Latest Contributions by BernSzukalski

Anyone that discovers your published content can click your profile and view all your items (and groups). By default these are displayed by relevance, but you can curate your profile hand-pick what is shown. This enables you, or your organization profile, to show your best or most important maps, apps, or other content. Registered organizations will display a different profile card, one that displays the same gallery that is shown when the Gallery tab is clicked in the header of your Home page. The gallery can contain your curated best content for others to access easily. For more information, see: Customize your profile item gallery (Blog) Manage profile and settings (Help)   ... View more

The USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) is the official seamless watershed dataset for the United States. ArcGIS Living Atlas now includes six new WBD layers containing the most up-to-date information for HUC levels 2 through 12 at a 1:24,000 scale (1:63,000 in Alaska) and design revisions that improve both mapping versatility and understanding of hydrology.   For more information, see A watershed moment. 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

You can edit and customize base labels and blur the lines of what's possible using new capabilities in the Vector Tile Style Editor (VTSE). The VTSE can now be used to isolate specific labels, remove them, or change their style. Combined with other capabilities of the VTSE, this provides more customization capabilities and blurs the lines of maps vs. basemaps.   For more information, see Basemap... Or just 'Map'? 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've ever wondered what happens when your organization submits map layers to Esri’s Community Maps Program, this blog will detail how contributions are integrated into the basemap database and ultimately included as part of ArcGIS Living Atlas vector basemaps.   For more information, see My organization just submitted map 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

With the June 2023 update, a number of design enhancements were introduced for pop-ups (and ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript). These changes happened automatically, with no adjustments or editing needed on the map author's part. These changes included: A redesigned feature pagination and menu button Improved media pagination Improved color ramps and matching tooltips for charts With the changes for pagination, one of the things you will notice is the appearance of the title of the pop-up in the feature pagination list. The example below from the Living Atlas shows the pop-up title, in this case the county name, displayed in the feature list. If the layer pop-up was not configured with a title, the word "Untitled" will be displayed. Below is an example of live stream gauges from the Living Atlas. It's easy enough to improve the feature pagination, simply add a title to your pop-ups. For best results, choose something unique that will provide context for selecting other features from the list. For example, the pop-up shown above was reconfigured to include a title using the name attribute to provide a unique title to the feature pop-up. By adopting the addition of titles as a best practice for pop-up configuration, you'll avoid presenting "Untitled" to viewers. For more information, see A fresh new look for pop-ups and Pop-ups: the essentials.     ... View more

Just about all of us use ArcGIS Living Atlas every day. Living Atlas basemaps are the foundation for almost every map or app, whether used in your browser or device. Additionally, Living Atlas layers, such as live feeds, environmental layers, demographic information, and more, complement and add context to your operational layers. Most of us discover Living Atlas content when we use basemaps or search for layers in Map Viewer. But there's a way you can integrate the Living Atlas website directly into your workflows. If you sign in to your account at the Living Atlas website, you can open the Browse tab to search for layers to begin authoring maps and scenes.  Since you're signed in, you can also use My Favorites to bookmark Living Atlas items for quick access, or (if an administrator) can also share creative Living Atlas basemaps into your organization's custom basemap gallery. For more information, see Ten ways to get the most out of ArcGIS Living Atlas. ... View more