Looking to liven up your ArcGIS Online maps? Try out some feature specific effects that allow you to emphasize some features in a layer with interesting effects. Check it out!
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ArcGIS Online Organization Home Page
If you have an ArcGIS Online for Organizations account, ESRI will be pushing out an update that will change your home page. If you do not switch to the new home page or request an extension (good to September 2022), your old (legacy) home page will be automatically replaced with a default home page at the next ArcGIS Online update, planned for March 22, 2022. To ensure that your home page looks and performs as desired, transition to the new home page before the legacy home page is automatically replaced. Organizations that do not use the ArcGIS Online home page as a landing page will be automatically transitioned to the default home page. No further action is required.
For more information and how to change your home page with the new editor, click below.
The Geography of Movement
Check out this interesting article about how we move around the world. Brings back memories of my human geography class!
AAA Gas Price Map
So my gas station is now at $5.99 per gallon in a county with an average of $5.84. How about yours? Using the map app on AAA, looks like some counties in South Dakota are paying around $3.46! Just click on a state to see more detail. Check it out.
Broadband Availability and Adoption
Check out this story map about broadband availability and adoption throughout the United States. Zoom in to check out your neighborhood, and also check out maps showing the broadband infrastructure, how people access the internet, who uses the internet, who has broadband at home, and does residential broadband impact labor force participation.
ArcGIS Online Update March 22
ESRI will be updating ArcGIS Online on March 22, 5pm to midnight (PDT).
Update Highlights
Mapping
- Editing enhancements including snapping controls and additional capabilities in the editor pane
- Ability to duplicate feature layers in Map Viewer to customize the configuration of a layer without affecting the configuration of the source layer
- New nested group capability, simplifying visualization and review of complex data
Content and Member Management
- Administrators can allow members to transfer their own content to other members of the organization.
- Administrators can set up member categories to make it easy for the organization’s members to find each other by searching characteristics such as department or project.
Interact with Maps and Data Using ArcGIS Instant Apps
- Exhibit, a new app template, follows a sequential order as it guides your audience through a map and tells a story with interactive slides.
- Portfolio includes two new layouts for additional flexibility as you build one app to showcase maps, apps, and web pages about a topic or location.
- Attachment Viewer allows viewers to update the attribute information of the attached images or videos while navigating through each feature.
Home Page Replacement
Legacy ArcGIS Online home pages will automatically be replaced with a new default home page unless the administrator requests an extension through the Organization page. Transition to the new home page to ensure that your home page looks and performs as desired.
Early Adopter Community
Would you like to try the features planned for the upcoming ArcGIS Online update? Sign up for the ArcGIS Online Early Adopter Community (EAC) with your ArcGIS Online login. Within the ArcGIS Online testing environment, EAC members can try upcoming features, test compatibility with their existing workflows, influence product development, and engage with the ArcGIS Online development team and other members of the EAC.
Time to Upgrade to new ArcGIS Basemap Layer Service
If you are using the legacy ArcGIS Online tile services in your apps and maps, then it’s time to upgrade to the new ArcGIS basemap layer service. The legacy tile services are in mature status and are no longer being updated. April 30, 2022 is the deadline to upgrade to the new services. Click below for more information and how to upgrade to the new services.
ESRI Developer Summit March 8-11
The in-person workshops are back, along with the opportunity for one-on-one chats with ESRI staff. After being a virtual event for two years, the ESRI Developer Summit returns to Palm Springs, March 8–11, 2022. Click below for more info and to register.
WindNinja Mobile
If you are a firefighter, you might find WindNinja Mobile a great tool to have while out in the field. WindNinja Mobile, which can be downloaded for free from app marketplaces such as the Apple App Store and Google Play, was mainly created for firefighters with mobile devices or tablets who need to quickly compute and visualize wind direction and speed simulations. Click below to read an article about it.
Cartography MOOC
Thousands of GIS professionals have signed up for ESRI’s free online course to learn how to make beautiful maps using ArcGIS Pro. If you’re interested in exploring the cartographer’s craft and trying out the latest ArcGIS Pro mapping tools, you are invited to join the course too.
In the course, ESRI’s top cartographers review essential mapping concepts and share tips and techniques to create accurate maps that showcase your data and analysis results.
The course includes the following:
- Step-by-step exercises, videos, quizzes, and discussion
- Access to ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online software
- Certificate of completion
Join the course, get inspired, and do more with maps. The course runs from February 16 to March 30. Click here for more info and to register for the course.
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