Latest Contributions by BernSzukalski

Just released in beta, a new Environment basemap of the world designed to support environment, landscape, natural resources, hydrologic, and physical geography content is now available in ArcGIS Living Atlas. This web map consists of vector tile layers that form a detailed basemap for the world, featuring a neutral style. The layers in this map provide unique capabilities for customization, high-resolution display, and offline use on mobile devices. They are built using the same data sources used for other Esri basemaps.   Use the map directly and add your own layers, or add the map to your organization's custom basemap gallery for use by all members. For more information, see Announcing the new Esri Environment basemap (beta). Visit the ArcGIS Living Atlas home page to learn about what's new and how to use content. See the ArcGIS Living Atlas blog for more blog articles that help you get the most out of Living Atlas. ... View more

Scientists and naturalists around the world utilize the iNaturalist network to share detailed information about the biodiversity and species around them. This collection of crowdsourced observations is now freely available in beta within ArcGIS Living Atlas to be used with your GIS workflows. The beta layer is accessible through ArcGIS Living Atlas and is scheduled to be updated monthly with the latest observations. For more information, see iNaturalist observations now available in ArcGIS Living Atlas (Beta). Visit the ArcGIS Living Atlas home page to learn about what's new and how to use content. See the ArcGIS Living Atlas blog for more blog articles that help you get the most out of Living Atlas. ... View more

Sentinel-1 is a spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging system and mission from the European Space Agency and the European Commission. The mission launched and began collecting imagery in 2014. With the ability to see through cloud and smoke cover, and because it does not rely on solar illumination of the Earth's surface, Sentinel-1 is able to collect useful imagery in most weather conditions, during both day and night. This data is good for wide range of land and maritime applications, from mapping floods, to deforestation, to oil spills, and more. The newly introduced Sentinel-1 Explorer leverages a variety of ArcGIS capabilities to explore and begin to unlock the wealth of information that Sentinel-1 provides. For more information, see Sentinel-1 Explorer: Observing earth in a different light by @RobertWaterman. Visit the ArcGIS Living Atlas home page to learn about what's new and how to use content. See the ArcGIS Living Atlas blog for more blog articles that help you get the most out of Living Atlas. ... View more

HPMS is a national-level data collection program designed to assess the condition, performance, and usage of the United States’ roadways. The data is now published in Living Atlas and contains all states’ highway segments in one feature layer. This layer can be easily filtered to a state of interest or filtered by any one of the 100+ attributes. For more information, see Highway Performance Monitoring System layer now in Living Atlas. Visit the ArcGIS Living Atlas home page to learn about what's new and how to use content. See the ArcGIS Living Atlas blog for more blog articles that help you get the most out of Living Atlas. ... View more

The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Annual Data Release has been available via Living Atlas for several years. This dataset is useful for understanding health aspects of communities at the county, state, and national levels.  The 2024 feature layer is now available in Living Atlas, leveraging the authoritative source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R), a program of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. CHR&R provides a snapshot of the health of nearly every county in the nation. A wide range of factors influence how long and how well we live, including: opportunities for education, income, safe housing and the right to shape policies and practices that impact our lives and futures. For more information, see Map and analyze 2024 county health rankings via Living Atlas by @DianaLavery1 . Visit the ArcGIS Living Atlas home page to learn about what's new and how to use content. See the ArcGIS Living Atlas blog for more blog articles that help you get the most out of Living Atlas. ... View more

Maps of where ecosystems could change can play a role in planning adaptation strategies for climate change. Recent climate projections indicate roughly 35% of the World Terrestrial Ecosystems (WTEs) that were originally modeled for 2015 could change by 2050. A collection of global layers at 1km resolution have been developed and are available via Living Atlas that show where terrestrial ecosystems are projected to change by 2050. For more information, see 2050 projections of world terrestrial ecosystems are now available by @CharlieFrye  Visit the ArcGIS Living Atlas home page to learn about what's new and how to use content. See the ArcGIS Living Atlas blog for more blog articles that help you get the most out of Living Atlas. ... View more

Parcel boundaries, also known as cadastral boundaries, represent the defined edges of land borders on a map. The U.S. Parcel Boundary tile layer is a new addition to Living Atlas premium content. Made available in collaboration with Esri partner, Regrid, the Regrid Nationwide Parcel Boundaries for the United States is now available via Living Atlas. This layer will be regularly updated and covers urban, suburban, and rural areas, providing a complete view of land parcel distribution. The layer can be used to visualize property boundaries in any map. The layer pop-up provides address, acreage, and APN information. In addition, the pop-up includes links to purchase the complete parcel geometries and attributes for any county and state in the U.S. from the Regrid Data Store.   For more information, see US parcel boundary tile layer now available. Visit the ArcGIS Living Atlas home page to learn about what's new and how to use content. See the ArcGIS Living Atlas blog for more blog articles that help you get the most out of Living Atlas. ... View more

If you are attending the 2024 Esri User Conference, either in-person or virtually, here's a detailed list of sessions and activities during the event focusing on ArcGIS Living Atlas.  For more information, see ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World at Esri UC 2024. Visit the ArcGIS Living Atlas home page to learn about what's new and how to use content. See the ArcGIS Living Atlas blog for more blog articles that help you get the most out of Living Atlas. ... View more

ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World includes authoritative live feeds and other content that helps you learn more about current and predicted weather conditions including severe heat events. This latest addition to the Map in a minute series steps you through how to using Living Atlas content to make a map showing extreme heat areas in the U.S.   For more information, see Map in a minute: Map extreme heat using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas. Visit the ArcGIS Living Atlas home page to learn about what's new and how to use content. See the ArcGIS Living Atlas blog for more blog articles that help you get the most out of Living Atlas. ... View more

ArcGIS Living Atlas provides foundational elevation layers that all ArcGIS users consume in their maps, scenes, and applications. Terrain3D provides a default global elevation surface in scenes whether you are using ArcGIS Pro or ArcGIS Online Scene Viewer. Similarly, World Hillshade provides a default relief background in various basemaps (such as Topographic, Terrain with Labels) that are available across the ArcGIS system. These layers are compiled using the best available datasets from open data sources, Esri Community Maps contributors, and commercial data providers and have just been improved by integrating Maxar Intelligence’s Precision3D data, which is the most accurate 3D representation of Earth available on the commercial market.   For more information, see Maxar's Precision3D available in Esri's World Elevation 3D and Hillshade layers by @RajinderNagi. Visit the ArcGIS Living Atlas home page to learn about what's new and how to use content. See the ArcGIS Living Atlas blog for more blog articles that help you get the most out of Living Atlas. ... View more

A better understanding of WUI areas can help identify vulnerability of structures and people to wildfire, understand habitat loss and fragmentation, and help minimize the spread of zoonotic diseases. The new Global Wildland-Urban Interface layer is the first of its kind in Living Atlas to document the WUI on a global scale and will serve as a companion to the other wildfire related content in Living Atlas. It is one more tool in your toolbox to help prepare for and assess the potential risks from wildfires.   Firefighting professionals, emergency services organizations, and regional and local land developers will all find unique ways to incorporate this new data service into their daily workflows. For more information, see How wild is the land? by @MarkGilbert and @MichaelDangermond  Visit the ArcGIS Living Atlas home page to learn about what's new and how to use content. See the ArcGIS Living Atlas blog for more blog articles that help you get the most out of Living Atlas. ... View more