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On screen before Chris does intro

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Blog: On-campus events Office celebrations Interesting projects teams are working on New members for sports teams FOR REGIONS TOO

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Earth Day is tomorrow, April 22, 2016, http://www.earthday.org Major themes: “Let’s plant 7.8 billion trees for the Earth. Let’s divest from fossil fuels and make cities 100% renewable. Let’s take the momentum from the Paris Climate Summit and build on it.”

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There was no GIS Day back when I was child and while growing up on Maui I was more focused on becoming an oceanographer and making the 1980 Olympics in the long jump. As a Hawaiian kid I basically went through my childhood in bare feet, and when my coach told me how much faster I could run & jump in shoes, I resisted, perhaps not unlike our users still wedded to the standalone desktop instead of leveraging the web GIS pattern! The only maps that I knew of were in the book Treasure Island or the pages of the National Geographic. GIS was nowhere to be found in my educational experience until I landed at UCSB for my PhD. (see also Karen Kemp & Mark Kumler in 1990 pic). The 1991 UC was a game changer

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Map of where I have been to sea – indian ocean, Antarctica and western pacific was mainly prior to grad school at UCSB. Someone at UCSB named me “Deepsea Dawn” and it stuck like glue, followed me to Oregon State and beyond. Eastern Pacific and SW Pacific dots cover UCSB, Oregon State up to Esri time Orange star was UCSB dissertation with GIS including Alvin submersible dives; purple star was post-doc GIS work with NOAA

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And you MUST see the Lego web maps of Ken Field if you are a Lego fan!

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Nothing like becoming a Peanuts character yourself…

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Ok, getting SERIOUS now….Given that Earth Day is upon us, let’s focus on the Earth and our better understanding of it by way of GIS What are some of our biggest challenges?

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To better understand the Earth here is a story map that everyone at Esri should see, if not seen already… Point out the 5 sections, mention that it includes some of the amazing CONTENT that we have been working on in observance of the UN Climate Summit (aka United Nations 21st Conference of the Parties, aka COP21, to call attention to the role of GIS in climate science and policy. World leaders gathered at the annual meeting to negotiate an international agreement with the goal of keeping global warming's increase below 2 degrees Celsius. Story map was for scientists, policy makers, planners, and activists to examine detailed spatial information critical for adapting to a warmer future. Nov 30 press release: http://www.esri.com/esri-news/releases/15-4qtr/story-map-navigates-cause-and-effects-of-climate-change Excellent overview article: https://eos.org/editors-vox/after-the-climate-agreement-in-paris So HOW is our planet changing? Let’s take a look at some animations

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Movie 1: OCEAN Perpetual ocean - let’s look at the Earth’s surface water in perpetual motion. Tens of thousands of ocean currents are captured in this scientific visualization created by NASA's Goddard. Uses sea surface height, gravity, wind stress, and sea surface temperatures from satellite data Movie 2: ATMOSPHERE Go to http://co2.digitalcartography.org National Geographic: The Earth Has Lungs, What it Breathe An NSF Vizzie Award winner this year among many other awards. Led by Prof Bernhard Jenny’s Carto Group while he was at Oregon State in conjunction with NASA. We have worked with Bernie on adaptive composite map projections such as this and through that relationship we were very lucky to get one of his star doctoral students, Bojan Saviric who now works on our projection/geometry team

Sadly Japan is in the news yet again due to a series of devastating earthquakes. In 2011 there were many stories in the news about the estimated 1.5 million TONS of debris headed to the US and Canadian west coast from the Tohoku-Oki event, as you can see from the simulation above. The pictures below show some of the debris already washed ashore in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. One of the big surprises here has been the sheer number of living sea creatures attached to these debris, some of which are invasive and could devastate local populations. The debris is still a threat to the entire US west coast. The final picture is from just LAST MONTH on the Oregon Coast, courtesy of Oregon State University Also, a seafloor pressure sensor manufactured in Redmond, WA broke loose off the Japanese coast after the 2011 quake and tsunami, and washed ashore in Willapa Bay, WA just recently. It still worked!

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“It stands to reason that as the atmosphere warms from the buildup of greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor), so does the ocean. Scientists have long suspected this was true, but in the early 20th century they didn’t quite have enough solid evidence. Now they do. Data compiled by Marinexplore (now PlanetOS) in Sunnyvale, Calif., not only confirm previous studies that the world's oceans are simmering, but they also bring surprising news: the heating extends beyond the first few meters of surface waters, down to 700 meters…” http://marinexplore.org/news/303-scientific-american-collaborates-with-marinexplore-to-analyze-how-our-oceans-are-warming For a delightful and insightful animation see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A0VMI6CuKk

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COP21 pledged to keep additional warming below 2 C lest we face additional crises – 195 nations agreed UNANIMOUSLY on this. 150 of those 195 will SIGN the Paris Agreement TOMORROW, on Earth Day at the United Nations. This includes the US, China, India, and the EU. For a great TED talk on how this all came to be (e.g., local/national interests NOT at odds with global needs) see http://www.ted.com/talks/christiana_figueres_the_inside_story_of_the_paris_climate_agreement For a nice article, see https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/how-talk-your-friends-about-paris-agreement For a delightful animated video, https://amp.twimg.com/v/c98e82e3-feb8-44cd-aa86-917c2e4e49ad Graphic shows a time line of cumulative pressures on the global ocean (similar for land). The size of the polygons corresponding to each pressure is arbitrary and is not meant to reflect their objective impacts. Extreme storms, godzilla El Ninos, understanding of extreme events that have large impacts on the economy and people’s lives - https://eos.org/editors-vox/after-the-climate-agreement-in-paris

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Ok, now what about science AT Esri? What is Esri’s role in all of this?

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Esri focuses on mapping and data for conservation, disaster aid and relief, climate change mitigation and adaptation, “geodesigning” land and ocean space use to more closely follow natural systems, protecting freshwater resources, in short, using maps and geographic analysis to make the world a better place.

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We aim to foster resilience – climate resilience, community resilience, ecological resilience, personal resilience etc. DATA resilience too

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Soinordertohelpsolvetheworld’sbiggestproblems,fosteringresiliencealongtheway,weneedtotakeaverybroadviewofscience.

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There are many natural science domains in which GIS is being used effectively to understand how the Earth works. The above are areas that Esri is particularly strong in. ThemandateoftheEsriChiefScien@stistoestablishEsriasabonafidememberofthescien@ficcommunity(especiallyintheseareas),notjustavendorofsoFware;andtopromoteanduptake&adop@onoftheArcGISplaLorm,thewebGISpaMernMen@onscien@ficadvisoryboardservicetoNOAA,EPA;collabora@onswithNASA,connec@onstoORNLthroughNSF-fundedCyberGISproject

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Some may think, “Ok, we have a chief scientist, so she is the one who does science at Esri.” Or “Oh, I remember this oceans stuff from the 2012 UC. So Dawn is the one who does oceans for Esri.” This couldn’t be farther from the truth. This is truly a TEAM effort. Behold, Dawn’s “org chart”

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Some example research questions: How and WHERE will climate change impact forest composition, coastal habitats, etc.? What factors most affect the SPREAD of infectious diseases and invasive species? How much will sea level change on a range of SPATIAL and TEMPORAL

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Geo-enabling/geo-enriching as part of the best ways to answer… How and WHERE will climate change impact forest composition, coastal habitats, etc.? What factors most affect the SPREAD of infectious diseases and invasive species? How much will sea level change on a range of SPATIAL and TEMPORAL

scales?

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Scientists themselves using our tools. OTHER people doing the science with Esri helping them

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GIS for Sustainable Development – thanks to the NonProfit and Global Organizations team Regarding SDG goal 2 on Zero Hunger, according to the World Health Organization, moderate malnutrition is defined as a weight-for-age between -3 and -2 z-scores below the median of the WHO child growth standards. It can be due to a low weight-for-height (wasting) or a low height-for-age (stunting) or to a combination of both.

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Ways that scientists are leveraging the ArcGIS platform and we are now seeing this at several large scientific meetings such as the AGU, the world’s largest Earth science meeting, and smaller key meetings such as for the Federation for Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Thanks to the Natl Govt, Civilian, and Education Teams for their valuable work with NASA, NOAA, EPA, USGS, FEMA, USFS, USDA, Census Bureau, and others Speaking of NASA, we have worked very hard of late to better engage this agency, which has been a hard nut to crack. Esri helped with NASA JPL wizard Hook Hua’s review/feedback on his Advanced Rapid Imaging & Analysis for Monitoring Hazards (ARIA-MH) testbed project for ESIP. Esri also partnered with JPL on the continued development of the Meta-Raster Format (MRF) and Limited Error Raster Compression (LERC) algorithm for assisting big imagery & multi-d data to perform well in the cloud. Those are open sourced under an Apache 2 license. Esri has released its Spatio-temporal Big Data Store with the 10.4 release for managing large collections, ArcGIS now supports SAP HANA as an enterprise GDB, and Esri is set to release the GeoAnalytics extension for parallelizing processing of big data later this year. NASA still has plenty of passes to the UC at the end of June through their new ELA, so Tripp Corbett has invited any NASA PIs who would like to

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We may get maps, we very often don't get graphs, but we are absolutely hardwired to understand stories. As such, scientists MUST tell their STORY and the importance of that story Every single scientific success is perfect fodder for a narrative structure “People are moved by emotion. The best way to emotionally connect other people to our agenda begins with “Once upon a time…” Science backs up the long-held belief that story is the most powerful means of communicating a message. Over the last several decades psychology has begun a serious study of how story affects the human mind. Results repeatedly show that our attitudes, fears, hopes, and values are strongly influenced by story. In fact, fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than writing that is specifically designed to persuade through argument and evidence.”

http://www.fastcocreate.com/1680581/why-storytelling-is-the-ultimate-weapon Scien@stsareoFenencouragednottopublishtheirworkun@[email protected],especiallytotakeadvantageofthe power of maps and geography to educate, inform, and inspire people to action as well? As we know, the story map is about using maps in new and innovative ways to get people excited and involved in the world. Thanks to continuing changes in the Internet, cloud computing, mobile and tablet platforms, and to constant improvements in the software itself, we can now put the power of GIS into the hands of managers, CEOs, reporters, school kids—even policy makers.

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“STORIES ARE STICKY” “People are moved by emotion. The best way to emotionally connect other people to our agenda begins with “Once upon a time…”

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Scientists themselves using our tools Science communicaton. Chris Cappelli quote of Albert Einstein: “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”

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To understand the recent and tragic great earthquake in Ecuador (i.e., why the Earth did what it did) see the informative story map of Witold Fraczek and Kevin M. Kelly, an excellent piece of science communication. Major plate tectonic boundary (huge, shifting crack in the Earth’s crust) was the cause of it all.

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This and many other “scientific stories,” with examples of more advanced spatial analytics, are in the “Language of Spatial Analysis” story maps catalog that I continually add to.

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WeatEsricandosciencetoo,andthesearesomeoftherecentcontributionsthatwe’vemadeTOscience.Clockwisefromupperleft(basedonaslidepreparedfortheFedGISconferenceinWashington,DC,hencethecall-outstoUSfederalgovernmentagencies):ELU–EcologicalLandUnitsTheEcologicalLandUnits(ELU)projectisacollaborationbetweenEsriandDr.RogerSayreoftheUSGS.ItwasofficiallylaunchedlastDecemberattheACES2014:ACommunityonEcosystemServicesmeetinginWashington,DC.FortheELU,weessentiallyundertookamassivebiophysicalstratificationoftheplanetatafinestyet-attemptedspatialresolution(250m)toproduceafirstevermapofdistinctphysicalenvironmentsandtheirassociatedlandcover.Wealsoofferaconceptfordelineatingecologicallymeaningfulregionsthatisessentiallybothclassification-neutralanddata-driven.Ourintentistoprovidescientificsupportforplanningandmanagement(includingasanimportantvariableforGISgeodesignmodelsandapps),andtoenableunderstandingofimpactstoecosystemsfromclimatechangeandotherdisturbances;henceforvaluationofecosystemSERVICES.Inthisway,wealsoofferfulfillmentofoneofthemainrecommendationsoftheWhiteHousePCASTreportonsustainableenvironmentalcapital.EMU–EcologicalMarineUnitsFollowingonfromtheELUproject,Esriiscollaboratingwithover10partnersincludingtheUSGS,NOAA,andNatureServe,indevelopingastandardized,robust,andpracticalecosystemsclassificationandmapforalltheworld’soceans,completelyin3D.OfficiallycommissionedbyTheGrouponEarthObservations(GEO).ToinformMPAdesign,marinespatialplanning,biodiversityobservationandconservation.

GrouponEarthObservationsMOUOneofthemostcomprehensiveeffortsinplacetomonitortheentirefaceoftheEarthisagroupofover140governmentsandleadinginternationalorganizations(GEO)seekingtoestablishafullyfunctioningGlobalEarthObservationSystemofSystems(GEOSS).EsriisworkingwiththeNationalResearchCouncilofItalytointegratepublicscientificcontentfromArcGISOnlineintotheGEOSSdataecosystem,whileencouragingtheEsriGIScommunitytoparticipateascontributorsandusersofGEOSS.Geoss.maps.arcgis.comImprovedCloudAccesstoImagery:LERC/MRFEsriandNASAhavecollaboratedtoimproveaccesstoimageryandrasterdatastoredinthecloudusingacombinationoftwotechnologies,MetaRasterFormat(MRF)andLimitedErrorRasterCompression(LERC).MRFisanOpenrasterformatoriginallydesignedattheNASAJPLtooptimizewebaccesstorasters.LERCisahighlyefficientalgorithmthatprovidesfastlosslessandcontrolledlossycompressionofimageandrasterdata,andisespeciallysuitableforgeospatialapplications.EsriwasrecentlyawardedaUSPatentforLERC.LERCisintegratedintoNASA’sMRFsupportwithinGDAL(GeographicDataAbstractionLibrary),oneofthemostwidelyusedopensourceprojectsinourindustry.Esri’sLERCanditsintegrationintoMRFwillenableouruserstosignificantlyreducestoragecostsforenterpriseimagemanagementsolutions,anditwilllikelyfinditswayintovirtuallyeverymapping/GISapplicationstackinuse.BothareopensourcedunderanApache2license.http://www.esri.com/esri-news/releases/15-4qtr/esri-and-nasa-collaborate-to-advance-cloud-access-to-imageryhttps://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2015/12/16/storing-large-volumes-of-data-in-the-cloud/ALSOOFNOTEREGARDINGHOWEsrihasimproveditsengagementwithNASA:EsrihelpedwithNASAJPLwizardHookHua’sreview/feedbackonhisAdvancedRapidImaging&AnalysisforMonitoringHazards(ARIA-MH)testbedprojectfortheFederationofEarthScienceInformationPartners(ESIP).EsrihasreleaseditsSpatio-temporalBigDataStorewiththe10.4releaseformanaginglargecollections,ArcGISnowsupportsSAPHANAasanenterpriseGDB,andEsriissettoreleasetheGeoAnalyticsextensionforparallelizingprocessingofbigdatalaterthisyear.NASAstillhasplentyofpassestoUCinSanDiegoattheendofJunethroughtheELA,soTrippCorbetthasinvitedanyNASAPIswhowouldliketoattendontheBigDatatrack.OpenWaterDataInitiativeEsriisbothaparticipantandstakeholderintheOpenWaterDataInitiative,aswellasapartnerintheNationalFloodInteroperabilityExperiment,developingspatialdataprocessingandvisualizationtools.ThesehelpFederalagenciesmakethedataasusefulandaccessibleaspossible(e.g.,forotherFederalagencies,stateandlocalgovt,watermgmt.authorities,agriculturesector,insurancesector,investmentsector,etc).TheNationalWaterModelisanewprojectthatwillbereleasedbyNOAAinJune.Itisaprojecttoforecaststreamflow(cubicfeetpersecondofwaterinstreams).Currently

theydothisatabout3600locationsaroundthecountry.Thisnewprojectwillforecastat2.7millionlocations,a700xincrease.Howtheygetfrom3600to2.7millionisacombinationofGISandmodelingwhichEsrihelpeddevelopwithNOAA,NCAR,UnivofTexas,andotherslastyear.TheGPtoolsforthatwillbeavailableonGitHubsoon.EsriiscollaboratingwithNOAAtosupportthemwiththis,ledbyJeffDonze,trackedbySteveKopp.R–ArcGISCommunityR(akatheRProjectforStatisticalComputing)istheworld’sfastestgrowingenvironmentforstatisticalcomputing.WeareworkingwithArcGISandRusersworldwidetodevelopacommunitytopromotelearning,sharing,andcollaboration.Thiscommunitywillincludearepositoryoffree,opensource,Rscripts,geoprocessingtools,andtutorials.https://blogs.esri.com/esri/esri-insider/2015/07/20/building-a-bridge-to-the-r-community/R-arcgis.github.ioAwholesuiteofappsforCitizenScience–esriurl.com/citizensScientificPythonTofurtherstrengthenthelinkbetweenGISandscience,wehavefullyintegratedArcGISwithSciPy,aPython-basedecosystemofopen-sourcesoftwareformathematics,science,andengineering.ByintegratingtheENTIRESTACKofSciPymoduleswithArcGISwehavemadedevelopingscientificandtechnicalgeoprocessingtoolsandscriptseasierandmoreefficient.https://blogs.esri.com/esri/esri-insider/2014/11/05/strengthening-the-link-between-gis-and-science/ThreeNewScienceBooksfromEsriPressFeaturesthepeer-reviewedworkofleadingresearchersandmanagersforadvancingsciencethroughGIS,aswellashowtoincorporatespatialthinkingandGIStechnologyintoresearchdesignandanalysis.esripress.esri.comandesriurl.com/ocnsolns

Bioclimate, Landform, and Lithology = Drivers of Ecological Character (physical setting) Land Cover = Response to the Physical Setting Bioclimates - Global Environmental Stratification (GEnS), U. of Edinburgh - 50 year avg of temp/precip from met stations throughout world

30 arc sec raster, down-sampled to 250-m raster Landforms – USGS – 250-m raster, derived from GMTED2010 Surficial Lithology - Global Lithological Map (GLiM), Hamburg University, Vector Polygons converted to 250-m raster Land Cover - GlobCover, 2009, European Space Agency - MARIS satellite, 300 m rez resampled to 250 m Version 2 recently released in 2015 with updated land cover, 2010 epoch, Global Land Cover, v. 1.4

Only layer that we had an option: GlobCover 2009, GlobeLand30 or MDA’s NaturalVue GlobCover 2009 offered a richer, more flexible classification, which is compatible with USGS NLCD NaturalVue was too old. Both had significant quality issues relative to broad audience acceptance

Today, there are more options. Globeland30 continues to be improved. MDA has produced BaseVue How did we make the map? Again, we define ecosystems as distinct physical environments and their associated vegetation, so we map ecosystems by first mapping, and then combining in a GIS, global bioclimates, global landforms, global geology, and global land cover. 1.  Characterize the principle ecological land components of the terrestrial surface of the earth in

a micro-scale, bottom-up, hierarchical classification process. 2.  Subdivide the land surface of the earth into macro-scale physiographic (geomorphological)

areas in a top-down, hierarchical regionalization process. 3.  Combine the physiographic regionalization process with the ecological classification process to

develop a hierarchical, ecophysiographic segmentation of the planet. 4.  Weightings of 4 layers: 3, 3, 2, 1

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ELU includes new landforms layer created by Esri, as well as an updated land cover layer, representing 2010 epoch of the European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Land Cover Project https://blogs.esri.com/esri/esri-insider/2016/04/06/updated-map-features-global-ecology-in-unprecedented-detail/

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This is a preview from the Esri content team of a web scene featuring a new global elevation layer that combines topography (land elevation) and bathymetry (water depths) for use in 3D. This cloud hosted preview layer is a cached version of the TopoBathy layer to use as an elevation surface in 3D clients. The bathymetric data in the layer is a low resolution (1KM) data source from GEBCO. Higher resolution bathymetric data will be added over time to improve the accuracy of the layer. The layer and web scene will be publicly released at the Esri UC. Ecological Marine Units: Esri is collaborating with over 10 partners including the USGS, NOAA, and NatureServe, in developing a standardized, robust, and practical ecosystems classification and map for all the world’s oceans, completely in 3D. Officially commissioned by The Group on Earth Observations (GEO). Parameters modeled in the water column (k-means statistical clustering) are from NOAA’s World Ocean Atlas, 2013 v.

This screen grab from ArcGIS pro shows the result of k-means statistical clustering of 6 major World Ocean Atlas variables (T, S, O2, 3 nutrients) with a pseudo-f statistical validation of the likelihood of either 28 (square) or 37 (circle) physically-distinct, relatively-homogeneous volumetric regions WITHIN the water to which we can attach ecological and a host of other attributes It has been a GREAT PLEASURE working with Sean Breyer, Kevin Butler (Esri), Roger Sayre (USGS) and many others

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Twitter reference: https://twitter.com/heidiklaine/status/704135333034590208 Providing an Open Platform for Collaboration and Innovation These are the 6 pillars of “open science” advocated around the world.

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Esri & the Scientific Community web presence – esriurl.com/scicomm Esri & the Scientific Community white paper – www.esri.com/library

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As my U of Hawaii colleague Hope Jahren says in her new memoir, Lab Girl, if you can ask a question or tell a story about what you are observing in nature, YOU are already a scientist As Jack says “Science underscores everything we do at Esri.”

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Brian’s last slide

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AsanexamplefromoceanOBSERVATORIES,hereisalookatthetechnologycurrentlyand~20yearsintothefuture.Thisgraphic,courtesyoftheNRCoceaninfrastructurereport,capturesavarietyofissues,environments,andtools.

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