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and user-friendly for both mobile and web platforms.

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National Audubon Society’s Bird Migration Explorer

Posted on by Sarah Mandanas | ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, Climate, Environment, GIS, Nonprofit/NGO

Audubon has partnered with Blue Raster to create the Bird Migration Explorer- an immersive application that teaches users about the joy of migration. By mapping the over 450 bird species, and visualizing the conservation needs of high priority areas, the Bird Migration Explorer tells the stories of birds across the hemisphere. This application is designed to excite, engage and inform a variety of users from birders to conservationists to researchers. Blue Raster helped make this application a reality by configuring, publishing, and visualizing data.  Read More

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Carbon Benefits Calculator

Posted on by Pauline Mnev | Amazon Web Services, ArcGIS Enterprise, Cloud, Conservation, Environment, Greenhouse Gas, Land Use, Nonprofit/NGO, Restoration

Blue Raster partnered with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to create a robust Carbon Benefits Calculator. This tool estimates and visualizes the carbon impact of past and planned conservation efforts, restoration, and improved land management activities of NFWF.  Read More

Promoting Sustainable Forestry Practices with High Resolution Imagery

Posted on by Chigo Ibeh | ArcGIS Online, Conservation, Environment, Forest, GIS, Land Use, Nonprofit/NGO, Sustainable Development Goals

Blue Raster is proud to have developed and supported an audit area tool for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). This solution pulls data so that auditors can examine historic and current tree cover before going on site to complete their inspections. Blue Raster recently integrated high resolution satellite imagery from Planet and Sentinel into the audit area tool.  Read More

Esri Nonprofit Specialty: Enabling Nonprofits to Use GIS for Greater Impact

Posted on by Piper Conrad | Community, Conservation, Disaster Response, Economic Development, Esri, GIS, Health, Human Rights, Nonprofit/NGO, Public Gardens, Sustainable Development Goals

Blue Raster is a proud member of the Esri Nonprofit Specialty. Partners in the Nonprofit Specialty are recognized for their alignment with and their knowledge and expertise of Esri’s Nonprofit Organization Program.  Read More

Make Way for Whales (And Environmental Hope)

Posted on by Christina Nordling | ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS StoryMaps, 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 | ArcGIS StoryMaps, Conservation, 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

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