Monthly Archives: July 2014
7_1 Drones Broadcast (SPOT 7, Minerals Cadastre and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses the banning of drones from U.S. National Parks; the launch of SPOT 7; a Tanzanian effort to improve its mining cadastre; the first private Russian remote-sensing satellite; industry news from IMAGINiT Technologies, GeoVille, CartoDB, Esri and Boundless; an article in Sensors & Systems; and more.
7_10 Remote-Sensing Broadcast (NASA, UN and More)
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This remote-sensing themed GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses NASA's recently launched Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite as well as its upcoming ISS-RapidScat instrument; The Satellite Project created at New York University; UN Peacekeeping missions using unarmed UAVs; industry news from Fugro, exactEarth, SimActive and EOMAP; the upcoming Esri User Conference; the Climate Resilience App Challenge; and more.
7_23 Esri UC Broadcast (Video Recap, Exhibitor News and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast covers news and events from the recent Esri User Conference in San Diego, including a video recap of speakers and topics; news from Esri on the Special Achievement in GIS Awards, its Tapestry Segmentation system and a partnership with European Schoolnet; exhibitor news from Topcon Positioning Group, Airbus Defense and Space, LizardTech and Scene Sharp; a clip from an interview with Jack Dangermond, Esri's president and founder; and more.
7_30 Asia-Pacific Broadcast (Deforestation, Beijing Smog and More)
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This Asia-Pacific-focused GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses deforestation in Indonesia; IBM joining Beijing's fight against smog; Asian effects on mobile-device charging; Pakistan's move toward space technology; satellite imagery use in Australian vineyards; industry news from Spatial Dimensions, ScanEx, Maptek and Esri; geospatial insight into Indonesian politics; and more.
Coastal Resilience 2.0
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Providing tools to reduce ecological and socioeconomic risks of coastal hazards, the app enables users to assess such risks, including those to current and future storms, as well as sea level rise scenarios; identify solutions to reduce risks across socio-ecological systems; take action to help communities develop nature-based solutions; and measure effectiveness to ensure efforts are successful.
Community Resilience Inference Measurement
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Measuring resilience to climate-related hazards at the county level for the United States, the app allows users to directly calculate the resilience index of places they choose and view the weights of the socioeconomic factors contributing to those scores. The app also provides factors that increase or decrease resilience.
CommunityViz Web App
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Providing users with the ability to open new opportunities for education, citizen engagement, and policy change, the app enables users to quickly share their analysis results—such as energy and greenhouse gas generation and possible energy futures—with their ArcGIS Online organization, select groups, or the general public.
Culvert Inventory for Climate Resilience
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Designed to meet the challenge of limited information on culverts throughout the transportation network, the app provides a user-friendly culvert inventory template, online video instructions, and support for citizen scientists to help transportation management agencies expand their knowledge of the culverts in their network.
Esri App Challenge Winners Create Actionable Tools to Strengthen Resilience Efforts
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Esri App Challenge Winners Create Actionable Tools to Strengthen Resilience Efforts Hundreds of Apps Submitted in Response to White House Climate Data Initiative Redlands, California—July 15, 2014—Esri...
Esri’s Director of Solutions Discusses Apps, Simplicity and Passion
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Todd Danielson interviews Damian Spangrud, Director of Solutions, Esri, at the 2014 Esri User Conference in San Diego. They discuss what it's like working at Esri, the tools needed to create a public-facing GIS app and "never underestimating how simple things need to be."
