ASHEVILLEEcobot is now offering more powerful mapping and spatial analytics.

The Asheville startup, which provides an app specializing in transformative environmental data reporting, released its newest software update, which integrated enhanced Esri geographic information system (ArcGIS Pro) mapping and data capabilities.

It comes a little more than one year after Ecobot landed a partnership with Esri, a California-based geospatial software and SaaS company. That enabled the addition of familiar geospatial modeling, mapping, georeferencing, and data collection capabilities within the wetland delineation app.

The Ecobot platform includes comprehensive reference materials, automated calculations, and instant generation of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Wetland Determination forms, along with Esri-ready shapefiles.

“With no manual effort, map features collected in the field can now be dropped directly into ArcGIS Pro. This will revolutionize how our industry works,” said Jeremy Schewe, PWS, Ecobot’s co-founder and chief scientific officer, who has been using Esri tools for over a decade, in a statement

To date, Ecobot claims its platform has saved customers upwards of 3,700 hours and over $300,000. The addition of Esri ArcGIS technology is expected to slash project time and costs by an additional 5-8 percent, it said.

“Ecobot has been used to prepare more than 6,000 USACE forms for jurisdictional determinations,” says Lee Lance, Ecobot’s co-founder and CEO. “It is truly gratifying for our team to hear from our customers, who represent some of the most successful engineering firms in the world, that the use of Ecobot creates a significant competitive advantage, helping them win new business by improving workflow and reducing errors.”

“Accurate and efficient wetland mapping and data collection by scientists is critical to sound construction practices, especially in an era of climate change, when sea rise and heavy precipitation events are predicted to rise across the country,” added Dawn Wright, chiefsScientist at Esri. “We are thrilled to see one of our Emerging Business Partners taking advantage of our larger partner network to deliver Esri technology inside of a critical tool.”

Asheville’s Ecobot teams up with global leader Esri for powerful mapping analytics