Case Studies

Exciting changes are taking place every day within the many agencies and organizations that serve our great nation. Find out how GIS software and technology has provided the tools to facilitate a framework for data sharing, knowledge gathering, and growth.

Agriculture

• USDA Web Soil Survey Supports Public Access to Volumes of Data, ArcNews, Winter 2005–2006
• Web System Sharpens USDA's Analytical Skills
• NRCS/USDA Bring Agriculture to the Internet
• USDA Maps New Course

Commerce

• Data in a New Dimension—Edison Electric Institute's Electric Perspectives, November/December, 2002

Conservation and Wildlife

• Mineral Licks: Evaluating Their Role in Disease Transmission, ArcNews, Summer 2007
• Risks to Boston Harbor Islands Graphically Displayed, ArcNews, Spring 2007
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Yellowstone River Conservation District Council [PDF]
• Middle Rio Grande River Being Restored Using GIS, ArcNews, Winter 2005/2006
• National Geographic and NPS Increase Access to Park Data, ArcNews, Winter 2004/2005
• U.S. Air Force Uses GIS to Predict Bird Strike Hazards, ArcNews, Summer 2004
• Launching Spacecraft From a Wildlife Refuge, ArcNews, Spring 2004
• BLM and USFS Implement Enterprise GIS, Federal GIS Connection, Winter 2002-2003
• GIS Plays Key Role in Firefighting
• Wireless Wildfire

Data Sharing

• USDA Forest Service Delivers High-Quality Imagery Within Seconds, ArcNews, Spring 2008
• The EPA Metadata Editor, ArcUser, July 2007
• Why Use ArcGIS Image Server?, ArcUser, July 2007
• Sharing Files across the Agency, ArcUser, July 2007
• An Overview: GIS and Document Management Systems Integration, Part 1 of 5 [MP3]
  Podcast by Jeff Hecht, CEO of GTI Inc.
  Published July 2, 2007
• Strategies for GIS and Document Management Systems Integration, Part 2 of 5 [MP3]
  Podcast by Jeff Hecht, CEO of GTI Inc.
  Published July 2, 2007
• Introducing PlaceLynx for ArcGIS, Part 3 of 5 [MP3]
  Podcast by Jeff Hecht, CEO of GTI Inc.
  Published July 2, 2007
• A Local Government Case Study for GIS and Document Management Systems Integration, Part 4 of 5 [MP3]
  Podcast by Jeff Hecht, CEO of GTI Inc.
  Published July 2, 2007
• A Pipeline Case Study for GIS and Document Management Systems Integration, Part 5 of 5 [MP3]
  Podcast by Jeff Hecht, CEO of GTI Inc.
  Published July 2, 2007
• Afghanistan Information Management [MP3]
  Podcast by Neal Bratschun, Project Manager
• National Geodetic Survey, NOAA [MP3]
  Podcast by Dave Zilkoski, Director
  Published November 20, 2006
• OMB Requests New GIOs, ArcNews, Summer 2006
• Streamlining Access to Imagery, ArcNews, Summer 2006
• Geospatial One-Stop Portal Receives Excellence.Gov Award, ArcNews, Spring 2006
• Imagery for the Nation Proposal Gains Momentum, ArcNews, Spring 2006
• Governments Make Information Accessible with ArcIMS, ArcNews, Spring 2006
• GIS for the Nation: the National GIS Data Model, ArcNews, Fall 2005

Health and Human Services

• New Zealand Post [MP3]
  Podcast by David Thornburrow, GIS Specialist
• The War on Drugs Enlists Spatial Technology

Defense and Military

• NGA: Providing On-Time Geospatial Information—ArcNews, Spring 2008
• Aeronautical Transformation—ArcNews, Summer 2007
• U.S. Military Uses GIS for Transportation Logistics and Real-Time Tracking—ArcNews, Fall 2005
• Northrop Grumman and Applied Minds [PDF]
• Where's the Trash?—Dyess Air Force Base dumpster inventory tracking system—ArcUser, July-September 2005
• DoD takes biodefense to local level—Government Computer News, Sept. 23, 2002
• NIMA Replacing Toolkit—Federal Computer Weekly, July 11, 2002
• Keeping Track of the President Throughout Inaugural Weekend
  NIMA "Maintains Situational Awareness" with ArcView

Homeland Security

• Introducing the United States National Grid—ArcUser, July-September 2005
  Accompanying exercise [PDF] and data [ZIP]
• U.S. Government Selects ESRI for Next Generation Portal—ArcNews, Spring 2005
• Modernizing the Geographic Data Infrastructure—ArcUser, April-June 2004
• Internet Applications Aid Homeland Security—ArcUser, October-December 2003

Emergency Management

• California Postearthquake Information Clearinghouse Rocks—ArcNews, Summer 2008
• Take Advantage of New Floodplain Data—ArcUser, July–September 2007
• Flood Map Modernization at the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency—ArcNews, Summer 2007
• Identifying Helicopter Landing Zones in Wake of Hurricane Katrina—ArcNews, Winter 2006/2007
• FEMA—GIS Enables Flood Map Modernization—ESRI case study series, February 2007 [PDF]
• FEMA Uses GIS for Analysis and Communication—ArcUser, April-June 2004
• Electronic mapping to aid flood management—FEMA awaits funding to update mapmaking—Federal Computer Weekly, Jan. 13, 2003
• Counties' system maps out dangers—Federal Computer Weekly, Dec. 23, 2002
• Four components of HLDC2IMS—Federal Computer Weekly, Aug. 26, 2002
• The Eye of the Storm
• Center Integrates Response for Half the Globe—ArcUser, July 2001

Environment

• The EPA Metadata Editor—ArcUser, July–September 2007
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [PDF]
• NCAR Publishes Climate Change Models in ESRI GIS Format—ArcNews, Winter 2004/2005
• Towards A 'Digital Earth'—CBS News.com, Dec. 2, 2002
• HUD E-MAPS

Land Use

• Framing the Land [PDF], POB Magazine, July 2008
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Administers Archaeological Sites with GIS, ArcNews, Spring 2006
• U.S. Forest Service and BLM Collaborate in Land Management, ArcNews, Summer 2004
• New Era in Land Use Planning, ArcUser, April-June 2004
• The National Map Integrates the Country's Geographic Data—Federal GIS Connection, Winter 2002-2003
• More find their way to mapping software—Federal Computer Weekly, Nov. 11, 2002
• USGS Serves Up Geospatial Data Coverages With Gapserv
• The National Map From the USGS
• USGS and NIMA Share Data
• GIS for NASA Facilities Management
• A New Land Information Portal, The GeoCommunicator
• Spatially Enabling Your Data Warehouse
• Tapestry of Time and Terrain, Not Just Another Map, GEO Community

Legislature

• The Congressional Cartography Program Responds to United States Senate and House of Representatives with GIS—ArcNews, Summer 2005
• U.S. Census Bureau Focuses on More and Better Data
• Census Watch

Map Production

• NOAA Modernizes Nautical Chart Production—ArcNews, Summer 2007

Natural Resources

• Sharing Files across the Agency—ArcUser, July-September 2007
  - Q&A—A Closer Look—ArcUser, July-September 2007
• USGS's The National Map Helps Calculate the Value of Natural Systems—ArcNews, Summer 2005
• USGS EROS Data Center Produces Seamless Hydrologic Derivatives With GIS—ArcNews, Fall 2004
• Crater Lake Revealed—ArcUser, April-June 2004
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Uses GIS to Monitor the Coastal Zone—ArcNews, Fall 2003
• Satellites harnessed for progress—BBC News, Oct. 3, 2002
• NOAA Provides Digital Data to the Public Via the Internet with GIS
• The ArcGIS Marine Data Model
• Lighthouse Helps USDA-NRCS Clients

Space Management

• NASA Langley Research Center Uses GIS for "Space" Management—ArcNews, Winter 2004/2005
• Langley Research Center [PDF]

Transportation

• USGS Soil Liquefaction Models Reveal Buildings and Roads at Risk—ArcNews, Summer 2008
• Innovative Solution for Road Data Maintenance at Gila National Forest—ArcNews, Summer 2007
• Federal Highway Administration Encourages Use of High-Resolution Aerial and Satellite Imagery