You continually add items such as as #layers, #web #maps, #apps, and #datasets to #ArcGIS #Online for others in your organization to use. You've created and added layers, used those layers to craft great maps, and used those maps to make great apps. How do you prevent accidentally deleting your hard work or removing layers and maps that your apps depend on?
To protect your items from accidental deletion, enable Delete Protection. Here's how to do this, step by step.
Step 1. Go to your item details and click Edit.
Step 2. Scroll toward the bottom of the item details and, in the Properties section, check the box to enable Delete Protection.
Step 3. Click Save. Now your item is protected from accidental deletion, and Delete is disabled.
Google Earth Pro builds on the amazing functionality of Google Earth with even more powerful tools. Some of the most compelling features of Earth Pro include:
Advanced Measurements: Measure parking lots and land developments with polygon area measure, or determine affected radius with circle measure.
High-resolution printing: Print Images up to 4800×3200 px resolution.
Exclusive Pro data layers: Demographics, parcels, and traffic count.
Spreadsheet Import: Ingest up to 2500 addresses at a time, assigning placemarks and style templates in bulk.
GIS import: Visualize ESRI shapefiles (.shp) and MapInfo (.tab) files.
On Monday, March 9th, #Apple gave people who follow Apple news plenty to talk about. But for #Mac users, the biggest news probably has to do with all the ways the new MacBook diverges from what we’ve been used to over the past few years.
No MagSafe, #Thunderbolt, or standard USB ports, all replaced by a single #USB-C port—that’s big news. On of the updates is the new MacBook’s keyboard and trackpad, which are unlike any of those currently found in the Mac line.
The New #Keyboard
Apple designed the keyboard in the new MacBook to have reduced key travel, presumably because the thing is just too thin to allow those keys to move very far up or down. That seems reasonable, but when Apple extolled the virtues of the new keyboard on Monday, they raved about the increased size and stability of its key caps, the clever design of the butterfly keyboard switches, the stainless steel dome switches. So is this a compromise keyboard specifically designed for the MacBook, or does Apple feel this keyboard design is so great that it’s going to make sure that all its future Mac keyboards are exactly the same way?
Apple says the new keyboard’s butterfly mechanism is more stable than the old scissor-switch keys.
Each key cap is larger, which means they should be easier to hit—but the space between keys has been reduced, which would seem to me to be a decision that would increase the chances that your finger will hit the wrong key. Each key is individually #LED lit, the Escape key has been elongated and the function keys narrowed. The arrow #keys have been redesigned; the up and down arrows are still half-height, but the left and right arrows are now full sized.
The New #Apple #TrackPad – The #Force #Touch
The new MacBook trackpad that Apple has implemented has a series of force sensors underneath the trackpad surface and a #Taptic #Engine that can vibrate the surface on demand—is a remarkable simulation of the real thing. When you press on the trackpad, the Taptic Engine fires up and shakes the surface of the trackpad. Your brain interprets the vibration and the pressure as a downward click, even though that’s not what’s actually happening. (The vibration from the Taptic Engine is from side to side, not up and down.) This is all presumably to drive a little more thickness of out of the MacBook, but it has a fun side benefit: Now the clickiness of the trackpad can be controlled by software. A new #slider in the Trackpad system preference pane lets you adjust how much force is required for a click, so you can tweak it to fit your preferences.
The Taptic Engine is software controlled, so you can tweak its behavior in System Preferences > Trackpad.
Don’t Forget
When using a MacBook and your favorite #ESRI #ArcGIS Platform, look at VMWare, BootCamp, or Parallels. @RedEarthGeo, some of the Apple products we set up for our clients leverage the Parallels software with no real issues for ESRI products that are to be on a Windows Environment.
If you don’t like the Apple Products for your #Geospatial use, contact us, as we can set you up with a custom machine at a reasonable rate.
The #geospatial industry creates awesome #maps from #GIS, #CAD and #GPS sources. These #cartographic masterpieces can provide some #analysis interpreted from data & maps, which leads to stories being told, influence decisions being made, questions being raised and potentially bringing clarity to an issue. The link below interprets the 40 maps that explain the world. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/40-maps-that-explain-the-world/
#Big
#data is a collection of data sets so large & complex that it
becomes difficult to process using on-hand #database management tools
or traditional data processing applications. Head here to get more info on Big Data.
@RedEarthGeo we create #custom #cartographic layouts with #GIS. This image below attempts to recreate a historical #map from real GIS #data and archive documents. #Photoshop was used to make it look #pretty.
The #geospatial industry creates awesome #maps from #GIS, #CAD and #GPS sources. These #cartographic masterpieces can provide some #analysis interpreted from data & maps, which leads to stories being told, influence decisions being made, questions being raised and potentially bringing clarity to an issue. The link below interprets the 40 maps that explain the world. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/40-maps-that-explain-the-world/
If you find your way with your #GPS, make it to the store, or check out @Google #Maps this week then kiss a #geographer! The #geospatial industry is still growing, and is catching up with #nanotechnology & #biotechnology. Way to go #mapgeeks, we rock!
Those new to #GIS that have some #geo #database experience and minimal interaction with the inner workings of a #relational #database can be at a disadvantage when landing that first #GISjob . Really good academic #GISPrograms will typically teach these principle over 2 hours for the duration of a course, and typically seem insignificant. In fact, there are many hours dealing with the ins and outs of not just creating a database, but maintain them.
Here are a few things to consider when working with relational databases; 1. Cardinality principles are essential 2. Have an understanding of the relational database #field #types and what they can hold as well as what the use is if you need to complete #spatial #analysis or #calculations 3. MS Access is a #single-user #database #system. This means that a personal #geodatabase (PGD) can not be used by another application as the same time you have it in use. There are limits to the size of the PGD as well, only 2GB is allowed. When working with #big #data, it is better to run with a File Geodatabase.
10 Steps to a Successful Presentation #Esriuc #EsriCanada Being at the 2013 #esriuc in SanDiego we have noticed that some of the presentations can go wrong for various reasons. Our discussion within the #RedEarthGeo pod identified that the most common reason besides not showing up for the seminar and having it cancelled, is poor preparation. Don’t get us wrong, we know that there are a lot of great presenters and topics out there that do knock the geospatial socks off of our chicken legs, but we do have to bring up the point that some do not succeed in creating a great presentation. For those GIS Subject Matter Experts with the guts to even present in front of your peers at an #Esriuc, good on you, as that is the toughest step to take. Here are 10 general ideas for those who have decided to step up to the podium:
1. Leverage the #ESRI speakers seminars early on (if not prior to your presentation) in order to take the free advice given from past speakers and those with greater experience to help curb the jitters and increase your confidence and professionalism.
2. Have your presentation local on your machine, especially of you are linking to a video or some other outside source. That internet connection could go down, then what? Contingency plans for contingency plans are the best way to minimize risk.
3. Speak slowly and clearly, and from your gut. There are a whole load of people listening to you from different backgrounds, and not just from North America, but Japan, Oman, China, Lebanon, Kenya, and pretty much anywhere on the globe. You may be the one with the funny accent, so keep it slow and clear and others will be able to follow.
4. You know your subject, you are the SME (Subject Matter Expert), but do you know your audience? They are the attendees that have the same career interests as you, yet you may have 10 years, others may be new and have 3 years, while others may be grandfathered in at 30 years. No matter what, keep your presentation at a level that appeals and is understandable from the new to historic attendees.
5. When presenting, ensure that you are telling the attendees one thing and show them many captions, images, data charts, process maps, tables and maps on the screen. The sad truth is that most of the attendees remember some of what they hear, not all of it, but because the majority of GIS and Geospatial careers entice spatially and visually minded people, they can recall and put it all together from the maps and images on the screen. Keep it simple, remove the acronyms and focus on one main idea and eliminate everything that doesn't support that idea.
6. Take business cards to create a network with your peers. The people who attended the presentation have similar ideas and passions (they came to see you, the expert in the same field).
7. Make yourself available after the presentation to discuss your subject and answer question to the introverts that did not want to ask in front of the group.
8. Show up on time. The attendees are there to see you (which means your confidence should be at a high and nervousness at a low), you are in command of the podium for 20 - 30 minutes, all ears and eyes will be focused on you. This is because they want to learn, they are not there to judge, but to get insight and get assistance to the same issues you have probably come across in your own journey.
9. Stage-fright, at some time in your life you have probably come across it, even if it was in grade 3. Re-label negative feelings as positive ones. Consider your symptoms of stage fright not as an indication of nervousness but more along the lines as a sign of excitement or anticipation.
10. Last point, and the one that you will remember. You don't look that nervous when you are on the podium. Speakers self-assessment of presentations is often overly tough and the real time self awareness is harsh (and typically untrue) . Assume that you look calm and relaxed to your attendees and you will.
