For people who use geographic information system technology,
imagery is essential as a natural background, a source for creating maps, and a
tool for direct data interpretation.
Redlands,
California- Imagery
is in demand. For people who use geographic information system (GIS) technology,
imagery is essential as a natural background, a source for creating maps, and a
tool for direct data interpretation. GIS users working to manage and access
imagery have a new resource in Lawrie Jordan, ESRI's director of imagery
enterprise solutions.
Jordan
joins ESRI after 30 years of experience as a leader in the field of image
processing and remote sensing including a long-standing strategic partnership
with ESRI. He has served on several Defense Science Board advisory panels to the
U.S. Secretary of Defense, provided numerous testimonies to the U.S. Senate and
House of Representatives, and served as an adviser to the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). Jordan graduated with honors from the University
of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture and earned a
master's degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of
Design.
"As
a core component of GIS, enterprise
imagery is a tremendous way to provide timely information," Jordan said. "In
a disaster situation, imagery is the only current geographic information we
have. In poorly mapped locations, imagery is the only information we have at
all. For defense and intelligence and many other industries, GIS is not complete
without imagery."
ESRI's
ArcGIS technology
addresses imagery workflow through server, Web, desktop, and mobile platforms
and works with ArcGIS Online services to provide access to extensive, current
image data. GIS users need imagery applications that do more than analyze-they
also need to manage, process, and serve large volumes of
imagery.
ESRI
president Jack Dangermond said, "With Lawrie Jordan leading our imagery
enterprise solutions team, we will more effectively connect the imagery needs of
users to the creative work of our developers. Jordan will also serve as an
advocate for imagery across all the industries we support. He brings to ESRI a
wealth of knowledge of image processing, GIS, the highly secure intelligence
environment, and our international distributors."
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www.esri.com.
Lawrie Jordan Joins ESRI's Imagery Enterprise Team
November 20, 2008
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