Mapping the Indoors

Mapping the Indoors

One of the great things about being an Esri partner is getting in early on the latest applications, in some cases working side by side with them to help make the technology even better. The recent ArcGIS Indoors workshop that I attended was one of those partner events where I got the chance to learn about ArcGIS Indoors, an indoor mapping system, and share my thoughts on how to make it even better. 

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Increasing Transportation Planning Resiliency with Landslide Vulnerability Modeling

Increasing Transportation Planning Resiliency with Landslide Vulnerability Modeling

April showers bring May flowers has been a saying from as far back as the 1500s. Lately, the showers just keep coming—and so does the stormwater that follows. All this rain is leading to an increase in landslides, damaging roads and highways in southwestern Pennsylvania. Last year, millions of dollars were allocated for landslide remediation in this region.

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Mapping the Madness – The 2019 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament

Mapping the Madness – The 2019 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament

March Madness is finally upon us! An exhilarating time when college basketball is once again thrust into the mainstream media spotlight as teams work their way toward the Big Dance. The 68-team single-elimination tournament officially began its jam-packed schedule March 17 on Selection Sunday. Fans from across the country are poring over the final selection of teams and stats to craft the perfect bracket.

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Notify Improves SUEZ North America’s Emergency Notifications Process

Notify Improves SUEZ North America’s Emergency Notifications Process

Timing is everything.

In 2016, I met with Shannon Decker, GIS Manager for the Mid-Atlantic Division of SUEZ Water North America, at the Esri Water Conference in Austin, Texas. SUEZ needed to shave off hours spent on a single emergency notification campaign to improve response time and decrease the inefficiencies inherent in their process.

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