Informatics and GIS Program

Excited about StoryMaps and don’t have time to gather a lot of content to go with it?  If this sounds like your situation, then check out the newly launched StoryMaps Frame – a lighter version of StoryMaps that is designed for minimal content compared to the full fledged StoryMap and built primarily for…

If I had to summarize Day 2 of the ESRI User Conference in two letters, it would be AI. This year’s conference theme is “GIS – Creating a More Intelligent World,” and it is clear that ESRI means that quite literally. Artificial Intelligence was woven into nearly every session I attended today, and ESRI is…

If you have never been to an ESRI User Conference, it is something to behold.  This year will be the 30th anniversary of the conference held at the San Diego Convention Center (minus a couple years when it was held virtually during Covid) and there is expected to be over 18,000 people in attendance this…

As ArcGIS StoryMaps gain popularity for delivery of content in an engaging style, questions arise about how to make them compliant to meet the WCAG ( Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) requirements. Within UC ANR, StoryMaps are being used for a variety of purposes such as report impact of grant funded…

 For those of you who are reading this, you may already know that there have been some major changes to drone rules and regulations in the United States within the past couple of months. On December 22, 2025, the grace period established under the NDAA 2023 American Drone Security Act expired, now…

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then that makes a strong reason why the photos of your program activities should not be hidden in a cloud.  ArcGIS Online offers various tools through which photos from your various program activity locations can be displayed on your website to share stories and…

Web-maps are commonly used in cooperative extension to display the location of partners or collaborators or highlight resources clientele can go to.  These web-maps typically show the location of the entity and related information that get displayed on a pop-up.  In other instances, web-maps are…

IGIS is thrilled to be collaborating with 4-H in delivering a highly successful series of Youth Drone Camps this year!Inspired by the University of California’s annual DroneCamp conference (for adults), which IGIS first launched in 2017, these new youth-oriented 4-H Drone Camps are infused with many of the…

At this year's National Urban Extension Leaders Conference or commonly referred to as NUEL, 4-H youth demonstrated how they used GIS to solve problems in the community.

On Sunday, April 27th, about 27 farmers got together at the UC Gill Tract. Coinciding with Earth Day, this event was aimed for students to present their research on urban agriculture policy issues to the urban farmers and for the farmers to network with each other and the USDA Farm staff.

Designing a survey from scratch can be daunting and a time-consuming affair. You have to go through previous literature and survey instruments and adapt it in the context of your work. Now you can leverage the AI Assistant in Survey123 to make your job easier.

As an advisor or a county director, you may want to insert a map of your county and overlay with relevant layers. Or you may want to explore different variables such as income and housing or population characteristics for the purpose of program planning.

The UC ANR IGIS Statewide Program is proud to have been a part of the 1st International Conference on Drones and Unmanned Systems (DAUS' 2025), which took place in Granada Spain between February 19th and 21st, 2025.

Maps created with the new PowerPoint template from IGIS Have you ever wanted to include a map of the ANR network in your PowerPoint presentation or proposal, but just couldn't find the right one? Or maybe you have some map clipart that is pretty close, but want to tweak the colors or labels.

IGIS is proud to announce its collaboration with 4H on a new and exciting, three-year, USDA-funded grant, Ag from Above x Ag for All (AFA2), aimed at sparking interest in food and agriculture among teenagers by using cutting-edge drone and mapping technologies.

R and Python together at last, the AI takeover, and Quarto ups its game. Posit::Conf, Posit's annual conference, was held last week in Seattle, WA. While the name might be unfamiliar, many of you might recognize Posit's previous iteration, RStudio.

At a time when GeoAI, machine learning, and big data analytics remain the most popular topics in data science, ESRI maintains its commitment towards classical statistics and spatial statistics.

The third day of the ESRI User Conference was an exhilarating deep dive into the world of Artificial Intelligence. The AI Summit, the first of its kind hosted by ESRI, focused on the integration of AI into the ESRI ArcGIS Suite of software and tools.

Where is the nearest oak tree close to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington? How many trees are in Washington DC? When is the trash pick-up date for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW? These are some of the questions that residents can answer using AI feature in the Open Data Portal.