Latest Contributions by BernSzukalski

‎11-19-2020

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.

‎11-13-2020

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.

‎11-13-2020

In general, content for the country specific regions is managed by the Esri Distributor for that region. For Esri-UK you can can contact the curator at [email protected]

‎11-13-2020

ArcGIS Living Atlas is continually updating... improving... adding new content, apps, and more. Keeping up to date with what's going on can be a challenge, but this latest ArcGIS Living Atlas News (November 2020) delivers the latest summary. ArcGIS Living Atlas is also summarized in each ArcGIS Online What's New blog article, which delivers with every release. The Living Atlas section can viewed there, and a direct link is now available. Here's the Living Atlas summary for September in the ArcGIS Online release blog article. One of the key improvements is to the World Imagery Wayback app. The app now has a swipe mode which makes it easier than every before to compare imagery from the Wayback archives, and also to share a URL that enables others to view change over time. Here's @RobertWaterman blog article encouraging you to Do the Wayback swipe.

‎11-12-2020

Wayback imagery is a digital archive of the World Imagery basemap with more than 80 different versions of imagery captured over the last 5 years. The World Imagery Wayback app lets you browse for changes in your area of interest and lets you make a map with versions of interest. Swipe mode is a newly added capability that makes it easy to compare selected imagery, and pushes it even higher up my favorite Living Atlas app list. One of the things I really like is that you can click share (or copy the URL) when in swipe mode and get a link that captures the chosen imagery and the location. This makes it really easy to look at change over time and share that with others. Here's a couple of examples: View change over time in Las Vegas, Nevada View change over time at Beijing Daxing International Airport Here's my colleague @RobertWaterman blog article announcing the new capability and encouraging you to Do the Wayback swipe. Another great feature is that you can select the imagery you want and make a map directly from the app. I've used this to solve problems that a couple of users wrote me about. One was in rural Canada and an imagery updated introduced some clouds in their area. Another was in the northeast U.S. and an imagery updated had snow on the ground, something they did not want. Using Wayback it was easy to go back to a previous vintage to get the desired imagery. The workflow is covered in Use World Imagery Wayback to create a custom basemap.

‎09-17-2020

Another installment in the map-in-a-minute series is this latest addition which shows how to create a flood map in a minute (or less) using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas. This post joins the map-in-a-minute series which you can find on the ArcGIS Blog.

‎09-10-2020

The above has been rolled-up into a new Make a map in a minute Learn ArcGIS Path. Find other paths in the Lesson Gallery by filtering for "Path."

‎09-08-2020

Having started my GIS career with ARC/INFO (all caps, with the slash) too many years ago than I care to remember, I am continually amazed by how many things that are so very easy to do today were so very difficult (or impossible) years ago. This isn't about Esri alone, but rather about the evolution of parallel technologies that have factored into the Esri online GIS landscape. I like to take my personal experiences and cast them into what you can do easily today, hence my growing series on "maps in a minute" that you can author using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas. Here's the current postings in the growing map-in-a-minute series: Map in a minute: Map smoke and air quality using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas Map in a minute: Map a hurricane using Map in a minute: Map a hurricane using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas Map in a minute: Map an earthquake using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas Map in a minute: Map a fire using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas It's truly empowering what you can do with ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas.

‎08-06-2020

A great post from @AndrewSkinner about using the new blending tools in Map Viewer Beta. Another good reason to start working with Map Viewer Beta if you haven't found enough reasons already. Have a look at other Map Viewer Beta blog articles to learn more, or see the Map Viewer Beta help documentation.

‎08-06-2020

On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion gutted buildings and crumbled neighborhoods surrounding the port of Beirut, Lebanon, after a warehouse containing 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate ignited. The immediate area, filled with apartments and restaurants, was devastated and the blast was felt more than 100 miles away. As of this post approximately 135 people were killed by the blast, with thousands injured, homeless and hundreds of thousands otherwise impacted in this major tragedy. Maxar, primary provider of global imagery for the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, has published imagery taken on August 5, the day after the blast. This Living Atlas app (made using the Public Information configurable app) shows the before and after imagery. This imagery helps Esri support disaster response. For more information, visit the Disaster Response Program home.

‎08-04-2020

NAIP imagery has long been available in ArcGIS Living Atlas as a dynamic image service, enabling image analysis on the 4-band source imagery dating back to 2010. However, for those who wish to leverage the imagery for visualization, the latest NAIP imagery has been optimized for display quality and performance in the form of a new tile layer. On top of that, the NAIP imagery has been enhanced to provide the best results. See the before and after below: In addition, the metadata display has been improved, meaning you have instant access to the source, acquisition date, accuracy, resolution and more. All available with a single click. For more info see this blog article by @RobertWaterman : Fast and Simple NAIP Imagery

‎08-04-2020

ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World provides foundation elevation layers and tools to support analysis and visualization across the ArcGIS platform. These layers get updated quarterly with high resolution elevation data from open sources and community maps program. In a recent release, world elevation layers are updated with bathymetry and a few high-resolution elevation datasets. This blog article from Rajinder Nagi‌ provides the details: High resolution data updates to Living Atlas World Elevation Layers (July 2020)

‎07-28-2020

Unlike other Esri products, ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is truly many moving parts continuously updating independently on their own schedule. Living Atlas News is an attempt to capture what's been going on. Check it out here: ArcGIS Living Atlas News (July 2020).

‎07-08-2020

Were it me, I'd just do a screen capture using any one of a number of options (I use Snagit a lot) and then just copy and paste into your Word document. The things that will make a big difference are the size. If it's downsized in Word, you'll likely notice a degradation of image quality. So capture at a size that is closest to actual when added to your Word doc. Better yet, use one of the map-centric configurable apps to create a live interactive alternative, and add a link to that in your Word doc, along with whatever graphic you want to include. Best of all worlds...

‎05-11-2020

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that Bigfork (Montana) High School students Colten Wroble and Ryan Cantrell are recipients of the 2020 President’s Environmental Youth Award. The students were recognized on Earth Day for developing a website, www.eBatsMT.com, as members of the Bigfork High School Cave Club, which helps cavers collect information on bat populations. They are among 35 students in grades K-12 who were recognized by the President’s Council on Environmental Quality and the EPA for producing an outstanding environmental project. The project leverages ArcGIS Online capabilities and has been supported by the Esri education and conservation grant programs. Bigfork High School students and educator/caver Hans Bodenhamer were featured presenters at the 2010 Esri User Conference. (Photo: Bigfork High School Cave Club: Slideshow - Bigfork High School Cave Club) For more information, see the following: Big Fork High School Cave Club Big Fork Eagle press release

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Latest Contributions by BernSzukalski

Community Maps editor has been updated

A quick Wayback tip for educators

Re: Living Atlas UK layers

ArcGIS Living Atlas News for November 2020

Wayback just got way better!

Make a flood map in a minute

Re: Make meaningful maps in a minute (or less)

Make meaningful maps in a minute (or less)

Map Viewer Beta and new blending tools

Beirut, Lebanon, Explosion

NAIP imagery in all the best ways

High resolution updates for Living Atlas elevation layers

ArcGIS Living Atlas News (July 2020)

Re: Creating images of ArcGIS Online maps

President's Environmental Youth Award recognizes Big Fork Cave Club

Re: Your Popup Can Do More Than You Think

Mostly Mapping Map of the Week - Australia Fires

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Cave and Karst GIS