How to use ArcGIS with Power BI

Power BI is an excellent tool from Microsoft for data visualisation and dashboards. ArcGIS, from Esri, is also an excellent tool for data visualisation and dashboards. Can I use both? Absolutely. In fact, we encourage our customers to have both … Continue reading

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The UK’s Longest Rivers

  Extreme weather events are becoming more common, more unpredictable and more severe. This is apparent all around the world. The flood events in the UK this winter forced many people to evacuate their homes. With World Water Day 2020 … Continue reading

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About bushfires, satellites and oil rigs

Over-sized fire symbols, misleading colours and poorly selected projections have all been front and centre in the recent spread of bushfire maps. Following yet another deadly bushfire event, a wide variety of maps have been created to reflect the damage … Continue reading

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Eleven ways to map a General Election

It’s that time again; on 12th December, people across the nation will cast their votes to decide who will be the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister. Elections offer plenty of opportunities when it comes to mapping results, so I’ve been using … Continue reading

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Mapping leisure choice in 30 minutes with OS Greenspace

To celebrate the arrival of the Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace dataset to the ArcGIS Living Atlas a number of us at Esri UK took part in a 30 Minute Map competition. I decided to map leisure activities and have put together a breakdown of the steps I used.

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What goes on in UK Waters?

The UK hosts the world’s busiest shipping lanes. Do you know what goes on in our waters?

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Marathon Magic: How to animate time in ArcGIS Pro

Read on if you want to learn the magic behind making our London Marathon race map animation.

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Where is the love? – Valentine’s Day Cartography

Did you see our romantically-themed Valentine’s map? Read on to find out how we made it.

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How clean is the air you breathe?

Over 8 million people live in Greater London with roughly 11.9 million vehicles travelling their road’s in 2017. That’s a lot of vehicles emitting and a lot of people breathing. In the wake of the government’s new Clean Air Strategy, where does our city’s air need a clean-up?

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Keeping it Simple: Road Layouts in ArcGIS Pro Layout

Want to know how to create custom maps with ArcGIS Pro Layout? Or just find out where the other most complex road junctions across England are?

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