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Esri Joins Partnership to Help Local Governments Use Mapping Technology to Tackle Equity Issues

GISuser — Tue, 16 May 2023 19:27:04 +0000

Collaboration Brings Multiple Organizations Together to Create First Chief Equity Officer Network REDLANDS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Governments and businesses worldwide are increasingly prioritizing equity through their policies and practices. To implement these policies, organizations must understand that equity challenges are fundamentally a geographic issue. To support these efforts, Esri, the world leader in location intelligence, has joined a […]

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Northampton Borough, Pennsylvania Pursues Digital Transformation

GISuser — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:19:58 +0000

The Northampton County municipality selects GovPilot as provider of cloud-based government management software to streamline operations and constituent services Northampton, Pennsylvania, Feb. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A transition from paper to digital processes is underway in Northampton Borough, Pennsylvania where local officials have sought greater efficiency in municipal operations and constituent services. The village […]

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Johns Creek, Georgia, Adopts ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online to Digitize Municipal Maps

GISuser — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 21:27:52 +0000

Atlanta Suburb Moves Archival Imagery to the Cloud, Making It Easily Available to the Public REDLANDS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In the years before Johns Creek adopted Esri’s ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online, a two-person team in the city just outside Atlanta had been innovating ways of managing its data so it was more accessible within departments and to […]

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City of Plano Partners with Aurigo Masterworks to Digitize Capital Program Management

GISuser — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 20:41:55 +0000

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Aurigo Software, the leading provider of capital planning and construction management software for infrastructure and private owners, today announced it had entered into a multiyear contract with the City of Plano to help automate the agency’s capital program. In October of 2020, the City of Plano announced their Community Investment Program (CIP), a five-year guide […]

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Upper Egypt Local Development Program Selects Esri Software for Data-Driven Governance

GISuser — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 19:04:45 +0000

Region to Use GIS for Comprehensive, Sustainable Development Projects REDLANDS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–When the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a global call to action to achieve a more sustainable future for all by 2030, many countries committed to the cause. Egypt, which launched its strategy in 2016, met the obstacle of geographic […]

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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. to Showcase 911 Solutions for States and Local Jurisdictions at NENA 2021

GISuser — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:00:12 +0000

MELVILLE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 26, 2021 — Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL), a global leading provider of next-generation 911 emergency systems and secure wireless communications technologies, announced today that it will be showcasing all of the Company’s Next Generation 911 (“NG911”) solutions July 26-27 at the annual National Emergency Number Association (“NENA”) Conference & Expo. With […]

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Making the city of Dubai work for the citizen with location data

Editor — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:58:02 +0000

Ordnance Survey and Dubai Municipality sign for second year of a contract to create a Geospatial Services Centre in Dubai. The contract has been extended following a successful first year, which saw Great Britain’s mapping service begin working with Dubai Municipality’s Geographic Information Systems Centre (GISC) to implement a multi-year geospatial development strategy. The strategy […]

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Hexagon’s HxDR to host 3DNL, Cyclomedia’s Digital Twin of the Netherlands

Editor — Sun, 02 May 2021 13:30:00 +0000

Hexagon provides Cyclomedia with Leica CityMapper-2 to capture nationwide 3D data and the HxDR cloud-based visualisation and collaboration platform for geospatial data and services (Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 29 April 2021) Hexagon’s Geosystems division, a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions, announces that Dutch company Cyclomedia uses HxDR, Hexagon’s cloud-based visualisation and collaboration platform for geospatial data and services, […]

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Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Launches Center for Geospatial Solutions @landpolicy

Editor — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:42:59 +0000

New technology hub will open access to valuable geospatial data and analysis CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy today launched a new enterprise to expand the use of advanced technology for land and water conservation—The Center for Geospatial Solutions (CGS). The center will give people and organizations the tools they need to manage land and water […]

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Data initiative sets sights on tackling global ocean challenges

Editor — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 00:03:45 +0000

NOAA, Vulcan Skylight enter into public-private partnership NOAA announced a new pilot program with Vulcan Inc. to utilize Skylight, a maritime information tool developed to address Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities. Under this contractual agreement, Skylight will be used to provide data solutions that may help NOAA Fisheries and its partners identify potential […]

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