General news and info entries.
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
You can use our Public Survey123 application to contribute Public or Free WiFi access locations within Arkansas. These Free Wifi locations are shared with Arkansas Public School students and citizens that may not have internet access at home. Your assistance may help Arkansas students or their families locate free internet access nearby! Over 148 Wifi […]
We recently discovered this great Animal Tracking tutorial from Potter County, Pennsylvania and thought it may inspire others to leverage ArcGIS Storymaps for conservation within k-12 education. EAST programs are encouraged to empower their community leaders and citizens using their technical capabilities. ArcGIS Storymaps are a very powerful communication tool, and we’re here to help […]
The ArcGIS Online US Geological Survey (USGS) topographic map collection now contains over 177,000 historical quadrangle maps dating from 1882 to 2006. The USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer application brings these maps to life through an interface that guides users through the steps for exploring the map collection: Find a location of interest. View these historical topographical maps. Compare […]
The 2020 EAST conference was unfortunately cancelled due to Covid-19 this year but many presentations and competitions were held online/virtual. We’re happy to share this years winner of the Mapping Competition that was sponsored by the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) at the University of Arkansas. We firmly believe in and support our local […]
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 […]