Latest Contributions by MarkStewart

This course takes you on an in-depth exploration of the geodatabase, the native data storage format for ArcGIS software. Best practices to create a geodatabase to centrally store and efficiently manage your organization's authoritative geospatial data are covered. You will develop skills needed to configure unique geodatabase features that ensure data integrity and accuracy over time and a thorough understanding of file and enterprise geodatabase capabilities.     Resources Lesson 1 - Why use a geodatabase? What is a Geodatabase? documentation Getting Started with the Geodatabase web course Integrating Data in ArcGIS Pro web course Fundamentals of the Geodatabase documentation Getting Started with Data Management free web course   Lesson 2 - Improving data integrity with geodatabase structure Working with Geodatabase Domains and Subtypes in ArcGIS web course Fields, Domains, and Subtypes documentation Apply Subtypes and Domains to Vienna Hiking Trails free tutorial   Lesson 3 - Enforcing data integrity with contingent values Create and Manage Contingent Values documentation Contingent Values video An Overview of the Contingent Values Toolset documentation   Lesson 4 - Associate nongeographic data with geographic data Table Basics documentation Overview of Joins and Relates documentation Relationship Class Properties documentation Cardinality documentation   Lesson 5 - Managing raster data Imagery and Raster in ArcGIS Pro documentation Imagery and Raster Data in ArcGIS video Managing Lidar Data Using Mosaic Datasets web course Mosaic Datasets in ArcGIS Pro documentation   Lesson 6 - Designing geodatabase topologies ArcGIS Geodatabase Topology Rules Poster pdf Topology Basics in ArcGIS Pro documentation Getting Started with Geodatabase Topology web course   Lesson 7 - Building attribute rules Introduction to Attribute Rules documentation Create and Manage Attribute Rules documentation Attribute Rules ArcGIS Blog   Lesson 8 - Working with enterprise geodatabases Enterprise Data Management Strategies documentation ArcGIS Enterprise: Data Storage Strategies video Administering Your Enterprise Geodatabase Using Python video   Lesson 9 - Editing workflows in a geodatabase Traditional Versioning Editing Process documentation Overview of Versioning in ArcGIS Pro documentation Version Management with ArcGIS video (Esri Developer Summit 2020) Getting to Know Branch Versioning video   Additional Web Based and Instructor-Led Training Deploying and Maintaining a Multiuser Geodatabase Implementing Versioned Workflows in a Multiuser Geodatabase Configuring Branch Versioning in ArcGIS Explore our Courses:  Search for and enroll in a variety of Esri Training learning formats such as Instructor Led, Web Learning, Seminars, MOOC's and more.    Technology Resources ArcGIS Pro Resources: visit this website to learn of Discovery Paths, read the ArcGIS Blog for updates and articles, learn of new ArcGIS Pro news, and the ArcGIS Pro Roadmap. ArcGIS Enterprise: visit this website to get started with ArcGIS Enterprise, discover what you can do with ArcGIS Enterprise, read the ArcGIS Blog for updates and articles, and find informational videos from Esri Event’s YouTube Channel.   Webinars and Books Focus on Geodatabases in ArcGIS Pro Designing Geodatabases for Transportation Thinking About GIS: Geographic Information System Planning for Managers, 5th Edition by Dr. Roger Tomlinson Modeling Our World: The Esri Guide to Geodatabase Design, 2nd Edition (Esri Press China) ... View more

In large organizations that license ArcGIS Pro through named user accounts, all of the users will start to receive license expiration messages when they start ArcGIS Pro a couple of weeks before their ArcGIS Online account renews.  These messages can be disabled by the individual users, but it would be better if the ArcGIS Online organization administrator could disable these for all ArcGIS Pro users.  That would save a lot of worry and frantic calls to the administrator, as well as a little trouble for the end users. Another solution would be to just automatically renew the named user licenses as soon as the organization subscription is renewed. ... View more

Day one of this year's Education Summit will feature a panel discussion with three experienced online educators discussing techniques for keeping students engaged during online classes.  But you do not have wait for the session on August 6th to share your questions or offer your own suggestions for the panel.  Help get the conversation off to an early start by completing this very brief survey.  Your answers will help our panelists better prepare and provide insight for our audience. ... View more

Over the past year, the Esri Education team has written several blog posts on how to best administer the new Education Institution Agreement.  These posts contain concise explanations and links to more detailed resources for everything from how set new member defaults in your ArcGIS Online organization to managing users who leave your institution.  However, if you are like me, sometimes you prefer to see a demonstration of a concept in addition to reading about it.  That is why we have begun creating a series of best practice videos.  These short, captioned videos are intended to supplement our existing written resources, and are available in the Education playlist of our Esri Industries YouTube channel.  The current installments in this new series are: Setting New Member Defaults Enabling Enterprise Logins Migrating User Types My Esri vs. ArcGIS Online (thanks to our friends at Esri Canada) Creating a Single Use License File Downloading ArcGIS Pro from ArcGIS Online Creating a Software Install File in My Esri We hope that you enjoy these new resources, and if you have ideas for the next videos in the series, make sure to let us know. ... View more

As disruptive as the response to COVID-19 has been for higher education, one inspiring aspect has been the tendency of colleges and universities to turn challenges into opportunities.  Much of this has come in the form of using the grim reality of the virus to encourage research and innovation.  A quick exploration of the applications submitted to Esri's COVID-19 Resources Gallery shows that higher education institutions are a prime contributor of helpful hubs, dashboards and web applications, to say nothing of the invaluable research into treatments, vaccines and other responses underway at higher-ed affiliated institutions around the world.  Some institutions, however, have focused the GIS skills of their students, faculty and staff on the addressing the unique needs of their community as they struggle with the impacts of the virus response.  The University of California Davis is a great example. As 2020 got underway, Karen Beardsley, a professor of GIS and director of global professional programs with UC Davis Global Affairs, was looking forward to leading a group of enthusiastic students to Bhutan for the annual GIS in the Land of the Thunder Dragon summer abroad program.  When the response to COVID-19 resulted in the summer trip being canceled, she turned her disappointment into constructive action by linking former program students with the Yolo County Food Bank.  The students are using the GIS skills they developed in Bhutan to help the food bank efficiently distribute food to individuals and families impacted by COVID-19 mitigation.  Mary Ellen Rosebrough, GIS Coordinator for Yolo County, has implemented a field operations workflow to efficiently deliver food to at-risk individuals within the county.  At-risk individuals can fill out a Survey123 survey to request food deliveries, and volunteer delivery drivers submit surveys to correct information for future distributions.  The UC Davis students (16 at last count) validate and correct both datasets to make sure that this needed food is able to reach the correct individuals.  The delivery assignments themselves are managed through Workforce for ArcGIS, so students help keep the assignments layer up-to-date as well, especially the verification of any declined assignments, as these will often result from data issues.   In addition to the student data management contributions, UC Davis faculty and staff are also getting into the act.  Dr. Beardsley is working on an ArcGIS Hub for the food bank so that all their applications and data layers can be accessed more easily, while Carlos Barahona, a systems architect in the department of Environmental Science and Policy, has taken over the task of keeping the food bank volunteer layer updated in Workforce.   The contributions of the UC Davis students and staff have been a force multiplier for the county and food bank staff, resulting in over 13,000 food deliveries to at-risk individuals who would have otherwise had to leave their homes to get groceries.  It isn’t an overstatement to say that this could have made the difference in life and death.  To find out more, check out this article on the UC Davis website. Share Your Contributions Has your institution leveraged its GIS resources to help solve the local challenges of the COVID-19 response?  If so, please share the details with us through this survey. The UC Davis/Yolo County Food Bank collaboration is a great example of universities taking the initiative to help meet local needs, but it is far from the only one. With that said, we'd love to build a story map that shows the great work that higher education is capable of when faced with adversity. ... View more

The resources are intended to supplement the Working with Lidar Data in ArcGIS course.  In some cases there may be overlap with the instructor-led course content, but the material is presented in a different way and with different data.  In other cases these resources touch on topics not covered in the one-day course.  I hope these materials are helpful.  If you encounter broken links or want to suggest additional lidar resources, please comment below. Self-paced web courses Managing Lidar Data Using LAS Datasets Managing Lidar Data Using Mosaic Datasets Managing Lidar Data Using Terrain Datasets Self-paced tutorials Extract Roof Forms for Municipal Development Construct Realistic Buildings with Multipatch Editing Blog posts Create the City of Schiedam 3D web scene Arthur's Feature Extraction from LiDAR, DEMs and Imagery Leveraging LiDAR | Beta Videos Preparing Point Cloud Scene Layers in ArcGIS Pro Using Point Cloud Scene Layers in a Web Scene ... View more

The Raster Calculator tool in ArcMap contains a keypad for both numbers and logic.  This is really helpful when building expressions because it ensures that spacing is correct and cuts down on typos. The ArcGIS Pro Raster Calculator, on the other hand, does not have this handy keypad, even though the tool looks like it has the real estate for it.  I would love to see this feature re-introduced. ... View more

In the ArcGIS Pro Symbology Pane, the values for different symbol classes are sometimes too long to fit in the cell.  Typically in this situation software will provide a tip that comes up when you hover on the value, allowing to you see the entire text string.  ArcGIS Pro doesn't do this, and I wish it would. The attached screenshot shows longer symbol class values that don't have a hover-enabled tip to expose the entire text string. ... View more