Geospatial Data and Intelligence as a Platform: Highlights from the 2025 Esri Federal GIS Conference

In this Market Note, IDC analyzes the key announcements made at the 2025 Esri Federal GIS Conference, held from February 24-26 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The conference brought together federal government Esri users, selected state and local government users, academics, and technology partners to explore its power to enhance government mission outcomes through geographic location data and intelligence."Esri is strongly positioned to deliver value to its public-sector clients thanks to its emphasis on the evolution of GIS implementations toward using it as an enterprise technology and platform, enabled by low-code tools, as well as AI that empowers non-GIS specialists to use Esri software to enhance data sets, improve prediction and analysis, and simplify workflows." - Research Director Massimiliano Claps, IDC