Image designed by Freepik Having grown up on a healthy diet of cartoons and sci-fi shows, I have always been anxiously waiting for the things I saw on the screen or read in a book to make their way into my everyday life. The Jetsons promised flying cars with autopilot features. Many a summer Hollywood blockbuster […]
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Learn GIS with the Best at Esri
Further your GIS knowledge with Esri MOOCs and more! The GIS field is a vast field with multiple specializations and consistent new developments. While a GIS analyst may be specialized in one area, they may not be aware of features in another area, or even how new developments may apply to their field. One way for […]
Tutorial: Create Your Own Weather Station Using Web APIs
Have you ever used an app to snap a funny filter on your face and share it with friends? Have you been online reading restaurant reviews and clicked a link for directions to take you there? Maybe you’ve wondered how different applications can access your hardware, location or other applications. Or maybe you haven’t, because […]
Creating Custom ArcGIS Map Widgets as React Components: Part 2
In a previous GEO Jobe blog article, we began the process of setting up a React application to develop custom ArcGIS Map widgets as React components. This article takes the next step in creating custom widgets by introducing some actual functionality to our example CustomWidget. Note: This tutorial assumes a basic understanding of building web […]
Mapping Mississippi: 2024 Mississippi Mapping Competition
In This Article… What is the Mississippi Mapping Competition? The Mississippi Mapping Competition is the state’s effort into Esri’s ArcGIS Online competition for U.S. high school and middle school students. Through this competition, students from Grades 4-12 can enter an ArcGIS StoryMap that tells a story about the State of Mississippi. From the entries, a […]
How Can GIS Services Help Companies Stay Competitive?
What Are GIS Services? GIS services can be a wide range of services such as UAV digital mapping, solution engineering, or spatial data collection/development. Services such as these can allow businesses to produce successful geospatial solutions. UAV digital mapping can construct high-resolution orthophotos (aerial imagery), 3D models, 3D point clouds, etc., to represent landforms. Solution […]
Vanderbilt University: Landscape Planning with UAV Tech
Tree Canopy Classification – Vanderbilt University Campus Nashville Quantifying tree canopy cover across expansive areas has historically been a time-consuming endeavor, often reliant on labor-intensive field surveys or manually analyzing traditional aerial imagery. Such methods are not only cumbersome but also prone to error. Through the innovative application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology, significant […]
There’s No Place Like GIS: How Modern-Day Mapping Predicts Extreme Weather
Extreme weather events seem to be in the news more and more often today. Everything from tornados, heat waves, hurricanes, and winter storms impacts people in nearly every location. As a lifelong resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast who’s had to deal with more than a few hurricanes, I, for one, can say that I […]
Get Hooked on ArcGIS Webhooks
Being an ArcGIS administrator requires managing a vast quantity of information, as well as potentially very large numbers of items, users and groups. Your ArcGIS organization allows you to view and update this content, and third party applications such as GEO Jobe’s Admin Tools for ArcGIS can make the task even easier. But sometimes you […]
Enhancing Field Workflows with ArcGIS Field Maps using Related Tables
ArcGIS Field Maps is a powerful application within the Esri ecosystem that helps streamline workflows for data capture and asset monitoring out in the field. Multiple use cases for field maps have been utilized, from mapping sightings of invasive species to tracking damage to homes after storms. One of the most common use cases is […]