Category Archives: ESRI

Mapping Vulnerable Populations – Esri Flu Impact Map

Posted on January 22, 2013 by glenn

The Esri Vulnerable Populations Flu Impact Map (http://www.esri.com/news/maps/2013-flu-outbreak/flu-impact-map.html) and Health Information Map are available from Esri as part of their ongoing flu and public health coverage. The Vulnerable Populations Flu Impact Map displays crowdsourced flu reports by ZIP Code over … Continue reading →

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Dev Tip – Python Scripting for ArcGIS

Posted on January 11, 2013 by glenn

Python is indeed a hot topic and having Python skills can really help kickstart your career in GIS and programming, particularly for the recent grad. One of the most popular features we rolled out over the past few months on … Continue reading →

Posted in books, developer, ESRI |

Story Map – Incoming Members of the 113th Congress

Posted on January 9, 2013 by glenn

Another interesting news / story map from Esri, this one displays the incoming members of the 113th congress. House members are shown on the map, categorized by party and some bio information is provided as well. See The Incoming Members … Continue reading →

Posted in ESRI, map |

The Esri Santa Dashboard Story Map Leverages Seasonal Social Media

Posted on December 20, 2012 by glenn

Tis the season and the Esri Story Map team has put together another fun, and creative story map for us – The Santa Dashboard. Using Social Media the resource maps a number of Santa related posts including hot spots around … Continue reading →

Posted in arcgis, ESRI, santa, Social Media |

GISDay 2012 Events Around the Web

Posted on November 13, 2012 by glenn

GISDay is upon us once again and there’s loads of activities taking place around the World and around the web… do you have plans yet? For a cool look at GISDay events taking place around the World be sure to … Continue reading →

Posted in education, ESRI, events |

Hurricane Sandy: The AfterMap from Esri Reveals Pre and Post Sandy NOAA Imagery

Posted on November 2, 2012 by glenn

The latest Esri story map is a handy resource that reveals the latest pre and post Sandy imagery from NOAA. Using a slider action the user simply drags the red line to delineate where the pre and post imagery will … Continue reading →

Posted in environment, ESRI, hurricane, new york |

Esri Severe Weather Map Tracks Hurricane Sandy

Posted on October 25, 2012 by glenn

In a reminder that hurricane season is still with us, Esri has a fine story map to inform users of severe weather updates, projected storm paths, and social media posts of interest.  The latest map helps the user track hurricane … Continue reading →

Posted in ESRI, hurricane |

Webcast series – Your Pathway to ArcGIS Online #MapThis

Posted on October 24, 2012 by glenn

Here’s something for those of you interested in learning more about ArcGIS online, a webcast series from Geo-Jobe Consulting titled “Your Pathway to ArcGIS Online”. This comes from the crew’s blog… Over the next few months, Jeremy Weber will be leading … Continue reading →

Posted in arcgis, education, ESRI, events, webinar |

Esri DevMeetUp Events Hit Canada in November – Get your GeoGeek On!

Posted on October 23, 2012 by glenn

It’s good to finally see the DevMeetup movement that Esri made popular in the US finally catching on up north in Canada – albeit after watching the southern crew roll them out in dozens of venues over the past 2-3 … Continue reading →

Posted in developer, ESRI, events |

Esri Acquires Portland, Oregon Start-up Geoloqi to Create new Portland R&D Center

Posted on October 15, 2012 by glenn

Well, Esri has done it again… Jack has dug into his pockets and scooped up another company, this time it was Portland OR based Geoloqi, a a geeky, startup best known for their geocoding API and location-aware triggers designed to … Continue reading →

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Esri Story Map Reveals TopTen most damaging U.S. hurricanes

Posted on October 2, 2012 by glenn

Another new story map from Esri… this one shows off facts and figures of the most damaging hurricanes to make landfall in the USA.The map shows the historical track of the hurricanes along with statistics, relevant information, and photographs.The story … Continue reading →

Posted in ESRI, hurricane, infographic |

10 Useful Resources to Get started With HTML5

Posted on September 27, 2012 by glenn

If you develop web apps and services or mobile apps, or perhaps are considering porting your apps to mobile / tablet devices then there’s no doubt that HTML5 is an important consideration. And so, here’s a list of 10 articles … Continue reading →

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