Everyone loves a good story. The new ArcGIS StoryMaps is a great way to tell one.

Demonstrate your storytelling skills using this next generation story builder by entering the 2019 StoryMapper of the Year Contest sponsored by Esri.

A Simple but Powerful Map Builder

Many government organizations have been using classic Esri Story Maps apps to create stories on many topics, including social issues, the environment, agriculture, sports, health, and tourism. Esri Story Maps apps use templates to combine maps, text, and multimedia content to tell stories.

“Esri Story Maps has evolved tremendously over the past eight years, but this is our biggest leap forward yet,” said Allen Carroll, program manager for storytelling at Esri. “We’ve taken the feedback provided by our storytelling community to create this next generation storytelling tool and deliver a great new experience for our users. Our goal is to enable tens of thousands of people to create sophisticated, map-driven narratives that rival the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Washington Post.”

ArcGIS StoryMaps is a simpler way to tell your story. With ArcGIS StoryMaps, you no longer need templates—you can build stories using the new builder block palette. Mapping is also much simpler. Easy-to-create express maps can be made...

Field operations are a critical component of the work many organizations do. Utilities, law enforcement agencies, public works departments, and outside sales teams all rely on field personnel to provide services and conduct daily business.

With Tracker for ArcGIS, supervisors can see the precise locations of fieldworkers, which aids in verifying work, monitoring safety, and better coordinating field resources.

There is often a disconnect, however, between what is happening in the field and what is going on in the office, and that can leave managers and supervisors uncertain of where their field resources are at any given time. Historically, fieldwork-heavy organizations have used work tickets, two-way radios, and other tools to help bridge this divide. But getting a real-time understanding of where field personnel are has always been difficult and expensive.

That’s not the case anymore, though. Tracker for ArcGIS^[1], a newly introduced app from Esri, allows field personnel to share their real-time locations using a mobile app for iOS and Android devices. The track data enables supervisors and managers to identify a user’s last known location and also perform after-action analysis using the new location tracking capability in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise.

Location tracks can be viewed and analyzed by authorized viewers with the Track Viewer web app...

STUTTGART – GERMANY, OCTOBER 17, 2019 - The World Geospatial Industry Council [WGIC] and The European Global Navigation Satellite System Agency – (European GNSS Agency - GSA), signed a memorandum to collectively work towards bringing forward composite value and utility of geospatial technology and satellite navigation systems in the success of projects across a wide range of activities, from sustainable development to innovative opportunities that benefit citizens, enterprises and for the attainment of the global development agendas, including the SDGs.

WGIC, as a global geospatial industry association, is committed to amplify contribution of geospatial value to the world economy, society and the environment. By fostering alliances within the industry and with associated organisations, multilaterals, industry associations and user communities, WGIC aims to build an integrated platform for the ecosystem of geospatial industry to support perspectives on policies and open pathwaysfor strategic collaborations for innovations between apex global institutions and commercial sector, and for strengthening sustainable economic growth.

The European Global Navigation Satellite System Agency – (European GNSS Agency - GSA) is an official European Union Regulatory Agency responsible for managing operations and service provision of Galileo and EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service). GSA works together with institutions, industry, service providers, SMEs, entrepreneurs, and research institutions to respond to users’ needs and provides...

Lokeren, Belgium, October 17^th, 2019

Orbit GT will be exhibiting and showing version 20 of its 3D Mapping portfolio at UAV Expo, Las Vegas, NV, October 28^th-30^th 2019.

“we’re happy to once again participate in this great event“, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “Orbit GT’s portfolio has many things to offer to the UAV users.  Come join us on booth 1013”

The hottest news and coolest new features are to be found on the booth.  If you’re in any 3D Mapping business, make sure to visit!

 

About Orbit GeoSpatial Technologies

Orbit Geospatial Technologies is world leader in solutions for exploiting 3D Mapping content in managing, viewing, extracting, publishing, sharing and embedding in workflows, either desktop or cloud based. Orbit GT specializes in 3D Mapping solutions for Mobile Mapping, UAS Mapping, Indoor Mapping and Aerial Oblique Mapping, replacing the big data dilemma with ease of use. Orbit GT is headquartered in Lokeren, Belgium, and enjoys a global business network.

As we experience many of Orbit GT customers are using several techniques of reality capture, such as Mobile Mapping, Terrestrial scanning, Aerial Oblique and UAS Mapping, we worked towards an integration of our portfolio to offer a single product line covering the...

New Light Technologies and General Assembly Showcase Data Science Applications for Disaster Management

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2019 — (PRNewswire) — New Light Technologies Inc. (NLT), in partnership with General Assembly (GA), will be hosting an event "Data for Disasters: Leveraging Data Science for Disaster Response & Management." Selected GA students from across all of the school's campuses will showcase innovative applications they developed during the most recent Data Science Immersive class offered by the school. These applications utilize technology, AI and Big Data to address some of the most fundamental problems of today's world, with a focus on improving the way agencies such as FEMA, the World Bank, and developing countries prepare for and respond to major disasters. The event will take place on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at WeWork White House 1440 G St NW, from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM.

Since its launch last year, this partnership between NLT and GA has resulted in more than 40 innovative student projects that bring together state-of-the-art theories in data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, open-source data and crowd-sourcing to improve decision-making during disasters.

The students will present open-source applications they developed to support disaster management. Some examples of this cohort's work include an application that utilizes live social media feeds to identify road...

MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ( USACE^[1]), Mobile District, has signed the WMR-532, a Woolpert-Optimal GEO joint venture, to a single-award task order contract (SATOC) to provide operations, maintenance and technical support services for the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX). The five-year, firm-fixed-price contract has a value of $49.9 million.

WMR-532 will collect and process bathymetric and topographic lidar utilizing the government's Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar (CZMIL) systems, gathering high-resolution imagery and 3D data of the beach and shallow water seafloor. This includes coastal topography, benthic classification and water column characterization. The USACE will assign performance locations in the contiguous United States (CONUS) and outside the mainland U.S. (OCONUS) and allocate funds per each order.

This contract is a continuation of services provided under a WMR-532 contract signed in 2017, which was completed two years ahead of schedule. Like the previous contract, the data collected from these aerial survey operations will support the National Coastal Mapping Program (NCMP) for the USACE and the Airborne Coastal Survey (ACS) for the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO).

Task orders completed...

Since its inception in 1951, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has been a global leader in working with public and private partners to protect the lands and waters on which all life depends. Over the years, TNC’s mission has evolved to tackle the ever-more complex problems associated with climate change, all of which require more diverse actions. Yet protection of place remains key for the organization, as exemplified by its recent acquisition of the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve at Point Conception, California, where nearly 25,000 acres of unspoiled coastal habitat will be preserved. (Read more^[1] about this in ArcNews.)

To carry out its mission, TNC needs to know where to create protected areas that will sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services well into the future. Science-based conservation plans need to pinpoint the places where specific protection actions—such as land acquisitions or easements, encouraging indigenous land tenure, or creating no-trawl zones—need to be implemented to deliver the greatest return on investment for both people and nature. Thus, TNC is revolutionizing its approach to conservation, incorporating new principles, tools, and spatial data to inform its strategies.

The Recipe for Successful Conservation

Figuring out how to prioritize areas for conservation is like being a master chef. In the same way that chefs have to have...

Big changes are coming to ArcGIS Online this year as the cloud-based platform deepens its use of Esri’s next generation JavaScript API, taking advantage of its rich capabilities and improved performance. Version 4.x of ArcGIS API for JavaScript enables fast and dynamic visualization; offers a collection of newly designed tools to build an elegant user experience; and has improved accessibility and 3D visualization. Although Scene Viewer has always used the 4.x API, newer configurable apps are built with the updated JavaScript API, and Map Viewer and Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS will also be rearchitected with version 4.x.

Improved Pop-Ups

The 4.x API provides additional visualization options for pop-ups. For instance, viewers can choose to dock pop-ups in the corner of the map. Every time a pop-up is clicked, it will appear in the same spot. This can help viewers get pop-ups out of the way when they’d like to interact with the map. This is available in all configurable apps built with the 4.x API.

Pop-ups, like this one in the Map Styler configurable app, can be docked in the corner of the map.

It is also now possible for users to display pop-ups by simply pointing to a feature. Data can be explored faster, and it simplifies the viewer’s experience...

• EPS of $0.95, up 56% from adjusted EPS a year ago
• Operating margin of 9.1%, up from 7.7% a year ago
• $109 million returned to shareholders through share repurchases
• Full-year EPS guidance narrowed to a range of $3.70 to $3.80
• Full-year cash flow guidance revised to a range of $600 to $700 million

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — October 17, 2019 — Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT^[1]) today reported third quarter 2019 net income of $0.95 per share, compared to $0.61 per share last year of adjusted net income, a non-GAAP measure that is defined and reconciled to GAAP in an attachment to this release, or net income of $2.26 per share in the third quarter of 2018, which included the gain on the sale of the Tools & Test product line of $1.65 per share.

“Revenues were higher in the quarter primarily driven by Textron Aviation and Industrial, and we continued to have good execution with solid margin performance across our businesses,” said Textron Chairman and CEO Scott C. Donnelly.

Cash Flow

Net cash provided by operating activities of the manufacturing group for the third quarter totaled $238 million, compared to $319 million in last year’s third quarter. Manufacturing...