App Storage Size
I have been using the ArcGIS Online Cascade template to create story maps. This template allows images to be used in the story either by linking to an image’s URL or uploading directly to the app. Any image you access, for use in the story, is saved as part of…
2019 Land and Water Summit Map Workshop Resources
Collection of online resources that were discussed during the Free Mapping Tools for Conservation Property & Easement Monitoring session at the 2019 RI Land & Water Summit.
RI Attorney General $4.1 million in grants from Volkswagen Settlement
As a result of a previously announced settlement with Volkswagen for violating Rhode Island state laws prohibiting the sale and leasing of diesel vehicles equipped with illegal and undisclosed emissions control defeat device software, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced $4.1 million in funding for a variety of environmentally beneficial…
All about Credits
It’s all about self-management and awareness as described in this Arcgis Online Blog describing how credits are charged.
Thin Layer Deposition to Restore Marshes
Check out the storymap: Can We Save Our Drowning Salt Marshes Thin layer deposition is a technique that has been tested in portions of the coastal US with promising results. It involves the process of using environmentally-clean sand obtained from the dredging of navigational channels and breachways and depositing it…
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Mapping
Mike Bradley and Scott Rasmussen are collecting eelgrass distributions in Long Island Sound. Check out their video!
2017 ESRI: Honorable Mention
2017 Esri Storytelling with Maps Contest Honorable mention: Science, Technology and Education Using UAVs to Aid Policy and Decision-Making in Western Ghana Learn about how UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) are revolutionizing policy-making for the Ghana Sustainable Fisheries project. UAVs assess flooding and erosion using LIDAR, remotely sense mangrove forests, and…
Efficiently Manage your Tags
The ArcGIS Item Information Tool is able to access your ArcGIS Online items. Launch the tool and you will be prompted for your ArcGIS Online credentials. Once logged in, you will see your folder listing of your ArcGIS Online content. Click on each folder to see the items contained within that folder along…
Story Maps and Web Security
This just came across on the ARCGIS BLOG from ESRI. Story Map apps will require all content placed in an app to use HTTPS in the URL. This switch to HTTPs only will take place later this year. Read ESRI’s detailed BLOG for more information, however the take-way from ESIR is this: immediately adopt the practice…
Editing Shapefiles: ArcGIS Online
Scenario: You have a polygon dataset showing the location of historic cemeteries. The historic cemetery commission would like to add attributes to this dataset. The commission does not have an ArcGIS Desktop license; however they do have an internet connection. Using ArcGIS Online the commission can add attributes to the…