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Are you a student studying Geography, GIS, or Spatial Statistics?

Great Opportunity

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Are you a student who is studying Geography, GIS, or Spatial Statistics or a mature-aged person seeking to re-enter the workforce?  We are looking to train a small team of men and women to use Esri Mapping Software which not only assists us with our mapping business but equips you for your future professional career.


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What Generation Z Wants from Work, Where

What Generation Z Wants from Work, Where

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Written by Helen Thompson. A new survey of business and engineering students and their employer preferences offers vital insights on the next wave of the global labor force. By assessing the survey data country by country, corporate leaders can divine trends that give them a competitive edge in recruiting the best talent in locations around


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Mapping The Worl'ds Islands - ESRI

Mapping The World’s Islands

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BY MARK ALTAWEEL There are over 300,000 islands in the world and most of these are poorly documented or generally unknown. A new United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Esri project has now mapped 340,691 islands of the Earth’s islands and created a GIS dataset that is publicly available. World Islands GIS Data As Charles Darwin


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The Trouble With Chocolate

The Trouble with Chocolate

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Story by Steven Mufson | Photos by Salwan Georges A decade after Mars and other chocolate makers vowed to stop rampant deforestation, the problem has gotten worse ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — Mars Inc., maker of M&M’s, Milky Way and other stalwarts of the nation’s Halloween candy bag, vowed in 2009 to switch entirely to sustainable cocoa to combat deforestation, a major


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New Historical Map of Arlington Shows What County Looked Like 100 Years Ago

New Historical Map of Arlington Shows What County Looked Like 100 Years Ago

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A new historical map of Arlington allows users to explore what the county looked like 100 years ago. The digital map depicts a mix of new and old pictures, showing the buildings that were standing in Arlington’s neighborhoods in the 1920s. By clicking pinpoints on a county map, users can check out the homes and businesses that


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Air Pollution Kills as Many People as Cigarettes

Air Pollution Kills as Many People as Cigarettes

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By Neha Pathak, MD Editor’s note: This story was updated Oct. 25, 2019 with a new analysis of air quality data by the Associated Press. Oct. 8, 2019 — When she turned 62 in 2012, Latifa Moosajee and her husband decided to downsize from their home in small-town Georgia. They moved into a brand-new townhouse in


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How Data-Driven John Deere Wins the Market

HOW DATA-DRIVEN JOHN DEERE WINS THE MARKET

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Written by: Marianna Kantor, Frits van der Schaaf Article snapshot: Using AI-based predictive analysis, John Deere helps its dealers spot growth opportunities in markets around the world. As some companies pull ahead, others fall behind. It’s the essence of competition—and increasingly, data separates the winners from the laggards. Giants like Amazon, Facebook, and Google have propelled


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Saving ‘Half of Earth’ to save humanity. On the occasion of the Half Earth Day, a look at what E.O. Wilson Foundation is doing to save the global biodiversity, and how organizations like Esri are contributing to the cause.

SAVING ‘HALF OF EARTH’ TO SAVE HUMANITY

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On the occasion of the Half Earth Day, a look at what E.O. Wilson Foundation is doing to save the global biodiversity, and how organizations like Esri are contributing to the cause. It’s not easy to assess the extent of damage that will be caused by natural calamities in the future. According to a new