News Roundup – May 2025
How is geographic information system (GIS) technology being used to shape effective and resilient climate action plans? How can advanced GIS technology help avoid costly mistakes and spot risks early in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) projects? What are some ways that local government leaders can innovate on critical issues like housing, climate change and infrastructure management? Learn more in the News Roundup for May 2025.
Feature Stories
Share your best maps with the GIS Success Stories program
Have you created a beautiful map using Esri technology? Share it with the GIS Success Stories program and we’ll share it with our audience of more than 60,000 GIS enthusiasts. No deadline; submit as many stories as you’d like. Submit today!
Geographical Thinking: Episode 100: Climate Action Plans with a Sunny Outlook
In this episode of Geographical Thinking, host Michelle Brake is joined by Sunny Fleming, director of Environment, Conservation & Natural Resources Solutions at Esri, to explore the crucial role of GIS in shaping effective and resilient climate action plans.
Listen to the latest episode of Geographical Thinking here.
Embracing GIS in AEC: The key to industry-wide digital transformation
Avoid costly mistakes and spot risks early. In this first post of our series on geographic information system (GIS) technology in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, see how connected data helps you tackle challenges like land-use conflicts and outdated designs for smoother, smarter workflows.
Coming in HOT: Resources to Keep You Informed this Wildfire Season
The 2025 wildfire season is here, and we want to make sure you have the resources you need to stay informed. This curated, authoritative Canadian content can help you analyze natural disasters and better prepare for the future.
Modernizing Property Sketching with GeoSketch
Tired of juggling property sketches across disconnected tools? The GeoSketch tool in the Assessment Analyst® GAMA Editor modernizes property sketching with geo-referenced tools, improving accuracy, collaboration and real-world alignment for assessors.
Navigating Climate Whiplash: Essential Canadian Flood and Drought Resources
Want to better understand drought and flooding events in Canada? We’ve curated data sources—all available in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World—that you can use for your research and to build GIS information products.
ArcGIS Knowledge and the graph store will give you so much more
Discover the power of ArcGIS Knowledge to model truly connected real-world systems. It’s like having a fussy spreadsheet, a versatile mapmaker and a wise geographer all rolled into one mighty tool.
Make better decisions on critical local government issues
Introducing the GIS Playbook for Local Government Leaders, featuring 70+ innovative ways to navigate today’s municipal, county-level and regional challenges using a geographic approach.
Esri Canada News
Esri Canada releases GIS Playbook for Local Government Leaders
April 24, 2025
Esri News
Esri Adds California Live Camera Feeds to ArcGIS for Better Awareness of Wildfires and Other Disasters
April 8, 2025
ASCE Partners with Esri to Help Governments Make Smarter Targeted Infrastructure Improvements
April 7, 2025
Esri Helps Bring Up-to-Date Road Closure Information to Consumer Mapping Apps
April 3, 2025
Esri Releases Expanded Edition of the World’s Most Comprehensive GIS Dictionary
April 2, 2025
Resources
ArcUser: APTA’s Industry Footprint App Underpins Its Support of Public Transportation
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA), which supports and advocates for public transit initiatives, has long used ArcGIS technology to provide data analysis to its membership. This service evolved in the past few years into APTA’s Industry Footprint application. Created primarily using ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, the application is used by the association’s 1,500 members to communicate information about public transportation projects, funding and initiatives.
Read the latest issue of ArcUser online.
ArcNews: As Wildfires Raged, Satellite Imagery and GIS Helped Fill In Information Gaps
By the end of January, 2025 had already reportedly become the second-most destructive year for fires in California’s history. Esri partner ICEYE, which operates the world’s largest synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation, quickly delivered radar-based building-damage analysis to federal, state and local organizations, allowing them to better understand how the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire were evolving and begin early damage assessments.
Read the latest issue of ArcNews online.
WhereNext Magazine: Modernizing Infrastructure in Tight Spaces
A vibrant transportation network is like the circulatory system of an economy, and efforts to modernize would be ponderous without digital twin technology.
Video: Restoring Critical Infrastructure After Disaster Events
Brian Ham, senior environmental program manager of the Tennessee Department of Environment Conservation and Sunny Fleming of Esri talked about the role GIS played in the response to Hurricane Helene.