Last year, Massachusetts issued an order that the state must begin to transition off of natural gas. The question is how? There are 30,000 miles of gas pipes in the state that together contain four times the energy at winter peak than our electric grid can currently hold. The once-in-a-century transition has to be planned in a street-segment and phased way to reduce costs and disruption, while delivering cleaner energy in an equitable way.   ...

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The 2024 Esri Innovation Prize has been awarded to : Femi Olamijulo, Mengyao Li, Monserrat Ocaña, Nicole Cacozza, and Zoe Iacovino for their entry “Everett Express: Transitioning a 95-acre industrial city parcel to mixed-use development in Everett, Massachusetts.” Judges comments: “A project performed with a professional level of quality from start to finish. The transportation, build-out, and 3D visual analyses are relevant, conducted with appropriate Esri technologies, and presented with engaging interactive maps. Where this project really... Read more about 2024 EIP Award Winner

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CGA's Geospatial Infrastructure Enhancement project featured on New England Research Cloud website as an example of the successful application of its cloud infrastructure. Funded by the Office of Vice Provost for Research, the goal of this project is to empower researchers by enabling the execution of geospatial big data projects across diverse use cases and provide ongoing support for CGA service projects. Leveraging computing resources at New England Research Cloud (NERC) and FASRC... Read more about CGA's Geospatial Infrastructure Enhancement project featured on NERC website

This workshop to be held at the Graduate School of Design on Thursday, Feb. 29, follows the Frances Loeb Library Colloquium "Invisible Topographies: Exploring the Impact of the Unseen" and provides a hands-on opportunity to explore workflows using Esri ArcGIS Pro, Esri CityEngine, and Esri ArcGIS Urban. Renia Kagkou and Shiori Sasaki will provide expert instruction in how to use these software tools for iterative and projective design work. Read... Read more about Beyond spatial analytics: The projective side of GIS

The date for ending delivery of ArcGIS Desktop has changed. ArcGIS Desktop will now be removed from Education Program licenses on July 1, 2024. ArcGIS Desktop enters Mature Support phase on March 1, 2024, meaning Technical Support still is available but no additional software updates or patches will be available. This change affects all Esri customers. In addition, ArcGIS named user will be the only method to license ArcGIS Pro and other ArcGIS...

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