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The development and marketing of ARC/INFO positioned Esri with the dominant market share among GIS-software developers. Esri's flagship product, ArcGIS, traces its heritage to Dangermond's initial efforts in developing ARC/INFO.","Dangermond is the founder of GIS Day: an annual, worldwide event taking place since 1999 to celebrate accomplishments and to promote the use of GIS and its technology."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"25 July 1945","date":"1945-07-25"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3157158#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Loma Linda","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837113"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3157158#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Remarks by Mr. Jack Dangermond at the Geographic Information Systems Conference (2).jpg — United States Mission Geneva, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Jack Dangermond\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jack-dangermond. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:28:20Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jack-dangermond","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jack-dangermond","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jack-dangermond?lang=ne"}}