Are you a weather fanatic? If you don’t know about Weather Spark, you should check it out. It is a wonderful website that offers detailed summaries of typical weather anywhere on Earth. From the home page, you are invited to enter a location in the search bar or to choose among major cities, and you can also search via an interactive map (linked below the city list) or view a randomly selected place. Each location in Weather Spark’s database has a vast amount of information concisely presented through colorful graphics and text descriptions, including average temperatures, humidity, solar energy, and much more, with reports available for a yearly, monthly, or daily time frame. You can also compare the average weather for multiple locations simultaneously. Check it out!
2020 ESRI UC Agenda
Security Issue in ArcGIS Enterprise
ESRI has discovered a critical vulnerability in the Portal for ArcGIS 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 ArcGIS Enterprise portal. This can result in access to and control over other infrastructure resources by unauthenticated persons.
For more information and to download a patch, visit the Tech Support page here.
Smart Mapping Capabilities for Time
The date field in ArcGIS Online can be used to visualize data over time, change styling to display temporal differences, track edits, and display a feature’s date and time in a pop-up. The following article provides excellent tips for working effectively with date and time in ArcGIS Online.
Other articles about using time:
Get A Free ArcGIS Pro License
8/5/2020 UPDATE: This program has been extended through December 31.
ESRI has announced that it will provide free access to its ArcGIS platform and learning resources through the Learn.ArcGIS.com website to support college students during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Those who register between March 1 and June 30 will have free access to an ArcGIS Pro 2.5 license until August 31, 2020.
To register as a member of Learn ArcGIS you can do so via the following link:
https://learn.arcgis.com/en/become-a-member/
To download and install ArcGIS Pro 2.5 go to:
https://learn.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-pro-for-learn-members/
Once installed, open ArcGIS Pro and sign in with your username and password.
Underground Tunnels of LA
Creating Your First Dashboard
2020 Census Webinar May 15
The 2020 Census is underway! This presentation will share the ways in which the Census Bureau has modernized the decennial census taking process, with a focus on:
- The comprehensive national address list and associated geospatial database
- Invitation and self response phases
- Non-response follow up phase
- Data tabulation and dissemination
- The presentation will share the current status of operations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and plans for completing the 2020 Census count.
The speaker will be Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop, Chief of the Geography Division at the U.S. Census Bureau. Talk and Q&A lasting approximately 50 minutes.
Friday, May 15th at 2pm EDT/ 1pm CDT / 12pm MDT / 11am PDT
Zoom meeting URL:
https://ala-events.zoom.us/j/94053904021
Cartographic Puzzles
Interesting article about the resurgence of jigsaw puzzles and how puzzles from centuries ago were mostly made out of maps. You can even try digital map puzzles online! Check it out.





