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Esri’s enterprise geospatial platform

What is ArcGIS?

ArcGIS is a comprehensive geospatial platform for professionals and organisations. It is the leading geographic information system (GIS) technology. Built by Esri, ArcGIS integrates and connects data through the context of geography. It provides world-leading capabilities for creating, managing, analysing, mapping, and sharing all types of data. Organisations that use ArcGIS to understand and analyse their data in geographic context have a distinct advantage and decision-making edge.

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ArcGIS supports essential business and government operations

These are some of the most prevalent ways organisations apply ArcGIS to return tangible value.

  • Asset and network management

    Know the real-time location and condition of moving and stationary assets

  • Policy and transparency

    Allocate resources where they are needed most and communicate decisions in a powerful visual format

  • Urban planning and development

    Create context-rich digital twins that integrate geography with BIM and 3D data

  • Land use and property management

    Streamline land management with an authoritative geographic database, capabilities, and tools

  • Natural resource management

    Leverage maps, imagery, and remote sensing to manage resources sustainably and equitably

  • Transportation and logistics

    Plan efficient routes and manage complex fleet logistics with shared maps and dashboards

  • Market analysis and site selection

    Choose the smartest locations for stores, facilities, and market expansion with comprehensive place-based data and spatial analysis

  • Supply chain optimization

    Power end-to-end supply chain visibility and planning with real-time maps

  • Public safety and security

    Enhance situational awareness with precise real-time location data

  • Environmental conservation and monitoring

    Analyse environments and ecosystems holistically to create data-driven, area-specific conservation plans

  • Risk analytics and mitigation

    Map assets to pinpoint risk and prioritise mitigation strategies for maximum benefit

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Explore how organisations are innovating with ArcGIS

Leading organisations in virtually every field use ArcGIS to solve complex problems across operations. Find out how ArcGIS is being used across industries.

Asset and network management

Vodafone map ‘experiment’ set for enterprise adoption

Driven by curiosity and a desire to innovate, Vodafone engineers created a geospatial digital twin of its Britain cellular network using ArcGIS technology. They discovered that the solution enabled virtual site visits, enhanced capacity planning, and created many other operational efficiencies. Vodafone now plans to roll out ArcGIS-powered digital twins in 12 markets across Europe.

A digital twin of an aerial view of London, England, showing the River Thames, Houses of Parliament, and Big Ben.

Policy and transparency

Navigating a better digital user service for marine planning

As the Non-Departmental Public Body with delegated authority for preparing and implementing marine plans, providing users access to up-to-date data is a key responsibility of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). Users had been frustrated by navigating complex sets of hard-copy documents with static maps, which are quickly out-of-date. The MMO needed to replace this outdated system with a Government Digital Service compliant one, giving users access to up-to-date information, which would support implementation of marine plans in the English marine area.

The Port of Dover is a cross-channel port connecting the United Kingdom and France and one of the world's busiest passenger ports.

Urban planning and development

Vienna designs a city within a city

In one of Europe’s largest urban development projects, Vienna is transforming a derelict airfield into aspern Seestadt—one of Europe’s most dynamic planned communities and a test bed for smart city initiatives. As aspern Seestadt takes shape, ArcGIS has become a powerful integrated tool for planners and architects, providing a common virtual meeting space for project-related data. Maps and dashboards facilitate collaboration among public and private partners. A 3D geospatial digital twin helps measure progress and explore future scenarios to enhance sustainability.

Screenshot courtesy of Wien3420 showing a 3D map of buildings in aspern Seestadt and a readout of total embodied CO2 emissions to measure building performance and efficiency.

Natural resource management

Geospatial platform delivers Biodiversity Net Gain

Infrastructure renewal and growth are vital to economic and societal growth and, thanks to new methodologies, biodiversity enhancement can sit parallel to these aims. The AtkinsRéalis SpatialCDE platform (or Spatial Common Data Environment) uses a technology stack including Esri to deliver huge qualitative and quantitative benefits while supporting Biodiversity Net Gain.

Native wild flowers in an ancient hay meadow in the High Weald of Sussex

Risk analytics and mitigation

Marriott builds a Risk Atlas for safer travels

Marriott International, a hotel brand operating in 139 countries with almost 8,700 properties, relies on a comprehensive risk assessment tool known as Risk Atlas for guest safety. Built with ArcGIS, Risk Atlas analyses data from diverse sources like news reports, social media chatter, and meteorological information to evaluate threat levels by location. The map format makes it easy to share data across the enterprise, from real estate teams to security managers. Reliable alerts enable Marriott to make informed decisions to protect guests and assets, ensuring business continuity.

A map of color-coded flood risks, part of a climate risk assessment

Transportation and logistics

Driving enhanced value from geospatial data

After realising the true value of its geospatial data assets, National Highways put geospatial data right at the heart of its business, creating a single, centralised spatial portal with the ArcGIS system. Now, geospatial data is used more extensively than ever before and employees have the real-time insight, accurate network models and innovative tools to work efficiently right across the organisation.

Evening traffic on british motorway M1

Geography-driven capabilities offer unique advantages

ArcGIS provides capabilities for elevating business practices with geographic context. Capabilities, data, and tools work together within ArcGIS to form insight-generating, problem-solving systems.

  • A map of a city with a cluster of brightly coloured circles in the centre, surrounded by smaller, dimmer circles

    Mapping

    Understand data in a new way by mapping and visualising it in 2D, 3D, and real time. Leverage location services and advanced cartographic tools. 

  • A map of New York City with a dark background, blue roads and highway, and red dots marking different locations across the city

    Spatial analytics

    Perform spatial modeling and analysis with data from any source, enriched by geography. AI-infused workflows power advanced analytics.

  • A map of a coastal city shows red hot spots downtown, fading to orange, yellow, and green in nearby suburbs and rural areas

    Field operations

    Empower teams to work in disconnected environments. Streamline field data collection and workforce planning, routing, and management.

  • A 3D rendering of the earth with a glowing green North and South America, in front of a more realistic rendering of the earth, representing storing data about the earth digitally

    Data editing and management

    Implement a reliable system of record for data editing, offline data management, and data sharing across an organisation. 

  • Aerial view of a city with a large stadium in the centre, shown in a virtual colour palette with blue, red and orange colours

    Imagery and remote sensing

    Leverage an end-to-end system for imagery collection, management, and processing, enhanced by AI workflows.

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Learn how ArcGIS works

Esri provides customer benefits beyond technology

Access to ArcGIS includes much more than GIS software solutions and services. It connects organisations to Esri’s world-class support, training, and community.

  • Technical support

    Esri’s world-class support team is available to help organisations ensure success, with additional options for premium 24/7 support. 

  • Training

    Comprehensive online and classroom training offerings and certification programs fit any schedule, role, and experience level. 

  • Community

    An active network of geospatial professionals share tips, chat, and collaborate via local user groups and global online forums.

  • Conferences and events

    Esri hosts many events, including the world’s largest GIS conference, where professionals come to connect, learn, and get inspired.

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