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With rising climate challenges, urban forests will play a key role in mitigating global warming effects; certified arborist Paul D. Graham shares his insight on how a geographic approach helps universities manage their campus forests.
Nearly one-third of the world’s population—more than two billion people—lack access to safe water. And nearly all of them have no way of knowing if the life-sustaining liquid they draw from a village pump could kill them or make them deathly ill until it’s too late. A few months ago, developers in India turned to GIS to devise a safe drinking water solution. Read here to learn more about this initiative to manage water quality through GIS.
Mapping the ocean has a plethora of benefits with climate modeling being the most urgent. Shockingly, less than 20% of the ocean floor has been mapped, and 13% of that was accomplished in the last four years. Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist of Esri, explains why we need to map the ocean and what support is required to get the job done.
The most pressing challenges humanity faces, from climate and equity, to infrastructure and pandemic, are both global and local, urgent and long-term. To address them, we need pinpoint precision at planetary scale, which requires combining technology with a geographic approach. This article by Esri’s Chief Marketing Officer Marianna Kantor explains such a thing is possible—it’s a matter of both technology and mindset.
Esri’s Chief Marketing Officer, Marianna Kantor, has been acknowledged by Women We Admire as a top woman leader in technology. In her 6+ years at Esri, Marianna has transformed our Marketing organization into a modern, high-performing growth engine and established a culture of excellence. The Top 100 Women Leaders in Technology list recognizes the most influential women working in senior executive leadership and other high impact positions within organizations working to advance our global economy and society. Our Marketing team continues to grow and we have openings for writers, marketing specialists, project managers, and much more. Maybe you will become part of Marianna’s team and thrive under her leadership!
Today, geography matters more than ever. This short video kicked off this year’s Esri User Conference, which was attended virtually by more than 50,000 of our customers around the globe. See how Esri technology is enabling our customers to create a sustainable future in their communities and beyond.
The #EsriUC is less than a month away! Learn about the latest innovations in GIS technology during our technical workshops and sessions. Network virtually with thousands of your peers, and find solutions in the Expo. Registration is complimentary. Register here: https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/registration
Meet Fasil, a senior product engineer on the ArcGIS Business Analyst team in Product Development. His journey to a career with Esri began at the 2012 User Conference. Fasil stopped by the Careers in GIS booth and expressed his interest in joining Esri. “I always believed in the power of GIS and Esri’s commitment to make a difference in our world by providing the tools to accomplish these goals.” As they say, the rest is history … after few months he moved his family from Phoenix to Redlands and started his career at Esri. With team members in Esri offices around the globe, Fasil believes that team collaboration is the key driver for his team’s success. “Great online communication and collaboration using any available media is important,” he says. In his 9 years with Esri, Fasil has seen great career growth. He started in technical support as a support analyst assisting and teaching our customers about ArcGIS. “I was able to learn so much in the process,” he says. After few years as a senior analyst in tech support, he moved into his current role as a product engineer.
We need to use the best science, design, and geographic thinking to address pressing environmental challenges. GIS integrates these approaches as well as multiple data types and allows us to look at problems holistically. #ClimateAction
We're proud to announce that Jack Dangermond has been awarded the Planet and Humanity Medal by the International Geographical Union (IGU) for his contributions to global sustainability. Our sincere congratulations! https://igu-online.org/announcement-of-igu-awards-2021/
