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Watershed Sciences Inc. (WSI) is a professional services business with headquarters in the lush, green hills of Corvallis, Oregon. WSI focuses on providing survey-quality data for businesses and government entities throughout the United States, primarily in the Pacific Northwest. “For years, we scientists and researchers have had high-end computers networked together, so we’ve had the massive processing power required to deal with this data. But our clients are often on desktops or even mobile devices. Making high-resolution spatial data products available to the end clients in a versatile and familiar environment like ArcGIS is a huge advantage.” Russ Faux CEO WSI ... View more

Imagine Your World as It Should Be The latest aeronautical information from any source is at your fingertips. ArcGIS® software can help you discover, manage, and visualize the information you need in both 2D and 3D from a variety of disparate systems including CAD, real-time sensors, and the cloud. ArcGIS is the scalable platform you need to achieve your mission as an innovative aeronautical organization. Extend your data, create new products, and reach for the cloud. ... View more

Looking Up for Answers on the Ground Spring 2012 Providing first responder maps for the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami By Karen Richardson, Esri Writer ... View more

The agency charged with national mapping in Indonesia—the largest archipelagic country in the world—is the Geospatial Information Agency (Badan Informasi Geospasial [BIG]). The agency is mandated to provide an implementation strategy and funding for basemaps from 1:1,000,000 to 1:1,000 scale so that every institution can share geospatial data. “Through a GIS approach, the country and people of Indonesia will get more benefits from geospatial data. Partnering with a company as strong in GIS development as Esri ensures that our systems will be integrated and we can share information.” Dr. Asep Karsidi, MSc Chairman Geospatial Information Agency ... View more

ArcNews Winter 2012/2013 Vol. 34, No. 4 Discovering and Mapping Natural Hazards with Lidar Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Uses GIS to Serve Data On February 17, 2011, President Barack Obama declared a major disaster in the state of Oregon due to a severe winter storm that caused flooding, mudslides, landslides, and debris flows during the previous month. Western Oregon counties, including Clackamas, Clatsop, Crook, Douglas, Lincoln, and Tillamook, were all affected. The total public assistance cost estimate is more than $6 million. To help mitigate events like this and maintain a safe environment for those living in the state, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) is using light detection and ranging (lidar) data to more accurately find and analyze hazards like landslides and debris flow. DOGAMI also makes this lidar data available to the public using an innovative solution based on ArcGIS, the standard GIS platform used in the state. ... View more

ArcNews Spring 2012 Vol. 34, No. 1 Indonesia NSDI: One Map for the Nation Indonesia, nestled in the Indian Ocean, is the largest archipelagic country in the world. With the proliferation of complex national development tasks, such as rebuilding after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, the need for geospatial information has proved to be a necessity. GIS is an important tool for helping decision makers formulate, implement, monitor, and evaluate national and regional development plans. The technology has proved itself in construction and management of various development and infrastructure projects; emergency measures against natural disasters; environmental protection policies; land use; the cadastral system; forestry, agricultural, land, and building tax; and statistics, marine affairs, and mineral resources management, among many others. ... View more

Technology disrupters such as mobile, cloud, and new data technology are allowing people to look at how they manage and use data in a whole new light. Now is the time to adopt geographic information system (GIS) technology for your hydrographic organization. A Modern Hydrographic Workflow ArcGIS® for Maritime helps hydrographic of  ces create, analyze, and produce more with their data. ... View more

Our World Is in 3D Create stunning city models in less time with Esri® CityEngine® software—the tool of choice for 3D city modeling in urban planning, architecture, simulation, game development, and film production. CityEngine delivers a full suite of industry-leading procedural tools to aggregate geospatial data, lay out and edit street networks, generate and modify buildings, create 3D road profiles and distribute street furniture, control the shape of the skyline, and analyze urban planning projects. ... View more

The Marine Chart Division (MCD) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a division in the Office of Coast Survey (OCS) responsible for the production of navigational products that are used by mariners to navigate safely and efficiently in US waters. “The needs of the global navigation community are constantly changing, and our charts must adapt to those needs. The COTS system from Esri that we have implemented allows NOAA to continue being the provider of choice for accurate and timely navigation data.” Rear Admiral Gerd Glang Office of Coast Survey Director NOAA ... View more

Esri News for Map, Chart & Data Production Summer 2014 ... View more

GIS for National Mapping An Esri White Paper June 2012 Introduction This technical paper is intended for managers and staff of national mapping organizations (NMOs). This includes any country, state, province, region, or devolved area that has official mapping responsibilities. Scope This paper is intended to explain the vision, benefits, technologies, workflows, and best practices for deployment of Esri's ArcGIS® geographic information system (GIS) solutions to solve the business requirements of NMOs. It wiil also be of interest to related organizations such as cadastral, hydrographic, aeronautical, and environmental agencies, but Esri also publishes papers covering these markets more specifically. The main section provides a task-oriented overview of the Esri® ArcGIS system benefits, arranged in the natural work sequence of a typical NMO. Appendix 1 covers workflow and quality measures, and appendix 2 covers relevant standards and data models. Appendix 3 summarizes where to find further information. ... View more

The island nation of Singapore has a population of five million and a limited land area of 710 square kilometers. Geospatial data and analysis are used to carefully plan economic growth and development, ensuring quality of life for the nation’s citizens. Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is the national land authority and one of the leading geospatial agencies responsible for all aspects of managing state land and buildings. SLA accomplishes this by maintaining a national land information database. “It is only when people can appreciate the value of integrated geospatial information that efforts to increase data sharing, geospatial adoption, or application development can take root.” Vincent Hoong Chief Executive Singapore Land Authority ... View more

Welcome to the MAPS Community Organizations are under great pressure to generate more products and services in less time and with fewer resources. Esri® software helps meet these requirements, no matter the size of the organization, through a database-centric workflow. The database acts as the hub to coordinate activities, from capture through production, data dissemination, and maintenance. Changes can be made at any step in the process. Compared with traditional linear workflows, this unified approach increases return on investment,improves data integrity and decreases risk. Using GIS to collect, manage, produce, and share information makes the ability to create maps, charts, data, and Web services an achievable goal for any organization. Esri’s ArcGIS® system of software ties workflows with tried-and-true GIS methodologies, ensuring a streamlined production environment. The software’s ability to handle the specific data, products, data models, and symbology of different industries means that aeronautical, nautical, topographic, and other agencies can create their own unique information using the same geographic database. ... View more

The ArcGIS® platform provides more than simple, realistic 3D maps. Realize the full potential of 3D data with the ArcGIS platform. Share 3D maps, apps, and content through web browsers; create new 3D solutions via ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Windows Mobile; and add 3D content into ArcGIS Marketplace. Get the most out of your 3D mapping with ArcGIS. Use existing 2D technology and data. Unleash 3D. Automate processes and workflows. Power maps, apps, and analytics with an intelligent data model. ... View more

ArcGIS Workflow Manager Better Manage GIS Tasks and Resources ArcGIS® Work  ow Manager is an extension to ArcGIS for Desktop and ArcGIS for Server that lets organizations develop and enforce standard, repeatable geographic information system (GIS) work  flows throughout the enterprise. ArcGIS Work  ow Manager greatly improves the  efficiency of GIS operations by organizing and automating the relationships between the activities in a GIS project, including any non-GIS activities that are required. Work  ow creation and management are centralized to ensure consistency across operations within the organization as well as with contractors. ... View more