News Roundup – March 2025
How can GIS tools help better understand water resources? How exactly does Ratio.City take user feedback on board? How are GIS tools helping provide the public with information about drought-affected areas in the United States? Learn more in the News Roundup for March 2025.
Feature Stories
Share your best apps with the GIS Success Stories program
Have you created a great app 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 as you’d like. Submit today!
Geographical Thinking: Episode 96 – Geographical Thinking Caps: Icicle HQ
On this episode of Geographical Thinking, host Michelle Brake takes guests into the snowy world of geography and holiday traditions. Our contestants battle it out, answering everything from ice-cold trivia about northern lights to festive facts on quirky winter customs. With plenty of holiday cheer and a dash of friendly competition, who will be crowned the true winter wonderland whiz? Grab a cup of cocoa and join us for this fun-filled, frosty challenge—let the games begin!
Listen to the latest episode of Geographical Thinking here.
Powering Canadian Mapping: Accessibility and Utility Basemaps Released
The Community Map of Canada has released two new basemaps designed to enhance your mapping workflow. The Grey Accessible / Accessible (Gris) basemap style is designed with accessibility in mind and the Neutral Utility / Services Publics (Neutre) basemap style provides a clean and minimalist backdrop.
Loving our water resources with Arc Hydro
Take care of one of our most precious resources—water—with the help of the community, data model, tools and workflows provided by Arc Hydro.
We want to hear from you: the importance of user feedback
Here at Ratio.City, a division of Esri Canada, we take user feedback seriously because we know that your ability to use and enjoy the platform is what keeps people coming back. Having user feedback is so important for our product design that we have a dedicated role in the Ratio.City department for user research. Learn more about how Ratio.City collects and uses feedback in this blog post.
Esri Canada News
Esri Canada achieves three ISO certifications in data security
February 11, 2025
Esri News
Esri Developer & Technology Summit Features Expanded Program to Reflect Growth of Geospatial Development
February 11, 2025
Esri Advances Secure Drone Solutions with Blue UAS Cleared, Federally Approved Drone
February 20, 2025
Esri Launches Content Store for ArcGIS to Provide Easier Access to On-Demand, GIS-Ready Imagery
February 24, 2025
Esri Recognizes Partners for Achievement in US Federal Government Market
February 24, 2025
Resources
ArcUser: Nature-Based Solutions Aim to Fortify Point Hope
In early 2020, the public benefit corporation and Esri partner EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., met with members of the trilateral committee that runs the city of Point Hope—the tribal Village of Point Hope, the municipal government of the City of Point Hope and the Indigenous-owned Tikiġaq Corporation. The team aimed to use GIS technology—including drone imagery and ArcGIS Pro—to get a clearer picture of how the changing climate impacts Point Hope, and what can be done to mitigate the effects of these changes on the environment and the community.
Read the latest issue of ArcUser online.
ArcNews: Enhanced Drought Aware App Offers More Ways to Explore the Effects of Drought
The Drought Aware app, available in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, provides information about drought-affected areas in the United States over various time intervals from 2000 to today and across different drought intensities. After a recent enhancement to the app, Drought Aware integrates critical information from additional data layers, including population, housing, river flow, reservoirs, crops and agricultural labour.
Read the latest issue of ArcNews online.
WhereNext Magazine: From Local to National: The Growth of an Upstart Business
To help the Joint grow from a small business into the largest chiropractic provider in the United States, decision-makers used market analysis to find the right locations for growth.
Video: FS Technology: Unlocking Efficiency and the Role of BIM & GIS in the Italian Railways
One of the largest industrial companies in Italy, FS Technology, uses BIM and GIS to minimize risk, automate repetitive tasks and streamline communication across stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. By integrating Esri's ArcGIS environmental data into its Autodesk workflows, FS Technology can monitor and assess a project's environmental impact from the start.