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With almost every new release of ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS for Server, there are changes that aim to improve software quality and performance; sometimes, these changes require you to update your workflows. The improvements and deprecations made for geocoding in ArcMap 10.5 and ArcGIS Pro 1.4 may break some existing workflows or require you to prepare before installing ArcGIS 10.5. In this post, we’ll give you an overview of these changes.
In the near future, our teams will publish a technical article that covers more detailed solutions to the aforementioned issues.
first published week of: 10/17/2016
Esri's annual Geodesign Summit will continue the conversation around a holistic approach to building smarter communities. Attendees include planning professionals across all levels of government, commercial firms, academia, and nongovernmental organizations that want to learn how to prepare for geodesign and support their agencies well into the future.
"The Geodesign Summit will be an exciting opportunity to witness how geodesign and other innovative techniques and technologies are bringing energy and new ideas to planning and related disciplines," said James Drinan, executive director of the American Planning Association (APA).
It is becoming increasingly clear that we have to change the way we build and design our communities. Geodesign was introduced as a concept to change our approach to planning. If we are going to continue this effort to build smart, livable, and resilient communities, we need to reexamine our assumptions about what it means to plan for a rapidly evolving world.
Seating is limited. Do not miss this opportunity to be part of this movement.
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To learn more about the summit, visit go.esri.com/pr-geodesignsummit.
first published week of: 08/22/2016
Instead of fielding its own systems, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is developing a "credit card swipe" approach to adding commercially gathered, unclassified intelligence to its data, according to NGA Director Robert Cardillo.
The era of multiyear, billion-dollar contracts for services that last decades have had their time NGA Director Robert Cardillo
With the rise of commercial satellite imagery providers such as Google's Terra Bella, Planet Labs and BlackSky, NGA is developing new acquisition methods to make its operations more cost-effective and efficient, Cardillo said in a rare public briefing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Sept. 27.
"The era of multiyear, billion-dollar contracts for services that last decades have had their time," he told the committee. "We have to become more agile and revisit fundamental acquisition strategies."
NGA launched a commercial geospatial intelligence strategy nearly a year ago to help it conduct nimbler acquisitions and make better use of unclassified information. It has partnered with the General Services Administration on the Commercial Initiative to Buy Operationally Responsive GEOINT (CIBORG), which will smooth commercial purchases of geospatial intelligence data, products and services. continued…
first published week of: 10/03/2016
In iOS 10, Apple's Maps app does more, from making restaurant reservations to remembering where you left your car.
If you haven’t been using Apple’s Maps app, the all-new version in iOS 10 is worth another look. It’s prettier than ever, smarter about finding stops for gas and coffee along your actual route, and thanks to machine learning iOS 10 it can do things like remind you when it’s time to leave for your next appointment, and then remember where you parked your car.
I use Maps on a daily basis, after relying on Waze or Google Maps for years. A good mapping app is pretty important to me, since I moved from one side of San Francisco Bay to the other about three years ago, and I’m still learning the best ways way around, finding my new haunts, and scouting out those scenic routes where the view can make your jaw drop. I switched over to Maps permanently when I got my Apple Watch, because I love how the watch can tap me on the wrist before I need to make each turn—kind of a “hey, pay attention!” reminder when I might be engrossed in a philosophical debate with my 4-year-old. So while Apple’s got my mindshare for now, I admit I felt a little dread at WWDC, when Apple announced the Maps app in iOS 10 would be completely redone. Wasn’t that kind of a disaster last time? continued…
first published week of: 09/26/2016
The federally-funded pilot for the U.S. Transportation Department’s National Address Database is over, and with no funding prospects, state and local GIS leaders trudge on.
Even though the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Address Database pilot extinguished its funding and concluded its official run earlier this year, the agency’s chief geographic information officer announced Wednesday the effort will continue through a “coalition of the willing.”
Even without funding, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, Ohio, Utah and Virginia committed to completing their own databases and sharing them with DOT, said Steve Lewis, DOT chief geospatial information officer.
“We’re going to continue that coalition of the willing until I find that magic pot of gold. We have some volunteers waiting now and we’re going to look for other states. I think this is progress, and I hope you’re all as proud of this work as I am,” Lewis told an audience at the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) 2016 annual conference.
The U.S. Transportation Department kicked off the National Address Database program last fall with pilots in Arizona, Arkansas and Boone County, Mo. During the pilots, officials developed a minimum content guideline to establish what data would be included in the database, centered around addresses, geographic location and address metadata. The National Address Database will eventually be opened to the public and is expected to be used by first responders, the public safety community, the U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Census Bureau to streamline processes. first published week of: 11/07/2016
The current amount of tree canopy in Georgia, as shown here, is of great interest to the GA Forestry Commission, which is seeking to identify how the amount of canopy is changing from year to year.
The Georgia Forestry Commission wants to know how much tree canopy the state had in 2015, and they are contracting a team from the University of North Georgia's (UNG) Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental & Spatial Analysis (IESA) to conduct the study.
Dr. Allison Bailey, associate professor in IESA, is the principal investigator of the project leading a team of students to quantify the amount of canopy observed in high-resolution satellite photos taken this past year.
"Urban areas and the amount of tree canopy affect our environmental conditions," Bailey said. "It's incredibly useful to know how Georgia's canopy has changed over time."
Students Jonathan Stewart and Emily Hunt are working under the direction of Andrew Hilliard, who graduated in August with a Bachelor of Science in environmental and spatial analysis with a certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Along with Bailey, they receive imagery and data from the U.S. Geographical Service then analyze it, and are developing a model that will be transferred onto a map of Georgia.
continued…first published week of: 11/07/2016