ESRI has decided that the 2020 User Conference will be online this year due to COVID-19. More info about it here.
2020 ESRI UC Will Be Online
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Crowd-sourced Grocery Store Reporting Tool
The is a crowd-sourced grocery store reporting tool that you can use. Check out the post about it on the LA County Enterprise GIS site here.
ESRI MOOC: Cartography
ESRI is hosting a free 6 week cartography course. ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online will be utilized. Click below for more info and to register.
Free Access to Nearmap for Government
The aerial imagery company Nearmap announced today that it is making its high-resolution aerial imaging available free of charge to state, local, and county health officials and government agencies for COVID-19 relief effort planning. Agencies that do not currently have access to an active Nearmap subscription or trial can request this service immediately by visiting Nearmap’s website or calling 801-292-2321.
US Census Knowledge Quiz
What role do postal carriers play in census preparations? What new response category will be featured on this year’s census form? Test your Census expertise on these questions and more with the Pew Research Center’s U.S. Census Knowledge Quiz. The 12-question quiz covers the history, purpose, and changes to the U.S. Census and provides test-takers with answers and explanations immediately following their attempt.
Readers who are displeased with their results may want to sign up for the Pew Research Center’s “short email mini course” on the U.S. Census (accessible by clicking the linked text “email mini-course”). This free course is divided into five sections including “What is the census and why is it taken?” and “What is new and possibly challenging about the 2020 census?” Enrolled users will receive “an email with a lesson every few days,” allowing for a manageable way to better understand why this data collection process is so important.
If you are stuck at home with kids right now, a great teaching tool too! Check it out by clicking here.
Also check out the Census Historical Timeline. AND check out the 1940 Census website. You can search for images of the pages people signed. I was able to find my Grandparents who also listed my father and his sister when they were children, pretty cool!
Security Issue in ArcGIS Server
ESRI has discovered a critical vulnerability in the ArcGIS Server component of ArcGIS Enterprise resulting in a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) issue when special steps are taken by someone with network access to the deployment. This can result in access to and control over other infrastructure resources by unauthenticated persons.
This security issue affects all supported versions prior to ArcGIS Server 10.8 on both Windows and Linux. Click here for more info and how to fix.
ArcGIS Online HTTPS Only
Starting December 8, 2020, ArcGIS Online will no longer support communication over HTTP, so it is imperative to update all of your items to HTTPS. Click here for more info.
StoryMapper of the Year
Just found this one. “Pancakes and Silver” by Stanford University Libraries took the grand prize in ESRI’s 2019 StoryMapper of the Year competition. Check out that storymap and others by clicking below.
Webinar: Use of Drones in Solid Waste Operations
Webinar, March 24, 2020, 12pm
Instructor: Sean Christian, PE, FAA 107
The use of geospatial technologies plays a critical role in Civil Engineering and is the underlying data that most construction, daily operations and permit compliance to rely on when operating sanitary landfills.
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or UAVs coupled with advances in GIS/CAD capabilities is quickly changing how construction management, field operations, surveying, and design work together.
The presentation provides an overview:
- GIS and drone technology have in managing traditional operations of sanitary landfills
- Recycle centers and how low-cost investments in software and hardware
- Technology can yield significant payback in efficiency gains
- Infrastructure management and improved decision-making
ArcGIS Drone Collections
Apparently ESRI has a product called ArcGIS Drone Collections.
ArcGIS Drone Collections includes four prepackaged configurations of ArcGIS products specifically tailored for processing drone imagery and creating information products such as 3D visualizations and remote-sensing analysis. Each collection provides a different level of scalability and functionality to meet your organization’s imagery needs.
More info about it here.
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