The National Audubon Society has a new interactive map that combines bird distribution and migration maps with conservation data for 458 species of migratory birds. The interactive map displays its information from hemispheric to local levels. Check it out!
Free GIS Field Applications using UAS on Saturday Oct 22, 9am to Noon at the Robert Redford Sustainability Center / Bernard Field Station in Claremont. We’ll be covering aerial survey mapping workflow, applications for GIS, sharing resources for obtaining the FAA107 to commercially use sUAV and hands on drone use.
For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3Kyl3nR
ESRI will be updating ArcGIS Online on November 9th. Some update highlights include:
For more information on the update, visit their posting about it here.
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!
On occasion we have a need to change the data sources for the layers in our MXD files. Some MXDs have quite a few layers, so it would be a pain to go through each one in ArcMap and change them. This might happen to you when your source data is moved to let’s say a new enterprise geodatabase and now you have to update your MXD files.
If you have not done so before, try the Set Data Source(s) tool in ArcCatalog. Just navigate to where your MXD file is, then right click on it and select the Set Data Source(s) option:
The tool will open showing you the data frames and all the layers including their current data sources.
Continue readingCheck out how to use texture fills to highlight regions or to denote uncertainty in an ArcGIS Online map viewer.
The California Geographic Information Association (CGIA) is looking for nominations for their new Coordinating Committee. The Coordinating Committee assists the Chair and Vice-Chair in the governance of the Council “on internal business matters such as developing agendas for Council meetings, maintaining the Council website, supporting communications, holding elections, responding to requests from Council members or constituencies, and establishing workgroups.”
Nominations close at 5:00 pm Friday, September 30, 2022. For more information, visit their announcement here.
There is a webinar today at 10am PDT about the ArcGIS Utility Network Management Options. There is also another webinar next month on Implementation Considerations. For more info and to register, follow this link.
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!
If you have a need to quickly collect data while out in the field, check out this webinar about ESRI’s QuickCapture software product. See how easy it is to incorporate rapid data collection at your organization.
For more info and to requester, click here. The webinar is on September 14 at 9am PDT.
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