The ultimate news map! This fabulous Esri Storymap lets you read 86 different English language newspapers around the globe. You’ve seen the cool and informative Esri news maps no doubt. Well, this one is really fun, clever, and quite informative. Browse and wander around the map to discover major newspapers. Hover over a red city […]
Celebrate the Holidays with Interactive Esri #BestXmasEver Map
Esri has created two holiday maps that you can embed or share as part of your holiday and Christmas coverage. Esri’s Smithsonian Folkways Holiday Music Map is a singing map that lets you explore traditional holiday songs from the Smithsonian Folkways collection. Listen to 56 tracks across 24 countries celebrating Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwanzaa. Esri’s […]
DevSummit 13' Videos and DevSummit 2014, Save the Date
The EDN gang in Redlands CA and in other hot spots around the US, like D.C and Portland, are busy prepping for Esri DevSummit 2014 which will take place, as usual, in Palm Springs, CA – Save the Date, March 10-13 – you might want to think about nagging the boss for a ticket to […]
Story Map Retraces Major Locations and Events in the Life of John F. Kennedy #JFK
Another awesome, new Esri story map, this one paying tribute to President JFK… From ESRI – In remembrance of President Kennedy’s death fifty years ago, Esri has created an interactive story map and 3D mapping visualization that the media can share or embed as part of ongoing anniversary coverage. John F. Kennedy: A Map Biography […]
Esri News Map Provides interactive map of Australia wildfire locations
Numerous bushfires in New South Wales, Australia are currently threatening communities near Sydney. View an interactive map of wildfire locations and warnings via streaming data from MODIS and other sources. See the real-time effects of the fires via social media posts. To change the search terms, go to the Social menu, click the settings icon, […]
Thinking About GIS, the Fifth Time!
Yes indeed, once again you can start thinking about GIS… Obviously, what I’m talking about is the 5th edition of one of the most popular GIS / GeoTech books to ever hit the market, Thinking About GIS authored by Roger Tomlinson and published by Esri Press. The fifth edition has been updated with new resources […]
Colorado Flood Data Public Information Map
Esri has a fine resource to help monitor the flooding situation in Norther Colorado. The news map provides continuously updated flood data and stats from the National Weather Service and also provides users with information regarding road closures, alternative route suggestions, hazards, stream gauges, shelter information, traffic data – The map is embedded below or […]
Real Time Social Media News Map of Colorado Flood and comments
Esri has churned out a public news map highlighting some of the data and social media news updates (tweets, photos, videos) from Colorado revealing the extent of the Colorado flood situation. You can jump directly to the newsmap HERE or continue reading and browse it below… stay safe Colorado!
Esri and ICMA to Host Hackstock Hackathon for #LocalGov
Esri, ICMA, and MindMixer encourage developers, coders, and students in the New England area to participate in Hackstock for #LocalGov. ICMA’s government members have agreed to provide sample datasets to fuel the day’s hacking activities. Esri staff will create portals in ArcGIS Online for participants to access in addition to providing free mobile software development […]
New Functionality and Features in ArcGIS 10.2
ArcGIS 10.2 is now shipping… have you had a chance to use it yet? Just yesterday Esri officially announced the update and key functionality including enhanced UI, real time data access and more. Tripp Corbin has penned a few thoughts about this latest release in his latest blog post and looks at some of the […]
