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Mayo Clinic Researcher: Personal Resiliency Paramount for Future Disasters‌ I like how this article doesn't focus on national or local resilience, but it gives a clear call for us as individuals to prepare ourselves. ... View more

Louisiana State University has a really awesome site that provides a variety of readiness resources.  This particular page focuses on preparing for a disaster: Preparing Your Family For a Flood Preparing Your Home For a Flood Family Disaster Plan Preparing a Child's Evacuation To-Go Kit Are You Ready? - LSU AgCenter ... View more

We�??d like to invite you to join an exciting new pilot program that will   change the way Esri users connect and collaborate. Welcome to the new   online community -- The Esri Community. Think of it as a perpetual UC. Thanks to social platforms and tools, you   can now share your ideas, collaborate on best practices, and   collectively build projects, ALL YEAR LONG. We hope you�??ll accept our invitation. We need you. It Starts with Resilience and Evolves This Esri Community is a new and living collaborative resource. It will   evolve in exciting ways over time. The first space we�??d like to present   is the Resilience Community, which contains the following specific   sub-spaces: Climate Resilience Disaster Resilience Economic Resilience Public Safety Transportation and Infrastructure Here are some of the discussions already started in the community:[INDENT] A Map Before, During, and After Events: Building Better Public Safety Resiliency                                                               Resilience: Building Smarter, Not Stronger                                                               Designing Resilient Transportation Networks with GIS [/INDENT] Joining the community is fast and simple. Click through to the login page and follow the prompts to get started. ... View more

We�??d like to invite you to join an exciting new pilot program that will   change the way Esri users connect and collaborate. Welcome to the new   online community -- The Esri Community. Think of it as a perpetual UC. Thanks to social platforms and tools, you   can now share your ideas, collaborate on best practices, and   collectively build projects, ALL YEAR LONG. We hope you�??ll accept our invitation. We need you. It Starts with Resilience and Evolves This Esri Community is a new and living collaborative resource. It will   evolve in exciting ways over time. The first space we�??d like to present   is the Resilience Community, which contains the following specific   sub-spaces: Climate Resilience Disaster Resilience Economic Resilience Public Safety Transportation and Infrastructure Here are some of the discussions already started in the community:[INDENT] A Map Before, During, and After Events: Building Better Public Safety Resiliency                                                               Resilience: Building Smarter, Not Stronger                                                               Designing Resilient Transportation Networks with GIS [/INDENT] Joining the community is fast and simple. Click through to the login page and follow the prompts to get started. ... View more

We�??d like to invite you to join an exciting new pilot program that will  change the way Esri users connect and collaborate. Welcome to the new  online community -- The Esri Community. Think of it as a perpetual UC. Thanks to social platforms and tools, you  can now share your ideas, collaborate on best practices, and  collectively build projects, ALL YEAR LONG. We hope you�??ll accept our invitation. We need you. It Starts with Resilience and Evolves This Esri Community is a new and living collaborative resource. It will  evolve in exciting ways over time. The first space we�??d like to present  is the Resilience Community, which contains the following specific  sub-spaces: Climate Resilience Disaster Resilience Economic Resilience Public Safety Transportation and Infrastructure Here are some of the discussions already started in the Public Safety Resilience and Disaster Resilience spaces:[INDENT] A Map Before, During, and After Events: Building Better Public Safety Resiliency Bouncing Back from Disaster: Emergency Response and Resiliency                                                               https://community.esri.com/community/public-safety-resilience/blog/2014/04/24/a-map-before-during-and-after-events-building-better-public-safety-resiliency?sr=stream&ru=2045 [/INDENT] Joining the community is fast and simple. Click through to the login page and follow the prompts to get started. ... View more

We�??d like to invite you to join an exciting new pilot program that will  change the way Esri users connect and collaborate. Welcome to the new  online community -- The Esri Community. Think of it as a perpetual UC. Thanks to social platforms and tools, you  can now share your ideas, collaborate on best practices, and  collectively build projects, ALL YEAR LONG. We hope you�??ll accept our invitation. We need you. It Starts with Resilience and Evolves This Esri Community is a new and living collaborative resource. It will  evolve in exciting ways over time. The first space we�??d like to present  is the Resilience Community, which contains the following specific  sub-spaces: Climate Resilience Disaster Resilience Economic Resilience Public Safety Transportation and Infrastructure Here are some of the discussions already started in the Transportation and Infrastructure space:[INDENT] Infrastructure resilience; past, present, and future [/INDENT]      [INDENT]Designing Resilient Transportation Networks with GIS [/INDENT] Joining the community is fast and simple. Click through to the login page and follow the prompts to get started. ... View more

We�??d like to invite you to join an exciting new pilot program that will change the way Esri users connect and collaborate. Welcome to the new online community -- The Esri Community. Think of it as a perpetual UC. Thanks to social platforms and tools, you can now share your ideas, collaborate on best practices, and collectively build projects, ALL YEAR LONG. We hope you�??ll accept our invitation. We need you. It Starts with Resilience and Evolves This Esri Community is a new and living collaborative resource. It will evolve in exciting ways over time. The first space we�??d like to present is the Resilience Community, which contains the following specific sub-spaces: Climate Resilience Disaster Resilience Economic Resilience Public Safety Transportation and Infrastructure Here are some of the discussions already started in the Transportation and Infrastructure space: [INDENT] Infrastructure resilience; past, present, and future [/INDENT]      [INDENT]Designing Resilient Transportation Networks with GIS [/INDENT] Joining the community is fast and simple. Click through to the login page and follow the prompts to get started. ... View more

Raster datasets have a large assortment of information beyond the basic pixel display. This information is stored in the properties and is helpful in understanding more about the data. Locating the properties of a raster dataset can be a tedious process if you are trying to compile information for a lot of datasets. This is because the workflow to find the properties of a raster dataset in the Catalog is to right click on each dataset and choose Properties > General tab. For example, you are working on a project that requires an elevation image service to be created.  The image service foundation is a mosaic dataset that references source rasters for each county in the state.  You create the mosaic dataset, add the rasters, build the overviews, and add it to the map document.  The mosaic dataset looks great until you begin zooming into the source data.  In one spot you find that the elevation appears very dark instead of a consistent grayscale. After investigating the source raster you find that the dataset is an 4-bit integer instead of the normal 32-bit float.  This makes you wonder if there are other datasets that were created incorrectly.  To find those datasets you can either zoom into small scale areas across the entire state, or you can open the properties for each individual raster.  Either way the process would be very time consuming as each raster would need to be reviewed individually. Another option is to access the raster properties through a Python loop.  This process presents a more efficient and simplified solution.  The information can be queried through the python Raster object and the Get Raster Properties geoprocessing tool. [python] import arcpy arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\temp" rasterList = arcpy.ListRasters() for raster in rasterList: rasterObj = arcpy.Raster(raster) print raster bands = arcpy.GetRasterProperties_management(raster, "BandCount") print "Band count: %s" %bands noData = rasterObj.noDataValue print "NoData Value: %s \n" %noData [/python] The returned values can be written to a table to easily identify which datasets are incorrect. Additional Resources A Python script tool example of getting the raster properties can be download from ArcGIS.com: Write Raster Properties to Table.Timothy H. – Senior Support Analyst ... View more