The Moment You Finally Check There is always a small moment of hesitation before checking grades. You log in.You find the page.You hover over the link for a second. Even when you think things are going well, graduate school has a way of surprising you. Sometimes pleasantly. Sometimes not. So this week I checked my midterm grades for the Spring
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Something interesting just happened in the world of maps. Ask Maps and immersive navigation were recently introduced by Google as part of the continued evolution of Google Maps. The announcement was described in Google’s official blog post, “Ask Maps: Immersive navigation powered by AI,” published on the Google Blog. On the surface, it looks like another shiny feature. AI answers
When people talk about evictions, the conversation usually focuses on numbers. We hear about eviction rates, percentages, and housing statistics. But those numbers rarely show where these problems are happening. That is where Geographic Information Systems (GIS) become useful. GIS helps us move beyond simple statistics and see the geography behind social issues. By mapping eviction rates, we can start
Most people think GIS is about making maps. In reality, the most valuable GIS work happens when spatial analysis supports real decisions. This lab focused on a practical problem faced by many communities: how to identify open-space parcels inside flood-prone areas that may qualify for FEMA Community Rating System (CRS) credits and potentially reduce flood insurance costs. What makes this
Florida’s interstates are among the deadliest in the United States, and Brevard County has seen an increasing number of traffic accidents in recent years. In this lab, I focused on the workflow itself: taking crash points and road segments and using ArcGIS Pro analysis tools to turn them into defensible hot spot maps (including fatality hot spots and peak-time hot
I am currently taking GIS Programming with Python as part of non-degree coursework from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the course does not waste time pretending to be something it is not. It is a programming course. It is a GIS course. It is unapologetically technical. Python is introduced only insofar as it serves geospatial work. There is no
Introduction: From Pixels to the Real World Every satellite image tells a story, but that story only makes sense when you can trace each pixel back to the ground. In remote sensing, this connection between imagery and reality is called ground truthing. It ensures that what we interpret from orbit reflects what truly exists on Earth. As Campbell and Wynne
The Temptation It always begins the same way. You open a browser for something innocent. Maybe to check a reference. Maybe to confirm a version number. Then it appears.A new Esri Press title glowing on your screen like salvation. Getting to Know ArcGIS Enterprise. Ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. Hardcover for one fifty-nine if you hate your wallet enough. You
Data quality is not a feature you turn on. It’s a discipline you build into every edit, every rule, and every record. Introduction For this tutorial, you help the City of White Rock improve the quality of its streetlight inspection data in ArcGIS Pro. Each pole has four inspection tests: hammer, pole, wiring, and panel. Each test is scored from
When you work solo as an IT administrator, you pretty much handle everything that tech touches, and sometimes that means keeping your maps as alive as the world they represent. When you work solo as an IT administrator, you pretty much handle everything that tech touches. From servers and security to databases and GIS, it all finds its way to