Latest Contributions by BernSzukalski

Another addition to the Map in a minute series, this one covers using ArcGIS Living Atlas and the ArcGIS Online Map Viewer to create a weather map in minute (actually less). See Map in a minute: Map weather using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas. ... View more

The global stream flow service has just been updated with new modeling and cartography. It's also now included in a web map with a custom basemap designed specifically for use with this layer.   For more information, see Significant improvements to global stream flow services. ... View more

Traditionally, accessing American Community Survey (ACS) data required processing the newest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau each year, taking days to weeks of time. Since 2018, many ACS tables are readily available within ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World to use within your GIS workflows. These Census ACS Living Atlas layers are updated automatically each year when the U.S. Census Bureau releases their annual estimates, and as of December 11, 2020, they now contain the newest 2015-2019 5–year estimates.   For more information, see What's new with Census ACS Living Atlas layers (Fall 2020). ... View more

This is a nice example of one of the many ways that you can use StoryMaps. From the Kentucky Geological Survey, it's their 2019-2020 Annual Report. The post begins with a message by State Geologist Bill Haneberg saying: "...we at KGS decided to change the look and delivery of our annual report. Printing and mailing a 50-ish-page full-color report cost us thousands of dollars each year and tied us to a static and timeworn format. We mailed hundreds of copies of our annual report to people on our mailing list each year but rarely knew if they were read or not. So we decided to do things differently. This year, like so many other things in our lives, the KGS annual report is online in a format that allows links to supporting files, interactive graphics, and videos. Everyone on our annual report mailing list will receive a postcard with a scannable QR code that will bring up the annual report on desktop and mobile devices..." A great idea that should be copied by others! ... View more

USA Wind Turbines feature layer has just been added to ArcGIS Living Atlas. The layer shows the US Wind Turbine Database, developed by the US Geological Survey in collaboration with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the American Wind Energy Association. View the item details for more information. ... View more

Last night, the latest release of ArcGIS Online was pushed live. The blog article describing the release includes a section on Living Atlas that summarizes the latest updates and new content, also providing information about updates and new content coming over the next several weeks. Check out the ArcGIS Living Atlas section in the blog. ... View more

One way to contribute to Esri’s Community Maps Program is by using a set of tools to prepare your basemap layers for submission. Based on contributor feedback and suggestions, the downloadable tools have been improved and the 4.0 update is now available for download. For more information, see the downloadable tools item details and Contributing to Community Maps just got easier. ... View more

Says @AndrewSkinner : "Sometimes it seems we are obsessed with using red and green in our maps. It’s an easy option! Red for bad, green for good … yes?  But some users have difficulty differentiating between red and green. About 8% of the world’s population (overwhelmingly, but not exclusively, male), suffer from some form of color blindness, and over 99% of them have a red-green deficiency." Check out Andy's recent blog article covering this topic: Red... Green... What? ... View more

ArcGIS Living Atlas content can be used to understand current status, change, and what might happen in the future. Living Atlas includes layers published from data created as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management's efforts to deliver depicting potential sea level rise and its associated impacts on the nation's coastal areas. The example below uses swipe capabilities in Media Map, one of the newly updated configurable app templates, to show the 1-foot, 3-foot, and 6-foot inundation. To learn how to build a similar app, see Use swipe in Media Map. Learn more about the NOAA layers used in the map. ... View more

The Community Maps Program enables community contributions of authoritative data to help build the ArcGIS Living Atlas. You can provide feedback, create detailed features, and share data layers and services, contributing to Esri basemaps that anyone can use. The Community Maps Editor lets you edit parts of the Esri Community Maps basemap to add detailed features for universities, schools, parks, landmarks, and other special areas of interest. The editor has been updated with new features and capabilities. For more information, see this blog article by @SethSarakaitis  Community Maps editor updated. ... View more

One of my favorite ArcGIS Living Atlas apps - World Imagery Wayback - was just updated with a new swipe mode. This makes it really easy to use the Wayback archives and to look at change over time. Another great feature about swipe mode is that if you click share while in swipe mode, the chosen layers and extent are captured. So you can do some interesting things sharing change over time. For example: View change over time in Las Vegas, Nevada View change over time at Beijing Daxing International Airport Learn more about the changes to Wayback by checking out Do the Wayback swipe. ... View more