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Esri and Smart Dubai sign smart city GIS agreement

By TechTaffy Desk

Spatial analytics company Esri and Smart Dubai, the government agency behind Dubai’s smart city transformation, has signed an enterprise agreement providing ArcGIS technology to 44 entities across the government.

Dubai Pulse will use Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) technology— together with data accumulated by the Dubai Data Establishment—to offer services and tools including dashboards, mobile apps, and analytics.

[Image courtesy: Smart Dubai]

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