Esri Releases New Book Demonstrating How GeoAI Powers Greater Automation, Prediction, and Optimization

GeoAI: Artificial Intelligence in GIS Showcases Real-World Stories About Geospatial AI Helping Users Across Industries Solve Complex Challenges

REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esri, the global leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, has released GeoAI: Artificial Intelligence in GIS. The new book is a collection of real-life cases where public- and private-sector organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and nonprofits successfully used the emerging technology of AI-enhanced GIS, known as GeoAI. A primer for users seeking an introduction to this innovation, GeoAI: Artificial Intelligence in GIS details how this technology is already helping professionals manage processes, workflows, policies, and communication.

“GeoAI is the integration of spatial analysis, AI, and big data,” said Jack Dangermond, Esri president. “It is creating new insights that promise to transform our understanding of the world.”

Organizations across the globe have long relied on GIS to manage and analyze data through the powerful lens of location, helping them tackle some of the toughest business and societal challenges. The emergence of GeoAI has opened new opportunities to automate complex analyses and realize greater potential from spatial data.

Edited by Ismael Chivite and Nicholas Giner, both senior product managers at Esri, as well as the principal content strategist for Esri Press, Matt Artz, the book includes a technology showcase that provides ideas, strategies, tools, and actions to help jump-start your own use of GeoAI. Readers from city planning and policymaking, business, research, and more will also learn how GeoAI can help them make better decisions faster by combining human GIS expertise with AI capabilities.

GeoAI: Artificial Intelligence in GIS is available in paperback (ISBN: 9781589488441, US$39.99) and as an ebook (ISBN: 9781589488458, US $39.99). This book can be purchased at most online retailers worldwide. Interested retailers can contact Esri Press book distributor Ingram Publisher Services.

About Esri

Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping, helps customers unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Founded in 1969 in Redlands, California, USA, Esri software is deployed in hundreds of thousands of organizations globally, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, nonprofit institutions, and universities. Esri has regional offices, international distributors, and partners providing local support in over 100 countries on six continents. With its pioneering commitment to geospatial technology and analytics, Esri engineers the most innovative solutions that leverage a geographic approach to solving some of the world’s most complex problems by placing them in the crucial context of location. Visit us at esri.com.

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