Esri transitioning to HTTPS-only Story Maps
Esri’s Story Maps Team has created a new objective – to move all story maps to HTTPS only applications.
Reducing Data Overload with Map Categorization
ArcGIS Online’s gallery template can help users organizes multiple map stories into a categorized format.
The Drawbacks of Code Focused GIS
Olivia Harne discusses some of the drawbacks to over exploiting programming in GIS.
First Impression – ArcGIS Online and Adobe Creative Cloud
Olivia Harne takes a look at the newly available collaborative features between ArcGIS Maps and Adobe Creative Cloud.
Appealing Iconography for Open Data Sites
Creating a consistent brand is not only a core asset in conveying ownership over the provided data, it helps to define a map’s layers and category queries in a more instantaneously recognizable way.
Enhancing Archive Usability With Popups in ArcGIS Online
Olivia Harne shows how using the Custom Attribute Display function in ArcGIS Online lets users access spatially targeted archived files.
Observing Weather Extremes through Story Maps
This story map compiles all of PennDOT’s gathered research, and presents it in an accessible and visually vibrant way for researchers to download files and copy map layers for their own purposes.
Keys to Successfully Managing GIS Data Health and Quality
Jennifer Kennedy, a GIS Analyst at Timmons Group discusses the importance of managing GIS data quality and some GIS solutions for managing GIS data and ensuring its integrity.
The World’s First Scratch and Sniff Interactive Story Map
What’s April 1st without a little map trickery? Last year, Google had cartophiles hunting for lost treasure. This year, Google Maps is inviting users of … Read more
ArcGIS Explorer vs. ArcGIS Online: A Side by Side Comparison
Two of Esri’s principal GIS viewing products, ArcGIS Explorer Desktop and ArcGIS Online, offer a variety of tools for both business and personal use. Tracey Dash takes a look at some of the key differences between the two programs.
Esri Launches ArcGIS Marketplace
Esri has launched a new online web site for selling apps and GIS data. From Esri’s press release: “ArcGIS Marketplace provides data from organizations such … Read more
Add ArcGIS Online Maps to Your WordPress Blog
A new plugin has just been released that gives those using WordPress the ability to embed maps from ArcGIS Online into their blogs. ArcGIS Online … Read more