ESRI (pronounced /iː ɛs ɑr aɪ/ or pronounced /ˈɛzri/) is a software development and services company providing Geographic Information System (GIS) software and geodatabase management applications. The headquarters of ESRI is in Redlands, California.
ESRI was founded as Environmental Systems Research Institute in 1969 as a land-use consulting firm. ESRI products (particularly ArcGIS Desktop) have a one-third of the global market share, and are use...
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ESRI (pronounced /iː ɛs ɑr aɪ/ or pronounced /ˈɛzri/) is a software development and services company providing Geographic Information System (GIS) software and geodatabase management applications. The headquarters of ESRI is in Redlands, California.
ESRI was founded as Environmental Systems Research Institute in 1969 as a land-use consulting firm. ESRI products (particularly ArcGIS Desktop) have a one-third of the global market share, and are used by nearly 80 percent of GIS users worldwide from all professions.
ESRI has 10 regional offices in the U.S. and a network of 80 international distributors with about a million users in 200 countries. ESRI has 2,500 employees in the U.S., and is still privately-held by the founders. In 2006, year revenues were about $660 million.
ESRI hosts an annual International User's Conference, which was first held on the Redlands campus in 1981 with 16 attendees. More recently, the User's Conference has been held in San Diego for the past 10 years. An...
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