the irish think tank see economic and social research institute . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message esri building q at esri headquarters 380 new york street redlands california type private industry software geographic information systems gis founded 1969 1969 in redlands california founder jack dangermond headquarters redlands california united states coordinates 34 3 25.35 n 117 11 44.44 w 34.0570417 n 117.1956778 w 34.0570417 ; 117.1956778 products arcgis arcview arcgis server arcims arcsde arcgis mobile arcpad revenue 1.1 billion 2014 statistics 1 number of employees 3 200 us 2015 statistics 2 website esri.com esri zri aka environmental systems research institute is an international supplier of geographic information system gis software web gis and geodatabase management applications . the company is headquartered in redlands california . the company was founded as environmental systems research institute in 1969 as a land use consulting firm . esri products particularly arcgis desktop have 40.7 % of the global market share . 3 in 2014 esri had approximately a 43 percent share of the gis software market worldwide more than any other vendor . 4 the company has 10 regional offices in the u.s. and a network of 80 international distributors 5 with about a million users in 200 countries . the firm has 3 200 employees in the u.s. and is still privately held by the founders . in 2006 revenues were about 660 million . 6 in a 2009 investor s business daily article esri s annual revenues were indicated to be 1.2 billion from 300 000 customers 4000 customer year . 7 the company hosts an annual international user s conference which was first held on the redlands campus in 1981 with 16 attendees . the user s conference has been held in san diego at the san diego convention center since 1997 . an estimated 15 000 users from 131 countries attended in 2012 . 8 contents 1 ownership 2 pronunciation of company name 3 products 3.1 desktop gis 3.2 server gis 3.3 mobile gis 3.4 developer gis 3.5 online gis arcgis online 13 4 data formats 4.1 vector 4.2 raster 5 esri technical certification 6 esri conservation program 7 federal investigation 8 see also 9 references 10 external links ownership edit jack and laura dangermond founded esri in 1969 . jack dangermond is the current president . 9 pronunciation of company name edit according to the company esri is pronounced as a word ez ree . 10 some distributors outside of the usa such as esri canada and esri australia market themselves with the ess ree pronunciation followed by the country name . products edit main article arcgis esri uses the name arcgis to refer to its suite of gis software products which operate on desktop server and mobile platforms . arcgis also includes developer products and web services . in a general sense the term gis describes any information system that integrates stores edits analyzes shares and displays geographic information for informing decision making . the term gis centric however has been specifically defined as the use of the esri arcgis geodatabase as the asset and feature data repository central to computerized maintenance management systems cmms as a part of enterprise asset management and analytical software systems . gis centric certification criteria have been specifically defined by nagcs the national association of gis centric solutions . desktop gis edit as of december 2014 the company s desktop gis suite is arcgis for desktop version 10.3 . the suite s components arcmap arccatalog and arctoolbox allow users to author analyze map manage share and publish geographic information . the product suite is available in three levels of licensing 11 basic formerly called arcview standard formerly called arceditor and advanced formerly called arcinfo . basic arcview provides a basic set of gis capabilities suitable for many gis applications . standard arceditor at added cost allows more extensive data editing and manipulation including server geodatabase editing . advanced arcinfo at the high end provides full advanced analysis and data management capabilities including geostatistical and topological analysis tools . arcgis explorer arcreader and arcexplorer are basic freeware applications for viewing gis data . arcgis for desktop extensions are available including spatial analyst for raster analysis and 3d analyst for terrain mapping and analysis . other more specialized extensions are available from esri and third parties . esri s original product arc info was a command line gis product available initially on minicomputers then on unix workstations . in 1992 a gui gis arcview gis was introduced . over time both products were offered in windows versions and arcview also as a macintosh product . the names arcview and arcinfo are now used to name different levels of licensing in arcgis for desktop and less often refer to these original software products . the windows version of arcgis is now the only arcgis for desktop platform that is undergoing new development for future product releases . server gis edit server gis products provide gis functionality and data deployed from a central environment . arcgis for server is an internet application service used to extend the functionality of arcgis for desktop software to a browser based environment.it is available on solaris and linux as well as windows . arcsde spatial database engine is used as an relational database management system connector for other esri software to store and retrieve gis data within a commercially available database currently it can be used with oracle postgresql db2 informix and microsoft sql server databases . it supports its native sde binary data format oracle spatial and st geometry . arcims internet mapping server provides browser based access to gis . as of arcgis 10.1 arcims has been depreciated in favour of arcgis for server but there are still many instances of arcims 10.0 and older in production environments . other server based products include geoportal extension arcgis image server and tracking server as well as several others . mobile gis edit mobile gis conflates gis gps location based services hand held computing and the growing availability of geographic data . arcgis technology can be deployed on a range of mobile systems from lightweight devices to pdas laptops and tablet pcs . the firm s products for this use are arcpad arcgis for mobile arcgis for server server oriented apis arcweb services web oriented apis hosted geographic databases arcgis mobile . 12 arcgis for mobile adf is an application programming interface api for developing solutions on various windows mobile and windows embedded platforms pocket pc smartphone ultra mobile devices etc. . developer gis edit developer gis products enable building custom desktop or server gis applications or embed gis functionality in existing applications . these focused solutions can then be deployed throughout an organization . the firm s products for this are esri developer network or edn arcengine desktop oriented apis arcgis for server server oriented apis and a web development adf which is part of arcgis for server arcweb services web oriented apis . online gis arcgis online 13 edit arcgis includes internet capabilities in all esri software products . the services provided through arcgis online at www.arcgis.com include web apis hosted map and geoprocessing services and a user sharing program . a variety of basemaps is a signature feature of arcgis online . the esri community maps program compiles detailed user basemap information into a common cartographic format called topographic basemap . data formats edit vector edit shapefile esri s somewhat open hybrid vector data format using shp shx and dbf files . enterprise geodatabase esri s geodatabase format for use in an rdbms . file geodatabase esri s file based geodatabase format stored as folders in a file system . personal geodatabase esri s closed integrated vector data storage strategy using microsoft s access mdb format . coverage esri s closed hybrid vector data storage strategy . legacy arcgis workstation arcinfo format with reduced support in arcgis desktop lineup . raster edit esri grid binary and metadataless ascii raster formats . mosaic data structure for managing and analyzing multidimensional raster and imagery data including netcdf grib and hierarchical data format esri technical certification edit the esri technical certification program was launched in january 2011 . 14 the program provides an exam based certification for esri software . the core groups for the certification include desktop developer and enterprise . each subcategory under these groups have two certification levels associate and professional . 15 esri conservation program edit in 1989 the esri conservation program was started to help change the way nonprofit organizations carried out missions of nature conservation and social change . this program provides gis software data and training as well as helping to coordinate multiorganizational efforts e.g. the society for conservation gis . federal investigation edit on june 28 2006 an esri official said that the company had received a federal subpoena as part of the ongoing investigation into the ties between jerry lewis and copeland lowery . we have no concerns esri spokesman don berry said . we retain a lobbyist and it is not an issue for us . on september 5 2006 the associated press reported that federal investigators were looking into a donation of 41 acres 170 000 m2 of land to the city of redlands by the owners of esri in 2001 land adjacent to the home of lewis . between 2001 and 2006 lewis earmarked more than 90 million for esri projects that included defense intelligence systems such as database mapping to assist in rebuilding iraq . other projects included using gis methodologies to assess the fire danger of the san bernardino mountains to help move troops in the iraq war and to assist in reconstruction after hurricane katrina . from 1998 to 2003 the company also received another 60 million in defense contracts outside of those earmarks . esri has paid lowery s firm 320 000 since 1998 . jack and laura dangermond have consistently been among the top individual contributors to lewis campaign fund giving a combined 13 900 between 2000 and 2005 . the couple has donated a combined 32 900 to the campaign fund and lewis pac since the 2000 election cycle . 16 in late november 2010 the us department of justice notified lewis s attorneys that the case had been concluded and closed without charges . 17 see also edit open geospatial consortium references edit heltt miguel . the godfather of digital maps . forbes tech . forbes magazine . retrieved 25 march 2016 . about esri . 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retrieved 16 july 2012 . earn the new esri technical certification . esri . retrieved 4 october 2011 . technical certification . esri