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Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 1:09am CET
Become familiar with the installation process of ArcSDE technology for Microsoft SQL Server Express licensed for ArcGIS Desktop or ArcGIS Server Workgroup. This is the first episode of a series on implementing and managing desktop and workgroup geodatabases.
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Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 12:04am CET
Find out how your organization can save fuel, reduce emissions, and cut costs in this free online course.
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Posted: December 1st, 2008, 11:56pm CET
Christopher Thomas, government industry solutions manager at ESRI, discusses how ESRI's ArcLogistics allows governments to make the most of the resources they already have by optimizing the routes of employees in the field, eliminating inefficient district designations, improving productivity, and reducing vehicle use.
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Posted: December 1st, 2008, 10:38pm CET
Planning an election, managing the voting in multiple precincts and disseminating results all present complex technical challenges.
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Posted: December 1st, 2008, 7:54pm CET
ESRI Press has published an update to the book, Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo, Second Edition, with revisions compatible with the latest software release, ArcGIS 9.3.
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Posted: November 25th, 2008, 10:30pm CET
Precinct-level voting result maps delivered in time online.
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Posted: November 25th, 2008, 8:34pm CET
Industry leaders discuss GIS, Smart Grid technology, and renewable energy at ESRI's Electric & Gas user group conference.
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Posted: November 24th, 2008, 10:44pm CET
Mitchell Garnett, ESRI's electric utility industry solutions manager, discusses how GIS can be used in the growth and integration of renewable energy generation. Garnett explains how the ModelBuilder application in ArcGIS can accelerate and simplify the process of assessing potential areas for wind energy generation.
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Posted: November 20th, 2008, 10:45pm CET
SmartBuy deal could turn into business bonanza but vendors wary about facing deep discounts.
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Posted: November 20th, 2008, 10:37pm CET
We were thrilled when Joseph agreed to take a moment out of his recent trip exploring GIS education in Taiwan to answer some of our questions about geospatial technology and his work with ESRI.
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Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:31pm CET
Technology partnership in FusionX makes fusion center situational analysis affordable, easy to use.
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Posted: November 20th, 2008, 1:30am CET
Experienced leader focuses on critical role of imagery in GIS.
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Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:06am CET
Darren Rozenek, GIS administrator for the City of Akron, Ohio Public Utilities Bureau (APUB), discusses the process of creating the City's centralized GIS which included in-house migration of its expansive utility assets into a versioned geodatabase environment. The City's GIS assets now provide a strong foundation for customer support, design, infrastructure planning, and pro-active business operations.
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Posted: November 19th, 2008, 7:34pm CET
ArcGIS users can perform SQL queries and operations on spatial data within Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
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Posted: November 19th, 2008, 6:21pm CET
The English government has saved £700,000 by using geographic information software on mobile computers to produce the most detailed Countryside Survey to date.
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Posted: November 19th, 2008, 12:06am CET
Bob Honn, director of marketing at Oce, an ESRI hardware partner, explains how the TCS500, Oce's innovative, full-color, large-format printer offered by ESRI, allows users to increase their productivity by easily and quickly plotting their data-rich GIS files from their desktop to printed maps.
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Posted: November 18th, 2008, 12:02am CET
ESRI provides staff and resources for the Great Southern California ShakeOut.
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Posted: November 17th, 2008, 11:30pm CET
Learn how you can easily share GIS maps, data, and images using the OGC Web services included with ArcGIS Server 9.3.
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Posted: November 17th, 2008, 10:35pm CET
Learn methods and best practices for working with native CAD data in ArcGIS, how to convert CAD data to GIS data, and options for converting GIS data to CAD formats.
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Posted: November 17th, 2008, 10:28pm CET
Mansour Raad, senior software architect at ESRI, discusses the recently released ArcGIS API for Flex, which allows users to transform their local data into a visually rich interactive map, query and display GIS data features and attributes, locate addresses, identify features, and perform complex spatial analytics.
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Posted: November 17th, 2008, 10:16pm CET
Online ESRI seminar will cover topics such as topology, labels, and tables.
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Posted: November 14th, 2008, 6:48pm CET
Access to a full range of ESRI products hastens information system improvements.
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Posted: November 14th, 2008, 5:30pm CET
The City of Boston is committed to inreasing its solar energy output fiftyfold by 2015. As part of that initiative, the city is mapping rooftops to find those ideal for photovoltaic panels. ArcGIS Server is being used to map out Solar Boston.
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Posted: November 13th, 2008, 7:45pm CET
MapAction is using the latest in geographic information technology to bring speedy relief to disaster victims.
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Posted: November 13th, 2008, 12:05am CET
Dr. Bolaji Taiwo, chief technical adviser for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), discusses how the UNFPA used ESRI GIS to help the Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Afghanistan conduct the first complete, accurate population and housing census for Afghanistan since 1979. With the state-of-the-art GIS infrastructure now in place, the CSO can efficiently conduct future censuses.
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Posted: November 12th, 2008, 12:41am CET
Bill Meehan, director of utility solutions at ESRI, explains the concept of smart grid electric solutions and how enterprise GIS technology can help to manage these systems, allowing consumers to make more informed and efficient decisions regarding their electricity usage.
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Posted: November 11th, 2008, 9:07pm CET
Only through careful observation of the data, application of scientific principals, and by using the latest technology do we have any hope of truly understanding the stressors and impacts on the incredibly complex system of Earth's climate. Learn more about GIS for climate change through this collection of articles and user stories.
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Posted: November 11th, 2008, 8:14pm CET
Ten state, regional, and local governments have been awarded $95,950 in software, hardware, and training grants.
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Posted: November 11th, 2008, 7:36pm CET
High-tech system gets patients to the right hospital.
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Posted: November 11th, 2008, 12:31am CET
J. Allison Butler, the managing member of MilePost Zero, a transportation GIS consulting firm, discusses his ESRI Press book, Designing Geodatabases for Transportation. Butler's book provides a practical, step-by-step approach to designing a GIS to manage data about transportation facilities and services, from railroads to traffic-monitoring systems.
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Posted: November 10th, 2008, 10:08pm CET
The United Nations Environment Program's World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP-WCMC ) in Cambridge, United Kingdom, has a dedicated staff of more than 60 people that work to bring together data on global biodiversity and conservation to guide policy.
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Posted: November 8th, 2008, 12:42am CET
ArcGIS for AutoCAD Build 110 has just been made available to support AutoCAD versions 2007 and higher. To download or to learn more about ArcGIS for AutoCAD.
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Posted: November 6th, 2008, 8:52pm CET
Help us improve our ESRI Virtual Classroom offerings by taking a short survey.
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Posted: November 6th, 2008, 5:49pm CET
GIS expert Peter Eredics examines the role of GIS technology in modern forest management applications.
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Posted: November 5th, 2008, 11:15pm CET
GIS helps monitor millions of money order transactions.
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Posted: November 5th, 2008, 6:51pm CET
Thomas Palizzi, executive director of sales and marketing at Azteca Systems, Inc., an ESRI business partner, discusses Azteca System's local government enterprise license agreement (ELA) program. It is designed to work together with ESRI's Small Municipal and County Government ELA program, which provides small governments with wide access to GIS for faster and more efficient enterprisewide deployments.
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Posted: November 5th, 2008, 5:45pm CET
Your free copy helps you make an informed training decision by giving you a complete listing of instructor-led and Web training options.
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Posted: November 5th, 2008, 5:43pm CET
In "Introduction to ArcGIS Desktop for Mining Geoscience," find out how to use ArcGIS Desktop software to solve mining geoscience problems such as detecting mineral occurrence patterns, identifying optimal areas for exploration, and locating prospective deposits.
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Posted: November 5th, 2008, 5:39pm CET
The integration of multiple technologies in one device is now enabling soldiers and civilians to determine geographic coordinates at remote targets up to 1,000 meters away.
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Posted: November 5th, 2008, 5:26pm CET
As a graphical representation of a place, a map can reveal a great deal about not only topography and physical boundaries, but also the political and personal landscape of a town.
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Posted: November 5th, 2008, 1:00am CET
Are you interested in improving your GIS skills, jumpstarting a new or stalled project, or strengthening your resume? ESRI training can help you achieve these goals, giving you the knowledge you need to stay competitive and up-to-date with industry trends and new technologies.
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Posted: November 5th, 2008, 12:34am CET
Software agreement ensures GIS expansion within federal agency.
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Posted: November 5th, 2008, 12:05am CET
Uday Kale, vice president of IT at Reliance Energy Limited, India's largest private sector enterprise in power utility, describes how ESRI GIS has helped to expedite the implementation of enterprisewide projects and the integration with SAP, SCADA, and other IT systems.
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Posted: November 4th, 2008, 11:53pm CET
The deadline to apply is December 1, 2008.
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Posted: November 4th, 2008, 11:19pm CET
With Election Day upon us, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have shifted their focus from tearing each other apart to getting out the vote.
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Posted: November 3rd, 2008, 9:27pm CET
Kendall Fancher, supervisory cartographer, and Eric Linzey, cartographer, at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Geodetic Survey (NGS), a participant in the 2008 ESRI International User Conference MAPS Industry Showcase, discuss how the NGS uses GIS for shoreline and coastal mapping and in their outreach to the geospatial community.
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Posted: November 1st, 2008, 12:30am CET
A GIS expert addresses GIS/CAD interchange, interoperability, 3-D modeling, and data accuracy.
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Posted: October 31st, 2008, 8:05pm CET
GIS is a unique tool for synthesizing information because it can correlate data that seemingly has no relationshipdata connected by location alone.
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Posted: October 31st, 2008, 8:02pm CET
The Indiana Homeland Security Department is deploying a communication network that uses ESRI geographic information system software.
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Posted: October 31st, 2008, 7:33pm CET
GIS software improves ability improves ability to monitor probationers and provide public safety.
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Posted: October 30th, 2008, 12:04am CET
Web GIS tool gives developers direct access to ArcGIS Server 9.3.
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Posted: October 29th, 2008, 7:52pm CET
With about 1600 in attendance, "this conference is the largest gathering of GIS professionals in the UK and in Europe," said Richard Waite, director of ESRI (UK).
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Posted: October 29th, 2008, 7:44pm CET
Staff take advantage of powerful analysis and real-time data.
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Posted: October 29th, 2008, 12:22am CET
Geospatial software facilitates greater communication and collaboration.
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Posted: October 28th, 2008, 11:36pm CET
Joshua Lyons, GIS analyst for UNOSAT, a United Nations program that delivers satellite solutions to relief and development organizations, discusses the maps he created with ESRI's ArcGIS software to monitor the Somali pirate activity that is currently disturbing humanitarian efforts in the Gulf of Aden.
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Posted: October 28th, 2008, 11:14pm CET
ESRI's 2008 Health GIS Conference in Washington, D.C., explored advances in GIS technology that meet critical needs to measure and analyze human health and programs on local to global scales.
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Posted: October 28th, 2008, 5:05pm CET
Learn about the new out-of-the-box ArcGIS Mobile application and enhancements to the ArcGIS Mobile software development kit in the free Web training seminar, "Introduction to ArcGIS Mobile 9.3".
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Posted: October 28th, 2008, 12:02am CET
Receiving awards were the Alabama Department of Children's Affairs (ADCA); Pat Libbey, executive director of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO); Bruce Ripley, Planning Systems Support Group, Veterans Health Administration (VHA); and the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre, Canada.
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Posted: October 27th, 2008, 8:10pm CET
Acquire new skills and techniques that you can quickly apply to your job and become more proficient in performing GIS-related tasks.
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Posted: October 27th, 2008, 8:08pm CET
Get the skills and knowledge you need to become proficient in working with the geodatabase.
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Posted: October 27th, 2008, 4:33pm CET
Visit the ESRI Training Matters blog often to get tips or ask questions about ESRI training and education products.
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Posted: October 24th, 2008, 10:05pm CEST
ESRI intermediate-level courses provide techniques to administer and fine-tune your GIS server for best performance.
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Posted: October 24th, 2008, 5:29pm CEST
As neighbourhoods change overnight, and as pressure on limited municipal resources increases, the effective management of those resources requires a greater level of insight.
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Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 10:32pm CEST
Grange's hospital, Loma Linda University Medical Center east of Los Angeles, is several years into a GIS development project with nearby GIS firm ESRI.
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Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 12:27am CEST
Arnab Bhowmick, program manager at Weston Solutions, an ESRI Business Partner, discusses how his organization used ArcGIS Survey Analyst with Cadastral Editor software to realign the City of Encinitas' basemap, improving the spatial accuracy of the City's enterprise GIS.
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Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 12:12am CEST
The worldwide event, sponsored in part by ESRI and the National Geographic Society, showcases the importance of GIS, GPS, and other technologies.
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Posted: October 21st, 2008, 8:52pm CEST
New systems integration technologies put power behind geospatial intelligence.
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Posted: October 21st, 2008, 8:32pm CEST
Kathryn Keranen and Dr. Robert Kolvoord, discuss their ESRI Press book, Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS, the fourth volume in the Our World GIS Education book series. The authors describe how this scenario-based book helps readers enhance their GIS and decision-making skills using real-world situations and GIS data.
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Posted: October 21st, 2008, 12:12am CEST
FAA is a longtime user of ESRI software for applications including obstruction evaluation, charting, airspace evaluations, aeronautical data management, minimum vectoring altitudes, facilities management, noise monitoring and modeling, and environmental assessment.
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Posted: October 20th, 2008, 10:49pm CEST
Alison Moore, global navigation project manager at ESRI, discusses the key improvements and new features of the recently released Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) for ArcGIS 9.3-Aeronautical Solution, an extension to ArcGIS that allows civil and military agencies, commercial airlines, and chart producers to create, maintain, or utilize standard aeronautical datasets based on the latest digital data.
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Posted: October 20th, 2008, 10:26pm CEST
ESRI will demonstrate the power and flexibility of its ArcGIS software platform to manage geospatial intelligence during the GEOINT 2008 Symposium, October 27-30, 2008, in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Posted: October 20th, 2008, 8:48pm CEST
Tune in to learn how you can easily share GIS maps, data, and images using the OGC Web services included with ArcGIS Server 9.3.
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Posted: October 20th, 2008, 8:43pm CEST
The update DVD includes more than 80 datasets, including all of the U.S. Tele Atlas data and all of the Europe basemap data.
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Posted: October 17th, 2008, 1:20am CEST
ESRI will host an online live training seminar this month that will show how expanded support for Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc., Web service standards at ArcGIS Server 9.3 will foster greater collaboration when working with GIS data and maps.
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Posted: October 16th, 2008, 9:07pm CEST
Data model helps integrate GIS with planning, maintenance, and modeling software for improved facilities management.
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Posted: October 16th, 2008, 7:22pm CEST
Companies deploying software for location services can access and display current weather station data.
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Posted: October 16th, 2008, 12:43am CEST
Shelli Stockton, the finance and banking industry manager at ESRI, explores how financial institutions, ranging from large national corporations such as FDIC to local credit unions, use GIS during times of economic crisis to help them optimize their business and resources.
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Posted: October 14th, 2008, 10:21pm CEST
Lee Hartsfield, interlocal coordinator for the Tallahassee-Leon County GIS, discusses how the Tallahassee-Leon County Interlocal Program breaks down silos of information that exist when there are barriers to data sharing across jurisdictions, agencies, and departments. He also explains how the program works to support the integration of GIS into business processes.
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Posted: October 14th, 2008, 8:28pm CEST
ESRI Canada and CTV News use the ArcGIS Server JavaScript API to analyze parking tickets in Vancouver British Columbia.
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Posted: October 14th, 2008, 7:57pm CEST
Experienced leader to grow GIS for a sustainable planet.
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Posted: October 14th, 2008, 12:00am CEST
Learn how to use the new security features in ArcGIS Server 9.3 for the Java platform in the free Web training seminar, "Implementing Security for ArcGIS Server 9.3 Java Solutions".
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Posted: October 13th, 2008, 11:43pm CEST
James Mallory, GIS director, and Mike Morrison, comptroller and web master, from the Oklahoma County Assessor's Office discuss the video, "Tracing the Trails," they made with their colleague Larry Stein, chief deputy. Their video, a first place winner in ESRI's GIS in Action Video Contest, captures the use of historic maps and GIS to outline the Chisholm Trail.
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Posted: October 13th, 2008, 10:57pm CEST
Attendees will see how the complete routing and scheduling solution provides immediate cost savings, improves customer service, and reduces emissions.
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Posted: October 13th, 2008, 7:47pm CEST
Like many utilities, the DuPage Water Commission recognizes the need for geographic information system (GIS) technology based on ESRI's ArcGIS software to manage the operations and infrastructure of its pumping station and water pipeline system.
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Posted: October 13th, 2008, 5:54pm CEST
Snowstorms can be intense enough in Vanderburgh County, Ind., that the local roadways must be plowed. After a blizzard there left 2 feet of snow, the county developed a GIS Web tool in 2006 for citizens who are antsy to know when to expect snowplow service.
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Posted: October 10th, 2008, 11:32pm CEST
This discussion provides the migration workflows for the five most common GIS data formats (tables, shapefiles, coverages, CAD data, and imagery) to the geodatabase. It is recommended that you are familiar with the geodatabase and basic geodatabase concepts. Users new to the geodatabase can learn more by listening to the Instructional Series Podcast episodes "An Overview of the Geodatabase and Five Reasons Why You Should Use It" and "Types of Geodatabases at ArcGIS 9.2."
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Posted: October 10th, 2008, 2:12am CEST
In order to more accurately address the diverse and changing requirements of the electric and gas industries, ESRI will separate strategic management of its global utility industry solutions.
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Posted: October 9th, 2008, 11:33pm CEST
Baltimore County, Md., operates an enterprise GIS that is available to all county agencies and departments.
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Posted: October 9th, 2008, 10:54pm CEST
In the course "Working with Geometric Networks for Utilities", you'll learn how to create and edit geometric networks and perform engineering analysis for electric, gas, or water/wastewater networks.
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Posted: October 9th, 2008, 7:55pm CEST
This year, plenary speakers have been selected to show innovative uses of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and reflect the conference theme of GIS for everyday life.
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Posted: October 9th, 2008, 7:53pm CEST
ESRI (UK) today announced that registration is open for the ESRI Europe, Middle East and Africa User Conference 2008.
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Posted: October 9th, 2008, 7:03pm CEST
Dr. Roger Tomlinson's book Thinking About GIS: Geographic Information Systems Planning for Managers, considered a must-read for any organization planning to launch a geographic information system (GIS), is now available in Spanish.
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Posted: October 9th, 2008, 12:06am CEST
Sean Johnson, GIS channel development manager at Adapx, an ESRI hardware partner, discusses Capturx for ArcGIS Desktop, a fully integrated GIS solution offered by ESRI and Adapx that digitally enables paper-based field mapping with a digital pen and standard paper for a broad range of industries.
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Posted: October 8th, 2008, 11:56pm CEST
Authors will be honored at the national conference on geography education.
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Posted: October 8th, 2008, 8:06pm CEST
Free E-book showcases essays by well-known academics.
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Posted: October 8th, 2008, 1:28am CEST
George Dailey and Angela Lee are honored at the National Council for Geographic Education's annual conference for their outstanding geography teaching.
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Posted: October 8th, 2008, 12:56am CEST
Timothy McCormick, the senior vice president of Dewberry's Hazard Engineering and Geospatial Services Group and a keynote speaker at the 2008 ESRI Survey and Engineering GIS Summit, discusses how Dewberry's GeoFIRM application uses ArcGIS to help organizations such as FEMA create digital flood insurance rate maps.
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Posted: October 7th, 2008, 8:15pm CEST
Visit ESRI's new Live User Sites to see how organizations are using ArcGIS Server to deliver maps and spatial analysis on the Web.
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Posted: October 7th, 2008, 8:10pm CEST
ESRI's fleet management solution helps organizations save fuel, reduce emissions, and cut costs.
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Posted: October 7th, 2008, 5:18pm CEST
The Turners Falls High School Community Atlas Project has received national recognition as "Model Project for 2007-08," an annual honor given by ESRI, the company that designs and develops geographic information system technology.
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