GIS started on mainframe computers; we could get one map every five to 10 hours, and if we made a mistake, it could take longer. In the early ’90s, when people started buying PCs, we migrated to desktop software. – Jack Dangermond
You have to be very fast-thinking, creative, and mobile. It is key to making a business move. – Jack Dangermond
We aren’t into the consumer space because that space is largely dominated by search and advertising, and it has a consumer face to it. – Jack Dangermond
We tell stories with maps about global warming, biodiversity; we can design more livable cities, track the spread of epidemics. That makes a difference. – Jack Dangermond
ArcGIS includes a Living Atlas of the World. It’s like a large living library of geographic information. – Jack Dangermond
I can put tweets on a map to show who is saying what where, which could be used for marketing or social research. – Jack Dangermond
ArcGIS is an integrated Web GIS that is supported by services. These are abstracted in a geoinformation model that’s managed by the portal, and then accessible by a number of apps, which are the growing part of this system. – Jack Dangermond
I have high hopes that GIS will become increasingly relevant for landscape architects as we make the tools easier to use for the design process of just inventory and mapping. – Jack Dangermond
Executives are waking up to realize that they can do a lot better, save money, make better decisions if they optimize and start thinking geographically and have a location strategy. – Jack Dangermond
Web GIS allows us to take our systems of record – our traditional server and desktop technologies – and integrate them, bringing them together into a system of systems. – Jack Dangermond
AppStudio is a native app builder that allows you to build the app and automatically deploy it on Android, iPhone, and Windows. It lets you design it once and then implement it anywhere. – Jack Dangermond
GIS is being influenced by and integrating with all kinds of new innovations such as faster computing, big data, the cloud, smart devices, and distributed processing. – Jack Dangermond
On the landscape crew, I learned a lot from the other workers. We treated everybody equally, and we worked hard. – Jack Dangermond
We support about 5,000 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with software, training, and technical support. We provide our software at virtually no cost to them, and they’re lighting up the world with what they do. – Jack Dangermond
Our intention and aspiration is to continue building out thematic information about every subject – basemaps, imagery, demographics, landscape data, etc. – so anyone can use it to access thousands of authoritative maps. – Jack Dangermond
At Harvard, I worked for some time as a researcher in a lab for computer graphics and spatial analysis, which is one of the birthplaces for what we do. – Jack Dangermond
One thing that has made us so successful is that we’ve never taken outside investment. That means we can concentrate on what our customers want – not what the stockholders or the VCs want. – Jack Dangermond
My parents had no money, but they had strong values that I’ve carried throughout my life – things like not going into debt, never borrowing money, never leveraging, paying your bills on time, keeping your agreements, selling customers the right things, treating employees right, and growing things. – Jack Dangermond
When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life’s work. I couldn’t sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I’m attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life. – Jack Dangermond
