Matt Ball
@spatialsustain.bsky.social
Writer/editor at Esri, relating innovation in the real world to the power of GIS. I edit Esri Blog—Better vision. Better world. #Sustainability
Italy leads the world in high-speed rail innovation—and now in reimagining stations as community hubs. RFI mapped 18,000 km of rail lines plus 400 data layers around every station, revealing how to turn transit nodes into economic engines. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Italy leads the world in high-speed rail innovation—and now in reimagining stations as community hubs. RFI mapped 18,000 km of rail lines plus 400 data layers around every station, revealing how to turn transit nodes into economic engines. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
Montgomery Parks rebuilt their Atlas tool and reimagined their amenities based on what people told them they needed. Now everyone can find the right park and access the nature within it. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Montgomery Parks rebuilt their Atlas tool and reimagined their amenities based on what people told them they needed. Now everyone can find the right park and access the nature within it. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
GIS professionals are building a planetary nervous system. That's the vision of Esri president Jack Dangermond. He notes how we're moving from static deliverables to living systems by applying GIS and the geographic approach. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
GIS professionals are building a planetary nervous system. That's the vision of Esri president Jack Dangermond. He notes how we're moving from static deliverables to living systems by applying GIS and the geographic approach. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
A new way to fight environmental crime in the Amazon: give enforcement agencies from four countries the same real-time map. Operation Green Shield: 94 arrests, 2,100 live animals recovered, $121M in assets seized in two weeks. #COP30 www.esri.com/about/newsro...
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A new way to fight environmental crime in the Amazon: give enforcement agencies from four countries the same real-time map. Operation Green Shield: 94 arrests, 2,100 live animals recovered, $121M in assets seized in two weeks. #COP30 www.esri.com/about/newsro...
The Pan American Health Organization used GIS to map Paraguay's healthcare gaps and found that 556 new primary care facilities could reach 1.36M people—18% of the population—who previously lacked access to care. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Pan American Health Organization used GIS to map Paraguay's healthcare gaps and found that 556 new primary care facilities could reach 1.36M people—18% of the population—who previously lacked access to care. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
Adelaide city planners and Arup built a digital twin for residents to vote on growth: slow pace preserving character vs. bold density for housing affordability. Citizens explored scenarios, saw tradeoffs in real-time, then chose. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Adelaide city planners and Arup built a digital twin for residents to vote on growth: slow pace preserving character vs. bold density for housing affordability. Citizens explored scenarios, saw tradeoffs in real-time, then chose. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
Malaysia built one of the world's most advanced health registries by mapping every facility, practitioner, and resource across 36M people. They now forecast needs to 2040 and cut response times from months to weeks. A model for proactive health systems. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
October 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Malaysia built one of the world's most advanced health registries by mapping every facility, practitioner, and resource across 36M people. They now forecast needs to 2040 and cut response times from months to weeks. A model for proactive health systems. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
Three friends from rural Illinois—a 911 director with paramedic experience, a GIS professor with student workers, and an emergency communications coordinator—turned an altercation at a cross country meet into a pioneering indoor school mapping initiative. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
June 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Three friends from rural Illinois—a 911 director with paramedic experience, a GIS professor with student workers, and an emergency communications coordinator—turned an altercation at a cross country meet into a pioneering indoor school mapping initiative. www.esri.com/about/newsro...