EASTintitiative – EAST® GeoTalk / Geospatial discussion for facilitators and students Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:58:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 /wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cropped-EAST_Logo_2c_Horz-32x32.png EASTintitiative – EAST® GeoTalk / 32 32 Mapping WiFi in Arkansas /mapping-wifi-in-arkansas/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:05:34 +0000 /?p=108

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 hotspots have been collected by volunteers since March of 2020. Click here to learn more or to complete our Survey123 for ArcGIS form.

Available Wifi locations within Arkansas (May, 2020)
]]> Animal Tracking in Potter County, PA – An ArcGIS Storymap /animal-tracking-in-potter-county-pa-an-arcgis-storymap/ Sat, 20 Jun 2020 23:04:00 +0000 /?p=119 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 you get started!

American Black Bear
click to view this Animal tracking tutorial from Potter County, PA.

Potter County (PA) is home to many mammals, birds, amphibians and fish, but their most common wildlife includes black bear, white tailed deer, opossum, raccoon, red squirrel, various songbirds, wild turkey, and many more!

-Emily Shosh – Potter County (PA)Conservation District

If you’re enrolled within an EAST program/school and would like to discuss how ArcGIS Storymaps or other ArcGIS mapping applications could help support or engage your community leaders, visit our ArcGIS Geospatial Hub or drop us an email: east_support@cast.uark.edu

]]> Online Historic Maps (1882-2006) – ArcGIS online has them! /online-historic-maps-1882-2006-arcgis-online-has-them/ Sat, 06 Jun 2020 14:43:00 +0000 /?p=128 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 maps with modern imagery.
  • Download and share the maps or open them in ArcGIS Desktop (ArcGIS Pro or ArcMap desktop) where places will appear in their correct geographic location. 
  • Save the maps in an ArcGIS Online web map too, if you have an AGOL account, but one’s not needed to explore and download the archive!

These historic topographical maps were originally featured in an October 2014 ArcWatch publication.

The Living Atlas summarized in 3-minutes.

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