Latest Contributions by BernSzukalski

For many years, Esri has provided a series of live feeds to help enhance situational awareness apps. ArcGIS Living Atlas Live Feeds are a collection of ready-to-use services that can provide current information on weather and other information that can mitigate disasters. Published using the Aggregated Live Feeds Methodology, these are used by the Esri Disaster Response Program, included in the Emergency Management Operations Solution, and leveraged in many applications across the user community. The Live Feeds are feature services containing data from authoritative sources, including NOAA, USGS, NIFC and more.  In an effort to provide more visibility and transparency for the current status of these feeds, the Living Atlas team has developed the new Live Feeds Status page. The page displays a summarized view of each service showing the current status and usage trend, along with an RSS link to subscribe to notifications. For more information, see Introducing ArcGIS Living Atlas Live Feeds Status. ... View more

The latest edition of the ArcGIS Living Atlas News (June 2021) has just been published. This edition covers the numerous updates and additions since those covered in the ArcGIS Living Atlas News (April 2021). Highlights include: ArcGIS Living Atlas Live Feeds Status page OSM vector basemaps now use Daylight Map Distribution Imagery and elevation updates Esri 2020 Land Cover New environmental content New Policy Maps New pre-trained deep learning models For more information, see the latest news or browse the Living Atlas blog articles. ... View more

Infrastructure is in the news, and specifically so is broadband. I came across this app today from National Telecommunications and Information Association (NTIA) that shows indicators of broadband need. What I really like is how they embedded this WAB app in their website, plus added a view full link to open the application fully. IMHO it's a well-crafted application, with excellent cartography and publishing tradecraft behind it. I think it's a great example of leveraging Web AppBuilder and ArcGIS Online to create and expressive experience that takes complicated data and makes it easier to understand. I also like the way that the app provides a way to download source content so you can take it and make your own derivative maps and apps. ... View more

For educators, this might be a quick exercise for your students to learn more about Landsat, drought, and Living Atlas content and apps.  Living Atlas includes authoritative content and apps that help you (and your students) learn more about current topics and events. Follow these steps to explore Lake Mead water levels over time using Living Atlas content and Landsat Explorer, one of the Living Atlas apps, all in a minute (or less). See the latest Map in a minute. ... View more

Living Atlas includes authoritative content and apps that help you learn more about current topics and events such as drought. You can explore Lake Mead water levels over time using Living Atlas content and Landsat Explorer, one of the Living Atlas apps, all in a minute (or less). To learn how, see the latest in the Map-in-a-minute series. ... View more

ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World now includes two new layers describing carbon biomass and the vulnerability of the landscape to change in 2050. Learn how these layers can be used as part of an exploratory workflow to help identify areas for conservation. For more information, see Targeting areas for conservation: New biomass and vulnerability layers in Living Atlas. ... View more

Modeled after CovidPulse‘s use of sparkline map symbols, and using the regularly-updated Living Atlas layer of unemployment (sourced from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics monthly numbers), UnemploymentPulse visualizes a moving 14-month window of unemployment data at the state and county level, and shows them alongside national rates for comparison. For more information, see Introducing Unemployment Pulse. ... View more

ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World now includes two new USDA Soil Capability layers, which reveal the practical capability of soils in the United States. For more information and to learn how to use these new layers to analyze suitability for agricultural activities in the U.S., see Analyzing soil capability for the agriculture in the Living Atlas of the World. ... View more

Have you looked at the USA Current Wildfires lately? Activity is really starting to pick-up along the West Coast, putting people and property at risk. Studies of the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) have shown that as development continues to expand out into previous undeveloped areas, more homes are exposed to wildfire. Coupled with climate change and increasing fire season length, annual area burned, and annual area burned with high severity, wildfires are posing a greater threat to communities across the United States. Fire is a natural process in many ecosystems that we will never eliminate, but there are things we can do to reduce the risks to homes and communities. GIS and spatial analysis are a powerful tool to be able to understand and plan for these risks. Fortunately there are a series of 15 new layers in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World to help map and analyze risk from wildfires in your community.  For more information, see Improving the understanding of community wildfire risk. ... View more

Andy Skinner continues his work on accessible basemaps with his latest blog article A gray accessible basemap. The goal is to improve the legibility of the basemap so that someone with a visual impairment can access the content. In particular, to have the map meet WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) standards, and the US Federal ‘Section 508’ equivalent. The maps are single-color, so color-blindness is not an issue. ... View more

With the recent addition of FCC broadband layers to ArcGIS Living Atlas, there are lot of opportunities to understand a wide range of topics related to broadband, equity, accessibility, infrastructure, and more. Some of the crucial layers which can be used to assess broadband need throughout the U.S. are discussed in Tackling the digital divide with ready-to-use-content + policy. ... View more

According to a CNET online article, the FBI on Monday last week identified a hacking group for a cyberattack that took down the main pipeline carrying gas along the East Coast of the U.S. A group called Darkside, who reportedly develops ransomware and sells it to others, was identified as the responsible party. This week's map is by @AnnetteGinocchetti and shows gas availability across Colonial Pipeline's reach. It uses FEMA's Gas Buddy Retail Gas Station Crowdsourced Outages (Public) to show current gas availability status using clusters with predominance for availability. The app was built using Web AppBuilder and is discoverable, along with other Colonial Pipeline maps and apps, on ArcGIS Online. See Map in a minute: Map pipelines using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas to make your own. View the app or the app item details on ArcGIS Online. ... View more

GIS and spatial analysis are a powerful tool to be able to understand and plan for wildfire risks. A newly added series of 15 layers in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World help you map and analyze risk from wildfires in your community. For more information, see Improving the understanding of wildfire community risk. ... View more