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Examine racial inequities in unsolved murder cases (ArcGIS Pro)

In this lesson, you'll use statistical analysis in ArcGIS Pro to identify American cities where unsolved homicides are most prevalent. Then, you'll assess which segments of the population are most impacted and determine whether there is any racial or demographic inequity in regards to unsolved homicides. This workflow doesn't address why homicides remain unsolved; the reasons are complex and varied. But as you work through the lesson, you'll have opportunities to think about possible causes and implications.

Interpolate values (ArcGIS Online)

Share raster data as an analytical image service (ArcGIS Pro)

New Learn Paths

A Learn Path is sequenced set of resources for learning about a particular topic. Here's a roundup of new paths in the Learn ArcGIS Gallery that have appeared in the last month. 

Enter data faster and more accurately in Survey123 (Survey123)

Explore the different ways you can improve the quality and speed of data collection with Survey123.

Getting started with Police Transparency (Police Transparency solution)

Learn how law enforcement agencies can use the Police Transparency solution to share authoritative information and communicate engagement efforts that build trust with the general public and community stakeholders.

Learn Python with ArcGIS Notebooks (ArcGIS Online Notebooks)

Learn how to use Python in ArcGIS Notebooks. This path contains a set of ArcGIS Online Notebooks that you can use to learn how to create Python code for data visualization, analysis, and management on any platform, via ArcGIS Online.

Try data collection in ArcGIS Field Maps (ArcGIS Field Maps)

Create a map for data collection and use Field Maps to configure the map and capture data in the field.

Track virus spread with ArcGIS Insights (ArcGIS Insights)

A community is experiencing an outbreak of an infectious disease. As a contact tracer for the local public health office, you must use the case data to determine where the disease spread, who requires testing, and which cases require further investigation. You will use ArcGIS Insights to create charts and apply nonspatial analytical techniques to track the spread of the virus.

Analyze demand for hospital capacity and highlight areas of risk (ArcGIS Insights)

Typically, hospitals and other health-care facilities in the United States have between 25 percent and 75 percent bed occupancy at any given time. As an epidemic grows, the demand for hospital beds may outpace the supply. In this lesson, you will use ArcGIS Insights to analyze the supply of health-care beds in the United States. You will also use early projections of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to estimate how many more beds each state might need to meet the demand. You will work with local spreadsheet data and data from ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. You will use the mapping and charting capabilities of ArcGIS Insights to get a clear picture of the hospital bed availability issue and locate high-risk areas for bed shortages during the pandemic.

Plan for urban change in Cancún (ArcGIS Urban)

Visualize ecological marine units with voxels (ArcGIS Pro)

New Learn Paths

A Learn Path is sequenced set of resources for learning about a particular topic. Here's a roundup of new paths in the Learn ArcGIS Gallery that have appeared in the last month. 

Try ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App (Business Analyst Web App)

Learn how to create site selection maps, demographic reports, and infographics using Business Analyst Web App.

Visualize COVID-19 impact (Business Analyst Web App, ArcGIS Hub)

Learn how to use ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App to create and share customized infographics that present COVID-19 impact.

Make a web map without Web Mercator (ArcGIS Pro)

Make web maps with projections other than Web Mercator. Build and publish vector tiles from ArcGIS Pro to make a basemap in a chosen projected coordinate system.

New Learn Paths

A Learn Path is sequenced set of resources for learning about a particular topic. Here's a roundup of new paths in the Learn ArcGIS Gallery that have appeared in the last month. 

Exploring Location Analytics in Business Education

Explore why and how to use Location Analytics in Business Education with this set of readings, case studies, and hands-on activities.

GIS for computer science CTE programs (Python)

See the role of GIS in computer science CTE. Use the spatial lens of GIS to help students in the career cluster for information technology understand data processing, scripting, and automation. Explore GIS through Python and Jupyter Notebooks.

New Learn Lessons

A Learn Lesson is a step-by-step tutorial that uses a real-world scenario to introduce key ArcGIS tools and workflows. Here's a roundup of new lessons in the Learn ArcGIS Gallery that have appeared in the last month.

Visualize global COVID-19 trends in ArcGIS Insights (ArcGIS Insights)

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted the world at an unprecedented scale. Combatting the pandemic will require worldwide data collection and sharing. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) provides the latest available public data on COVID-19, which can be used to gain critical insights about the disease's spatial and temporal spread.

In this lesson, you'll create an overview of global COVID-19 cases in ArcGIS Insights. You'll map data from the ECDC and create charts to show how cases are changing over time. Your result will be a shareable workbook that displays and describes the pandemic from multiple angles and makes key information understandable and accessible.

Visualize social distancing across California (ArcGIS Pro)

Nothing has changed our collective spatial behavior quite like the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Esri partner SafeGraph allowed ArcGIS users to track changes in social distancing behavior with timely statistics. SafeGraph creates this data from mobile apps that collect location data, and they’ve developed algorithms to quantify behavior patterns into simple, understandable metrics. In this exercise, you’ll explore a prepared set of block group-level SafeGraph social distancing metrics from May 1, 2020, to June 14, 2020, with charts and animations. You’ll also use space-time pattern mining tools to assess patterns and visualize the data as a multidimensional voxel layer.

Site a new hospital (ArcGIS Online)

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors seeks a location for a second hospital in the county. The site must meet the following criteria:

• Be within two miles of urban areas.
• Be more than a 20-minute car ride from the current main hospital.
• Be within one mile of main roads.

In this lesson, you'll use proximity tools to create data layers to address these criteria. Then, you'll use data management tools to combine the layers to find possible locations.

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New Learn Paths

A Learn Path is sequenced set of resources for learning about a particular topic. Here's a roundup of new paths in the Learn ArcGIS Gallery that have appeared in the last month. 

Make a map in a minute

Learn how to make a map in a minute (or less) using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.

GIS for population and development studies: Data analysis and visualization

Learn advanced spatial analysis and cartographic techniques.

New Learn Lessons

A Learn Lesson is a step-by-step tutorial that uses a real-world scenario to introduce key ArcGIS tools and workflows. Here's a roundup of new lessons in the Learn ArcGIS Gallery that have appeared in the last month.

Validate edits in the utility network with attribute rules (ArcGIS Pro)

In this project, your role is as a GIS Analyst who has started working with an organisations electric utility network in ArcGIS Pro. Over the past few months, you've noticed certain irregularities with edits made to the peak load attributes of services in the network while performing regular QA/QC processes. After discussing the problem with your colleagues, you've decided to implement new attribute rules to prevent certain types of edits and to create a log that can be shared for monitoring and analysis of the edits made to the features.

Map the highest mountains

A web map can include descriptive information about features in a pop-up. The information that appears when a feature is clicked can include text, images, and links to web pages. As a map maker, you decide what information to include and how to present it. In this lesson, you'll create a .csv file with data about five of the highest mountains in the world. You'll use the file to create a layer on a map. Then, you'll customize the layer's pop-ups so that when you click a mountain feature, you will see key information and a photo of the mountain.

This lesson, adapted from one developed for middle and high school students, is making its debut in the Learn Gallery. You can find it and others like it by searching the tag "teachgis" in the Gallery search bar.

Make a map of China

In this lesson, you'll make a map of China. Along the way, you'll copy and save a map; navigate around a map; and arrange, filter, and style layers.

This lesson, adapted from one developed for middle and high school students, is making its debut in the Learn Gallery. You can find it and others like it by searching the tag "teachgis" in the Gallery search bar.

Updated Lessons

The Learn ArcGIS Team updates lessons for the latest version of software products. Here's a round up of lessons that were updated to new software versions.

New Learn Paths

A Learn Path is sequenced set of resources for learning about a particular topic. Here's a roundup of new paths in the Learn ArcGIS Gallery that have appeared in the last month. 

Editing rasters in ArcGIS Pro with Pixel Editor tools

Get a jump start on editing raster datasets with the Pixel Editor tools in ArcGIS Pro.

Try the new Map Viewer

Explore how responsive smart mapping in the new Map Viewer can show you a different view of your data and help you make better decisions more quickly.

New Learn Lessons

A Learn Lesson is a step-by-step tutorial that uses a real-world scenario to introduce key ArcGIS tools and workflows. Here's a roundup of new lessons in the Learn ArcGIS Gallery that have appeared in the last month.

Use ArcGIS AppStudio to build a 311 mobile app (AppStudio)

ArcGIS AppStudio provides ready-to-use configurable templates to help you create and deploy mobile apps that run on multiple platforms and don't require you to write any code. In this lesson, you'll configure and test a mobile app for citizens to submit nonemergency community 311 requests, such as graffiti removal, streetlight repair, and tree maintenance, to the City of Cilantro.

Create a report in ArcGIS Insights (ArcGIS Insights)

The number of fatal cycling accidents in Ottawa, Canada, increased between 2015 and 2018. Cycling advocates have called for the city to adopt a Vision Zero policy to eliminate traffic fatalities and increase public safety. You have completed your analysis of cycling safety, and now you must share your results with stakeholders.

You want to have a professional-looking report that clearly and effectively communicates your findings. In this lesson, you'll apply cartographic principles and custom design choices to an existing Insights workbook before you share the report.

Updated Lessons

The Learn ArcGIS Team updates lessons for the latest version of software products. Here's a round up of lessons that were updated to new software versions.

Map Breast Cancer Differences by Ethnicity (ArcGIS Insights 2020.2)

In a 2017 report, the American Cancer Society estimated that, in the United States, American women incurred 252,710 new cases of breast cancer and that 40,610 women had died from the disease. ACS statistics also reveal significant disparities between white and black women. Although the survival rate between those two ethnic groups is narrowing, significant disparities remain. In this lesson, you'll take a deep dive into those reasons by mapping mortality rates and risk factors.

Get started with ArcGIS Insights (ArcGIS Insights 2020.2)

The number of fatal cycling accidents in Ottawa, Canada, increased between 2015 and 2018. Cycling advocates have called for the city to adopt a Vision Zero policy to eliminate traffic fatalities and increase public safety.

In this lesson, you'll create a workbook in ArcGIS Insights to analyze which city wards have the most accidents and which route types are safest (or most dangerous) for cyclists. By combining charts and maps, you'll determine what steps the city can take to make cycling safer.

Update Real-Time Data with Python (ArcGIS Pro 2.6)  

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Watch frequently updates data on coral bleaching. If you map this data, it'll likely become outdated within a few weeks. How do you automate updates so that your GIS layers use the latest data as soon as it becomes available?

One way is to use a feed routine. A feed routine is a workflow where data is queried from a live feed repository and the information is passed to a map. In this lesson, you'll use Python to create two feed routines, one that automatically updates feature classes in ArcGIS Pro and one that automatically updates feature services on ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise.

This lesson will introduce you to both basic and advanced Python topics.

Analyze fire preparedness with the ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Service (ArcGIS Pro 2.6)

Marin County, California, is known for its heavily forested areas and has many homes in areas with a high risk of fire. County supervisors plan to partner with the American Red Cross to educate the community about fire prevention, preparation, and response as part of its Home Fire Campaign.

In this lesson, you'll perform regional analysis of Marin County's forested areas. In particular, you'll determine the percentage of homes that have a smoke detector. This information will help officials target their campaign geographically.

Get started with ArcGIS Online (ArcGIS Online June 2020)

Hurricanes can result in tremendous damage and loss of life. With online maps, you can help plan evacuation strategies and share your findings with the people who make decisions. You'll create a map of Houston, Texas, based on publicly shared data. By analyzing vehicle ownership across the city, you'll pinpoint areas that may have difficulty evacuating in time. Then, you'll present your results as a professional-looking web app for others to explore.

Manage data in ArcGIS Online (ArcGIS Online June 2020)

Manage data in ArcGIS Enterprise (ArcGIS Enterprise)

Human-wildlife interactions are becoming more prevalent, and many communities have inevitably found that some of their neighbors are coyotes. To inform the community where they may have a higher risk of encountering coyotes, you'll publish a data layer for people to report and view coyote activity. There are three different audiences for this data, each with unique requirements as follows:

• Public—Adding observations to a map
• Public—Viewing only reported coyote activity that has been reviewed for quality
• City staff—Adding observations to a map and viewing and modifying all recently reported coyote activity

You'll create hosted feature layer views from your published layer to give each intended audience a focused experience when working with the coyote activity layer. Hosted feature layer views provide a unique set of capabilities that allow you to meet the needs of each audience. Using views helps to simplify your work, reduce unintended edits, and avoid duplicating the source data. Finally, you’ll add the views to a map so you can compare the different user experiences. You'll add and delete features to confirm your views are ready for use in your organization and the community.

Policy mapping - Improve newborn health (ArcGIS Online June 2020)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently set a goal: By 2020, no more than 7.8 percent of newborns in the United States should have a birth weight under 5.5 pounds. You want to suggest policy actions to your state government to improve newborn health and help reach this goal.

To do so, you'll create a policy map that identifies two groups of counties: those closest to meeting the goal and the major outliers impacting the state's average. You'll ensure your map visually communicates clear policy goals, and then share it as a web app.

This lesson is targeted toward government employees or any civic-minded individual who wants to make a difference in their community.

Teach with GIS Beta Website

The Learn ArcGIS Team unveiled a beta website, Teach with GIS, at the User Conference. The site is aimed at K-12 educators who want to include GIS in their teaching. The site includes videos of educators sharing why they include GIS technology in social studies and STEM lessons. There are also a dozen ready-to-use hands-on apps and stories that students can explore in the classroom or at-home.

New Learn Paths

A Learn Path is sequenced set of resources for learning about a particular topic. Here's a roundup of new paths in the Learn ArcGIS Gallery that have appeared in the last month. 

Teach with ArcGIS Notebooks

Use ArcGIS Notebooks as a teaching tool, from delivering class assignments to presenting analysis as a slideshow. This path is aimed at educators who want to include ArcGIS Notebooks in their teaching. 

New Learn Lessons

A Learn Lesson is a step-by-step tutorial that uses a real-world scenario to introduce key ArcGIS tools and workflows. Here's a roundup of new lessons in the Learn ArcGIS Gallery that have appeared in the last month.

Find, inspect, and replace guardrail end treatments in ArcGIS Online

Find, inspect, and replace guardrail end treatments in ArcGIS Enterprise

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) recently published information about a statewide operation to replace a certain type of guardrail end treatment that has caused multiple deaths. In this lesson, you'll manage multiple stages of this operation, including data collection, guardrail inspections, and recording the replacements.

First, you'll create a feature layer in ArcGIS Online to contain the data. Then, you'll use ArcGIS QuickCapture, Collector for ArcGIS, and Survey123 for ArcGIS to complete the operation. Last, you'll display the results in ArcGIS Dashboards.

Identify retail gaps with void analysis

As demand for healthy foods and beverages grows, power juices and smoothies increase in popularity. A successful juice bar chain in Frisco, Texas, wants to expand to neighboring cities in Collin County. But does the area already have similar businesses that may reduce demand, or is there a gap that the juice bar can fill? To answer these questions, you'll perform void analysis in ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App.

Void analysis identifies gaps in specific businesses and services in one area compared to a similar area. You'll use it to compare Frisco to a neighboring city and find out if that city has a gap in juice bar businesses that the chain can fill by opening a new location. While this workflow uses void analysis for retail, void analysis can also be used for services, real estate, and business networks.

Use species distribution patterns to assess protected areas (ArcGIS Online)

Species diversity is the foundation of a healthy planet. The leading cause of species extinction is habitat loss. Protecting species requires protecting enough suitable habitat for species to live, thrive, and fulfill their ecological function.

The Half-Earth Project is working to conserve half the Earth's land and sea in order to protect enough habitat for 85% or more of Earth's species. The Half-Earth Project is mapping the location of species, protected areas, and human activities, and using this information to identify the best places to protect the most species. GIS is at the core of determining which half of the Earth to protect. This Learn Lesson introduces some of the mapping methods the Half-Earth Project team deploys, and how these methods lead to identifying conservation priorities.

The two fundamental considerations for examining biodiversity in any area are:

• Species Richness - the total numbers of species in that area
• Species Rarity - based on the number of species found only in that area

In this learn lesson, you will focus on protected areas and species information on the rarity of birds to understand and map how countries are protecting bird species with the highest rarity. This lesson focuses on the continent of Africa, though the analysis can be replicated for other locations.

Use multidimensional data to predict coral-bleaching events (ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Image Analyst extension for ArcGIS Pro)

Coral reefs serve as a significant repository of marine biodiversity and are home to about 25 percent of marine species. Thus, the health and long-term success of these reefs are critical in maintaining our marine ecosystems. Unfortunately, reefs worldwide face many risks, primarily due to climate change. These include ocean temperatures that are too warm for coral survival, which may result in coral bleaching. In this lesson, you will use several years of daily sea surface temperature data to create a model that employs time-series forecasting capabilities to explore the impact of sea surface temperature on coral bleaching. Using model results, you will predict and identify locations showing anomalously high water temperatures. This will allow you to predict areas that are likely to be vulnerable to coral bleaching.

Explore Paris with ArcGIS Online

In this lesson, you'll create a map of Paris, France, to learn the basics of working with maps in ArcGIS Online. Learn how to navigate, create, and save a map. Search for and mark locations, change the basemap, and add new layers.