ArcWatch: GIS News, Views, and Insights

May 2013

Bat Story

Bats in the United States and Canada are under attack. The culprit? White-nose syndrome, a disease named after a white fungus that latches onto bats' noses and wings. More than 5.7 million bats have succumbed. To raise awareness of this devastating disease, the Esri story map team collaborated with Bat Conservation International and others to create an educational story map that illustrates the spread and scope of white-nose syndrome. In this article, Esri's Bern Szukalski explains the steps that were taken to gather the content and create the story map.

This Esri story map illustrates the spread of the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats and profiles the threatened species.

The Headlines

In Sync with the Real World

In the new frontier of real-time GIS, Esri's ArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server ingests data streaming in from sources such as in-vehicle GPS devices and social media platforms, including Twitter. Read this article.

DevSummit Take-aways

Data feeds for your GIS go real time. Maps in your tablets and smartphones go offline. These were just two pieces of important news that came out of the Esri International Developer Summit (DevSummit). Read this article to get the full scoop.

GIS Goes into the Deep

Journey down under with Duncan Mallace of the marine survey company MMT as he explains the value ArcGIS for Maritime: Bathymetry brings to exploring the oceans. Watch the video.

News Bytes

Prepare for Seasonal Floods

Plan for evacuations and decide how to protect vital infrastructure using the ArcGIS for Local Government flood planning map. View this video to learn how to use the map.
Tracking an Epidemic with Social Media

How might London's 1854 cholera outbreak be tracked today using GIS? University of Oregon students re-created the scenario using ArcGIS Online and social media. Read the article.
What's New in ArcGIS Online?

Round-trip directions and a new Map Tour template, for starters. Read the blog.
Bring Geodesign to Practice

Learn how to take geodesign from science to practice during Geodesign Summit Europe, September 19–20, 2013, in the Netherlands. Register today and submit a paper.
Medicare Mapper

A picture of where people go for Medicare services emerges using the Medicare Mapper for the iPad, developed by Critigen; Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.; and Esri.
Location Matters in Business

Find a game plan at the Esri Business Summit for performing better business analytics. The secret? Location, location, location.

Centerpoints

Mapping a Texas Tragedy

This Esri public information map shows where the fertilizer plant explosion occurred in West, Texas, and maps the social media posts in the aftermath of the blast and fire.

GIS Battles Blindness

The International Trachoma Initiative uses Esri technology to assess the areas where there's a prevalence of trachoma, a disease that causes debilitating eye infections and sometimes blindness. Read the article.

A Myriad of Maps

Maps of icebergs. Maps of tax revenue. Maps of earthquake intensity. Even maps of evacuation routes for the zombie apocalypse. See maps like that in the Map Gallery at the Esri International User Conference (Esri UC). Submit your map by May 31, 2013.

Technical Talk

Traveler's Atlas of Mexico

See how an Esri story map morphed into a "story atlas." More than 30 colorful maps illustrate many facts and facets of Mexico including population density, caves and cenotes, and Spanish missions and monasteries. Read more and explore!
Tile Sets as Basemaps

Read this tip to learn an easy way to add Stamen and MapBox tile sets into your ArcGIS Online web maps.
Update Hosted Feature Services

Use Python to update ArcGIS Online hosted feature services. Read the tip.
The Power of Python

Find out how to use Python to build live data feeds. Watch the demonstration.
Develop a Winning App

Enter an app in the User Software Applications Fair at the Esri UC. Deadline: June 21, 2013.
Create Geoprocessing Services

Watch this technical demonstration of how to author and publish geoprocessing tools.
Go to a Dev Meet Up

Demonstrate your app or present an interesting concept at a Dev Meet Up near you.
ArcGIS Online Gets Analytical

Filter, perform analysis, and build a web map app using ArcGIS Online. Read this tip.
ArcGIS for Developers

Esri introduces ArcGIS for Developers, a site that gives you the resources you need to get started bringing geo into your apps. Read the article.

Et cetera

A Real-Time GIS Seminar

Tune in to Esri's live training seminar Real-Time GIS with ArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server on May 23, 2013.
A Smartphone GIS Seminar

Watch Smartphone GIS: Capturing Data with Collector for ArcGIS on May 30, 2013, and learn the advantages of using a new Esri app to collect and edit data in the field.
Learn Esri CityEngine Basics

These training options will help you get started creating 3D models of urban landscapes using Esri CityEngine.
How the US Forest Service Uses GIS

In this podcast, Roberta Quigley talks about the value GIS brings to many different aspects of the US Forest Service (USFS) mission.
Esri Maps for Office 2.0 Ready to Use

Download this new version of Esri Maps for Office, powered by ArcGIS Online.
Story Map Videos for Educators

Watch this video series to prepare to teach using the Esri story maps.
Cinco de Mayo Timeline Story Map
Free ArcGIS for AutoCAD Download

Endpoints

Location-Aware Apps

Amber Case and Aaron Parecki from Esri introduce mobile location-aware apps and the technology to build them. Watch the video.

Learn the Basics

GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook provides a foundation to teach and study basic GIS tools and analysis functions. This new edition is compatible with and offers access to ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop Advanced software for 180 days. Buy the book.

Hardware Offer

Esri offers preinstalled ArcGIS for Server with Cutting Edge Servers and an optional database server preloaded with Microsoft SQL or PostgreSQL. They are available on Windows and Linux.