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ArcGIS Pro and 10 Tips to Help You Migrate to ArcGIS Pro, the CONNECTED GIS...
We recently heard the latest info from Esri reps regarding ArcGIS Pro at R 2, recall the latest major update to Pro was officially released to all back in the summer near UC (see Esri blogs). Simply...
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Discovering the World Through GIS
On November 19 join in the worldwide celebration of GIS Day, the annual salute to geospatial technology and its power to transform and better our lives. Be a part of the festivities by hosting,...
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75 Years of CIA Maps Now Declassified & Made Available Online
Satellite-connected devices do all the hard work of navigation for us: plan journeys, plot distances, tell us where we are and where we’re going. The age of the highly skilled cartographer may be...
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Enabling Rapid Response
In the Emergency Operations Center, a dispatcher takes a bystander’s cellphone call about a car crash on a poorly marked rural road. The report prompts the dispatcher to send regional air medics as...
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Thousands of scientists issue bleak ‘second notice’ to humanity
In late 1992, 1,700 scientists from around the world issued a dire “warning to humanity.” They said humans had pushed Earth's ecosystems to their breaking point and were well on the way to ruining the...
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Introducing MapLab, the Newsletter for Map Lovers
A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape. Welcome to the first edition of MapLab, a newsletter exploring how maps illuminate the world around us. Here there will be many, friendly...
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Congress taps into GIS
Geographic information systems can help members of Congress better serve their constituents by illustrating and mapping local issues. Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho), for example, used Esri’s ArcGIS to...
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xkcd: Temperature Preferences
Archive What If? Blag Store About xkcd updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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Zimbabwe army takeover
State broadcasters have been playing patriotic songs from the independence period of the 1980s and re-broadcasting Major-General Sibusiso Moyo’s statement. Major-General Moyo announced on Zimbabwe...
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What’s Coming for ArcGIS Pro 2.1
ArcGIS Pro 2.1, the next release of Esri’s flagship 64-bit desktop GIS application, is almost here. ArcGIS Pro 2.1 continues Esri’s mission to provide new and user-requested functionality, the latest...
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Autodesk teams with Esri to integrate BIM, GIS tech
Autodesk has inked a partnership with Esri, a mapping data and spatial analytics player, that aims to bridge BIM and GIS mapping technologies. Specifically, the companies will integrate their...
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7th QGIS UK Scottish User Group
by Registers of Scotland, Ordnance Survey, thinkWhere, Cawdor Forestry, EDINA,...
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Steps to Prepare for GIS Day 2017
GIS Day is once again just around the corner, Wed. November 15. What will you do to celebrate this day of evangelizing the power of GIS and geography? There’s many ways to participate, you can make a...
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Which cities will flood as ice melts?
A forecasting tool reveals which cities will be affected as different portions of the ice sheet melt, say scientists. It looks at the Earth's spin and gravitational effects to predict how water will be...
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Esri Provides Mapping Technology for Students to Assess Hurricane Damage
Free Python Programming Cookbook Redlands, California—Esri, the world leader in spatial analytics, today announced it is providing its ArcGIS platform, along with high-resolution imagery from the...
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Donald Trump says his Asia trip was a win for US global influence. This...
International trips are a ritual for every White House administration. They're supposed to showcase American leadership and influence, and are meant to reassure our allies that America is engaged with...
View ArticleDownload VPN for Mac
On/off simplicity paired with a handsome map to visualize your connection. An app so thoughtfully designed, a bear could use it. Don’t worry if you lose your Wi-Fi connection, TunnelBear has your...
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How to Set Up Named User Licenses for ArcGIS Pro
In this video tutorial, learn how to set up ArcGIS Pro Named User Licenses through your ArcGIS Online organization account. To learn more, visit: http://www.esri.com/library/brochures...
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A Map of the Disunited States, “as Traitors and Tyrants Would Have It”
It's 1864, and the Civil War is raging. But southern secession isn't the only danger threatening the Union. The U.S. has plenty of other enemies, foreign and domestic. If they got their way, this is...
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Local Clean-Up Efforts Find Fewer Plastic Bags One Year After...
Each September, thousands of California volunteers clean up trash in their communities. They count and record how many items they find, from pieces of foam to candy wrappers. You can sift through those...
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Rapid Response Monitoring Tools ~ GIS Lounge
Ad: Share:With rapid data access, new vehicles and tools that can go almost anywhere (e.g., such as unmanned aerial vehicles), and more efficient computing, we are witnessing an age of rapid response...
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Plastics found in stomachs of deepest sea creatures
Animals from the deepest places on Earth have been found with plastic in their stomachs, confirming fears that manmade fibres have contaminated the most remote places on the planet. The study, led by...
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WATCH: The Hurricane Season, As Shown By Salt, Smoke And Dust
Hurricane Harvey as a ball of swirling sea salt. Hurricane Irma scooping up the sands of the Sahara. Hurricane Ophelia, bizarrely, taking smoke from Portugal and pulling it up to the coast of Ireland....
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Opinion
Republicans in the House of Representatives have just passed a tax bill that would devastate graduate research in the United States. Hidden in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is a repeal of Section 117(d)(5)...
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The tribe forced to pick a new religion
The Sumatran rainforests of Indonesia are home to the Orang Rimba - the people of the jungle. Their faith and nomadic way of life are not recognised by the state and, as their forests are destroyed to...
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Report Pollution in Your Neighborhood and Check Out Global Trends With a New...
A major analysis out last week in The Lancet finds that pollution is responsible for 9 million deaths each year. It’s a mind-boggling number that can be hard to make sense of without some sort of...
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Every living sea creature will be affected by rising CO2
“The sea is everything,” wrote Jules Verne in his 1870 novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. “It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy.” However, the findings of an...
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The COP23 climate change summit in Bonn and why it matters
The world’s nations are meeting for the 23rd annual “conference of the parties” (COP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which aims to “prevent dangerous anthropogenic...
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University of Southampton to cut up to 75 academic jobs
University and College Union warns Russell Group institution will struggle to raise teaching quality while cutting jobs November 14, 2017 The University of Southampton is to cut up to 75 academic posts...
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Geo Jobe MapThis! Swag for GIS Pros mappers and geographers
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Why I moved my company from New York City to St. Louis
Boundless recently moved its headquarters from New York to St. Louis, and we couldn’t be more excited. Some of the reasons for moving our five-year-old company are unique to our business, but others...
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A Day in the Life of a CIA Cartographer
This is part of our series profiling CIA officers working in occupations not commonly associated with the Agency. We talk with them about their daily challenges and rewards, as well as some exceptional...
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Google Maps gets a new look
The world is an ever-evolving place. And as it changes, Google Maps changes with it. As roads close, businesses open, or local events happen in your neighborhood, you’ll see it on Google Maps. When you...
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A landmark study has linked Tory austerity to 120,000 deaths
The Conservatives have been accused of “economic murder” for austerity policies which a new study suggests have caused 120,000 deaths. The paper found that there were 45,000 more deaths in the first...
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Thoughts on the Updated Geospatial Data Act
Over the summer, I wrote a post commenting on a piece of legislation known as the “Geospatial Data Act of 2017.” This legislation, or something similar to it, comes up every few years and has yet to...
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The Republican tax bill contains a sneaky break for private jet owners
The Senate GOP tax bill contains a tax break for owners of private jets. People that own jets would have payments relating to their exempted from an excise tax. The Republican tax plan contains several...
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3 Spatial Data Science Trends to Watch in 2018
The demand for data scientists to understand and use geospatial analysis in their process has led to new trends and innovations in the data science field. This focus on spatial data and analysis...
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Free Tech Guide
RECRUITERS Post your GeoJob Ad Today This resource is a practical step-by-step guide to writing SQL. Teach yourself SQL – the easy way! You’ll learn how to make the most of your data using...
View ArticleHealth Insurance Marketplace: Enroll for 2015 Healthcare Coverage
Get ready to join the millions already enrolled in Marketplace coverage. Sign up for email and text updates to get important Open Enrollment reminders -- including a note as soon as 2015 plans and...
View ArticleAmerica’s foreign policy: embrace thugs, dictators and strongmen
Past presidents believed that American power should be used as a force for good in the world. Not Donald Trump ON APRIL 29th Donald Trump rang Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines....
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Full Tilt: When 100% of Cars Are Autonomous
So, wow, imagine we get there: total autonomy. Manual driving is outlawed. Our cars are better drivers than we ever were. And not only that, they coordinate with one another in an elegant choreography,...
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Merging city planning and design technologies, Esri and Autodesk announce...
A new partnership between design software company Autodesk and geospatial software company Esri is laying the groundwork for new technologies that will allow cities to gather insights based on...
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What’s New in Basemaps (November 2017)
Esri’s Community Program contributors have added new and updated map layers to Esri’s Online Basemaps. There is new and updated content for 38 communities. This release includes several states,...
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Keystone Pipeline oil spill could be worse than we thought
An oil spill in South Dakota that leaked thousands of gallons of highly polluting oil could damage the environment more than the company has let on. TransCanada shut down a portion of its highly...
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Are These the Oldest Images of Dogs?
In northwestern Saudi Arabia, a hunter surrounded by a pack of dogs threads an arrow, props it up against the string of his bow, and pulls it back to kill a wild animal roaming nearby. He's flanked by...
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Thanks to the enormous efforts of the FOSS4G 2017 organising team the videos of keynotes and presentations are now appearing on their site. There were a couple of technical glitches when I was giving...
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Russia confirms ‘extremely high’ radiation levels in toxic cloud
Russian authorities have confirmed reports of a spike in radioactivity in the air over the Ural Mountains. The Russian Meteorological Service said it recorded the release of Ruthenium-106 in the...
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Are These the Oldest Images of Dogs?
In northwestern Saudi Arabia, a hunter surrounded by a pack of dogs threads an arrow, props it up against the string of his bow, and pulls it back to kill a wild animal roaming nearby. He's flanked by...
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