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Friday, November 1st, 2024
In a significant stride toward unifying the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) sector, Esri and Autodesk have taken their collaboration to new heights by integrating Esri’s ArcGIS geospatial data directly into Autodesk Forma. The integration, announced at the 2024 Autodesk University in San Diego, brings transformative enhancements to the design and planning phases of AECO projects, arming professionals with precise geographic data to inform critical early decisions. This groundbreaking partnership promises to reshape the way buildings and infrastructure are conceived and constructed.
The announcement comes at a pivotal moment when AECO professionals are increasingly relying on digital tools to navigate the complexities of modern urban design. Traditionally, planners, architects, and engineers have had to juggle multiple platforms, often resulting in disjointed workflows and data loss between tools. This new integration of Esri’s comprehensive spatial data into Autodesk Forma addresses those inefficiencies head-on, creating a seamless experience that allows AECO professionals to access real-time geographic data from the outset of any project.
“Forma represents a new foundation for Autodesk in the 2020s, potentially akin to the impact AutoCAD had in the 1990s,” said Marc Goldman, AEC Industry Director at Esri, during our conversation at Autodesk University. He noted that incorporating ArcGIS data in Forma bridges critical gaps in the planning process. “The partnership between Esri and Autodesk is transformative. It combines the power of GIS and BIM in a way that allows teams to start projects with comprehensive geographic context—something that has been sorely lacking in the past,” Goldman emphasized.
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Tags: AECO industry, ArcGIS data, Autodesk Forma, ESRI, GIS integration, sustainable design
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Monday, March 4th, 2024
At the 2024 Esri Federal GIS Conference, Jack Dangermond, president of Esri, offered an enlightening glimpse into the future of geospatial technology, underpinned by the robust capabilities of the ArcGIS platform. Esri’s vision, as articulated by Dangermond, centers on leveraging ArcGIS to transform how professionals across various domains utilize geospatial data to drive efficiencies, innovation, and actionable insights.
ArcGIS emerges not merely as a software solution but as an ecosystem designed to accommodate a diverse array of geospatial needs – from intricate mapping and analytics to sophisticated imagery processing and real-time data management. Its unparalleled ability to assimilate and normalize disparate data types has positioned ArcGIS as an essential tool for entities around the globe.
The cornerstone of ArcGIS’s dominance in the GIS domain is its flexibility and open architecture. It enables myriad implementation strategies to suit different organizational needs, especially for mission-critical applications that demand robustness akin to the most reliable IT systems.
At the heart of the platform’s widespread adoption is its function as a comprehensive content sharing hub. ArcGIS Online alone boasts approximately 60 million shared maps and datasets, fostering an environment where billions of maps are generated daily. This “living atlas” is a testament to the platform’s capacity for growth, continuously integrating data from authoritative sources to serve the GIS community’s evolving needs.
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Last week, we featured the URISA 2012 closing keynote by Esri founder Jack Dangermond, where he highlighted how the GIS sector is poised for massive growth, and how collaboration will be a main driver for adoption and innovation.
Mr. Dangermond also discussed how new technologies are going to further extend GIS into the field, which will enable better and faster decision-making. As a result organizations will be smarter with geospatial technologies serving as the underpinning for strategic growth.
In the second half of his keynote address, Mr. Dangermond dives deeper into how new cloud-based platforms will change how we collaborate and share data, which will also truly become “real time.” And the near ubiquity of mobile devices and applications will drive more people to become more spatially aware. The days of cumbersome GIS systems, which could only be used by a handful of trained professionals, are going by the wayside.
A big driver of change in the geospatial sector is advanced data analytics, which will re-imagine the whole premise of GIS. We will have the software tools and analytics that will allow for pervasive geographic information to be used and accessed at all times.
Be sure to check out part two of Mr. Dangermond’s keynote address at URISA 2012 below.
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Tags: arcgis, ESRI, Geospatial Big Data, Geospatial Collaboration, GIS, Jack Dangermond, URISA 2012
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Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Last year, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) held its GIS-Pro 2012 symposium, which featured a closing keynote by one of the most iconic leaders in the geospatial sector: Esri founder Jack Dangermond.
Mr. Dangermond’s leadership and vision have stimulated the ongoing innovation of GIS technologies that have shaped our sector in profound ways.
In his URISA 2012 closing keynote address, Mr. Dangermond highlighted how the GIS sector is poised for massive growth with a more than a few million GIS professionals around the world. Things will be changing dramatically over the next couple of years.
Driving this radical change is the core premise that GIS can create a better world by enhancing communication and collaboration. New technologies are going to further extend GIS into the field, which will enable better and faster decision-making. Organizations will be smarter with geospatial technologies serving as the underpinning for strategic growth.
Be sure to check out part one of Mr. Dangermond’s keynote address at URISA 2012.
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Tags: ESRI, GIS Systems, Jack Dangermond, Jack Dangermond and Esri, New GIS Innovations, URISA, URISA 2012
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Last month, Esri held its Geodesign Summit, which is an annual gathering of professionals interested in using geospatial technologies to arrive at the best and most sustainable design solutions.
The event’s keynote speaker was Bran Ferren, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Applied Minds. His organization invents and prototypes high technology products and innovative business concepts for the aerospace, defense, intelligence, automotive, architecture, computing, and consumer products sectors.
Needless to say Ferren provided a very innovative perspective on where the future of geodesign is headed. In addition, he discussed how geodesign is becoming a new form of storytelling that will elevate the importance of key issues and global topics.
Farren also discussed how Geodesign plays a key role in “making things actionable in the course of human events.” And, he provided a list of the new big six things that you may want to focus on in terms of Geodesign.
According to Farren, design is a privilege and there are three types of design: reality-based design, fantasy-based design and bad design, which is the dominant form of design. Farren pointed out how bad design is very dominant because many forces make it difficult to truly innovative.
This is merely a snapshot of many of the topics covered in the keynote address. To hear a true innovator discuss the future of design, we highly recommend viewing this video below. (more…)
Tags: Bran Farren, Bran Ferrin and Geodesign Summit, ESRI, Esri and Geodesign, Future of Geodesign, geodesign summit
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Thursday, July 26th, 2012
We have recorded 18 video interviews at the Esri User Conference in San Diego this week. The conference was extremely well attended with more than 15,000 attendees, more than 200 exhibitors, and 100’s of great presentations. The weather was perfect in San Diego making the conference even more enjoyable.
The following video interviews will be published in the coming weeks as we complete the editing process:
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Tags: Esri User Conference, Interview, Video Interview
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
Jason Pardy provides an overview of how Python is used within the ArcGIS system. This video was recorded at the 2012 Esri Developer Summit in March, 2012.
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Monday, April 9th, 2012
Thomas Oaks demonstrates how to easily build 3D content with CityEngine at the Esri Fed GIS Conference in Washington DC in February.
Esri CityEngine is a stand-alone software product that provides professional users in architecture, urban planning, entertainment, GIS and general 3D content production with a unique conceptual design and modeling solution for the efficient creation of 3D cities and buildings.
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Allen Carroll, David Asbury, and Jim Herries show how to build web applications that focus on sharing information with the public. They gave this presentation at the 2012 Esri Fed GIS Conference in Washington DC in February, 2012.
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Esri president and founder Jack Dangermond provides an update on the latest innovations of the ArcGIS system, new patterns in cloud GIS, and the future of GIS at the 2012 Esri Fed GIS Conference in Washington DC in February.
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