Wildfire Awareness🔥FireGuard's National Guard analysts provide 24/7 monitoring of wildfires across North America since 2019. Next up is FireSat designed specifically for wildfire detection, offering global coverage every 20 minutes by 2030. 🛰️ https://ow.ly/fMaF50Xb78C

As the land narrows in southern Mexico, it creates a bottleneck effect causing a “river of raptors.”Audubon’s Alas Seguras (safe wings) tool uses GIS to map important areas in Colombia for migratory birds, guiding conservation efforts and preservation recommendations. https://ow.ly/Xcn450X7Ro1

When tornadoes hit Tallahassee, TLCGIS used geospatial AI to assess tree damage in days instead of months. This and other AI innovations shows how mid-sized cities can leverage automation to recover faster from disasters. 🌳🗺️ https://ow.ly/21cY50X4ojp

JXN Water fixed leaks by breaking down departmental silos and putting GIS at the center. Plant operators now coordinate with field crews, meter techs talk to repair teams—all working from the same ArcGIS Utility Network foundation. 🚰 www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Sustainable Agriculture at Trinchero Family Estates 🍇 Doug Wood uses GIS to manage 9,000 acres with boutique precision across California's diverse wine regions. One of America's leading wineries produces 28M bottles while treating every vine individually. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children just launched an interactive map that transforms how communities can help find missing kids. For the first time, missing child posters appear on a public map. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

MITRE's "Project Homeland" merges graph analytics that reveal critical infrastructure interdependencies with geographic mapping showing proximity patterns—exposing critical connectivity across energy, water, transportation, and communications networks. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

When a rancher bulldozed 175+ penguin nests, explorer Popi Borboroglu & National Geographic mapper Sam Guilford used satellites to help prosecutor Florencia Gómez win justice—expanding wildlife protection 8x. Tech meets tenacity. 🐧⚖️ www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Memories of Hurricane Katrina still guide skill and tool advancements to be sure we are prepared. This story details an exercise that tested the latest version of the Search and Rescue Common Operating Platform (SARCOP) from @NAPSGFoundation. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Hawaii’s new Department of Law Enforcement is pioneering the use of virtual reality—using geographic information system (GIS) technology to build a geospatial digital twin—to enhance security, incident response, and training. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Sheriff departments across Southern California are using mobile GIS to coordinate faster, safer wildfire evacuations—transforming how teams communicate, respond, and protect communities. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

In an era where data overwhelms and attention spans shrink, Allen Carroll believes maps have the power to captivate us. And he’s spent his career proving it. His new book, Telling Stories with Map chronicles a remarkable journey. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Seattle Police Department’s GIS transformation survived budget cuts and staff turnover to emerge stronger, evolving from paper maps to real-time digital systems for event security now powering everything from parades, concerts, and global sporting events. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

South Africa’s tiny Pickersgill’s reed frog serves as an indicator species whose presence signals ecosystem health. Conservation efforts by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has resulted in government policies that expand habitat, guide land use, and reduce harm. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

The Nature Conservancy @nature.org has applied geospatial AI and an environmental digital twin to guide the restoration and protection of Caribbean coral and its precious biodiversity. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History reaches five million visitors each year. Learn more about Kirk Johnson and how he values maps to leave them with an appreciation for the natural world and our place in it. www.esri.com/about/newsro... #EsriUC2025

Great showcase of Chattanooga at #UC2025. Hear more about America's first National Park City with this interview with Mayor Kelly. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Forward-thinking governors in Oregon, Utah, and Colorado are using GIS technology to transform the affordable housing crisis into visible opportunities that accelerate development, build public support, and create more livable communities. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

The @CityofDenver, working with @Stantec, has transformed its printed Storm Drainage Master Plan into an interactive online portal, making vital flood risk information easily accessible to residents, officials, and developers. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Here’s a Science of Where podcast about how drones have revolutionized mapping. Their flexibility and low cost had an immediate impact on the quality and frequency of imagery in GIS, with steady gains for real-time awareness and operational workflows. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

When catastrophic floods hit South Brazil, GIS company Codex turned personal tragedy into purpose, creating 17 emergency response apps in 30 days to help rescue efforts. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Chattanooga's Mayor Tim Kelly guides the use of GIS to quantify the city's natural assets to become America's first National Park City. In the process, they discovered hidden parcels for conservation while proving that nature's value drives economic growth. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Houston, the fourth largest city in the US, relies on 4,000 Public Works employees to keep critical infrastructure running. The department has modernized infrastructure management using GIS technology, cloud services, mobile apps, and AI. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

When Professor David Padgett began supporting environmental justice advocates with maps and analysis using GIS, he established a model that transformed community experiences into scientific data that clearly shows impacts. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Three friends from rural Illinois—a 911 director with paramedic experience, a GIS professor with student workers, and an emergency communications coordinator—turned an altercation at a cross country meet into a pioneering indoor school mapping initiative. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

DC Fire & EMS went from spreadsheets and confusion to real-time dashboards tracking every unit and asset. A passionate firefighter and a technologist made the most of enterprise GIS for life-saving transformations. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s revitalization of historic Wrexham stadium showcases innovative GIS and BIM integration, combining sustainable design with community context. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

How do you find a white beluga whale among all that ice? Scientists at Fisheries and Oceans Canada use AI and GIS to spot these elusive Arctic whales, enhancing conservation efforts and sustaining an important resource for Inuit communities. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Wondering about the species in your area? Check out the Map of Life. A new effort uses drones, AI, and GIS to fill in gaps in the map in remote and biodiversity-rich areas such as the Amazon. #BiodiversityDay www.esri.com/about/newsro...

The Map of Life Rapid Assessments (MOLRA) system uses drones, sophisticated sensors, and AI to collect audio, visual, and genetic samples to support detailed species mapping—where plants and animals are likely to be and how those populations are changing. ow.ly/559850VVIg0

The National Park Service has been working to standardize how they track and document fossils using GIS. This work to record and map finds helps them preserve ancient treasures and dig into the data rather than the dirt. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

RoyOMartin's use of GIS technology, drones, and satellite imagery has helped maximize timber growth on its 550,000 acres of forest to deliver construction materials for affordable housing that is grown and manufactured in Louisiana and Texas. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

At Cornelius-Lemley Fire Rescue, incident commanders now assess the situation with GIS views of the lake enhanced with live tracking feeds—transforming how response teams navigate and collaborate during emergencies. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) has revolutionized septic permit processing in Tennessee's rapidly growing rural areas by implementing an advanced GIS system, cutting down the average permit issuance time to under 13 days. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

City planners are using GIS technology to maintain a balance between forests and developed land. Trees are now managed as assets for the many measurable ecosystem services they deliver. #EarthDay #ArborDay www.esri.com/about/newsro...

National Health Service Scotland is revolutionizing healthcare sustainability by leveraging GIS technology to map and enhance their extensive land holdings and greenspaces, leading to the promotion of nature as part of the cure. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Scientists and conservationists at the Snow Leopard Trust are using GIS technology and community collaboration to map snow leopard habitats, analyze their movements, and develop sustainable conservation strategies. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

The University of Kentucky's digital twin provides a centralized arena for integrated operations management. It displays campuswide 3D buildings, floor plans, underground infrastructure, and crew locations to optimize facility and asset management. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Mansir Muhammed documents Nigeria’s invisible war using satellite imagery, open data, and GIS. He maps for HumAngle Media to reveal the cost of conflict and instability that has ravaged his homeland, relating the human story of terror, loss, and displacement. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

When COVID became a pandemic, responders harnessed GIS to assess risks, coordinate responses, issue alerts, prioritize the most vulnerable populations, and forecast future scenarios. This retrospective showcases the heroism of GIS users in this crisis. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Location scouts from Disney locked onto Magna, Utah’s Old Main Street and have featured it in many productions. Planners worked to revitalize the mostly vacant area by creating a digital twin to promote housing and add modern amenities. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Learn how Cindy Barbera-Brelle, Illinois’s statewide 911 administrator, has led a modernization effort to rally more than 100 public safety answering points to streamline processes and improve data quality for a Next Generation 911 (NG911) system. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Mapping the Nation: Guiding Good Governance is now available with stories about using the common denominator of location and GIS to understand context and drive economic, societal, and environmental improvements. The geographic approach creates good governance. go.esri.com/mtn-2025

The Lamlash Bay on the Isle of Arran—the UK's first community-led marine protected area—is managed by volunteers who use GIS to map underwater conditions, collect research data, monitor biodiversity, and record the remarkable comeback from trawling. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

The Biodiversity Net Gain law in England requires developers to replace lost habitats in full and add 10 percent to improve nature post-development. GIS technology is being tapped to map and illustrate where natural lands are now and where they can be enhanced. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

The Biodiversity Net Gain law in England requires developers to replace lost habitats in full and add 10 percent to improve nature post-development. GIS technology is being tapped to illustrate where natural lands are now and where they can be enhanced. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

The US National Guard uses GIS to balance military training with the conservation of the rare eastern regal fritillary butterfly that thrives on the disturbed soil of the bombing range. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

In honor of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, this story highlights the work of iMMAP Inc. and @thehalotrust.bsky.social to teach women how to use GIS to gather data, create maps, and provide an operational awareness that leads to better outcomes. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Planners across the US are changing the map to promote active transportation, with well-designed and well-connected bikeways giving people a way to take part in improving air quality and reducing carbon emissions while getting physically fit. www.esri.com/about/newsro...

Dickinson, Texas, embraces vertical growth and mixed-use development to revitalize its downtown, using GIS technology for strategic urban planning. www.esri.com/about/newsro...