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REDLANDS, Calif., Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wind energy professionals across Europe now have a local source for the exchange of ideas, success stories, and information about geospatial technology for on- and offshore wind farms: the Esri European Wind User Group. The group's mission is to discuss the best ways to meet daily challenges and learn how proven applications of geographic information system (GIS) technology from Esri and its partners can support wind farm business...
REDLANDS, Calif., Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Last month, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the agency's first-ever crowdsourcing initiative to clean and map development data such as guarantees, loans disbursed, and available financing. Volunteers used a simple crowdsourcing tool created with Esri technology to find the required location information. This data can now be easily visualized on an Esri Story Map and in ArcGIS Online, providing better...
REDLANDS, Calif., Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri today announced the launch of a new web portal that supplies search and rescue (SAR) personnel with GIS tools, educational materials, and a virtual community for learning and sharing. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) "The launch of the MapSAR website is the result of a community of search and rescue personnel linked together by their use of GIS," says Russ Johnson, global director of disaster...
REDLANDS, Calif., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolfgang Hall, a longtime transportation and logistics professional and former business development manager of the solutions group at Esri, has been appointed as Esri's global industry solution manager for logistics and supply chain management. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) With more than 20 years of transportation and logistics systems experience, Hall brings a wealth of private- and public-sector...
REDLANDS, Calif., July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri recognized more than 170 organizations during the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Awards ceremony yesterday at the annual Esri International User Conference (Esri UC) in San Diego, California. The SAG Awards acknowledge innovative and intelligent applications of GIS technology. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) "Each year, the SAG Awards highlight extraordinary achievements and efforts to improve...
REDLANDS, Calif., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri has joined the ocean business alliance World Ocean Council (WOC) and will support its international initiatives for sustainable development and conservation of the ocean. Esri chief scientist Dawn Wright will share her geospatial expertise with WOC's Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (CMSP) and Ocean Science working groups. Esri is the world leader in GIS. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO)...
REDLANDS, Calif., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Esri announced a strategic alliance with Microsoft to assist public and private agencies and communities around the world during disasters. Microsoft will display Esri public information maps on its cloud-based Disaster Response Incident Portal, as well as point citizens to the maps via its online outlets, such as MSN and Bing. Esri's ArcGIS integration within a number of Microsoft's disaster response management solutions will...
REDLANDS, Calif., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri today released Esri Maps for Office, a new analysis tool that allows business professionals to visualize data by creating and sharing interactive maps directly within Microsoft Office. Esri Maps for Office is a downloadable add-in for Microsoft Office 2010 that helps organizations make better decisions through location analytics. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) "By bringing the power of location...
REDLANDS, Calif., July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri announced today that Maptel, a mobile application development company based in Melbourne, Australia, has joined their organization. The addition of Maptel, who has been the developer for Esri's ArcPad software for several years, will strengthen Esri's field data collection capabilities and its overall mobile platform. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) "We have worked side-by-side with Esri for many...
REDLANDS, Calif., July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Citizens of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, now have quick access to voting information and directions to polling places from the web or their mobile devices. In just a few weeks, the county leveraged its existing geographic information system (GIS), along with a free mapping application template from Esri, to launch a polling place locator application in time for the county's July 17 election. Officials expect the application to...
