National Geographic & Esri | GIS Conservation & Environmentalism

National Geographic and Esri have joined forces to create Exploring With GIS.
Our goal: to tell stories about National Geographic Explorers using GIS to take on the world.
Our mission: to celebrate geography and inspire a new generation of digital explorers.

Does Jane Goodall use GIS?

Discover how maps help chimps and villagers be friends.

A black baby chimpanzee with a pink face hangs on its parent, Jane Goodall meets with Tanzanians at the Jane Goodall Institute

Keeping bears out of restaurants?

See how to avoid unfortunate encounters using GIS.

Large carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae-Wynn Grant points to a brown bear dropping a fish out of its mouth while sitting on a log covered riverbank

Why walk from Kenya to Argentina?

Explore how taking the slow road helps us understand who we are.

Hiker walking through a sunny field, man riding a donkey leading a pack of camels through the desert, hiker and a woman walking on a paved path near farm fields

Message in a bottle?

Travel the path of plastic from source to sea.

Plastic bottles piled at a landfill site, a map of the Ganges River flowing into the Bay of Bengal, group of Crewsavers in a raft boat

Is Mount Everest shrinking?

Discover why it's vital to track glaciers on top of the world.

A man in a yellow jacket flies a drone at Mount Everest, two hikers wearing red and yellow jackets look out over a snowy canyon