Esri Press Releases

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Esri Releases Latest Land Cover Map with Updated Sentinel-2 Satellite Data
Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, in its partnership with Impact Observatory, has released an updated global land-use/land-cover map of the world based on the most up-to-date 10-meter Sentinel-2 satellite data. In the update, the Sentinel-2 10m Land Use/Land Cover Time Series include...
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Esri’s ArcGIS Basemaps Integrated into Autodesk Civil 3D and AutoCAD
Industry leaders in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sectors are increasingly relying on the interoperability of geographic information systems (GIS) and building information modeling (BIM) to reduce costs and boost efficiency across construction projects. In support of AEC orga...
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Esri Releases ArcGIS Velocity for Analysis of Real-Time IoT Data
Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced the release of ArcGIS Velocity. Previously known as ArcGIS Analytics for IoT, Velocity is a new cloud-native capability for ingestion, processing, visualization, and analysis of real-time and high-volume geospatial data on the fly. It...
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Esri Releases New Book Designed to Improve Efficiency of Mobile Work
A biologist in a rainforest making observations on indigenous frogs, an engineer maintaining utility equipment, and a citizen scientist taking water samples from a creek are all doing fieldwork. Their work is anchored by location. No matter what electronic tools they take into the field, they all ta...
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RSK Group supports company growth with enterprise GIS from Esri UK
RSK Group has awarded a new enterprise GIS contract to Esri UK, to increase the use of geospatial technology across the business and support its ambitious growth plans. The 3-year agreement spanning 14 countries will allow RSK to deploy online geospatial technology more easily and meet a growing dem...
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Esri’s Dr. Dawn Wright Selected for 2024 US Science Envoys
Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, is proud to announce that the US Department of State has selected the company’s chief scientist, Dr. Dawn Wright, among four distinguished scientists to serve as a new US Science Envoy in 2024. Through the program, eminent scientists and engine...
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GeoComm Receives Esri’s GIS for Good Award at Esri Partner Conference for Exceptional Achievement
GeoComm received Esri’s GIS for Good award at the 2024 Esri Partner Conference (EPC). This award was presented to GeoComm for compelling use of Esri technology to make an impact on current issues around the world, such as sustainable development, climate change, diversity and social equity, and huma...
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ROK Technologies, LLC receives Esri’s Collaboration Award for Exceptional Achievement at the 2024 Esri Partner Conference (EPC)
ROK Technologies received the Collaboration Award for successful customer win due to partner-to-partner collaboration at the 2024 Esri Partner Conference (EPC) held March 10–11, 2024. This award was announced at the EPC Plenary session on Sunday. Esri is the global leader in location intelligence wi...
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Esri UK launches new geospatial student scholarships to help diversify the industry
 Esri UK today announced it has partnered with Akama Fund, a charity dedicated to supporting students and facilitating accessible scholarships, to create a new scholarship programme for Black and mixed Black heritage students. Designed to support 60 higher education students, in disciplines rel...