2025 ESRI UC

Posted on July 17, 2025 by socalgovgis - Michael Carson

The 2025 ESRI User Conference is wrapping up. The Thursday night party is at Petco Park this year … unfortunately you cannot run the bases!

If you have not seen the Plenary videos, you can view them here.

I would say the most interesting thing for me at the conference were the new AI Assistants in ArcGIS Pro. Be part of the beta program for 3.5. The 3.6 beta will be available in September 2025.

Another thing that was interesting was the soon to be available Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles in ArcGIS. Read more about it here.

Cadastral Mapper Analyst @ Mono County

Posted on September 23, 2024 by socalgovgis - Michael Carson

The Mono County Assessor has an opening for a Cadastral Mapper Analyst I/II/III. Typical qualifications include thorough knowledge of:

GIS principles including data types, data layers, geographic, analytic, and statistical functions, geographic coordinate systems, and data formatting.
Principles and practices of data editing and management within ArcGIS Desktop.
Esri’s Desktop product line, beginning at most one release back.
Control point data acquisition and implementation.
Python and server-side scripting and automation tools.

For more information and to apply, follow this link.

ArcGIS Online Updates

Posted on October 13, 2022 by socalgovgis - Michael Carson

ESRI will be updating ArcGIS Online on November 9th. Some update highlights include:

Map Viewer Enhancements
- Greater support for feature aggregation
- Enhanced visualization in heat maps
- New and enhanced editor for Arcade expressions
- Greater visibility, customization, and control of hatch fills
- Support for uploading PNG, GIF, SVG, or JPEG files as custom symbols
Improvements to Administrative Workflows
- Visibility of last viewed date in the administrator’s item report
- Ability to specify a default set of member categories for new members
ArcGIS Instant Apps
- Support for exporting data as a CSV file in Sidebar
- Animation of two or more numeric fields in Slider
Deprecations and Retirements
- ArcGIS Dashboards Classic
- Legacy Home Page in ArcGIS Online
- Presentation for Map Viewer Classic
- Minimalist Template in ArcGIS Instant Apps

For more information on the update, visit their posting about it here.

Public Information During Emergency Response and Recovery

Posted on May 25, 2022 by socalgovgis - Michael Carson

The California Chapter of the Urban Regional Information Systems Association (CalURISA) is pleased to host the ESRI presented webinar: Public Information During Emergency Response and Recovery. This webinar will demonstrate the new Public Information Template for ArcGIS Experience Builder, designed to quickly deploy vital location information to the public during emergencies. The template streamlines the creation of a 3-in-1 web map application for use on devices with small, medium, and large screens. Chad Miller, GIS Analyst with the County of Monterey will host the session, with key presenters being Stephanie Baker and Jason Latoski, Solutions Engineer for ESRI’s Local Government Team, along with guest presentations from Kevin Lacefield of Sonoma County and Matt Lamborn of Napa County.

For more information and to register, click below.

NASA Remote Sensing Webinar Series

Posted on February 4, 2021 by socalgovgis - Michael Carson

NASA has a free remote sensing webinar series presented by their Applied Remote Sensing Training Program. Their introductory 4 part webinar will be about the use of Solar Induced Fluorescence (SIF) and LIDAR to assess vegetation change and vulnerability.

By the end of this training, attendees will be able to understand the basic concepts of SIF and LIDAR sensors, how to interpret the measurements, and how they can be used to address different applications. In addition, attendees will also be able to access, open, and analyze SIF and LIDAR data.

The series starts in March 2021. Click below for more info and to register.

Map Viewer Beta

Posted on September 24, 2019 by socalgovgis - Michael Carson

Do you use the Map Viewer in ArcGIS Online? If so, the new version in Beta will be ready for you to try out! Click below to read more about it and what to do to be able to use the new functionality.

Fireworks 2019!

Posted on June 28, 2019 by socalgovgis - Michael Carson

July 4th is just around the corner, which means there will be fireworks again!

Use the app to view cities in LA, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, and San Bernardino County that allow the sale and discharge of fireworks. Included are days and times when fireworks will be sold and when you can light them up, as well as links to city websites and telephone numbers. Data was collected from municipal codes, websites, and/or contacting each city. Some cities allow sales to start today AND allow you to discharge them today as well! Check it out!

Shamrock Shake Locator

Posted on March 18, 2019 by socalgovgis - Michael Carson

Have a craving for one of those Shamrock Shakes for St. Patrick’s Day? They will be around until March 24, so hurry and go find one using the Shamrock Shake Locator!