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SpatialNews.com Press Release
ESRI Becomes Federation of Earth Science Information Partner
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Redlands, California ¯ ESRI, the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, has been accepted as a partner of the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (the Federation). The Federation is a network of researchers and associated groups that collect, interpret, and develop applications for satellite-generated earth observation information. It is developing the Earth Information Exchange, a portal where member data products and tools will be available to researchers, decision makers, educators, and others.
“The purpose of ESRI involvement is to provide a link between the GIS practitioner community and the scientific community, and we are delighted to be accepted into the partnership,” says Jack Dangermond, ESRI president.
“GIS is rapidly invading the earth science realm,” says Dr. Thomas Yunck, Federation president. “ESRI is taking the lead in extending GIS tools for use with the 3D and 4D earth science datasets collected by our national agencies. Their Geospatial One-Stop technology will be critical in opening this vast archive and the many value-added products and services offered by the Federation to scientists and decision makers worldwide.”
Founded in 1998 under a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the consortium includes more than 80 public, private, and nonprofit organization partners including NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data centers; the University of California, Santa Barbara Environmental Information Lab; and NatureServe.
“The earth science community provides a rich source of data, services, and scientific expertise to the ESRI community of GIS application users. The user community, in turn, has operational and decision-making expertise that can help the science community focus its research on solving real-world problems,” says Jerry Garegnani, ESRI federal team, about the benefits of combining efforts among scientific and GIS groups. For more information on the Federation, visit its Web sit at www.esiped.org.
About the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners
The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners brings together government agencies, universities, nonprofit organizations, and businesses in an effort to make earth science information available to a broader community. Visit the Federation at www.esipfed.org.
About ESRI
Since 1969, ESRI has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS, ESRI software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 5,000 colleges and universities. ESRI applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. ESRI is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at www.esri.com.
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