GIS for Federal GovernmentBuilding a National GIS Community

GIS Solutions for

Natural Resources Conservation ServicesFarm Service Agency

Bureau of ReclamationOffice of Surface Mining

U.S. Forest ServiceNational Park Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceU.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Department of AgricultureU.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management

Department of Justice Department of the Treasury

Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal ReserveSecret Service

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Transportation Security Administration

United Nations World Bank

United States Agency for International Development State Department

United States Trade and Development Agency Peace Corps

International Broadcasting Bureau Organization of American States

Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Indian Affairs

Health and Human Services Housing and Urban Development

Federal Communications Commission Internal Revenue Service

General Services Administration Social Security Administration

Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States Postal Service

Department of Labor Small Business Administration

Library of Congress Congressional Research Service

Census Bureau Veterans Affairs

Department of Transportation National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Environmental Protection Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Department of Energy Department of Education

Tennessee Valley Authority

GIS for Federal GovernmentBuilding a National GIS Community

A geographic information system (GIS) builds on the study of geography by providing the means to organize, manage, and integrate the complex data that is collected in the study of the earth, its contents, and its processes. It also provides a frame-work for making this knowledge accessible to scientists, planners, decision makers, and the public.

Bringing geographic measurements together with powerful tools for visualization, analysis, and modeling, GIS technology has been implemented successfully in tens of thousands of easy-to-use applications and is increasingly being integrated into the planning, decision-making, and business processes of organiza-tions. Today, geospatial data and technology represent major investments on the part of the U.S. federal government because nearly everything that happens in the public realm happens in the context of geography.

GIS applications are constantly evolving, and for nearly four decades, ESRI has been leading the way in advancing the tech-nology to meet the new challenges that our ever-changing world brings. The ArcGIS® suite of software solutions reflects ESRI’s commitment to empower GIS users with the most advanced tools for exploring and sharing geospatial information. This is why more than 93 percent of GIS users in the federal sector rely on ESRI® products.

While federal agencies are using GIS to analyze complex situa-tions, visualize problems, and create geographic plans and solu-tions, they are also increasing efficiency, reducing costs, improv-ing communication and collaboration, and helping to coordinate work across organizations. U.S. departments and agencies rely on GIS technology to advance their operations including tackling the growing demand for accountability, improving communica-tion with citizens, accurately counting U.S. residents, managing the nation’s natural resources, and protecting the environment.

Streamlining Processes

GIS technology is evolving rapidly, and adoption of the innovations is critical to federal organizations’ successful implementation of a geospatial line of business. This will enable the sharing of spatial data, services, and resources within the federal government.

Federal agencies involved in law enforcement, emergency response, health care, education, transportation, environmental management, and homeland security have found that their business objectives are effectively and efficiently carried out with geospatial data and ser-vices. Organizations with GIS services are able to

• Effecttheuseandreuseoflocation-basedinformation.

• Createlong-termsavings.

• Streamlineworkflows.

• Shareandcollaborateeffortlessly.

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The federal government is putting increasing pressure on its agencies to perform more efficiently, provide evidence that all aspects of an issue have been considered, and reach the maximum number of people with its policies. Coupled with this is the government’s commitment to fulfilling its geospatial line-of-business initiatives that define how GIS data and technology will be used to augment the business activities of each department. The sum of geospatial endeavors at the federal level—data, standards, technology, staff, systems, and services—represents a majority of many agencies’ responsibilities. With so much at stake, inefficiencies, such as redundant systems, poor data quality, data inaccessibility, and limited sharing capacities, can adversely affect the bottom line in terms of cost and performance.

The types and needs of current and potential users of geospatial technology in the federal government vary greatly. GIS users range from casual consumers of geospatial data and services to those federal employees who are GIS professionals charged with the support, development, use, and maintenance of data, appli-cations, and services, whether they are delivered via GIS servers, data warehouses, the desktop, or mobile devices.

The flexibility of GIS software enables agencies to design enterprise-wide information management systems with a spatial component that integrate databases and applications from disparate systems. Agencies use these geoenabled applications to improve and streamline decision support. Four fundamental developments in ESRI’s ArcGIS family of software have enabled the adoption of a system of systems for the U.S. government and are being realized in an integrated network architecture that leverages the multiple ways many different federal GIS users deploy mobile, desktop, client/server, and network tools. These strategies are the following:

• EnhancingthecoredesktopGISplatformasaproductivitytool

• Strengtheningandsimplifyinggeodatamanagement

• ExtendingtheGISserverenvironmenttosupportmanyusers

• ProvidingmoreaccesstomobileGIStoolsandGISWebservices

GIS Enterprise Development

Federal Enterprise License AgreementsTo fully implement their geospatial line of business objectives and improve government operations, many agencies, including the departments of Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce, have begun integrating a number of systems into a single network—an enterprise architecture—so that geographic data and services can be built once but used many times.

Agencies are finding that early investments in building databases can pay off in terms of more effective and accurate responses to logistical and strategic problems.

PartoftheSmartBUYinitiative,theESRIFederalGISprogramsimplifies procurement of software and services for employees of the U.S. federal government. Agencies that have signed an enterprise license agreement (ELA) with ESRI are entitled to immediate and unlimited deployments of the ESRI suite of GIS software products. These agencies include U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency,U.S.DepartmentoftheInterior,U.S.CensusBureau,andU.S.DepartmentofAgriculture.

To learn more about any of ESRI’s federal programs or to talk with an ESRI federal sales representative, contact the ESRI federal team at 909-793-2853, extension 2243, or send an e-mail to federal@esri.com.

GIS Enterprise Architecture in Action

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Department of AgricultureTo improve the delivery of imagery to its staff in field offices acrossthenation,theU.S.DepartmentofAgricultureForestSer-vice implemented ArcGIS Image Service, which delivers imagery to the regional, forest, and field offices in seconds. The agency can now quickly and seamlessly serve large amounts of imagery through its enterprise via an intranet, eliminating the need for users to download large files to their computers.

TheU.S.DepartmentofAgricultureNaturalResourcesConser-vation Service (NRCS) provides soil maps and associated data through its National Cooperative Soil Survey. NRCS launched the Web Soil Survey (WSS), which provides online users with access to the survey database and maps, to help eliminate paperwork andtomakegovernmentservicesaccessibletomorepeople.Pre-viously, soil survey maps and data were printed and bound into books that were distributed to the public. With WSS, users can simply go online, select a land parcel anywhere in the country, access the survey database, generate soil interpretations, and downloadorprintaPDFfile.TheapplicationusesArcGISServerand ArcIMS® to perform navigational functions, display and manage user-defined areas of interest, and generate maps.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s American FactFinder Web site (www.factfinder .census.gov) provides official and current demographic, economic, and geographic data to the public. American FactFinder thematic maps, reference maps, and geographic address searching capabilities weredevelopedusingArcIMSandArcSDE®technology.ArcSDEis used for retrieval and management of all spatial data. ArcIMS provides the interactive mapping capabilities used to search for and visualize data with spatial components through Web browsers.

TheFieldDataCollectionAutomationprogramisdesigned to support U.S. Census Bureau field enu-merators who follow up and collect survey data from households that did not return their census forms. The fieldenumeratorswillbeequippedwithGPS-enabledmobiledevicesthatincludeESRI’sArcPad® software, which give field personnel the ability to capture and display geographic information in near real time.

U.S. Department of the InteriorThe U.S. Bureau of Land Management, an agency of the U.S. DepartmentoftheInterior,developedtheNationalIntegratedLand System (NILS) in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and other local agencies to provide a bridge to share land and mineral record information within the government and the pri-vate sector. GeoCommunicator, the NILS publication site, enables accessibility and distribution of spatial data from NILS transaction application modules. GeoCommunicator provides searching, accessing, and dynamic mapping of data from federal surface management boundaries, mining claims, land- and mineral-use records,andPublicLandSurveySystemdata.Builtonenterprisearchitecture, NILS uses products such as ArcIMS within the ArcGIS platform and accommodates changing user and data capture requirements.

U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyThe drinking water mapping application is an ArcIMS software-basedGIStooldevelopedbytheU.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA)OfficeofGroundWaterandDrinkingWater.ItprovidesEPAtechnicalstaffandmanagerswithareadilyacces-sible tool to run queries and reports and generate maps vital to the efficient management of drinking water programs under theSafeDrinkingWaterAct.Variousnationaldatasourcesareintegrated into the system for analysis using the application’s drill-down, query, and reporting functions.

EPAemployeescanaccessandintegratecurrenthigh-resolutionimagerywithinallArcGISDesktopproductsaswellasviatheEPA’sEnviroMapperandArcIMSWebviewers.TheprocessiseasybecauseArcGISDesktopisastandardwithinEPAunderits enterprise license agreement with ESRI. This image shows asimulatedradiationmeasurementresponseexerciseinEPARegion 10.

Many agencies within the federal government have demonstrated how their best practices in GIS technology can lead to successes

in developing sustainable, business-driven solutions.

National MappingDevelopedbytheU.S.GeologicalSurvey,theNational Map transformed the Quad paper series into a seamless, integrated, online database. A national effort requiring strategic partner-ships with state and local agencies, other federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, universities, and the private sector, the National Map is aimed at reducing the redundancy of geographic development by different agencies and levels of government and improving citizen access to current geographic information. One of the datasets available as part of the National MapistheNationalLandCoverData,whichhasbeenmappedby conducting a nationwide land-cover classification based on Landsat® satellite imagery.

Strengthening Federal Processes

Natural Resources and ConservationThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uses GIS technology and data to improve its economic impact reporting for areas designated as critical habitats for endangered plant species. Researchers com-bine a variety of data types from federal, state, local, and non-profitorganizationsanduseArcGISDesktopsoftwaretolayerproposed critical habitats and define landownership and current and planned land use within and adjacent to the designation.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation cultural resources manage-ment program is multifaceted and encompasses evaluation, curatorship, permitting, and public education and outreach. The bureau’s Mid-PacificRegionalOfficeisintheprocess of digitally capturing and storing archaeological site data in a GIS. ArcEditor™ makes it easy for the archaeologists to craft maps that meet the needs of the various offices of historic preservation.

Emergency ManagementThe federal government uses GIS for data gathering, usually combining on-the-ground collection activities with remotely sensed imagery and information to provide decision makers and the public with timely reports and maps that help them prepare for and recover from natural disasters and economic changes.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initi-ates proactive mitigation activities and manages the National FloodInsuranceProgram(NFIP).ToupdateNFIP’sdigitalfloodinsurance rate maps, which depict potential flood hazard risks for communities throughout the United States and its territories, FEMA developed a five-year flood map modernization plan. Because flood hazard conditions are dynamic and data must be continually updated, FEMA manages the data for the maps with a GIS database that makes the information available via the Web. TheapplicationtoolsweredevelopedusingProductionLineToolSet(PLTS™) for ArcGIS.

In Mississippi, during the wake of Hurricane Katrina, GIS technol-ogy enabled first responders to quickly identify potential heli-copter landing zones (HLZ) and expedite relief efforts. The U.S. ArmySpaceandMissileDefenseCommand/U.S.ArmyForcesStrategic Command Measurement and Signature Intelligence/Advanced Geospatial Intelligence Node provided HLZ maps that reflected posthurricane conditions along the coast of Mississippi. ESRIArcView® was used for geodatabase development, analysis, and final map production. Up-to-date maps were distributed to variousrecoveryteamsincludingthe82ndAirborneDivisionandthe Mississippi National Guard.

TransportationTheU.S.DepartmentofTransportationFederalHighwayAdministration is responsible for keeping the nation’s highway transportation systems safe. Information about federally aided highway bridges is contained in the national bridge inventory. This data has been integrated into an ArcGIS database and used to identify deficient bridges on the national highway system.

Health and Human ServicesTo link childhood lead poisoning to surveillance, environmen-tal,andhousingdata,theU.S.CentersforDiseaseControlandPreventionusedlocaldatabasesfromtheChicagoareaandinte-gratedthemusingArcGISDesktop.Linkingbloodleadlevelsandinspection data to building data can help prioritize targeting and focus control efforts by housing and environmental agencies. This image shows residential buildings, children with elevated blood lead levels, and high-risk buildings in Chicago from 1997 to 2003.

Homeland SecurityTheU.S.DepartmentofHomelandSecurityworkedtodeveloptheInfrastructureCriticalAnalyticalViewer(iCAV).iCAVisacustomWebapplicationbuiltwithArcGISServer for geoprocessing and data management andArcIMSforonlineviewing.Decisionmakersnow have the tools they need for coordinated preparedness, response, and recovery in cases of suspicious activity, threats, hurricanes, or other major events. At several locations, decision makers haveaccesstoiCAVthroughareal-timewallmapdisplay that can show any suspicious activity and event data at key infrastructures such as chemical plants and nuclear facilities. GIS enables formerly disparate systems to be united and provides a common and complete picture for 180,000 staffand500,000contractors.SinceiCAVisa Web-based client, users with little or no GIS experience can use it to access and visualize critical government data.

Facilities ManagementFederal agencies own millions of square feet of facilities, and effective asset management and planning have become a priority.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has located taxpayer assistance centers throughout the United States to provide taxpayers with face-to-face help with tax filing. To manage its facilities,theIRSdevelopedtheGIS-basedPostofDutyModelapplication that enables the agency to analyze current office locations and evaluate proposed sites. The application is central-izedatthenationallevelandusesArcGISsoftware.DuringHurricane Katrina, several IRS facilities were seriously impacted. The application helped the agency identify alternative locations where IRS employees could report.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC) is the oldest NASA center and spans 800 acres. Its 400 structures cover nearly four million square feet. The LaRC infrastructure is managed with a state-of-the-art GIS, which enables planners to address issues such as master planning, space utilization, utility maintenance, and cost estimates. This information technology tool provides faster access to more accurate data, reduces paperwork, and helps automate many common tasks.

Tribal Affairs

TheDepartmentoftheInterior’sGISsupportcarriesthroughtotheBureauofIndianAffairsandtribalgovernments.ESRI’sGIStechnology provides the latest tracking and spatial mapping tools for land and resource managers.

The Coeur d’Alene Tribe, located in the northwest United States, has spearheaded a collaborative effort with surround-ing county governments in Idaho to create and maintain an integrated road transportation layer. The governments, all usingArcGISDesktopsoftware,havegeneratedahomoge-neous road dataset that is saving significant amounts of time and money. The centralized data gives the partners the most accurate and up-to-date information to use in the decision-making process.

This map from the Nisqually Indian Tribe characterizes geoduck tracts within the Medicine Creek Treaty tribes’ usual and accus-tomed fishing area. It was created as a visual for the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s commercial harvesters. Geoducks are the largest burrowing clam in the world and are harvested by commercial divers using surface-supplied air. Geoduck tracts extend from 18 to 70 feet below sea level in the subtidal zone. Tract boundar-iesaredeterminedusingGPSwithacreagescalculatedusingGIS.Biomass is determined using tract acreage and geoduck density estimates. The tribe’s shellfish program uses this information to manage the geoduck fishery for individual harvesters.

The Geospatial One-Stop initiative encourages data sharing, collaborative planning, and expanded partnerships. It is a resource designed to serve both public and private insti-tutions as well as the general public. Its purpose is to facilitate the sharing of and access to information and the making of more informed decisions. One of Geospatial One-Stop’s components is a Web-based portal (www.geodata.gov) that serves as a resource for maps, data, and other geospatial services from across the United States. Built on the architecture of ArcGIS software, the geodata.gov portal is used by all governments to access and share information, improve planning for future investments in geospatial data, expand partnerships, collaborate on the development and implementation of standards for data sharing, and support the business and decision-making needs of governments and organizations. The Geospatial One-Stop initiative is the foundation for building a GIS for the nation—a realization of the NationalSpatialDataInfrastructure(NSDI).

Geospatial information enables issues to be viewed in a community context and can facilitate cross-agency coordination. The portal recently was an invaluable resource during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by making critical information available to federal, state, and local agencies engaged in emergency responseactivities.VirtualcommunitieswereformedviatheGeospatialOne-Stop for communicating and information sharing. Thousands of resources were posted and maps were available for download.

ESRI’s GIS software solutions offer the ability to integrate many data sources from within and outside your organization. Advances in sharing GIS data and application tools through servers and Web-based map services have significantly increased opportunities for employee-to-employee, government-to-government, government-to-business, and public access of spatial data and map services. The enterprise GIS is a constant process of examining how GIS technology can apply to a busi-ness problem or workflow and how to best extend the models, data sources, and analytical capabilities of the system.

Sharing data increases its value and the influence of data analysis. When organizations establish a common data repository that all departments can access and use, it becomes easier to analyze complex problems, visualize situations, and implement plans and solutions. At the same time, the ability to make faster, better decisions increases efficiency and drives costs down.

ESRI Data & Maps is preconfigured to work with ESRI’s software prod-ucts and is bundled with ArcGIS software and solutions products such as ArcGIS Business Analyst. Business Analyst OnlineSM, hosted by ESRI, combines GIS technology with extensive demographic, consumer, and business data to deliver reports and maps over the Web.

Data Resources

Map Services

Support Government BusinessSupport Decision Making

WatershedManagement

Other E-GovInitiatives

Citizen Services

Smart Growth

DisasterManagement

Homeland Security

RecreationOne-Stop

rches

Visualization

Geospatial One-StopPortal

Counties Tribes

FederalAgencies Cities States

Geospatial One-Stop

Data Themes

Emergency OperationsOperations features should be collected at the appropriate scale for each specific activity or incident. GPS field collection or interpretation from imagery preferred for data capture. Grid map location descriptions are also useful.

Structures/Critical InfrastructureBuilding footprints, entrances, complexes, driveways, etc. High accuracy required for neighborhood and city level maps. Should be captured and represented to fit on the orthoimagery base.

Governmental UnitsHigh accuracy required. Units can span across a range of map scales from 1:10,000 or 1:25,000 in cities and up to 1:250,000 in regions and states. Must be vertically integrated with the base features they are derived from, along with other governmental units.

UtilitiesAccurate relative to cadastral and transportation data. Typical data capture scales are from 1:2,500 to 1:6,000. Accurate, shared local/state land base required for integration with other GIS Datasets.

Standards and Interoperability

Support for standards is an important part of enabling interop-erability. ESRI maintains geospatial standards from the Federal GeographicDataCommittee(FGDC);InternationalHydrographicOrganization(IHO);InternationalOrganizationforStandardization(ISO);andOpenGeospatialConsortium,Inc.® (OGC®). ESRI also maintains IT standards from the Organization for the Advance-ment of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C®) as well as various GIS-related domain standards. ESRI offers various interoperability enablers, such as direct read/write of dozens of data formats, providing hundredsofprojectionsanddatums;supportforopenlypublisheddatamodels;andtoolsforspatialextraction,transformation,andloading (ETL) of data. ArcGIS also encompasses various metadata- and catalog-related specifications that provide practical ways to publish, discover, and bind to geospatial data and services.

ESRI leads and participates actively in many of the standards committees and works closely with many draft standards. As these standards are finalized, they are incorporated into the entire ArcGIS product suite as required including the solution products mentioned above.

Solutions for National Spatial Data InfrastructureTo support GIS for the Nation, a concept strongly promoted byNSDI,ESRIoffersGISPortalToolkit,ametadatacatalogserver extension that provides metadata search services as a standard part of a GIS user’s Web site. This product includes many capabilities for advanced searching, viewing, metadata harvesting,andotherfunctionsandsupportsFGDCandISOmetadata standards as well as OGC specifications including Web Catalog Service (CS-W), Web Coverage Service (WCS), Web Feature Service (WFS), Web Map Content (WMC), and Web Map Service (WMS).

GIS for the Nation

Addresses and NamesAddress and name information will be associated with features collected at neighborhood extents for building entrances, structures, parcels, and landmarks. Addresses and names will also be collected for addressable features such as street centerlines and place name locations.

TransportationCenterlines for addressing and navigation purposes, larger scale representations provide more detailed infrastructure and network characteristics. Roads should follow a simple centerline with address range approach at local and state levels.

Hydrography Regional, state, and national analysis at 100k resolution to 25k resolution. Local needs dictate better than 25k resolution, especially in flood prone or coastal areas. Hydrologic network and channel representations are important to support analytical use.

Cadastral Primarily collected at neighborhood scales using survey techniques. At the neighborhood level, the parcel is the primary mapping unit. City and county level representations are important to identify and distinguish city blocks and to highlight government and private lands.

Environmental Three primary information sets: 1) physiographic and landform features, 2) environmental events and hazards, and 3) weather. Collected at city levels or 1:25,000 map scales. Vertical integration of landform polygons is important to ensure consistency in environmental classification and modeling.

Land Use/Land CoverCollected at city levels as attributes on parcels and administrative land units using APA Landbase Classification System. Collected as raster data at scales of 1:50,000 or smaller using the Anderson classification system, this classification should integrate with environmental layers.

Base Map Includes scanned maps and cartographic elements. Nationwide base map products include scales of 1:25,000, 1:100,000, 1:250,000, and 1:1,750,000. Cities and other special areas:

ElevationResolution to support 5 meter DEM products that can be used for 2-foot contour nation-wide. In low-lying, flat areas such as along coastal areas of the Southeastern U.S., finer resolution DEM’s supporting up to 1 foot contours should be collected and maintained.

ImageryOrthoimagery should be collected for populated areas at 6 inch to 1 foot resolution every two years using the same control as the cadastral data. Statewide coverage should be collected at 1 meter or better resolution every three to five years.

Geodetic Control Geodetic control provides the basic reference for other data according to NGS specifications for identification and capture.

The ArcGIS Family of Software

AsacomprehensiveGIS,ArcGISenablesyoutoeasilyauthordata,maps,globes,andmodelsonthedesktop;servethemtoaGISserver;andusethemthroughWeb,desktop,andmobileclients.TheArcGISfamilyofproductsincludesDesktopGIS,ServerGIS,Mobile GIS, and Online GIS.

DeveloperscanaccessthecapabilitiesofArcGISthroughtheESRI Developer Network(EDN SM), an annual subscription-based program that provides the resources needed to build a wide range of custom GIS solutions.

ArcGIS

Desktop GISServer GIS

Online GIS

ESRI Data

Mobile GIS

ArcGIS® ServerArcGIS Image Server

ArcGISSM Online

CommunityTM DataStreetMapTM

ESRI Data & Maps

ArcGIS MobileArcPad®

ArcGIS DesktopArcGIS EngineArcGIS Explorer

Learn more about ArcGIS at www.esri.com/arcgis.

Desktop GIS provides the ability to see your data on a map and analyze it to reveal patterns, relationships, and trends that are not readily apparent in tabular data, improving your decision making.Youcancreateandedit data, and desktop GIS includes ready-to-use tools for building process models, scripts, and complete workflows to help you answer questions, test predictions, and examine relationships in your data. Maintaining data becomes seamless, workflows are stream-lined, and data quality improves.

With Server GIS, you can share and maintain the data you create in desk-

top GIS with a large number of users across the enterprise using

focused, easy-to-use applica-tions. Local agencies can integrate data from various sources, ensuring jurisdic-tional alignment. Server GIS enables you to push your maps, models, and tools out to others in your orga-nization in a way that fits into their workflows. Staff in other depart-ments and in the field can query accurate, up-to-date data, increasing

their productivity.

ESRI Data—In addition to data provided as a Web service via ArcGIS SM Online, ESRI offers a full spectrum of ready-to-use geospatial data products delivered as packaged media.ESRIData&MapsisasetofmapdataincludedatnoadditionalcostwithArcGISsoftware. StreetMap™consistsofenhancedstreetdatasetsfromTeleAtlasorNAVTEQ®. Community™ data encompasses a variety of datasets including demographic data, consumer spending, segmentation, and business data.

The ArcGIS Family of Software

ArcGIS

Desktop GISServer GIS

Online GIS

ESRI Data

Mobile GIS

ArcGIS® ServerArcGIS Image Server

ArcGISSM Online

CommunityTM DataStreetMapTM

ESRI Data & Maps

ArcGIS MobileArcPad®

ArcGIS DesktopArcGIS EngineArcGIS Explorer

Learn more about ArcGIS at www.esri.com/arcgis.

Process Imagery Dynamically and Quickly with ArcGIS Image Server

ArcGIS Image Server has made a dramatic impact in the way federal GIS users are managing, processing, and serv-ing imagery. A complete enterprise solution, ArcGIS Image Server is fundamentally redefining how imagery is pro-cessed and distributed to end users. It is unique in its ability to combine on-the-fly and server-based image datasets withinGIS,CAD,imaging,andWebapplications,enablingusers to manage, process, and quickly serve large quantities of raster data for visualization and analysis to a variety of clients.

ArcGIS Image Server provides value to any organization involved in image processing and/or distribution. By reduc-ing data storage costs and manpower required for data pro-cessing and maintenance, ArcGIS Image Server gives users an instant return on investment. Immediate value is derived from fast access to geospatial imagery, on-the-fly image processing, and data and client interoperability. By support-ing a scaling architecture as well as providing additional program functionality through extensions and an included software developer kit, ArcGIS Image Server can meet the needs of both small organizations and large enterprises.

ArcGIS Image Server improves workflows by eliminating the need to process source data and load multiple processed datasets onto a server.

ArcGIS Image Server performs pan sharpening on the fly, reducing disk storage requirements while ensuring that the non-pan-sharpened imag-ery is also available for spectral analysis. (QuickBirdimagerycourtesyofDigitalGlobe)

Process Imagery Dynamically and Quickly with ArcGIS Image Server

Mobile GIS Technology

Mobile GIS is the expansion of a GIS from the office into the field. Wireless connectivity, geoservices, and Web mapping applications allow field-based personnel to complete database transactions in near real time. Whether connected or discon-nected from the database, this increases efficiency and provides users who might have little or no GIS experience with access to previously unavailable data. ESRI offers a comprehensive suite of mobile GIS products designed for various application and plat-form requirements. These include out-of-the-box solutions such asArcPadanddevelopertoolkitsincludingthenewestaddition,ArcGIS Mobile.

ArcGIS Mobile is a software developer kit in ArcGIS Server that enables developers to create centrally managed, highly customized, and easy-to-use mobile applications that are tailored to an organization’s specific needs and workflow and can run on a variety of mobile devices. ArcGIS Mobile also has the resources to add geospatial capabilities to existing line-of-business applications including customer relationship management and field service automation systems, which canoptimizeyourGISinvestment.Visitwww.esri.com/arcgismobile.

Connect to ArcGIS Online

Web-based applications have emerged as the optimal solu-tion for reducing paperwork, automating tasks, and providing access to government databases. Online GIS provides ready-to-use content for your GIS and can serve as a primary source forround-the-clockdataavailability.Youcanaccesstwo-dimensional maps, three-dimensional globes, and tasks via the Web to quickly start your GIS projects. Online GIS also provides developers with a comprehensive Web platform for integrating GIS content and capabilities into desktop, server, mobile, or Web applications.

With ArcGIS Online, you can combine your local data and ser-vicesfromArcGISServer,ArcIMS,andOGC’sWebMapService;embed content and tasks into your own maps and applications tosharewithothers;addusertasksfromyoursecureserverstoconduct visibility modeling, proximity searches, or demographic analyses;andoverlayyouroperationallayers,suchasutilitynetworks or parcel layers, to identify discrepancies and resolve inconsistencies.

Learn more about ArcGIS at www.esri.com/arcgis.

More Technology Solutions for Federal Agencies

Learn more about ArcGIS at www.esri.com/arcgis.

ESRI has worked to ensure its product suite includes standards-based, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions that provide the

foundational tools and specific technology that agencies need. These solutions are specialized applications built using ArcGIS. They

are designed to model and support particular business functions and workflows with out-of-the-box tools that provide immediate

value. The following products have evolved out of repeated engagements between the ESRI Professional Services

Division and key customers within particular application areas.

Production Line Tool Set for ArcGISPLTSforArcGISisasuiteofapplicationsthatorganizes,man-ages, and enhances productivity for a multitude of map, chart, and database production activities. These applications provide flexible workflow templates and data models that help organize data automation, cartographic production, and data manage-ment.ThePLTSforArcGISsuiteincludesspecificsolutionsforaeronautical, nautical, topographic, and defense agencies. These solutions include the generation of map series and data products:

• PLTSforArcGIS—NauticalSolutionleveragesthePLTSforArcGIS applications for creation, management, and publica-tion of hydrographic information in hard-copy, Electronic Navi-gationChart(ENC),andDigitalNauticalChart(DNC)formats.

• PLTSforArcGIS—AeronauticalSolutionprovidesend-to-endinformation management and support for standards-based aeronautical charts and data exchange.

• PLTSforArcGIS—MappingAgencySolutionprovidesthedatabase models, knowledge bases, and tools for topographic data and map production.

PLTS for ArcGIS—Foundation and ComponentsEachofthePLTSforArcGISsolutionsabovecomeswithPLTSfor ArcGIS—Foundation, which includes tools for database edit-ing,qualitycontrol(GISDataReViewer™), cartographic product generation(MapProductionSystem—Atlas[MPS-Atlas™]), and workflow management. Foundation provides users with a consis-tent, repeatable, and well-managed production workflow.

Training and Support

While hardware, software, and data are important factors to consider when implementing a GIS, ultimately, its effectiveness depends on having well-trained technicians and analysts.

The purpose of ESRI is to advance the use and capabilities of GIS technol-ogy. A critical aspect of this goal is to serve its users and grow the GIS professional workforce. ESRI offers a variety of training options to fit your learning style, training needs, and budget allowance. At the ESRI Training and Education Web site (www.esri.com/training), you can register for sev-eral types of courses including self-study online classes and instructor-led classes taught at ESRI facilities and learning centers throughout the United States.

For those short on time and budget, there are free, live training seminars available at the ESRI Training and Education Web site. To supplement the coursesyoutakeorasanalternativetoclasses,ESRIPress(www.esri.com/esripress)offersanarrayofGIS-relatedbooksandworkbooks.ESRIPresspublishes books on GIS, cartography, and the application of spatial analysis in various fields including land-use planning, health care, education, busi-ness, government, and science.

Instructional podcasts are downloadable audio recordings available at www.esri.com/podcasts.YoucansubscribetotheInstructionalSeriesfortraining and education on software products or the Speaker Series for GIS technology insights from GIS users, business partners, and ESRI staff.

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