The USGS National Geospatial Program is again updating the US Interagency Elevation Inventory. If you have elevation data, they would like you to give them information so that your data is discoverable by others. Your data need not be in the public domain, and the entry will provide a link to inquire about the data, or to a download site if available. This is not a repository for data; it is a way to make data findable.
Click here for more information and links on the CGIA website.
Wildfires can be sparked by a number of sources, including naturally via lightning strikes or simply by heat from the sun, but experts say most are caused by humans.
Many Earth-observing satellites can detect the heat signatures associated with wildfires. NOAA’s N-20 satellite passes over every spot on Earth at least twice a day and can detect fires with 375-meter accuracy.
Check out this wildfire app that displays hotspots and fire activity in real time in the US and Canada, and within 3 hours for the rest of the planet.
ArcGIS Enterprise 11.0 is here. Before you jump on the bandwagon, be aware that ArcGIS Enterprise 11.0 includes several retired and modified workflows. These architecture and application changes are likely to impact your environment when upgrading from an earlier version of the software. For example, the removal of the ArcMap-based runtime will prevent you from publishing map services using ArcMap. You will also need to convert ArcMap based services to ArcGIS Pro based services. You should consider 10.9.1 until you are ready for 11.
The California Department of Water Resources will be hosting a webinar about the National Hydrography Dataset (BHD), the Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD), and NHDPlus High Resolution.
The webinar will be on July 21 from 10 to 11 am. Click here for more info and to register.
If you missed the 2022 ESRI Developer Summit back in March, check out this recap posting. It includes videos about the new animated flow renderer, ArcGIS Maps SDK for game engines, knowledge graphs in ArcGIS Pro, using CAD and BIM in ArcGIS, automating deployments, spatial statistics, and other topics.
The Climate Prediction Center at NOAA has a site for current and future drought estimations. Check out their Drought Monitor interactive map and Monthly Drought Outlook and Seasonal Drought Outlook maps. There are other tools too.
The US Census Bureau has a new data tool, called My Community Explorer, that allows users to view the demographics of their individual communities. The interactive dashboard offers profiles of all US counties based on the data collected from the census survey. Beginning with a state, users can filter by demographic data including race and ethnic makeup, income and economic statistics, and industry and business profiles. Check it out!
ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1, part of the ArcGIS 2021 releases, will be the last release to support the publishing and consumption of services from ArcMap.
If you are an ArcGIS Enterprise administrator, click below to read more. The article was published last year.
Check out this interactive map and article about the total EV charging stations in the US. If we will be forced to buy electric vehicles soon, they better up their charging stations! While California has 13,658 charging stations, Alaska only has 40. Check it out!
As a side note, according the NACS, there are more than 145,000 fueling stations across the United States. And as you know, they can fuel multiple vehicles at one time vs. just 1 EV charging station per vehicle.
Here are some new enhancements to ArcGIS Earth:
Click below to read the latest on new features and functionality including KML, multi-selection and batch editing, and attribute tables.
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