Check out this interesting post about using ArcGIS Online and the Living Atlas data to find 2020 population statistics that fall in a recent earthquake shake intensity area.
The Impact of Earthquakes
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Hands-On Mapping: The Story of a Blind Cartographer
The talk will take place Friday, April 23, 2021 on Zoom.
On the event of the fifth anniversary of the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford University, please join us for an online talk by special guest Dr. Joshua Miele who will talk about his story as a blind cartographer.
Joshua will use the creation of TMAP – Tactile Maps Automated Production – to frame the broader landscape of how tactile maps and graphics can be used by blind people to understand many kinds of spatial information. He will discuss the power of touch as a spatial percept, as well as the design constraints on tactile representations that are surprising and challenging to most visual designers. Key topics include historical techniques for creating tactile maps, examples and counterexamples of tactile map use cases, and promising technologies for expanding the availability of accessible maps in the future.
Please register here: https://events.stanford.edu/events/908/90805/
ArcGIS Earth New Release
There is a new release of ArcGIS Earth. This is a major release for ArcGIS Earth on desktop, bringing users more capabilities for sharing data as well as configuration settings–from mobile, to desktop, to the organization portal. Mobile users will also get a new release of the ArcGIS Earth app later this month. Click below to read more.
You can download ArcGIS Earth here.
NAIP 2020 Now Available
The USDA National Aerial Imagery Program (NAIP) has 2020 California aerial imagery services available. Also provided are services for earlier NAIP years and links to source data downloads and related files containing specific imagery dates. Click below for more info and links to the image services.
2021 NGS Geospatial Summit
Registration is open for the next National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Geospatial Summit, taking place online on May 4-5, 2021, from 1:00 – 5:00 pm, ET. NGS strongly encourages attendees to participate on both days.
The NGS plans to replace the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) and the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) as part of modernizing the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS).
Attend this year’s Geospatial Summit to:
- Learn the benefits of NSRS modernization,
- Hear about NSRS modernization progress,
- Prepare for how the transition will affect you,
- Ask questions of NGS experts, and
- Share your feedback about the planned changes.
The summit is free for everyone to attend. Click below for more info and to register.
Mapping Grand Canyon National Park
UPDATE 4/15/2021: The recorded webinar can be watched here.
For those of you that like historical cartography and the Grand Canyon, you might find this online lecture very interesting.
2021 “Maps & America” Arthur Holzheimer Lecture: “Mapping Grand Canyon National Park”
April 8 @ 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Tom Patterson, US National Park Service Cartographer (Ret.)
Mapping Grand Canyon National Park
Tom Patterson, US National Park Service Cartographer (Ret.), will present a virtual talk, “Mapping Grand Canyon National Park,” on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 4 pm PDT.
Patterson’s presentation will focus on four recently published maps of Grand Canyon National Park that owe their design inspiration to renowned mapmakers of the twentieth century.
This will be the 31st annual Maps & America lecture, supported by an endowment created by Arthur and Janet Holzheimer.
The lecture series was inaugurated by the noted cartographic historian, Brian Harley, in 1990. Over the years, the series has featured many of the leading figures in the field of map history and provided a multifaceted survey of this rapidly developing field. A list of previous speakers can be viewed here.
Click below to register for the webinar.
2021 ESRI User Conference
Did you remember to register for the 2021 ESRI User Conference? To be honest, I completely forgot about it!
The conference will be online again. Registration is open. It is free to all to attend the Plenary Sessions only. Those maintaining ArcGIS software maintenance will have access to all content. Click below for more info and to register.
GIS Under the Dome
The California GIS Council has started a quarterly CA GIS legislation update for the wider California GIS community. They call it “GIS Under the Dome”. Below is a link to the latest edition.
http://cgia.org/cagiscouncil/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GISDome_2021_Q1.pdf
April Fools Russian Roulette
Great April Fools joke! Which jelly donut has sriracha hot chili sauce? You feeling lucky?
Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps
ESRI is hosting free training on building geo-enabled apps that can make your communities smarter and businesses more successful. You will build applications for iOS and Android devices without touching a piece of code! Click below for more info and to register. It just started!
