Make your 2D data look 3D with ArcGIS Pro

Even if your data doesn't include the z values needed for 3D analysis, you can still create a 3D visualisation to help understand how the features sit in the landscape. At this year's Scottish Conference I included this in a short tech session on 3D in ArcGIS Pro. As well as looking at the visual impact of forest blocks, I also took 2D data representing a wind farm in the Scottish Borders and c

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Crossrail

We manage hundreds of simultaneous programmes of work in ArcGIS, helping us to manage cost efficiency, ensure site safety and share information securely.

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Have you heard the one about the GIS enabled dog?

Catching up on the videos from the Esri User Conference in San Diego is a great way to see what’s new and what’s coming. For me though, the highlight is the customer stories – seeing how the capabilities of ArcGIS are applied in real world situations. This year the story that caught my attention has drones, mobile GIS, 3D, public engagement maps, Norse history...  and a GIS enabled d

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ArcGIS Pro release makes it easier to get animated

I've been looking at ArcGIS Pro 1.3, released last week, which continues to expand the GIS capabilities in Pro. Support for geodatabase topology has been added, along with various additions and refinements to the analysis tools. You can now add and work with KML layers in you maps. Vector tile layers can also now be added to maps and scenes. As usual yo

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Using the Environment Agency LIDAR Point Cloud data with the ArcGIS Platform

The Environment Agency have recently released the first delivery of their LIDAR Point Cloud dataset as open data. This release is part of the wider project which will see Defra release 8,000 datasets as open data this summer. The Environment Agency

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Garsdale Design

CityEngine is transformational. We can quickly produce and amend 3D plans, delivering an efficient and top-quality service for our clients

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Reflections on the Esri Partner and Developer Conference

On reflection, there were 3 main themes that emerged from the Esri Dev Summit this year: ArcGIS is now a Platform, 3D will be available across the platform and JavaScript will become the main Web development tool for Esri.

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ArcGIS stocking fillers

A quick mention for a couple of choice morsels in the recent ArcGIS Online enhancements.

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Live-ish from the Esri Dev Summit

Some personal highlights from the Esri European Developer Summit: how Geotriggers work, an application builder for the Javascript API and more integrated access to 3D GIS. Not forgetting a sneak preview of the Collector App with offline editing capability.

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CityEngine 3D tennis analysis.

Wimbledon fortnight is here and, thanks to our colleagues in the states, you can see a 3D analysis of shots in a CityEngine viewer.

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