Campus Operations Blog

ArcGIS Solutions provides a robust suite of industry-specific configurations tailored to meet your organization's requirements effectively. These solutions harness the power of your authoritative data to enhance operations, reveal new insights, and improve services, ensuring you get the most out of your investment in location-based data and technology. 

Below are three commonly used ArcGIS Solutions to better manage grounds and maintenance.

The Henry Ford Museum's (THF) ArcGIS Indoors Pilot Project and Workflow Analysis showcased the value of geospatial technology in advancing a smart campus initiative.

By leveraging ArcGIS Indoors, the project enhanced facility management, space planning, and visitor experiences. Through the integration of numerous cutting-edge technologies—THF explored innovative ways to optimize operations and historic digital preservation.

The project demonstrated the power and feasibility of ArcGIS Indoors for wayfinding, emergency response, and historic storytelling, laying the groundwork for future expansion.

UC San Diego utilizes ArcGIS tools to provide a dynamic construction alert application to accompany notification narratives built in ArcGIS Experience Builder.

In this article you will learn how UC San Diego leveraged ArcGIS and location intelligence to address the challenges of campus growth management and replacement of disconnected legacy systems and workflows

Are you looking to create a seamless navigation experience for your campus? Indoor route networks are transforming the way people find their way around, offering on-the-fly route calculations and turn-by-turn directions between interior spaces. This article give an overview of the steps required to develop and publish indoor route networks using the ArcGIS Indoors product.

My name is Olivia Koch, I’m an undergraduate student at the University of Rhode Island studying Environmental Science and Management, and in this blog post I will be talking about my experience working with GIS for facility operations in higher education and how it broadened my perspective on the uses of GIS.

At Arizona State University (ASU), innovation drives everything we do — and our GIS program is no exception. As one of the largest public universities in the United States, ASU manages a sprawling infrastructure that spans 500 plus buildings and over 30 million gross square feet (GSF) of indoor space. This massive scale presents unique challenges, but it also provides exciting opportunities for leveraging GIS technology to its fullest potential.

Here is how ASU leverages GIS and maps to manage its complex campus spaces.

Managing facilities and college and university campuses can be a complex undertaking, requiring a multitude of tools to streamline operations, analyze data, and make informed decisions.  

ArcGIS Solutions offers a comprehensive collection of industry-specific configurations designed to align with your organization's needs, transform how you use ArcGIS, and maximize your investment in location-based data and technology.

This post outlines specific ArcGIS Solutions for university campuses and facilities. 

The grounds of the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa  are an accredited arboretum, showcasing plants from Hawai`i, the Pacific, and across the tropics, including a number of truly exceptional trees like what may be the largest baobab  in the United States. Classified as a Level 1 arboretum by Morton Arboretumʻs ArbNet, it also has Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation. While its primary function is to support the educational mission of the University, the Arboretum is also open to the public.

My name is Julius Paulo, GIS Coordinator for the University of Hawai`i Office of Systems Integration, and this blog post highlights how we use Enterprise GIS as a tool for supporting a campus arboretum.

Introducing GIS users to the concept of ‘floor awareness" is a vital step in transforming digital floor plans into GIS within the ArcGIS platform. This post offers a comprehensive look at what it means to be floor-aware in the context of ArcGIS Indoors guidance on creating floor-aware maps using ArcGIS Pro.

Discover how Brigham Young University-Idaho leverages ArcGIS Indoors to support a mission-driven, efficient campus environment. This tool enhances office and classroom management, optimizes asset tracking, and provides critical insights for future space planning.

From synchronizing employee assignments to empowering emergency responders, ArcGIS Indoors is central to creating a resource-conscious campus that supports students, staff, and the community of Rexburg.