via Stormwater Solutions In 2007, the Washington State Department of Ecology published the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements for municipalities. The purpose of the permit is to mitigate the impact of water...

ArcGIS for Water Utilities is an evolutionary step in how Esri’s GIS technology can be deployed at water utilities.  Over the last year we’ve had many conversations about how ArcGIS for Water Utilities enables water,...

Twenty years ago, geographic information services were in the proposal and planning stage in King County, Washington. Today King County’s geographic information system (GIS) includes integrated spatial databases, mapping and analysis software, information technology, and...

There are a series of fundamental reasons why organizations deploy GIS technology. They include: Creating efficiency. Organizations can save save money, time, and eliminate redundancy. One of the best examples of this is the application of GIS...

The following are the major trends that we see affecting GIS: Platforms.  Computing platforms continue to proliferate and diversify, and Esri is working to provide solutions across all of these platforms. “Pervasive mapping,” which is...