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Parks and Grounds Management Solution for Public Gardens
Hi, everyone! I am currently toying around with the Parks and Grounds Management Solution from Esri. It might be worth a quick peek to see if this Solution could work for you. Video: Conservation | ArcGIS Solutions - Esri Videos: GIS, Events, ArcGIS Products & Industries Documentation: Introduction to Parks and Grounds…
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ISO New Leader for this Public Gardens New(er) GIS Users Community!
Hello, everyone! Long time, no post. I'm sorry about that. I hope this post finds you warm and well and working away at your winter mapping projects. This winter has been a season of transition for me, personally, as I have moved from mapping living collections at a public garden to mapping a seemingly more diverse and…
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11/6-7/2024: VAMLIS 32nd Annual Virginia GIS Conference
Have you heard? The Virginia Association of Mapping and Land Information Systems (VAMLIS) will gather in Williamsburg, VA on November 6th & 7th for the 32nd annual conference called GeoCon. I'll be there to network and soak up GIS-related inspiration and knowledge. If you live near Virginia, I encourage you to make the…
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Training and Networking Opportunities D.C. in May 2024
Quick announcement sharing information about upcoming Esri events in the D.C. area. Information and registration links are included below. Members of the Esri Nonprofit Team will be available at both events. Esri Sustainable Development DC Meetup – May 15th Registration is now live for the Esri Sustainable Development DC…
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4/11/2024: Plant Mapping Meetup > Spring meeting w/guest speaker
Exciting announcement from our friends at the Plant Mapping Meetup group: Please join us for our upcoming Spring Plant Mapping Meetup on April 11, 2024 at 1:00pm EST (please note that meetup sometimes likes to be confusing about how they show times – 1:00P EST is the official time of the meetup!). We’ll have a packed…
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Springing into daffodil data collection
I love almost everything about these first weeks of spring - days lengthening, birds singing, buds bursting, and those darling & dreaded daffodils that pop up gloriously for a brief bloom period ... just to tease me about how much reidentifying and relabeling work I have to do. According to collection management system…
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GPS receiver
Hello, What GPS receivers are you using and what would you recommend? Ideally working with iOs (Ipad) thanks
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Is ArcGIS Online enough?
Hello, So I am still learning to understand the whole system of GIS mapping for the plant collection. Is Arc Gis Onlline alone enough to start mapping trees and shrubs in our gardens? Is it essential to have a second software (like Iris BG etc) in conjunction with ArcGIS to do plant mapping? Thanks!
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Introduction: The Bower Native Plant Landscape and Sculpture Park
We are a new Pennsylvania public garden, designed between 2018 and 2021, our initial plant installations and large scale sculptures were installed in fall 2020 and we opened doors in May 2021. We are open between May and October. Public access is free by appointment and only a single group at a time gets to visit the…
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Let's Make a Map of this Community
Please take a moment to fill out this form created using ArcGIS Survey 123 created from the template called "Favorite Redlands Restaurant." Completing this survey will only take a few minutes. This survey can be accessed through either the hyperlink or QR code below. Data collected with this form will be used to create a…
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ArcGIS Online for Public Gardens as a start up plant data collection software
Hello, I have a super basic question, and will appreciate your input. We are just about to get a license and most likely will have to opt for the ArcGis online - we don't have much server space for the Pro version. We are also trying to decide on a plant data collection software that will pair nicely with ArcGis Online. I…
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Newbie to the PG New(er) GIS User Group? Drop a quick post and introduce yourself!
Hi! Welcome to this brand-new community! My name is Laurel Hill. I'm a horticulturist who is adding GIS to my tool bucket so I can better curate living collections at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. I'm new(er) to GIS and it's great to know there's a community of other newbies out here. Hopefully, we can teach and inspire…
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2/13/2024: IrisBG Coffee Chat > Mobile data collection using ArcGIS & more
Don't miss the February 2024 IrisBG Coffee Chat! Register here: Coffee Chats | IrisBG Are you interested in collecting data on a tablet or smartphone whilst out in the garden? See the IrisBG – ArcGIS Sync Beta in action. Join us for this month's Coffee Chat when we will demonstrate how to do the following with any mobile…