We are faced with new opportunities to shape our communities. Today, planning and engineering disciplines must balance the needs of people, infrastructure, and the environment. Esri's GIS-based smart community information system allows governments to model the impacts of proposed development, adjust to shifting demographics and lifestyles, and account for changes in climate change and economic shifts. Smart prompts a community to learn and adapt through real-time data and deliver intelligent design of infrastructure, ultimately supporting urban mobility, resiliency, and sustainability.
Smart communities and smart cities can achieve balance when they embrace GIS technology that
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Planning & development agency
With massive spikes in population growth, the City of Boston needed to plan for the present day as well as prepare for the generations to come. Using ArcGIS Urban, the city was able to examine growth capacity indicators, like population, households, and jobs, in a real-world context to make smarter decisions for its future.
Economic development services
Seeing industrial businesses leave its community, the city decided to use GIS to develop a new plan. Imagine Oshkosh helped the city secure economic and investment opportunities for the future.
Making data-driven decisions that improve quality of life is the goal of every smart community. ArcGIS capabilities and products make this possible.
Gain greater insights by visualizing and analyzing your community’s data. Collaborate and share via maps, apps, dashboards and reports.
Esri builds the leading mapping and spatial analytics software for desktop, software as a service (SaaS), and enterprise applications.
Our ecosystem includes strategic alliances with companies that offer platforms to extend the power of GIS. This is amplified by data, hardware, and applications partners who offer focused solutions to meet the needs of all your departments and workflows.
Smart is a journey—one based on incremental steps that deliver good government, build infrastructure for the future, and enhance the lives of citizens through a digital transformation. We would like to be part of your journey.
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