Interested in online EDU opportunities in Geo tech? If so, take note of a free webinar offering from our friends at American Sentinel U. Join Elthron Anderson, GIS administrator for Southgate Water and Sanitation Districts in Centennial, Colo., and Dr. Stephen McElroy, GIS program chair for American Sentinel University as they discuss how Southgate uses GIS for […]
Esri Federal User Conference Kicks Off #FedGIS
The end of Feb is here and that means the Esri conference season is kicking off… this week the Redlands crew rolls out the annual lovefest for Federal GIS users via the Esri federal User Conference. Those interested can follow updates from the conference on Twitter via via @EsriFederalGovt and #FedGIS. Esri is once again […]
Story Map – Cool things to do near the Washington D.C Convention Center
Are you planning a visit to the Capital and in need of a list of cool places to see, places to eat, amazing architecture, must see museums and monuments? If so bookmark this story map from Esri, the Washington D.C shortlist of places near the Washington Convention Center. Checkout awesome places to visit in the […]
Social Media Map of President Obama's State of The Union Address
As part of ongoing State of the Union coverage, Esri has provided us with a news map to explore geo-tagged social media reactions to President Obama’s address overlaid on state-by-state results from the 2012 presidential election. Note, the map can also be customized and manipulated by panning or zooming, and localize social content by changing […]
Esri Map Shows Real-Time Effects of Winter Storm Nemo
Just in time as the winter storm “Nemo” approaches the US Northeast. A new weather map from Esri has been released to help explore live storm reports, precipitation, and weather warnings with geo-tagged social content from Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube. See the real-time effects of the storm via social media posts. To change the search […]
Mapping Vulnerable Populations – Esri Flu Impact Map
The Esri Vulnerable Populations Flu Impact Map (http://www.esri.com/news/maps/2013-flu-outbreak/flu-impact-map.html) and Health Information Map are available from Esri as part of their ongoing flu and public health coverage. The Vulnerable Populations Flu Impact Map displays crowdsourced flu reports by ZIP Code over Esri demographic data for seniors and children under 5. The Health Information Map shows flu […]
Dev Tip – Python Scripting for ArcGIS
Python is indeed a hot topic and having Python skills can really help kickstart your career in GIS and programming, particularly for the recent grad. One of the most popular features we rolled out over the past few months on GISuser was a piece on Python that highlighted some developer resources, tips, and suggested tutorials […]
Story Map – Incoming Members of the 113th Congress
Another interesting news / story map from Esri, this one displays the incoming members of the 113th congress. House members are shown on the map, categorized by party and some bio information is provided as well. See The Incoming Members of the 113th Congress map
The Esri Santa Dashboard Story Map Leverages Seasonal Social Media
Tis the season and the Esri Story Map team has put together another fun, and creative story map for us – The Santa Dashboard. Using Social Media the resource maps a number of Santa related posts including hot spots around the World for Christmas lights, photos of amazing Christmas Trees (Flickr), images and videos of […]
GISDay 2012 Events Around the Web
GISDay is upon us once again and there’s loads of activities taking place around the World and around the web… do you have plans yet? For a cool look at GISDay events taking place around the World be sure to have a look at this cool map from Esri and be sure to check out […]