When GIS professionals think of maps, our minds wander anywhere from locating water meters for the town to the workflow required to analyze the carbon sequestration potential of rainforests. When non-GIS users think of maps, their first thought is most likely getting directions from one place to another. When you pull out your phone to […]
Category: How-To
Top Tips for Managing Complex Projects
We all know that managing projects – whether big or small – can be an undertaking in itself. But what if your project entails coordinating with multiple teams and stakeholders or has an aggressive timeline with numerous moving parts, all while on a strict budget? These factors don’t necessarily make the project difficult, but rather […]
Get to Know Your Toolbox – Backup and Restore Content on ArcGIS Online with GEO Jobe’s Backup My Org!
Have you ever deleted content from your ArcGIS Online (AGOL) account and it’s permanently gone? GEO Jobe has an application called Backup My Org (BMO) that can be deployed as a web service on your server or even locally on your laptop. It includes custom settings when backing up and restoring your items, users, and […]
Get to Know Your Toolbox – Tools Used to Cache Imagery in ArcGIS Pro and Publish to ArcGIS Online!
Do you have imagery you would like to upload to ArcGIS Online for a basemap? Well, this article is going to take you through the steps to get you there. Come with me as we create you a custom basemap! Prepping your Imagery The first step in caching imagery is to create a mosaic dataset […]
Using AWS Redshift with ArcGIS Pro
In November of 2021, Esri announced support for creating database connections to a variety of cloud data warehouses including Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, and Snowflake. These cloud data warehouses are designed to store large volumes of data and provide users with a highly scalable, performant data storage option that can be used in addition to […]
Git Good with Visual Studio Code
If you have read the previous articles in our series on Version Control and Git (Version Control Could Save Your Life, Are You Using the Right Type of Version Control System?, and GEO Jobe’s Guide to Getting Started with GIT), you should already be familiar with using Git in the command-line interface. Some people, myself […]
GEO Jobe’s Guide to Getting Started with GIT
Understanding version control and how to use it is very important. That’s why we’ve been slowly building out a series of articles on the topic. We have previously discussed the importance of version control, and the various types of version control systems. Today, we’ll continue our series with a basic tutorial on how to use […]
Getting Started With Backup My Org – Part One
Backup My Org has become one of our most popular and requested solutions for anyone interested in custom backups, custom restoration, and the migration of ArcGIS items, groups, and users. If you’re interested in Backup My Org, and how this application works from a practical perspective, here’s a basic guide to get started. This will […]
Is Ionic on Your Radar?: Building Cross-Platform Mobile Weather Apps
Why Use a Hybrid Framework? When developing mobile apps intended to be used by as many users as possible, dev teams want to make it available on as many devices as possible. That usually means developing for both iOS and Android. Developing two different code bases using native tooling and languages can be quite the […]
Managing Services with con terra’s security.manager NEXT: Smarter, Easier, and More Secure
Smarter, Easier, and More Secure When providing features through services in ArcGIS Enterprise, you may need to limit visible data for users or groups with different security levels or require only specific geographic extents. con terra‘s security.manager NEXT is an excellent solution that extends ArcGIS Enterprise, and now stand alone ArcGIS Server, to provide fine […]