Exploring the World Through ArcGIS: Imagery, GeoAI, and Reality Mapping
About Exploring the World Through ArcGIS: Imagery, GeoAI, and Reality Mapping
Discover how imagery can become a powerful source of insight with ArcGIS. In this workshop, you’ll explore how to access, manage, visualize, and analyze a wide range of imagery, including satellite, aerial, drone, elevation, and raster data. You’ll see how ArcGIS brings these different imagery sources together and turns them into useful information for mapping, monitoring, analysis, and decision making. You’ll also explore advanced imagery analysis, GeoAI, and Reality Mapping, and learn how imagery can be transformed into accurate 2D and 3D products. Through hands on exercises, you’ll put these capabilities into practice by managing imagery in ArcGIS Pro and applying an imagery analysis workflow to identify change and extract meaningful information from real world data.
Workshop Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Workshop Language: English
Workshop Requirement: Windows Laptop
Highlights
Explore the full imagery lifecycle in ArcGIS, from accessing and managing imagery to analysis and visualization.
Discover a wide range of imagery sources, including satellite, aerial, drone, elevation, ArcGIS Living Atlas, and user-provided imagery.
Learn how to manage and organize large imagery collections for efficient enterprise use.
Apply advanced imagery analysis techniques, including classification, change detection, object detection, and GeoAI.
Learn how to transform drone, aerial, and terrestrial imagery into accurate 2D and 3D products using ArcGIS Reality.
Gain hands-on experience creating and managing mosaic datasets in ArcGIS Pro.
Perform practical imagery analysis to identify and measure changes in vegetation.
Understand how imagery can support monitoring, analysis, planning, and informed decision-making across organizations.
*This workshop is a paid event (350 AED VAT incl.)
Registration Deadline: 2nd of November 2026
Participants should be at least 16 of age and above
Dr. Waleed Effat is currently serving as Esri Global Technical Director, responsible for defining and executing GIS strategies for targeted clients and partners, providing technical consultancy in GIS especially Imagery, Lidar and Data Science. Dr. Waleed has a PhD in GIS and Remote Sensing focusing on the use of Hyperspectral Imagery data in GIS, MSc in GIS with a focus on GIS Metadata Standards and MBA in Global Management. He is also an active member in The Open Group of Enterprise Architecture. Dr. Waleed’s professional 28+ years of experience concentrate on GIS applications and services, worked as GIS Consultant, analyst and instructor with varying degrees of responsibility, encompassing creation of GIS databases, implementation of analytical models and GIS-based systems, cartographic modelling, technical support and staff training. He is mastering most of the ArcGIS software family especially ArcGIS Desktop, Geodatabases, Image Analyst and Image Server. Waleed Is a Certified TOGAF practitioner applied in Enterprise Architecture projects.
Eng. Ahmed Awady
Regional Business Development Lead at Esri Global
Ahmed Awady is a Business Development Manager Team Lead at Esri, driving strategic growth across the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia. He leads business development activities, guides distributors and market development across the region, and supports major opportunities in digital twins, Earth observation, and GeoAI. With more than 20 years in the geospatial industry and a strong technical foundation in enterprise GIS, imagery, and AI, Ahmed bridges technology, strategy, and executive engagement. He works with governments, space agencies, partners, and consulting firms to shape complex opportunities, expand key markets, and position Esri capabilities for high-impact programs.
