{"id":377431,"date":"2020-11-03T19:59:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T03:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcnews&p=377431"},"modified":"2020-11-03T16:42:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T00:42:34","slug":"the-geospatial-community-comes-together-virtually","status":"publish","type":"arcnews","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/the-geospatial-community-comes-together-virtually","title":{"rendered":"The Geospatial Community Comes Together Virtually"},"author":6921,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1041,10922,10932],"tags":[205632,163382,472071,430851,295152],"arcnews_issues":[472031],"class_list":["post-377431","arcnews","type-arcnews","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collaboration","category-esri-events","category-esri-user-conference","tag-arcgis-insights","tag-arcgis-online","tag-arcgis-utility-network","tag-covid-19","tag-map-viewer","arcnews_issues-fall-2020","arcnews_sections-news"],"acf":{"short_description":"Despite a global pandemic, the Esri community from around the world joined together in July to watch the first virtual Esri UC.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Despite a global pandemic, Esri brought the 2020 Esri User Conference (Esri UC) to the people. More than\u00a088,000 registrants from\u00a0around the world watched the first virtual Esri UC online, tuning in from home\u00a0offices; meeting rooms; and, in at least one case, a camper in the woods.\r\n\r\nSpeaking live from Esri headquarters, Esri president Jack\u00a0Dangermond\u00a0opened the conference by\u00a0thanking attendees for the remarkable work they do with GIS.\r\n\r\n\u201cThis is a challenging time,\u201d\u00a0Dangermond\u00a0said. \u201cWe have not just one issue\u2014COVID-19\u2014but [multiple issues],\u201d such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic\u2019s impact on people\u2019s health, jobs,\u00a0and the economy; racial disparities and inequities; climate change; and political polarization.\r\n\r\nBut the GIS community is working on these issues and more. \u201cYou are thinking about and implementing solutions,\u201d Dangermond said."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":377341,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The theme of this year\u2019s conference, GIS\u2014Interconnecting Our World, is about using geographic science\u00a0to better understand complex issues and solve problems. It also underscores a network of intertwined\u00a0trends, including the increasing ease of use of GIS apps, the growing real-time aspect of the technology,\u00a0the increasing number of geospatial hubs to promote community engagement, and the growth of\u00a0interconnected GIS systems that create geospatial infrastructure.\r\n\r\nDangermond\u00a0emphasized the need to use geographic science to tackle problems that also are\u00a0interconnected: environmental degradation, social instability, climate change, natural disasters, and loss\u00a0of nature. Overcoming these issues will require better understanding, communication, and collaboration,\u00a0along with the best science, technology, problem solving, and design thinking, he said.\r\n\r\n\u201cGeography, our science; GIS, the technology; and you, the geospatial community, will be essential in creating\u2026a geospatially literate society [to work on these issues],\u201d\u00a0Dangermond\u00a0said."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

A New Experience<\/h2>\r\nTo ensure that all members of this vibrant GIS community could get the most out of the conference, Esri\u00a0created the 2020 Esri UC virtual platform, which registered attendees used to access the Plenary Session\u00a0livestream, technical sessions, special interest group (SIG) meetings, the virtual Expo, the Map Gallery,\u00a0and a networking app.\r\n\r\nAlthough users expressed disappointment at not being able to be together in San Diego, California, this\u00a0year, a number of people found the silver lining in getting to attend the event virtually.\r\n\r\nPosting to Twitter from\u00a0Awka, Nigeria,\u00a0Chidimma\u00a0Umeogu\u00a0said, \u201cAttending [the] #EsriUC\u2026has always\u00a0been a dream.\u201d A PhD student and assistant lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University and cofounder of\u00a0African Women in GIS,\u00a0Umeogu\u00a0said in an interview that although she has always wanted to attend the\u00a0Esri UC, it would be \u201ca Herculean task.\u201d"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":377351,"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"\u201cIts\u00a0being made virtual this year due to the pandemic granted us from low-income countries the\u00a0opportunity to participate, network, and have a virtual experience of what the [Esri] UC is all about,\u201d she said. \u201cThe experience made me feel more connected to the GIS industry and to all the key players.\u201d\r\n\r\nBrandi LeRoy, a high school geography, history, and GIS teacher from Bangor, Maine, said that while she\u00a0prefers the in-person event, she was glad to get to join in this year.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s always good to hear from Jack and see what\u2019s new with ArcGIS technology,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s really\u00a0helpful to see how people use GIS in other fields, since that\u2019s part of what I want to show my students\u00a0how far-reaching the technology is.\u201d\r\n\r\nDangermond shared many examples of this far-reaching technology during the Plenary Session. He featured impressive maps from users and called attention to work being done with census data.\r\n\r\n\u201c[Some of the] maps show this issue that\u2019s on all our minds today\u2014social equity\u2014[along with] racial and ethnic disparities for things like COVID-19\u2026and access to healthy food,\u201d he said.\r\n\r\nUsers have produced a profusion of maps and dashboards related to COVID-19, such as those showing\u00a0numbers of cases and deaths, information about hospital admissions and patient status, and social\u00a0distancing-based sidewalk analyses.\u00a0Dangermond, along with Esri\u2019s chief medical officer Este Geraghty\u00a0and director of public safety and disaster response Ryan\u00a0Lanclos, highlighted some from around the\u00a0world.\r\n\r\n\u201cYour work on COVID-19 has been incredible,\u201d\u00a0Dangermond\u00a0said. \u201cIt is saving lives, transitioning\u00a0economies, and making the world safer.\u201d\r\n\r\nTo help people and organizations continue to use geospatial technology to confront the pandemic and its\u00a0effects, Esri released three new GIS capabilities: time series forecasting, space planners in ArcGIS Indoors,\u00a0and community contact tracing.\u00a0Learn more<\/a>\u00a0about them."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

User-Focused Advances in ArcGIS<\/h2>\r\nAt Esri, teams continually add new capabilities to ArcGIS, often based on user feedback.\r\n\r\n\u201cOur main purpose\u2026is to build tools that help you do your work better,\u201d said\u00a0Dangermond."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":377361,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"He highlighted advances in ArcGIS, including the integration of ArcGIS Notebooks, Esri\u2019s implementation\u00a0of\u00a0Juypter\u00a0Notebook, into ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online. He also noted that, in addition to ArcGIS\u00a0Drone2Map, the new cloud-based Site Scan for ArcGIS\u2014for drone flight planning, image processing, and\u00a0analysis\u2014is now available.\r\n\r\nThe Plenary Session featured a number of demonstrations from\u00a0Esri employees, starting with Map Viewer beta in ArcGIS Online.\r\n\r\n\u201cThis is the next generation of online mapping that will help you explore your data quickly and create\u00a0stunning maps that can be shared across the ArcGIS platform,\u201d said senior solution engineer Madeline\u00a0Schueren.\r\n\r\nIvonne\u00a0Seler, 3D program manager and product owner of scene layers, demonstrated 3D voxel layers in\u00a0ArcGIS Pro. Voxels offer a stunning new way to understand complex, multi-dimensional data.\r\n\r\n\u201cYou can slice through the voxel volume to discover information hidden inside,\u201d she said."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":377311,"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Diving into ArcGIS Utility Network, technical consultant\u00a0Deilson da Silva demonstrated how telecommunications companies can use new nonspatial object capabilities to model complex networks\u00a0without duplicating geometries. Performing an upstream trace from a new customer location, da Silva\u00a0was able to see all the equipment needed to add service to that location.\r\n\r\nFinally, solution engineer Kenyon Huber-Wilker\u00a0showed the audience how to use\u00a0LocateXT, an extension\u00a0for ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise that extracts locations, text, and dates from unstructured\u00a0documents. Taking 546 Mayan archaeological documents, which included Microsoft Word files, emails,\u00a0and PDFs, Huber-Wilker\u00a0loaded them in ArcGIS Pro, extracted the locations and attributes of Mayan sites,\u00a0and added them to a map.\u00a0LocateXT\u00a0can also now extract dates in foreign languages and convert them to\u00a0standard date-time formats."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Analytics Takes Center Stage<\/h2>\r\nThe Plenary Session featured other advanced tools from across the platform as well, including new raster\u00a0analysis tools that let users detect, analyze, and predict change over space and time."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":377271,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Looking at eastern Massachusetts, imagery product engineer Julia\u00a0Lenhardt\u00a0used the new continuous\u00a0change detection tool to analyze a stack of 286 Landsat images in a single image cube to see how land\u00a0cover there has changed over the past 18 years. Imagery product manager Vinay\u00a0Viswambharan\u00a0then\u00a0showed viewers how to use two new multidimensional raster tools\u2014one that analyzes trends and one\u00a0that does predictive analysis\u2014by looking at sea surface temperature data over the last 35 years. Using an\u00a0image cube that contains more than 2,000 slices of data,\u00a0Viswambharan\u00a0extracted trend information over\u00a0time from every pixel within the cube. On a global map, the resultant red spots showed where\u00a0temperature trends are increasing. He also used the Prediction tool to analyze sea surface temperature\u00a0trends out to 2030.\r\n\r\n\u201cThis\u2026enables you to perform predictive analysis on large-scale raster data,\u201d he said, adding that\u00a0processing is done on the fly.\r\n\r\nSuzanne Foss, product manager for ArcGIS Velocity, demonstrated how the California Department of\u00a0Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is exploring using Velocity to closely monitor how hazardous waste\u00a0travels through communities. Tracking devices on trucks paired with Esri\u2019s cloud-based Internet of\u00a0Things (IoT) technology would allow DTSC to do geofencing, incident detection, and pattern analysis in\u00a0real time, near real time, or over time\u2014without writing code.\r\n\r\nShannon\u00a0Kalisky, lead product manager for analytics and data science, then showed how Esri is making it\u00a0easier for users to get started with deep learning models and frameworks. With\u00a015 deep learning models now included in ArcGIS API for Python, \u201call you have to do is pick a model that fits your problem and start\u00a0training,\u201d she said."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":377281,"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"She took viewers to a map of Jamaica Bay, New York, and used deep learning to detect boats in the water.\u00a0Kalisky\u00a0brought in ground truth data to teach the model what to look for, used the built-in learning\u00a0rate finder to identify an optimal learning rate, and let the model train itself. It did exactly what she\u00a0wanted it to do: identify all the boats in the bay and leave out any on land.\r\n\r\n\u201cNow, when we get updated imagery in the area, all we need to do is rerun our model, and we\u2019ll get an\u00a0updated feature class of boats in the bay,\u201d she said.\r\n\r\nEmploying the same deep learning process and model with a different workflow,\u00a0Kalisky\u00a0then detected\u00a0the hundreds of ships that sank there during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. She even used the features\u00a0generated by the model to update nautical charts."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

A Global GIS<\/h2>\r\nWhile GIS goes a long way in trying to solve the world\u2019s big problems, being successful will require more\u00a0sharing of information.\r\n\r\n\u201cYour collective work is starting to emerge as a kind of global GIS,\u201d\u00a0Dangermond\u00a0said."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":377301,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"But now is the time to share information more widely. \u201cWe need to leverage this information for greater\u00a0things,\u201d he added.\r\n\r\nThat process began several years ago when Esri started collaborating with organizations including\u00a0Microsoft, the United Nations (UN), the National Geographic Society, and the\u00a0E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation.\r\n\r\n\u201cThis consortium envisions creating and [sharing] a new class of digital experiences for different\u00a0communities,\u201d\u00a0Dangermond\u00a0said.\r\n\r\nThe group is dedicated to producing digital experiences that are easier to work with than traditional GIS\u00a0technology has been, according to\u00a0Dangermond. \u201cIt\u2019s not as if we are not making progress in that\u00a0domain,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we need to make a dramatic jump if we are going to transform the world with the\u00a0kind of holism that so many of you appreciate.\u201d\r\n\r\nOne example of an engaging digital experience that Esri built is ArcGIS Living Atlas\u2014Indicators of the\u00a0Planet. The app, created using cards in ArcGIS Experience Builder, displays recent data on the planet\u2019s\u00a0health and safety. People can click on points on the interactive maps to see, for instance, the latest air\u00a0quality and deforestation information from around the world."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":377291,"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Esri technology evangelist Bern\u00a0Szukalski\u00a0demonstrated the app for the Plenary Session audience.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s a new addition to [ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World], and it\u2019s a destination where anyone can go to\u00a0look at these key global indicators and see [their] current status and conditions,\u201d\u00a0Szukalski\u00a0said.\r\n\r\nEach card focuses on a particular topic and is powered by ArcGIS Living Atlas content, which means it is\u00a0curated, authoritative, and updated continually. The template can be customized for any organization\u2019s\u00a0topics, too.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe individual cards package a lot of information together in a shareable and embeddable way,\u201d\u00a0Szukalski\u00a0said. \u201cIf you [work for] a city or state, a federal agency, a conservation organization, or a\u00a0university research center, you are going to use applications like this\u2026to create sites to inform others,\u00a0drive policy, and make better decisions.\u201d"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Stories About a Changing Planet<\/h2>\r\nEducators and young people are great at sharing information\u2014and, according to Vicki Phillips, executive\u00a0vice president and chief education officer of the National Geographic Society, they are also critical to\u00a0finding solutions to the planet\u2019s most pressing problems.\r\n\r\nSpeaking at the Plenary Session about the National Geographic Society\u2019s new education strategy, Phillips\u00a0said the organization plans to use GIS to tell stories about how the planet is changing.\r\n\r\n\u201cOur goal is to cultivate empathy for the earth among 100 million\u00a0young people\u2026and lift the voices of 5 million young leaders,\u201d she said.\r\n\r\nThe National Geographic Society\u2019s education program will equip 2.5 million educators with what Phillips\u00a0called \u201cgame-changing content and tools\u201d\u2014science, social studies, and geography content delivered\u00a0anywhere, anytime, and on any device. In partnership with Esri, the National Geographic Society will\u00a0educate millions about geography and how to use it to solve problems.\r\n\r\nMapMaker\u00a0Interactive<\/a>,\u00a0which the National Geographic Society has\u00a0collaborated on with Esri, is a free app that does just that. Additionally, the team has developed several\u00a0other no-cost resources for classroom and home-learning environments, including 20 activities for\u00a0addressing and understanding climate change, ArcGIS Online\u00a0SkillBuilder activities, ArcGIS StoryMaps\u00a0stories, and access to the beta site\u00a0Teach with GIS<\/a>. These will\u00a0be hosted on both the National Geographic Society\u2019s Education Resource Library and Esri websites.\r\n\r\n\u201c[The tools] are going to allow educators to help young people have the knowledge and skills they need to\u00a0act with urgency and be the architects of change,\u201d Phillips said."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

A Network for Sustainable Development<\/h2>\r\nAnother group that\u2019s well equipped to help build solutions to address the world\u2019s problems is GIS users.\r\n\r\nIn talking with economist Jeffrey Sachs, president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network\u00a0(SDSN) and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University,\u00a0Dangermond\u00a0highlighted how the business community\u2014and GIS professionals and\u00a0geographers, specifically\u2014have the expertise and tools needed to make the UN Sustainable Development\u00a0Goals (SDGs) come alive.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe need a big change of direction on the planet,\u201d Sachs said. \u201cWe are enmeshed in an unprecedentedly\u00a0complex challenge of [having] eight billion interconnected people\u2026every one of [whom] wants and deserves and needs safe water and a nutritious diet each day and a healthful environment\u2014and they\u2019re not getting that.\u201d\r\n\r\nThese and other global issues are what the SDGs aim to tackle. To support that work, Sachs developed the\u00a0SDSN, which brings together thought leaders, scientists, universities, and now the business community to\u00a0create practical solutions."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":377321,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The newly launched\u00a0SDGs Today website<\/a>,\u00a0built as a partnership between the SDSN and\u00a0Esri, supports this by aggregating relevant real-time data from around the world. Cards, like the ones\u00a0Szukalski\u00a0demonstrated, allow site visitors to drill down into complex topics, such as food\u00a0insecurity, and see what could be contributing to them in certain areas.\r\n\r\nSachs is hoping that the GIS community will submit data to the SDGs Today website and expand the\u00a0number of topics it covers.\r\n\r\n\u201cI want people to look at these goals and the targets that go along with them and ask\u2026how can I\u00a0contribute to the solution?\u201d said Sachs.\r\n\r\nDangermond\u00a0agreed to keep contributing and urged attendees to do the same.\r\n\r\n\u201cAt this great time of change, you\u2026have so much to offer,\u201d he told viewers. \u201cIf we\u2019re going to create a\u00a0sustainable future in the world\u2026we\u2019ve got to double down on this in virtually everything we do.\u201d\r\n\r\nWatch all the\u00a0Plenary Session videos<\/a>\u00a0from the 2020 Esri UC."}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"\nThe Geospatial Community Comes 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