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A Model for Equity-Centered Campus GIS: How Howard University Is Using Esri to Advance HBCUs on the Sustainability Map
For decades, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been at the center of environmental justice work, embedded in the communities most exposed to climate risk and most underserved by climate infrastructure investment. The pattern is well documented: institutions like Howard University sit in…
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Building a Spatial Framework at The Ohio State University from Bedrock Up
Managing smart campus operations at The Ohio State University is no small feat. Across a portfolio of 773 BIM (Building Information Model), 42.7 million gross square feet of space, and 14,500 acres of land, there are countless use cases to delve into. For the past five years, I have been a GIS Application Developer and a…
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Sustaining ArcGIS Indoors: Why Data Stewardship Matters More Than Deployment
Deploying ArcGIS Indoors is a major milestone. Bringing together CAD drawings, floor plans, building information, and space data, all in disparate formats, from across an organization requires significant planning, collaboration, and technical expertise. When the deployed system finally goes live, it feels like you've…
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University of Denver Transforms Space Management with ArcGIS Indoors
When the University of Denver (DU) first reached out, the situation sounded familiar. They had a commercial space management platform that had served them for years, but it was no longer scalable. Facilities data, space records, and GIS lived in separate places. Reporting meant chasing down exports and manually cleaning…
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Leveraging ArcGIS Indoors for Resource Management: Bringing Indoor Mapping to the Delaware County Intermediate Unit
Educational environments are becoming increasingly complex. Multiple buildings, multiple floors, increasing amenities, and shared services to manage. Combined with a constantly changing population of students, educators and visitors, these factors create daily operational challenges. There are also fiscal considerations…
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How the University of Notre Dame Transformed Campus Operations with ArcGIS Indoors
The University of Notre Dame manages more than 11.5 million square feet of building space across 200+ buildings on 10 global campuses spanning 5 countries. In October 2024, the University Facilities Information Department (UFI) initiated a migration of its indoor mapping, space planning, and asset mapping operations from…
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AI Wake Up Call: GIS is Catalyst For Re-Thinking Facilities Information Management
The moment when it became clear that GIS, specifically Indoor GIS, would forever change the landscape of facilities information management. And wouldn’t you know it, it was AI that made it “crystal” clear. For background, reference this previous blog – Three Legs of the Stool: Embracing ArcGIS as Anchor Technology for…
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Palm Beach County Schools Strengthen Safety with Indoor Maps Across 200+ Campuses
Ensuring safety across a large school district requires more than traditional emergency plans. For the Palm Beach County School District, the tenth-largest school district in the United States, protecting students and staff means preparing for emergencies across hundreds of campuses and thousands of buildings. To…
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Transforming Campus Facilities Operations at CSULB Through ArcGIS Online
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) occupies a sprawling 322-acre urban campus that has grown continuously since its founding in 1949. Today it educates more than 40,000 students per semester and lists 110 permanent buildings just a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles. In recent years, CSULB has embraced…
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Wake County Public School System Implements ArcGIS Indoors District-Wide - A Success Story
Background: Who is WCPSS? Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) is the 14th largest school district in the United States, serving a rapidly growing student population of 160,000 across 220+ sites and 27+ million square feet of educational and administrative facilities. The district employs over 10,000 staff and…
