Latest Contributions by BernSzukalski

New texture tile layers have been added to ArcGIS Living Atlas, making for some really cool creative effects. The layers are discussed in Texture Tiles - a blog article by John Nelson. While these are layers on top of your basemap, you can also move them to your basemap to composite them with other basemap layers for some really interesting effects, and add other operationals layers on top. Make a map with these and add them to your custom basemap gallery. View all texture layers in Living Atlas. ... View more

In the news: Severe weather, historic snowfall and flash flooding are forecast for the next few days in areas of the central United States, from the Rockies to the Mississippi River Valley. Denver is hunkering down to prepare for an expected 2-foot snow dump that storms sweeping across the U.S. midsection are forecast to bring.  Explore currents events with Living Atlas: Central U.S. storms highlights a Living Atlas dashboard and layer that help you learn more about winter storm events.  ... View more

In the news: More than 18,000 earthquakes have been recorded in Iceland over a one-week period, possibly indicating a volcanic eruption is about to happen. And in New Zealand, several quakes, including an 8.1 magnitude temblor, triggered tsunami warnings. Explore current events with ArcGIS Living Atlas: Iceland and New Zealand earthquakes highlights a Living Atlas map and dashboard that help you learn more about them.  ... View more

Nuisance flooding worsens as sea level rise increases.  For example, locations such as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Virginia are expected to observe 20 days of nuisance flooding in 2021. Within 10 years, the predicted flood days will more than double to  49 days @Keith-VanGraafeiland details the use of U.S. High Tide Flooding Projection Scenarios in the new custom High Tide Flooding app. For more information, see How many days will it flood? ... View more

International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8th around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements and also a day for women from all backgrounds and cultures to rally for gender parity and women's rights. In recognition of the day, the two stories below by @DianaLavery1 are this week's maps of the week. The first story explores the impact, barriers, and strategies around women in national politics.   There is strong evidence that women’s representation in local governments has made a difference in drinking water access, child health, pensions, funding for education, and more, benefiting both women and men. For more information, see the story item details. The second story highlights how women are faring by country with respect to life expectancy, maternal mortality, contraceptive use & total fertility rate, and the percent of births attended by skilled health personnel.   This story map highlights how women are faring by country with respect to life expectancy, maternal mortality, contraceptive use & total fertility rate, and the percent of births attended by skilled health personnel. Globally, lots of progress has been made in women's health, but there is still plenty more work to do. For more information, see the story item details. ... View more

Eight new and updated deep learning models were released at the Federal GIS Conference. With these additions, you now have 12 pre-trained deep learning models  that you can use. Go to the geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS Pro, point the deep learning tools to the models and at the raw data, and the model will extract geographical features at the click of a button. See a quick video tutorial of how this works. For more information, see Pre-trained deep learning models update (February 2021). ... View more

Eight new and updated models were released at the Federal GIS Conference. With these additions, you now have 12 pre-trained deep learning models  that you can use. Go to the geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS Pro, point the deep learning tools to the models and at the raw data, and the model will extract geographical features at the click of a button. See a quick video tutorial of how this works. For more information, see Pre-trained deep learning models update (February 2021). ... View more

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) is an invaluable resource, now published via ArcGIS Living Atlas. This map (actually an app using the Compare configurable app) uses ACS data to take a closer look at health insurance coverage for minorities. The left map contains 2010-2014 ACS layers and the right contains the current year ACS data which is 2015-2019. The symbology is the same to enable easy visual comparisons.  Zoom in a bit or navigate to your area of interest for the best comparison results. Click the (i) button in the upper right for more info about the app and the ACS content used in it. al comparison. Click   The visual results can be quite dramatic. Take a look at this area near Atlanta, Georgia (click the image to view a larger version).     The Compare configurable app is one of the swipe/comparison apps that you can use for visual exploration and analysis covered. All swipe/comparison apps were recently covered in Apps you can use to swipe or compare. ACS content can be found in Living Atlas, or by searching for "ACS" when authoring a web map using Map Viewer. This is one of many Living Atlas ACS-based maps and layers that you you can use to discover more about your community. ... View more