Most of us deal with GIS in government, and thus probably never get to use GIS outside of that, like managing a vineyard!

If you at least enjoy wine, you will find this article interesting as one family owned vineyard switches over to GIS so they can be more efficient in managing 2,500 acres of land and grape harvesting. Some of the GIS technology they use includes ArcGIS Enterprise, Survey123, and other components. Check it out!

Check out how to use texture fills to highlight regions or to denote uncertainty in an ArcGIS Online map viewer.

As wildfire season heads into its peak in late summer and early fall along the west coast, web cartographers at ESRI have created a new Wildfire Aware interactive mapping app. The app tracks wildfires across the country and reports on their impact to people, property, and the natural world. The app includes data from different agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NASA, the National Weather Service, the U.S. Census, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For each fire, you can scroll through data that shows how long the fire has been burning, how much acreage it has burned, how many personnel have been deployed, and what percent contained it is, as well as other data including what type of landform it covers, how much biodiversity is present, and how much carbon could be lost. Check it out!