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New Features in the LEARN Tool Expand Functionality for Assessing GHG Emissions from Land Use

Posted on by Chigo Ibeh | ArcGIS Image Extension for Server, Climate, Conservation, Environment, Greenhouse Gas, JavaScript API, Land Use, Nonprofit/NGO

Blue Raster is pleased to release the new build for the LEARN (Land Emissions and Removals Navigator) Tool. Built in partnership with Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) and the World Resources Institute (WRI), the LEARN Tool allows for community inventorying of the effects of land use change on greenhouse gas emissions. This tool empowers policy makers, local governments, and community members to make informed decisions on environmental and climate policy.  Read More

Answering the Call for More Sustainable Groundwater Management with GRAT

Posted on by Christopher Gabris | Agriculture, ArcGIS Enterprise, Environment, GIS, Infrastructure, JavaScript API, Water

With data from the districts and complex, analytical logic provided by The Earth Genome and Sustainable Conservation, Blue Raster was able to help design and develop GRAT using ArcGIS Enterprise and the ArcGIS API for JavaScript. The application allows users from select California water districts to adjust water availability scenarios, recharge types, and specific crops used in the analysis.  Read More

New Era for Plant Mapping at New York Botanical Garden with PlantTracker

Posted on by Christopher Gabris | ArcGIS Enterprise, Conservation, Design, Development, Esri, GIS, Infrastructure, JavaScript API, Public Gardens

Looking to upgrade their public mapping presence and expand internal use of GIS, NYBG and Blue Raster partnered to develop PlantTracker. Replacing a previous tool, PlantTracker is the online catalog of NYBG’s living collections used to find plants, navigate the grounds, get plant information, view photographs, and take curated tours.  Read More

Public Health & GIS: HealthLandscape Addresses Today’s Public Health Challenges

Posted on by Angela Wertman | ArcGIS Enterprise, Health, JavaScript API

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) aims to strengthen family physicians and the communities they care for through prevention and public health initiatives. As part of this effort, their research arm, HealthLandscape, develops geospatial data visualization to help the community find insights to improve health care.  Read More

Estimating Community GHG Emissions from Land Use Change

Posted on by Eric Ashcroft | ArcGIS Image Extension for Server, Climate, Environment, Forest, Greenhouse Gas, JavaScript API, Land Use, Nonprofit/NGO

As communities around the United States seek to mitigate the impact of climate change by reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the importance of land use to the GHG balance has become more apparent. About one third of human caused GHG emissions each year are sequestered in forests and trees but most communities do not include forests and trees in their inventories. To help fill this gap, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) developed the Land Emissions and Removals Navigator (LEARN) tool.  Read More

Bringing Transparency to Transboundary Water Policy in the Mekong River Basin

Posted on by Eric Ashcroft | ArcGIS Image Extension for Server, ArcGIS Online, Conservation, Economic Development, Environment, Infrastructure, JavaScript API, Nonprofit/NGO, Sustainable Development Goals, Water

From its headwaters on the Tibetan Plateau, the Mekong River runs through six countries, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia before reaching the ocean. Over 60 million people live in the Mekong watershed and rely on its natural resources and fish and agricultural products produced here are shipped throughout the world. However, recent evidence indicates…  Read More

Track Industrial Spaces in the Mekong Region with the Updated Mekong Infrastructure Tracker

Posted on by Eric Ashcroft | ArcGIS Online, Conservation, Development, Economic Development, Environment, Infrastructure, JavaScript API, Nonprofit/NGO, Transportation, Water

The latest release of The Mekong Infrastructure Tracker includes data on Industrial Spaces. In addition to major transportation hubs, such as railway stations, airports, and seaports, these include special economic zones, cross border economic zones, and industrial zones. These areas, with special tax treatment and other regulations, are a key centers of economic activity and international investment.  Read More

GIS-based Mapping in America’s First Garden Cemetery

Posted on by Sarah Aldama | Cemetery, Esri, Infrastructure, JavaScript API, Nonprofit/NGO, Public Gardens

Blue Raster collaborated with Mount Auburn Cemetery, The Alliance for Public Gardens GIS (APGG), and BG-BASE to develop an automated link from BG-BASE to Esri software. This process involved moving plant record data to a SQL Server Enterprise Geodatabase loaded with the Alliance for Public Gardens GIS data-model.  Read More

Tracking Grassland Loss in the Great Plains: WWF and Blue Raster Release Plowprint Web Application

Posted on by Sarah Aldama | ArcGIS Image Extension for Server, Conservation, Environment, JavaScript API, Land Use, Nonprofit/NGO

To understand and address issues faced in the Great Plains, Blue Raster has partnered with the World Wildlife fund to bring the annual Plowprint Report online. Since 2016, the Plowprint Report has analyzed grassland loss across the Great Plains.  Read More

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