The Winter 2009 issue of ArcNews Online presents the following exclusively online articles:

The Mission of Coordinating Safety

From the aftermath of Gustav and previous hurricanes, the Louisiana National Guard learned that future responses needed a more efficient method for processing vast quantities of imagery. The state developed a GIS that would assist with its missions at federal, state, and local levels.

Vegetation Management Goes Mobile

The Vermont Electric Power Company's 688 miles of high-voltage electric transmission lines and 12,000 acres of rights-of-way share space with a wide and colorful variety of plant life. The company developed a vegetation management system for the utility based on GIS technology.

Enterprise GIS Connects Utility's Many Divisions

As Colombia's largest public service company, Empresas P�blicas de Medell�n provides the area with water, natural gas, subscription television, wastewater treatment, and telecommunications services. With ArcGIS, the company designed and is now implementing an enterprise GIS.

Also, look for the expanded Esri T-shirt section online, as well as new supplemental podcasts.