Latest Contributions by BernSzukalski

Pretrained AI models are available to perform a variety of tasks, such as extracting building footprints for urban planning, classifying structures for insurance purposes, generating change maps from time series data, and more. These models also serve as a starting point for you to fine-tune them using your local geography or features of interest. These pretrained models increase productivity, automate data extraction at scale, and enable you to quickly gain insights.   You can find and access the collection of AI models for extraction in ArcGIS Living Atlas, which this year doubled from 30 to nearly 70. For more information, see ArcGIS AI models - year in review. For more details see: Introduction to ArcGIS pretrained learning models Pretrained deep learning models 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

It’s easy to overlook some of the changes and improvements that have occurred over the course of the past year, especially when you’re busy or don’t have time to explore all of the new capabilities.  As a refresher, here’s an overview of what’s been delivered with links to all the details.   See 2023 ArcGIS Online year in review for more information. ... View more

The 2018-2022 American Community Survey (ACS) five-year estimates are now available in ArcGIS Living Atlas. These ready-to-use layers save many hours of download and data processing time and allow users to quickly explore, map, analyze, and download the data at the state, county, and tract levels.   For more information, see U.S. Census American Community Survey (ACS) Updated in ArcGIS Living Atlas (December 2023). 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

Esri recently announced the inclusion of version 2.0 of the ISRIC SoilGrids global soil maps in ArcGIS Living Atlas and how to get started using the layers in your analysis. A new blog article explorers the finer details of those layers, including how to use the layers to create a soils map.   For more information, see Exploring the World Soils 250m Layers. 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

Top 20 Essential Skills for ArcGIS Pro is a new Esri Press publication, authored by Bonnie Shrewsbury, GIS manager for City of Manhattan Beach, and Barry Waite, University of Southern California (USC) educator. From the Esri Press description: With this book, you can start using ArcGIS Pro quickly and successfully. It is: Easy to understand, thanks to step-by-step exercises. Conversational, with upbeat language, illustrations, and tips. Packed with interesting user stories explaining how GIS is applied in many situations. Full of exercises for working with spatial data, creating maps, and doing basic analysis.   For more info, view the publication details. This could be the perfect gift for that special GIS practitioner you know. This book is one in a series of other books that will cover essential skills for other products. ... View more

ArcGIS Living Atlas now includes version 2.0 of the ISRIC SoilGrids global soil maps. These maps have 11 multidimensional thematic layers containing values at six depth ranges at a spatial resolution of 250 meters. Learn how to incorporate these multidimensional soil layers into your mapping and decision-making processes by reading Getting Started With Multidimensional Soil Layers in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. 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 Census ACS layers in Living Atlas cover a wide range of topics on population, income, education, health insurance, language, race and ethnicity, and more. These layers contain data for states, counties, and census tracts. More than 100 layers are available, each focusing on a specific topic. Each topic’s layer is hosted as both boundaries and centroids for your spatial analysis, mapping, charting and visualization. These layers are free to use and can be downloaded to your local drive as needed. To learn about the next Census ACS five-year estimates release, including the anticipated timeframe, enhancements, and updates, see Updates coming to American Community Survey layers in ArcGIS Living Atlas (December 2023). View all Living Atlas ACS content. 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

Every December, layers from Esri’s content catalog are retired and will no longer be available. Retired layers have been in mature support, marked as deprecated, and not actively maintained for at least two years. Learn which layers are retiring in 2023 and the links to the replacements so that you can update your maps and apps accordingly by reading Environment Layers Retiring December 2023.  View all environment content 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 World Imagery Wayback app offers a dynamic browsing and discovery experience for archived versions of World Imagery created over time. The app displays a timeline and list, letting you browse all archived versions based on location and scale. You can focus on only imagery with local changes, preview imagery by hovering or selecting individual layers, or use swipe and animation mode to explore further. The Wayback app now offers a new export capability, designed to support exporting small volumes of imagery basemap tiles (as tile packages) for offline use in ArcGIS applications and other applications built with an ArcGIS Runtime SDK. Click to view blog To learn more, see World Imagery Wayback export by @RobertWaterman  View other blog articles about Wayback on the ArcGIS Blog. 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 Instant Apps are the quickest, no-code way, to go from your map to an app. All Instant Apps templates can be found on the searchable Instant Apps home page. But which is the right one for you? To guide you, Instant Apps validates if your map and data meet each app’s requirements and allows you to browse and search app capabilities and preview the app with your data.  Something that's easy to overlook is a handy Instant Apps matrix, updated with each ArcGIS Online update, that lists all apps and capabilities. Click search to find the link to the matrix which can be downloaded as a PDF. Click to view matrix (PDF) For more information, see Choose an app template.   ... View more