ESRI
“ OUR INNOVATIONS HAVE LED TO ADVANCES WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES TOWARDS SOLVING PROBLEMS AROUND THE WORLD ”
ARTHUR HADDAD CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER , LOCATION ANALYTICS , ESRI
inspiration to create maps that actually tell a story .” The answer , in part , is the company ’ s smart mapping solution as part of ArcGIS . “ Smart mapping takes a statistical representation of your data , interrogates it , understands what the categories are and provides you with options . We then go a step further and provide intelligent defaults so that right off the bat you can automatically have a correct representation of your data . It means that you don ’ t have to know much about cartography to create the proper map .”
Along the same lines , the company is expanding access via its ArcGIS Online platform , which enables individuals to work with its GIS via a simple browser . “ After signing up for an ArcGIS online subscription , you can get working immediately ,” says Haddad . “ At the same time , administrators can add additional capabilities as they need to , whether creating maps , organising teams and groups and enabling specific essential app bundles . Even the Microsoft bundles directly inside of ArcGIS online are simply a matter of configuration . Think of it as a no-coding approach to working with geographic information systems .” Naturally , the online experience has parity with other versions . “ Everything that ’ s online is also available on premises - so you don ' t have to leave your company structure if you don ’ t want to . It ’ s about ease of use and making GIS tools accessible to many more people via SaaS or on-premises offerings .”
As with all companies around the globe , Esri has had to adapt to the ongoing COVID- 19 pandemic . “ We ' ve had to quickly shift from our traditional ways of working - from the hallway conversations , gathering in meeting rooms and going out to the pub
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