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GIS Heralds
Harvest High

Case Study

Global View

Product Showcase

Putting Agronomic
Analysis in the Hands
of Farmers

Tracing Each
Oyster from Tide
to Table

ArcGIS Urban
Transforms City
Planning

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PRESIDENT’S DESKAgendra Kumar
President, Esri IndiaA

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03 President’s Desk
05 News• Esri India and Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu
University (llT-BHU) are Gearing up to Geospatially Skill Millions• Esri and the Jane Goodall Institute Partner to Provide Community
Mapping Tools to Protect Nature• Esri Releases GIS and the 2020 Census• Esri to Use Mobileye Data for Dynamic Edge Mapping• Esri Partners with E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation to Establish
Half-Earth Project Conservation Priorities

18• Esri Software Powers Location Intelligence in Microsoft’s Defense
System Demonstration

08 Case Study

Putting Agronomic Analysis in the Hands of Farmers

10

Product Review• The Fastest Way to Collect Field Data
• Tracker for ArcGIS Released

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Research Paper

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Technology Update

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Cover Story

31

Partner Showcase

Risk Assessment Modelling Using Interpolation Tools in
ArcGIS Software: An Example of East Kolkata Wetlands

What New Technologies Are in Store for the ArcGIS
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2D and 3D Maps

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Global View

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Product Showcase

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Tracing Each Oyster from Tide to Table

ArcGIS Urban Transforms City Planning

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Putting Agronomic
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As stewards of our resources, farmers and ranchers understand theimportance of both production and resource conservation. However, it is
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productivity. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) works with farmers and ranchers toensure the health of our natural resources and the sustainability of agriculture.
THE CHALLENGENThe STAR user interface makes thepowerful, albeit complex, APEX tool
intuitive to use. It allows conservation
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producers by quantifying estimatednutrient reductions associated withthose alternatives and by providing
these estimates in a geospatial context.
It is a game-changer for Vermont.
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Partner Liaison,
Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food & Markets

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TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

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COVER STORYGIS HERALDSHARVEST HIGHT
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presence of herring spawn. Collector for ArcGIS was then used to update operational
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