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ArcGIS StoryMaps

Revitalizing Main Street: Tracking Community Opportunities with BOOMS Tracker

Posted on by Diane Trif | ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGIS Hub, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS StoryMaps, ArcGIS Urban, Community, Development, Economic Development, Esri, GIS, Infrastructure, Nonprofit/NGO, State & Local

Discover how Blue Raster supports Main Street America with the BOOMS Tracker, a property inventory tool designed to revitalize historic commercial districts. Using advanced geospatial technologies like ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Hub Premium, the BOOMS Tracker helps local leaders collect and analyze data on housing, businesses, and civic spaces, identifying development opportunities to drive community growth. Learn how our innovative solutions can enhance your projects and foster economic vitality. Contact Blue Raster today to get started!.  Read More

Conservation.gov Launched for Earth Day 2024

Posted on by Anna Wegbreit | ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGIS Hub, ArcGIS StoryMaps, Climate, Conservation, Environment, Esri, GIS, UI

On Friday April 19th the White House announced the launch of Conservation.gov, an information hub supporting locally led efforts to conserve and restore our nation’s lands, waters, and wildlife. Designing this brand new website was an exciting project that Blue Raster was proud to support. Launched just in time for Earth Day 2024, Conservation.gov is…  Read More

Empowering Freshwater Communities and Indigenous People through Immersive StoryMaps

Posted on by Chigo Ibeh | ArcGIS StoryMaps, ArcGIS Online, Conservation, Environment, GIS, Nonprofit/NGO, Story Map

Blue Raster partnered with the Nature Conservancy’s Freshwater Community-Led Conservation Program to develop a series of StoryMaps that shed light on their work with Indigenous People and Local Communities (IPLC) around freshwater ecosystems, highlighting their efforts to propagate and enhance community-led conservation initiatives across Africa and Latin America.  Read More

Esri ArcGIS Cloud Specialty: Elevating our clients’ GIS capabilities to the sky

Posted on by Jacob Radomsky | Amazon Web Services, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS Image Extension for Server, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS StoryMaps, Cloud, Design, Esri, GIS, Infrastructure, Microsoft Azure

Blue Raster is thrilled to be a member of the Esri ArcGIS Cloud Services Specialty. This specialty designates Blue Raster as an expert in deploying and managing ArcGIS in cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. The Cloud Specialty program is designed to help Esri connect customers with recognized Partners that can best provide ArcGIS cloud solutions. Partners that meet the criteria for this specialty must demonstrate a track record of delivering value to their customers in implementing, managing, and designing cloud infrastructure in the Esri ArcGIS environment.  Read More

Make Way for Whales (And Environmental Hope)

Posted on by Christina Nordling | ArcGIS StoryMaps, ArcGIS Online, Conservation, Environment, Nonprofit/NGO, Story Map, Water

The Smithsonian engaged with Blue Raster to create a StoryMap that illustrates research and its impact in an engaging and conversational way that would connect with students. Utilizing ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS StoryMaps the Blue Raster team built the “Make Way for Whales” StoryMap that shows how shifting shipping lanes increased the safety of whales.  Read More

Trillion Trees: An Interactive Look at Forest Regeneration

Posted on by Eric Ashcroft | Conservation, ArcGIS StoryMaps, Environment, Forest, Nonprofit/NGO, Story Map

Trillion Trees is a joint venture between three of the world’s largest conservation organizations – BirdLife International, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and WWF – to end deforestation and restore tree cover. The organization aims to protect and restore forests to achieve one trillion trees by 2050, for the benefit of people, nature, and a stable climate.  Read More

Explore Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the USA with The Draper Innovation Index U.S.

Posted on by Phil Satlof | Economic Development, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS StoryMaps, Esri, Finance, Nonprofit/NGO, Story Map

Built using ArcGIS Hub, ArcGIS Dashboards, and ArcGIS StoryMaps, the Draper Innovation Index US includes three major scenarios: Balanced, Tech Innovation Environment and Regulatory and Tax Environment. These scenarios weight six sub-indices, providing a look at state performance in a variety of categories.  Read More

Celebrating 60 Years of Discovery with Jane Goodall

Posted on by Victoria Dombrowik | ArcGIS StoryMaps, Conservation, Land Use, Nonprofit/NGO, Story Map, Sustainable Development Goals, Women in Science

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Dr. Jane Goodall’s research on wild chimpanzees, Blue Raster teamed up with the Jane Goodall Institute to launch a new interactive story map. Powered by Esri’s ArcGIS StoryMaps, DISCOVERY, INNOVATION & HOPE allows viewers to explore six decades of discovery in Gombe, Tanzania, and highlights Dr. Goodall’s role as a scientific trailblazer.  Read More

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