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BernSzukalski
Esri Frequent Contributor

Here's a Story Map Cascade I stumbled across the other day. It's about the ThamLuang Cave (Thailand) rescue, and presents an overview of how GIS was applied.

The Story Map was authored by Esri Thailand, and one of the interesting features of the Story Map is that it is bilingual.

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BernSzukalski
Esri Frequent Contributor

A colleague sent me this interesting article about underground mapping using drones. Check out the images in the article. https://newatlas.com/hovermap-emesent-drones-tunnels-mines/57093/#p544783 

If anyone has any data from something like this, the 3D team would love to have at it!

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BernSzukalski
Esri Frequent Contributor

A recent addition to the Teach with GIS lessons is Thailand's Cave Rescue Miracle. It's among many exercises that teachers can use to create engaging and innovative materials for their students.You'll plenty more at the Teach with GIS Curriculum Builder site.

This particular lesson is of special interest to those interested in caves. On June 23, 2018 twelve boys between 11 and 17 years of age and their coach entered the Tham Luang cave to explore. The team was trapped in the cave by continuous rainfall. They were found and rescued by an international team that involved 100 divers and many countries. They were found on July 2 and were finally all rescued on July 11, 2018.

The lesson also covers various ways to show large numbers of features, in this case the caves in Thailand. The image below shows multiple layers using smart mapping capabilities. Counts and Amounts Size and Counts and Amounts Color are combined to visualize cave density in various provinces.

Multiple layers showing the density of caves in Thailand, using counts and amounts size and color smart mapping capabilities.

This lessons will build skills in the following areas:

  • Select by attribute
  • Create bookmarks
  • Configure pop-ups
  • Search for data Filter

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BernSzukalski
Esri Frequent Contributor

After a period of hibernation, the sun has risen, and warmed and awakened us from our caves. Welcome to the newly updated ArcGIS Cave and Karst user group at the Esri Community. This will be a place to connect and share ideas, best practices, and examples of using and applying GIS, with the unique needs and requirements of this community in mind.  

You'll have the opportunity to:

 

  • Connect, share, and collaborate.
  • Get updates on news and products.
  • Join discussions and ask questions.
  • Share your examples and work with others.
  • Contribute to a knowledge base of tips, best practices, and workflows.

 

 

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For any additional questions, general tips and guidelines, please visit the GeoNet Help group, or contact the Cave and Karst group owners:

 

Bern Szukalski: bszukalski@esri.com

Bob Booth: bbooth@esri.com

 

Thanks for joining and we look forward to seeing you here. Feel free to add a comment to say hello.

 

If you have additional questions about software, grant opportunities, or anything else, let one of us know. And please let others you think might be interested know about this space.

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BernSzukalski
Esri Frequent Contributor

This Story Map Series (tabbed layout) was authored and published by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division.

View the Story Map

From the Story Map:

White-nose, also called WNS, was documented in Georgia in 2013. The state Department of Natural Resources has been working since to track and slow the advance of the disease and gauge its impact.

Here is an overview of that work during winter 2016-2017. See the season report for full details.

Visit the Story Maps website for more information about Story Map Series, and other Story Map apps.

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BernSzukalski
Esri Frequent Contributor

Just came across Bat Viewing Areas In Texas - a nicely done Story Map Tour showing bat viewing locations throughout the state. The story map was authored by Austin Community College.

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BernSzukalski
Esri Frequent Contributor

Today I downloaded the source data from the U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1154  - Preliminary Map of Potentially Karstic Carbonate Rocks in the Central and Southern Appalachian States - and published it as tile and feature services, along with a few maps and apps.

You'll find the layers via search, and you can also view the data in this app which uses the new Basic Viewer template.

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