Welcome to the EAST GeoTalk blog! This serves as a forum for the EAST Geospatial Support Team to share news, tips, and tutorials in the world of geospatial technologies. The primary authors are Brian Culpepper and Malcolm Williamson, both from the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies at the University of Arkansas. We will try to […]
The CAST geospatial support team announced two EAST Conference 2022 competitions for the 2021-2022 school year. The Go Map Twenty-Two competition recognizes EAST students or teams that have empowered their community through effective use of the ArcGIS platform during the 2021-2022 academic year. This competition is co-sponsored by our Arkansas GIS Users forum, the GIS […]
Our friend Charlie Fitzpatrick, the K-12 Education Manager for Esri (the company that produces ArcGIS), reminded us that this year’s ArcGIS Online Competition for US High School and Middle School Students is underway. Students in grades 4-12 who wish to participate must submit entries via their own login in a school/district ArcGIS Online Organization. The […]
The 2021 GoMap Twenty-One competition winners are from the Hot Springs Junior Academy in Hot Springs, Arkansas! The EAST Geospatial Support Team at the University of Arkansas are extremely proud of this dynamic duo of ArcGIS platform users. Mimi Reagler and Natalie Comstock used teamwork to complete an impressive amount of ArcGIS online training, coordinate […]
One way to celebrate Earth Day (today) is to review this REAL-TIME ArcGIS dashboard of important Environmental Health indicators of our planet! It leverages LIVE data feeds from the ArcGIS Living Atlas! April 22, 2021 – Earth Day Esri has gathered near real-time information within the ArcGIS Living Atlas from many data-contributing partners such as: […]
The ArcGIS Online Assistant – An ArcGIS online tool for managing ArcGIS content created by ArcGIS Online users. Copy, Move, or Manage ArcGIS Online Items using a web browser. – use this ArcGIS Swiss Army knife. The ArcGIS Online Assistant – An ESRI web browser tool for managing AGOL content for all ArcGIS Online users. […]
ArcGIS Field Maps will replace the ArcGIS Collector app in December of 2021. Each ArcGIS Enterprise organization address will be unique so your address will differ than this example screenshot from ArcGIS Field Map Field Maps was released in October 2020 and is set to replace ArcGIS collector in December 2021 so now is the […]
ArcGIS Online Updates: The ArcGIS online platform is scheduled for an update on April 14, 2021 but this list of Internet web browsers are the currently recommended web browsers for ArcGIS Online applications. For the best performance within the ArcGIS Online website, use the latest version of a browser listed below. The ArcGIS platform leverages the local […]
The GoMap Twenty-One Mapping Competition is for EAST students of all ages and winners will be announced at the 2021 EAST conference. The competition is sponsored by the EAST Geospatial Support Team at CAST and rewards the use of the ArcGIS platform in 2021. EAST students can build their individual “mapping scores” by expanding their […]
NBC News built a cool little app that allows you to superimpose the areas burnt by each of the major wildfires on top of your own city, so that you can get a true sense of just how large these fires really are. Check it out at https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/map-compare-west-coast-wildfires-2020-n1240011 . You may notice in my sample […]
Have you wondered what careers might make use of your skills in GIS? Esri (the company behind ArcGIS) has partnered with VirtualJobShadow.com to produce a broad series of videos that detail careers ranging from a conservationist to a fire fighter. Check them out here.