There is a new release of ArcGIS Earth. This is a major release for ArcGIS Earth on desktop, bringing users more capabilities for sharing data as well as configuration settings–from mobile, to desktop, to the organization portal. Mobile users will also get a new release of the ArcGIS Earth app later this month. Click below to read more.
You can download ArcGIS Earth here.
The USDA National Aerial Imagery Program (NAIP) has 2020 California aerial imagery services available. Also provided are services for earlier NAIP years and links to source data downloads and related files containing specific imagery dates. Click below for more info and links to the image services.
Registration is open for the next National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Geospatial Summit, taking place online on May 4-5, 2021, from 1:00 – 5:00 pm, ET. NGS strongly encourages attendees to participate on both days.
The NGS plans to replace the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) and the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) as part of modernizing the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS).
Attend this year’s Geospatial Summit to:
The summit is free for everyone to attend. Click below for more info and to register.
UPDATE 4/15/2021: The recorded webinar can be watched here.
For those of you that like historical cartography and the Grand Canyon, you might find this online lecture very interesting.
Tom Patterson, US National Park Service Cartographer (Ret.)
Mapping Grand Canyon National Park
Tom Patterson, US National Park Service Cartographer (Ret.), will present a virtual talk, “Mapping Grand Canyon National Park,” on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 4 pm PDT.
Patterson’s presentation will focus on four recently published maps of Grand Canyon National Park that owe their design inspiration to renowned mapmakers of the twentieth century.
This will be the 31st annual Maps & America lecture, supported by an endowment created by Arthur and Janet Holzheimer.
The lecture series was inaugurated by the noted cartographic historian, Brian Harley, in 1990. Over the years, the series has featured many of the leading figures in the field of map history and provided a multifaceted survey of this rapidly developing field. A list of previous speakers can be viewed here.
Click below to register for the webinar.
Did you remember to register for the 2021 ESRI User Conference? To be honest, I completely forgot about it!
The conference will be online again. Registration is open. It is free to all to attend the Plenary Sessions only. Those maintaining ArcGIS software maintenance will have access to all content. Click below for more info and to register.
The California GIS Council has started a quarterly CA GIS legislation update for the wider California GIS community. They call it “GIS Under the Dome”. Below is a link to the latest edition.
http://cgia.org/cagiscouncil/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GISDome_2021_Q1.pdf
Great April Fools joke! Which jelly donut has sriracha hot chili sauce? You feeling lucky?
ESRI is hosting free training on building geo-enabled apps that can make your communities smarter and businesses more successful. You will build applications for iOS and Android devices without touching a piece of code! Click below for more info and to register. It just started!
This color palette generator is a handy online tool that quickly creates a set of colors especially designed to make any data visualization, such as pie charts, bar charts, and maps, more effective. Check it out!
Burbank just got their LARIAC6 imagery. The projection that was used is a little different. It did catch me by surprise when I was comparing it to LARIAC5 imagery.
LARIAC5 – NAD_1983_StatePlane_California_V_FIPS_0405_Feet
LARIAC6 – NAD_1983_2011_StatePlane_California_V_FIPS_0405_Ft_US
Just enough to make ArcGIS Desktop complain!
NAD 83 (2011) is a new NAD 83 “realization”. It does not use a new datum. It is a refinement of the NAD 83 datum using data from a network of very accurate GPS receivers at Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS). From the point of view of GIS use, the difference is very slight and it will not be an issue when overlaying your older NAD 83 data.
SoCalGIS.org 