- Author: Shane Feirer
In the past year IGIS worked with the staff from the UCCE Marin County to develop a new web mapping application that will display current community garden sites in Marin County. This application was developed with ease of use and ease of updating in mind. Staff at UCCE can edit and add additional gardens using the ucanr arcgis online for organizations system.
We hope that the general public will be able to use this web mapping application to find community gardens where they live. To view map on UCCE Marin Countie's site click here.
- Author: Robert Johnson
Over the past several years, the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), a serious invasive pest, has established a population in California and presents a major threat to the California citrus industry. The psyllid serves as a vector for huanglongbing, or citrus greening disease, which has no cure and eventually kills any tree it infects.
IGIS has been working with Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell (Extension Specialist, Entomology, UC Riverside) on an online mapping application to monitor the spread of ACP and provide information to commercial citrus growers and the public about managing the pest. In addition to a map of current distribution of the psylid and quarantine zones, the site provides background on both the pest and the disease as well as treatment options and cost estimates.
Please visit the site at http://ucanr.edu/sites/ACP/
- Author: Shane Feirer
From https://www.facebook.com/CANaturalist?fref=nf
Work in progress: Associate Director Sabrina Drill has a PhD in Geography from UCLA and, with support from the UC ANR IGIS team (http://igis.ucanr.edu/), has created a simple on-line map that can help us analyze the areas our partners work in (the butterflies) across California, from ecological to demographic communities. As UC ANR's California Naturalist Program continues to expand, this will help us make sure we are serving all Californians, and demonstrates that California Naturalists are helping steward a wide range of California ecosystems!
- Author: Shane Feirer
Visualization of UCANR Staff / Academics
Have you ever wanted to locate staff and/or academics within UCANR? I know that I have. Within the last year, IGIS worked to create an interactive map that displays staff and/or academics by their spatial location around the state of California. This map was designed so that one can search by name, title, unit, or area of expertise. We feel that this could be useful for the general public and UCANR to identify advisors, specialists, or staff within UCANR with specific areas of expertise. We also think that this map could be used for better coordination of projects/efforts within UCANR. The mapping tool can be found at UCANR Personnel Explorer. The interactive map can be viewed below.
- Author: Robert Johnson
The ESRI User Conference is always an exciting and educational experience, and this year was no different. In addition to the new offerings discussed in the previous post, there were a few very interesting new developments in the web mapping arena.
First, there were a host of new features announced for ArcGIS Online: the ability to create presentations from the map viewer, several new spatial analysis tools including interpolated surfaces and route planning, some revamped security options, and support for related data. It has been quite interesting to watch ArcGIS Online develop over the years from a very basic online mapping and data sharing interface into a robust, easy to use application capable of creating some very powerful web mapping applications. This is truly a great tool for UCANR.
Another great new product coming out in the near future is the Web App Builder. This is a tool developed for ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS that provides a very simple environment for creating web maps using preconfigured widgets in a drag-and-drop interface. The Web App Builder is javascript based, so it functions across all platforms including mobile platforms. The Web App Builder is currently in beta, but is scheduled for a full release with ArcGIS 10.3 later in the year.
The User Conference was a great experince. It's always amazing to see just how many people are using GIS throughout the world and all the creative ways they are taking advantage of this technology. I had a great time and I'm looking forward to attending again soon.
