Redlands, Calif., Oct. 12, 2015—The number of people living in the United States is expected to swell from 321 million today to just over 400 million by 2055, according to the US Census Bureau. Millions of additional acres will be needed for homes, schools,…
Esri Geodesign Solutions Evaluated in Gartner Report
A recent Gartner Report evaluated Esri geodesign tools and noted that "Esri's new GeoPlanner and updated CityEngine further its aim of reaching land-use…
Placeworks Applies Geodesign, Both Science and Art
David Early, principal of Placeworks, presented this morning at the Geodesign Summit in Redlands, Calif. Their GreenScore is a suite of GIS-based tools…
Geodesign Provides a Means to Address the Urgency of Planning a Sustainable Future
Jack Dangermond, founder and president of Esri, opened the sixth annual Geodesign Summit at Esri headquarters in Redlands, Calif. this morning. The goal of the event is to advance methods and the science behind geodesign. Geography as the science, and geodesign…
Geodesign Summit Europe Comes Into Focus
What better place to be in September than the historic city of Delft, the Netherlands? Famous for its canals and blue pottery, Delft is also a place steeped in the study of technology and engineering, as it is home to universities that specialize in those…
Students Examine a More Bike-Friendly Los Angeles Using Geodesign
With a GoPro camera strapped to the front of her bicycle, Nicole Bosetti rode through the streets of Amsterdam. Whirring past brick-front cafes and canals, she captured footage of the safe and efficient bike paths available to cyclists. In Amsterdam, bicycles…
GeoPlanner for ArcGIS Enables Resilient Design
Esri recently released a web app called GeoPlanner for ArcGIS that brings the power of geodesign to land-based planning. GeoPlanner for ArcGIS is a JavaScript-based application that requires no plug-ins and has been designed to run in web browsers on both…
Special Offer Helps Small Design Firms Implement Esri Software
In response to industry demand, Esri, the leader in geographic information system (GIS) software development, has announced a special opportunity for small companies engaged in landscape architecture and urban design to take advantage of a competitively priced…
Dangermond: “We Must Apply the Logic of Landscape Architects”
“My whole life has been leading up this presentation,” said Jack Dangermond, ASLA, founder and president of ESRI, to an audience of thousands of landscape architects at the opening session of the 2013 ASLA Annual Meeting in Boston. He was trained as a…
Philadelphia University Adopts LumenRT for its Groundbreaking GeoDesign Graduate Program
E-on software, the leader in 3D Immersive Nature technologies, today announced that Philadelphia University has joined the LumenRT Luminaries program and has adopted LumenRT as part of its core GeoDesign graduate program. The Philadelphia University GeoDesign…
