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ESRI (pronounced either EZZ-ree or EE-ESS-AHR-EYE) abbreviates the name of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., an organization based in Redlands, California which produces Geographic Information System software. They are the biggest manufacturers and sellers of geographic information systems in the world with large offices in both the US and UK and smaller offices elsewhere.
Their server product targeted at Internet applications is called ArcIMS, and their main GIS is called ArcGIS. Their orginal products was the desktop product ArcView and commandline product ArcINFO, both names survive as differing levels of ArcGIS.
Jack Dangermond is the founder and president. The company remains privately held, one of the largest privately held software companies in America.
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