| Contents |
4 |
| Foreword |
7 |
| Introduction: Empowering Digital Transformations of Increasing Depth and Detail |
9 |
| Chapter 1: Guiding Good Governance |
11 |
| Key Bridge Cross-Agency Collaboration Quickly Reopens Baltimore Shipping Channel |
13 |
| The Future of Voting—Accurate and Transparent—in Saint Louis County |
18 |
| Geospatial Digital Twins Offer Unmatched Clarity for Complex Systems |
23 |
| Cloud-Based Approach Revolutionizes Interagency Imagery Data Sharing |
29 |
| Chapter 2: Keeping Communities Safe |
35 |
| The New Wildfire Reality: Mapping a Response |
36 |
| Rain and Rescue: Fort Lauderdale’s Battle Against a Record-Breaking Downpour |
40 |
| Ready for Anything, Iowa’s Scott County Trusts GIS in Emergencies |
46 |
| How a Crime Atlas Is Changing Policing and Crime Fighting in Austria |
52 |
| Drone Mapping Boosts Response to Australian Flood Damage |
57 |
| Chapter 3: Protecting and Securing Our Nation |
60 |
| Germany’s Networked Soldiers Gain a Collaborative Edge with Shared Maps |
63 |
| Alabama Advancing Public Safety with High-Tech Maps and Shared Awareness |
67 |
| Demining with Drones: Lessons Learned in the Desert Prove Useful Elsewhere |
70 |
| Butterflies and Bombs: How the National Guard Plays a Role in Species Conservation |
74 |
| Improving Space Planning and Resource Optimization at Mountain Home Air Force Base |
78 |
| Chapter 4: Planning and Designing Better Communities |
82 |
| A New Urban Vision for Atlanta’s Most Popular Suburb |
85 |
| What If the Urban Utopia Was Something We Could Actually Build? |
90 |
| Arlington, Texas: A Study in Effective Municipal Storytelling |
96 |
| In Washington, DC, Planners Envision More Housing in Historic Districts |
100 |
| From California to Florida, Maps Help I-10 Cities Solve Common Problems |
104 |
| Chapter 5: Building and Operating Modern Infrastructure |
110 |
| Tampa Mapped Its Most Dangerous Roads to Reduce Deadly Incidents |
112 |
| “Sponge City”: Using Water to Improve Social and Ecological Outcomes |
116 |
| France Inspects and Maps 45,000 Bridges to Prioritize Repairs |
120 |
| In Lithuania’s Capital, Drones, Maps, and AI Unite City Functions |
124 |
| Singapore Port Implements a Digital Twin to “Know Exactly What’s Going On” |
128 |
| Chapter 6: Mitigating Risk and Increasing Resilience |
132 |
| Oklahoma City Addresses Extreme Heat Using Dynamic GIS-Powered Tools |
134 |
| Coral Reefs at a Crossroads: “Every Coral We See Is Fighting" |
140 |
| Threatened by Sea Level Rise, Tuvalu Safeguards Its Sense of Place with a Digital Twin |
146 |
| Assessing the Needs of the World’s Most Food-Insecure Countries |
152 |
| Afghanistan Geospatial Analysis Conveys Current Conditions Under the Taliban |
158 |
| Chapter 7: Operating Farms and Timberlands More Efficiently |
164 |
| The Best Wine in the World Receives Care and Correction Guided by Smart Maps |
166 |
| Federal Crop Insurance Program Gains a Game-Changing Geospatial Awareness |
172 |
| Seeds of Change: Ernst Seeds Uses Data-Driven Approach to Restore Habitats |
176 |
| Tech Meets Ecology: Digital Twin Enhances Longleaf Pine Restoration |
180 |
| Chapter 8: Safeguarding Habitats and Wildlife |
186 |
| Breakthrough Map Reveals Supply Chain of the World's Most Trafficked Mammal |
188 |
| From 22,000 Miles Up, A New Sensor Can Track Air Pollution to Its Source |
196 |
| How Tennessee State Parks Reached Real-Time Operational Awareness |
202 |
| A 300-Year-Old Map and GIS Guide Rewilding in the Scottish Highlands |
206 |
| Saving the North Atlantic Right Whale: Marine Spatial Planning and Awareness |
210 |