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Esri Location Analytics Improves Decision Making with Cloud Capabilities, Mapping, and Geo-enabled Data REDLANDS, Calif., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri Location Analytics enables organizations to maximize data and applications by revealing the where in their corporate data. Esri Location Analytics extends the value of traditional enterprise applications by incorporating GIS to help you visualize, question, analyze, interpret, and understand data. It consists of a scalable...

Applications Give Insight into Enterprise Data and Speed Field Data Collection REDLANDS, Calif., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri has created two new applications to monitor daily operations and simplify field data collection. Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS provides a common operating picture and allows decision makers to monitor, track, and report on daily operations. Collector for ArcGIS allows users to capture and report spatial and/or tabular information directly from their...

Reducing Costs While Improving Customer Service Is All in a Day's Work for ArcGIS for Transportation Analytics REDLANDS, Calif., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Interstate Batteries, a $1 billion, privately held company, has kicked off a project to integrate enterprise routing into its corporate marketing system, Market IQ. Based on Esri's ArcGIS for Transportation Analytics, Market IQ will now provide routing data, sales orders, and marketing information to more than 300 independent...

InterPro Solutions, LLC announces a set of new features for EZMaxMobile. EZMaxMobile can now access, utilize and interact with ArcGIS sourced maps to visually map assets, locations and work orders. Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) March 04, 2013 InterPro Solutions LLC, a leader in mobile asset management products, has announced a set of new features for EZMaxMobile. EZMaxMobile now offers ESRI ArcGIS integration and push notifications for work orders to allow additional mapping intelligence and...

REDLANDS, Calif., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lining Up Data in ArcGIS: A Guide to Map Projections,Second Edition, is an easy-to-navigate troubleshooting reference for any geographic information system (GIS) user who works with coordinate systems. Complete with full-color maps and diagrams, this book presents practical techniques to help readers identify data projections, create custom projections to align data, and resolve common issues. (Photo:...

REDLANDS, Calif., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Conservation Planning: Shaping the Future details how working scientists develop conservation plans using the best available scientific methods, data, and technology for sustainable development, the preservation of natural resources, and the protection of wildlife. Each of the 15 chapters is written by a different team of conservation specialists. The book includes discussions on umbrella species, terrestrial and aquatic habitat...

Hackathons, Happy Hours, Interactive Maps, and a Photo Booth Are Just a Few Highlights AUSTIN, Texas, and REDLANDS, Calif., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri steps on the South by Southwest (SXSW) stage this year with the Esri Lavahouse, a clubhouse for hackers, entrepreneurs, developers, and executives. The Esri Lavahouse will be available as part of the annual music, film, and interactive conference and festival held in Austin, Texas, and will be open and free to the public...

Esri's All-Time Best-Selling Workbook Evolves for ArcGIS 10.1 REDLANDS, Calif., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Getting to Know ArcGIS for Desktop, Third Edition, from Esri Press, is a fundamental workbook for GIS beginners that introduces the underlying principles of GIS within the context of a structured ArcGIS lesson plan. Originally published in 2001, this best-selling textbook has been enhanced for ArcGIS 10.1 compatibility and offers many new graphics and discussions about...

10 Million Square Kilometers of Imagery Added to ArcGIS Basemap Service REDLANDS, Calif., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri and DigitalGlobe recently updated the ArcGIS World Imagery basemap service with more than 10 million square kilometers of high-resolution aerial views. The World Imagery map is a free map service for ArcGIS users that contains quality contributions from Esri partners and the global GIS community. The World Imagery Map is one of several useful basemap...

REDLANDS, Calif., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Third in Esri's Mapping the Nation series, Mapping the Nation: Pioneering a New Platform for Government includes 133 full-color maps produced by more than 30 United States federal government agencies, including the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Senate. It demonstrates how government at the national level uses GIS to encourage citizen involvement, foster understanding between diverse...