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ESRI UC 2022 Day 4

 I was pretty happy when day 4 rolled around.  A week full of intro classes really bored me, and I was ready to be done. The first class did not help. ArcGIS Pro: Tips and Tricks, only showed one new thing I hadn't seen before, which was animated line symbology. I definitely want to test this one out. The next class was ArcGIS Online: Best Practices for Organization Management. An exciting new feature is being able to set credit budgets per user! Another new feature is creating member categories and sub categories, and bulk actions. However, you still cannot export credit usage for storage.  ArcGIS Pro: 3D Tips and Tricks showed another animated symbology of moving trees. This presenter really knew his stuff, I was impressed. He showed a way to modify a feature, and load texture i.e. adding a picture (from your phone) of the outside of a building to a 3D representation of the building. You can add also shadows to your scene for a little extra fun. ArcGIS: Real-Time Use Cases....had
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ESRI UC 2022 Day 3

 Wednesday was another day of intro classes... First up was Imagery in ArcGIS: An Introduction to Image Management. Mosaic dataset is the optimized model (referencing the imagery, publish as an image service, can color balance). They briefly discussed cloud object storage, the create cloud storage connection file tool, ArcGIS Image for AGO -or- ArcGIS Image Decidated, Imagery workflows (website resource), and Image Management in Pro. The next class was ArcGIS Online: What's New. This session was quite glitchy, but some of the things I saw are the sketch tool, and 3 new charts have been added. Dashboards classic is retiring in 11.0, and dashboards will migrate. Map Viewer has a new directions widget (you can save navigation routes), supports basemap projection switching, html pop-ups (!!!) the ability to group layers (!!!) 3 layers deep by dragging and dropping!! About time! Map Viewer editing includes snapping and can edit in forms. In ArcGIS Insights: An Introduction, right off th
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ESRI UC 2022 Day 2

The first class I watched was "AGO: Spatial Analysis." The teacher was wonderful! Thoroughly went through each tool with live demos. Bravo! However, while the demos were cool, every one I could hear a "cha-ching" in my head from all of the online credits she was burning through. Not something a regular user could do. But incredible to see the possibilities now available.  There is a new map viewer...but that means another new application to learn. There is a new analysis viewer coming...but nothing was shown about it. However, it does have an estimate credits button. Woo-hoo! It's about dang time.  The next three classes were all intro classes. I wish there were more options available for online attendees, as they were so basic, dry, and there wasn't much to learn. "ArcGIS Network Management: An Intro" mentioned utility network requires enterprise for multi-users, and it can produce single line and tree diagrams.  "ArcGIS GeoEvent Server: An I
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ESRI UC 2022 Day 1

 The UC was back in person this year, but with some strict COVID rules. I opted for the virtual attendance. While initially I was happy to have this option, it quickly became clear that this was intentionally a subpar offering. There were very few classes offered, and majority of them were introductory classes. The Wizardry class that I look forward to the most every year, wasn't even offered virtually. I know this is a super popular class, and to not offer it virtually is a shame. The Plenary was especially long virtually. This years theme is "Mapping Common Ground." Surprisingly, there were 14,000 people in attendance in San Diego. I saw the virtual numbers peak at 5.9k during the plenary. Here are some highlights: This is the 42nd UC Will.I.Am promotes GIS in his community to encourage kids to go to college and change their path. I have to mention the leaps and bounds cartography have progressed over the past few years. There are some seriously stunning visuals nowaday
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ESRI Geodesign Summit 2022

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So grateful this event was held this year virtually. I feel that this allows greater participation and opportunities to learn from a wider audience. However, it also allows for interruptions at work, preventing me from watching the entire time. This is where in-person attendance is advantageous. I really enjoyed one speaker that pointed out that GIS doesn't work when siloed. It is best when there is integration across departments and platforms. I have found this to be so very true, and so I constantly encourage interdepartmental and interagency collaboration. He also presented on a project that he did on the Amazon, for over 2 years, and with over 200 scientists. They came up with 89 recommendations. He spoke of how the reduction in water is affecting and diminishing the Amazon. He is a part of a International Geodesign Collaboration group with participation from 61 countries, and over 100 universities, and more that 500 people. They use Hub to organize and host their data.  Anothe
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ESRI UC 2021 Bonus Content

ESRI left the classes online to keep on watching, which I'm super grateful for, because it gives me a chance to go watch classes I missed or that were going at the same time as another class I was attending.  So here is some bonus content. ArcGIS Defense Mapping Standards Base Cartographic Production Using ArcGIS Pro. They started by talking about the move from ArcMap to Pro is a transition, not a migration, and I completely agree. They showed off the apply visual specification to map tool, which was super cool and I want to try. They also talked about the generate product layout tool, which I will need to see to believe. ArcGIS Enterprise: What's New showed off the new homepage editor and new email support. They also showed the append data tool, to hosted feature layers. Runtime conversion tools from ArcMap to Pro in 10.9.1. They showed off the MapViewer beta, with customized pop-ups (it's about time). And in StoryMaps, photo geotags can finally be used to locate map tour
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ESRI UC 2021 Day 4

 Day 4 started with Water Utility Special Interest Group Meeting. Philip Mielke did a presentation on 3D assets, but didn't answer my question about how he symbolized the 3D ball joints. You can export the 3D BIM model to use online, also Revit files. Emily Champagne did a great presentation as well on how they're using 3D assets. If you want to see how I've used 3D GIS in the past, look here and here . Next was the Wildfire SIG. The Maine Forest Service showed us the InFORM program, which is recognized nationally and works with dashboards. The US Forest Service showed off their Wildland Fire Histomap, and announced that Alert Wildfire will integrate with the Living Atlas. The Closing Livestream told us that 45% of UC participants are outside the U.S. and to know the importance of your work.   ESRI said they had over 60,000 register for the UC this year. I am impressed that they could handle that many people watching live and recorded events. It also amazes me that there ar
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