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Category:
3D
A Look at the Ohio River: Past, Present, and Future
ArcGIS Urban: Take City Development Further
Using Drones to Advance Turfgrass Science at Green-Wood Cemetery
Explore the Indoors with ArcGIS
3D Zoning in Washington D.C.
LOOK UP and take a Skyfie
A Summer at Blue Raster: Internship Edition
ArcGIS Hub: Grow Your Local Economy
The Future of 3D Zoning
Exploring George Washington’s Mount Vernon in 3D
Category:
Agriculture
Mapping America’s Wine Growing Regions
Public Gardens on Display in Washington, DC
Blue Raster attends the American Public Gardens Association Annual Conference
Mapping for a World Without Malnutrition
Solving the Water Balance Equation for California
Integrating Field GIS at Green-Wood Cemetery
Category:
Amazon Web Services
Virtualizing ArcGIS in the Cloud
GFW Pro: Managing Deforestation Risk in Commodity Supply Chains
Towards Zero Deforestation with GFW Pro
Conserve and Protect with The Land Trust Alliance
Helping Secure Land Rights With LandMark
New Paper Identifying Emerging Hot Spots of Deforestation
Building a Prototype for FDA Food Data
Blue Raster Presents Emerging Hotspots of Global Tree Cover Loss
Category:
ArcGIS Desktop
Maret School: Exploring Inequality through GIS
Arlington Democrats: Organizing Volunteers with Accessible Maps
ArcGIS Pro & ArcMap Training in Austin, TX
See What’s New with the Texas Water Explorer!
A New Chapter on Tsunami Design
Weaving Together Baltimore’s Culture with GEOLOOM
Keeping America’s Infrastructure Safe with ASCE
Watersheds New Release for EPA
Securing Land Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Communities
Appalachia Community Data Portal
Three Compelling Story Maps for Agriculture Risk
The Hidden Cost of Suspension
Future Ready Map Video for White House ConnectED Event
Famine Early Warning Systems Network New Website
Natural Disaster Hotspots – A Global Risk Analysis
Category:
ArcGIS for Server
Clearview Analytics Tool: Accelerating Economic Insight
Global Forest Watch Fires: New Fire Monitoring Capabilities
Understanding our Students with MapED
Protecting Indigenous & Community Lands With LandMark
WHO Malaria Threats Map: Tracking challenges of malaria control to 2030
Global Fires Analyzed by Country
Keeping Trees Green with DDOT
Discover Cambodia’s Watersheds and Ecosystems with WESTool
Untangling the Food System Web in Maryland
STATcompiler et l’Appli Mobile disponibles en français
New Release: APTA Industry Footprint
Fires in Indonesia Park seen with GFW Fires App
Footprint Map of Medical School Graduates
Measure DHS
Category:
ArcGIS Hub
City of Lynnwood ArcGIS Hub Support
Category:
ArcGIS Image Extension for Server
Estimating Community GHG Emissions from Land Use Change
Bringing Transparency to Transboundary Water Policy in the Mekong River Basin
Tracking Grassland Loss in the Great Plains: WWF and Blue Raster Release Plowprint Web Application
Visualizing Evolution of Atmospheric Deposition
Staying Ahead of the Global Water Supply Shortage
Category:
ArcGIS Indoors
Category:
ArcGIS Online
Track Industrial Spaces in the Mekong Region with the Updated Mekong Infrastructure Tracker
Enhanced Visualization of DHIS2 Data
Mekong Infrastructure Tracker
COVID Response Dashboard
Esri FedGIS 2020
Field Report: Supporting TRACE in Eswatini, Rwanda, and Ethiopia
Blue Raster Wins Esri’s StoryMap Challenge
Using GIS to Inform Workforce Development
ArcGIS Solutions for Emergency Management Workshop
The TRACE Initiative: Using real-time data to identify hot spots of current HIV transmission
The Magic of Maps: Presenting Esri StoryMap Beta
Following the Student Journey: Education to the Workforce
Saving Wilderness Areas with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
Identifying Connectivity Across US Communities
Make Meaningful Policy Maps For Your Community
China: Then and Now – A Story Map
Workforce Development Through Story Maps
Education Data Leaves the Classroom with EDGE Geodata
Story Map Delivers #ProtectOurCoast Campaign
Data to Decisions with the Jane Goodall Institute
DCPS Recycles Right
Improving the APTA Industry Footprint
Unlocking Data With WRI Open Data Portal
Highlights from the 2017 Esri UC
Field Trial Success: Farming Sustainability With Esri Collector and ArcGIS Online
Local Students Celebrate GIS Day at Blue Raster
GFW Map Builder
Blue Raster at the White House AAPI Data Challenge
Putting Trees on the Map: Adventures at the 2016 Esri UC
ArcGIS Online Accelerate Training
Easy Data Collection for School Attendance Boundaries
Bear Basics – New Portal Into the World of Bears
Visualizing Open Data’s Global Reach
Category:
ArcGIS Pro
Category:
ArcGIS StoryMaps
Celebrating 60 Years of Discovery with Jane Goodall
StoryMaps in the Time of COVID-19: Telling the Story of the Red Cross Response Efforts
Using StoryMaps to Celebrate Arlington County’s 1920 Centennial
Highlighting Jane Goodall’s Conservation Approach with a New Story Map
Category:
ArcGIS Urban
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Baltimore
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BIM
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Building Information Management
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Cemetery
GIS-based Mapping in America’s First Garden Cemetery
Green-Wood Mobile App: Celebrating Life in one of America’s Historic Cemeteries
Category:
Cloud
Category:
Community
2019 Esri Mid-Atlantic User Group Conference: Five Major Takeaways from our GIS Team
GIS Day at Blue Raster
Highlights from the Esri UC 2018
Category:
Conservation
SubsidyExplorer Tool: Design for Decisions
Emerging Hot Spots and Tracking Global Forest Loss: A New Chapter in GIS for Science
Forest Products Without Compromise
Sustainable World Conference in Geneva: Collaborating for a better world
India Water Tool Helps Turn Water Risks to Water Solutions
Habitat and biodiversity in the ‘Urban Century’
Blue Raster in Geneva: GIS for a Sustainable World
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Culture
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Design
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Development
ArcGIS Maps for Microsoft Power BI: Make Spatially Informed Business Decisions
Historic Zoning in DC
Cultivating Business Centers by Harvesting Data
Blue Raster at Esri UC, June 27–July 1
Zoning Washington D.C.’s Future
Category:
Disaster Response
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District of Columbia
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Drone
Category:
Economic Development
GIS for Community Engagement with the World Bank
Category:
Education
Inspiring Student Innovation with Planet3
Geography Added to the Common Core!
Finding the Right School with The College Map
Looking Forward with MapEd School Feeder Patterns
REL Midwest Releases New EdMaps
Department of Education Open Data
New Release of REL Midwest EdMaps
Mapping Education and Demographic Trends with MapED
ED Moves ArcGIS Servers to Amazon’s GovCloud
National School Boundaries – Attendance Area Maps
New Department of Education Profile Viewer: Mapping Our Nation’s School District Demographics
Introducing the School Boundaries Geodatabase
Geocoding Our Nation’s Schools – NCES Stats-DC 2012
School District Demographics System (SDDS) Goes Mobile!
WISEmaps Puts New Focus on Wisconsin Education Data
National Geographic Fieldscope: Tools for Citizen Science
National Parks – Fredericksburg Battlefield
Department of Education
Category:
Emergency Management
Category:
Environment
World Environment Day: Today and Everyday
Open Data and Cool Apps: Blue Raster Presents at IMIA
Going Mobile at U.S. National Arboretum!
Measuring Conservation with Biodiversity Dashboard
Penn State GIS Day
London Zoo and Sustainable Palm Oil
Ceres Digs Deeper into Water Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing
New Analysis Tools for Greenpeace
Turning Concept into Reality: Green Infrastructure
Development Alert! Awareness of Infrastructure Projects
Global Forest Watch Fires Story Map – An Inside Look
Global Forest Watch-Fires using High-Resolution Imagery to better respond to Fires
Explore Natural Communities On Your Next Hike
GFW Commodities – Tools for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Atlas of Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities
Suitability Mapper: Finding Sustainable Palm Oil Sites
Ceres Maps Analyze Drought and Ground Water Depletion in Shale Development Areas
New WRI map confirms long suspected notions of natural resource rights across sub-Saharan Africa
NFWF maps 12K Conservation Grants with ArcGIS
WRI: New Agricultural Exposure to Water Stress map
Guerrilla Gardening- Baltimore Crowdsourcing Map
Rapid Response WebMaps – Indonesia Fires Case Study
Phase II of eMammal Project ‘Captures’ Attention
Aqueduct – Mapping Water Risk Around the Globe
Increasing Forest Transparency in the Congo Basin
eMammal – A Citizen Scientist Camera Trapping Project
National Arboretum Launches Explorer for Touring and Research
Supporting Sustainable Palm Oil in Indonesia
Identifying and Understanding Changes to Protected Areas
IUCN Threatened Species Now Available via ArcGIS Online
New Tools Help Forest Legality Alliance Reduce Illegal Logging
Green Belt Movement Maps Progress of Community-Based Tree Planting in Kenya
IUCN Maps Threatened Species in Protected Areas
Spatial Analysis to Prioritize and Protect Marine Areas
WildFinder Advances Knowledge of Species Biodiversity
Preserving Rainforests with Project POTICO
Aqueduct Atlas Helps Project Water Risks
WRI Tracks Nutrient Pollution in Coastal Waters
Australia Megafauna
World Resources Institute – Forest Atlas of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Smithsonian WILD
USGS (NBII) launches AmphibiaTrends
Smithsonian – North American Mammals
Climate Adaptation Knowledge Environment (CAKE)
Southern Forests for the Future
Forest Carbon Index
Adaptation Atlas
World Wildlife Fund – Coral Resilience Mapping Application
Wildfinder – WWF
LandScope America
Category:
Climate
Danger in the Air: UNICEF
Thirsting for a Future: UNICEF
TNC Story Map: Planting Healthy Air
Clear the Air for Children: UNICEF
Pinpoint Deforestation with PALM Risk Tool
Greenpeace Indonesia
Take a Dip in The Texas Water Explorer
New Climate and Land Use Tools for EPA
Unless We Act Now: UNICEF
Category:
Hydraulic Fracturing
Category:
Natural Hazards
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Esri
FedGIS 2021
Esri UC 2020 is Virtual!
Esri Partner Conference 2020
Esri User Conference 2019: The Blue Raster Experience
Esri UC 2019: Visit the Blue Raster Team
Blue Raster Takes on Esri DevSummit 2019
Esri FedGIS 2019
Come Visit Us! At the Esri FedGIS
Highlights From Esri DevSummit 2018
Mapping Global Polio Eradication
Esri DevSummit 2017: The Science of Where
Partner of the Year: Federal Small Business Specialty
Blue Raster now an Esri Federal Small Business Specialist
Category:
User Conference
Blue Raster at the Esri User Conference 2020
Category:
Federal
Look Good, Feel Good: DHS Program Launches Re-Designed Website
Dig deeper with new Topics pages from The DHS Program
World AIDS Day 2017: Blue Raster visualizations in PHIA Project Reports
DHS Program Mobile App v2.0 Released
STATcompiler Redefined: Into the Modern Era
DHS Program Indicator Data API Opens Door for Innovative Apps
Smithsonian Story Map – Tradition & Art of Living China
Smithsonian’s Virtual Field Trip around the Globe
REL EdMaps Helps Analyze School Data in the Midwest
MEASURE DHS Launches the Spatial Data Repository
On the Go: USAID MEASURE DHS Data Available in New Mobile App
MEASURE DHS Releases New Website, STATcompiler
Category:
Finance
Category:
Forest
Category:
GIS
Blue Raster at NC GIS
GIS Day 2020
Intern Experience at Blue Raster: Summer 2020
ArcGIS Training at Blue Raster: Teaching the Fundamentals of Esri ArcGIS
Category:
Greenhouse Gas
Category:
Health
PHIA Project: A Drop That Counts
From Data to Decisions on Global Malnutrition
MEASURE DHS Mobile Featured in Adobe PhoneGap Success Story
MOBILE APP MODELS HIV PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND OUTCOMES
Rethinking Health Mapping with Rich Visualizations
UDS Mapper
Health
Landscape
Costs of Anti-retroviral Therapy – Interactive Flex Application
Category:
HIV
Category:
Human Rights
Amnesty International – Eyes on Syria
Amnesty International – Eyes on Nigeria
Category:
Infrastructure
Category:
JavaScript API
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Land Trust
Category:
Land Use
City of Boston Zoning Viewer for Urban Planning
Category:
Media
Enhancing Public Access to GIS
Mapping the Global Adoption of Digital Media
Category:
Microsoft Azure
Category:
Mobile
Category:
News
2015 Esri Partner Conference Award – Public Web Application
Category:
Open Data
Category:
Operations Dashboard
Category:
Parks
Category:
Power BI
Build Your First Power BI Report Using the Inbuilt Sample Data
Power BI Resource Guide
Data Visualization Training
Getting Started with Power BI
Category:
Public Gardens
Arboretum Botanical Explorer Revitalized at the U.S. National Arboretum
Category:
Public Safety
NAPSG Redesigns A Roadmap for Public Safety GIS
Category:
Real Estate
Category:
Restoration
Category:
SDG
Category:
Story Map
APTA Story Map Amplifies Advocacy Message
Story Map for Amnesty International – “Will I Be Next?”
Enhancing Press Releases with Interactive Story Maps
World Bank Georesults: Interactive Maps for Project Storytelling
Category:
Supply Management
Category:
Sustainable Development Goals
Category:
Training
Category:
Transportation
APTA Maps American Public Transportation with ArcGIS
Category:
Tsunami
Category:
UI
Category:
Uncategorized
Biodiversity Monitoring With Soundburst
2016 Esri DevSummit: Learning with the Best
Category:
Water
New Mobile-Friendly Water Risk Atlas
India Water Tool Offers Strategies for Water Risk
Category:
Women in Science
News
2015 Computerworld Data+ Editors' Choice Award - GFW Commodities
2015 Esri Award - Special Achievement in GIS (SAG)
Blue Raster at Esri International User Conference, July 20-24
The Power of Story Maps, Data, and Analysis
2015 Esri Partner Conference Award - Public Web Application
Blue Raster Celebrates GIS Day with Washington-Lee Students
Esri Names Blue Raster ArcGIS Online Specialty Partner
Blue Raster Hosts Young GIS Enthusiasts to Mark GIS Day
Blue Raster Joins Amazon Partner Network
2012 Esri Partner Conference Award - Public Web Application
UDS Mapper wins first place in Esri UC Application Fair
Smithsonian Wild featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
Team
Michael Lippmann
Stephen Ansari
Presentations
Creating Apps with Maps in AppStudio
The Power of Story Maps, Data, and Analysis
Top Ten Tips for Story Maps
Total Knockout: Start-to-Finish Development of Suitability Applications Using Image Server, D3.js, and Knockout.js
Telling Stories with Maps
GIS Day 2013 Challenge
GIS for the UN: Online Mapping Patterns in 2013 and Beyond
Migrating Department of Education to AWS EC2
Creating a Cloud Based Data Model for Boundary Collection
Crowdsourcing PADDDs Using the Power of ArcGIS Server
Harnessing Python at 2013 UC
Blue Raster at Esri International Dev Summit, March 25 – 28
Creating GIS Functionality in a Cloud Environment
Blue Raster at Esri Federal GIS Conference - Monday, Feb 25 - Wednesday, Feb 27
Innovative Data Collection Techniques for Public School Boundaries
What's New with the NCES SDDS and Web Mapping Tools - 2013 NCES Winter Forum
Developing Online / Offline Mapping Applications - Esri Developer Summit 2012
Geo-Enabling International Development - Esri UC 2011
Web Mapping Cloud Deployment – Lessons from the Field
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