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Citizen Science
Use ArcGIS to engage and crowdsource.
Apps for the community
Web-based applications that support data collection and sharing.
Citizen Science Reporter
This solution can be used by citizen scientists to report science observations from their smartphone, tablet, and desktop computer.
Resources
Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Toolkit
A step-by-step guide for helping you carry out your project.
Open Science
Esri and Open Science
- Esri Open Access National Datasets
- ArcGIS: An Open Platform for Innovation
- Washington, DC R&D Center
- Esri GeoDev Meetups
- Developers.ArcGIS.com (including a host of APIs and ArcGIS Runtime SDKs)
- Esri Developer Summit (annually in Palm Springs, CA)
- Esri Open Source: A Year On and Growing
- Open Source Technology and Esri
- Esri Limited Error Raster Compression (LERC)
- Try ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap
- ArcGIS Data Interoperability
Python and ArcGIS
- ArcGIS and SciPy
- ArcGIS and the Python Spatial Analysis Library (PySAL) for geospatial analytical computation
- Python Data Analysis Library (pandas)
- Beginner's guide to Python in ArcGIS Pro, Part 1: Why?
- Beginner's guide to Python in ArcGIS Pro, Part 2: How?
- Beginner's guide to Python in ArcGIS Pro, Part 3: Tutorial
- Beginner's guide to Python in ArcGIS Pro, Part 4: Tutorial, continued
- GIS Panel Discussion at SciPy
- Using Python (including GDAL) with ArcGIS
- Scientific Data and Python Video
Jupyter, R, and Conda
Weather and Climate Science
Articles and blogs
- An Ocean of Story Maps (including hurricanes)
- Speaking the "Language" of Spatial Analysis and Science via Story Maps
- Climate Model Calibration via Machine Learning
- A GIS-Derived Climatology of Severe-Weather Warnings, Watches, and Advisories
- Live Feeds from ArcGIS Living Atlas: Improving Real-Time Situational Awareness
- Apple, Net Zero, Carbon Offsets, and Transparency
Events and learning
- Meteorological Technology World Expo 2019
- Earth Science Tutorials (Industries: Natural Resources or Water)
- Analysis and Forecasting for Meteorology Tutorial Series
- The United States Environmental Protection Agency CREAT Risk Assessment Application for Water Utilities
- The United States Environmental Protection Agency Global Change Explorer
Ocean Science
Articles and blogs
- Ocean-themed ArcGIS Blogs
- Esri Ocean News
- geneGIS (Marine Mammal Genetics)
- Ports and Maritime Industry
- US Navy SeaPort-e Information
- US Navy Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC)
- An Ocean of Story Maps
- Use Raster Analytics and the Python API to Monitor Coral Bleaching
- Coastal Flooding - Rising Seas, More Flooding
- How we did it: Detecting shipwrecks using deep learning at 2020 Esri UC
- Mapping the Deep: A New Age of Exploration
- XPRIZE Partners with Esri on Ocean Mapping Challenge
Communities
- Ocean Science Community on Esri Community
- GIS for Hydrographic Surveying Community on Esri Community
- Ecological Marine Units Community on Esri Community
- Monterey Bay Marine GIS User Group
- Southern California Marine GIS Users Group
- ArcGIS for Maritime on Esri Community
- OpenChannels, Sustainable Ocean Management & Conservation
- Building a Strong Science Enterprise
- Esri Petroleum GIS Conference
Events and learning
- Canadian Oceans Forum
- ArcGIS for Ocean Solutions Tutorials
- Predict Seagrass Habitats with Machine Learning
- Interpolate 3D Oxygen Measurements in Monterey Bay
- Create a 3D Scene Showing Florida's Beaches and Inlets
- Explore NOAA's Deep-Sea Coral Database
- Get Started with Scene Viewer
- Monitor Whales with a Multilingual Survey
- Find Fish in the Bering Sea
Solid Earth Science
Blogs and story maps
- GeoAI, thoughts about where AI and GIS
- GeoAI Data Science Virtual Machine
- geneGIS (Marine Mammal Genetics)
- Geological & GIS Mission for Tham Luang Cave, Thailand (lost soccer boys)
- Speaking the "Language" of Spatial Analysis and Science via Story Maps
- Multidimensional Analysis for Plant Hardiness Zones
- Unmixing Dirt: Mapping Ancient Lakes in the Desert
- The Technology Behind a New Agricultural Revolution
- Mekong River Hydrology
Esri resources
- ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World Earth Science Content
- Living in the Age of Humans (Atlas of the Anthropocene)
- ArcGIS Imagery Workflows for Earth Science
- Esri Government Earth Sciences
- Esri Government Agriculture
- Esri Government Forestry
- Esri Water Resources
- Esri Government National Mapping and Charting
- Esri Petroleum GIS Conference
- Building a Strong Science Enterprise
- Arc Hydro: GIS for Water Resources
- Geofabric: Important Hydrologic Points across Australia
Geographic Information Science
Articles and blogs
- GIS and Science blog
- Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI)
- ArcGIS: An Open Platform for Innovation
- Theory and application in a post-GISystems world
- R Notebooks in ArcGIS Pro for Spatial Data Science
- Spatial Data Science in ArcGIS Pro
- Extract and Map Data from Unstructured Text
- Coaching the Next Generation of Spatial Data Scientists
Esri resources
Social Science
Articles, blogs, and books
- GIS Research Methods: Incorporating Spatial Perspectives
- Smarter Government: How to Govern for Results in the Information Age
- Introduction to Human Geography Using ArcGIS Online
- Abstract Machine
- GIS and the 2020 Census
- Chapter from GIS for Science (homelessness)
- Making a Difference
- Using Classified and Unclassified Land Cover Data to Estimate the Footprint of Human Settlement peer-reviewed paper
- Age and Social Vulnerability in the Context of Coronavirus
- COVID-19: Amazonian Tribe Applies Location Intelligence to Protect Community
- Enterprise GIS Helps the Federal Government Compile, Share Housing Data
Esri resources
- Esri Health and Human Services
- Esri Demographics
- ArcGIS Community Analyst (resource allocation)
- Living in the Age of Humans (Atlas of the Anthropocene)
- Government: Elected and Appointed Officials
- Government: Elections
- Planning and Community Development
- Public Transport
- Story map: The Human Reach
- Story map: Better Serving the Homeless with Geographic Information Systems
- Building a Strong Science Enterprise
- Story map: Enhancing Qualitative Social Science with GIS
Software stacks
Core and customized software stacks for science
Esri's Service to the Scientific Community
Esri is well known as a vendor of GIS to research labs, universities, and other places where great science is done. However, Esri continues to work toward contributing as a member of the scientific community as well. This is partly accomplished by our volunteer work on scientific advisory boards, councils, and committees. Current examples include the following:
Advisory Boards
- The Hydrographic Society of America
- 52°North Scientific and Technical Advisory Board
- American Meteorological Society (AMS) Board on Global Strategies
- Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Board
- TMA BlueTech
- National Geographic Society Board of Trustees
- National Water Forecasting Program Advisory Board
- Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) Board of Directors
- Ocean Discovery XPRIZE Scientific Advisory Board
- University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment External Advisory Board
- The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Board of Directors
- E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation Board of Directors
- Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center
- The Center for Open Data Enterprise Advisory Board
- OpenStreetMap Foundation Advisory Board
- Seabed 2030 Strategic Advisory Group
- BUSPH-HSPH Climate Change and Health Research Coordinating Center
- NatureServe Advisory Board
Councils
- NatureServe Strategic Advisors Council
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography Director's Council
- Society for Conservation GIS Advisory Council
- Advisory Council of the Center for Geospatial Solutions, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
- National States Geographic Information Council
- Half-Earth Council
- FEMA National Advisory Council
High-Level Committees
- GEO Blue Planet Steering Committee
- GEBCO Technical Sub-Committee on Ocean Mapping
- US National Committee for the International Cartographic Association
- International Hydrographic Organization Marine Spatial Data Infrastructures Working Group
- The National Academy of Sciences Geographical and Geospatial Sciences Committee
- Research Data Alliance (RDA) interest group cochair and working groups
- UN Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information (UN-GGIM)
- Working Group on Geospatial Information for the UN-GGIM Inter-Agency and Expert Group on the Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGS)
- Community Advisory Committee for Water Prediction
- Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI)
- AGU Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee
- GeoFutures Initiative Advisory Committee
- National Geospatial Advisory Committee
- Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Pro-Equity, Anti-Racism Committee
- R Consortium Infrastructure Steering Committee
