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Explore live weather data in the ArcGIS Living Atlas
Have you ever wanted to use weather forecast data to better understand how your assets might be impacted by rain, sleet and snow? This is now possible for all customers with the new Beta release of our UK Precipitation Forecast, … Continue reading
Continue ReadingWhat is GIS? Five key concepts to improve your understanding
When you’re running late for work and trying to find shortcuts along your route, you’re using GIS. When organisations have digitised plans of their estate, also GIS. Biologists tracking animal migrations… You can guess where I’m going with this. So, … Continue reading
Continue ReadingCreating a spooky map with the Living Atlas
Halloween is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with a spooky map? Inspired by the Inferno map by John Nelson, we wanted to produce a scary map that centred on Halloween-related place names. In this … Continue reading
Continue ReadingCover more ground with the new Maps+ beta services
The new Maps+ Beta services are now live and available to existing Maps+ subscribers from within the ArcGIS Marketplace (sign in required). In anticipation of this, I took the opportunity to get to know the new arrivals to the Maps+ family. … Continue reading
Continue ReadingBack to basemaps: create an ArcGIS basemap to support your data
Basemaps are what the name suggests – background vector or raster layer(s) to enhance the data or visual display shown in the foreground, along with providing content and orienting the viewer. Sometimes basemaps are a blank slate, allowing the data … Continue reading
Continue ReadingData that gives back: empowering your charity’s decisions
The landscape of charitable causes is a broad one. Think of the big or small charity organisations that strive to make the world a better place by supporting causes such as: animals, arts and culture, community development, education, environmental, health, … Continue reading
Continue ReadingThirteen Group
Thirteen Group’s Community Resilience strategy works to understand local communities better, inform decisions and signpost customers to the services available.
Continue ReadingYour Living Atlas winter wrap-up
Over the course of 2022, we have accepted 255 new datasets to the UK Living Atlas and welcomed 8 data contributors to the platform! I’d just like to say thank you to those who have shared their data to help … Continue reading
Continue ReadingExplore the 2021 Census data with ArcGIS Living Atlas
Back in 2021, many of us in England and Wales may remember filling in the many pages of the census. Since then, much of the data has been processed by the Office for National Statistics and is starting to become … Continue reading
Continue ReadingImportant Update for Office for National Statistics Datasets in ArcGIS Living Atlas
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) are currently undergoing migration of their feature layers to ArcGIS Online. ONS services in the Living Atlas will be removed and replaced with new services. Read on to find out how it might affect … Continue reading Continue Reading