One of the most powerful tools a GIS profession can leverage is to create and maintain a well-crafted GIS portfolio.
Geospatial Awareness Lets USDA Comprehensively Evaluate Claims
USDA uses GIS to evaluate crop insurance claims for possible fraud.
Good Governance in Minnesota Starts with Geospatial Data
A portfolio of GIS maps and dashboards supports decision-making, communication, and collaboration for the Minnesota state government.
NASA Provides a Valuable Source of Earth Observation Data
The POWER Project is a cornerstone project for NASA’s Earth Action Program, which provides access to free, geospatially enabled NASA data.
Save a Stalled Strategy
What should you do when your geospatial strategy stalls?
From Big Data to Actionable Business Insight
JAKALA, a marketing technology company, specializes in marketing and sales with a focus on using artificial intelligence with location.
Colleges Drive Social and Economic Mobility with Spatially Enabled Data
A project led by Coast Community College District (CCCD), uses GIS to synchronize academic offerings with labor market needs.
Using Timestamp Offset for Analysis Across Time Zones
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript version 4.8 introduces three new date-focused field types.
A Personal Approach to Making Maps
Cartographer Andy Skinner shares his mapmaking methodology .
FedRAMP Authorization Protects ArcGIS Online Organizations
Esri secured FedRAMP Moderate authorization ArcGIS Online.
The Power of Maps to Influence Decisions
Anna Riling was interviewed about mapmaking business and her work creating custom cartography for policy advocacy.
Successfully Migrating Parcel Fabric to ArcGIS Pro
Jack Chen migrated Mecklenburg County’s parcel data from ArcMap parcel fabric from to ArcGIS Pro parcel fabric.
Storytelling for a Better World
The 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition closes Dec. 6, 2024.
Design Service Areas with ArcGIS
Defining boundaries is a popular use case for GIS and here is how to do it.
Understanding the Data Editing and Management System Pattern
The ArcGIS Well-Architected Framework provides a comprehensive set of ArcGIS system patterns to design an effective ArcGIS system.
Bookshelf
Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users, Third Edition and Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro, Third Edition
Briefly Noted
NOAA and Esri to create open data platform. New Esri Open Basemap built with Overture Maps data
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