Latest Contributions by SpatialNinja

  Join us for Esri’s Telecom GIS in 60 minutes (TGI60)   This meetup is focused on leveraging ArcGIS for Spatial Analysis and is for the Esri telecom user community. This is your chance to hear technical updates, talk with Esri staff, learn from other members of the community, and stay informed.   Pattern recognition Visualization and exploration Data-driven decision-making   This isn't a webinar—it's a virtual discussion. You'll get to ask questions and provide feedback. Don't miss your opportunity to learn how GIS technology is helping organizations meet challenges in the telecom industry.   ... View more

  Welcome back to the next episode of TGI5. In this episode we walk through a process to extract business listings from Business Analyst to use with the Service Qualification solution.  The business listings are stored in a new Serviceable Locations layer which can be used for prospecting or managing the locations of existing customers.   Learn more about the 'Generate Points From Business Listings' tool: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/business-analyst/generate-points-from-business-listings.htm   Learn more about Service Qualification: https://solutions.arcgis.com/telecommunications/help/service-qualification/   Learn more about Communications Data Management and the new Serviceable Locations layer released in the March 2023 update: https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-solutions/latest/reference/introduction-to-communications-data-management.htm   Until next time, we're out. Patrick Huls ... View more

The Esri Community is a place to keep those conversations going between Esri events and Telecom User Community meetups. Be sure to join and subscribe to the Telecommunications place today! Learn more about the Esri Community in TGI5 Episode 067 ... View more

Welcome back to another episode of Telecom GIS in 5 minutes. For this episode we cover the Esri Community and provide an overview of the Telecommunications place. The Esri Community allows for ArcGIS users to ask questions, find product information, and engage with fellow community members. For more information check out 'Getting Started with Esri Community': https://community.esri.com/t5/community-help-documents/getting-started-with-esri-community/ta-p/1066473 And take a look at the community guidlines: https://community.esri.com/t5/community-help-documents/community-guidelines/ta-p/914111 Until next time, we're out. Patrick Huls   ... View more

  Join us for Esri’s Telecom GIS in 60 minutes (TGI60) on March 28!     This meetup is focused on ArcGIS Developers and is for the Esri Telecom User Community. This is your chance to hear technical updates, talk with Esri staff, learn from other members of the community, and stay informed.     What's new in ArcGIS for Developers  Overview of Esri client APIs and extension SDKs  How to get started with ArcGIS Developers    Don't miss your opportunity to learn how GIS technology is helping organizations meet challenges in the telecom industry.    Space is limited, so RSVP soon.  ... View more

    Where? Esri Developer Summit When? March 7th during the hosted lunch break**   **We'll all find a table and sit together during the lunch break. If interested, please RSVP to this event so we can connect during the event.   ... View more

Happy holidays and a happy new year to the Esri Telecom User Community from all of us at Esri. Patrick Huls ... View more

Welcome back to the next episode of TGI5. In this episode we highlight some of the great capabilities of Survey123. Survey123 can be easily configured to aid in data collection for a variety of field audits and inspections. In this example, a facility audit for collecting details on racks, servers, and other ISP equipment is shown.  Some of the features highlighted in today's episode: Pulldata - Populate fields with username info - https://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/desktop/create-surveys/prepopulateanswers.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_D52683929B1C4543B236BAC00E7F1876 - Populate fields with data from another feature layer based on point in polygon intersection - https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-blog/survey123-tricks-of-the-trade-pulldata-quot-layer/ba-p/1224415 Relevant Questions - Show or hide questions based on answes to previous questions using relevant formulas - https://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/desktop/create-surveys/xlsformformulas.htm Choice Filters - Modify the list of choices for a question based on previous answers - https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-blog/survey123-tricks-of-the-trade-choice-filters/ba-p/894046 Media Questions - Add images or other media to choice questions - https://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/desktop/create-surveys/xlsformmedia.htm Calculations - Calculate answers into fields or concatenate answers from previous questions into a new field - https://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/desktop/create-surveys/xlsformformulas.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_DB5A29AC645F4AE585D7CEA9E6D5A36B Pages and Grids - Create multiple pages or grid layouts in a survey - https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-blog/survey123-tricks-of-the-trade-groups-grids-and/ba-p/895267 Survey123 Examples for Telecom - Downloadable XLS forms for use in Survey123 Connect - https://community.esri.com/t5/telecommunications-questions/survey123-for-arcgis-configurations-for-telecom/td-p/389985   Until next time, we're out.  -Patrick Huls   ... View more

We are back with the next episode of TGI5. In this episode we talk about raster and imagery data in telecom show some examples of ArcGIS Image Services being used to serve imagery and wireless coverage maps over web services. ArcGIS Image Services can be published in ArcGIS Enterprise using ArcGIS Image Server or in ArcGIS Online using ArcGIS Image. ArcGIS Image Server: https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-image/options/arcgis-image-server ArcGIS Image: https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-image/options/arcgis-online   Until next time, we're out. Patrick Huls ... View more

Welcome back to another episode of TGI5. In this episode we provide a tutorial for how to visualize cell site antenna sectors with symbology in ArcGIS Pro. This episode builds on episode 9 where we showed how to use tools in ArcGIS Pro to generate polygon features of antenna sectors, but the methodology shown in this episode solely relies on symbology of point features.  Episode 009 - Sector Mapping: https://community.esri.com/t5/telecommunications-videos/telecom-gis-in-five-minutes-video-series-episode/m-p/1059250#M21 Until next time, we're out. Patrick Huls ... View more

Welcome back to another episode of TGI5. In this episode we focus on building a customer centric digital twin by geoenabling Snowflake's Data Cloud and bringing data from Snowflake into ArcGIS. How to add a cloud data store: https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/use/add-items.htm#ESRI_SECTION2_39B2CCBE12CA4F269E3EA19106352376 Adding a query layer: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/mapping/layer-properties/what-is-a-query-layer-.htm   Until next time, we're out. Patrick Huls ... View more

In this week's episode we offer some ideas for monitoring and visualizing logical fiber circuits.  The circuit viewer application highlighted was built using ArcGIS Experience Builder. The relationships between the physical fiber paths, the logical circuits, and services were all set up during the configuration of experience builder. Since a lot of this data is stored in different systems today, this simple way to pull all the data into a map based application provides real-time situational awareness.  ArcGIS Experience Builder - https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-experience-builder/overview ArcGIS Living Atlas Live Weather Feeds - https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/en/browse/#d=2&categories=Environment%3A0001000000 Until next time, we're out.  - Patrick Huls ... View more

In this week's episode we highlight an enhancement coming to the Communications Utility Network Foundation that allows for deployment of different configurations of the asset package data model.  For the July release we've built out the configuration table of the communications asset package to allow you to deploy a utility network with different configurations of the data model. You'll be able to deploy a fiber only data model, or wireless only data model, and remove other asset classes that are irrelevant for the networks your organization manages.  Access the Communications Utility Network Foundation: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/solutions/index.html?gallery=true&industry=Telecommunications&solution=b09dcfc483114ba29961341ffd97501b&sortField=relevance&sortOrder=desc#home More info on the Utility Data Management Support toolbox: https://github.com/Esri/Utility-Data-Management-Support-Tools  Until next time, we're out.  - Patrick Huls ... View more