Latest Contributions by DawnWright

Another great question! Thanks Joe! We are actually building a rough equivalent to the voxel framework within the Ecological Marine Units project (http://www.esri.com/ecological-marine-units). In a nutshell our approach has been to: Build 3-D framework (point mesh), where we extracted the World Ocean Atlas (WOA) data into a global point mesh framework created from 52,487,233 points, each with at least 6 WOA attributes Attribute mesh points with 6 WOA physical/chemical parameters, in addition to the x, y, and z coordinates (more attributes possible) Use k-means statistical clustering algorithm to identify physically distinct, relatively homogenous, volumetric regions in the water column (EMUs). Backwards stepwise discriminant analysis to determine if all of six variables contributed significantly to the clustering – all six were significant. pseudo F-statistic gave us the optimum # of clusters at 37. Then used canonical discriminant analysis to verify that all 37 clusters were significantly different from one another and they were. Compare/combine surface-occurring EMUs with other sea surface partitioning efforts using ocean color, etc. (e.g., Longhurst, Oliver and Andrew, MBON, Seascapes, etc.) Compare/combine bottom-occurring EMUs with seafloor physiographic regions and features, etc. (e.g., Harris et al.) Assess relationship between physically distinct regions and biotic distributions (e.g., OBIS Biogeographic Realms, etc.), and maybe combine to incorporate biotic dimension into the EMUs This is best viewed and added to in ArcGIS Pro where you can access the 3D point mesh and visualize the volumes created from it (e.g., see the visualizations on the main EMU web site or in this story map: http://esriurl.com/emustory ) ... View more

Hi Feng - This is an excellent question, that I would be happy to dig into with you more thoroughly offline but in the few minutes left, I would like to point you to our Imagery Workflow page for some resources that may help, ArcGIS Imagery Workflows | ArcGIS , and this NEMAC story map might be helpful as well, giving you further ideas http://nemac.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=c66ae89e8aee46acba63c869a0889317  One last thing: the Climate Resilience Toolkit at U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit  and the  NOAA Digital Coast: Digital Coast Home  ... View more

Thanks for asking that Mike and GREAT to have you join us! Yes, it's really an important and precious part of my experience at Esri to still be a faculty member at Oregon State University, where I have still been involved in advising students (a PhD student finished last year) and working with those faculty. My role at Esri also has me greatly involved with other universities, either on projects that we are doing together jointly (e.g., see Esri and the Scientific Community | Esri Insider  ) or with activities such as serving on the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment Advisory Board. So with those kinds of activities, you feel as though you are part of that campus community too. I love it! ... View more

Day to day I'm on email and GeoNet!  But more seriously, the exciting thing about my job at Esri is that it is all about engaging and communicating. For instance, we have a new product manager for 3D mapping and analysis and we got together so that I could share with him the many projects going on under our science initiative and how best to connect him with my network of scientists using our software so that he can develop better use cases which will ultimately lead to improvements in our 3D products to serve scientists. In this meeting we were joined by Jack Dangermond (neat serendipity as he saw us and just sat down) who gave us both an overview of the history of how the company had approached 3D problems in the past, the data structures that had evolved, where we would like to go now given the various needs out there of our users and the disruptive technologies such as drones (in the air AND in the sea) that are game changers, etc. Later I ran into some colleagues who wanted to me show me some neat applications that they were developing for virtual reality mapping experiences (including a spin wearing an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, and then discussing one of our new collaborations with the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project where we might develop a neat prototype with their estuary data. Another colleague wanted some advice as to where to publish an article based on some new spatial statistical approaches that his group had developed for interpolating data collected by a variety of mobile devices in the field. Of course, I SO spend large portions of every day doing email too! I was attending a panel discussion at a conference and as the distinguished panelists introduced themselves (“I’m XX and I’m a marine ecologist,” "I'm YY and I specialize in marine spatial planning," etc., etc.), this one panelist said, “My name is XX and I do email!”  ... View more

GREAT link! Thanks Joe! And I want to salute Joe here in this forum as the creator of the "Deepsea Dawn" lego minifig and Lego marine GIS lab. See this at the top of my Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/deepseadawn  ... View more

Hi Wetherbee! Great question as it speaks to how so many in our community may be feeling. These are interesting times. I think the best thing that business partners and non profits can do is to stay the course with the great work that you are already doing. Despite an onslaught that we may feel at the federal level, there is so much excellent work that is being done at the federal level (e.g., by NOAA, NASA, USGS and others who work with the business partner and non profit communities), but ALSO at the state and local level. For instance, it is heartening to see the cities and states that are moving forward with Paris Climate Agreement goals, principles, and milestones, making that commitment regardless. ... View more

Yes, great point Megan! A lot of the tips mentioned can apply to people of all ages. The Esri YPN is for people of all ages too. "Young Professional" can mean that you are "young" within the geospatial profession (maybe as a second or third career) but mature in age! ... View more

Another great question! Thanks Denise! This is another topic that could/should be an AMA in and of itself, but quickly I would say for young women to: - be confident in what they are doing and to KNOW that they are on the path to success in geospatial because it is such a hot field - join advocacy groups such as the Esri Young Professionals Network, Young Professionals Network (YPN) | Esri GIS Community  where there are so many great resources and meetups - try your best to find not only a great mentor but an ADVOCATE. I can explain more in subsequent posts - try your best to find travel resources to get to conferences such as the UC but also local GIS user group meetings, smaller geospatial tech or science conferences, and the like - get up the courage to PRESENT your own work at these conferences, which are also great places to get affirmation and good tips for improving your work - start a resume or CV NOW at this point in your career - get your own web presence (web site, blog) and business card much more but will stop now due to time  ... View more

Great! Thanks Donald and will get in touch later. ... View more

Amen sister!  ... View more

Hi Lisa! Wow! We would most definitely be interested in working with you! We can talk more about this offline but we would definitely love for your group to join our growing list of EMU use case projects as attached ... View more

Pieces of Eight by John Drake, Pieces of Eight: John Drake: 9780007268962: Amazon.com: Books   ... View more

Hi Jan! Great to see you here today! Yes, Arc Marine is still around and at http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/arcgis . But this blog post may be even more helpful to you as to the way forward: Course Change for the Arc Marine Data Model | ArcGIS Blog   And we are now in the web GIS pattern moving beyond the desktop geodatabase, always sharing the latest and greatest beyond ArcMarine at the annual Esri Ocean GIS Forum, http://www.esri.com/events/ocean ... View more

Oh my goodness! What a great question! This is one that I'll have to think on and maybe post a more detailed answer later. But right now for the sake of time, I'll say that COMMUNICATING science is one heck of a challenge right now, and is so very important in this age where science is being questioned, challenged, put in the category of fake news, etc., all with the stakes so high for our planet. GIS makes a terrific contribution to science communication through story maps. So many great examples of this at http://esriurl.com/analyticalstories and https://storymaps.arcgis.com  ... View more

Hi Donald - no have not heard of this database but will try to look it up after the AMA and would be happy to discuss with you further. And regarding MGET, my colleagues and I remain super keen on that platform of tools. They continue to improve upon the existing ones, to add new ones, and their use of the ArcGIS platform pushes us to improve on this end as well. ... View more